Patent ID: 11935374
Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for verifying items in a retail environment, the system comprising:
a physical shopping cart comprising a first set of one or more sensors, wherein the physical shopping cart is configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a mobile computing device that performs a scan of an item, item verification data for verifying the item that is scanned;
detecting the item as the item enters the physical shopping cart; and
using the first set of one or more sensors to generate cart sensor data that represents the item, wherein the cart sensor data and the item verification data is used to perform a primary verification of whether the item that entered the physical shopping cart is the same item that was scanned; and

an automated checkout station comprising a second, different set of one or more sensors that are distinct from the first set of one or more sensors of the physical shopping cart, wherein the automated checkout station is a stationary device in the retail environment that is configured to receive the physical shopping cart and its contents, and is configured to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a virtual shopping cart that corresponds to the physical shopping cart, wherein the virtual shopping cart comprises a list of items that have been placed in the physical shopping cart, and a verification status of each item according to the primary verification for the item that was performed by the physical shopping cart;
using the second, different set of one or more sensors to generate station sensor data that represents the physical shopping cart and at least one of the items that have been placed in the physical shopping cart;
performing a secondary verification of the physical shopping cart and its contents, based on the station sensor data and the virtual shopping cart; and
based on results of the primary verification for each item and the secondary verification of the physical shopping cart and its contents, providing data for a notification of whether an operator of the physical shopping cart is permitted to leave the retail environment.