SELF-SCANNING AND SELF-SERVICE CASHIER OF AUGMENTED REALITY
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SNAP INC
- Filing Date
- 2023-05-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-10
AI Technical Summary
Existing shopping methods require users to manually gather items and perform checkout transactions, which can be cumbersome, especially with the need to use smartphones for barcode scanning, and there is limited adoption of checkout-free shopping solutions.
A head-worn augmented reality device with a camera and display provides real-time product identification, pricing, and a shopping cart management system, allowing users to scan barcodes without putting items down and facilitating seamless checkout through augmented reality overlays.
Enables convenient retail experiences with hands-free product information retrieval and checkout, reducing user inconvenience and enhancing shopping efficiency by integrating product scanning and cart management directly on the user's field of view.