Patent ID: 11922392
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. An operation method of a checkout terminal including:
an optical code reader;
a platform on which a container containing items to be subjected to a code reading by the optical code reader is placed; and
a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, the method comprising:
during a first mode, carrying out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor;
during a second mode, carrying out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process; and
switching from the second mode to the first mode after a settlement process based on sales data for one transaction.