EP0403670A1 - Facturation et caisse de sortie pour produits de supermarchés - Google Patents

Facturation et caisse de sortie pour produits de supermarchés Download PDF

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EP0403670A1
EP0403670A1 EP89111174A EP89111174A EP0403670A1 EP 0403670 A1 EP0403670 A1 EP 0403670A1 EP 89111174 A EP89111174 A EP 89111174A EP 89111174 A EP89111174 A EP 89111174A EP 0403670 A1 EP0403670 A1 EP 0403670A1
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Siegfried Wieschemann
Günter Baitz
Hartmut Kamin
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Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
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Priority to DE8915834U priority Critical patent/DE8915834U1/de
Priority to EP89111174A priority patent/EP0403670A1/fr
Priority to EP90909708A priority patent/EP0429623B1/fr
Priority to PCT/EP1990/000977 priority patent/WO1990015559A1/fr
Priority to ES90909708T priority patent/ES2078972T3/es
Priority to DE59009793T priority patent/DE59009793D1/de
Publication of EP0403670A1 publication Critical patent/EP0403670A1/fr
Priority to US08/006,100 priority patent/US5316107A/en
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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
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • 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
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a goods entry and billing system for sales transactions, with a plurality of parallel billing routes to be run by customers, each of which contains a goods receiving section, a goods entry section with an assigned billing unit and a goods issuing section and with an operator station respectively assigned to the billing channels.
  • each settlement path the settlement unit, as a preferably autonomous device within the goods entry section, forms part of the settlement path and can be operated by the customer, and in that one operator station is assigned to several settlement paths and in the direction of transport the goods are arranged behind the goods acquisition sections.
  • the operator In deviation from the principle previously used in goods registration and billing systems, the operator is relieved by the fact that the customer himself is involved in the goods registration and billing or carries it out independently. This makes it possible to design the course of the settlement path for the goods in such a way that an operator can monitor or control several settlement paths without having to actively intervene in the goods entry and settlement. This relieves them of physical strain, but remains included in the goods entry and settlement to such an extent that, depending on requirements, an intervention in the current process is possible.
  • the billing route runs directly via the billing unit, which is thus completely included in the billing route and no longer has to be arranged next to it. Since the settlement unit can be operated from the customer side, the customer can carry out the goods entry and settlement independently and e.g.
  • the operator station which is assigned to several accounting routes in a system according to the invention, can be arranged as a result of this novel principle at a point from which an insight into the goods entry section is possible, but only control and control functions and, if necessary, special interventions need to be initiated .
  • a further development of the invention is characterized by this that the operator station is equipped with another accounting unit.
  • This further training increases the versatility of the system, because it makes it possible to either create a billing independently initiated by the customer or to distribute the billing to the billing unit in the billing path and to the billing unit assigned to the operator station.
  • the goods entry can be carried out by the customer himself with the creation of the billing document, while the money is taken in at the operator station by the control person.
  • the operator station is advantageously equipped with control and monitoring devices for its billing sections. This makes it possible to directly influence the process of goods entry and settlement in the respective goods entry section, as required, by triggering control functions there based on monitoring.
  • the operator station can also be equipped or connected with control and monitoring devices for its goods delivery sections. This makes it possible to issue goods e.g. depending on whether goods that have not been entered are transported through the goods issue section or whether incorrect or incorrect billing has been carried out.
  • the accounting unit contains a reading device for goods labels, a display device and an input keyboard, which are connected to a computer.
  • a reading device for goods labels e.g., a liquid crystal display
  • a display device e.g., a liquid crystal display
  • an input keyboard e.g., a keyboard
  • Such equipment of the accounting unit enables it enables the customer to enter into a dialog connection with the computer and to carry out the goods entry and settlement according to different procedures.
  • the accounting unit can also contain a cash collecting and dispensing device. This enables the complete goods settlement up to the payment by the customer, without the control person having to carry out additional activities in addition to the control.
  • the billing unit can contain a reader for credit cards and / or a reader for receipts. This makes it possible to carry out the aforementioned goods settlement with a credit card or, if necessary, to record receipts, which e.g. in the case of credit or deposit refunds is required.
  • a goods entry and billing system is shown in a plan view, the z. B. is installed in a supermarket.
  • This plant can be part of a larger plant and contains two billing channels A and B, which are shown in dash-dot lines in FIG. 1 and on which goods to be recorded and billed are passed through the system in the direction of the arrow shown.
  • the system is delimited on both sides by railings 10 and 11, which dictate the path of the customers through the system. This path is indicated in Figure 1 by an arrow C on the left side of the system and by an arrow D on the right side of the system.
  • the system is closed off from the outside by two normally permeable barriers 12 and 13 and by the rear wall 14 of an operator station 15. Locks 12 and 13 are at the end of billing channels A and B and customer channels C and D.
