Patent ID: 8181865
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A self-checkout kiosk system, comprising: a main housing having a first panel; a first RF antenna positioned adjacent the first panel to transmit a TX signal toward an RFID tag corresponding to an item and to receive a RX signal from the RFID tag; a first RFID reader positioned in the main housing and connected to the first RF antenna to detect an RFID tag using the RX signal; a remote housing having a second panel; a second RF antenna positioned adjacent to the second panel to transmit a TX signal toward the RFID tag and to receive a RX signal from the RFID tag; a second RFID reader positioned in the remote housing and connected to the second RF antenna to receive the RX signal from the RFID tag; a theft detection module connected to the first RFID reader and the second RFID reader, the theft detection module configured to: an alarm connected to the theft detection module, the alarm configured to activate in response to receiving the security signal from the theft detection module.