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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Russell P. Bobbitt, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Myron Flickner, San Jose, CA (US);
Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, CT (US);
Charles A. Otto, Lansing, MI (US);
Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Norwalk, CT (US);
Unsang Park, East Lansing, MI (US);
Akira Yanagawa, New York, NY (US);
Yun Zhai, White Plains, NY (US);
Russell P. Bobbitt, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Myron Flickner, San Jose, CA (US);
Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, CT (US);
Charles A. Otto, Lansing, MI (US);
Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Norwalk, CT (US);
Unsang Park, East Lansing, MI (US);
Akira Yanagawa, New York, NY (US);
Yun Zhai, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting a non-scan at a retail checkout station includes detecting the passing of an item across a scanner device of a retail checkout station, obtaining an image of the item passing across the scanner, detecting a scan of an item passing across the scanner to establish a scanned item, and establishing a register associated with the scanned item. A scan occurs if the image of the item passing across the scanner substantially matches the register associated with the scanned item. Conversely, a non-scan is triggered when the image of the item passing across the scanner does not match the register associated with the scanned item.