Point-of-transaction checkout system
OwnerThomas Roslak, Shane MacGregor +1inventors
InventorsThomas Roslak, Shane MacGregor, Graham Marshall
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Abstract
A checkout system employs a bi-optical workstation having a first window located in a generally horizontal plane, and a second window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane. A data capture arrangement at the workstation captures through at least one of the windows data associated with products to be checked out by a customer. Both of the windows are positioned to face and be accessible to the customer, preferably by moving the workstation, for enabling the customer to interact with the workstation in a self-service mode of operation.
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A checkout system, comprising:
- a bi-optical workstation having a first window located in a generally horizontal plane, and a second window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane, both of the windows facing and being accessible to a customer for enabling the customer to interact with the workstation in a self-service mode of operation;
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- a data capture arrangement at the workstation for capturing through at least one of the windows data associated with products to be checked out by the customer during the self-service mode.
A checkout system, comprising:
- workstation means having a first window located in a generally horizontal plane, and a second window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane, both of the windows facing and being accessible to a customer for enabling the customer to interact with the workstation in a self-service mode of operation;
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- data capture means at the workstation means for capturing through at least one of the windows data associated with products to be checked out by the customer during the self-service mode.
A checkout method, comprising the steps of:
- configuring a bi-optical workstation with a first window located in a generally horizontal plane, and with a second window located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane;
- positioning both of the windows to face and be accessible to a customer for enabling the customer to interact with the workstation in a self-service mode of operation;
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- capturing through at least one of the windows data associated with products to be checked out by the customer during the self-service mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.