Receipt and claim ticket printing device, and receipt and claim ticket printing system

• US 8,662,393 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Chihara, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): GUDORF, LAURA A
• Application Number:
  US13/354,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20120187183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/385, 705/14.26, 705/14.65
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

Accidents such as mistakenly delivering products belonging to a different buyer to the wrong person can be prevented. A receipt and claim ticket printing device that issues to a buyer of a product a receipt showing the product name and price and the total purchase amount, and a claim ticket for the product purchased by the buyer, has a product image storage unit that stores product images of the products that are sold; a product image extraction unit that extracts the product image of at least one of the purchased products from the product image storage unit when the receipt is issued; and a print unit that prints the claim ticket on which the extracted product image is printed with the receipt.

Claims

1. The receipt and claim ticket printing device that issues to a buyer of at least one product a receipt and a claim ticket for the at least one product, comprising:

a product image storage unit that stores product images of the products that are sold;

a product image extraction unit that extracts the product image of at least one product purchased by the buyer from the product image storage unit when the receipt is issued; and

a print unit that prints at a time of purchase the receipt showing at least a name of the at least one purchased product, price of the at least one purchased product, and a total purchase amount, and that prints at the time of purchase the claim ticket on which the extracted product image is printed, wherein;

the claim ticket is for the buyer; and

the print unit prints a second claim ticket for a store that temporarily holds the purchased products, the extracted product image being printed on the second claim ticket.

2. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 1, wherein:

the product image extraction unit extracts a product image with high distinguishability from among the product images of the purchased products when plural products are purchased.

3. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 2, wherein:

the product image storage unit stores product images of the products that are sold linked to the price and quantity sold of the products; and

the product image extraction unit selects from among the plural purchased products at least one of the products with the highest price and the product with the smallest quantity sold, and extracts the product image of the selected at least one product.

4. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 2, wherein:

the product image extraction unit extracts the product image of the product selected by the buyer from among the plural purchased products.

5. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 1, wherein:

the print unit prints the second claim ticket on a label that can be affixed to a surface of packaging for the purchased product.

6. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 1, wherein:

the print unit prints the claim ticket in unison with the receipt.

7. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 2, wherein:

the extraction is based on a quantity of each of the products purchased such that the product image extraction unit extracts the product image for the purchased one or more of the products having a smallest quantity, the print unit printing the extracted product image on the claim ticket for the one or more purchased products having the smallest quantity.

8. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 7, wherein:

when two or more of the purchased products have the smallest quantity, the extraction is also based on a price of each of the products purchased such that the product image extraction unit extracts the product image for the purchased one or more of the products having the smallest quantity and a highest price, the print unit printing the extracted product on the claim ticket image for the one or more purchased products having the smallest quantity and the highest price.

9. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 8, wherein:

the print unit prints the extracted product image on the claim ticket for only the purchased product having the smallest quantity and the highest price.

10. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 8, wherein:

the print unit also prints the extracted product image on the claim ticket for each of the one or more purchased products having the smallest quantity and the next highest price.

11. The receipt and claim ticket printing device described in claim 7, wherein:

the print unit also prints the extracted product image on the claim ticket for each of the one or more purchased products having the next smallest quantity.

12. A receipt and claim ticket printing system that issues to a buyer of at least one product a receipt, and a claim ticket for the at least one product, comprising:

a computer that has a product image storage unit that stores product images of the products that are sold, and

a product image extraction unit that extracts the product image of at least one product purchased by the buyer from the product image storage unit when the receipt is issued; and

a receipt and claim ticket printing device that is connected to the computer over a communication line; and

has

a print unit that prints at a time of purchase the receipt showing at least a name of the at least one purchased product, price of the at least one purchased product, and a total purchase amount, and that prints at the time of purchase the claim ticket on which the extracted product image is printed, wherein;

the claim ticket is for the buyer; and

the print unit prints a second claim ticket for a store hat temporarily holds the purchased products, the extracted product image being printed on the second claim ticket.

13. The receipt and claim ticket printing system described in claim 12, wherein:

the product image extraction unit extracts a product image with high distinguishability from among the product images of the purchased products when plural products are purchased.

14. The receipt and claim ticket printing system described in claim 13, wherein:

the product image storage unit stores product images of the products that are sold linked to the price and quantity sold of the products; and

the product image extraction unit selects from among the plural purchased products at least one of the products with the highest price and the product with the smallest quantity sold, and extracts the product image of the selected at least one product.

15. The receipt and claim ticket printing system described in claim 13, wherein:

the product image extraction unit extracts the product image of the product selected by the buyer from among the plural purchased products.

16. The receipt and claim ticket printing system described in claim 12, wherein:

the print unit prints the second claim ticket on a label that can be affixed to a surface of packaging for the purchased product.

17. The receipt and claim ticket printing system described in claim 12, wherein:

the print unit prints the claim ticket in unison with the receipt.

18. A receipt and claim ticket printing device that issues to a buyer of at least one product a receipt, and a claim ticket for the at least one product, comprising:

a product image storage unit that stores product images of the products that are sold;

a product image extraction unit that extracts the product image of at least one product purchased by the buyer from the product image storage unit when the receipt is issued; and

a print unit that prints at a time of purchase the receipt showing at least a name of the least one purchased product, price of the at least one purchased product, and a total purchase amount, and that prints at the time of purchase the claim ticket on which the extracted product image is printed, wherein;

the product image extraction unit extracts a product image with high distinguishability from among the product images of the purchased products when plural products are purchased; and

the extraction is based on a price of each of the products purchased such that the product image extraction unit extracts the product image for the purchased one or more of the products having a highest price, the print unit printing the extracted product image on the claim ticket for the one or more purchased products having the highest price.