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Event detection based on video metadata

  • US 10,068,136 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2016
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for analyzing video metadata relating to one or more transactions at a point-of-sale (POS) device, the system comprising one or more processors and one or more storage devices cooperating to:

  • receive a feed of video metadata containing information about a video stream corresponding to video events occurring at a customer POS region and video events occurring at a cashier POS region;

    select and execute one or more of a plurality of metadata analysis techniques on the video metadata to identify the presence or absence of a customer at the customer POS region during a time window corresponding to a return transaction;

    wherein the one or more selected and executed metadata analysis techniques include at least an inclusion technique that, for a particular transaction, returns an indication of no fraud if an object present in the video metadata, during the time window associated with the return transaction, is determined to overlap with the customer POS region by more than a predetermined percentage of the customer POS region.

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