Gesture-based signature capture
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1. A method, comprising:
- capturing, by a capture device that is integrated into a scanner for an existing Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal of a retailer, a gesture that is made without touching the capture device, wherein capturing further includes capturing the gesture from in-air movements made in front of but without touching the capture device;
translating the gesture into a signature and inverting the signature and converting the inverted signature into a size that is compatible with an electronic signature capture device that captures particular signatures through physical touching of components associated with the electronic signature capture device;
generating a weighted score for the inverted signature that weights a pitch of designated portions of the inverted signature and distances between the designated portions of the inverted signature; and
recording the inverted signature with the weighted score.
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Abstract
A customer engages in a transaction at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal, which necessitates obtaining a signature from the customer to complete the transaction. A device integrated or interfaced to the POS terminal electronically captures one or more gestures made by the customer in the air representing a signature of the customer. The device processes one or more images or video representing the gestures into the signature and records the signature to complete the transaction.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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capturing, by a capture device that is integrated into a scanner for an existing Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal of a retailer, a gesture that is made without touching the capture device, wherein capturing further includes capturing the gesture from in-air movements made in front of but without touching the capture device; translating the gesture into a signature and inverting the signature and converting the inverted signature into a size that is compatible with an electronic signature capture device that captures particular signatures through physical touching of components associated with the electronic signature capture device; generating a weighted score for the inverted signature that weights a pitch of designated portions of the inverted signature and distances between the designated portions of the inverted signature; and recording the inverted signature with the weighted score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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activating a capture device integrated within a scanner for an existing Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal of a retailer during a transaction with a customer; capturing, by the capture device, a gesture made by the customer in air as a series of images; converting the series of image into a signature image representing a signature of the customer, wherein converting further includes converting the signature into a size that is compatible with an electronic signature capture device that captures particular signatures through physical touching of components associated with the electronic signature capture device; inverting the signature image as an inverted signature image; generating a weighted score for the inverted signature image that weights a pitch of designated portions of the inverted signature image and distances between the designated portions of the inverted signature image; and assigning the inverted signature image to a portion of the transaction to complete the transaction at the POS terminal with the customer when the weighted score is within a threshold range indicating the inverted signature image is verified for the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A Point-Of-Sale (POS) system, comprising:
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an existing POS terminal of a retailer; a scanner having a capture device; the capture device integrated into the scanner and the scanner is interfaced to the POS terminal and the capture device configured to capture a gesture of a customer made in air as a series of electronic images and without the customer making any physical touching of any component associated with the POS terminal, wherein the capture device is oriented to face the customer; and a gesture-based signature manager configured to;
i) execute on the POS terminal, ii) translate the electronic images into a single signature image for a customer during a transaction being conducted by the customer at the POS terminal and inverting the single signature image as an inverted single signature image, convert the inverted single signature into a size that is compatible with an electronic signature capture device that captures particular signatures through physical touching of particular components associated with the electronic signature capture device, and generate a weighted score for the inverted single signature image that weights a pitch of designated portions of the inverted single signature image and distances between the designated portions of the inverted signature single image, and iii) record the inverted single signature image as a customer signature for the customer to satisfy a portion of the transaction when the weighted score is within a threshold range indicating that the inverted single signature image is verified for the transaction.
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