Article sales data processing apparatus

• US 8,010,409 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2007
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iida, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender; F. Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Obaid; Fateh M
• Application Number:
  US11/975,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082423A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 705/17
• US Class Current: 705/17
• 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 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/009 the reader being an RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/12 electronically operated digital data processing aspects G06Q20/00

Abstract

An article sales data processing apparatus has an electronic tag data memory and an article item buffer. In the case where the same data as electronic tag data read by an electronic tag reader is not stored in the electronic tag data memory, the read electronic tag data is added to the electronic tag data memory. When the operating mode is switched to the cancel mode, data in the electronic tag data memory is cleared. In the case where the input mode is selected, article sales data is acquired based on the electronic tag data added to the electronic tag data memory and the acquired article sales data is added to an article item buffer. In the case where the cancel mode is selected, the article sales data acquired based on the electronic tag data added to the electronic tag data memory is deleted from the article item buffer.

Claims

1. An article sales data processing apparatus comprising:

a tag antenna plate that receives signals transmitted from electronic tags associated with a plurality of articles;

an electronic tag reader that reads electronic tag data stored in each of said electronic tags existing within a communication range of the tag antenna plate, through the signals transmitted from said plurality of electronic tags;

an electronic tag data storage section that stores electronic tag data read by the electronic tag reader;

an article item storage section that stores article sales data;

determination means for determining whether the same data as electronic tag data read from the electronic tag using the electronic tag reader is stored in the electronic tag data storage section;

electronic tag data processing means for adding the electronic tag data read from the electronic tag to the electronic tag data storage section in the case where the determination means determines that the same data is not stored, while not adding the electronic tag data read from the electronic tag to the electronic tag data storage section in the case where the determination means determines that the same data is stored;

mode switching means for switching an operating mode between an input mode and a cancel mode;

article sales data addition means for adding, when electronic tag data is added to the electronic tag data storage section by the electronic tag data processing means in a state where the input mode is selected, the article sales data acquired based on the electronic tag data to the article item storage section;

electronic tag data clear means for clearing all electronic tag data stored in the electronic tag data storage section and not clearing article sales data stored in the article item storage section when the operating mode is switched from the input mode to cancel mode before termination of one transaction;

article sales data cancel means for deleting the article sales data acquired from electronic tag data from the article item storage section when the electronic tag data is added to the electronic tag data storage section by the electronic tag data processing means in a state where the cancel mode is selected;

transaction termination processing means for performing termination processing of one transaction based on the article sales data stored in the article item storage section when the termination of that one transaction is declared; and

article sales data clear means for clearing the article sales data stored in the article item storage section after the transaction termination processing is performed by the transaction termination processing means while the data in the electronic tag data storage section is maintained.

2. The article sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the article sales data cancel means displays the article sales data acquired from the electronic tag data added to the electronic tag data storage section by the electronic tag data processing means and deletes the acquired article sale data from the article item storage section after confirmation operation is made.

3. The article sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising cancel declaration means for declaring the cancellation of an article, wherein

the initial operating mode is set to the input mode, and

the mode switching means switches the operating mode to the cancel mode when the cancel declaration means declares the cancellation of an article and switches back the operating mode to the input mode when the transaction termination declaration means declares the termination of one transaction.

4. The article sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein while the cancel mode is selected, if it is detected that the article sales data acquired from the electronic tag data stored in the electronic tag data storage section is not stored in the article item storage section, a display section displays a message saying cancellation is not possible.