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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Nobuoka, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system for registering an item stored in a shopping cart, includes a terminal attachable to the shopping cart and one or more cameras attached to the shopping cart and positioned to face an opening of the shopping cart through which an item is put therein by a customer. The terminal includes an interface circuit connectable to the cameras, and a processor configured to: acquire first images captured by the cameras, execute image recognition on each of the first images to identify an item and one or more feature points each corresponding to a part of a hand of the customer in said each of the first images, select one of the first images in which an item is identified and a smaller number of feature points are identified, and determine the item in the selected first image to be registered for purchase by the customer.