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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan Finkenzeller, Seattle, WA (US);
Ramasubramanian Balagurunathan, Seattle, WA (US);
Aneeta Bhattacharyya, Seattle, WA (US);
Manmeet Bhavsar, Redmond, WA (US);
Sanjay Dash, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Smita Joshi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Siddharth Lathia, Kirkland, WA (US);
Shashank Saraogi, Seattle, WA (US);
Lokita Yaputra, Seattle, WA (US);
Jiongran Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for determining an appropriate cost to charge a user for an item in an environment that relies on sensor data rather than traditional checkout methods. For instance, a physical store may include a weight sensor on a shelf to identify a customer picking an item from the shelf Upon the user picking the item, the techniques may determine a first cost of the item. When a camera is used to observe the user exiting the store, triggering automatic payment for the item, the techniques may determine whether the price of the item has changed. If so, then the techniques may charge the user for the lesser of the two prices.