公开(公告)号：US20240285099A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18173900

申请日：2023-02-24

Applicant: TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Inventor： JAMES L. FRANK ,  CHARLES RAY KIRK ,  JAMES WACHO SLAUGHTER ,  JUDITH L. ATALLAH ,  SRIJA GANGULY

IPC: A47F9/04 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: A47F9/048 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V2201/07

Abstract: A point-of-sale system is provided and includes a first checkout station and associated first edge cameras. The first cameras have a primary viewing area within the first checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the first checkout station. The system includes a second checkout station near the first checkout station and associated second edge cameras. The second cameras have a primary viewing area within the second checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the second checkout station. The peripheral viewing area of one second camera is within the first checkout station. The system further includes a vision mesh network having nodes in communication with each other. Some of the first and second cameras are nodes on the vision mesh network. A first edge camera receives and processes information about the first checkout station from the at least one second camera. A method is also provided.