US Patent Application for Item Detection Point of Sale System

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Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a patent application (US20260087474A1) for an item detection point of sale system filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. The application describes methods using AI to detect items transferred to a bagging area without being scanned.

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This document is a publication of a US patent application (US20260087474A1) for an "ITEM DETECTION POINT OF SALE SYSTEM" filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. The application details a system that uses artificial intelligence to detect if items are transferred to a bagging area without being scanned by an optical scanner at the terminal station.

This publication does not impose any new regulatory obligations or compliance deadlines on regulated entities. It represents a step in the patent application process, not a final rule or guidance. Compliance officers in the retail technology sector should be aware that such technologies are being developed, which may impact future operational procedures and security protocols related to point-of-sale transactions.

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ITEM DETECTION POINT OF SALE SYSTEM

Application US20260087474A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Assignee

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.

Inventors

Serhii Maksymenko, Evgeny Shevtsov, Andrei Khaitas, Dmytro Kalashnikov

Abstract

Systems and methods of performing item detection at point of sale are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system device having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus. The terminal station apparatus includes an optical scanner. The bagging station apparatus includes a bagging area. Further, the POS system device is operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having a field of view that includes a region about the POS system device with the POS region having a set of POS subregions. The method includes applying an artificial intelligence model to a set of interacted object track characteristics to enable a determination that one of a set of detected objects is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned.