System and method for controlling software configuration in a convertible self-checkout station
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorTimothy E. Mason
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system determines the physical configuration of a convertible checkout station and configures the software to operate the station in correspondence with the determined configuration. The system comprises a physical configuration actuator that responds to a checkout station physical configuration and a physical configuration signal generator responsive to the actuator to generate a signal identifying the physical configuration of the checkout station. The signal may be provided to a processor that controls operation of the station and the processor uses the signal to configure software for the station.
Claims31
A system for configuring software to correspond to a physical configuration of a convertible checkout station comprising:
- a physical configuration actuator responsive to the physical configuration of the convertible checkout station;
- and;
- a physical configuration signal generator responsive to the actuator to generate a signal identifying the physical configuration of the convertible checkout station.
A method for configuring software to correspond to a physical configuration of a convertible checkout station comprising:
- moving a first component of a convertible checkout station to a position relative to a second component of the convertible checkout station to generate a configuration signal that indicates a second physical configuration of the checkout station wherein movement of the first component changes the physical configuration of the checkout station from a first physical configuration to the second physical configuration;
- and
- determining a software configuration for the checkout station corresponding to the second physical configuration indicated by the configuration signal.
A system for configuring software to correspond to a physical configuration of a convertible checkout station comprising:
- means for generating a signal indicative of the physical configuration of a checkout station;
- means for detecting the checkout station in a first physical configuration;
- means for actuating the generating means so that the generating means generates a configuration signal indicative of the first physical configuration of the checkout station in response to the detecting means detecting the first physical configuration;
- and
- means for determining an operational mode for the checkout station from the configuration signal.
A method for configuring software to correspond to a physical configuration of a convertible checkout station comprising:
- detecting a spatial relationship between at least two components of a convertible checkout station;
- generating a configuration signal corresponding to the detected spatial relationship;
- and
- determining a software configuration for the checkout station in response to the generated configuration signal.
A method for configuring software to correspond to a physical configuration of a convertible checkout station comprising:
- moving a scanner component of the convertible checkout station from a first physical position to a second physical position;
- detecting the scanner component is in the second physical position;
- generating a configuration signal that indicates the scanner component is in the second physical position;
- and
- selecting a software configuration for the checkout station corresponding to the physical configuration of the checkout station indicated by the generated configuration signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.