Merchandising – Customer service – Store service
Patent
1995-05-30
1997-09-02
Bartuska, F. J.
Merchandising
Customer service
Store service
235383, A47F 1002
Patent
active
056621906
ABSTRACT:
A self-scanning checkout apparatus for reading article information of articles to be purchased during a checkout operation carried out individually by a customer and for determining whether the check-out operation individually carried out by the customer is normal or abnormal. The self-scanning checkout apparatus includes a first holding section for holding articles to be purchased whose article information is not yet read; a reading device, operable individually by the customer, for reading article information of the articles to be purchased; a second holding section for holding articles to be purchased whose information has been read; a registering device for registering the article information read by the reading device; a passage detecting device, disposed between the first and second holding sections and in the vicinity of the reading device, for detecting passage of articles; and a weight variation detecting device, disposed on the second holding section and in the vicinity of the passage detecting device, for detecting a variation in the weight of articles held by the second holding section. A determining device determines whether the checkout process carried out individually by the customer is normal or abnormal based on outputs from the registering device, the passage detecting device and the weight variation detecting device respectively indicating the detection or non-detection of registration of an article, passage of the article and a weight variation in the weight of articles held by the second holding section.
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Bartuska F. J.
Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
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