Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Patent
1993-08-05
1995-06-20
Willis, Davis L.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
364466, 186 61, G06F 1700, G07C 1100
Patent
active
054262828
ABSTRACT:
A retail checkout station for purchaser self-checkout is coupled to a service terminal with a video monitor directed at the checkout. The service terminal preferably services a number of checkouts. Product codes can be downloaded from a remote location to a checkout presented with a product lacking a product code barcode label, such as an item of bulk produce. A product database having product price information stored in a memory is normally indexed to product codes which are scanned in, and also is at least partly indexed by product identity information. The checkout station can have an electronic scale for determining the weight of a product. A video image of an uncoded product in the security zone is captured by a camera and displayed on a video monitor which is viewable by store personnel. A keyboard associated with the video monitor permits the store personnel to enter a product code corresponding to the product displayed on the video monitor. The service terminal function can be met by cashiers at idle checkout lanes or payment stations. The data processor accesses product price information from memory, and if necessary calculates a purchase price of the product by weight. The purchase price is added to the price of other consumer purchases for payment by the purchaser.
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Rashid Peter J.
Willis Davis L.
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