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US 9,275,382 B2Granted
Reconfigurable checkout station
AssigneeToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
InventorsThierry Dubois, Pierre Luguern, Catherine Mengin
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AssigneeToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
InventorsThierry Dubois, Pierre Luguern, Catherine Mengin
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A checkout station for a retail store is configurable between an employee-assisted mode and a self-service mode. In the employee-assisted mode, the checkout station is positioned on a checkout lane and a merchant operates the checkout station to checkout a customer from the store. In the self-service mode, the checkout station is positioned on the opposite side of the checkout lane and the customer performs the checkout functions with little or no help from the merchant. A motor in the checkout station is controlled to move the entire checkout station laterally across the checkout lane in response to receiving reconfiguration commands from the merchant. The reconfiguration commands may also control the checkout station to raise or lower its vertical height.
A method for reconfiguring a hybrid checkout station between an employee-assisted mode and a self-service mode, the method comprising:
A hybrid checkout station comprising:
A computer program product for a hybrid checkout station, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer code stored thereon that, wherein when executed by a processing circuit, controls the processing circuit to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.