POS device and control method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTsugunori Takata
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Abstract
The present invention makes it possible to allow a customer to insert money into a payment device without the customer giving the money to a sales clerk. Provided is a POS device, including a product registration device (10) and a payment device (20). Registration of products is carried out with the product registration device (10). Payment for the products which are registered with the product registration device (10) is carried out with the payment device (20). The payment device (20) further comprises a first insertion port (212a) and a second insertion port (212b). It is possible to insert coins into the first insertion port (212a). It is possible to insert coins into the second insertion port (212b).
Claims17
A POS device that settles payment for a commodity, the POS device comprising:
- a first coin input port and a first bill input port facing a customer to receive first currencies from the customer;
- a second coin input port and a second bill input port facing a sales clerk to receive second currencies from the sales clerk;
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- a coin validator and a bill validator configured to validate a kind of the first currencies and a kind of the second currencies in accordance with a settlement,
- wherein a total amount of the first and second currencies is a settlement amount which the customer pays for the commodity, and comprises an amount of coins which the customer pays for the commodity.
A control method of a POS device that settles payment for a commodity, comprising:
- inputting first currencies from a customer through a first coin input port and a first bill input port, facing the customer, configured to receive first currencies;
- inputting second currencies from a customer through a second coin input port and a second bill input port, facing the sales clerk, configured to receive first currencies;
- validating, using a coin validator and a bill validator, a kind of the first currencies received at the first input port and the first currencies received at the second input port in a settlement;
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- settling the payment of the commodity using an amount of the first currencies and second currencies,
- wherein a total amount of the first and second currencies is a settlement amount which the customer pays for the commodity, and comprises an amount of coins which the customer pays for the commodity.
A payment device that settles payment for a commodity, the payment device comprising:
- a first coin input port and a first bill input port facing a customer to receive first currencies from the customer;
- a second coin input port and a second bill input port facing a sales clerk to receive second currencies from the sales clerk;
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- a coin validator and a bill validator configured to validate a kind of the first currencies and a kind of the second currencies in accordance with a settlement,
- wherein a total amount of the first and second currencies is a settlement amount which the customer pays for the commodity, and comprises an amount of coins which the customer pays for the commodity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.