The Smart Shopping Basket Based on IoT Applications

Abstract

Every day, huge numbers of customers come to buy numerous goods at supermarkets around the world. These days, shoppers use a shopping cart or basket when buying the groceries at a supermarket. In addition, the procurement of products involves a complicated process in which the customers must bring the items they want to purchase to the check-out area, then stand and wait in a long line so that the products can be scanned, the total amount calculated and the bill paid. As a result of this problem, this research study presents the development of a smart basket for shopping. A barcode tag is found on every item in a supermarket, and the smart basket will include a barcode reader on a mobile device. While shopping, customers can scan the products and then place them in the basket, and the mobile device will record and display the price and name of each item. Also, the basket will have a weight sensor system that can confirm the accurate pricing of produce during the shopping process. Calculation of the total cost of the customer’s groceries will be performed and stored in the memory of the smart basket’s microcontroller. This data will be sent from the basket to the main computer’s server via a transmitter. Therefore, the proposed smart basket will allow shoppers to avoid waiting in line and having to constantly think about the amount of money they will need to spend.