Fujitsu Corporation

Kyouko Terada

Chizuo Suzuki

Kaoru Kikuchi

Chizu Shimizu

Kazuhito Sakai

Katsumi Shimada

Seiji Mori

Asako Haseba

Tomochika Shibata

Rieko Asai

Unjust acts such as carrying out a commodity without reading a commodity code, whether it is intentional or accidental are prevented. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus may include a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity and a transportable accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read. Further, elements for purchasing a commodity (such as a section for receiving a prepaid card, a credit card, a bank card or a similar card) may be fixed to said transportable accommodation section to allow a customer to perform purchasing operations during selection of a commodity when shopping.

Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having elements for purchasing a commodity fixed to a transportable accommodation section

The invention provides a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and a POS system which prevent an unjust act such as to carry out a commodity without reading a commodity code whether it is intentional or accidental. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus comprises a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity, an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read, a weighing equipment for measuring the total weight of commodities accommodated in the accommodation section, a weight determination section for detecting the increase/decrease of the total weight of the commodities in the accommodation section, and an alarm generation section responsive to a result of the detection for generating an alarm when the total weight of the commodities has changed without reading a commodity code.

Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having self

A card terminal for settling transactions with a prepaid card or a credit card using comprising a card reader for reading data out of the card, a data writer for writing data on the card, a display for indicating the customer's data, transaction data, and stamp points, and a keyboard for inputting sales data, customer's data, or stamp point data. The card terminal has at least one of the functions from among inquiring about the transaction, cancellation of the transaction, purchase of commodities, calculation of the service points in accordance with an amount of transaction, display of the personal anniversary of the customer, and writing the details of a transaction, the service points, or personal data, even if the card is prepaid card or a credit card. The service point can be increased in accordance with the convenience of the stores, such as a bonus sales and customer's anniversary, by setting a multiple at the card terminal. These multiple functions are automatically and systematically achieved, to realize improved service and quick efficient business.

Apparatus for settling transactions with card

A terminal device includes a memory unit, a converting unit, a printing unit, a bar code reading unit and a creating unit. The memory unit stores the inputted preset data. The converting unit converts the preset data stored in the memory unit into bar code data. The printing unit prints the bar code data converted by the converting unit. The bar code reading unit reads the bar codes printed by the printing unit. The creating unit creates the preset data from the bar codes read by the bar code reading unit and sets the created preset data.

Terminal device, data setting method and bar code creating method

A POS (Point Of Sales) system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function is improved in that a total amount of money for commodities loaded on a shopping cart or in a shopping basket or unit prices of the individual commodities can come to a knowledge of a customer before the commodities are transported to a settlement POS terminal thereby to prevent possible shopping of an amount of money greater than an estimate to allow smooth shopping and that commodities are printed in a sorted condition for different groups to facilitate confirmation of purchased commodities by a customer. A display section is provided on the purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus and displays the prices of commodities obtained by retrieval of a commodity price file in accordance with commodity code information read by a commodity code reading section and a total value of the prices of the commodities.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Kyouko Terada