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US 8,074,881 B2Granted
Merchandise checkout system
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNorihiko Kurihara, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Hidemi Mihara, Osamu Tsuchiya, Hidehiro Naitou
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Abstract
When an error occurs in decoding of coded data such as a barcode, the error in the decoding of the coded data is analyzed based on an image acquisition status of the coded data in image data acquired by image acquisition performed by an image acquisition section. Then, handling information allowing the coded data to be decoded is provided depending on a result of the analysis.
Claims8
A merchandise checkout system, comprising:
- an image acquisition section configured to acquire at least coded data attached to an item of merchandise;
- a decoder configured to decode the coded data from image data acquired by the image acquisition section;
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- a handling information providing section configured to, in response to occurrence of an error of the decoder while decoding the coded data, perform an analysis of the error based on an image acquisition status of the coded data and, in response to a determination that the coded data is not contained in the image data, provide a first handling information corresponding to a shape of the item of merchandise, and, in response to a determination that the decoder fails to decode the coded data, allow establishment of a situation in which the decoder successfully decodes the coded data depending on a result of the analysis.
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A handling information providing method for merchandise checkout, comprising:
- acquiring at least coded data attached to an item of merchandise to acquire image data on the coded data;
- decoding the coded data;
- in response to determining that the coded data is not contained in the image data, providing a first handling information corresponding to a shape of the item of merchandise;
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- in response to determining an error in connection with the decoding, allowing establishment of a situation in which the decoding successfully decodes the coded data depending on a result of an analysis of the error.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.