Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Saitou

Hidehiro Naito

Yuki Kawaguchi

Shinsuke Yajima

Masaki Ito

Noriyoshi Hara

Masachika Kurata

Hitoshi Iizaka

Toshihiro Kaneko

Atsushi Miyashima

Yukiko Yokoyama

Taiki Tanihira

Kota Suzuki

Daisuke Hattori

Yuta Sasaki

Takahide Kubota

Xiaozhou Wang

A self-service commodity sales data processing device that includes a take-out determination unit for determining whether commodities were taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out, a first identical termination unit for determining whether taken-out commodities are different commodities or identical commodities if the take-out determination unit determines that the commodities are taken out simultaneously, a reading unit for reading information of the taken-out commodities, a second identical determination unit for determining whether the commodities read by the reading unit are the identical commodity if the first identical determination unit determines that the taken-out commodities are different commodities, and a suspension unit for suspending the transaction if the second identical determination unit determines that the commodities are the identical commodity.

Self-service commodity sales data processing device and method thereof

According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus registers, upon input of identification information of a commodity to be purchased via a mobile terminal, data of the commodity to be purchased identified by the identification information in a list. The information processing apparatus notifies, upon receiving an instruction to execute checkout from the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal of a checkout code for specifying the list. The information processing apparatus outputs, upon input of the code in a checkout machine, the list specified by the code to the checkout machine. The information processing apparatus counts the number of codes that are notified to the mobile terminal but not input in the checkout machine. The information processing apparatus executes processing for notifying the user of the mobile terminal of the count value.

Store system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method therefor

A merchandise registration device includes a lamp, a reading device reading a symbol on an item and providing identification information for the item, a weight sensor in a table on which a scanned item can be placed, and a processor. The processor performing a registration operation including acquiring identification information for the item and comparing an expected weight of the item to a measured weight from the weight sensor. The processor controlling the lamp to indicate progress states in the registration operation and whether the reading device is ready for reading a symbol for a next item in a sales transaction.

Merchandise registration device and method

A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.

Merchandise data registration device and method

A merchandise registration apparatus includes: a first reading unit to form a first reading area in which a code symbol attached to merchandise can be read; a second reading unit provided at a location different from that of the first reading unit, and to form a second reading area overlapping with at least a part of the first reading area, in which the code symbol can be read; a first acquisition unit to acquire first code information; a second acquisition unit to acquire second code information; and a registration unit to register the merchandise based on the first code information and the second code information, if the first code information and the second code information match each other.

Merchandise registration apparatus and method

A settlement device includes a packing unit located near a reading unit to pack a commodity, a symbol of which is read by a reading unit, a measuring unit to measure the packed commodity, a light emitting unit, determining means for determining, using data of weight measured, whether the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, and light-emission controller for, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a first form and, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is not packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a second form.

Settlement device

A stackable handcart includes a cart frame, a display, and a restriction member. The cart frame includes a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a front end portion that abuts a first stackable handcart when the stackable handcart is stacked with the first stackable handcart from behind the first stackable handcart. The display is attached to the cart frame. The restriction member is attached to the cart frame at a position to abut a front end portion of a second stackable handcart when the second stackable handcart is stacked with the stackable handcart from behind the stackable handcart. The restriction member is positioned such that a display of the second stackable handcart does not abut the display of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

Handcart

A handcart includes a cart frame, a caster, and a code reader. The cart frame includes a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a lateral portion extending in a width direction of the cart frame. The caster is disposed at a bottom region of the cart frame. The code reader is attached to the lateral portion of the cart frame so as to be rotatable around the lateral portion. The code reader may be rotated around the lateral portion of the cart frame to a first position at which a reading window of the code reader faces an inner space of the shopping basket on the receiving portion of the cart frame, and to a second position at which the reading window of the code reader faces a front of the cart frame.

According to an embodiment, a store management system includes a store entry management device and a sales management device. The store entry management device reads identification data, of a shopper, for using the electronic receipt service from an information terminal of a shopper who wants to enter the store. The sales management device causes the store entry management device to permit the shopper to enter the store when the settlement data can be acquired based on the read shopper identification data.

Store management system, electronic receipt system, and store management method

A reading device according to an embodiment includes a scanner configured to read code information indicated by a code symbol, a holder configured to detachably hold the scanner, a detecting unit configured to detect a first state in which the scanner is held by the holder and a second state in which the scanner is detached from the holder, and a setting-condition changing unit configured to, if the detecting unit detects the second state, set setting conditions relating to the reading by the scanner such that a reading distance of the scanner is shorter than the reading distance in the first state.

Reading device, commodity data registration system, and program

A server apparatus allows wait-listed customers to register information for the purposes of line placement and subsequent verification upon return. A customer can register a face image and contact information with a registration module of the server apparatus. When the next customer is called, a paging module of the server apparatus notifies the customer. An identification module of the server apparatus can take a second image of the person who responded to the call for comparison with the original image. Based on the result obtained from the identification module, a determination module of the server apparatus can verify the identity of the responding person. The server apparatus then provides table guide information to the verified customer.

Server apparatus

A handcart includes a cart frame having a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a handle portion, a caster disposed at a bottom region of the cart frame, a display mounting arm adjacent to the handle portion and extending upward from the cart frame, and a display device attached to an upper end of the display mounting arm. The display mounting arm is movable to position the display device at a location that is shifted to a left or a right side with respect to a center of the cart frame in a width direction thereof.

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Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan

Takahiro Saitou