Sales processing apparatus with early failure detection and method for early failure detection in a sales processing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakahide Kubota
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Abstract
A sales processing apparatus includes a processor and an input and output unit configured to perform an operation for a sales transaction processing. The processor is configured to acquire the time required for the input and output unit to perform the operation for the sales transaction processing of a sales transaction, then determine whether the time required for the input and output unit to perform the operation during the sales transaction exceeds a reference time for the input and output unit to perform the operation. A notification is output if the time required for the input and output unit to perform the operation during the sales transaction exceeds the reference time.
Claims6
A point-of-sale terminal, comprising:
- an optical scanner configured to read code symbols on merchandise being registered in a sales transaction;
- a currency handling device configured to dispense a bill as change to a customer in the sales transaction;
- a coin handling device configured to dispense a coin as change to the customer in the sales transaction;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire the time required for the optical scanner to read a code symbol in the sales transaction;
- acquire the time required for the currency handling device to dispense the bill as change to the customer in the sales transaction;
- acquire the time required for the coin handling device to dispense the coin as change to the customer in the sales transaction;
- determine whether the time required for the optical scanner to read the code symbol exceeds a first reference time and output a notification if so;
- determine whether the time required for the currency handling device to dispense the bill as change to the customer exceeds a second reference time and output a notification if so;
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- determine whether the time required for the coin handling device to dispense the coin as change to the customer exceeds a third reference time and output a notification if so.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.