Patent ID: 8322611
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. A self-type commodity sales data processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display various kinds of information and have information input function; an angle-of-field setting unit configured to set an angle-of-field of a display screen of the display unit to a first angle-of-field to display commercial information that is useful for customers in the vicinity of the display unit or a second angle-of-field that is narrower than the first angle-of-field, the second angle-of-field to display commodity information that pertains only to a customer who requests checkout processing, in accordance with a control signal to be input, wherein the commercial information is received from a store server via a store network; a checkout processing section configured to perform checkout processing for a commercial transaction, wherein the checkout processing section is operated by the customer; an angle-of-field control section configured to output the control signal for setting the angle-of-field of the display screen of the display unit to the second angle-of-field to the angle-of-field setting unit when the checkout processing is started in response to the customer operating the checkout processing section and output the control signal for setting the angle-of-field of the display screen to the first angle-of-field upon expiration of a predetermined period of time after checkout processing by the customer operating at the checkout processing section ends; a commodity-information input unit configured to input commodity information, wherein the checkout processing section starts the checkout processing according to the input of the commodity information by the commodity-information input unit; and a closing declaring unit configured to declare closing of the checkout processing, wherein the checkout processing section ends the checkout processing according to the declaration of the closing by the closing declaring unit.