Patent ID: 8746557

Claim:
A secure self-checkout method, comprising: receiving a set of scans of a set of barcodes corresponding to a set of items in a shopping receptacle, the set of scans having been performed prior to arrival at a checkout area; determining a scanned identity of each of the set of items based on the set of scans; receiving a capturing of at least one image of the shopping receptacle that includes the set of items in the shopping receptacle at the checkout area, the shopping receptacle containing all of the set of items for purchase during the capturing; determining a visual identity of each of the set of items in the shopping receptacle based on a comparison of the at least one image with a set of images in a library; and verifying, during checkout, that all of the set of items in the shopping receptacle have been previously scanned by: comparing the scanned identity of each of the set of items with the visual identity of each of the set of items to determine whether the scanned identity of each of the set of items is consistent with the visual identity of each of the set of items in the shopping receptacle; and comparing a weight of the shopping receptacle and the items in the shopping receptacle with an expected weight of the shopping receptacle and the items in the shopping receptacle to determine whether the weight of the shopping receptacle and the items in the shopping receptacle is consistent with the expected weight of the shopping receptacle and the items in the shopping receptacle.