Patents by Inventor Zack Petersen

Zack Petersen 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).

  • Automated point of sale system
    Patent number: 10650365
    Abstract: A method for automatically analyzing a personal service session and completing a transaction therefor, includes monitoring a service location with a video camera in communication with a processor, determining that the personal service session has begun based on an identification of at least one start trigger event, analyzing an output from the video camera including a plurality of frames of video data collected during the personal service session to identify a sequence of frames of the video data, automatically matching the sequence of frames to at least one type of service that was provided during the personal service session, determining that the personal service session has ended based on an identification of at least one end trigger event, determining a transaction value associated with the types of service that have been provided during the personal service session, and generating an electronic invoice based on the determined transaction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Di You, Zack Petersen, Gyan Prakash, Sivanarayana Gaddam, Vibhor Kumar, Dean Galland
  • Automated Point of Sale System
    Publication number: 20180349874
    Abstract: A method for automatically analyzing a personal service session and completing a transaction therefor, includes monitoring a service location with a video camera in communication with a processor, determining that the personal service session has begun based on an identification of at least one start trigger event, analyzing an output from the video camera including a plurality of frames of video data collected during the personal service session to identify a sequence of frames of the video data, automatically matching the sequence of frames to at least one type of service that was provided during the personal service session, determining that the personal service session has ended based on an identification of at least one end trigger event, determining a transaction value associated with the types of service that have been provided during the personal service session, and generating an electronic invoice based on the determined transaction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Di You, Zack Petersen, Gyan Prakash, Sivanarayana Gaddam, Vibhor Kumar, Dean Galland