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SELF-CHECKOUT TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORE

  • US 20110210168A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2011
  • Published: 09/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A self-checkout terminal comprising:

  • a reading unit configured to read a data code attached to a commodity;

    a registration processing unit configured to acquire, on the basis of the data code read by the reading unit, at least price information and sales limitation information of the commodity attached with the data code;

    a limitation determining unit configured to determine, according to the sales limitation information acquired by the registration processing unit, whether the commodity is subjected to sales limitation;

    a limitation checking unit configured to transmit, if the limitation determining unit determines that the commodity is subjected to the sales limitation, data for urging a check concerning whether a condition for the sales limitation is satisfied to an outside and determine whether data of completion of the check is returned from the outside; and

    a settlement processing unit configured to inhibit, if the limitation determining unit determines that the commodity is subjected to the sales limitation, shift to settlement processing for the commodity and enable, if the limitation checking unit determines that the data of the completion of the check is received from the outside, the shift to the settlement processing for the commodity and execute the settlement processing on the basis of the price information of the commodity.

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