ITEM PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION

• US 20160371669A1
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Costello, Christopher John, Utsumi, Yoshitaka
• Granted Patent: US 10,262,312 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0045 with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader

Abstract

Embodiments of a symbol for identification of a property of a presented item at a Point-Of-Sale Terminal (POS) are generally described herein. A method can include a detecting a presence of a symbol other than a barcode within at least one image captured by a scanner of the POS of an item presented to the scanner, the symbol indicating that the presented item has a property, and when the presence of the symbol is detected, outputting an indication that the presented item has the property.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a presence of a symbol other than a barcode within at least one image captured by a scanner of a Point-Of-Sale Terminal (POS) of an item presented to the scanner, the symbol indicating that the presented item has a property; and

when the presence of the symbol is detected, outputting an indication that the presented item has the property.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed by the scanner and outputs the indication to another computing device of the POS.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying at least one user selectable option on a display of the POS in response to detecting the symbol.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one user selectable option is a limited set of options corresponding to the property indicated by the detected presence of the symbol.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the property indicates the presented item is an item of organic produce.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol includes a predefined shape.

7. A Point-Of-Sale Terminal (POS) comprising:

a scanner configured to;

scan presented items;

obtain at least one image of a presented item;

a processor configured to;

detect a presence of a symbol other than a barcode within the at least one image of the presented item, the symbol indicating that the presented item has a property; and

when the presence of the symbol is detected, output an indication that the presented item has the property.

8. The POS of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to display at least one user selectable option on a display of the POS in response to detecting the symbol.

9. The POS of claim 8, wherein the at least one user selectable option is a limited set of options corresponding to the property indicated by the detected presence of the symbol.

10. The POS of claim 9, wherein the property indicates the presented item is an item of organic produce.

11. The POS of claim 7, wherein the symbol includes a predefined shape.

12. The POS of claim 7, wherein the symbol includes or is printed upon a reflective surface of a reflective material.

13. The POS of claim 7, wherein the presence of the symbol is detected in part by the processor applying an edge detection algorithm against the at least one image.

14. A method for determining whether a presented item has a property, the method comprising:

scanning the presented item at a scanner of a Point-Of-Sale Terminal (POS);

obtaining at least one image of the presented item;

detecting a presence of a symbol other than a barcode within the at least one image of the presented item, the symbol indicating that the presented item has the property; and

when the presence of the symbol is detected, outputting an indication that the presented item has the property.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying at least one user selectable option on a display of the POS in response to detecting the symbol.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one user selectable option is limited to at least one option corresponding to the property indicated by the detected presence of the symbol.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the property indicates the presented item is an item of organic produce.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the symbol includes a predefined shape.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the symbol includes a reflective material.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein detecting the presence of the symbol includes detecting the presence of the symbol using edge detection on the at least one image.