JPH02238594A - Shopping system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time of payoff processing by reading the amount of money of an article by a customer through a reader, reading the information of the reader through an account register, etc., and paying money. CONSTITUTION:The reader is passed to a customer who enters a shop and the customer while selecting articles reads their bar codes through the reader to input the prices, thus purchasing the articles. A magnetic seal which enables whether a price is already read by the reader or not to be confirmed is provided to the article or incorporated in the bar code to inhibit an article which is not read from being passed through a cashier counter. A cashier reads the purchase information of the reader instantaneously by inserting the reader into an information input device installed in the register, etc. The display part of the register displays the read information such as the total amount of money and the cashier receives and passes the money, change, and receipt speedily. Consequently, the time of payoff processing is shortened.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] In this invention, a reader is given to a customer who enters the store, and the customer selects an item while shopping by reading a barcode or the like into the reader and inputting the price.

The reader is equipped with a reading mechanism, a display section that displays the read information, an operation section that allows you to perform operations such as canceling a purchase, and a connection section that allows you to enter information into the register. .

Products should have magnetic stickers that let readers know whether the price has been read or not, or they should not be embedded in barcodes so that items that have not been read cannot be passed through the checkout. Make it.

At the checkout counter, there is a gate that allows customers to check whether the items they bring in have been scanned or not.After checking the items at these gates, they are handed over to the checkout along with the reader.

The cashier inserts a reader into an information input device installed at a register, etc., and instantly reads shopping information from the reader.

The cashier's display displays the total amount and other information it has read, allowing the cashier to quickly process purchases, change, and hand over receipts.

Unlike conventional methods, there is no need to wait while inputting the price of each item, so the time required for accounting processing can be shortened.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows an example of register installation according to the present invention. Figure 2 is an example of the reader of this invention. Utility model applicant Minoru Arai

Claims (1)

[Claims] A shopping system at supermarkets, department stores, etc. in which a customer reads the price of an item on a ``reader,'' reads the information on the ``reader'' into a cash register, and makes payment.