EP0491348A2 - Unbemanntes Auszahlsystem - Google Patents

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EP0491348A2
EP0491348A2 EP91121582A EP91121582A EP0491348A2 EP 0491348 A2 EP0491348 A2 EP 0491348A2 EP 91121582 A EP91121582 A EP 91121582A EP 91121582 A EP91121582 A EP 91121582A EP 0491348 A2 EP0491348 A2 EP 0491348A2
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Mika Mannerjoki
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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
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • 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
    • A47F9/048—Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters for recording self-service articles without cashier or assistant automatically
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/005—Details or accessories
    • 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
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to an unstaffed checkout system comprising a checkout counter provided with appropriate actuators, a background system containing at least the product data, and a cash terminal program which transmits information from the checkout counter actuators to the background system.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks referred to above and to achieve a reliable, cheap and self-updating unstaffed checkout system.
  • the invention is characterized by what is presented later on in the claims.
  • the invention has the advantage of reducing the need for sales personnel and providing easy connection to existing checkout systems.
  • a product identification program constituting a separate functional unit is linked by software with an existing cash terminal program.
  • the interface can be so standardized that the product identification program can be flexibly linked with different cash terminal programs as the interface data are always compatible and the cash terminal program knows what data is transmitted by the product identification program and vice versa.
  • the interface is a variable, variable address or memory location mutually agreed on by the program suppliers, the result is an extremely cheap and usable interface.
  • a further advantage is the self-learning capability of the system, which means that new product identification data or changes in the old data need not necessarily be updated for the machine but the system learns the new data itself.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the checkout counter 1 of the invention.
  • the shop is provided with one or more checkout counters, which are placed e.g. side by side with a passage between them leading out of the shop space. The passage is blocked by a gate, which is opened after an accepted transaction.
  • Each checkout counter is connected to the electric network and, by means of a connecting cable, to the shop's central computer, which runs the background system. The connections to the electric network and the central computer are implemented using conventional techniques, so they are not presented in the drawings.
  • a scanner 2 At the entry end of the checkout counter is a scanner 2, whose function is to recognize all products marked with a bar code. The customer him/herself passes the products he/she has bought over the scanner.
  • the customer places the product on a belt conveyor, which is provided with a weighing device for determining the weight of the products.
  • the weigher is placed under the belt conveyor and is not visible in the drawings.
  • the belt conveyor actuator is not visible in the drawings because it is placed inside the checkout counter.
  • a light screen 4 for the recognition of the shape of the products.
  • the light screen extends from the level of the conveyor belt to a height sufficient to allow the recognition of all everyday products regardless of their height.
  • a monitor 5 through which the customer is given the necessary instructions, and also a bank card reader and a PIN keypad 6, by means of which the customer can pay for the goods purchased.
  • the belt conveyor 3 delivers the products onto a trough belt conveyor 7 placed directly after it on the checkout counter.
  • the trough belt conveyor moves the accepted products into one of the troughs 11 provided at the exit end of the checkout counter as guided by the distributor 8.
  • the actuator of the trough belt conveyor 7 and the turning mechanism of the distributor 8 are placed inside the checkout counter and are not visible in the drawings.
  • Both side edges of the checkout counter are provided with protective walls 9 placed alongside the trough belt conveyor 7 to prevent the products from falling off the counter.
  • the protective walls 9 also prevent the customer from throwing any products past the light screen into the troughs 11.
  • At the extremity of the exit end of the checkout counter there is a packing board 10 for ease of packing the products into a shopping bag.
  • the checkout counter there is a computer which is provided with all the necessary interface cards and which is used to run the product identification program 13, allowing unstaffed operation of the checkout counter.
  • the actuators and the computer 16 inside the checkout counter are protected by the counter body, which is covered with side walls 12.
  • Fig. 2 is a simplified presentation of an embodiment of the system of the invention, showing the main blocks of the product identification program 13 as well as the connections between the various actuators used in the checkout system on the one hand and the product identification program and the computer on the other hand.
  • the broken line marked with reference number 1 in Fig. 2 represents the checkout counter and the broken line marked with reference number 16 represents the microcomputer physically present in the checkout counter and used to run a program consisting of the product identification program 13 and the cash terminal program 15.
  • the product identification program 13 and the cash terminal program 15 are linked together via an interface 14 so as to allow interactive operation.
  • the interface 14 is like a mailbox in which either program block may store data to be read by the other block.
  • the interface 14 is a series of variables, variable addresses or memory locations in the computer memory.
  • the card reader and PIN keypad 6 is plugged into the computer's keyboard connector.
  • This actuator is only used to supply input data to the cash terminal program, this being indicated in Fig. 2 by an arrow pointing from the actuator block towards the cash terminal program block 15.
