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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Tong Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ed Costello, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gideon Amir, Ness Ziona, IL;
Karl Walters, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Imaging a package to identify contents associated with the package includes with a camera of a point of sale (POS) system, imaging the package, where an identical identification mark is located on all sides of the package such that when an image of the package is captured, an image of the identification mark appears in the image irrespective of an orientation of the package to the camera and with a database, identifying the contents associated with the package based on the identification mark from the image.