Patent ID: 8991705
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06K,G07G

Abstract:
1. A checkout system, comprising: a bi-optical workstation operated by a clerk, the bi-optical workstation including a base housing portion underneath a horizontal plate and a raised housing portion above the horizontal plate, the workstation having a first workstation window on the horizontal plate and located in a generally horizontal plane, and the workstation having a second workstation window on the raised housing portion and located in a generally upright plane that intersects the generally horizontal plane, both of the workstation windows facing and being accessible to the clerk for enabling the clerk to pass products to be checked out in a transaction through the workstation, the workstation having a data capture arrangement for capturing through at least one of the workstation windows target data of targets associated with the products to be checked out by the clerk; and an accessory reader operated by a customer, the accessory reader having an accessory window and a data capture assembly for capturing through the accessory window additional target data of additional targets associated with items related to the transaction, the accessory reader being supported by the workstation for movement relative to the workstation to enable the customer to readily position and aim the accessory window at the additional targets, and the accessory reader being rearwardly mounted on the raised housing portion of the workstation.