Patent ID: 7320429

Claim:
A self-scanning system that receives a registration for a purchased-item from a customer, and performs a weight determination for the purchased-item, the self-scanning system comprising: a specific-item-information storing unit that stores information on a specific item that can be contained in one container together with other item, in association with information indicating that the specific item is contained in one container together with the other item; a specific-item judging unit that judges, when the registration for the purchased-item is received, whether the purchased-item is a specific item based on the information stored in the specific-item-information storing unit; and a reception control unit that controls, when the specific-item judging unit judges that the purchased-item is a specific item, the self-scanning system to continue to receive a registration for other purchased-item and to perform the weight determination according to an instruction for completing the registration from the customer.