Checkout apparatus, program recording medium, and checkout processing method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuji HAYASHI, Eisuke AOYAMA
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Abstract
The checkout apparatus includes a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a switching unit. The first processing unit handles, based on data regarding a first product being purchased input with a registration apparatus, payment for the first product being purchased. The second processing unit handles, based on data regarding a second product being purchased input with a terminal or device other than the registration apparatus, payment for the second product being purchased. The switching unit switches between, according to an operation input via an operating element, enabling the first processing unit to handle the payment and enabling the second processing unit to handle the payment.
Claims8
A single checkout apparatus in a system including a registration apparatus with which data regarding one or more products being purchased is input and a plurality of checkout apparatuses configured to handle payment for the one or more products being purchased, wherein
- the single checkout apparatus includes:
- a first processing unit configured to handle, based on data regarding a first product being purchased transmitted from the registration apparatus, payment for the first product being purchased, the registration apparatus being configured to transmit data to one of the plurality of checkout apparatuses;
- a second processing unit configured to handle, based on data regarding a second product being purchased input with a terminal or a device other than the registration apparatus, payment for the second product being purchased;
- a switching unit configured to switch between, according to an operation input via an operating element, enabling the first processing unit to handle the payment and enabling the second processing unit to handle the payment;
- and
- a forwarding unit configured to forward, if the second processing unit is enabled to handle the payment, the data regarding the first product being purchased received from the registration apparatus to another checkout apparatus.
A program recording medium recording thereon a program for causing a computer of a single checkout apparatus in a system including a registration apparatus with which data regarding one or more products being purchased is input and a plurality of checkout apparatuses configured to handle payment for the one or more products being purchased to function as:
- a first processing unit configured to handle, based on data regarding a first product being purchased transmitted from the registration apparatus, payment for the first product being purchased, the registration apparatus being configured to transmit data to one of the plurality of checkout apparatuses;
- a second processing unit configured to handle, based on data regarding a second product being purchased input with a terminal or a device other than the registration apparatus, payment for the second product being purchased;
- a switching unit configured to switch between, according to an operation input via an operating element, enabling the first processing unit to handle the payment and enabling the second processing unit to handle the payment;
- and
- a forwarding unit configured to forward, if the second processing unit is enabled to handle the payment, the data regarding the first product being purchased received from the registration apparatus to another checkout apparatus.
A checkout processing method performed by a single checkout apparatus in a system including a registration apparatus with which data regarding one or more products being purchased is input and a plurality of checkout apparatuses configured to handle payment for the one or more products being purchased, the method comprising:
- switching between enabling, based on data regarding a first product being purchased transmitted from the registration apparatus, payment for the first product being purchased and enabling, based on data regarding a second product being purchased input with a terminal or a device other than the registration apparatus, payment for the second product being purchased, according to an operation input via an operating element, the registration apparatus being configured to transmit data to one of the plurality of checkout apparatuses;
- and
- forwarding, if the payment for the second product being purchased is enabled, the data regarding the first product being purchased received from the registration apparatus to another checkout apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.