Patent ID: 9589433
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A47F,G01S,G06Q,G07G,G08B

Claim:
1. A system for facilitating the detection of theft in self-checkout systems, the system comprising: a processor; a scanner operatively coupled to the processor and configured to detect and transmit to the processor a scanned product from a plurality of products being scanned for purchase; a memory containing at least one database of predefined movements through a field of view and product information corresponding to the plurality of products wherein the product information comprises at least a cost and a weight of each of the plurality of products, the memory operatively coupled to the processor; an image detector, the image detector to at least detect and track actual movement through a field of view, the image detector operatively coupled to the processor to transmit the tracked actual movement to the processor; a portable post-purchase location contained in the field of view of the image detector and located a distance from a pre-purchase location, the post-purchase location comprising at least one scale to detect and transmit to the processor a total weight of products placed in the portable post-purchase location wherein the scale is operatively coupled to the processor; the processor configured to fetch from the memory the weight of the scanned product detected and sum the weight of each of the scanned products detected during a transaction, the processor configured to obtain the total weight of products placed in the portable post-purchase location from the scale, the processor to compare the sum and the total weight to determine whether the sum and the total weight are within a predefined tolerance, wherein the processor does not generate a weight violation signal when the sum and the total weight are within a predefined tolerance and does generate the weight violation signal when the sum and the total weight are outside the predefined tolerance; and the processor configured to compare the tracked actual movement through the field of view to the predefined movements through the field of view, wherein the processor generates a movement violation signal based on the comparison of the tracked actual movement and the predefined movements through the field of view.