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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Shiyuan Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Lin Gao, Syosset, NY (US);
Yufeng He, Shanghai, CN;
Xiao Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Yilin Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Griffin Kelly, Chicago, IL (US);
Isabel Tsai, New York, NY (US);
Ahmed Beshry, Queens, NY (US);
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.