  • the bar code reader or scanner 2 is connected to the COM2 port of the computer, the weigher to the COM3 port and the background system 17 run in the central computer of the shop is connected to the COM1 port of the checkout counter computer.
  • the modem which is used for the transmission of advertisements and maintenance data, is connected to the COM4 port of the checkout counter computer.
  • the bar code reader and the weigher supply only input data to the product identification program 13, whereas the background system and the cash terminal program 15 may communicate in both directions. Similarly, a two-way data transmission link is provided between the modem and the product identification program. All the above-mentioned COM ports are standardized serial ports connected to the serial communication bus of the computer.
  • the receipt printer is connected to a parallel port, e.g. a Centronics interface, and the monitor 5 is connected to a VGA port.
  • the rest of the actuators are connected to the checkout counter computer via a separate I/O card provided with input pins for the data supplied by the light screen 4 for shape recognition, by the PIN-keypad and for various sensor data.
  • sensor data include trough-empty data for the right-hand and left-hand troughs, data indicating the final limit of the belt conveyor 3 and data indicating the right-hand and left-hand limits of the distributor 8.
  • the same I/O card is provided with pins for the output data needed by the control electronics for the control of the belt conveyor 3, the trough belt conveyor 7, the turning device of the distributor 8 and the lock of the customer gate.
  • the customer gate the function of which is to open the passage for the customer to exit from behind the checkout counter after the products have been accepted and paid for, is not shown in the drawings.
  • the communication 18 between different checkout counters takes place via the background system 17.
  • the background system there is a file containing the product data, of which certain items, such as the EAN code, the price and the product name, are transmitted via the cash terminal program 15 into a product file in the mass storage of the product identification program 13.
  • the product identification program collects product identification data, such as product weight, height etc., to be used in the learning process and transmitted via the background system to the other checkout counters. This provides the advantage that the learning routine need not be repeated separately in each checkout counter.
  • Fig. 3 shows a functional block diagram representing the reading of the bank card.
  • the text appearing on the monitor screen is presented in separate blocks and enclosed in quotes.
  • the program If the number was not right, the program outputs a corresponding message via the monitor and asks the customer to input his/her personal code number again. After the correct number has been input, the program can proceed further and asks the customer to select the manner of payment. In practice, there are three alternative ways: bank card, credit card or a combination of these. After the customer has typed in his selection for the manner of payment, the program contacts the background system and compares the customer data against a checklist in the background system to see if the customer's card and payment mode selection are acceptable. If the card or the payment mode was uncacceptable, a corresponding message is output via the monitor and the customer is prompted to remove the card if it is still in the reader.
  • the program flow returns to the beginning and the customer is asked to insert another card. If the payment mode selected was acceptable, the monitor displays a message asking the customer to remove the card if it is still in the reader and the program gives a permission to start the transaction.
  • the program checks whether one of the troughs 11 at the exit end of the checkout counter is empty. When either one of the troughs is empty, the checkout counter can be started, the distributor 8 is turned to the appropriate position and a suitable instruction, e.g. "START SCANNING", is displayed by the monitor. After this, program control is handed over to the functional block shown in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 4 presents the scanning block, i.e. the bar code reading block.
  • the basic function in this block consists in the program waiting until scanning has taken place. At this stage, it is important for the system to be able to ensure that no products are moved directly past the scanner, the weigher or the light screen. Also, the program checks that there are not too many products at the same time on the belt conveyor and that a new product can only be scanned after the previous one has been weighed. First, the program checks whether a product has been scanned. If no scanning has taken place, the program reads the weight from the weigher and then checks whether a change has occurred in the light screen. If no change has taken place, the program checks whether the weight indicated by the weigher has changed.
  • the program checks whether a wait flag has been set.
  • a wait flag must be set for the shape recognition at the light screen because the scanning and weighing are very fast operations, whereas moving the product through the light screen takes a much longer time. Setting the wait flag enables the system to know that measurement is still going on at the light screen, so the system will avoid producing incorrect data or error states. While measurement is going on at the light screen, one of the photocell connections is still blocked. If the wait flag was not set, the action returns to the beginning, i.e. the program continues waiting for scanning.
  • a corresponding scanning message is transmitted via a serial port to the product identification program.
  • the EAN code of the product is now read into register E, which contains the running number of the product scanned.
  • the value of register E is increased by one to enable the system to know how many products have been scanned and how many products are to be expected to arrive to the weigher.
  • the first product that was brought onto the weigher must also be the first to be removed from it, otherwise an error has occurred.
  • the program checks the product file to see if it contains the EAN code of the product. This function corresponds to the code inquiry function shown in Fig. 2.
