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IDENTIFYING BARCODE-TO-PRODUCT MISMATCHES USING POINT OF SALE DEVICES

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining whether an unknown product matches a scanned barcode during a checkout process. An edge computing device or other computer system can receive, from an overhead camera at a checkout lane, image data of an unknown product that is placed on a flatbed scanning area, identify candidate product identifications for the unknown product based on applying a classification model and/or product identification models to the image data, and determine based on the candidate product identifications, whether the unknown product matches a product associated with a barcode that is scanned at a POS terminal in the checkout lane. The classification model can be used to determine n-dimensional space feature values for the unknown product and determine which product the unknown product likely matches. The product identification models can be used to determine whether the unknown product is one of the products that are modeled.

Automated till register system and method
11544987 · 2023-01-03 ·

An automated till register system that includes at least one processor, at least one Point of Sale (POS) system and interface, two cash recycler machines and one coin recycler machine arranged in a twin opposite configuration, the cash recycler machines oriented on opposite sides of one another, one on a cashier side and one on a customer side with a coin recycler located in the middle of the system between both cash recyclers. The system being networkable and having memory to perform executable instructions involving both cash and cashless transactions over a POS network thereby eliminating the need for a cash drawer and minimizing the handling of cash at every phase of the transactional process. Methods of use are implemented to eliminate cash drawer systems and minimize cash handling at all steps of the transactional process.

Printer apparatus including paper medium including backing strip and adhesive label affixed thereto

A printer apparatus includes a wearable housing and a paper medium disposed therein, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.

COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND REDUCING FRAUD
20220413728 · 2022-12-29 · ·

A systems and method for reconfigurable and/or updatable lightweight electronic devices are disclosed for a computer system for facilitating financial transactions and reducing the opportunity for fraud. Via use of such a device, system, or method, various capabilities for a user are provided, simplified, secured, and/or made more convenient. The system may interact with various other devices or systems, including those that are cloud-based or communicate through the cloud, and may utilize various local sensors, in order to provide one or more of improved access, monitoring, user diagnostics, and so forth.

Sales-data processing device and sales-data processing method

A sales-data processing device includes: a registering circuit that registers a product and generates registration data; a settlement processing circuit that executes settlement processing using the registration data; a sending circuit that sends the registration data to another sales-data processing device for execution of the settlement processing by the other sales-data processing device using the registration data; and a prohibiting circuit. Once the sales-data processing device has determined that the sending circuit will send the registration data, the prohibiting circuit prohibits the settlement processing circuit from executing the settlement processing before the sending circuit sends the registration data.

Systems and methods for card-handling by point of sale devices

A computer vision card reader and/or point of sale device is described. The device is configured to sense when a user inserts a card into a card reader and to determine when a user departs or is about to depart from the device without retrieving the card. The device may issue an audible or visible alert to the user, reminding the user to retrieve the card. The device may additionally send a notification to a mobile device associated with the user that reminds the user that he has left a card at the point of sale. In some embodiments, message sent to the user contains a code and, upon entry of the code, the point of sale or card reader device returns the card to the user.

SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT DEVICE AND PROGRAM
20220406150 · 2022-12-22 ·

According to an embodiment, a self-checkout device has a commodity placing section where a commodity to be purchased can be placed prior to commodity registration processing and a commodity storing section where a commodity can be placed after registration. A commodity registration camera is positioned to capture images for commodity registration processing. A processor is configured to cause the commodity registration camera to capture images of a symbol attached to the commodity passing near the commodity registration camera. The camera also images the vicinity of the placing section and the storage section. Acquired images are stored in a data storage device. The processor executes commodity registration processing based on the commodity symbols and then commodity settlement processing after the commodity registration.

Point of sale apparatuses, methods and systems
11531990 · 2022-12-20 · ·

Transformation of inputs including beacon inputs, Global Positioning System (GPS) inputs, captured panorama inputs, user-penned descriptive inputs, and payment-amount-specifying inputs, via components, into outputs including user device POS configuration setting outputs and/or payment-gateway-directed authorization request outputs. Further, transformation of inputs including POS scanner inputs, POS keyboard inputs, and/or POS printer-directed inputs, via components, into outputs including compliance check outputs, tagged omnibus record outputs, SKU-UPC mapping outputs, and/or convergence/correlation outputs. Additionally, transformation of inputs including older limited-capability POS software image inputs and/or newer limited-capability POS software image inputs, via components, into outputs including update directive outputs. Functionality set forth includes allowing user devices to directly communicate with payment gateways, capturing and making use of scanner-obtained data and printer-destined data in a way that does not require code alternation of already-installed POS software, and allowing software of limited-capability POS devices to be updated without sending large, full-overwrite software images.

Portable computing device installed in or mountable to a shopping cart

A computing device installed in or mountable to a shopping cart, includes a camera configured to capture an image, and a processor configured to acquire commodity data of a registered commodity, when an object is placed in the shopping cart, perform object recognition on an image of the object captured by the camera, and determine whether the recognized object is a commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, and upon determining that the recognized object is not the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, issue a request for displaying a message instructing registration of the recognized object as a registered commodity.

Methods and systems for detecting and tracking objects

The embodiments herein relate to surveillance of objects and, more particularly, to efficient detection and tracking of objects. A method disclosed herein includes detecting at least one object in the physical store, on receiving media from a plurality of media acquisition devices positioned in the physical store. The method further includes tracking the at least one object in the physical store by projecting input data points of each media acquisition device onto a groundplot, clustering the input data points into a single cluster, and assigning a tracking identifier (ID) to a centroid of the single cluster, wherein the centroid depicts the at least one object.