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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Malay Kundu, Lexington, MA (US);
Vikram Srinivasan, Lowell, MA (US);
Joshua Migdal, Medford, MA (US);
Xiaowei Chen, Billerica, MA (US);
Malay Kundu, Lexington, MA (US);
Vikram Srinivasan, Lowell, MA (US);
Joshua Migdal, Medford, MA (US);
Xiaowei Chen, Billerica, MA (US);
Stoplift, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a video count of items indicated in the video data as detected by an automated item detection algorithm applied to the video data. The system obtains at least one expected transaction parameter concerning an expected transaction that occurs in the transaction area, such as a scan count of items scanned at a point of sale terminal. The system automatically compares the video transaction parameter(s) to the expected transaction parameter(s) to identify a transaction outcome that may indicate fraudulent activity such as sweethearting in a retail environment.