ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,468, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS INC. (Durham, N.C.).
"Direct docking self-service kiosk" was invented by Robert A. Myers (Cary, N.C.), Daniel P. Kelaher (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Kevin J. Gierl (Cary, N.C.) and William L. Dungan (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein describe a self-service kiosk or POS system that includes a base that is connected to an upper, vertical module. The base can include an item-receiving area where a customer places an item for purchase. This area can include a weight and/or pressure sensors. The upper module can include one or more cameras tha...