Information reading apparatus, commodity sales information processing apparatus, and pasted object

• US 9,189,672 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2014
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iizaka, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELLIS, SUEZU Y
• Application Number:
  US14/184,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20140166741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 235/487, 235/375, 235/383, 235/385, 283/74, 283/81, 283/85, 283/88, 283/89, 283/91, 283/94, 283/101, 705/14.1, 705/14.22, 402/990.1, 403/19, 403/60, 406/37, 406/38
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/14 the marking being sensed by radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1404 Methods for optical code recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0208 Indicia

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a commodity has information code located on the commodity. A pasted object is pasted on a commodity. The pasted object comprises an image and additional information displayed on the pasted object. The image may include a direction presenting portion. The direction presenting portion can be an extended portion that extends in the direction of the information code. The additional information can indicate a content of a service to be provided to a customer purchasing the commodity. The additional information can be read by a device and a user.

Claims

1. A pasted object on which information and an image are displayed, wherein the image includes a direction presenting portion that indicates a direction in which an information code, which corresponds to the information given to a commodity, is present, and wherein the information indicates a content of a service to be provided to a customer purchasing the commodity, and the information code is not included in the pasted object.

2. The pasted object according to claim 1, wherein the direction presenting portion includes an extending portion extending along one direction.

3. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein a width of the extending portion decreases toward the one direction.

4. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the extending portion includes a pointed end.

5. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the extending portion is formed in an arrow shape.

6. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the extending portion is formed in a linear shape or a belt shape.

7. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the image includes a surrounding portion that surrounds the information.

8. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the image includes a mark located apart from the information.

9. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein, in the pasted object, a margin area is provided around at least a part of the image.

10. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the image includes a background portion serving as a background of the information.

11. The pasted object according to claim 2, wherein the direction is a direction along a straight line, and wherein the direction is obtained by a regression analysis for the image.

12. The pasted object according to claim 1, wherein the service includes at least one of a discount service of the commodity or a loyalty program.