Reconfigurable checkout system

• US 6,286,758 B1
• Filed: 02/17/1999
• Issued: 09/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Dejaeger, Wilfried E. Y., Glogovsky, Terry M., Hutcheon, Alfred J., Hoffman, Mark S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ST CYR, DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US09/250,859
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 235/383, 235/379, 235/381, 235/382, 235/439, 235/459, 235/462.14, 902/22
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/046 Arrangement of recording means in or on check-out counters record carriers or readers per se G06K
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10861 sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels postal sorting B07C3/14, conveying articles B65G47/48
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0036 Checkout procedures

Abstract

A reconfigurable checkout system which is suited for self-service and full-service operation. The system includes a first portion including a dual-aperture bar code scanner rotatably mounted within the first portion. The dual-aperture bar code scanner is rotatable between a full-service position and a self-service position. The system further includes a second portion coupled to the first portion containing a bagging area for use in full-service and self-service checkout operations.

Claims

1. A reconfigurable checkout system comprising:

a first portion having a full-service side and a self-service side opposite the full-service side and including

a dual-aperture bar code scanner rotatably mounted within the first portion;

wherein the dual-aperture bar code scanner is rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane between a full-service position on the full-service side and a self-service position on the self-service side; and

a second portion coupled to the first portion containing a bagging area for use in full-service and self-service checkout operations.