US 12,330,704 B2
System for registering an item for purchase at a store
Shohei Yamazaki, Mishima Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,129.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-062902 (JP), filed on Apr. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336291 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B62B 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC B62B 3/1424 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06K 7/1447 (2013.01); G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for registering an item for purchase at a store, comprising:
a terminal attachable to a shopping cart; and
a camera attached to the shopping cart and positioned to capture an image of an item stored therein, wherein
the terminal includes:
an interface circuit connectable to the camera, and
a processor configured to:
control the camera to capture an image,
execute object recognition processing on the image and determine one or more candidate items and a quantity thereof using a result of the object recognition processing,
in response to determining that the quantity of the candidate items is one, register the candidate item as an item for purchase, and
in response to determining that the quantity of the candidate items is two or more,
execute character recognition processing on the image on which the object recognition processing was performed and determine a character string shown in the image, and
register one of the two or more candidate items as an item for purchase using a result of the character recognition processing.