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US 9,002,733 B2Granted
Checkout station
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorChris Skiles
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Abstract
A checkout station includes a scale fixedly attached to a framework of the checkout station and a track, surrounding the scale, through which a display moves between a first position and a second position.
Claims29
A checkout station, comprising:
- a scale fixedly attached to a framework of the checkout station;
- and
- a track, surrounding the scale, through which a display moves between a first position and a second position.
A checkout station, comprising:
- a scale whose outside boundary is elliptical;
- and
- a track, surrounding the scale, through which a display moves between a first position and a second position.
A checkout station, comprising:
- a scale fixedly attached to a framework of the checkout station;
- and
- means for transporting a display from a first position for cashier-assisted checkout to a second position for self-checkout without disturbing the scale.
A method of operating a checkout system, wherein the checkout system includes a display movable along a track surrounding a scale and a processor that is configured to execute a point-of-sale (POS) application, the method comprising:
- in response to moving the display to a first position using the track, executing, by the processor, the POS application in a cashier-assisted checkout mode;
- and
- in response to moving the display to a second position using the track, executing, by the processor, the POS application in a self-checkout mode.
A method for customers to check out from a checkout station, comprising:
- providing a checkout station that includes a track through which a display moves between a first position corresponding to a cashier-assisted checkout mode and a second position corresponding to a self-checkout mode;
- in response to the cashier-assisted checkout mode, moving the display to the first position;
- and
- in response to the self-checkout mode, moving the display to the second position,
- wherein the customers check out from a same side of the checkout station during both the cashier-assisted checkout mode and the self-checkout mode,
- wherein the checkout station further includes a scale fixedly attached to a framework of the checkout station, wherein the track surrounds the scale.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.