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 located within the retail store, the retail store including a demarcation zone for enabling check-out;
providing sensors in operable communication with the server;
sensing biometric information with the sensors and 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 sensors;
recognizing gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decision;
tracking the purchase decision; and
charging the customer financial account based on the purchase decision when the customer is detected by the server passing the demarcation zone.
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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 located within the retail store, the retail store including a demarcation zone for enabling check-out; providing sensors in operable communication with the server; sensing biometric information with the sensors and 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 sensors; recognizing gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decision; tracking the purchase decision; and charging the customer financial account based on the purchase decision when the customer is detected by the server passing the demarcation zone. - 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 products from a retail store through the use of implicit gestures and a customer financial account, comprising:
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a server located within the retail store; sensors in operable communication with the server for sensing customer biometric information and communicating the biometric information to the server to enable the server to authenticate customer identity and associated the customer identity with a customer financial account; the sensors enable tracking movement of the customer within the retail store and recognizing gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decision; the server tracks 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; and the server charges the customer financial account based on the purchase decision. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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