  • the cash terminal program in the checkout counter cannot use the EAN code in question, and in this case the checking operation results in an ERROR function, which is presented as a block diagram in Fig. 7.
  • ERROR function When the ERROR function is activated, a corresponding error message is output via the monitor 5 and the belt conveyor 3 is returned to the starting position. Next, a message or alarm signal is sent to the background room of the shop to allow the error to be acknowledged, i.e. the missing EAN code to be added to the background system.
  • the following data items are written into the product file: EAN code, product name and price.
  • the system adds automatically certain product identification data, such as weight, height, etc., to the product file.
  • the computer in each checkout counter has a product file in its mass storage, i.e. on its hard disk.
  • the new product may be added via a touch-screen e.g. by the shop supervisor.
  • the program returns back to the scanning block, to the function from which the ERROR function was started. If and when the EAN code is found in the product file, the program again continues monitoring the weigher and the light screen. For example, the customer may attempt to throw the product through the light screen so that it will not land on the weigher.
  • the product has been placed in the normal manner on the belt conveyor 3, where it is weighed immediately.
  • weight(meas) weight(prev) - weight(1) becomes true, this means that product(1) has been removed from the weigher.
  • weight(meas) is the value indicated by the weigher at the time of measurement
  • weight(prev) is the previous value measured by the weigher
  • weight(1) is the weight of the first product in the queue, i.e. of the product which is to he the first to be removed from the weigher.
  • weight(prev) is set to the value of weight(meas), i.e. the weigher is set for the product in question.
  • LSBLK light screen block
  • the weight of the product scanned was not correct, then it is necessary to check whether the number of samples is full.
  • the number of samples is a certain preselected number which ensures a good learning result with the required probability.
  • the number of samples may have values e.g. between 0-9. If the number of samples was not full, the weight is accepted, the product identification data is stored in the learning data file and program execution continues again from the light screen block (LSBLK), whereafter execution is back in the normal scanning block. Similarly, if the same kind of product has been passed through the weigher so many times that the number of samples becomes full at this stage of the learning block, the result is an error situation because there is now something wrong with the weight.
  • the relevant block is SCBLK-B, to which the program jumps from the scanning block when a change has occurred in the light screen and the lowest light cell is off.
  • the program first resets the wait flag, then reads the light screen into register m, where m is the running number of the product under measurement, and increases the height register value by one.
  • it checks whether height x, y or z is equal to the height of product(1).
  • Product(1) again stands for the first product in the queue. If this check yields a positive result, the program then checks whether the number of samples is full.
  • the height register value is decreased by one and execution is continued from the EAN block, which is presented in Fig. 6. If the height check gives a negative result, the program again checks whether the number of samples is full. In a normal situation, this check gives a negative result, whereupon the sample counter of the product file is increased by one and the process continues by checking the number of samples again. The sample counter value is only increased after the product has passed through the weigher and the light screen. If the number of samples is still not full, the product identification data are stored in the learning file and the height register value is decreased by one, whereupon execution is transferred to the EAN block.
  • the program calculates the average values in the learning file for the item in question, writes the product identification data into the product file, deletes the learning files, transmits the product identification data to the other checkout counters, decreases the height register value by one and proceeds to the EAN block.
  • the transmission of the product identification data to the other checkout counters is shown in Fig. 2 as a "file updates" function, which transfers update data between the cash terminal program 15 and the product identification program 13.
  • the data to be sent to the other checkout counters are transmitted via the cash terminal program 15 first to the background system 17 and via the background system's data transmission link 18 further to the other self-service checkout counters.
  • the accepted EAN code is transmitted to the cash terminal program.
  • the corresponding function is shown in Fig. 2 as "accepted code”.
  • the trough belt conveyor 7 is kept running for a certain length of time to ensure that the products are brought into the correct trough, the EAN register is decreased by one and a check is performed to ascertain whether the product arriving from the light screen was the last one. If it was not the last product, execution returns to the scanning block, whereas if it was the last product, the exit gate is opened for the customer, the belt conveyors are stopped after a suitable delay and the transaction is terminated.
  • the receipt printer is given instructions to print out the receipt for the customer.
  • This function is performed in Fig. 2 under "keyboard data", which is also the route used to transmit the termination signal to the cash terminal program.
  • other information and messages may be typed in through a touch-screen, for example a request for help if the system does not function properly. In this case, the supervision personnel of the shop will assist the customer.
  • the interface (14) agreed on by the suppliers of the product identification program (13) and the cash terminal program (15) may be a normal mechanical connection with pins or connector surfaces provided separately for each data type.
  • each program (13, 14) works separately, possibly even in different computers or processors.

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