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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Ecr Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);
Inventors:
Peter Catoe, Blowing Rock, NC (US);
Burt Aycock, Vilas, NC (US);
Assignee:
ECR Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G07G 1/0009 (2013.01); G07G 1/0054 (2013.01); G07G 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved self-checkout apparatus includes a self-checkout unit, a detection module configured to detect a product input and a fault during a transaction progression and a customer override that may be selected by a customer without attendant intervention to complete a transaction. The apparatus may also be considered a self-checkout kiosk including a security component associated with the consumer override. Systems and methods for a self-checkout kiosk including a point-of-sale system, a customer default override and a security component are also disclosed.