# US 2019/0318336 A1 · Apparatus and method for registering commodity information

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- Number: US 2019/0318336 A1
- Document ID: US20190318336A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/375,517
- Filed: 2019-04-04
- Published: 2019-10-17
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-12
- Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hidemi MIHARA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318336A1

## CPC

- G06Q 20/208: {Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing}
- G06K 7/1413: {1D bar codes}
- G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR}
- G07G 1/0054: {with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles}
- G07G 1/01: Details for indicating
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

## Abstract

A commodity registration apparatus comprises a commodity reader configured to identify a code symbol on an item and a commodity designation module providing a display screen including a plurality of buttons corresponding to items lacking a code symbol. A registration module is configured to register items according to code symbols identified by the commodity reader or as designated by a selection of a button from the plurality of buttons provided on the display screen. A notification instruction module is configured to instruct a notification module to signal a registration of commodity information for each item registered by the registration module regardless of the item identification/designation method.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A commodity registration apparatus, comprising:
a commodity reader configured to identify a code symbol on an item;
a commodity designation module providing a display screen including a plurality of buttons corresponding to items lacking a code symbol;
a registration module configured to register items according to code symbols identified by the commodity reader or as designated by a selection of a button from the plurality of buttons provided on the display screen by the commodity designation module; and
a notification instruction module configured to instruct a notification module to signal a registration of commodity information for each item registered by the registration module.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification module is configured to signal in a different format according to whether the registration module registers an item according to code symbol identified by the commodity reader or designated by selection of a button in the plurality of buttons on the display screen.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notification module comprises an illumination module on the commodity registration apparatus and the different format is a different illumination color for the illumination module.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notification module comprises an illumination module disposed on an attendant apparatus spaced from the commodity registration apparatus and the different format is a different illumination color for the illumination module.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification module comprises an illumination module on the commodity registration apparatus.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification module comprises an illumination module disposed on an attendant apparatus spaced from the commodity registration apparatus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification instruction module instructs the notification module to maintain the signal for a predetermined period of time.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commodity reader is a fixed scanner.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commodity reader is a hand-held scanner.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commodity designation module comprises:
a touch panel on the display screen; and
a storage device storing a predetermined list of items lacking a code symbol.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The commodity registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of buttons are provided on the display screen according to a generic objection recognition processing performed on an image of an item captured by the commodity reader.

### Claim 12

A self-service point of sale terminal for registering items, comprising:
a commodity reader configured to identify a code symbol on an item in a sales transaction;
a display including a touch panel; and
a controller configured to:
display a display screen on the display, the display screen including a plurality of buttons corresponding to items lacking a code symbol;
register items in the sales transaction according to code symbols identified by the commodity reader or according to a user selection of a button from the plurality of buttons; and
output a notification signal for each registration of an item in the sales transaction.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 12, further comprising:
an illumination module configured to receive the notification signal and illuminate according to the notification signal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 13, wherein the notification signal specifies whether the item in the registration was identified by the commodity reader or designated by the user selection of a button and the illumination module illuminates with a different color according to whether the item in the registration was identified by the commodity reader or designated by the user selection of a button.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 12, wherein the notification signal specifies whether the item in the registration was identified by the commodity reader or designated by the user selection of a button.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 12, wherein the notification signal is supplied to an attendant terminal via a network connection.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The self-service point of sale terminal according to claim 12, further comprising:
a light emitting section mounted on a pole, wherein the notification signal causes a lamp on the commodity reader to illuminate and a lamp of the light emitting section to illuminate.

### Claim 18

A method for registering items in a sales transaction, comprising:
registering an item in a sales transaction using a commodity reader to identify a code symbol on the item or receiving a user selection to designate the item via a display screen including a plurality of buttons corresponding to items lacking a code symbol; and
instructing a notification module to signal a registration of commodity information for each item registered by the registration module.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method according to claim 18, wherein the notification module comprises a lamp.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method according to claim 19, wherein the color emitted by the lamp is different according to whether the item is registered using the commodity reader or by user selection via the display screen.