US 12,236,662 B2
Point of sale station for assisted checkout system
Abhinav Yarlagadda, Woodinville, WA (US); Aykut Dengi, Tempe, AZ (US); Sai Krishna Bashetty, Bellevue, WA (US); Rahul Santhosh Kumar Varma, Tempe, AZ (US); Daniel King, Seattle, WA (US); Kamalesh Kalirathinam, Tempe, AZ (US); Nathan Kelly, Phoenix, AZ (US); Sri Priyanka Madduluri, Arlington, VA (US); and Thomas Strich, Tempe, AZ (US)
Assigned to RadiusAI, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by RadiusAI, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/414,284.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/587,874, filed on Oct. 4, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,149, filed on Jan. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,113, filed on Jan. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242578 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 10/48 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/94 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 10/48 (2022.01) [G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/95 (2022.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G07G 1/0009 (2013.01); G07G 1/0018 (2013.01); G07G 1/12 (2013.01); G06V 2201/10 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A point-of-sale station for selling one or more items, the point-of-sale station comprising:
a base portion having a checkout plane configured for placement of the one or more items;
a plurality of optical sensors; and
a plurality of support towers, each support tower of the plurality of support towers comprising a riser portion and an arm portion, the riser portion having a stabilizing body and a support fin, the support fin adjoined to the stabilizing body,
a first end of the stabilizing body coupled to the base portion and a second end of the stabilizing body coupled to the arm portion, an inner wall and an outer wall of the stabilizing body extend between the first and second ends of the stabilizing body in a first direction that is aligned with a first adjacent side of the base portion,
a first end of the support fin coupled to the base portion and a second end of the support fin coupled to the arm portion, the support fin extending between an inner wall and an outer wall of the support fin in a second direction that is aligned with an adjacent second edge of the base portion, the first edge being non-parallel to the second edge,
the arm portion extending in the second direction, a first optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors coupled to, and at least outwardly offset from, a first end of the arm portion and a second optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors coupled to, and at least outwardly offset from, a second end of the arm portion, and
each support tower being configured to position the first and second optical sensors at a vertical height that is higher than the checkout plane on which the one or more items are to be placed when being purchased, the plurality of optical sensors configured to capture information from which one or more still images can be extracted for a recognition of the one or more items placed on the checkout plane, and wherein a focal point of the first and second optical sensors is vertically aligned with, and offset from, a geometric center of the checkout plane.