US 11,941,604 B2
Automatic payment system
Younghun Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Kyungmok Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Jongseo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Woong Jeon, Seongnam-si (KR); Minsuk Sung, Seongnam-si (KR); Meejee Jeong, Seongnam-si (KR); and Wookeun Kim, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,945.
Application 17/349,945 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/KR2020/015775, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Application PCT/KR2020/015775 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/KR2019/014972, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0162865 (KR), filed on Dec. 17, 2018; application No. 10-2019-0130871 (KR), filed on Oct. 21, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0151241 (KR), filed on Nov. 22, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0149332 (KR), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312422 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3274 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G06V 40/178 (2022.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic payment system comprising:
first and second conveyer stages arranged along a conveying route on which products are moved;
a slope disposed between the first and second conveyer stages on the conveying route;
at least one first ID sensor facing the first conveyer stage to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the first conveyer stage;
at least one second ID sensor facing the second conveyer stage to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the second conveyer stage;
a bottom ID sensor facing the conveyer route under the slope;
at least one camera configured to provide an image by taking a picture of at least a portion of the conveying route and a sales stand on which the products are displayed; and
a controller configured to control the at least one first ID sensor, the at least one second ID sensor, the bottom ID sensor, and the at least one camera, and generate payment information for the products based on at least one of the detection signals received from the at least one first ID sensor, the at least one second ID sensor, the bottom ID sensor, and the at least one camera,
wherein the controller is configured to allow:
a first image captured at a first frame rate to be received by the at least one camera;
a human object to be detected from the first image;
an event signal to be generated when it is detected that the products are picked up by the human object from the first image;
a second image including the human object to be acquired by controlling the at least one camera to capture the image at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate in response to the event signal; and
the payment information and the second image to be stored in a database.