US 12,125,081 B2
Shopping cart with sound-based validation
Todd A. Hagen, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Andrew Wipf, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/963,788.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,788, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,462, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146179 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G01P 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0609 (2013.01) [G01P 3/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for validating products that are placed in a shopping cart, the system comprising:
a shopping cart configured to retain one or more products and to be operated by a user in a retail environment, wherein the shopping cart includes product validation hardware and a controller, wherein the product validation hardware includes a plurality of motion sensors positioned at least along a top perimeter of the shopping cart and at least one sound sensor positioned inside the shopping cart, wherein the shopping cart is configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from one or more of the plurality of motion sensors, motion data when a product enters a top horizontal plane of the shopping cart;
receiving, from the at least one sound sensor, audio data that is collected in real-time as the product is placed in the shopping cart; and
correlating the audio data with the motion data to generate an audio signature over time for the product, wherein the audio signature is used to validate the product that is placed in the shopping cart.