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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. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Ryuichi Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Ryuichi Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
The Japan Research Institute, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 90/00 (2006.01); B62D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A checkout apparatus is arranged in a shopping cart. The checkout apparatus includes an ID information inputting section to input customer ID information, an article identification information reading section that reads article identification information, an article information acquiring section which acquires article information of the article, and a checkout process section which performs a checkout process of the cost of the article on the basis of the acquired article information by using the input customer ID information.