Systems and methods for autonomous item identification

A system for autonomous item identification in an environment including a mobile computational device and a container, the system comprising:

• one or more sensors disposed at the container configured to:
• sense a selected item being placed in the container;
• and
• sense one or more physical characteristics of the selected item;
• a positioning system configured to determine a location of the container in response to the one or more sensors sensing the selected item being placed in the container, based on output from the mobile computational device and the one or more sensors;
• and
• a server in communication with the mobile computational device and the one or more sensors, the server configured to:
• retrieve, from a database, a set of characteristics of available items proximate to the location of the container;
• identify an identification code for the selected item based on a comparison of the one or more physical characteristics of the selected item with the stored characteristics retrieved from the database of the available items based on the location of the container.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for autonomous item identification in an environment including a mobile computational device and a container, the instructions when executed cause a processor to:

• sense, via one or more sensors disposed at the container, a selected item being placed in the container;
• in response to sensing the selected item being placed in the container, determine a location of the container using based on output from the mobile device and the one or more sensors;
• sense one or more physical characteristics of the selected item via the one or more sensors at the container;
• retrieve, from a database, a set of stored characteristics of available items proximate to the location of the container;
• and
• identifying an identification code for the selected item based on a comparison of the one or more physical characteristics of the selected item with the stored characteristics retrieved from the database of the available items based on the location of the container.