Toshiba had 20 patents in internet of things during Q2 2024. Toshiba Corp filed patents for monitoring devices in stores to track customer behavior during checkout, an information processing apparatus to combine mobile and in-store orders, a self-service checkout terminal with optical code reader and weight sensor, a checkout apparatus with coin and bill change machines, and an image processing apparatus for object recognition using key points in images. GlobalData’s report on Toshiba gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Toshiba had no grants in internet of things as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Monitoring device and monitoring method (Patent ID: US20240185691A1)
The patent filed by Toshiba Corp. describes a monitoring device designed to monitor customers operating checkout terminals in stores. The device includes a camera interface to capture images of customers, a processor to analyze these images and detect the presence or absence of customers, and a network interface to alert store attendants if a customer leaves before completing the checkout process. The processor is also capable of acquiring feature information, performing skeleton estimation processing, calculating posture scores, and recognizing commodities being purchased by customers during monitoring.
The monitoring device's method involves receiving commands from the checkout terminal, initializing memory regions, capturing and analyzing customer images, determining if the same customer is present, calculating posture scores based on skeleton information, and outputting alerts if a customer leaves before completing checkout. The method also includes object recognition to identify items being purchased, displaying alert messages on external terminals, and positioning the camera above the checkout terminal. The program stored on a computer-readable medium enables the execution of this monitoring method, including skeleton estimation processing, posture score calculation, and alert signal output based on customer presence in the images captured by the camera.
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