US 12,321,981 B2
Automated object recognition kiosk for retail checkouts
Mukul Dhankhar, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Mashgin Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Mashgin Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,754.
Application 18/079,754 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,296, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,551,287.
Application 17/129,296 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/168,066, filed on Oct. 23, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/168,066 is a continuation of application No. 14/517,634, filed on Oct. 17, 2014, granted, now 10,366,445, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/891,902, filed on Oct. 17, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112491 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G01G 19/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01) [G01G 19/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A checkout kiosk, comprising:
a set of support components;
a head component;
a base component configured to receive an object, wherein the support component statically connects the base component and the head component, wherein the set of support components, the head component, and the base component cooperatively surround a measurement volume on at least three sides, the at least three sides comprising a bottom side and a top side, wherein the head component encloses a top of the measurement volume;
a first, second, and third optical system positioned proximal to a first, second, and third geometric feature of the head component, respectively, and having a respective field of view which encompasses a fourth, fifth, and sixth geometric feature of the base component, respectively, wherein the fourth, fifth, and sixth geometric features are opposite the first, second, and third geometric features, respectively; and
a processing system configured to automatically recognize at least one food object using an image from at least one of the optical systems.