Method and system for associating multiple persons with a virtual transaction in an environment

US11074632B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John David Landers, Jr. · Raleigh, US
• Dean Frederick Herring · Wake Forest, US
• Brad M. Johnson · Raleigh, US
• Ankit Singh · Apex, US
• Bobby Lewis Williams, Jr. · Morganton, US
• David John Steiner · Wilmington, US
• Phuc Ky Do · Morrisville, US
• Neil A. Girard · Pittsboro, US
• Michael Schaefer · Bremerton, US
• Erin Kendall Dorshorst · Raleigh, US
• Craig TURNER · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for compiling a virtual transaction for a person within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes acquiring, using at least one visual sensor, first image information including a person. The method further includes identifying the at least one person from the first image information by classifying the person into a class. The method also includes acquiring second image information including the person and an item. The method further includes identifying a behavior of the person relative to the item, and updating, based on the identified behavior, the virtual transaction.