WO2005084227A3 - Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout - Google Patents

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WO2005084227A3
WO2005084227A3 PCT/US2005/006079 US2005006079W WO2005084227A3 WO 2005084227 A3 WO2005084227 A3 WO 2005084227A3 US 2005006079 W US2005006079 W US 2005006079W WO 2005084227 A3 WO2005084227 A3 WO 2005084227A3
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items
subsystem
images
conveyor
systems
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Jim Ostrowski
Mario Munich
John Wiseman
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Evolution Robotics Inc
Jim Ostrowski
Mario Munich
John Wiseman
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Priority claimed from US11/023,004 external-priority patent/US7100824B2/en
Application filed by Evolution Robotics Inc, Jim Ostrowski, Mario Munich, John Wiseman filed Critical Evolution Robotics Inc
Priority to US10/554,516 priority Critical patent/US7337960B2/en
Publication of WO2005084227A2 publication Critical patent/WO2005084227A2/en
Publication of WO2005084227A3 publication Critical patent/WO2005084227A3/en
Priority to US12/074,263 priority patent/US8430311B2/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
    • G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
    • G07G1/0054—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • A47F9/046—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters
    • A47F9/047—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters for recording self-service articles without cashier or assistant
    • A47F9/048—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters for recording self-service articles without cashier or assistant automatically

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Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically checking out items located on a moving conveyor belt for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of a checkout process and revenue at a point-of-sale. The system includes a conveyor subsystem for moving the items, a housing that enclosed a portion of the conveyor subsystem, a lighting subsystem that illuminates an area within the housing, visual sensors that can take images of the items including UPCs, and a checkout system that receives the images from the visual sensors and automatically identifies the items. The system may include a scale subsystem located under the conveyor subsystem to measure the weights of the items, where the weight of each item is used to check if the corresponding item is identified correctly. The system relies on matching visual features from images stored in a database to match against features extracted from images taken by the visual sensors.
PCT/US2005/006079 2004-02-27 2005-02-28 Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout WO2005084227A2 (en)

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US10/554,516 US7337960B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2005-02-28 Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout
US12/074,263 US8430311B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2008-02-29 Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout

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US54856504P 2004-02-27 2004-02-27
US60/548,565 2004-02-27
US62155104P 2004-10-22 2004-10-22
US60/621,551 2004-10-22
US11/023,004 US7100824B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2004-12-27 System and methods for merchandise checkout
US11/023,004 2004-12-27

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US11/023,004 Continuation-In-Part US7100824B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2004-12-27 System and methods for merchandise checkout

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US12/074,263 Continuation US8430311B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2008-02-29 Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout

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