POS system having self scanner and display for issuing total number of purchased commodities after each fixed interval of time
US5630071A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/12
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A POS (Point Of Sales) system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function is improved in that a total amount of money for commodities loaded on a shopping cart or in a shopping basket or unit prices of the individual commodities can come to a knowledge of a customer before the commodities are transported to a settlement POS terminal thereby to prevent possible shopping of an amount of money greater than an estimate to allow smooth shopping and that commodities are printed in a sorted condition for different groups to facilitate confirmation of purchased commodities by a customer. A display section is provided on the purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus and displays the prices of commodities obtained by retrieval of a commodity price file in accordance with commodity code information read by a commodity code reading section and a total value of the prices of the commodities.
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