US 11,922,392 B2
Self-service checkout terminal with a security function based on detection of weight of items
Tomonari Kakino, Fuji Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,470.
Application 17/551,470 is a continuation of application No. 16/567,699, filed on Sep. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,232,425.
Application 16/567,699 is a continuation of application No. 15/671,515, filed on Aug. 8, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-174653 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0108294 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/206 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G07G 1/0072 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A checkout terminal comprising:
an optical code reader;
a platform on which a container containing items to be subjected to a code reading by the optical code reader is placed;
a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform; and
a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, carry out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carry out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode,
wherein the processor is configured to switch from the second mode to the first mode after a settlement process based on sales data for one transaction.