MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641071849 A) filed by Sona College Of Technology on June 10, 2026, for Real-Time Privacy-Aware Retail Theft Detection System With Pos-Based Theft Verification.
Inventors include M Sasikala; Sindhu L; Praveen Kumar S; Sharmili S; and Sri Venkatesan P.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT A real-time privacy-aware retail theft detection and verification system for supermarkets and large retail environments is disclosed. The system uses multiple CCTV cameras to capture customer movement and item handling activities across shelves, billing counters, and exit points. A YOLOv8-based object detection engine identifies customers, retail items, shopping carts, and related objects in real time. Human pose estimation and temporal behavior analysis are used to detect suspicious actions such as item concealment, abnormal hand movements, loitering, and checkout avoidance. Multi-camera person tracking maintains continuous customer identity across different store zones. Detected items are associated with specific customers and cross-verified with Point-of-Sale (POS) billing records at exit points to confirm unpaid items. Theft alerts are generated only after behavioral suspicion and billing mismatch validation. The system stores only event-specific image snapshots instead of continuous video recordings, ensuring privacy compliance and reduced storage overhead.
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