Source: http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6866193
Timestamp: 2016-12-02 22:23:34
Document Index: 352977082

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 100', 'art 100', 'art 100', 'Application No. 00107973', 'Application No. 00107974', 'Application No. 10']

Patent US6866193 - Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having elements ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsUnjust acts such as carrying out a commodity without reading a commodity code, whether it is intentional or accidental are prevented. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus may include a commodity code reading section for reading a commodity code applied to a commodity and a...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6866193?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6866193 - Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having elements for purchasing a commodity fixed to a transportable accommodation sectionAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6866193 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/792,468Publication date15 Mar 2005Filing date31 Jan 1997Priority date18 Nov 1993Fee statusPaidPublication number08792468, 792468, US 6866193 B1, US 6866193B1, US-B1-6866193, US6866193 B1, US6866193B1InventorsChizu Shimizu, Kazuhito Sakai, Chizuo Suzuki, Kaoru Kikuchi, Kyouko TeradaOriginal AssigneeFujitsu LimitedExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (29), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (18), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPurchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having elements for purchasing a commodity fixed to a transportable accommodation section
In particular, referring to FIG. 7, the CPU 51 of the scanning cart 100 has functions as a weight determination section 51 a, an alarm cancellation section 51 b, a timer 51 c, a timer determination section 51 d and an error transmission section 51 e. The weight determination section 51 a detects the variation of the total weight of commodities 50 in the basket member 102 weighed by the weighing equipment 58. When it is determined by the weight determination section 51 a that the total weight of the commodities 50 in the basket member 102 weighed by the weighing equipment 58 has changed without reading a commodity code 50 a by means of the scanner 57, the buzzer 59 generates sound in response to a control signal from the weight determination section 51 a, and for example, such an alarm display “please scan before placement into the basket” as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display section 54.
The display section 64 has a function as an error display section 64 a for displaying, when the error information is received by the error reception section 63 a, the cart number which is unique information of the scanning cart 100 which has transmitted the error information. The display of the error display section 64 a is provided, for example as shown in FIG. 13, by lighting a portion (lamp or the like) of the error display section 64 a corresponding to the cart number (one of “1” to “20”in FIG. 13). In FIG. 13, the display condition when error information has been received from the cart number “1” is shown, and it is shown clearly by the mark “*” that the portion indicating the cart number “1” is lit.
The customer depresses the end key of the keyboard section 55 (or an “end” key displayed as a touch sensor on the screen of the display section 54 as shown in FIG. 27) to end its shopping, places the commodities into the scanning cart 100 and moves to the settlement POS terminal 70 (step E9).
When the continuing processing is selected, the remains information of the first prepaid card 87 is updated to “0” by the communication section 83 b and the prepaid card 87 is discharged from the communication section 83 c (step F10), and then the remains information of the second prepaid card 87 inserted by the customer is read by the communication section 83 a and displayed on the display section 54 (step F11).
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