IOT Based Smart Shopping System

With the advancement of technology, the level of acceptance of people of all ages towards electronic accessories is increasing day by day. Electronic accessories such as smart card readers, bar code scanner, radio frequency identification are gaining more attention, specially in shopping malls. In Sri Lanka, cities with high population create a huge rush in shopping malls and super markets. Though they have several counters, only one customer can be served at a time, rest should be waited in a queue until the whole billing process is completed. Such long queues in the shopping malls create unpleasant experience for the customers. In this study, a smart shopping system is introduced by addressing above mentioned issues and has attempted to overcome the discomfort that the customer would undergo during the current shopping process. The internet of things based smart shopping cart navigates the customer to the exact item location through the shortest path based on the customer purchasing list uploaded via his mobile. The cart itself can recognize radio frequency tagged consumables in the shopping mall and billing is automated accordingly.