Self-checkout anti-theft systems and methods

A method for self-checkout with anti-theft measures, comprising:

• affixing an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) device to a merchandise;
• uniquely identifying the merchandise via at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with the EAS device;
• obtaining and processing the at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with the EAS device by an Identification (ID) Code Reader and extracting information from one or more databases for facilitating a transaction of the merchandise based at least on the at least one visually or wirelessly readable code;
• detecting, by an EAS Unlock Device, a payment status of the merchandise indicated in the one or more databases based at least upon the at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with the EAS device;
• and
• in response to detecting a successful payment of the merchandise indicated in the one or more databases, detaching the EAS device from the merchandise by the EAS Unlock Device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for enabling self-checkout with anti-theft measures, the instructions causing at least one computer to:

• uniquely identify a merchandise via at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) device affixed to a merchandise;
• obtain and process the at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with the EAS device to extract information from one or more databases for facilitating a transaction of the merchandise;
• detect a payment status of the merchandise indicated in the one or more databases based at least upon the at least one visually or wirelessly readable code associated with the EAS device;
• and
• in response to detecting a successful payment of the merchandise indicated in the one or more databases, generate and transmit signals for detaching the EAS device from the merchandise.