  • the settlement paths A and B initially run close to one another and are then guided around the operator station 15, where they are at a correspondingly greater distance from one another.
  • the billing route A is described below, the course and structure of which corresponds to that of the billing route B.
  • the billing route A is divided into three sections, namely a goods receiving section 16, a goods recording section 17 and a goods issuing section 18.
  • the goods receiving section 16 is formed in the exemplary embodiment shown by an endless belt conveyor 20, on the end of which is arranged on the entry side of the system, the customer places his goods has, so that they are transported in the direction of accounting path A.
  • the endless belt conveyor 20 is in the goods detection section 17 a billing unit 21 directly downstream, so that it forms part of the billing path A.
  • a window 22 is shown in the accounting unit 21, through which the customer manually pushes the goods fed in with the endless belt conveyor 20 in order to evaluate the goods identifiers on them with the accounting unit 21.
  • the goods then have to be transported further by the customer, and in the exemplary embodiment shown they are placed in a shopping cart 23, which can then be transported out of the system through the lock 12 in the direction of the settlement path A.
  • the billing route B is constructed in the same way as the billing route A and consists of a goods receiving section 30, a goods recording section 31 and a goods output section 32.
  • the goods receiving section 30 is likewise formed by an endless belt conveyor 35, the goods recording section 31 is a billing unit 36 with a window 37 and the goods output section 32 is designed as a transport route for a shopping cart 38.
  • the operator station 15 is arranged so that the two goods detection sections 17 and 31 and the shopping carts 23 and 38 can be viewed comfortably.
  • a further accounting unit 40 with a viewing device 41, a printer 42 and a keyboard 43 is also provided at the operator station 15.
  • a cash drawer can be located under these units. This makes it possible, in addition to observing the two goods detection sections 17 and 31 and the shopping baskets 23 and 38 at the operator station 15, also to carry out goods invoices and to add amounts of money collect.
  • a control person sitting at the operator station 15 can therefore carry out all control and operating activities for both billing channels A and B as required, but is normally relieved of manual work, since the customer himself has to carry out the goods entry and billing on the goods entry sections 17 and 31, by operating the accounting unit 21 or 36 there and guiding the goods over their window 22 or 37.
  • the manual work is shifted from the operating personnel to the customer, and at least half of the previously required operating personnel is saved by assigning one operating position 15 to several, in the exemplary embodiment shown, to two accounting paths A and B.
  • sensors 50, 51, 52 and 53, 54, 55 are indicated schematically in the respective goods delivery section 18 and 32, respectively.
  • the respective goods delivery section 18 or 32 can be monitored with them.
  • the three sensors in each case can be arranged at different heights in the course of the goods delivery section 18 or 32, in order to detect transported goods which are not transported in but under the respective shopping cart 23 or 38 through the goods delivery section 18 or 32. This monitoring can take place, for example, with the sensor 50 or 53.
  • the sensors 51 and 54 can be personal sensors, each of which signals the passage of a person through the goods delivery section 18 or 32 when the control person is watching the other goods delivery section at the operating station.
  • the sensors 52 and 55 can also be personal sensors, which again detect persons running without authorization through the respective goods issue section 18 or 32 and then immediately block the respective lock 12 or 13 via the accounting unit 40 of the operator station 15.
  • a goods return device 60 which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, runs over practically the entire length of the two endless belt conveyors 20 and 35.
  • the purpose of such a goods return device is for the customer to put back goods which are not recorded, cannot be recorded or which are not desired.
  • the goods return device like the two goods detection sections 17 and 31, is also in the field of view of the operator station 15.
  • an accounting unit 210 is shown in perspective, as is provided in the goods detection sections 17 and 31 shown in FIG.
  • This accounting unit 210 has a housing with a lower part 211 and an upper part 212.
  • a computer In the lower part 211 there is a computer and a cash input / output device.
  • a goods registration table 213 is provided, which has a window 220, under which an optical scanning device for machine-readable goods labels is arranged. The goods are guided by the customer over the goods entry table 213 and are optically scanned through the window 220. The data obtained in this way are fed to the computer provided in the lower part 211 and evaluated there.
  • the upper housing part 212 has an operating surface which adjoins the goods entry table 213 and runs obliquely upwards, in the right part of which a data display device 214 and a keyboard 215 are provided which contain an alphanumeric and a command key part.
  • a data display device 214 and a keyboard 215 are provided which contain an alphanumeric and a command key part.
  • In the left part of the operating area there are openings of a receipt reader or credit card reader 216, a bank note input device 217, a coin entry device 218, a money return device 219 and a receipt printer 221.
  • the associated devices are each located behind the opening in the upper part 212.
  • the device shown in Figure 2 enables a customer to enter the price and / or item information on the goods on the goods entry table 213.
  • the computer present in the lower part 211 evaluates the data obtained thereby and displays the data on the data display device 214, so that the customer can check the correctness of the data acquisition.
  • the customer can use the keyboard 215 to access the data influence the version and data evaluation, e.g. arrange an invoice closing or cancellation or request operator help.
  • the alphanumeric part of the keyboard 215 can also be used to enter a personal identification.
  • the authorization required for a billing process or the receipts and other receipts are entered or output via the openings on the left side of the control panel.

