US 2026/0221008 A1 · SMART BAGGING STATION WITH HALO SENSOR ARRAY

Abstract

Examples provide a smart bagging station including a halo array of sensor devices generating sensor data associated with a detection zone surrounding the smart bagging station. The smart bagging station includes barcode scanners in a curved arrangement within a recessed sensor device housing located behind a bagging device. As a user places an item into a bag, the item is automatically scanned by the barcode scanners without re-orienting the item or passing it across a scanning sensor. Other sensor devices, including RFID tag readers, cameras, and/or weight sensors are located at multiple locations above the bagging device, below the bagging device, on the sides of the bagging device, and/or behind the bagging device creating a detection zone encompassing the bagging area. Items within the detection zone are automatically identified using different types of sensor data without requiring the manual scanning for faster and more efficient checkout.

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Dependent claims

A smart bagging station having a halo sensor array, the smart bagging station comprising:

a bagging device;
a plurality of sensor devices in a halo configuration forming a detection zone encompassing the smart bagging station, the plurality of sensor devices comprising an image capture device generating image data associated with an item within the detection zone as the item is placed into a storage container associated with the bagging device;
and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operative upon execution by a processor to:
analyze the image data generated by the image capture device using a machine learning (ML) computer vision (CV) model to identify the item;
and
add the item to a digital cart associated with the smart bagging station in response to identification of the item by the ML CV model.

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A method for identifying items within a detection zone of a smart bagging station having a halo sensor array, the method comprising:

obtaining sensor data from a plurality of sensor devices in a halo configuration forming a detection zone encompassing the smart bagging station, the plurality of sensor devices comprising a plurality of image capture devices generating image data associated with an item within the detection zone as the item is placed into a storage container associated with a bagging device;
analyzing the image data by a ML CV model to identify the item;
and
adding the item to a digital cart associated with the smart bagging station in response to identification of the item by the ML CV model.

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A smart bagging device comprising:

a bagging device comprising a bag support member for supporting a storage container;
a recessed sensor device housing adjacent to a back member of the bagging device;
a vertical sensor device support member adjacent to the bagging device;
and
a plurality of sensor devices of a plurality of different sensor device types arranged in a halo configuration forming a detection zone around the bagging device, the detection zone comprising a threshold maximum sensor device range encompassing a bagging area, wherein the plurality of sensor devices further comprises:
a first image capture device removably attached to a top portion of the vertical sensor device support member, wherein the first image capture device is positioned above the bagging device;
and
a second image capture device below the bagging device, the first image capture device and the second image capture device generating image data associated with an item within the detection zone as the item is placed into a storage container associated with the bagging device, wherein the image data is analyzed using a ML CV model to identify the item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Smart bagging station with halo sensor array

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Smart bagging station with halo sensor array

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Abstract

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