Systems and methods for checking and confirming the purchase of merchandise items

• Main Authors: Susseelaa, Shangeetha Ravichandran, Sun, Yijing, Yuan, Mingquan, Reagan, Ryan B, Liu, Yao, Zhu, Feiyun, Wang, Zhenyu, Fang, Sicong, Zhang, Lingfeng, Mao, Tianyi, Xiao, Zhichun, Hammer, Jon, Liu, Haining, Zhang, Shouyi, Tang, Yutao, Yu, Pingjian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2025
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

There are provided systems and methods relating to checking and confirming merchandise purchased at shopping facilities. In one form, the system includes: a shopping cart containing merchandise items to be purchased; a sales transaction database; a point-of-sales system that creates transaction records identified by transaction identifiers; and a mobile device used by an employee that includes a sensor to scan a paper or digital receipt to obtain the transaction identifier and a camera to capture images of the items in the shopping cart. The system also includes a control circuit that receives the transaction identifier, accesses the database using the identifier to determine the purchased items; analyzes the images of the merchandise items in the shopping cart and creates a computer vision receipt listing detected items; compares the purchased items with the detected items; and takes an action if there is a discrepancy.