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EP89111174A 1989-06-20 1989-06-20 Facturation et caisse de sortie pour produits de supermarchés Withdrawn EP0403670A1 (fr)

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DE8915834U DE8915834U1 (fr) 1989-06-20 1989-06-20
EP89111174A EP0403670A1 (fr) 1989-06-20 1989-06-20 Facturation et caisse de sortie pour produits de supermarchés
EP90909708A EP0429623B1 (fr) 1989-06-20 1990-06-20 Dispositif pour la saisie de marchandises du cote de la clientele
PCT/EP1990/000977 WO1990015559A1 (fr) 1989-06-20 1990-06-20 Procede et dispositif pour la saisie de marchandises du cote de la clientele
ES90909708T ES2078972T3 (es) 1989-06-20 1990-06-20 Procedimiento y dispositivo para detectar articulos por parte del cliente.
DE59009793T DE59009793D1 (de) 1989-06-20 1990-06-20 Vorrichtung zum kundenseitigen erfassen von waren.
US08/006,100 US5316107A (en) 1989-06-20 1993-01-15 Device for checking out goods

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DE9211226U1 (fr) * 1992-08-21 1992-10-29 Karl Gutmann Kg, 7731 Unterkirnach, De
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EP0579004A1 (fr) * 1990-03-15 1994-01-19 Kabushiki Kaisha TEC Dispositif de caisse de sortie
EP0608540A2 (fr) * 1993-01-23 1994-08-03 ADS Anker GmbH Installation d'enregistrement et de facturation d'articles dans un système de lecture en self-service
EP0628274A1 (fr) * 1993-06-08 1994-12-14 A.W.A.X. PROGETTAZIONE E RICERCA S.r.l. Caisse de sortie pour supermarchés
DE19527747A1 (de) * 1995-07-28 1997-02-06 Harald Langwieser Kombinierte rechnergesteuerte/manuelle Vorrichtung zur Überprüfung der unteren/hinteren Ablagen sowie der Inhalte von Einkaufswagenkörben an Kassendurchgängen in Kauf- und Warenhäuser
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GB2161631A (en) * 1984-07-09 1986-01-15 Checkrobot Inc System for security processing of retailed articles
FR2583966A1 (fr) * 1985-06-28 1987-01-02 Liprotechninnovations Magasin a auto service et caisses de sortie

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GB2161631A (en) * 1984-07-09 1986-01-15 Checkrobot Inc System for security processing of retailed articles
FR2583966A1 (fr) * 1985-06-28 1987-01-02 Liprotechninnovations Magasin a auto service et caisses de sortie

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EP0579004A1 (fr) * 1990-03-15 1994-01-19 Kabushiki Kaisha TEC Dispositif de caisse de sortie
EP0531265A1 (fr) * 1991-09-05 1993-03-10 A.W.A.X. PROGETTAZIONE E RICERCA S.r.l. Caisse comptoir libre service comprenant une paire de dispositifs de distributeurs de sacs pourvus d'un balayeur avec moniteur correspondant ainsi qu'une caisse enregistreuse s'y rapportant
DE9211226U1 (fr) * 1992-08-21 1992-10-29 Karl Gutmann Kg, 7731 Unterkirnach, De
EP0608540A2 (fr) * 1993-01-23 1994-08-03 ADS Anker GmbH Installation d'enregistrement et de facturation d'articles dans un système de lecture en self-service
DE4301832C1 (de) * 1993-01-23 1994-08-18 Ads Anker Gmbh Warenerfassungs- und -abrechnungsanlage im Selbstscanningsystem
EP0608540A3 (en) * 1993-01-23 1997-05-21 Ads Anker Gmbh Product registration and accounting installation in a self-service scanning system.
EP0628274A1 (fr) * 1993-06-08 1994-12-14 A.W.A.X. PROGETTAZIONE E RICERCA S.r.l. Caisse de sortie pour supermarchés
DE19527747A1 (de) * 1995-07-28 1997-02-06 Harald Langwieser Kombinierte rechnergesteuerte/manuelle Vorrichtung zur Überprüfung der unteren/hinteren Ablagen sowie der Inhalte von Einkaufswagenkörben an Kassendurchgängen in Kauf- und Warenhäuser
DE19527747C2 (de) * 1995-07-28 1998-02-19 Harald Langwieser Kontrollvorrichung
US6491359B1 (en) * 2000-05-11 2002-12-10 Asustek Computer Inc. Portable computer having identification marks

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