EP3361458A1 - Station de caisse enregistreuse - Google Patents

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EP3361458A1
EP3361458A1 EP18154045.1A EP18154045A EP3361458A1 EP 3361458 A1 EP3361458 A1 EP 3361458A1 EP 18154045 A EP18154045 A EP 18154045A EP 3361458 A1 EP3361458 A1 EP 3361458A1
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Eugeniusz Pajaczek
Lech Niwinski
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Mago SA
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0018—Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means

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  • the invention provides a cash register station for effecting payment for goods purchased in a commercial outlet, with a customer self-service function.
  • a solution of a self-service cash register system has a device to register goods via a scanner, a display for displaying goods information, a payment device with at least one function of cash depositing and a device for dispensing cash, as well as a device for processing data from the goods registering device, comprising a base segment and a head that may be rotated about a vertical rotation axis V by 180° relative to the base segment, and the head comprises at least one scanner to register goods, a display for displaying goods information and a payment device.
  • a cash register station convertible into a self-attended operational mode, comprising a base and a column rotationally mounted to the base, is known.
  • the column has an input-output device extending in a first direction and a scanner, and the stand is positioned relative to the base at least in a first angular position and a second angular position.
  • the input/output device is an interactive video display.
  • the interactive video display has a first operational mode corresponding to a first angular position and a second operational mode corresponding to a second angular position.
  • a sensor defines a readiness angular position relative to the basis and communicates the angular position to the interactive video display.
  • the column also comprises a video display faced towards another direction, substantially opposite to the first direction.
  • the device has a front module intended for conveying goods to a central module.
  • the central module has a product control station comprising electronic carriers for registering the purchase and a read module constituting a receiving space.
  • the central module has such configuration of the device that causes a change in the operational mode of the cash register station from a cashier-attended operational mode to a customer-attended operational mode by rotating the central module so as the cash register operator attends the cash register station at one side and the customer at the other side of the central module.
  • a cash register station comprising a housing having a window and a device for capturing data passing through a specific window and related to products to be verified in a terminal, a customer interface supported by the housing to enable customers interacting with the terminal when in the self-service operational mode, a cashier interface operated through the housing to enable the cashier interacting with the terminal in the full service operational mode, and a selection switch for the self-service operational mode in which the interface is accessible for the customer and for the full service operational mode in which the cashier operates the interface.
  • the monitor display provided for the cash register station terminal, is raised so as it becomes easy to be observed and operated by the customer.
  • a device that has an optical device for scanning indicia, intended for reading suitable indicia from goods.
  • a first reader and a second scanner are positioned in a lower surface of a goods detecting area, and goods are passed in a preferable direction so as they can be read by scanners.
  • a setting device is positioned on a second or third scanner so as a scanning device is shifted from the operational position for a cashier to a second operational position for a customer.
  • the device is provided with two scanners opposite to each other, where one of them is hidden by means of a hiding mechanism by moving it beneath the surface of the scanning station dependently on whether the cash register station is to be operated by a cashier or a customer.
  • a device comprising a housing, a rotational platform and a lifting assembly seated in a housing and coupled with the rotational platform above the operational surface of the housing, a rotational platform configured for supporting a transaction processing module and for rotating the transaction processing module between the cashier-attended function and a customer self-service function.
  • the rotational platform with the transaction processing module is rotated and an indicating assembly informs on the current function of the cash register station.
  • a cash register station for effecting payment for goods purchased in a commercial outlet, with a customer self-service function, comprises a settlement/collection module with a cash register head, where at one side of the cash register station there is a cashier space, and at the other side there is a customer space.
  • the cash register head of the settlement/collection module comprises a cashier's registering module and a customer's registering module, where the cashier's registering module and the customer's registering module are positioned at two opposite sides of the cash register head.
  • the cash register head is slideably positioned so as to be positioned the farthest from the cashier space when in function of the cashier-assisted operation of the cash register and the closest to the cashier station when in the customer payment self-service function.
  • the cash register station comprises a transporting module extending along the cash register station and positioned in front of the settlement/collection module.
  • the transporting module extending along the cash register station, is a belt conveyor.
  • the cash register station comprises a receiving space arranged behind the settlement/collection module.
  • a goods verifying module is provided within the receiving space.
  • the goods verifying module is a verification balance.
  • the goods verifying module is an image identification device.
  • the cash register head of the settlement/collection module is seated in the settlement/collection module by means of a sliding mechanism.
  • the sliding mechanism for the cash register head of the settlement/collection module is a frame in which guides are seated on which guides a base of the cash register head is seated via bearings and engaged with a slide mechanism driven by a motor via a pushing mechanism.
  • the pushing mechanism is constituted by power screws.
  • the pushing mechanism is a belt transmission.
  • the pushing mechanism is a gear transmission.
  • the cashier's registering module and the customer's registering module comprise touch screens.
  • the settlement/collection module with the cash register head comprises at least one barcode scanner.
  • the settlement/collection module with the cash register head comprises at least a 2D code scanner.
  • the cash register head of the settlement/collection module comprises a card payment station.
  • the cash register head of the settlement/collection module comprises a cash receipt printer.
  • the cash register head of the settlement/collection module comprises a control module for the barrier to lock exit from the cash register station zone.
  • the settlement/collection module comprises at least one scanner/balance means.
  • the proposed bifunctional cash register head according to the invention makes it possible to construct a new bifunctional cash register station as well as to convert a standard cash register desk into a bifunctional desk.
