US 12,136,077 B2
System, apparatus and article of manufacture for moveable bagging systems in self-checkout systems
Hye Suk Makley, Morrisville, NC (US); and Robert Andrew Myers, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,115.
Application 18/053,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/274,523, filed on Feb. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,574,295.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114251 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); B25J 18/02 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) [B25J 18/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an item identifier corresponding to an item scanned as part of a point-of-sale (POS) transaction at a POS computing device;
identifying a physical characteristic of the item based on the item identifier;
based on the physical characteristic of the item, determining that a capacity level of a first bag satisfies a capacity threshold; and
causing extension of an arm segment of a bagging system configured to support a plurality of bags, wherein the extension of the arm segment causes the arm segment to transition from a first extension position to a second extension position,
wherein in the first extension position, the first bag is positioned at a bagging location, and
wherein in the second extension position, the first bag is positioned at a second location different from the bagging location, positioning a contiguous portion of the arm segment at the bagging location to hold a second bag.