Article information reading apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidehiro Naito
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Abstract
A code-symbol reading section (reading section) reads a code symbol attached to a commodity (an article) using an image captured by a camera. A customer detecting section (detecting section) detects a change in brightness using the image captured by the camera to thereby detect approach of a customer to a self-POS terminal. A reading control section (reading control section) causes the code-symbol reading section to start operation on condition that the customer detecting section detects the change in brightness.
Claims20
An article information reading apparatus, comprising:
- a reader configured to read, from an image captured by an imaging section, a code symbol attached to an article;
- a detector configured to detect a change in brightness from the image captured by the imaging section;
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- a reading controller configured to start operation of the reader on condition that the detector detects the change in the brightness.
A self-checkout terminal, comprising:
- a loading stand for accommodating articles;
- a payment processing section;
- and
- an article information reading apparatus, comprising:
- a reader configured to read, from an image captured by an imaging section, a code symbol attached to an article;
- a detector configured to detect a change in brightness from the image captured by the imaging section;
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- a reading controller configured to start operation of the reader on condition that the detector detects the change in the brightness.
An article information reading method, comprising:
- reading, from an image captured by an imaging section, a code symbol attached to an article;
- detecting a change in brightness from the image captured by the imaging section;
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- starting reading on condition that the change in the brightness is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.