A wireless tag is integrated into a reusable bag. The tag is registered to a payment account. During a transaction, a unique identifier for the tag is wirelessly acquired from the bag and linked to the payment account. When checkout for the transaction is required, the transaction price for the transaction is charged against the linked account without requiring any additional payment screens or payment interfaces at a transaction terminal where the transaction is being processed. In an embodiment, custom use, price, item type, store type, and/or weight restrictions with respect to the transaction and registered with the tag are enforced during checkout by the transaction terminal.

A system for alerting a user of undesired components in purchase items is provided. The system comprises receiving a list of undesired components of purchased items, and defining an alert to a user of an undesired component in a purchased item, the alert comprising an alert timing configuration and an undesired component identification. The system further comprises receiving a notice that the user purchased an item, determining whether a listing of the purchased item has been automatically collected, and generating a list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has been automatically collected, and obtaining from the user the list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has not been automatically collected. The system further determines whether the purchased item contains an undesired component, and upon determining that the purchased item contains art undesired component, sends the alert to the user.

The method provides for taking by a customer of a shopping cart and passing the entry checkpoint, taking out of products from shelved cabinets with weight sensors and putting into the shopping cart, monitoring the number of products and calculation of the sum payable.Human body communication system is being used.Customer is identified by means of a pre-coded shopping cart when passing through the checkpoint and touching the sensor element of the checkpoint and the cart handle,following which the customer is let into the shopping area.Customer opens cabinet door,retouches its handle and the cart handle simultaneously, also sensor element and the cart handle while going through the checkout barrier. Customer is informed about charged sum, after paying by a card the customer leaves shopping area. The invention provides also a system for embodiment of the mentioned method.

A customer behavioural system (100) in a store (10), the customer behavioural system (100) comprising a sensor arrangement (110) comprising one or more sensors (114a-c) and a behavioural analysis module (120). The behavioural analysis module (120) is configured to determine at least one behavioural feature (160) of a customer (20) based on sensor data from said one or more sensors (114a-c) and/or determine at least one motion event (160) of a customer (20) based on sensor data from said one or more sensors (114a-c), and determine behavioural information (122) for said customer (20) based at least on one determined behavioural feature (140) and/or at least one determined motion event (160).

An article registration apparatus (100) includes: a reading unit (102) that reads article identification information from an IC tag associated with an article by using at least one of a plurality of antennas; a control unit (106) that controls the reading unit (102); a judgement unit (104) that judges whether a reading result of the reading unit (102) satisfies a criterion; and a determination unit (108) that determines the article identification information read by the reading unit (102), wherein the control unit (106) causes the reading unit (102) to read the article identification information by using a first antenna, the judgement unit (104) judges whether a reading result of the first antenna satisfies the criterion, the control unit (106) causes the reading unit (102) to read the article identification information by using a second antenna different from the first antenna when the reading result of the first antenna satisfies the criterion, and the determination unit (108) determines the article identification information to be output, by using the article identification information read by using the first antenna and the second antenna.

The present invention provides a registration system (10) including a recognition unit (11) that analyzes an image obtained by a camera imaging a placing surface of a table on which a product is placed and recognizes the product in the image, a registration unit (12) that registers the recognized product as a checkout target, a first display unit (13) that displays a list of the products registered as the checkout targets on a display, a first selection unit (14) that selects one or more of the products from the list, and a second display unit (15) that displays information for determining the selected product, on the placing surface.

A store having an automated checkout can automatically associate multiple shoppers with a single purchase. For example, a mother and her children can walk independently through the store and select items. Upon checkout, the items selected by the mother and children can all be charged to the mother's credit card in a single purchase. The system and method discussed herein can capture images of multiple shoppers from one or more video streams of a store area, can associate the multiple shoppers with one another from the captured images when the multiple shoppers appear together in a check-in area of the store, can track the movement of the multiple shoppers within the store from the captured images, can track items selected by the multiple shoppers from the captured images, and can initiate a transaction that charges the selected items to an account associated with one of the multiple shoppers.

A system and method for interaction monitoring in a retail environment that includes executing a first monitoring system and thereby generating a first evaluation of customer selection of items; executing a second monitoring system and thereby generating a second evaluation of customer selection of items; determining monitoring alignment between the first evaluation and the second evaluation of a first customer; and triggering an action in response to the monitoring alignment.

A method and system for generating perceivable data representing a digital order is provided. A GUI receives a user selection of a particular button of a plurality of buttons. Each button of the plurality of buttons is for adding a respective menu or catalog item to a checkout cart. The particular button displays within its border at least one line of copy and at least one emoji, where the at least one emoji indicates the respective menu or catalog item. The at least one line of copy provides a text description of the respective menu or catalog item and is displayed in at least a minimum font point size and at least a minimum color contrast ratio relative to a background of the particular button. The GUI is then updated to indicate that the respective menu or catalog item for the particular button is added to the checkout cart.

An item position tracking system includes weight sensors each associated with a weight board. Each weight sensor transmits sensor data indicative of a weight of an item to its corresponding weight board. Each weight board is configured to assign a particular address number to its corresponding weight sensor. The weight boards transmit the sensor data and the address numbers to a circuit board that transmits the sensor data and the address numbers to a weight server. The weight server determines from which weight sensor data is originated based on the address numbers, and whether items were removed from the weight sensors.