CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND SALES REGISTERING METHOD

• US 20110243446A1
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iizaka, Hitoshi, Tsuchiya, Osamu, Mihara, Hidemi, Yamada, Yoshiya, Naito, Hidehiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,712,853 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/182
• 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: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes a commodity-information reading unit, a commodity-information output unit, a benefit-information reading unit, and a benefit-information output unit. The commodity-information reading unit reads commodity information from a code symbol attached to a commodity. The commodity-information output unit outputs the commodity information read by the commodity-information reading unit. The benefit-information reading unit detects an image of benefit indication from an image imaged by an imaging unit and reads benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image. The benefit-information output unit outputs the benefit information read by the benefit-information reading unit.

Claims

1. A code reading apparatus comprising:

a commodity-information reading unit configured to read commodity information from a code symbol attached to a commodity;

a commodity-information output unit configured to output the commodity information read by the commodity-information reading unit;

a benefit-information reading unit configured to detect an image of benefit indication from an image imaged by an imaging unit and read benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image; and

a benefit-information output unit configured to output the benefit information read by the benefit-information reading unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notifying unit configured to output different sounds when the commodity information is read and when the benefit information is read to notify the reading of the commodity information and the reading of the benefit information.

3. A sales registering apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive commodity information read from a code symbol attached to a commodity and benefit information read from an image of benefit indication; and

a sales registering unit configured to apply a benefit indicated by the benefit information to the commodity information received by the receiving unit and perform sales registration for the commodity.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the sales registering unit determines, on the basis of reception time of the benefit information and reception time of the commodity information, the commodity information to which the benefit is applied and applies the benefit to the commodity information to which the benefit is applied.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, if the benefit information includes indication that the benefit is applied to plural commodities, the sales registering unit applies the benefit to the plural commodities to which the benefit is applied.

6. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the sales registering unit applies the benefit to the commodity information of a commodity to which the benefit can be applied.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sales registering unit applies the benefit indicated by the benefit information to the commodity information read at a minimum time difference from reception time of the benefit information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sales registering unit applies the benefit indicated by the benefit information to the commodity information read immediately before the benefit information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sales registering unit applies the benefit indicated by the benefit information to the commodity information read immediately after the benefit information.

10. A sales registering method performed in a sales registering apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving commodity information read from a code symbol attached to a commodity and benefit information read from an image of benefit indication imaged by an imaging unit; and

applying a benefit indicated by the benefit information to the received commodity information and performing sales registration for the commodity.