Check-out device with activity sensor terminating article input
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1. A check-out device comprising:
- input means, having a customer operating panel, for performing an input operation of sequentially inputting article codes of articles to be purchased, a start and a termination of the input operation being controlled by the customer operating panel;
settlement means spaced apart from said input means, for performing a registration and a settlement of the articles to be purchased according to the article codes input for each input operation performed by said input means; and
control means for controlling a termination of said input operation in place of said customer operating panel, said control means being enabled after a blank time period, during which no article code is input from said input means, exceeds a preset time period.
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Abstract
A check-out device includes an input section having a customer operating panel, for sequentially inputting article codes of articles to be purchased, upon request from the customer operating panel, and a settlement section spaced away from the input section, for performing registration and settlement of the purchased articles according to the article codes input by the input section. The check-out device further includes a control section for causing the input section to terminate inputting of the articles in the case where a blank period during which no article code is input exceeds a preset time length.
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1. A check-out device comprising:
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input means, having a customer operating panel, for performing an input operation of sequentially inputting article codes of articles to be purchased, a start and a termination of the input operation being controlled by the customer operating panel; settlement means spaced apart from said input means, for performing a registration and a settlement of the articles to be purchased according to the article codes input for each input operation performed by said input means; and control means for controlling a termination of said input operation in place of said customer operating panel, said control means being enabled after a blank time period, during which no article code is input from said input means, exceeds a preset time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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