Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to returning unwanted items collected by a user at a facility. In some embodiments, a system for returning unwanted items includes a drop zone repository unit. The unit includes a receptacle; a sensor; and a camera; and a control circuit. The control circuit executes computer program code to: determine that the user returned unwanted items; create a drop zone virtual acquisition listing; associate the unwanted items with the drop zone virtual acquisition listing and an identifier associated with the user; and provide the drop zone virtual acquisition listing and the identifier to an item acquisition system such that at acquisition completion, the drop zone virtual acquisition listing is processed and aggregated with collected virtual acquisition listings to remove the unwanted items in the drop zone virtual acquisition listing from an acquisition transaction.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to identify and allocate products within a retail facility. A system may include a first set of cameras to capture sets of person images of a person and a second set of cameras to capture sets of product images of products. The system includes a person identification control circuit to process a first set of person images and generate a unique first person identifier, and a product identification control circuit to: determine there is a difference in a number of products, identify a product removed based on the determined difference; and determine that the person is at least a threshold distance from where the first product was identified; and a cart generation control circuit to: generate a virtual first zone cart associated with the first person identifier; and add the first product to the virtual first zone cart.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems to enable product purchases comprising: multiple zones of a retail facility each comprising: a control circuit and computer memory storage system storing: a person identification code set executable to process a first set of images and generate a unique first person identifier; a product identification code set to identify a first product determined to have been removed by the first person; and a zone cart generation code set to generate a virtual first zone cart associated with the first person identifier and the first zone, and virtually add the first product to the virtual first zone cart; and a cumulative virtual cart generation control circuit to combining the virtual first zone cart with one or more additional virtual zone carts each exclusively associated with a respective one of additional person identifiers each within a threshold difference of the first person identifier.

Abstract: Store exit verification system and method for retail purchases are provided. The system comprises a sensor array, a display device, and a control circuit. The sensor array collects information from items in a shopping container placed in a shopping container placement area. The control circuit identifies a transaction identifier associated with the shopping container, retrieves an item list associated with the transaction identifier, identifies items in the shopping container based on the information collected via the sensor array, determines whether an intervention condition is present based on a comparison of the item list with the identified items, and indicates a verification completion via the display device if no intervention condition is detected.

Abstract: A checkout terminal is provided. The checkout terminal comprises a camera array, a display device, a weight scale, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify, based at least on images captured by the camera array, product identifiers associated with a plurality of different items placed in a placement area and on the weight scale, determine a combined weight of the plurality of different items based on product weight information stored in a product database, retrieve a weight measurement measured by the weight scale, detect for unaccounted items based on comparing the combined weight the plurality of different items and the weight measurement, and in the event that an unaccounted item is detected, display, via the display device, instructions to move one or more items to identify the unaccounted item.

Abstract: A checkout terminal is provided. The checkout terminal comprises a camera array, a display device, a weight scale, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify, based at least on images captured by the camera array, product identifiers associated with a plurality of different items placed in a placement area and on the weight scale, determine a combined weight of the plurality of different items based on product weight information stored in a product database, retrieve a weight measurement measured by the weight scale, detect for unaccounted items based on comparing the combined weight the plurality of different items and the weight measurement, and in the event that an unaccounted item is detected, display, via the display device, instructions to move one or more items to identify the unaccounted item.