EP1953718A2 - Poste d'enregistrement de marchandises autonomique ainsi que procédé d'enregistrement de marchandises - Google Patents

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EP1953718A2
EP1953718A2 EP08000036A EP08000036A EP1953718A2 EP 1953718 A2 EP1953718 A2 EP 1953718A2 EP 08000036 A EP08000036 A EP 08000036A EP 08000036 A EP08000036 A EP 08000036A EP 1953718 A2 EP1953718 A2 EP 1953718A2
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    • 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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a self-operated goods detection station containing a scanning device for detecting a goods-specific identification, a belt scale for determining the weight of a commodity, a transport device for transporting the goods from a weighing scale associated with a weigher to a direction of goods flow direction collecting point, an evaluation device for evaluating the detected goods-specific identification and the detected weight of the goods and a control device for driving the transport device.
  • the invention relates to a method for detecting goods, wherein successively goods are scanned to detect a goods-specific identification that the scanned goods are weighed to determine the weight of the same that the goods are subjected to a check routine, the current weight of goods with the is compared by the detected goods specific identification predetermined target weight of the goods and that the positively checked goods are transported to a front in the direction of goods flow collecting point.
  • a self-operated goods detection station which has a scanning device for detecting a goods-specific identification.
  • the bar-coded labels of the goods can be scanned by means of the scanning device.
  • the goods detection station includes a belt scale on which the goods can be placed to determine the weight thereof.
  • An evaluation device of the goods detection station enables an evaluation of the data determined by the scanning device and the belt scale. It runs from a verification routine, where the determined by the belt scale current weight of the product is compared with a determined by the scanning device target weight of the goods.
  • the goods has been tested positive and is transported by means of a transport device to a front in the direction of goods flow collecting point.
  • the transport device on a conveyor belt, which is controlled by a control device.
  • the time required for detecting the goods is relatively time-consuming, since the weighed goods in the direction of flow of goods must first be transported away before another, already detected by the scanner goods can be placed on the belt scale.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a self-operated goods detection station and a method for detecting goods such that an increased goods throughput is guaranteed in a space-saving manner.
  • the self-operated goods detection station in connection with the preamble of claim 1 is characterized in that the weighing point is formed as an intermediate collection point, in which a number of goods detected by the scanning device is collected, and that the control device when fulfilling a predetermined forwarding condition sends an actuating signal to the transport device, such that the goods grouped at the intermediate collection point are transported to the collection point.
  • the particular advantage of the goods detection station according to the invention is that the goods throughput can be substantially increased. This is done by setting up an intermediate collecting point at the weighing platform, in which a plurality of goods already collected by the scanning device is collected.
  • the weight of the individual goods can be determined by subtracting the weight of the goods at the intermediate collection point before positioning of the current goods at the intermediate collection point and the weight of the goods after positioning the current goods at the intermediate collection point.
  • the weighed goods are grouped transported by the intermediate collection point in a front in the direction of goods flow collecting point. Further transport of the weighed goods takes place depending on a forwarding condition.
  • the goods detected by the scanning device are deposited in a goods container (basket) at the intermediate collecting point, where they are then weighed. Further transport of the goods, however, takes place only upon fulfillment of a forwarding condition. This is dependent on a level of the goods container or the number of goods to be purchased by the customer.
  • the transport process is simplified by collecting the goods in a goods container. On the one hand, the transport device only has to be actuated when a predetermined number of goods have been collected and this is to be transported to the collection point. A continuous operation of, for example, conveyor belts of the transport device is not required.
  • the further transport of the paid goods from the goods detection center to, for example, a passenger car of the customer is simplified because the paid goods have already been collected in the goods container (basket).
  • the goods are virtually collected by the customer during the goods registration process in a goods container, which can be transported to the car after the payment process.
  • the goods detection station is associated with an operating device which can be manually operated by the customer or a service person, so that upon reaching a predetermined or arbitrary Filling level of the goods container in the control device, a control signal is generated for driving the transport device, so that the goods container is transported from the intermediate collection point in the direction of goods flow to the collection point.
  • an operating device which can be manually operated by the customer or a service person, so that upon reaching a predetermined or arbitrary Filling level of the goods container in the control device, a control signal is generated for driving the transport device, so that the goods container is transported from the intermediate collection point in the direction of goods flow to the collection point.
  • this allows the customer to determine with which portioning of goods the goods container to be transported in the direction of the collection point.
  • the customer Upon actuation of the operating device, the customer is requested to place a next empty goods container on the belt scale / intermediate collecting point.
  • the goods detection station can be assigned a detection device for detecting the level of the goods container, so that the reaching of a predetermined level of the goods container detected automatically and the further transport of the goods container is initiated and carried out in the direction of collection point.
  • the customer only needs to put the goods container on the belt scale for the following goods and to continue with the actuation of the scanning device.
