Monitoring apparatus, settlement apparatus, and programs

A point-of-sale terminal, comprising:

• a first table on which a settler can place items to be registered in a sales transaction;
• a second table on which the settler can place items registered in the sales transaction;
• a display screen for displaying information to the settler;
• a scanner for reading a barcode on an item to be purchased in the sales transaction;
• a memory unit;
• a camera interface for connecting to a camera;
• a communication interface for connecting to an attendant terminal;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• recognize actions of a settler at the point-of-sale terminal based on images from the camera;
• recognize input operations performed at the point-of-sale terminal by the settler;
• store, in time series, a notice of a recognized action of the settler at the point-of-sale terminal and a notice of a recognized input operation of the settler at the point-of-sale in the memory unit;
• and
• detect fraudulent acts of the settler based on the stored time series notices in the memory unit.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program instructions which when executed by a processor of a monitoring apparatus causes the monitoring apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• recognize an action of a settler at a point-of-sale terminal based on images from a camera;
• recognize an input operation performed at the point-of-sale terminal by the settler based on information from the point-of-sale terminal;
• store, in time series, a notice of a recognized action of the settler at the point-of-sale terminal and a notice of a recognized input operation of the settler at the point-of-sale in a memory unit;
• and
• detect fraudulent acts of the settler based on the stored time series notices in the memory unit.