  • Such desk with a small traffic in the shop may be switched into an automatic self-service operational mode where a customer with non-restricted goods (i.e. others than goods that require removal of a secure clip or verification of majority of the customer) may effect purchasing them without queuing.
  • the station may be converted into a standard desk attended by a cashier. From the point of view of the shop owner there exists a possibility to provide a large number of open cash stations at a low cost, and this decidedly improves the way in which the shop is evaluated by the customers.
  • fig. 1 shows a layout of a cash register station in a first embodiment
  • fig. 2 shows an area of cash register stations in a shop in a second embodiment, in a perspective view
  • fig. 3 shows a cash register station, in a cashier-attended operational mode, in a perspective view
  • fig. 4 shows a cash register station in a self-service operational mode, in a top view
  • fig. 5 shows the settlement/collection module in a customer-attended operational mode, in a view from the customer side
  • fig. 6 shows the settlement/collection module in the cashier-attended operational mode, in a view from the cashier side
  • fig. 7 shows the settlement/collection module in a partially exploded view
  • fig. 8 shows the settlement/collection module in a cross-section.
  • cash register stations 1 in a shop may be grouped within an area of cash register stations comprising several, more than ten or several tens of cash register stations 1.
  • a cash register station 1 comprises a transporting module 2, positioned at the shop side, into which goods to be purchased by the customer are laid. Behind the transporting module 2, towards the exit from the shop, a settlement/collection module 3 with a cash register head 4 is positioned. Behind the settlement/collection module 3 a receiving space 5 is located into which settled goods are transferred for further packing and collection.
  • a cashier space 6 in which, substantially in one position at the settlement/cash module 3, a person is present who processes transactions on behalf of the shop in one of operational modes of the cash register station.
  • the transporting module in this embodiment is made as a belt conveyor controlled by a microprocessor arrangement that enables movement of the cashed goods in a specific operational mode.
  • a goods verifying module (not shown) may be arranged within the receiving space 5 .
  • the goods verifying module may be a verification balance, an image identification device or any other device intended for this purpose.
  • the cash register station 1 may have two operational modes: when transaction is attended by an employee in the shop, i.e. a cashier, or when a customer attends transaction personally in a self-service operational mode.
  • the cash register station 1 may be provided solely with the settlement/collection module 3, i.e. process transactions without any transporting module or receiving space.
  • the settlement/collection module 3 is provided with the cash register head 4 that comprises a cashier's registering module 8 and a customer's registering module 9.
  • the cashier's registering module 8 and the customer's registering module 9 are located at two opposite sides of the cash register head 4 so as the cashier's registering module 8 is directed towards the cashier space 6 and the customer's registering module 9 is directed towards the customer space 7.
  • each of the modules i.e. the cashier's registering module 8 and the customer's registering module 9, comprise elements capable to register and perform transactions. They encompass touch screens that enable selection of an appropriate transaction option. This is a basic equipment of the cash register station 1 but not the only one. Of course, both the cashier's registering module 8 and the customer's registering module 9 may comprise other elements necessary for effecting transactions.
  • the settlement/collection module 3 with the cash register head 4 comprises a barcode scanner and a payment station, where in the shown embodiments of the invention, for the self-service operational mode a card payment station is provided, and for the cashier-attended operational mode of the cash register station also a cash payment station is additionally provided which requires for example an additional container for the cash paid.
  • the cash register head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 of the cash register station 1 is provided with a printer 11 of cash receipts as shown in fig. 5 .
  • Carrying out of the function to change of the cash register station according to the invention lies in the fact that the cash register head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3, comprising the cashier's registering module 8 and the customer's registering module 9 positioned at two opposite sides of the cash register head 4, is arranged slideably so as to be positioned the farthest from the cashier space 8 when in the cashier-attended operational mode of the cash register station 1.
  • the head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 slides linearly substantially perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the customer of the cash register station 1 so as to be positioned the closest to the cashier station 8 when in the customer self-service function of the payment.
  • the locking barrier 12 automatically opens and customer may leave the zone of the cash register station 1.
  • the cash register head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 comprises a control module for the barrier 12 to unlock exit from the zone of the cash register station 1.
  • Movement of the head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 in the direction towards the customer space 7 in the cashier-assisted operational mode of the cash register station 1 provides him/her enough space for effecting transaction and customer service, including access to all the functions of the cash register station 1.
  • Movement of the head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 in the direction towards the cashier space 6 in the self-service operational mode of the cash register station 1 provides the customer with access to all the functions of the cash register station 1 necessary for effective realization of transaction.
  • Movement of the cash register head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 between the cashier space 6 and the customer space 7 is carried out by a sliding mechanism 100 positioned in the settlement/collection module 3.
  • the construction of the sliding mechanism 100 positioned in the settlement/collection module 3 is shown in an embodiment in fig. 7 and fig. 8 .
  • the sliding mechanism 100 is a frame 101, on which guides 102 are seated.
  • a base 104 is arranged via bearings, on which base the cash register head 4 of the settlement/collection module 3 is located.
  • the base 104 is connected to a slide mechanism 103 driven by a motor 105 by means of the pushing mechanism 106.
  • the pushing mechanism 106 in the embodiment of the invention shown in fig. 7 and fig 8 is constituted by lead screws connected by a threaded connection with the base 104 of the cash register head 4.
  • the lead screws of the pushing mechanism are arranged in collar bearings 103.
  • the sliding mechanism 100 is controlled by a microprocessor (not shown) that assumes the desired position of the cash register head 4 and its functions suitably to the assumed operational mode of the cash register station 1.

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EP0664530A2 (fr) * 1994-01-21 1995-07-26 Kabushiki Kaisha TEC Dispositif d'enregistrement d'articles en sortie
US6286758B1 (en) * 1999-02-17 2001-09-11 Ncr Corporation Reconfigurable checkout system
EP1273250A2 (fr) * 2001-07-06 2003-01-08 Ncr International Inc. Système d'enregistrement en caisse de sortie convertible en configurations assistées et non assistées
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