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US 2014/0191037 A1Published application
Self-checkout terminal and control method therefor
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKaoru Matsuhisa, Toshiyasu Terahara, Yuuki Kawaguchi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a self-checkout terminal includes a reading unit and a light emitting unit. The reading unit reads commodity information from a commodity held over a reading position. The light emitting unit emits light in a first color to illuminate the reading position and emits light in a second color in response to the reading of the commodity information by the reading unit.
Claims3
A self-checkout terminal comprising:
- a reading unit having a light source for illuminating a reading position and configured to read commodity information from a commodity held over the reading position and illuminated by the light source;
- and
- a light emitting unit configured to emit light in response to the holding of the commodity over the reading position to auxiliarily illuminate the reading position and turn off the light in response to the reading of the commodity information by the reading unit.
A control method for a self-checkout terminal including:
- a reading unit having a light source for illuminating a reading position and configured to read commodity information from a commodity held over the reading position and illuminated by the light source;
- and a light emitting unit configured to auxiliarily illuminate the reading position, the method comprising:
- detecting the commodity held over the reading position;
- causing the light emitting unit to emit light to auxiliarily illuminate the reading position when the commodity held over the reading position is detected;
- and
- turning off the light emitting unit in response to the reading of the commodity information by the reading unit.
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