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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Donald C Bellis, Jr., Canandaigua, NY (US);
Barry H Keys, Batavia, NY (US);
Paul F Denimarck, Webster, NY (US);
Donald C Bellis, Jr., Canandaigua, NY (US);
Barry H Keys, Batavia, NY (US);
Paul F Denimarck, Webster, NY (US);
ECR Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and system for self-checkout of items from a retail or non-retail establishment is disclosed. The system verifies security by comparing a measured physical characteristic of an item with the stored security characteristic for that item and determining if the measured physical characteristic is within an operator-modifiable tolerance range. The operator-modifiable tolerance range is different for different of items in the store. Moreover, a stored security characteristic of an item can be updated automatically. In addition, the system includes a dynamic-weight scale that reports a measured weight before the scale settles.