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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 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, New York, NY (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, New York, NY (US);
Akira Yanagawa, New York, NY (US);
Yun Zhai, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-scan detect system for a retail checkout station includes a non-scan detect module. The non-scan detect module, when operated, causes the non-scan detect system to detect the passing of an item across a scanner device of a retail checkout station, determine that the item passing across the scanner device was not registered as a scan, establish a potential non-scanned item based on the item not being registered as a scan, obtain an image of the potential non-scanned item, establish a scanned item based on an item passing across the scanner device being registered as a scan, extract features associated with the scanned item, compare the features associated with the scanned item with the image of the potential non-scanned item, and trigger an actual non-scan if the features of the scanned item do not substantially match the image of the potential non-scanned item.