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Self-service check-out device with checking of articles before enabling sales process of articles

US6315199A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1994
Grant dateNov 13, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/0054
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A check-out device includes a scanner for reading an article code fixed to an article, an entry conveyor for conveying the article after reading the article code, a weigh scale for measuring weight of an article on the entry conveyor to produce measured weight data, a RAM for storing article data of various articles, each article data including an article code and reference weight data, and a processing unit for obtaining from the RAM the reference weight data of the article corresponding to the article code, comparing the obtained reference weight data of an article with the measurement weight data of the same article, and performing a sales processing for the article whose article code is read by the scanner after confirming that the article whose article code is read is the article as is on the conveyor.

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