CN1825368A - Self-service checkout system - Google Patents

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CN1825368A
CN1825368A CNA2006100095011A CN200610009501A CN1825368A CN 1825368 A CN1825368 A CN 1825368A CN A2006100095011 A CNA2006100095011 A CN A2006100095011A CN 200610009501 A CN200610009501 A CN 200610009501A CN 1825368 A CN1825368 A CN 1825368A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
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    • A47F9/046—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters
    • A47F9/047—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters for recording self-service articles without cashier or assistant
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    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
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    • G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
    • G07G1/0054—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
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A self-checkout system includes a shopping basket table having a weighing scale, an accounting unit including a scanner to read data of an article and which executes a transaction based on the read data of the article, and a collecting base having another weighing scale. The weighing scale of the collecting base includes an article placing table for supporting the article temporarily.

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Self-service checkout system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of self-service checkout system (self-checkout), its a kind of form as settlement system is applied to places such as supermarket.
Background technology
Traditional self-service checkout system comprises: weighing unit (weighing unit), and it held the gross weight of the basket of commodity before scanning in order to weighing; Clearing unit (accounting unit), it has the scanner that is used for reading the bar code that pastes on the commodity, also has clearing (transaction) function that is used for carrying out based on the scan-data that is read by scanner; With collection part (collection base), it has the polybag support, supports the polybag that is used to collect through the commodity of overscanning, to constitute complete self-service checkout system.Whether correctly this self-service checkout system need confirm commodity registration.Therefore, show as disclosing in Japan among the bulletin 2002-367030, the upper reaches of the commodity stream in settlement process and dirty on the weighing gross weight.Just, in order to first of the basket gross weight of holding the commodity of purchasing before the weighing scanning part of weighing, be used for reading the scanner of merchandise news, with be used for weighing and hold second part of weighing of the basket gross weight of the commodity of purchasing after the scanning, these are distributed on the big sales counter, to constitute complete self-service checkout system.
In traditional self-service checkout system, consumer's items scanning is also carried out settlement process by he or she oneself.In this process, consumer wants is packed commodity in the sack.Easy deformation such as some commodity such as cheese, bun are damaged, and these commodity need avoid putting the extruding of other commodity thereon.Therefore, the consumer has to consider which commodity should scan earlier.Just, consumer wants selects those can be placed on commodity below other commodity.Therefore, the operability in the scanning process is extremely undesirable and inefficiency.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of self-service checkout system, the commodity that reason can be damaged such as be out of shape in order to be easy to handle.
Self-service checkout system provided by the present invention, it comprises: have scanner to scan the clearing unit that at least one commodity read commodity data and carry out transaction based on the reading of commodity, comprise be used for supporting each items scanning load surface and be used for the weight of the commodity that weighing supports and according to the collection part of the weight scale of the weight output weight value of commodity, place table (placing table) with the commodity that are supported on the load surface top by the pillar that extends out from load surface, be supported to few described commodity temporarily with this.
In the self-help settlement process, if the commodity easy deformation is damaged, after these commodity have scanned, can be placed on commodity temporarily and place on the table, put into the commodity bundle pack in the time of more later then.Because the commodity that are placed on the commodity placement desk are also weighed by weight scale, so can prevent the deformed damaged of commodity and carry out correct transaction.
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Fig. 1 is a skeleton view of showing embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 is notional planimetric map of showing this embodiment layout;
Fig. 3 is shopping basket, the clearing unit of showing this embodiment and the side view of collecting the casing of part;
Fig. 4 is a skeleton view of showing another layout of this embodiment of the invention; With
Fig. 5 is a skeleton view of showing another layout of this embodiment of the invention.
Embodiment
Embodiments of the invention describe with reference to Fig. 1 to 5.Shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3 form independently modular tank 4,5 and 6 respectively.The casing 4 of shopping basket table 1 and the casing 6 of collecting part 3 see to have the tip trapezoidal shape of (towards the consumer) forward from above, and front surface 7 and 8 is downward-sloping and bottom front surface is recessed backward.The front surface 9 of clearing unit 2 is also downward-sloping, and the bottom of front surface 9 is recessed backward.Shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3 are transversely arranged, and side adjacent in this mode almost contacts with each other.Therefore, the front surface 7,8 and 9 of shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3 is arranged along circular arc.
Shopping basket table 1 is included in the weight scale 10 of the pre-weight scale of conduct on the casing 4.Weight scale 10 has the load surface 10a and the shopping basket 11 that is placed on the load surface 10a as the preload face, and the consumer wants that the commodity of buying are put into wherein to him.The total important weighing of shopping basket.
