Granted Patent B2

US 12,614,162 · App. 18/364,294 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Inventor: Masachika Kurata (Sunto Shizuoka, JP)

Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

G06Q20/18G06Q20/20G06V20/49G06V20/52

Abstract

Claims (22)

1 . A video-monitored commodity registration apparatus, comprising:

an input device that can be operated by a customer himself or herself to input information related to a sales transaction in which the customer purchases a commodity;

a display device configured to display information to the customer who operates the input device; and

a processor configured to:

cause the display device to display a consent confirmation screen for obtaining consent from the customer for an additional use of a video from a camera monitoring the customer during the sales transaction beyond monitoring of the customer during the sales transaction; and

perform registration processing for the commodity to be purchased by the customer based on information from the input device, wherein

the consent confirmation screen is displayed before the processor performs the registration processing,

the consent conformation screen supplies notice to the customer of video monitoring of the sales transaction which is a use for which explicit customer consent is not required, and

the additional use of the video is collection of training data for a machine-learning model for monitoring registration processing.

2 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the consent confirmation screen is a screen with a first operation element for receiving a selection of consent or non-consent from the customer.

3 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the selection of consent or non-consent received via the first operation element serves as an operation start declaration for the registration processing.

4 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the consent confirmation screen has a second operation element for receiving a selection of a member or non-member status from the customer.

5 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause the display device to display a member confirmation screen to receive a selection of a member or non-member status from the customer.

6 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the member confirmation screen is displayed after the consent confirmation screen.

7 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the member confirmation screen is displayed before the consent confirmation screen.

8 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the consent confirmation screen has a third operation element for instructing storage of the selection of consent or non-consent in association with a member identification provided in association with the member confirmation screen.

9 . The video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

check a stored selection of consent or non-consent associated with a member identification provided in association with the member confirmation screen and skip the displaying of the consent confirmation screen if the stored selection of consent or non-consent is associated with the member identification.

10 . A machine learning data collection system for retail sales transaction monitoring, the system comprising:

a video-monitored commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a monitoring apparatus connected to the video-monitored commodity registration apparatus and configured to store the video of from the camera monitoring the customer during the sales transaction in association with an indication of the consent from the customer for the additional use of the video from the camera.

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