COMMODITY INFORMATION READING AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS

• US 20110011932A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Masato, Tsuyuki, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US12/834,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20110011932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/01 Details for indicating displaying information in general G09F, G09G

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a commodity information reading and displaying apparatus includes a housing, a reading window, a display device, and a light blocking sheet. The reading window is provided on one surface of the housing and configured to read predetermined information from a commodity held over the reading window. The display device is provided on a surface opposite to the surface of the housing, on which the reading window is provided, and configured to display information concerning the commodity held over the reading window. The light blocking sheet is attached to the display device and configured to limit an angle of field of a display surface of the display device to a direction deviating from the front of the display surface.

Claims

1. A commodity information reading and displaying apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a reading window provided on one surface of the housing and configured to read predetermined information from a commodity held over the reading window;

a display device provided on a surface opposite to the surface of the housing, on which the reading window is provided, and configured to display information concerning the commodity held over the reading window; and

a light blocking sheet attached to the display device and configured to limit an angle of field of a display surface of the display device to a direction deviating from the front of the display surface.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the apparatus is provided in a position along a checkout lane through which a customer passes during checkout of a commodity, and

the light blocking sheet limits the angle of field of the display surface of the display device to an exit side of the checkout lane.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device includes:

a rear cover fixed to the housing;

a display member having a display surface on which the information concerning the commodity is displayed; and

a front bezel configured to expose the display surface and fix the display member to the rear cover, and

the light blocking sheet is attached to cover the display surface of the display member exposed from the front bezel.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display member is a vacuum fluorescent display.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information displayed by the display device includes at least one of a commodity name and a unit price of the commodity held over the reading window.

6. A commodity information reading and displaying apparatus comprising:

a housing provided on a register counter configured to separate, along a checkout lane through which a customer passes during checkout of a commodity, standing positions of the customer and a store clerk engaging in a checkout job;

a reading window provided on a surface of the housing on the store clerk standing position side and configured to read predetermined information from a commodity held over the reading window;

a display device provided on a surface of the housing on the customer standing position side and configured to display information concerning the commodity held over the reading window; and

a light blocking sheet attached to the display device and configured to limit an angle of field of a display surface of the display device to a direction deviating from the front of the display surface.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the light blocking sheet limits the angle of field of the display surface of the display device to an exit side of the checkout lane.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the display device includes:

a rear cover fixed to the housing;

a display member having a display surface on which the information concerning the commodity is displayed; and

a front bezel configured to expose the display surface and fix the display member to the rear cover, and

the light blocking sheet is attached to cover the display surface of the display member exposed from the front bezel.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information displayed by the display device includes at least one of a commodity name and a unit price of the commodity held over the reading window.

10. A commodity information reading and displaying apparatus comprising:

a register counter provided along a checkout lane through which a customer passes during checkout of a commodity and configured to separate standing positions of the customer and a store clerk engaging in a checkout job;

a housing provided on the register counter;

a reading window provided on a surface of the housing on the store clerk standing position side and configured to read predetermined information from a commodity held over the reading window;

a display device provided on a surface of the housing on the customer standing position side and configured to display information concerning the commodity held over the reading window; and

a light blocking sheet attached to the display device and configured to limit an angle of field of a display surface of the display device to a direction deviating from the front of the display surface.