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 vending machine (100) and a vending method and vending system (1000) therefor, the vending machine (100) comprising a machine body (10), a door body (20), and at least one layer of shelves (30) and a weighing device (40) that are installed inside the machine body (10). The vending method comprises: collecting the weight of products on a shelf before and after vending (S1); calculating the difference of the change between the weight of the products on the shelf before vending and the weight of the products on the shelf after vending (S2); and if the difference of the change is less than a first weight change threshold, issuing an alarm prompt (S3), wherein the first weight change threshold is less than or equal to zero. Using the present invention may promptly determine the misplacement and replacement of the products without relying on an RFID tag.

A checkout device in a point of sales (POS) system includes a table on which one or more merchandise items can be placed, a scale configured to measure a total weight of the merchandise items placed on the table, a scanner configured to read an image displayed on a terminal operated by a customer, and a processor. The processor is configured to, upon receipt of the image by the scanner, determine one or more merchandise items that have been registered by the customer using the terminal, determine a total weight of the registered merchandise items using a weight predetermined for each merchandise item, determine whether a difference between the determined total weight and the measured total weight exceeds a threshold, and upon determining that the difference exceeds the threshold, issue an abnormal command.

Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.

A sensing and digital display type weighing and code scanning integrated machine with a damping and dust-proof smart case includes a case device. A weigher is placed at an upper end of the case device. A code scanning device is fixedly connected to the upper end of the case device. The case device includes a case, a guide hole, a threaded hole, a through groove, a groove, a fan, a case door, a magnet, a guide rod, a first spring, a host base, a first clamping groove, a computer host, a filter cartridge, a circular groove and an efficient filter screen. The case door is hinged to the case. The magnet is fixedly connected to the case door. The guide rod is slidably nested in the case. The host base is fixedly connected to an upper end of the guide rod. The computer host is clamped in the host base.

A system and method for replaying a security video at the time of a fraudulent incident at a point-of-sale checkout terminal is presented. The video playback takes place in real-time, when the event occurs, allowing personnel to take appropriate measures, corrective or otherwise, to deal with the event. Examples of such events may include when a weight-based security alert is triggered at a self-checkout, when a cashier or customer has missed scanning an item at the checkout, or other possible events where rapid replay of relevant video is required.

A transaction is detected on a terminal. A context for an association of items, bags, shelving, carts, and individuals present during the transaction is maintained from images captured during the transaction. Rules are processed to determine actions to process during the transaction and/or after the transaction based on reported transaction details, the context, and analytics derived from the images for the context. In an embodiment, at least one rule identifies an action that overrides an attendant intervention at the terminal, which would have been issued for a detected weight discrepancy by a scale of the terminal.

This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may be utilized by users to automatically identify items that the users place in their carts. In order to identify the items placed into or removed from the cart, the cart may analyze image data, as well as weight data indicating a current weight estimation of a basket of the cart. The cart may include a weight sensor that generates a signal comprising a series of weight measurements of the basket of the cart. The cart may use an algorithm that calculates different mean values of different window sizes of the weight measurements of this signal and, thereafter, may calculate an average of these mean values. This average may be stored as the current weight estimation of the basket.

An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, place them within the container, scan the products, and initiate a payment transaction to complete a purchase.

A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for preventing losses due to mismatches during checkouts in a store. The computer system causes one or more sensors to capture one or more attributes of an item being checked out by a customer. The computer system matches the captured one or more attributes to one or more attributes corresponding to one of a barcode scanned, a number keyed in, and an item name chosen by the customer. The computer system pauses a checkout process, in response to a mismatch. The computer system calculates a difference between a price corresponding to one of the barcode, the number, and the item name and an actual price of the item. The computer system, in response to determining a significant loss occurring to the store, notifies the store to correct the mismatch and processes a transaction of the item at the actual price.