Patent ID: 8413899
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G07G

Abstract:
1. A purchased article registration apparatus at an electronic checkout comprising: an declaration unit of the electronic checkout which electronically accepts a declaration input indicating that a customer carries a reusable shopping bag within which the customer takes a purchased article home; an electronic input unit at the electronic checkout which electronically accepts input of article identification data that identifies the article to be purchased by the customer; an electronic determination unit at the electronic checkout which electronically determines, in response to the article specified by the article identification data having its input accepted by the input unit, whether the article is an article to be separately packaged in a bag prior to insertion into the reusable shopping bag of the customer; an electronic notification unit at the electronic checkout which electronically notifies to separately package the article, determined as an article to be separately packaged, in the bag prior to insertion into the reusable bag of the customer, in response to the declaration that the customer carries the reusable shopping bag is accepted and in response to the determination that the article is an article to be separately packaged; and a purchasing unit at the electronic checkout which accepts payment from the customer for the article purchased that is separately packaged in the bag and then inserted within the reusable shopping bag of the customer.