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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2019
Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Hayato Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihisa Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Motohisa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Misako Motohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A self-service POS terminal device comprises a first antenna and a second antenna, and reads, via each of the first antenna and the second antenna, commodity-related information stored in IC tags of commodities. The first antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities loaded in a shopping basket at a prescribed position, and forms a first reading area. The second antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities taken out from the shopping basket at the prescribed position and put into a shopping bag, and forms a second reading area.