Self-service checkout terminal with a security function based on detection of weight of items
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomonari Kakino
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Abstract
A self-service checkout terminal includes an optical code reader, a platform on which items to be purchased are placed, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, and a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The processor carries out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carries out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode.
Claims10
A self-service checkout terminal comprising:
- an optical code reader;
- a platform on which a container containing items to be subjected to a code reading by the optical code reader is placed;
- a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform;
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- a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, carry out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carry out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode, wherein
- the first mode is an operational mode for self-service checkout and the weight sensor is enabled during the first mode, and
- the second mode is an operational mode for non-self-service aided checkout and the weight sensor is disabled during the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.