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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiro Naito, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuya Takasu, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomonori Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Fukuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Takeda, Saitama, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to embodiments, a device includes a camera configured to read a symbol attached to a commodity and capture an image containing discount information attached to the commodity; a commodity information storage configured to store information regarding the commodity acquired by reading the symbol attached to the commodity; a first evaluator configured to determine whether prior commodity information stored in the commodity information storage includes information related to invisible information, in response to reading discount information attached to the commodity; a second evaluator configured to determine whether commodity identification information included in the discount information is identical to commodity identification information included in the information related to the invisible information, in response to the first evaluator determining that the prior commodity information stored in the commodity storage includes the information related to the invisible information; and an output generator configured to output information related to the discount information.