  • a transport device has a first transport means associated with the belt scale and a second transport means adjoining the first transport means in the direction of goods flow.
  • the first transport may be formed relatively short in the direction of flow of goods, since the goods must be superimposed by placing in the goods container. As a result, the goods detection space can be designed to save space.
  • a covering bell arranged above the transport device is arranged in an area between the intermediate collecting point and the barrier. This prevents access to the positively checked goods until the goods capture process and the payment process is completed.
  • this can be used to prevent, for example, a theft of the detected goods.
  • the method according to the invention in conjunction with the preamble of claim 8 is characterized in that the sampled goods individually supplied to the weight of the same detecting weighing and collected in the same area and that a release signal to enable the scanning of the goods specific identification of a The product currently following the weighed product already takes place as soon as the checking routine relating to the current product has delivered a result within a tolerance range.
  • the particular advantage of the method according to the invention is that a high goods throughput is made possible by intermediate collection of the goods in the range of a balance and immediate release of scanning the subsequent product after successful completion of the verification routine with respect to the weight of the currently checked product.
  • the scanning of the next product can already be started as soon as the weight of the previous product has been tested positive.
  • the conclusion of the relevant verification routine takes place almost simultaneously with completion of the weighing process.
  • the duration of the check routine is negligibly small compared to a possible further transport of the goods towards the collection point.
  • the method according to the invention advantageously makes it possible to optimize the goods acquisition and goods payment process.
  • the overall process is divided for the customer into a first scanning process in which the goods are identified one after the other, a second weighing process and packing operation in which the goods are weighed successively in the area of a belt weigher and collected at the same time, and in a third payment process.
  • the goods which are preferably grouped in a goods container, can be transported away from the goods detection location.
  • the packing of the goods in the goods registration process integrated, thereby increasing on the one hand the goods throughput during goods detection and on the other hand, the space requirement due to the shortened training of a belt scale associated transport is reduced.
  • the transport of the weighed goods takes place in the direction of goods flow direction front collecting point in response to a manual operation of an operating device or in response to an automatic detection of a predetermined level of the goods container.
  • a targeted portioning of goods for onward transport to the collection point can be achieved thereby.
  • the positively checked goods are transported almost in packages to the collection point.
  • a goods registration center 1 is used to record and possibly pay for goods 6 in self-service shops.
  • the self-operated goods detection station comprises a terminal 2 with a scanning device 3 for detecting goods-specific identifications of the goods 6.
  • the bar-coded labels of the goods 6 can be detected so that the type of goods, the price of goods and the weight of the goods can be determined.
  • the scanning device 3 may be formed for example as an infrared scanner.
  • the terminal 2 further comprises an evaluation device 4 for evaluating data recorded by the scanning device 3 and for evaluating current weights of the goods 6 detected by means of a belt scale 5 arranged in the direction of flow of goods W in front of the terminal 2.
  • the belt scale 5 is arranged in the region of a transport device 7, which comprises a belt conveyor 5 associated first transport means 8 and a goods flow direction W the first transport means 8 subsequent transport means 9.
  • the transport device 7 further comprises a plurality of transport rollers 10, which join the second transport means 9 in the direction of flow of goods W, so that the goods 6 or the goods 6 collected in a goods container 11 move in the direction of a tray 12 for removal by the customer the net weight of the goods 6 are transported.
  • the first transporting means 8 and the second transporting means 9 are each preferably formed as a conveyor belt, which are driven by means of a respective associated electric motor 13 and 14, respectively.
  • the transport device 7 is controlled by means of a control device 17, which is coupled to the evaluation device 4.
  • a vertical light curtain 20 is arranged above the same, are detected by means of which goods 6, which are spent by customers in an undesirable manner, bypassing the transport device 7 in the direction of the tray 12.
  • the second transport means 9 may also be formed by transport rollers, wherein the transport plane of the second transport means 9 is not horizontal, but inclined, so that the filled with the goods 6 cart 11 is automatically moved in the direction of goods flow W.
  • the goods registration process is described in more detail below with reference to the purchase of goods 6 of a customer.
  • the customer removes the desired goods 6 from the shelves of a supermarket and places them in at least one goods container (shopping cart 11) of a shopping cart.
  • the shopping cart For goods registration and payment of the same, he positions the shopping cart with, for example, two filled shopping baskets 11, 11 "and an empty shopping cart 11" in the area of the terminal 2.
  • FIG. 4 compares the current weight of the first product 6 transmitted by the belt scale 5 with a target weight of the same product 6, which results from the goods-specific identification of the same product 6 previously transmitted from the scanning device 3 to the evaluation device 4.
  • a checking routine takes place in the evaluation device 4, which is preferably designed as a software program.
  • the evaluating device 4 sends a release signal, by means of which the scanning device 3 is released to detect the goods-specific identification of a second product 6, which originates from the For example, the customer can be indicated by a visual indication by means of a monitor 15 integrated in the terminal 2 that the second product 6 can be scanned.