In addition, clearing unit 2 is included in the settlement function part 12 on the casing 5.Coin change machine 13 and banknote change machine 14 are provided below settlement function part 12.Desk 15 is provided at coin change machine 13 with above the banknote change machine 14.In addition, on desk 15, provide scanner 16, password reader 17 and receipt printer 18.On them, provide touch panel 19 and card reader 20.Centre at the rear portion of casing 5 provides lamp 21.Scanner 16 usefulness lids as scan module 22 cover, and can separate with casing 5.
In addition, collect part 3 and be included in weight scale 23 on the casing 6, its be with as the different weight scale of the weight scale 10 of weight scale in advance.Weight scale 23 has load surface 23a.The table 25 that provides commodity to place by the support column 24 that is upwards standing at the rear portion of weight scale 23.In the front portion that commodity are placed table 25, place the table 25 a pair of polybag hook 27 that being used for of opening puts the polybag 26 of commodity that is used for supporting that highlights from commodity.In this middle part, provide to be used for the polybag support 28 of the untapped polybag 26 of support of layering to polybag hook 27.Usually, support 28 approximately supports 100 polybags, and the thickness of polybag layer is approximately 5 millimeters.
Structure according to the above description, as shown in Figure 2, shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collect part 3 according to from left to right series arrangement, their adjacent side almost contacts with each other in this mode.Because shopping basket table 1 and collect part 3 and see to have the tip trapezoidal shape of (towards the consumer) forward from above, front surface 7,8 and 9 is arranged with the form of circular arc, that is to say that one on picture is fan-shaped.Shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3 are connected on power supply and the signal wire by the electric wire (not shown).In addition, if use Wireless Telecom Equipment, then do not need line, any type of arrangement of these casings can realize effective communication.
The consumer is placed on the load surface 10a of weight scale 10 the shopping basket 11 that he wants the commodity bought is housed.Then, gross weight sends settlement function parts 12 to as data, and every commodity of scanner 16 scannings are used in the explanation that the consumer shows according to touch-screen 19, and scanned commodity are put in the polybag 26 that hangs on the polybag hook 27 of collecting part 3.Polybag 26 is stacked and be stored on the polybag support 28, and the consumer picks up a polybag 26, and it is opened hangs on the polybag hook 27.
In order to carry out scanning, the consumer will pick up commodity randomly from the shopping basket on the shopping basket table.When carrying out scanning, the consumer notice easily commodity that he picks up whether can be placed on other commodity below.If these commodity can be placed on below other commodity, the consumer puts into polybag 26 to commodity, and if these commodity can not be placed on other commodity below, these commodity put aside and put at commodity temporarily and place on the table 25.After all commodity scanning, weighing comes out to comprise to be placed on the general assembly (TW) that commodity are placed all commodity of the commodity on the desk, and checks whether there is dishonest behavior (seeing below).Then, the consumer carries out settlement process on touch-screen 19.
In settlement process, the modes of payments can be selected cash or credit card.If select to pay in cash, money is put into coin change machine 13 or banknote change machine 14, and if the selection Credit Card Payments is swiped the card by card reader 20.After finishing computation process, receipt printer 18 is printed receipt.When having small change, change provides from coin change machine or banknote change machine, finishes the gathering process then.In this process, the general assembly (TW) that comprises shopping basket 11 is by weight scale 10 weighings on the shopping basket table 1, and the gross weight of scanned commodity weighs up by the weight scale 23 of collecting part 3.Compare by the commodity weight after the weight that will cut shopping basket 11 with by the weight that weight scale 23 obtains, can determine whether that all the commodity of registration are sent in the polybag 26 by the weight that weight scale 10 obtains.Therefore, can prevent dishonest behavior.When settlement process is correctly finished, be placed on commodity place commodity on the desk 25 can be placed on commodity in the polybag 26 above, and the consumer takes polybag 26 home.Here, clearing unit 2 comprises that controller (POS) and power supply wait the control of carrying out every machine.
As described above, become fan-shaped by arranging shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collecting part 3, stand in the consumer of clearing before the unit and move, can finish the commodity that take out the shopping basket from the shopping basket table and move to the scanning of the polybag 26 of putting into collection part 3 by the circular arc that circles round.Therefore, the consumer may stand in a place and just finishes the self-help settlement process.This has improved workability.
