US 12,354,449 B2
Self-checkout device
Atsushi Miyashima, Izunokuni Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/742,641.
Application 18/742,641 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/041880, filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-008895 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0331510 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07G 1/0018 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-checkout device comprising:
a bagging stand including a table and a scale for measuring a load placed on the table;
a pair of pillars installed on the bagging stand with a longitudinal direction of the pair of pillars oriented vertically;
a beam configured to connect upper ends of the pair of pillars;
a user interface terminal mounted on the beam; and
one or more brackets configured to receive attachment of an external device, wherein
the pair of pillars are installed on an upper surface of the bagging stand at horizontal ends of a non-weighing area located in a further back side than the table,
the pair of pillars have respective first surfaces opposing each other and respective second surfaces opposite to the first surfaces,
the first surfaces and the second surfaces are formed by vertically combining the one or more brackets and a plurality of kinds of split exterior members together such that an order of arrangement of the one or more brackets and the plurality of kinds of split exterior members is changeable, the plurality of kinds of split exterior members differing in dimension in the longitudinal direction, and
each of the one or more brackets forms a part of the second surfaces such that the external device attached to the bracket is located outside the table.