Automated object recognition kiosk for retail checkouts

A method comprising:

• illuminating an examination space for accommodating a plurality of food items in a checkout system, the examination space being defined between a base and a head portion of the checkout system;
• capturing, by at least one imaging device mounted in the head portion, a plurality of color images of the plurality of food items;
• applying, by a hardware processor of the checkout system, a machine-learning model to perform image recognition of the plurality of food items in the plurality of color images to identify each food item of the plurality of food items, the image recognition being based on a plurality of features of the food items that include shape, size, and color;
• and
• presenting, on a display device of the checkout system, an identification of each of the identified food items.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• illuminating an examination space for accommodating a plurality of food items in a checkout system, the examination space being defined between a base and a head portion of the checkout system;
• capturing, by at least one imaging device mounted in the head portion, a plurality of color images of the plurality of food items;
• applying, by a hardware processor of the checkout system, a machine-learning model to perform image recognition of the plurality of food items in the plurality of color images to identify each food item of the plurality of food items, the image recognition being based on a plurality of features of the food items that include shape, size, and color;
• and
• presenting, on a display device of the checkout system, an identification of each of the identified food items.