Article data reading apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeru Sato
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Abstract
An article data reading apparatus having a first display 4 receiving operational entry from a customer or store clerk as an operator of the apparatus permits setting of operation mode to customer operation mode or store-clerk operation mode. In the customer operation mode, customer operation information relating to operations by the customer when a customer becomes the operator is displayed on the first display 4; in the store-clerk operation mode, store-clerk operation information relating to operations by the store clerk when a store clerk becomes the operator is displayed on the first display 4. Thus, read operability for both customer and store clerk can be improved.
Claims18
An article data reading apparatus, comprising:
- an article table for placing an article for sale;
- a read section for optically reading a coded symbol attached to the article for sale;
- a first display for displaying information facing an operator;
- a second display for displaying information installed at a position opposed to said first display;
- operation mode setting means for selectively setting operation mode to customer operation mode that allows a customer to perform as the operator and store-clerk operation mode that allows a store clerk to perform as the operator;
- first display means for causing said first display to display article information based on said coded symbol of the article for sale read by said read section in the customer operation mode;
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- second display means for causing said first display and said second display to display article information based on said coded symbol of the article for sale read by said read section in the store-clerk operation mode.
An article data reading apparatus, comprising:
- an article table for placing an article for sale, the article table allowing an operation requester and an operator to stand separately at both sides thereof,
- a read section for optically reading a coded symbol attached to the article for sale;
- a first display for displaying information facing the operator;
- a second display for displaying information facing the operation requester;
- operation mode setting means for selectively setting operation mode to customer operation mode and store-clerk operation mode;
- a memory section for memorizing customer operation information regarding operations by a customer when a customer becomes the operator, and store-clerk operation information regarding operations by a store clerk when a customer becomes the operation requester and a store clerk becomes the operator;
- a first display means for causing said first display to display said customer operation information memorized in said memory section in the customer operation mode;
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- a second display means for causing said first display to display said store-clerk operation information memorized in said memory section and causing said second display to display article information regarding an article for sale based on said coded symbol of the article for sale read by said read section in the store-clerk operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.