US 12,443,938 B2
Point-of-sale (POS) operation system
Brad M. Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US); Robert Andrew Myers, Cary, NC (US); Scott Graham, Oxford, NC (US); William Laird Dungan, Cary, NC (US); and Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,056.
Application 17/855,056 is a division of application No. 16/670,434, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,386,411.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351172 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) [G08B 5/36 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-checkout (SCO) system in a retail store, the SCO system comprising:
a communication interface circuit configured to communicate with one or more computing devices via a communication network;
a plurality of light elements visible to a user of the SCO system; and
processing circuitry operatively connected to the communication interface circuit and configured to:
determine context information associated with a predetermined event, wherein the context information indicates a particular stage of a self-checkout process and/or an action the user is to perform during the particular stage of the self-checkout process;
determine user preference information associated with the user of the SCO system, wherein the user preference information identifies a medical condition of the user;
generate control signals to control operation of the plurality of light elements based on the context information;
modify the control signals to control the operation of the plurality of light elements according to the medical condition of the user; and
control the plurality of light elements to communicate the context information to the user according to the modified control signals.