JP2815660B2 - Checkout system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Summary] Regarding a check-out system that pays out goods, the loaded goods are automatically conveyed and read by a scanner, and those that cannot be read are registered by a customer or the like, and the goods are paid out. A first transport unit that transports the placed product to the scanner unit, and reads a barcode or the like attached to the product transported by the first transport unit, for the purpose of automating the settlement of the product. A scanner unit and, when a bar code or the like of a product can be read by the scanner unit, the product is transported to a tray by the second transport unit;
When it cannot be read, it is transported to the return tray by the third transport unit, and the amount of the product read and the registered amount corresponding to the fact that the customer / operator has registered the amount of the product placed on this return tray are registered. It is configured to display the total amount.

[Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a checkout system for performing payment for goods.

[Problems to be solved by conventional technology and invention]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a scanner that reads a barcode of a product used in a supermarket, a department store, or the like, an operator moves the product on the scanner or holds the scanner to read the barcode. For this reason, there was a problem that a lot of manpower was required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to automatically carry out the settlement of goods by automatically transporting the placed goods and reading the goods with a scanner, and registering those that cannot be read with a customer or the like to perform the settlement.

[Means to solve the problem]

 Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, a first transport unit 2-1 transports the placed product to the scanner unit 3.

The scanner unit 3 reads a bar code or the like attached to a product transported by the first transport unit 2-1.

The second transport unit 2-2 transports the product to the tray 1-2 when the scanner unit 3 can read a barcode or the like attached to the product.

The third transport unit 2-3 transports the product to the return tray 1-3 when the scanner unit 3 cannot read a barcode or the like attached to the product.

The merchandise registering section 5 is operated by the customer / operator to register the price of the merchandise conveyed to the return tray 1-3 by the third conveying section 2-3 as being unreadable by the scanner section 3. .

[Action]

In the present invention, as shown in FIG.
Transports the product placed by the customer to the scanner unit 3 and reads the bar code or the like attached to the transported product.
Transport unit 2-2 transports the goods to the tray 1-2,
When the reading is not possible, the third transporting unit 2-3 transports the product to the return tray 1-3, and in response to the customer / operator operating and registering the product in the product registering unit 5, the amount read. And the total amount of the registered amount is displayed.

Therefore, it is possible to automate the settlement of the merchandise by carrying the placed merchandise, reading it with the scanner unit 3 and registering the unreadable one with a customer or the like to perform the settlement.

〔Example〕

Next, the configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

In FIG. 1 (a), a tray (1) 1-1 is a table on which products are placed. The tray (1) 1-1 is a table (dish) on which a customer takes out goods brought into a shopping basket from a display shelf and temporarily places the goods.

The first transport section 2-1 transports the placed product to the scanner section 3.

The scanner unit 3 reads a bar code or the like attached to a product transported by the first transport unit 2-1.

When the sorting unit 4 can read a bar code or the like attached to the product by the scanner unit 3, the second transport unit 2-2
The product is sent out to the third transport unit 2-3 when the product is not read out.

The second transport unit 2-2 transports the product to the tray (2) 1-2 when a barcode or the like of the product can be read.

The third transport unit 2-3 transports the product to the return tray 1-3 when a barcode or the like of the product cannot be read.

The return tray 1-3 is a tray for placing a product when a barcode attached to the product cannot be read.

The product registration unit 5 is an input device (keyboard, touch-type scanner, etc.) for the customer / operator to register the amount of the product placed on the return tray 1-3.

The price calculation unit 6 calculates the total price of the product read by the scanner unit 3 and the price registered by the product registration unit 5.

The display unit 6-1 displays a total amount and the like.

FIG. 1 (b) is a perspective view of the configuration of FIG. 1 (a).
Here, it is a stand which takes out the goods which the customer selected and brought from the goods display shelf to the left tray (1) 1-1 and temporarily puts them. The tray (2) 1-2 on the right side is a table for transporting and placing the commodity after the amount is read by the scanner unit 3. The return tray 1-3 in the foreground is a table for transporting and placing the goods for which the scanner unit 3 could not read the amount of money. The customer / operator inputs the amount of money from the keyboard of the merchandise registration section 5 with respect to the merchandise conveyed to the return tray 1-3. In response to this, the total amount of the amount of the commodity already read and placed on the tray 1-2 and the amount registered from the commodity registration unit 5 is displayed on the display unit 6-1. The customer sees the display and pays for the goods.

Next, according to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the diagram configuration will be described in detail.

In FIG. 2, goods are placed on a tray (1). This temporarily places the goods brought by the customer from the display shelf on the tray (1) 1-1 in FIG.

Puts the conveyed goods on the first conveyance unit. For this, one of the products placed on the tray (1) 1-1 is picked up and placed on the first transport unit 2-1.

 Is transported to the scanner unit.

Determines whether the barcode reading is OK or NG. If OK, do. If NG, perform

Since the bar code was read by (2) (because it is OK), the bar code is accumulated on the tray (2) 1-2 by the second transport unit.

Cannot read the barcode (because it is NG), and conveys it to the return tray 1-3 by the third conveyance unit.

Inputs the price of the product placed on the return tray 1-3 by the product registration unit.

Displays the total amount. This is because the display unit 6-1 displays the sum of the amount of the goods read by the scanner unit 3 and the amount of the goods registered by the customer / operator in OK.
To be displayed.

Make payment and receive goods. It pays the indicated amount and receives the goods.

According to the above processing, in response to the customer placing the product on the first transport unit 2-1, the second transport unit 2 is read when the loaded product is transported to the scanner unit 3 and read.
-2, the sheet is accumulated on the tray (2) 1-2, and when it cannot be read, the sheet is conveyed and placed on the return tray 1-3 by the third conveying section 2-3. In response to the input of the amount, the total amount of the two is displayed and settled, so that the customer / operator can supplementarily register the product that could not be read by the scanner unit 3 and automate the checkout. A system can be built.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a configuration is adopted in which the placed product is conveyed and read by the scanner unit 3, and those that cannot be read are registered by a customer or the like to perform the settlement. Payment can be automated.
In particular, it is possible to construct a merchandise checkout system that supplements the ability of the scanner to read barcodes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention. In the figure, 1-1, 1-2 are trays, 1-3 are return trays,
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 are a transport section, 3 is a scanner section, 4
Is a sorting section, 5 is a product registration section, 6 is a price calculation section, and 6-1.
Represents a display unit.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-1-318194 (JP, A) JP-A-1-140287 (JP, A) JP-A-3-229385 (JP, A) JP-A-1-319882 (JP) (A) JP-A-1-244586 (JP, A) JP-A-53-67276 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06K 7/00 1/00 G07F 9/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A checkout system for paying out goods, a first transport section for transporting the placed articles, and a scanner for reading a code attached to the articles transported by the first transport section. A sorting unit that sorts a product whose code has been read by the scanner unit and a product that has not been read; a second transport unit that transports the product whose code has been read by the scanner unit; A third transport unit that transports the products whose codes have not been read, sorted by the unit, a return tray provided downstream of the third transport unit, and a product registration unit provided near the return tray A checkout system comprising: