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Techniques for checkout security using video surveillance

  • US 9,311,645 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2012
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a machine configured to execute the method, comprising:

  • receiving, at the machine, in-store tracking information for a shopper, wherein receiving further includes identifying with the in-store tracking information aisles visited within a store and how long the shopper pauses at specific locations within specific aisles of the store and factoring into with how long the shopper pauses situations in which the shopper is blocked or encounters obstacles during particular pauses;

    correlating, at the machine, aspects of the in-store tracking information with known products of the store;

    comparing, at the machine, purchased items with expected items when the shopper checks out of the store; and

    making, at the machine, a decision as to whether to audit the shopper before the shopper exits the store.

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