Patent ID: 7850068
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A commodity information acquisition and display apparatus, comprising: a commodity information input unit that has a reading window to read information from a held commodity, and acquires information from each commodity held to the reading window; a display unit that has a screen made of a transparent or semitransparent member through which a visible light passes to display specified information based on the information from the commodity, and is provided above and adjacent to the reading window on the side of a customer to enable the customer to visually confirm passage of a visible image of the commodity through the screen and the displayed information on the screen simultaneously as the commodity passes by the reading window; and a display control unit to control the display of the information, wherein the display unit is installed on a checkout counter, and the display control unit moves a position of a commodity information display area on the screen in the same direction as a flow of the commodity on the checkout counter, from one direction to another direction on the screen for at least a specific section.