Patent ID: 7883012
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: A47F,G06Q,G07G,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for modification of a point-of-sale system to include a bottom-of-basket item detector, the method comprising: providing a bottom-of-basket item detector, wherein the bottom-of-basket item detector is configured to detect the presence of one or more items on a lower shelf of a shopping cart without relying on reading encoded symbols on the one or more items; and integrating the bottom-of-basket item detector with a point-of-sale system such that product data for the one or more items detected by the bottom-of-basket item detector is transmitted to a data reader operatively connected with the point-of-sale system, wherein the bottom-of-basket item detector is integrated with the point-of-sale system without modification of the point-of-sale system software, and wherein the bottom-of-basket item detector is integrated with the point-of-sale system such that the product data transmitted to the data reader comprises a representation of an encoded symbol in a format that is the same as an encoded symbol format in which the terminal is configured to receive data from the data reader.