Method of using apparatus, product, and system for a no touch point-of-sale self-checkout
AssigneeToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
InventorsJohn David LANDERS, JR., Dean Frederick HERRING, Brad Matthew JOHNSON, Jeffrey John SMITH, David John STEINER, Phuc Ky DO
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and system to perform a sale transaction are provided. The method includes identifying each item of a plurality of items, based on at least one image of the plurality of items, determining a cost for each item, optionally identifying a person based on an image of the person, adding each of the items and each of the costs to a sale transaction, and charging the person for the sale transaction.
Claims20
A method of completing a sale transaction at a checkout area of an environment, the method comprising:
- acquiring images using one or more cameras in the environment outside the checkout area, wherein one or more items are represented in the images;
- identifying, by one or more processors communicatively coupled with the one or more cameras, the one or more items as they are being transported by a customer through the environment;
- maintaining, by the one or more processors, a transaction record associated with the customer, wherein maintaining the transaction record comprises updating a list of selected items using the identified one or more items;
- authenticating an identity of the customer at the checkout area;
- and
- responsive to authenticating the customer at the checkout area, charging a cost of the selected items to a payment method having a predefined association with the customer.
A computer program product for performing a sale transaction at a checkout area of an environment, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation that comprises:
- acquiring images using one or more cameras in the environment outside the checkout area, wherein one or more items are represented in the images;
- identifying, by one or more processors communicatively coupled with the one or more cameras, the one or more items as they are being transported by a customer through the environment;
- maintaining, by the one or more processors, a transaction record associated with the customer, wherein maintaining the transaction record comprises updating a list of selected items using the identified one or more items;
- authenticating the customer at the checkout area;
- and
- responsive to authenticating the customer at the checkout area, charging a cost of the selected items to a payment method having a predefined association with the customer.
A system for performing a sale transaction at a checkout area of an environment, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory containing program code which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform an operation comprising:
- acquiring images using one or more cameras in the environment outside the checkout area, wherein one or more items are represented in the images;
- identifying, by one or more processors communicatively coupled with the one or more cameras, the one or more items as they are being transported by a customer through the environment;
- maintaining, by the one or more processors, a transaction record associated with the customer, wherein maintaining the transaction record comprises updating a list of selected items using the identified one or more items;
- authenticating the customer at the checkout area;
- and
- responsive to authenticating the customer at the checkout area, charging a cost of the selected items to a payment method having a predefined association with the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.