Method and apparatus for enhancing security in a self-service checkout station
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsJoanne S. Walter, Tracy L. Flynn
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for checking out an item through a self-service checkout station which includes a scanner which generates a first signal when the scanner detects a machine readable code associated with an item, a sensor which generates a second signal when the sensor detects a motion used to scan the item across the scanner, a recorder which generates a visual recording of the motion used to scan the item across the scanner, and a processing unit coupled to the scanner, the sensor and the recorder which causes the recorder to playback the visual recording on a display monitor when the processing unit receives the second signal but not the first signal.
Claims18
A self-service checkout station comprising:
- a scanner which generates a first signal when the scanner detects a machine readable code associated with an item;
- a sensor which generates a second signal when the sensor detects a motion used to scan the item across the scanner;
- a recorder which generates a visual recording of the motion used to scan the item across the scanner;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the scanner, the sensor and the recorder which causes the recorder to playback the visual recording on a display monitor when the processing unit receives the second signal but not the first signal.
A method of checking out an item through a self-service checkout station comprising the steps of:
- generating a first signal when a scanner detects a machine readable code associated with an item;
- generating a second signal when a sensor detects a motion used to scan the item across the scanner;
- generating a visual recording of the motion used to scan the item across the scanner;
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- playing-back the visual recording on a display monitor when a processing unit receives the second signal but not the first signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.