ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,020, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NCR Voyix Corp. (Atlanta).
"Interruption free vision checkout" was invented by Kip Oliver Morgan (Atlanta), Gina Torcivia Bennett (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Julia Anne Ogilvy (Cumming, Ga.), Jerry Steven Massey (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and John Kennedy (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transaction terminal includes at least one top-down camera, side cameras, and at least one barcode scanner. Images captured by the cameras are processed by one or more computer vision applications for purposes of counting items placed on a tray of the terminal during a checkout. Each item is associated with a boun...