High-velocity scanned item distribution method and apparatus

US9801475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NCR Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas V. Edwards · Suwanee, US
• John C. Allard · Boca Raton, US
• Gregory Scott Egan · Flowery Branch, US
• Mark Christopher Johnson · Lawrenceville, US
• Levino Felix Perrucci · Mableton, US
• John Spencer Tyndall · Atlanta, US
• William Brian Whiteside · Taylorsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/0036
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus and method are presented. The high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus permits bagging operations for multiple purchase transactions to occur in parallel. Overlapping the bagging operation of multiple purchase transactions allows the scanning and payment operations of the purchase transactions to continue at higher speeds. In addition, point of sale terminals with high-velocity item scanners are allowed to function at higher speeds.