Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-28
2008-03-04
Lee, Michael G. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
Reexamination Certificate
active
07337960
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.
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Munich Mario
Ostrowski Jim
Wiseman John
Evolution Robotics, Inc.
Kim Tae W.
Lee Michael G.
Shimokaji & Associates P.C.
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