A self-checkout device is disclosed. The self-checkout device comprises a detection plate adapted to allow placement of product(s) thereon, and one or more cameras positioned to have a Field-of-View encompassing the detection plate, the one or more cameras configured to provide a video footage. The self-checkout device further comprises a motion detection module configured to detect presence of motion in the video footage; a sequence selection module configured to select a sequence of video frames over a time interval corresponding to the detection of the presence of motion in the video footage; an appearance interpretation module configured to register one or more products present in the sequence of video frames; a billing module configured to fetch prices of the registered one or more products, generate a total bill based on the fetched prices, and process a payment for the total bill; and a controller module facilitating communications therebetween.

A display includes two-integrated cameras. A first camera is situated in a top right corner of a front display surface of the display and a second camera is situated in a top left corner of the front display surface. The display is connected to a transaction terminal with the first camera focused on a bagging area associated with the transaction terminal and with the second camera focused on a staging area associated with the transaction terminal. Each camera captures images of items and the item images are streamed over a high-speed display port directly to the transaction terminal. The transaction terminal performs item recognition, item tracking, and auditing on the items based the item images during transaction processing at the transaction terminal.

A coin dispensing apparatus includes a coin dispenser configured to dispense coins to a receiving tray, a sensor configured to detect one or more coins in the receiving tray, an output device, and a processor configured to control the output device to output a warning when the sensor detects no coins in the receiving tray after the processor instructs the coin dispenser to dispense a group of coins as change and the coin dispenser has dispensed at least one of the coins in the group but before the coin dispenser has dispensed all of the coins in the group.

The present invention discloses a checkout counter which includes loading areas, registration area and packing comprising; a loading area, a registration area comprising means for parallel checkout and registration of purchased goods where the means at least comprises; a first registration zone, a second registration zone, and at least one registration means adapted to register goods from the first and the second registration zone, and a packing area configured to receive goods from two registration zones in parallel. It is also disclosed a method for operation of a checkout counter according to one embodiment of the invention.

A sales registration apparatus includes a scanner to read information from a commodity, a main body section to be disposed on an upper surface of a checkout counter and housing the scanner, a display mount attached to an upper end of the main body section; and an arm section attached to a side surface of the main body section and including a shelf surface extending in a plane parallel to the upper surface of the checkout counter. In some examples a peripheral device can be disposed on the shelf surface. In certain examples, the scanner is a bar code scanner.

A system for anomaly detection in a self-checkout environment, comprising a processing unit for receiving transaction data from a self-checkout terminal: characterising an activity based on a set of features extracted from the received transaction data; defining a plurality of active intervals for each characterised activity; determining a meta-feature vector for each defined active interval of the plurality of active intervals; comparing each meta feature vector with a predefined set of vectors; and determining an anomaly based on the comparison.

A commodity information reading apparatus includes a first support configured to support a commodity to be read. A wireless tag receiving unit is located at an upper part of the first support, includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving a signal, and is configured to receive first commodity identification information identifying the commodity that responds to the signal transmitted from the antenna, from a wireless tag attached to the commodity moved within a predetermined receivable area provided in the upper part of the first support.

A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors.

The present disclosure provides a checkout system and bagging structure. The bagging structure includes a body, a platform positioned on the body, and a power source disposed within the body. The platform defines a plurality of cavities arranged in a grid. A first cavity of the plurality of cavities receives a first mechanical rod. The power source provides electric power through the first cavity and to the first mechanical rod.

A checkout apparatus (10) includes an image data acquisition unit (11) that acquires data of an image; an image analysis unit (12) that recognizes a plurality of products in the image using a feature value of an exterior of each of the products registered in a feature value storage unit (14) and the data of the image; a reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15) that extracts the product for which it is necessary to read a product code from among the recognized products, using an object-to-be-read storage unit (16) in which the product for which it is necessary to read the product code is registered in advance; and a reading unit (17) that reads the product code of the product extracted by the reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15).