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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Everseen Limited, Cork, IE;
Alan O'Herlihy, Cork, IE;
Bogdan Ciubotaru, Cork, IE;
Razvan Cioarga, Bihor, RO;
Dan Pescaru, Timisaora, RO;
Gui Vasile, Timisoara, RO;
Ovidiu Parvu, Timisoara, RO;
Ciprian Petru David, Satu Mare, RO;
Constantin Petru Sacrieru, Timis, RO;
Cosmin Cernazanu Glavan, Timis, RO;
Gavin Doyle, Cork, IE;
EVERSEEN LIMITED, Cork, IE;
Abstract
A POS terminal for a retail environment, comprising a data acquisition device for generating event data from a user scan of a product along a scanning path of the POS terminal, said path comprising an entry point and an exit point; and a processing unit for receiving at least a portion of event data from the data acquisition device and process the event data according to a set of predefined rules, to determine a control parameter for the POS terminal, generate a user alert based on the control parameter and communicate the user alert to the end user; the data acquisition device comprising: a universal product code, U PC, scanner; a plurality of illumination units arranged along the scanning path for illuminating the product; a plurality of sensors for sensing event data including a shape, size and volume of the product and a parameter of a hand of the user as the product is scanned along the scanning path.