Patent ID: 11893757
Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a beverage machine operable to dispense a beverage and communicate a signal indicating a beverage is dispensed;
an image sensor positioned such that a field-of-view of the image sensor encompasses at least a portion of the beverage machine, wherein the image sensor is configured to generate angled-view images of at least a portion of the beverage machine, wherein the portion is associated with operating the beverage machine to dispense the beverage; and
a beverage assignment subsystem coupled to the image sensor and the beverage machine, the beverage assignment subsystem comprising at least one processor configured to:
receive the signal communicated by the beverage machine indicating the beverage is dispensed;
determine a first one or more image frames associated with a start of the beverage being dispensed by detecting a hand of a person entering a zone associated with the portion of the beverage machine captured in the angled-view images;
determine, based on the one or more image frames associated with the start of the beverage being dispensed, a first identifier of the person whose hand entered the zone associated with the portion of the beverage machine captured in the angled-view images;
determine a second one or more image frames associated with an end of the beverage being dispensed by detecting a hand of a person exiting the zone associated with the portion of the beverage machine captured in the angled-view images;
determine, based on the second one or more image frames, a second identifier of the person whose hand exited the zone associated with the portion of the beverage machine captured in the angled-view images;
if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, assign the beverage to the person associated with the first identifier; and
if the first identifier is not the same as the second identifier, do not assign the beverage to the person associated with the first identifier.