Patent ID: 8584962
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G07G

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a holding platform configured to hold a commodity not having a commodity identification code for identifying a commodity; a pickup image unit configured to pickup an image contained the commodity held by the holding platform and output the picked-up image data; a commodity recognition database configured to pre-store recognition data for recognizing the commodity through an object recognition based on a characteristic quantity of the commodity in association with commodity-related information; and a commodity-specified information output unit configured to extract the characteristic quantity of the commodity contained in the image corresponding to the picked-up image data, specify the commodity for settlement contained in the image with reference to the recognition data stored in the commodity recognition database, and perform pre-registration operation including summing an amount of the commodity for settlement regarding the commodity-specified information corresponding to the specified commodity for settlement, and output a commodity pre-registration sheet on which the summed amount of the pre-registered commodity for settlement is printed in a format that a settlement terminal apparatus can read contents of the pre-registration, wherein the commodity-specified information output unit is configured to print the commodity pre-registration sheet toward in a direction of the holding platform.