Patent ID: 6145629
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: A47F,G07G

Abstract:
A method of operating a self-service checkout terminal having a weight scale associated therewith, comprising the steps of:detecting placement of an entered item for purchase into a shopping container with said weight scale and generating an entered-item-detected control signal in response thereto;operating said self-service checkout terminal so as to allow a user to enter subsequent items for purchase in response to generation of said entered-item-detected control signal;detecting placement of an unentered item for purchase into said shopping container with said weight scale and generating an unentered-item-detected control signal in response thereto;operating said self-service checkout terminal so as to allow said user to enter said unentered item for purchase into said self-service checkout terminal in response to generation of said unentered-item-detected control signal;determining a weight value associated with said unentered item for purchase with said weight scale;determining if said user operates an input device so as to input an identification code associated with said unentered item for purchase and generating a code-entered control signal in response thereto; andentering a record in a transaction table in response to generation of said code-entered control signal, said record including (i) said weight value of said unentered item for purchase, and (ii) said identification code of said unentered item for purchase.