US Patent Issued to NCR Voyix on Jan. 27 for "Retail checkout with multi-signal bulk item identification" (Arkansas, Georgia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,884, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NCR Voyix Corp. (Atlanta).

"Retail checkout with multi-signal bulk item identification" was invented by Thomas Burton Wynne (Bentonville, Ark.), Rafael Yepez (Duluth, Ga.) and Thomas Joseph Puorro (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid checkout system that enables in-motion, multi-signal, bulk item identification is disclosed. The hybrid checkout system includes a computer vision apparatus that includes a plurality of cameras fixed at different locations relative to a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes markings that assist a user with item placement. RFID sensors are provided wi...