DE8231590U1 - CASH DESK FOR SELF-SERVICE SHOPS - Google Patents

Description

Brothers Victories]. GmbH & Co. KG, Hinter der Post 4-8, 8874 Leipheim

Checkout counter for self-service shops

The innovation concerns a cash desk for self-service shops, which is intended to be set up at a customer passage, such that goods selected by the customer on the table surface or on a conveyor belt of the table surface can be placed to enable a cashier or a cashier to register and account, the cashier or the cashier one of the checkout counter assigned cash register is seated opposite at a workstation that is located on the one remote from the customer passageway Side of the counter.

Due to this position of the cashier's workplace, this person can during the registration and accounting, whether by the customer unintentionally or with unfair intent on the floor grate of Shopping cart loaded goods are brought past the kitchen, without paying for it.

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In order to monitor the area over the ground rusting of Sinkaüfswagen has been employed in a the Kündendürchgang about Immediately traversing range Spiegelänordnungen and Lichtsöhränkenänördnüngen, soft as well as here may \ usable television camera systems have the disadvantage that they
are susceptible to interference and the area to be monitored
on a shopping cart pushed through the customer aisle
opposed only a comparatively short time, so that a high
False alarm rate occurs.

The innovation is intended to create a checkout counter for self-service stores which, on the one hand, is secure
Monitoring of the above the floor grate or the chassis grate of! Shopping cart area and opposite store

is insensitive.

This is achieved according to the invention in that the cash desk
on that longitudinal side that table having longitudinal side remote from the workplace behind \ of the cash register,
is provided with a television camera connected to the cash desk so that its optics are 400 mm to 600 mm above the; The plane of the counter underside is located and that the optical axis of its optics forms an angle of 25 ° to 35 ° with respect to a vertical plane parallel to the long side of the counter and

forms an angle of 10 ° to 20 ° with respect to a horizontal plane, where the viewing direction of the television camera from the j vertical plane of the relevant table long side to access + side of the table is oriented towards and downwards.

According to a preferred spatial form of the innovation, the television camera is located near the exit side of the cash desk
and especially in a side niche that is so deep
owns that the TV recording camera is completely behind the
Vertical plane of the relevant table long side is housed.

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The television recording kaitiera can be at least partially housed in a transparent protective housing of the cash desk detart * that the optical axis of the television recording * ⁱ camera forms a large , total reflection avoiding angle at least to the opposite area of the Schützgehäuöes.

The checkout counter is also useful with one of the television recording cameras associated screen device, which is mounted next to the cash register at the workplace.

It turns out that the proposed arrangement of a remote; visual camera observation of the frame grate or floor grate _; of a shopping cart over a longer distance, | wherein the viewing direction of the television pick-up camera, the ER \ replaced relatively flat objects made possible and achieves insensitivity to conscious or unconscious _disorders: is.

The innovation is described in more detail below with reference to the attached drawing j, which is a preferred embodiment of the ' ! Shows cash desks for self-service stores. j

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The cash desk 1 includes a longitudinal part 2 and to form the i , Workstation of the cashier a cross section 3 / on which a cash register 4 is located.

The side wall 5 of the longitudinal! part 2 has a niche 6, which from the access side to The downstream side of the counter hi.n increases in depth, as seen in j the drawing is readily apparent.

A television camera 7 is mounted in the niche 6 near the exit side of the goods counter, which is placed on the transverse part 3 attached screen device 8 is assigned, which is from the workplace of the cash desk can be observed and is expediently assembled with the cash register 4.

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The optics of the Fernsehäüftiähmekametfä 7 has a height H above the
Level of the underside of the cash desk ^ which is in the range of 400 mm
up to 6ÖÖ mm is selected.

. The in dei? Drawing of the optical axis of the long-range ^!

Visual recording camera 7 is opposite a parallel to the table length ■

side lying vertical plane by an angle A in the direction of!

turned the customer passage outwards, whereby the angle A [

is selected in the range from 25 "to 35 ° and, moreover, the optical Axis S with respect to a horizontal plane by the angle B after! inclined downwards, the angle B being in the range of 10 ° to 20 °; * The optical axis S of the TV recording camera 7 is' so diagonally downwards and from the exit side of the counter |

. backwards towards the access side of the counter and towards I. oriented outside into the entrance hall. ^!

! The niche 6 of the longitudinal part 2 of the merchandise table can with a
! transparent plastic cover in the area in which the television camera 7 is located.

The cover can be dimensioned so that the radiation j

'enters the optics of the television recording camera 7 without the Ab- j

ι to penetrate the cover wall. According to another embodiment Rung form can, however, also in the niche 6 to the television recording-j

camera 7 around a transparent protective housing be provided!

taking care that the protective housing wall in the J

the optics of the television camera 7 opposite area j

is approximately perpendicular to the optical axis S to avoid total reflections;

sure to avoid. j

In addition, it can be seen from the drawing that on the upper side | of the longitudinal part 2 of the goods table, a conveyor belt can be arranged
can order the goods selected by the customer at the workplace of the
To call the cashier. However, it is
also a different design of the product table in this regard
possible.

Claims (4)

Protection claims ; 1. Product counter for self-service shops, characterized in that its long side facing away from the workplace opposite the cash register with a television camera (7) is provided, the optics of which have a height of 400 mm to 600 mm above the floor level of the cash desk and their Optical axis (S) from the exit side to the entry side of the cash desk from the vertical plane of the relevant cash desk longitudinal side out and is oriented with this forming an angle (A) of 25 ° to 35 ° and is pivoted downwards by an angle * B) of 10 ° to 20 ° with respect to a horizontal plane ι is. 2. Cash desk according to claim 1, characterized in that the television camera (7) in a niche (6) of the side wall (5) a front and 3 table longitudinal part (2) is located. 3. Cash desk according to claim 2, characterized in that the niche from the entrance side to the exit side of the cash desk increases in depth and that the television camera (7) is housed in a deeper niche near the exit side of the cash desk. 4. Cash desk according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the television camera (7) is behind a protective cover (9), which allows free radiation access to the optics of the television camera (7) or in an area opposite the optics of the television camera (7) is transparent and avoids total reflections forms a large angle to the optical axis (S). - 1 - ii i * I
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