Patent ID: 9595029
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06N,G06Q,G07G

Claim:
1. A checkout apparatus comprising: a base having a customer interface, a scan tunnel and an attendant interface, the customer interface and attendant interface spaced apart by the scan tunnel and located at opposite ends of a transport mechanism, the transport mechanism extending along an linear axis and from the customer interface, through the scan tunnel and to the attendant interface so that a customer may load items for purchase on the base at the customer interface, the transport mechanism transports the loaded items through the scan tunnel to the attendant interface, the scan tunnel being equipped with transducers to read information about the loaded items as they pass through the scan tunnel and deliver digital electronic signals indicating the read information to assist in compiling a digital list of items the customer has chosen to purchase, and further comprising a defined location for the attendant to be positioned and a digital attendant identification file including information about the attendant, the attendant interface being defined at least in part by the extent of the attendant's arm-reach, the attendant interface thereby being of variable size in dependence on which attendant is identified as being at the defined location.