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AssigneeGatekeeper Systems, Inc.
InventorsScott J. Carter, Narayanan V. Ramanathan, Stephen E. Hannah, Jesse M. James
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A system for monitoring shopping carts uses cameras to generate images of the carts moving in a store. In some implementations, cameras may additionally or alternatively be mounted to the shopping carts and configured to image cart contents. The system may use the collected image data, and/or other types of sensor data (such as the store location at which an item was added to the basket), to classify items detected in the shopping carts. When a shopping cart approaches a store exit without any indication of an associated payment transaction, the system may use the associated item classification data, optionally in combination with other data such as cart path data, to determine whether to execute an anti-theft action, such as locking a cart wheel or activating a store alarm. The system may also compare the classifications of cart contents to payment transaction records (or summaries thereof).
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A system for monitoring shopping carts associated with a retail store, the system comprising:
A system for monitoring shopping carts associated with a retail store, the system comprising:
A method of identifying a specific shopping cart from other shopping carts, the method comprising:
A camera module configured to be mounted to a shopping cart to capture images of contents of a basket of the shopping cart, the camera module comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.