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Point-of-sale (POS) code sensing apparatus

US9898635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

Timothy Good · Blackwood, US
Sean Philip Kearney · Marlton, US
Patrick Giordano · Glassboro, US
Erik Van Horn · Mount Laurel, US
Robert Pierce · Oldsmar, US
Stephen J. Colavito · Westtown, US
David M. Wilz, Sr. · Sewell, US
Charles Joseph Cunningham, IV · Broomall, US
Michael V. Miraglia · Hillsborough Township, US
Tao Xian · Readington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07G1/0045
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Point-of sale (POS) devices and checkout devices are provided. An exemplary checkout apparatus includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in fixed relationship with each other at the mouth of a bag. At least one of the sensing elements senses a code arranged on a product as the product is being placed into the bag.

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