EP 0817140 A2 19980107 - Conveyor-type fee payment system
Title (en)
Conveyor-type fee payment system
Title (de)
Förderartiges Gebührenentrichtungssystem
Title (fr)
Système de paiement de taxes du type à transporteur
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 19163896 A 19960703
Abstract (en)
A fully automated system for the work of fee payment in supermarkets and other distribution outlets has a conveyance means 1 that conveys products 8 to be purchased, a reading means 2 that reads box codes printed on the products, a recognition means 3 that specifies the product names, quantities, and prices by the image read, referring to the read box codes by a merchandise control table 4, a computation means 5 that totals up the specified products and calculates the price to be paid, a display means 7 that displays the calculated monetary amount to be paid, and an exact-calculation means 6 that carries out the exact-calculation procedure by cash payment or a box-code prepaid card 10 according to the displayed price to be paid. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07G 1/0045 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0817140 A2 19980107; EP 0817140 A3 19980819; JP H1021466 A 19980123
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97109532 A 19970612; JP 19163896 A 19960703