US 12,367,469 B2
Point of sale optical-based device association and configuration
David Steiner, Durham, NC (US); Charles Kirk, Raleigh, NC (US); Steven Low, Bishan (SG); and Nancy Yaguda, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,360.
Application 18/055,360 is a continuation of application No. 16/376,752, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,501,275.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075401 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/20 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10792 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying, using an optical sensor, a point of sale (POS) component device located in a first zone;
responsive to identifying the POS component device in the first zone, automatically associating the POS component device to a first POS terminal, then automatically configuring the POS component device to function within first POS terminal associated with the first zone, wherein the POS component device is a sub-component of the first POS terminal;
detecting movement of the POS component device from the first zone to a second zone using the optical sensor;
determining a change in component configuration in the first POS terminal; and
responsive to determining the change in the component configuration of the first POS terminal, executing an action at the first POS terminal, the change in the component configuration comprising at least one of: (i) a removal of a component device from the first POS terminal or (ii) an addition of the component device to the first POS terminal.