US 12,444,277 B1
Activity detection at point of sale
Philip Brown, Apex, NC (US); Evgeny Shevtsov, Plano, TX (US); Johanna Hinkle, South Bend, IN (US); and Viktor Ivakhno, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/616,796.
Int. Cl. G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07G 1/0072 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
by a point of sale (POS) system having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus with a bagging area, the system having processing circuitry operationally coupled to an optical sensor device, an optical scanner device and a load sensor device, with the optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a first region about the POS system and operable to capture an image that includes the first region, the optical scanner device being operable to scan a visual object identifier code disposed on an object and the load sensor device being operable to measure a load of an object while positioned in the bagging area, with the first region having a second region that can include a pre-designated object type that can be placed in the bagging area without having to be scanned or weighed-,
obtaining a successive image captured by the optical sensor device and associated with a target object being transferred from the second region to the bagging area;
determining, based on analysis of the successive image and identified by image characteristics of the successive image without requiring identification of the object as a saleable or non-saleable item, that the target object corresponds to the pre-designated object type that can be placed in the bagging area without having to be scanned or weighed; and
permitting the target object to remain in the bagging area without sending an indication to resolve an unexpected load.