US 12,260,386 B2
Shopping cart with weight bump validation
Todd A. Hagen, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Andrew Wipf, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,454.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,702, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,474, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147385 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) [G01G 19/52 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for validating products that are added to a shopping cart, the system comprising:
a shopping cart configured to retain one or more products and be pushed by a user in a retail environment, wherein the shopping cart includes product validation hardware and a controller, the product validation hardware including a plurality of motion sensors positioned at least along a top perimeter of the shopping cart and at least one weight sensor positioned inside the shopping cart, wherein the shopping cart is configured to:
receive, from one or more of the plurality of motion sensors, motion data when the product is detected to be entering a top horizontal plane of the shopping cart;
receive, from the at least one weight sensor, weight change data that is collected in real-time as the product settles inside the shopping cart;
scale the weight change data based on an expected weight change signature curve for the product; and
correlate the scaled weight change data with the motion data to generate a weight signature over time for the product, wherein the weight signature is used to validate the product that is added to the shopping cart; and
one or more processors that is in communication with the shopping cart, wherein the one or more processors is configured to:
receive, from the shopping cart, the weight signature over time for the product;
validate the product based on the weight signature; and
return results from validating the product.