Patents by Inventor J. Wacho SLAUGHTER

J. Wacho SLAUGHTER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11928662
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe providing feedback to a shopper at a POS system using a computer vision system. Many items at a store may lack barcodes or other identifying marks such as produce. The shopper may have to perform an action to identify the item to the POS system. The computer vision system can double check the identify provided by the shopper to reduce mistakes and deter nefarious actors. If the computer vision system cannot independently confirm that the item being purchased matched the identity provided by the shopper, the POS system can display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes an image of the item captured by the computer vision system along with identification data of the item identified by the shopper. This gives the shopper a chance to correct any mistakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: J. Wacho Slaughter, Philip S. Brown, Michelle M. Crompton
  • Publication number: 20240070637
    Abstract: A computing device retrieves a stabilized weight and a weight-based item count for one or more items to be purchased. Responsive to retrieving the stabilized weight, the computing device retrieves an image-based item count and an expected weight based on the image-based item count for the one or more items to be purchased. The computing device selects between authorizing and blocking checkout of the one or more items based on the weight-based item count, the image-based item count, the stabilized weight, and the expected weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: J. Wacho Slaughter, Brad M. Johnson, William Laird Dungan, Yevgeni Tsirulnik, Phil Brown, Charles R. Kirk, Evgeny Shevtsov, Tracy Cate, James L. Frank, Andrei Khaitas
  • Publication number: 20230342747
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Evgeny SHEVTSOV, Charles Ray Kirk, J. Wacho Slaughter, Andrei Khaitas, Srija Ganguly, Yevgeni Tsirulink
  • Patent number: 11681997
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Evgeny Shevtsov, Charles Ray Kirk, J. Wacho Slaughter, Andrei Khaitas, Srija Ganguly, Yevgeni Tsirulnik
  • Publication number: 20230098811
    Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Evgeny SHEVTSOV, Charles Ray KIRK, J. Wacho SLAUGHTER, Andrei KHAITAS, Srija GANGULY, Yevgeni TSIRULNIK
  • Publication number: 20230102876
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an automated process for training an ML model used by a computer vision system in a point of sale (POS) system to recognize a new item. Instead of relying on a manual process performed by a data scientist, the automated process can use images of a new (i.e., unknown) item captured at one or more POS systems to then retrain the ML model to recognize the new item. That is, the images of the item are used to retrain the ML model and to test the accuracy of the updated ML model. If the updated ML model can confidently identify the new item, the updated ML model is then used by the computer vision system to identify items at the POS system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Judith L. ATALLAH, J. Wacho SLAUGHTER, Evgeny SHEVTSOV, Srija GANGULY
  • Publication number: 20230095037
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe providing feedback to a shopper at a POS system using a computer vision system. Many items at a store may lack barcodes or other identifying marks such as produce. The shopper may have to perform an action to identify the item to the POS system. The computer vision system can double check the identify provided by the shopper to reduce mistakes and deter nefarious actors. If the computer vision system cannot independently confirm that the item being purchased matched the identity provided by the shopper, the POS system can display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes an image of the item captured by the computer vision system along with identification data of the item identified by the shopper. This gives the shopper a chance to correct any mistakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: J. Wacho SLAUGHTER, Philip S. BROWN, Michelle M. CROMPTON