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US 2012/0055982 A1Published application
Checkout Methods and Apparatus
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorThomas V. Edwards
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Abstract
Item characteristic databases, such as item weight databases are employed in a variety of checkout contexts in stores. As one example, a security weight database is often employed in a security check during self-checkout in which an item's weight is checked during bagging against a stored weight for the item. Approaches for extending such security checks for a single item or items sold in small quantities are addressed.
Claims20
A method for performing a checkout security test comprising:
- measuring a characteristic of an item at checkout;
- determining if the item characteristic is in a characteristics database as a characteristic for a specific item;
- if the item characteristic is not in the characteristics database as a characteristic for a specific item, otherwise determining a comparison value for performing a security check;
- and
- performing the security check with the otherwise determined comparison value.
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A system for performing a checkout security test comprising:
- means for measuring a characteristic of an item at checkout;
- a characteristics database storing characteristics for specific items;
- means for determining if the item characteristic is in the characteristics database as a characteristic for a specific item;
- means for otherwise determining a comparison value for performing a security check if the item characteristic is not in the characteristic database as a characteristic for a specific item;
- and
- means for performing the security check with the otherwise determined comparison value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.