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US 12,277,563 · App. 17/552,366 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Self-service commodity sales data processing device and method thereof

Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima (Mishima Shizuoka, JP); Hidehiro Naito (Mishima Shizuoka, JP); Masaki Ito (Numazu Shizuoka, JP); Yuki Kawaguchi (Tagata Shizuoka, JP); Takahiro Saitou (Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP); Atsushi Miyashima (Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP); Toshihiro Kaneko (Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP); Taiki Tanihira (Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06Q20/4016G06Q20/208G06V20/52G07G1/0018G07G1/0045G06Q2220/00
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Patent No.
US 12,277,563
App. No.
17/552,366
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A self-service commodity sales data processing device that includes a take-out determination unit for determining whether commodities were taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out, a first identical termination unit for determining whether taken-out commodities are different commodities or identical commodities if the take-out determination unit determines that the commodities are taken out simultaneously, a reading unit for reading information of the taken-out commodities, a second identical determination unit for determining whether the commodities read by the reading unit are the identical commodity if the first identical determination unit determines that the taken-out commodities are different commodities, and a suspension unit for suspending the transaction if the second identical determination unit determines that the commodities are the identical commodity.

Claims (38)

1. A self-service commodity sales data processing device, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory that stores machine readable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining, during a transaction, that a plurality of commodities are taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out from a commodity placing location;

determining, based on an image recognition technique, that the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously comprise different commodities;

storing a quantity of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

reading information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

determining that the information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously is identical for every commodity of the quantity; and

based on the determination that the plurality of taken out commodities comprise different commodities, and the determination that the information of each of the plurality of commodities is identical for every commodity of the quantity, suspending the transaction, wherein suspending the transaction prevents the transaction from being a fraudulent transaction.

2. The self-service commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: executing a commodity registration process for the different commodities.

3. The self-service commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image recognition technique comprises a general recognition technique.

4. The self-service commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: notifying an alert based on suspending the transaction.

5. The self-service commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the self-service commodity sales data processing device further comprises a camera.

6. The self-service commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the self-service commodity sales data processing device further comprises a scanner.

7. A method performed by a self-service commodity sales data processing device, comprising:

determining, during a transaction, that a plurality of commodities are taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out from a commodity placing location;

determining, based on an image recognition technique, that the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously comprise different commodities;

storing a quantity of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

reading information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

determining that the information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously is identical for every commodity of the quantity; and

based on the determination that the plurality of taken out commodities comprise different commodities, and the determination that the information of each of the plurality of commodities is identical for every commodity of the quantity, suspending the transaction, wherein suspending the transaction prevents the transaction from being a fraudulent transaction.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

executing a commodity registration process of the plurality of commodities if it is determined that the commodities are different commodities.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the image recognition technique comprises a general recognition technique.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

notifying an alert based on suspending the transaction.

11. A self-service point of sale terminal, comprising

at least one processor coupled to at least a memory that stores machine readable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining, during a transaction, that a plurality of commodities are taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out from a commodity placing location;

determining, based on an image recognition technique, that the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously comprise different commodities;

storing a quantity of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

reading information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously;

determining that the information of each of the plurality of commodities taken out simultaneously is identical for every commodity of the quantity; and

based on the determination that the plurality of taken out commodities comprise different commodities, and the determination that the information of each of the plurality of commodities is identical for every commodity of the quantity, suspending the transaction, wherein suspending the transaction prevents the transaction from being a fraudulent transaction.

12. The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 11 , further comprising: executing by the self-service point sales terminal, a commodity registration process for the different commodities.

13. The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the image recognition technique comprises a general recognition technique.

14. The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the operations comprise: notifying, by the self-service point of sale terminal, an alert based on suspending the transaction.

15. The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the self-service point of sale terminal further comprises a camera.

16. The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the self-service point of sale terminal further comprises a scanner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: YAJIMA, SHINSUKE; NAITO, HIDEHIRO; ITO, MASAKI; KAWAGUCHI, YUKI; SAITOU, TAKAHIRO; MIYASHIMA, ATSUSHI; KANEKO, TOSHIHIRO; TANIHIRA, TAIKI
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058403/0646 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-031409 · Mar 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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