POS system

• US 5,689,101 A
• Filed: 07/31/1995
• Issued: 11/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited (Fujitsu Limited), Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Miyuki, Kikuchi, Kaoru, Yoshinaga, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): PITTS, HAROLD I
• Application Number:
  US08/509,420
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/383, 235/385
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/048 automatically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/453 self-scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisious for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/343 Cards including a counter
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/02 by keys or other credit registering devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0045 with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader

Abstract

The invention provides a POS system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and is improved in that the access time for data transfer processing is reduced to reduce the time required for settlement of accounts and complete transfer of data is assured to enhance the reliability. A two-dimensional bar code printing section is provided on the purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus and prints commodity code information from a commodity code reading section as a two-dimensional bar code. A two-dimensional bar code reading section for reading the two-dimensional bar code printed by the two-dimensional bar code printing section, a price retrieval section for retrieving prices of commodities in the accommodation section in accordance with the two-dimensional bar code information, and a totalization section for performing final settlement of accounts for the purchased commodities accommodated in the accommodation section in accordance with a result of the retrieval by the price retrieval section are provided on a settlement POS terminal.

Claims

1. A purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function, comprising:

a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity;

an accommodation section for accommodating therein a commodity whose commodity code has been read by said commodity code reading section;

a price retrieval section for retrieving prices of the commodities accommodated in said accommodation section in accordance with commodity code information read by said commodity code reading section;

a calculation section for calculating a total value of the prices of the commodities in accordance with a result of the retrieval by said price retrieval section;

a detailed log production section for producing a detailed log of the purchased commodities in accordance with the result of the retrieval by said price retrieval section and a result of the calculation by said calculation section; and

a two-dimensional bar code printing section for printing the detailed log produced by said detailed log production section as a two-dimensional bar code.

2. A purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an error determination section for determining whether or not an error has occurred upon price retrieval by said price retrieval section; and

a print contents switching section operable when it is determined by said error determination section that an error has occurred for switching contents to be printed by said two-dimensional bar code printing section from the detailed log produced by said detailed log production section to the commodity code information read by said commodity code reading section.