POS system having self scanner and display for issuing total number of purchased commodities after each fixed interval of time

A point of sale (POS) system, comprising:

• a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means having a scanning function and including at least one of a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity, an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read by said commodity code reading section, and an inputting section for inputting at least information substantially unique to a user;
• a commodity price file, operably coupled to said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus, for accommodating price information of commodities corresponding to commodity codes;
• a settlement POS terminal for performing final settlement of accounts for purchased commodities accommodated in said accommodation section of said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus;
• a control means, operably coupled to said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means and to said settlement POS terminal, for controlling said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means and said settlement POS terminal, said control means further controlling said settlement POS terminal for intermittently issuing a settlement result;
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• a display section provided on said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means for displaying prices of commodities obtained by retrieval of said commodity price file in accordance with commodity code information read by said commodity code reading section and a total value of the prices of the commodities,
• wherein said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means includes a screen information holding section for holding information of a plurality of particular screens, and a display control section, operably coupled to said display section and said screen information holding section, for controlling said display section to display the information of at least one of the plurality of particular screens held in said screen information holding section by window display.

A point of sale (POS) system, comprising:

• a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means having a scanning function and including at least one of a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity, an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read by said commodity code reading section, and an inputting section for inputting at least information substantially unique to a user;
• a commodity price file, operably coupled to said commodity code reading section, for accommodating price information of commodities corresponding to commodity codes;
• a settlement POS terminal for performing final settlement of accounts for purchased commodities accommodated in said accommodation section of said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means;
• a control means, operably coupled to said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means and to said settlement POS terminal, for controlling said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means and said settlement POS terminal, said control means further controlling said settlement POS terminal for intermittently issuing a settlement result;
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• a display section, operably coupled to said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means, for displaying prices of commodities obtained by retrieval of said commodity price file in accordance with commodity code information read by said commodity code reading section and a total value of the prices of the commodities,
• wherein said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting means includes (a) an inputting section for inputting, by a customer, a purchase estimate of the customer when the customer starts use of said purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus, (b) a comparison section, operably coupled to said inputting section, for comparing the purchase estimate inputted from said inputting section and the total value of the prices of the commodities, and (c) an excess notification section, operably coupled to said comparison section, operable when it is determined by said comparison section that the total value of the prices of the commodities exceeds the purchase estimate inputted from said inputting section for causing said display section to display the determination in order to notify the determination to the customer.