Patent ID: 6497361
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G06Q,G07G,G08B

Abstract:
A retail self-checkout system, comprising:a system computer; an itemization area for receiving from a retail self-checkout customer an article to be purchased; an input device connected to the system computer for receiving from the retail self-checkout customer an input identifying to the system computer an article to be purchased that has been placed into the itemization area; an EAS deactivator proximate to the itemization area for deactivating an EAS surveillance tag affixed to the article to be purchased, the EAS deactivator being connected to the system computer, the system computer activating the EAS deactivator only after performing a security check to determine, using predetermined security criteria, whether the article in the itemization area matches the article identified to the system computer by the retail self-checkout customer.