ScannerPOS in self-checkout
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsNarinder Singh, Gregory Scott Egan, Steven Hassenzahl
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Abstract
A SCO containing a single unified motherboard is generally described. The SCO includes a touchscreen display configured to provide a visible display for interaction with a user. The SCO also has a built-in scanning capabilities within the motherboard and connectors to connect to the display and other components of the SCO. The motherboard includes a multicore processor configured to control the scanning, the display and the other components. The scanning capability is configured to scan an item for a symbol, detect the presence of the symbol on the item, identify information on the symbol related to the item, and control the display to display an identity, price of the item, and print a receipt for a customer.
Claims18
A self-checkout (SCO) comprising:
- a touchscreen display configured to provide a visible display for interaction with a user;
- and
- a scanner comprising a motherboard and a plurality of connectors to connect to the display and a plurality of other components of the SCO, the motherboard including a multicore processor configured to control the scanner, the display and the other components, the scanner configured to scan an item for a symbol, the symbol being a bar code or quick response (QR) code, detect the presence of the symbol on the item, identify information on the symbol related to the item, and control the display to display an identity and price of the item, the display being a dummy terminal that does not have a motherboard and is controlled by the multicore processor, the multicore processor of the scanner centralizing load balancing among resources used for image capture and recognition, electronic communication, item and price identification, display, printing and Cash Drawer Kick Out (CDKO),
- wherein the multicore processor is configured to provide, within a predetermined time, a prompt to request more time in response to another item not being detected and payment not being received.
A method of operating a self-checkout (SCO), the method comprising scanning functionality of the SCO:
- detecting, by a scanner, the presence of an item;
- detecting, by the scanner, the presence of a symbol on the item, the symbol being a bar code or quick response (QR) code;
- determining, by the scanner, an identity of the item based on the symbol;
- obtaining, by the scanner, information of the item based on the identity, the information comprising a price of the item;
- controlling, by the scanner at a display, display of the identity and price of the item on a touchscreen display of the SCO, the display being a dummy terminal that does not have a motherboard and is controlled by a multicore processor;
- centralizing load balancing, by the scanner, among resources used for image capture and recognition, electronic communication, item and price identification, display, printing and Cash Drawer Kick Out (CDKO);
- and
- providing, by the scanner and within a predetermined time, a prompt to request more time in response to another item not being detected and payment not being received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.