US Patent Issued to Datalogic IP Tech on Dec. 2 for "Retail store self-checkout station and related methods for providing interactive virtual lane for smart self-checkouts" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,381, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"Retail store self-checkout station and related methods for providing interactive virtual lane for smart self-checkouts" was invented by Roberto Musiani (Bo, Italy), Angelo Carraggi (Zola Predosa, Italy) and Maurizio De Girolami (Bo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retail store self-checkout area may include a scanner configured to enable a shopper to scan items being purchased. A bagging area may be positioned at the scanner. A top-down facing camera positioned and oriented to image a shopping cart or basket at the self-checkout area an...