Walmart Inc.
Systems and methods for automated checkout in a retail facility

Abstract:

In some embodiments, a system for providing automated checkout at a retail facility comprises a plurality of portable RFID devices distributed to customers, a plurality of RFID readers configured to read the portable RFID devices, a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of products, and a control circuit configured to receive an indication of a membership identifier, receive an indication of a number of people in a group, associate the number of portable RFID devices with the membership identifier, wherein each person in the group receives one of the portable RFID devices, determine that an product has been selected, determine that one of the people in the group selected the product, update a virtual shopping cart based on the selection of the product, determine that a trigger condition has occurred, and automatically charge the customer for contents of the virtual shopping cart.