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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Johanna E. Hinkle, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a system that uses artificial intelligence to classify bags at a checkout station. The system includes a camera that captures an image of a bag during a transaction at a checkout station, a memory, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor analyzes, using a machine learning model, the image of the bag to determine a characteristic of the bag; determines, using the machine learning model and based on the characteristic of the bag, that the bag is new; and adds the bag to the transaction in response to determining that the bag is new.