Patent ID: 11915217
Assignee: MAPLEBEAR INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A self-checkout anti-theft vehicle system, comprising:
a self-checkout vehicle having a plurality of sensors and components implemented thereon, the self-checkout vehicle being used by shoppers for storing selected merchandises in a retail environment; and
a centralized computing device configured to:
receive a set of signals from the plurality of sensors of the self-checkout vehicle, wherein the set of signals describe a motion of merchandise placed into a storage area of the self-checkout vehicle;
identify a location and a motion of the merchandise within the storage area based on a triangulation of the set of signals;
obtain information related to the merchandise placed into the self-checkout vehicle by a shopper by exchanging data with the plurality of sensors and components via a first communication network, wherein obtaining information related to the merchandise comprises capturing one or more images of the merchandise through a camera of the self-checkout vehicle;
identify the merchandise via a second, different communication network by applying an image recognition neural network to the one or more captured images of the merchandise and the identified location of the merchandise in the self-checkout vehicle; and
process payment information of each merchandise.