PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871053
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["382", "112000"]

Abstract:
System and method for detecting a fraudulent activity at a barcode scanner is disclosed. The method issues an alert when the fraudulent activity is confirmed by comparing the visual signature of the item being transacted over the checkout terminal to the model visual signature. The model visual signature is obtained by averaging the collection of visual signature of the item gathered over a period of time. A human validation via a remote processor is employed to confirm the fraudulent activity verified by a computer.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for detecting a fraudulent activity at a checkout terminal, the checkout terminal comprising a computer, the method operated via the computer, comprising the steps of:\n detecting an item identifier number of an item by scanning a barcode with a barcode scanner, the barcode being affixed to the item, wherein the barcode scanner is in communication with the computer; capturing an image of the item with a camera, the camera positioned to take the image of the item, the camera being in communication with the computer, wherein the image comprises the barcode and a surrounding of the barcode; obtaining a visual signature from the image, wherein the visual signature is obtained based on the barcode and an interesting point located in the surrounding of the barcode; determining a similarity between the visual signature and a model visual signature by comparing the visual signature obtained from the image to the model visual signature associated with the item identifier number, the model visual signature representing an expected visual signature of the item, wherein a plurality of model visual signatures is stored at a storage unit being accessible to the computer, each of which being associated with an item identifier number; and detecting the fraudulent activity based on the determined similarity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14591883', '15389427', '14139731', '12489099', '11849503']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3266136489555185
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5773573181223779
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3516880158722045
- Mean Citation Score: 262.92837799999995
- Max Citation Score: 453.98734
- Similarity Product: 450.0586966559218

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test