(19)
(11) EP 0 817 140 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(21) Application number: 97109532.8

(22) Date of filing: 12.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6G07G 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 03.07.1996 JP 191638/96

(71) Applicant: Nagashio, Kichinosuke
Tokyo 150 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nagashio, Kichinosuke
    Tokyo 150 (JP)

(74) Representative: Merten, Fritz 
Patentanwalt Tristanstrasse 5
90461 Nürnberg
90461 Nürnberg (DE)

   


(54) Conveyor-type fee payment system


(57) 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.







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