Self-service product detection station

• US 20050145693A1
• Filed: 02/12/2003
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf Internation GmbH
• Inventors: Sommer, Heinz, Baitz, Guenter
• Application Number:
  US10/503,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20050145693A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/046 Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters record carriers or readers per se G06K
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4144 for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0054 with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 3/00 Alarm indicators, e.g. bells
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 3/006 False operation

Abstract

The invention relates to the reliable and fast deferred detection of unscanned articles at self-service product detection stations. For this purpose, a camera is mounted on the weighing scale, so that articles which have not been scanned can be registered. The camera is activated when the weight indication of the weighing scale changes without an article having been scanned. The camera consequently registers the article last placed on the weighing scale and transmits this image to the display of an operator, who is informed about the article not scanned in and can correspondingly ask the customer to detect retroactively the article that has inadvertently not been detected.

Claims

1. A self-service product detection station with a reading device for detecting the products, a first balance for weighing loose items, a display for the display and input of information, a second weighing scale and a card reader for payment for the products, characterized in that a video camera (10) for registering the products on the weighing scale (5) is provided and an image registered by the camera (10) is passed on to a display (11).

2. The self-service product detection station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that two self-service product detection stations (1, 100) are combined and can be overseen together by means of the display (11).

3. The self-service product detection station as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the display (11) is portable.