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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd A. Hagen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew Wipf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for validating products that are added to a shopping cart. A shopping cart that can include product validation hardware and a controller, the product validation hardware including motion sensors positioned at least along a top perimeter of the shopping cart and at least one weight sensor positioned inside the shopping cart. The shopping cart can receive, from one or more of the motion sensors, motion data when the product is detected to be entering a top horizontal plane of the shopping cart, receive, from the at least one weight sensor, weight change data that is collected in real-time as the product settles inside the shopping cart, and correlate the weight change data with the motion data to generate a weight signature over time for the product. The weight signature can be used to validate the product that is added to the shopping cart.