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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Shoppertrak Rct Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Amit R. Patil, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael Paolella, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Michelangelo Palella, Bartlett, IL (US);
Steve E. Trivelpiece, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Channing E. Miller, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Zafar Mohammad Haq, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Kelly Surles, Chicago, IL (US);
Manan Kothari, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin Weithers, Chicago, IL (US);
SHOPPERTRAK RCT CORPORATION, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for returning an item. The methods comprise: performing operations by a self-return station to capture an image of a first item that an individual is trying to return to an entity; performing machine learning operations by the self-return station using the image to determine whether the first item is damaged and to determine a degree of item damage; allowing, by the self-return station, a return of the first item to the entity when the first item is not damaged or when the degree of item damage does not exceed a threshold value; and preventing, by the self-return station, the return of the first item to the entity when the first item is damaged and the degree of item damage exceeds the threshold value.