US Patent Issued to Mashgin on June 3 for "Automated object recognition kiosk for retail checkouts" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,981, issued on June 3, was assigned to Mashgin Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Automated object recognition kiosk for retail checkouts" was invented by Mukul Dhankhar (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for automated object recognition and checkout at a retail kiosk is provided. The system includes a controller configured with a processor and a memory to control operations of the automated retail checkout system. The system further includes an imaging device in communication with the controller and configured to create multiple electronic images of an object, such as a product for purchase. The...