Method of detecting a scan avoidance event when an item is passed through the field of view of the scanner

    公开(公告)号:US11188726B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16887192

    申请日:2020-05-29

    摘要: Methods of detecting scan avoidance events are disclosed herein. An example method includes measuring, by a weighing scale associated with a barcode reader, an unstable weight over a timeframe having a duration that is greater than a threshold duration. The method further includes monitoring for (i) the barcode reader's failure, during the first timeframe, to transition from a first state in which an imager of the barcode reader does not transmit images for decoding to a second state in which the imager captures images over an FOV including a product scanning region and transmits the captured images for decoding; or (ii) the barcode reader's failure to decode a barcode from images captured over the FOV including the product scanning region during the first timeframe; and generating an alert indicating a potential scan avoidance event responsive to both the measured unstable weight over the timeframe and one of (i) or (ii).

    RETAIL FACILITY AND MERCHANDISE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210357899A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17284667

    申请日:2019-08-02

    发明人: Yaman LI Hong HUO

    摘要: A retail facility and a merchandise processing method thereof are provided. The retail facility includes: a building including a merchandise display area configured to place a merchandise, a packaging area configured to package the merchandise, and a shipment area configured to output a packaged merchandise; a sorting device configured to sort the merchandises from the merchandise display area to the packaging area; a packaging device configured to package the merchandise entering the packaging area; and a conveying device configured to convey the packaged merchandise from the packaging area to the shipment area.

    RESOLVING EVENTS IN ITEM-IDENTIFYING CARTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210345794A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17379788

    申请日:2021-07-19

    IPC分类号: A47F9/04 B62B3/14 G06Q30/06

    摘要: This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may be utilized by users to automatically identify items that the users place in their carts. In addition, these carts may automatically determine the outcome of respective events that occur with respect to these identified items. For example, the carts may be configured to identify one or more items that are placed into or removed from the cart, and thereafter determine one or more actions taken with respect to the identified items and a quantity of the items involved. For example, after identifying a first item and a second item either placed into or removed from the cart, the cart may determine that the user added two instances of the first item and removed one instance of the second item. In response to making this determination, the cart may update a virtual cart of a user operating the physical cart.

    Surgical sponge inventory rack
    14.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11116596B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16995297

    申请日:2020-08-17

    申请人: David G. Stevens

    发明人: David G. Stevens

    摘要: A surgical sponge inventory rack includes a vertical mounting rod, a laterally extending sponge bag holder connected to the mounting rod, and a sponge bag supported on the sponge bag holder. The sponge bag includes a pocket configured to receive and display a surgical sponge. The sponge bag holder including a plurality of support members. The support members are shiftable relative to one another to transition the sponge bag holder between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. At least one of the support members extends in the lateral direction past another of the support members when the sponge bag holder is in the expanded configuration. The support members collectively present a depth in a fore-and-aft direction that is transverse to the lateral direction and transverse to the vertical direction. The depth is at least substantially constant as the sponge bag holder transitions between the collapsed and expanded configurations.

    Resolving events in item-identifying carts

    公开(公告)号:US11064821B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16711300

    申请日:2019-12-11

    IPC分类号: A47F9/04 B62B3/14 G06Q30/06

    摘要: This disclosure is directed to item-identifying carts that may be utilized by users to automatically identify items that the users place in their carts. In addition, these carts may automatically determine the outcome of respective events that occur with respect to these identified items. For example, the carts may be configured to identify one or more items that are placed into or removed from the cart, and thereafter determine one or more actions taken with respect to the identified items and a quantity of the items involved. For example, after identifying a first item and a second item either placed into or removed from the cart, the cart may determine that the user added two instances of the first item and removed one instance of the second item. In response to making this determination, the cart may update a virtual cart of a user operating the physical cart.

    Sales data processing apparatus and sales data processing method

    公开(公告)号:US11023694B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16506681

    申请日:2019-07-09

    发明人: Yuichiro Kawabe

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00 G06K7/10 A47F9/04

    摘要: In one embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus has a first and a second antennas, and a processor. The first antenna receives, from a wireless tag attached to a commodity, tag information to uniquely identify the relevant commodity. The second antenna receives the tag information from the wireless tag recovered by a recovery device. The processor judges whether the wireless tag attached to the commodity is a wireless tag required to be detached from the commodity, based on the tag information received by the first antenna. The processor judges whether the second antenna has received the tag information of the wireless tag which is judged to be the wireless tag required to be detached from the commodity.

    ELECTRONIC KIOSK SYSTEM, SUPPORTING COLUMN AND USE OF A HOLLOW PROFILE

    公开(公告)号:US20200315376A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16837409

    申请日:2020-04-01

    摘要: An electronic kiosk system (1) including at least one supporting column (2) which has a cavity in which at least one storage compartment is formed with one insertion opening, wherein at least one processor unit is inserted into the at least one storage compartment. At least one input and/or output module (3, 15, 36) is arranged on an outer side (4) of a wall (5) of the supporting column and is held thereby. The wall has at least one breakthrough (6) which leads from the inside to the outside and by which an interface (7) is formed between the processor unit and the at least one input and/or output module, as a result of which at least one self-service terminal (8, 17, 38) is formed. In addition, a supporting column, the use of a hollow profile (14) and to a kit for producing an electronic kiosk system (1) are provided.

    METHODS FOR AUDITING SHOPPING, RELATED DEVICES, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20200311706A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16369816

    申请日:2019-03-29

    IPC分类号: G06Q20/20 A47F9/04 G01G19/414

    摘要: A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system, can cause the computing system to perform operations for an audited shopping system that include receiving scanned product information identifying a current product and an associated weight of the current product. An indication can be determined to place the current product in a selected bag among a plurality of bags. The associated weight of the current product can be added to a previous calculated weight of products in the selected bag to provide a current calculated weight of products in the selected bag and then all previous operations can be repeated until receiving an indication that shopping is done to provide a plurality of products that are distributed among the plurality of bags, wherein each bag has a respective calculated weight of all products in the bag and indicating a selected one of the plurality of bags as an audited bag for weighing.

    Sales data processing apparatus
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10748388B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16291353

    申请日:2019-03-04

    摘要: A sales-data processing apparatus comprises a main body section of a columnar shape. A reader is in the main body section and configured to read information for identifying a commodity in a sales transaction. An operator display is directed to an operator side of the main body section. A customer display, adjacent the operator display section, is directed to a customer side of the main body section. An input device is provided for receiving input operations related settlement processing from a customer on the customer side of the main body section. The input device is positioned adjacent to the customer display. A supporting section is attached to the main body section to support the input device at the position substantially adjacent to the customer display.

    Transaction stand
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10743682B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16379696

    申请日:2019-04-09

    发明人: Joe Speagle

    摘要: Disclosed herein are aspects of a transaction device stand. In one embodiment, the transaction device stand comprises a stand base having a base plate, a column having a shape, and a winged collar latching mechanism. A swivel top may be mounted to the stand base via the winged collar, the swivel top configured to be physically coupled to a transaction device. A tension mechanism may be implemented between a portion of the swivel top and a portion of the winged collar of the stand base such that the swivel top is held at a position relative to the stand base in tension.