Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Longlong Zhu

Jiajun Zhao

Dilip Kumar

Nishitkumar Ashokkumar Desai

Waqas Syed Ahmed

Danny Guan

Kartik Muktinutalapati

Joseph M Alyea

Ivan Stankovic

Ejaz Ahmed

Hue Tuan Thi

Chris Broaddus

Austen Groener

Xiaoxia Shi

Yuzhou Feng

This disclosure is directed to techniques in which a first user in an environment scans visual indicia associated with an item, such as a barcode, before handing the item to a second user. One or more computing devices may receive an indication of the scan, retrieve image data of the interaction from a camera within the environment, identify the user that received the item, and update a virtual cart associated with the second user to indicate addition of the item.

Analyzing sensor data to identify events

This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling physical retail stores and other facilities to implement both automated- and manual-checkout techniques for customers of the stores and/or facilities. For example, the described systems may enable a retail store to implement technology where users are able to pick items from shelves and other inventory locations and exit the store without performing manual checkout of the items, as well as technology to allow users to pay for their items using point-of-sale (POS) and/or other manual-checkout techniques. The systems described herein also generate associations between users and carts within the stores to prevent fraudulent transactions within these hybrid environments.

Associating carts and users in hybrid environments

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Longlong Zhu