Price verifier
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. Belknap, Thai-Bao H. Kien, Kevin P. Kellar
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Abstract
A price verifier which is smaller in size than existing price verifiers and which includes additional features which provide enhanced functionality and ease of use. The price verifier includes a bar code reader for reading a bar code label on an item whose price is to be verified. Control circuitry obtains the price of the scanned item from a host terminal. A display displays the price of the item. The price verifier supports multiple communications protocols, including wireless RF. Additionally, the price verifier may be programmed by reading programming bar code labels or by downloading program commands from the host terminal.
Claims25
A price verifier comprising:
- a housing attached to an immovable mounting surface including a first housing portion and a second housing portion detachably mounted to the first housing portion, wherein the second housing portion comprises first and second substantially orthogonal sides, and wherein the second side contains a window;
- a hands-free operated bar code reader within the second housing portion for reading a bar code label on an item whose price is to be verified through the window;
- a display within the second housing portion, on the first side facing a user, for displaying the price of the item;
- control circuitry within the first housing portion and coupled to the bar code reader and the display, which obtains the price of the item from a host terminal after the bar code reader has read the bar code label;
- a storage medium coupled to the control circuitry for storing program commands executed by the control circuitry;
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- communications circuitry within the first housing portion linking the control circuitry to the host terminal.
A price verifier comprising:
- a bar code reader for reading a bar code label on an item whose price is to be verified;
- a display for displaying the price of the item;
- control circuitry coupled to the bar code reader and the display, and coupled to a host terminal which provides the price of the item;
- a storage medium coupled to the control circuitry for storing program commands executed by the control circuitry;
- a first housing portion containing the control circuitry, and the communications circuitry;
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- a second housing portion detachably mounted to the first housing portion and containing the display and the bar code reader, including first and second substantially orthogonal sides, wherein the display is located on the first side facing a user, and wherein the second housing portion further comprises a window in the second side through which the bar code reader reads the bar code label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.