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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Timothy E. Mason, Buford, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A system facilitates the collection of reliable data for computing a new weight associated with an item identifier in a database for operating self-checkout stations in a store. The system includes an authorized personnel identifier for identifying authorized personnel scanning an item and a provisional weight multiplier operatively coupled to the authorized personnel identifier for multiplying a contribution of a sensed weight for the scanned item to a new weight computation for the scanned item. The system preferably counts a measured weight for an item scanned by a store attendant as two or three measurements in collecting the number of weight readings required for establishing a new weight for an item identifier. Thus, the system utilizes the more trustworthy data obtained by a store employee to confirm a new data value without significantly jeopardizing the integrity of the new data value computation.