Patent ID: 11941581
Assignee: TRACXPOINT LLC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for automated classification of a product in a shopping cart, the system comprising:
a. a cart having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls forming an apically open container with a base;
b. a plurality of imaging modules coupled to the cart, adapted to image at least one of: an item inserted into the cart, and an area of interest outside the cart; and
c. a central processing module in communication with the plurality of imaging modules, the central processing module comprising a processor and being in further communication with a non-volatile memory having thereon: a classifiers' database; a product characteristics database; and a processor-readable media comprising a set of executable instruction, configured, when executed to cause the processor to retrieve a set of a plurality of classifiers from the classifier database, wherein each set of classifiers retrieved is configured to identify a single product inserted into the cart, the set of executable instructions is configured, when executed, to cause the processor further to:
i. using the imaging module, capture an image of each inserted product;
ii. preprocess the image of each product inserted to the cart by reducing the number of colors of the product;
iii. extract a predetermined number of features from the image with reduced colors;
iv. identify the features extracted; and
v. using the features extracted as a key, extract a set of relevant classifiers configured to produce a single product recognition.