  • the customer can now remove the second product 6 from the shopping cart and feed it to the scanning device 3 for detecting the goods-specific identification. Following this, the second product 6 is placed in the shopping cart 11 '. The weight determination of the second product 6 is then carried out, wherein the actual weight of the second product 6 can be determined in the evaluation device 4 from the difference between the previously determined weight value and the current weight value.
  • a release signal is again sent to the scanning device 3 so that a third article 6 can be removed from the shopping cart 11, 11 "and fed to the scanning device 3.
  • the customer is using the monitor 15th signals that the second product 6 can be seen again from the cart 11 "and that, if necessary, the detection process is repeated.
  • the detection process described is continued until the cart 11 'has reached a predetermined level or until the last product 6 of the customer has been detected without the risk that the last product 6 from the goods container 11' may fall out.
  • the weighing cell formed by the belt weigher 5 thus serves as an intermediate collecting point 22 for a number of goods 6 detected by the scanning device 3.
  • the customer manually actuates an operating device 16, for example an operating button, integrated in the terminal 2. Thereafter, by means of an actuating signal of the control device 17 to the transport device 7, the first conveyor belt 8 and the first conveyor belt 8 second conveyor belt 9 is turned on, so that the cart 11 "is transported to a barrier 18 which is arranged between the second conveyor belt 9 and the tray 12. In a region between the first conveyor belt 8 and the barrier 18, a cover bell 19 is arranged above the transport device 7, which completely covers the space and in particular the shopping cart 11 "upwards and to the side. the goods 6 collected therein are thereby prevented.
  • an operating device 16 for example an operating button
  • a sensor 21 is mounted, which detects the transfer of the product 6 from the first conveyor belt 8 on the second conveyor belt 9 and sends a corresponding sensor signal to the control device 17 of the transport device 7 upon detection , so that the first conveyor belt 8 is turned off.
  • the customer can now store the next empty shopping cart 11 'at the intermediate collection point 22, so that the recording process can be continued with further goods 6 until the second shopping cart 11 "has reached the predetermined fill level or all goods 6 have been detected
  • the forwarding condition takes place manually, specifically when the customer recognizes that the cart 11 'or 11 "is filled.
  • the conveyor belts 8 and 9 are turned on, the barrier 18 raised, so that then the detection process for other goods 6 can be done, which are collected in a subsequent shopping cart 11 '.
  • the fill level of the shopping carts 11 ', 11 " can be determined by a recognition device, so that after reaching a predetermined fill level or after a predetermined time interval, the transport device 7 automatically receives an actuating signal, so that the goods containers 11', 11 "are transported in the direction of the barrier 18.
  • the capture process can be automated.
  • the payment process can be initiated by the customer by pressing a button.
  • the barrier 18 is moved from a blocking operation position to a release operation position according to FIG FIG. 1 so that the shopping carts 11 ', 11 "can be successively transported into the tray 12.
  • the barrier 18 is moved vertically downwards so that the path for the shopping carts 11', 11" is released.
  • a transport roller 10 ' arranged at the upper end of the barrier 18 is arranged flush with the surface of the further transport rollers 10.
  • the tray 12 serves as a collection point 24, at which the filled with goods 6 shopping carts 11 ', 11 "are collected.
  • the barrier 18 is controlled by the control device 17 such that it moves back into the previous upper blocking operating position. After reaching the blocking operation position of the barrier 18, the scanning device 3 of the terminal 2 is released for the next customer. While the customer removes the shopping carts 11 ', 11 "from the tray 12, the next customer can already start to collect his goods 6.
  • the goods 6 can already be grouped or collected in the area of the weighing rack / intermediate collecting point 22 in the shopping carts 11 ', 11 ", a forward displacement of the packing of the goods 6 can take place ', 11 "to remove and transport, for example, his car.
  • the shopping carts 11 ', 11 " have a dimension and a carrying handle so that they can easily be carried by the customer.
  • the payment process can be carried out locally separated from the goods registration.
  • the payment module not shown, is arranged integrated in the terminal 2.
  • the payment module could also be arranged remotely from the terminal 2, so that during the payment process of one customer, the next customer can already start to collect the goods 6.
  • the payment module could be arranged, for example, in the area of the tray 12.
  • the scanning device 3 could already be activated for the next customer when the goods container 11 'of the previous customer has already completely left the first conveyor belt 8.
  • the barrier 18 could be omitted.
  • the shopping carts 11 ', 11 are then positioned directly behind one another on the second conveyor belt 9 in the direction of flow of goods W.
  • the conveyor belt 9 would have to be designed so long that a plurality of shopping carts 11 can be found on this location at the same time the second conveyor belt 9 are driven, so that the shopping carts 11 ', 11 "would be successively transported to the tray 12.

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