In addition, as shown in Figure 3, because the front surface 7 of shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3,8 and 9 is downward-sloping and bottom front surface is recessed backward, use the consumer of wheelchair can be easy to even near shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collection part 3, so can improve operability.Certainly, the consumer who advances for standing can supply with its toe with certain space below the front surface that tilts, so that he can be easy near shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collect part 3.Operability is improved like this.In addition, scan module 22 can unload from clearing unit 2, and is placed on the commodity placement table 25 (seeing also Fig. 1).Therefore, the work of items scanning can be carried out collecting part 3, and the distance that moves of consumer shortens like this, and operability can be improved.
The consumer may carry out self-help settlement with his shopping basket (not shown).In this case, instead hang over the polybag 26 on the polybag hook 27, the consumer can be placed on his/her shopping basket on the weight scale 23.Then, scanned commodity are put in the shopping basket.Equally, the commodity that those easy deformation are damaged can be placed on commodity temporarily and place on the table 25, are put in the shopping basket more after a while.
Fig. 4 is the skeleton view that shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and the another kind of collecting part 3 are arranged.The reference number that is used among Fig. 1 to 3 will be used for indicating identical equipment in Fig. 4 (with 5), and with the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.In this was arranged, clearing unit 2 laterally was placed on the right side of shopping basket table 1, and collection part 3 and other two rectangular surface of position in unit are to the consumer.Because shopping basket table 1 and clearing unit 2 line spread meet at right angles in the face of the consumer with respect to other two unit and collect part 3, become the L type on this whole unit and arrange.With regard to this arrangement, 26 displacement is shorter from shopping basket 11 to polybag, has improved operability.
Fig. 5 is the skeleton view of showing shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collecting the another kind arrangement of part 3.In this arrangement, shopping basket table 1, clearing unit 2 and collect part 3 according to from left to right series arrangement, scan module 22 is pulled down from the clearing unit, is placed on to collect the position that part 3 is placed the desk of commodity.With regard to this arrangement, read the action of commodity as long as carry out short-range transmission to collecting between the part 3 at shopping basket table 1.Therefore consumer's burden alleviates.Behind scanned all commodity, the consumer carries out settlement process in clearing 2 fronts, unit, finishes self-help settlement.
Commodity are placed table 25 by supporting from weight scale 23 upwardly extending pillars 24 among the present invention, are arranged on the top of weight scale 23.Therefore, provide the space that is used for above polybag 26, transmitting commodity, so that do not influence consumer's operability.
In addition, on commodity placement table 25, provide the polybag hook 27 that is used for hanging polybag 26, so that can easily change polybag 26.
According to one embodiment of present invention, can save shopping basket table 1 among above-mentioned each embodiment.
A kind of self-service checkout system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises: clearing unit 2, and it comprises scanner 16, scanning the data that at least one commodity read these commodity, and carries out transaction based on this reading of data of these commodity; With collection part 3, it comprises and is used for supporting each load surface 23a of items scanning, with weight scale 23, its be used for this support of weighing commodity weight and according to the weight output weight value of these commodity, wherein commodity placement table 25 passes through from the extended stent support of this load surface on this load surface, so that support at least one described commodity temporarily.
Although invention has been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments of the present invention above, these descriptions are not limitations of the present invention, and on the contrary, those skilled in the art can make various improvement or change on the basis described here.These improvement or change do not break away from protection scope of the present invention.

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1, a kind of self-service checkout system comprises:
Clearing unit (2), it comprises scanner (16) scanning the data that at least one commodity read these commodity, and carries out transaction based on this reading of data of these commodity; With
Collect part (3), it comprises and is used for supporting each load surface of items scanning (23a), and weight scale (23), its be used for this support of weighing commodity weight and according to the weight output weight value of these commodity,
It is characterized in that commodity placement tables (25) pass through from the extended stent support of this load surface on this load surface, so that support at least one described commodity temporarily.
2, self-service checkout system according to claim 1 also comprises shopping basket table (1), and it comprises the preload face (10a) that is used for supporting the commodity that do not scan as yet.
3, self-service checkout system according to claim 1, wherein this shopping basket table comprises pre-weight scale (10), is used for the weight of these commodity that weighing supported by this preload face.
4, self-service checkout system according to claim 1, wherein this clearing unit and this collections part is to separate or integral form provides.
5, according to claim 2 or 3 described self-service checkout systems, wherein this shopping basket table, this clearing unit and this collection part with separately or integral form provide.
6, according to any described self-service checkout system of claim 1 to 5, wherein this commodity placement table comprises the sack hook that is used for supporting sack.
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