Fujitsu Corporation

Kyoko Terada

Chizuo Suzuki

Chizu Shimizu

Seiji Mori

A processing system for processing information in a card having a plurality of functions, comprising a reading unit for reading information stored in a card therefrom, a plurality of processing units, each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of functions of the card, for processing the information read out by the reading unit in accordance with the respective functions, and an interlocking processing unit for interlocking at least two processing units which are included in the plurality of processing units when a card having a plurality of functions is supplied to the processing system.

Processing system for processing information in card having plurality of

A POS system which readily allows introduction of a self-scanning function. The POS system includes a POS apparatus including a settlement terminal for effecting final settlement of the accounts for a purchased commodity or commodities, and one or a plurality of self-scanning registration terminals accommodated in the POS apparatus by way of a control apparatus and each including a commodity code reader for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity. The control apparatus communicates commodity purchase information based on commodity code information read by the commodity code reader of the self-scanning registration terminal or any of the self-scanning registration terminals between the self-scanning registration terminal and the POS apparatus. The POS system can be applied in the distribution industry, particularly in a store such as a mass sales store, a convenience store or a supermarket.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kyoko Terada