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Self check-out system and POS system

US5543607A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1994
Grant dateAug 6, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/0045
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a check-out system, in which a purchaser himself who intends to purchase commercial products performs a check-out processing, having a commercial product casted portion, a stocker for stocking the commercial products, a transport unit for transporting the commercial product from the commercial product casted portion to the stocker, and a commercial product identifying unit located between the commercial product casted portion and the stocker for identifying the commercial product transported from the commercial product casted portion, the commercial product casted portion is provided with a commercial product code inputting unit for inputting a commercial product code, and a commercial product detecting unit for detecting that the commercial product is put on the transport path, and the commercial product identifying unit is provided with a commercial product code reading unit for reading the commercial product code of the commercial product being transported; and a first mode in which when the commercial product detecting unit detects that the commercial product is put on the transport path, the commercial product of interest is started to be transported, and in accordance with…

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