ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,018, issued on May 26, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Item detection and estimation system" was invented by Suzanne M. Bleakley (Cary, N.C.), Abenezer Tasissa (Cary, N.C.), Pawita Sunthornpong (Durham, N.C.), Shahil Manoj Dhotre (Raleigh, N.C.) and Shubham Dilip Bhoir (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided. The method includes receiving image information corresponding to a point-of-sale (POS) transaction, the image information includes an item being weighed, receiving an indication of an item weight or an indication of an item identifier for the item associated with ...