Global Patent Index - EP 0817140 A3

EP 0817140 A3 19980819 - 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

EP 0817140 A3 19980819 (EN)

Application

EP 97109532 A 19970612

Priority

JP 19163896 A 19960703

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0817140A2] 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

G07G 1/00

IPC 8 full level

G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07G 1/0045 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR 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