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Self-checkout method and apparatus including graphic interface for non-bar coded items

  • US 7,168,525 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/2000
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for self-checkout of non-bar coded items, comprising:

  • a processing unit, wherein the processing unit maintains a list of most frequently sold items, said list of most frequently sold items being a subset of a list of items available for sale by the use of the self-checkout apparatus; and

    a Product Look Up (PLU) entry device having a Graphic User Interface (GUI), wherein the GUI provides display of a plurality of images corresponding to non-bar coded items and where at least one of the plurality of images is selected for display on the GUI based on the selected image'"'"'s corresponding non-bar coded item being a member of the list of most frequently sold items, and wherein the entry device provides a user with means for selecting ones of the predetermined images of the non-bar coded items to indicate items for purchase by a user.

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