Checkout system assembly with goods separator detection

US9965927B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Guenter Baitz · Berlin, DE
• Marco Fischer · Berlin, DE
• Oliver Schaefer · Sankt Wendel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2016
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47F2009/041
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a POS system arrangement with a transport belt device with at least one belt portion which for the transport of the goods present thereon can be put into a feed movement along a goods feed path, wherein the goods along the goods feed path are separable from each other by at least one goods divider, and a goods detection device for detecting goods transported by means of the transport belt device. There is provided at least one sensor device arranged at a distance from the goods detection device along the goods feed path with a sensor and a detection area, wherein the sensor device is configured to detect by means of the sensor whether the goods divider is present in the detection area, and a control device which is configured to control the feed movement of the belt portion of the transport belt device.