US 2019/0318587 A1Published application

Commodity sales data processing apparatus

AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYusuke ABURAYA

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Abstract

A commodity sales data processing apparatus includes first and second audio generators and a control device. The first audio generator is directed toward a first side, connected to a first stereophonic audio channel, and configured to generate a first stereophonic audio output based on a first part of a stereophonic audio signal. The second audio generator is directed toward a second side, connected to a second stereophonic audio channel, and configured to generate a second stereophonic audio output based on a second part of the stereophonic audio signal. The control device is configured to select a stereophonic audio data file, determine first and second volumes of the first and second audio generators, respectively, based on the stereophonic audio data file, and control the first and second audio generators to generate first and second stereophonic audio outputs corresponding to the selected stereophonic audio file, at the first and second volumes, respectively.

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A commodity sales data processing apparatus comprising:

a first audio generator directed toward a first side of the commodity sales data processing apparatus, connected to a first stereophonic audio channel for transmitting a first part of a stereophonic audio signal, and configured to generate a first stereophonic audio output based on the first part of the stereophonic audio signal;
a second audio generator directed toward a second side of the commodity sales data processing apparatus different from the first side, connected to a second stereophonic audio channel for transmitting a second part of the stereophonic signal, and configured to generate a second stereophonic audio output based on the second part of the stereophonic audio signal;
and
a control device configured to:
select a stereophonic audio data file from a plurality of stereophonic audio data files;
determine a first volume of the first audio generator and a second volume of the second audio generator based on the selected stereophonic audio data file;
and
control the first audio generator to generate a first stereophonic audio output corresponding to the selected stereophonic audio file at the first volume and the second audio generator to generate a second stereophonic audio output corresponding to the selected stereophonic audio file at the second volume.

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A method for outputting an audio output comprising:

selecting a stereophonic audio data file from a plurality of stereophonic audio data files;
determining a first volume of a first part of a stereophonic audio signal corresponding to the selected stereophonic audio data file, and a second volume of a second part of the stereophonic audio signal;
transmitting the first part of the stereophonic audio signal through a first stereophonic audio channel and the second part of the stereophonic audio signal through a second stereophonic audio channel;
and
generating a first stereophonic audio output corresponding to the first part of the stereophonic audio signal at the first volume from a first audio generator directed toward a first side of a commodity sales data processing apparatus, and a second stereophonic audio output corresponding to the second part of the stereophonic audio signal at the second volume from a second audio generator directed toward a second side of the commodity sales data processing apparatus different from the first side.

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Facts

Application: 16/377,592Filed 8 Apr 2019
Priority: JP 2018-07680412 Apr 2018
Published: 17 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G07G 1/0018
Cash registers: constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems

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