US 12,229,796 B2
Merchandise processing device and method therefor
Tomonari Kakino, Fuji Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/450,437.
Application 18/450,437 is a continuation of application No. 17/849,796, filed on Jun. 27, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202478 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401599 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/208 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A merchandise processing device, comprising:
a camera that captures an image of merchandise associated with a barcode and a discount seal; and
a processor configured to:
process the image of merchandise captured by the camera to detect the barcode and identify the merchandise based on the barcode;
process the image of merchandise captured by the camera to detect the discount seal that represents discount information;
based on a price of the merchandise and the discount information, calculate a discount amount associated with the merchandise;
cause a display device of a point of sale terminal to display the image contiguously associated with the discount amount in association with related information associated with the merchandise; and
prevent illegal misappropriation of the discount seal based on the processor being further configured to facilitate output, at another display device of an attendant terminal, the image displayed on the point of sale terminal in real time.