Self-checkout apparatus and self-checkout method
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1. A self-checkout apparatus comprising:
- a casing includinga storage room for housing a commodity attached with a wireless tag, anda placing table for placing the commodity with the wireless tag inside the storage room,a reading module configured to read information of the wireless tag from the commodity attached with the wireless tag and housed in the storage room, anda data processing module configured to carry out sales registration and checkout processing of the commodity of which the wireless tag information is read by the reading module;
whereinthe reading module includes,a moving antenna section for reading the information of the wireless tag from the commodity housed in the storage room, wherein the moving antenna section is arranged at a gap between the placing table and a bottom of the storage room, anda moving section for changing a communication range with the wireless tag by moving the moving antenna section in a direction parallel to a placing surface of the placing table intermittently, wherein the moving section moves the moving antenna section a pre-determined distance and stops the moving antenna section for a defined time.
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a self-checkout apparatus comprises a reading module configured to read information of a wireless tag from a commodity attached with the wireless tag and housed in a storage room, and a data processing module configured to carry out sales registration and checkout processing of the commodity of which the wireless tag information is read by the reading module; wherein the reading module includes, inside the storage room, an antenna section for reading the information of the wireless tag from the commodity housed in the storage room, and a moving section for changing communication range of the antenna section with the wireless tag.
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1. A self-checkout apparatus comprising:
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a casing including a storage room for housing a commodity attached with a wireless tag, and a placing table for placing the commodity with the wireless tag inside the storage room, a reading module configured to read information of the wireless tag from the commodity attached with the wireless tag and housed in the storage room, and a data processing module configured to carry out sales registration and checkout processing of the commodity of which the wireless tag information is read by the reading module;
whereinthe reading module includes, a moving antenna section for reading the information of the wireless tag from the commodity housed in the storage room, wherein the moving antenna section is arranged at a gap between the placing table and a bottom of the storage room, and a moving section for changing a communication range with the wireless tag by moving the moving antenna section in a direction parallel to a placing surface of the placing table intermittently, wherein the moving section moves the moving antenna section a pre-determined distance and stops the moving antenna section for a defined time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11)
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5. A self-checkout method including:
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reading information of a wireless tag from a commodity attached with the wireless tag and housed in a storage room while intermittently moving a moving antenna section in a direction parallel to a placing surface of a placing table to change communication range between the moving antenna section and the wireless tag, wherein the moving antenna section is arranged at a gap between the placing table and a bottom of the storage room, the placing table is a table for placing the commodity with the wireless tag inside the storage room, and the intermittently moving the moving antenna section comprises moving the moving antenna section a pre-determined distance and stopping the moving antenna section for a defined time; and carrying out sales registration and checkout processing of the commodity of which the wireless tag information is read. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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