Patent ID: 11960569
Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for refining an item identification model, comprising:
a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera is configured to capture one or more images of at least a portion of a platform;
a memory, operable to store an item identification model, wherein the item identification model is configured to identify an item based at least in part upon an image of the item; and
a processor, operably coupled with the memory, and configured to:
detect a triggering event at the platform, wherein the triggering event corresponds to a user placing the item on the platform;
capture one or more images of the item using the plurality of cameras, wherein the one or more images are captured from one or more angles;
extract a set of features from at least one of the one or more images, wherein each of the set of features corresponds to a physical attribute of the item;
identify the item based at least in part upon the set of features;
receive an indication that the item is not identified correctly;
receive an identifier of the item;
identify the item based at least in part upon the identifier of the item;
feed the identifier of the item and the one or more images to the item identification model;
retrain the item identification model to learn to associate the item to the one or more images; and
update the set of features based at least in part upon the determined association between the item and the one or more images.