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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:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyoshi Murakami, Fukuoka, JP;
Megumi Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G07G 1/01 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07G 1/0036 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/206 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G07G 1/0018 (2013.01); G07G 1/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A checkout-payment device includes a table on which an item can be placed; a touch screen display; a camera for shooting the item on the table; and a controller configured to perform an operation for recognizing the item based on an image captured by the camera, display an item recognition result on the touch screen display, and start a confirmation waiting time during which the controller continues the item recognition operation and the user can confirm the item recognition result, followed by transitioning to a state in which the user's instructions for payment execution is acceptable.