Method and system for automated retail checkout using context recognition
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a customer having an identity to purchase goods from a retail store through the use of implicit gestures and a customer financial account, comprising:
- providing a server in communication with the retail store, the retail store including a demarcation zone, for enabling check-out, wherein the server includes one or more processors, computer memory with software, the software being programmed for enabling operation of the server to communicate with a plurality of sensors;
providing a first and second plurality of sensors, in operable communication with the server, wherein the first plurality of sensors are optical sensors, and the second plurality of sensors are different from the first plurality of sensors;
sensing biometric information of the customer with the first plurality of sensors and converting at least some of the biometric information into topological variations, communicating the biometric information to the server to enable the server to authenticate customer identity;
tracking movement of the customer within the retail store with the second plurality of sensors;
recognizing gestures indicating a purchase decision;
tracking the purchase decision in an electronic shopping cart;
the topological variations are then animated within a gaming engine having a virtual camera, where the gaming engine'"'"'s virtual camera is used to capture multiple points-of-view from various locations around the customer, these points of view correspond to the perspectives taken from the first plurality of sensors;
andenabling a checkout procedure when the customer is passing the demarcation zone by charging the customer financial account based on the purchase decision.
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Abstract
A gestural checkout system includes a sensor-equipped server programmed with a gestural context application that authenticates a customer'"'"'s identity upon entry to a retail store. The sensors include cameras. The sensors are identify products and detect gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decisions. Gestures include product pick-up, product movement and product-commit-to-container actions. For bulk items, an Implicit Gestural Scale communicates product identity and volumetric data wirelessly to the implicit gestural checkout. Recognition of shopper locomotion, past a line of demarcation near the exit, automatically authorizes electronic payment.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a customer having an identity to purchase goods from a retail store through the use of implicit gestures and a customer financial account, comprising:
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providing a server in communication with the retail store, the retail store including a demarcation zone, for enabling check-out, wherein the server includes one or more processors, computer memory with software, the software being programmed for enabling operation of the server to communicate with a plurality of sensors; providing a first and second plurality of sensors, in operable communication with the server, wherein the first plurality of sensors are optical sensors, and the second plurality of sensors are different from the first plurality of sensors; sensing biometric information of the customer with the first plurality of sensors and converting at least some of the biometric information into topological variations, communicating the biometric information to the server to enable the server to authenticate customer identity; tracking movement of the customer within the retail store with the second plurality of sensors; recognizing gestures indicating a purchase decision; tracking the purchase decision in an electronic shopping cart; the topological variations are then animated within a gaming engine having a virtual camera, where the gaming engine'"'"'s virtual camera is used to capture multiple points-of-view from various locations around the customer, these points of view correspond to the perspectives taken from the first plurality of sensors; and enabling a checkout procedure when the customer is passing the demarcation zone by charging the customer financial account based on the purchase decision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for enabling a customer having an identity to purchase goods from a retail store through the use of implicit gestures, a portable electronic device, and a customer financial account, comprising:
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a server located within the retail store, wherein the server includes one or more processors, computer memory with software, the software being programmed for enabling operation of the server to communicate with a plurality of sensors; a portable electronic device in operable communication with the server to allow a customer to accept or reject a purchase decision; a first and second plurality of sensors in operable communication with the server for sensing customer biometric information and communicating the customer biometric information to the server to authenticate customer identity, and to associate the customer identity with a customer financial account; the first and second plurality of sensors enable tracking movement within the retail store and recognizing gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decision; the first and second plurality of sensors track the purchase decision indicated by a customer gesture, the customer gesture including picking up a product, moving the product and placing the product in a container, at least one of the first and second plurality of sensors detect topological variations in the product; the topological variations are then animated within a gaming engine having a virtual camera, where the gaming engine'"'"'s virtual camera is used to capture multiple points-of-view from various locations around the product, these points of view correspond to the perspectives taken from the at least one of the first and second plurality of sensors, and the server enables a checkout procedure when the customer is detected by the third plurality of sensors as placing the product in the container by communicating the purchase decision to the portable electronic device for customer approval. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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