POS terminal, product information registration method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing product information registration program

• US 10,453,045 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyata, Kotaro, Chiba, Daiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rudy, Andrew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US15/528,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20170300887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 705 16- 18, 705 261, 235376-383
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/201 Price look-up processing, e.g. updating
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0009 Details of the software in the checkout register, electronic cash register [ECR] or point of sale terminal [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0036 Checkout procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/01 Details for indicating displaying information in general G09F, G09G
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/12 electronically operated digital data processing aspects G06Q20/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination

Abstract

The present invention provides a POS terminal that can prevent errors in registering product information relating to a product for sale from occurring when sales processing is performed. The POS terminal is for managing sales information of products at a store. A voice recognition dictionary (5) includes product names of products for sale registered therein. When a product name included in a voice uttered by an operator matches one of the product names registered in the voice recognition dictionary (5), a voice recognition unit (3) outputs the product name included in the voice as a voice-recognized product name. An operator display unit (10) displays product buttons for inputting the product names. When a product name of a product button pressed by the operator matches the product name voice-recognized by the voice recognition unit (3), product information of a product having the matched product name is registered.

Claims

1. A POS terminal comprising:

a voice recognition dictionary including product names of products for sale registered therein;

voice recognition unit configured to search for a product name included in a voice uttered by an operator in the voice recognition dictionary, and for outputting, when the product name included in the voice matches one of the product names registered in the voice recognition dictionary, the product name included in the voice as a voice-recognized product name; and

display unit with a touch panel configured to display product buttons for the operator to press in order to input the product name of the product for sale,

wherein the product name voice-recognized by the voice recognition unit is compared with a product name of a product button pressed by the operator from among the product buttons displayed on the display unit, and when the voice-recognized product name matches the product name of the pressed product button, product information of a product having the matched product name is registered,

wherein if the voice-recognized product name differs from the product name of the pressed product button, a product button corresponding to the voice-recognized product name and the pressed product button are displayed on the display unit in modes distinguishable from those of the other product buttons.

2. The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the search for the product name included in the voice in the voice recognition dictionary by the voice recognition unit is started in response to an input of the voice uttered by the operator.

3. The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the product button corresponding to the voice-recognized product name and the pressed product button are displayed on the display unity in the modes distinguishable from those of the other product buttons, an alert is displayed or an alert sound is output.

6. The POS terminal according to of claim 1, wherein when the voice recognition unit searches for the product name included in the voice in the voice recognition dictionary, an exact match method where a match is found when the whole product name completely matches the product name in the voice recognition dictionary is performed.

4. A POS terminal comprising:

a voice recognition dictionary including product names of products for sale registered therein;

voice recognition unit configured to search for a product name included in a voice uttered by an operator in the voice recognition dictionary and for outputting, when the product name included in the voice, matches one of the product names registered in the voice recognition dictionary, the product name included in the voice as a voice-recognized product name; and

display unit with a touch panel configured to display product buttons for the operator to press in order to input the product name of the product for sale,

wherein the product name voice-recognized by the voice recognition unit is compared with a product name of a product button pressed by the operator from among the product buttons name of the pressed product button, product information of a product having the matched product name is registered,

wherein, if the product button has not been pressed when the product name voice-recognized by the voice recognition unit is output, the product button corresponding to the voice-recognized product name is displayed on the display unit in a mode distinguishable from those of the other product buttons.

5. A POS terminal comprising:

a voice recognition dictionary including product names of products for sale registered therein;

voice recognition unit configured to search for a product name included in a voice uttered by an operator in the voice recognition dictionary, and for outputting, when the product name included in the voice, matches one of the product names registered in the voice recognition dictionary, the product name included in the voice as a voice recognized product name; and

display unit with a touch panel configured to display product buttons for the operator to press in order to input the product name of the product for sale,

wherein the product name voice-recognized by the voice recognition unit is compared with a product name of a product button pressed by the operator from among the product buttons name of the pressed product button, product information of a product having the matched product name is registered,

wherein, if the product button is pressed when the voice-recognized product name has not been output by the voice recognition unit, product information of a product having the product name corresponding to the pressed product button is registered.