PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012177
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["235", "383000"]

Abstract:
A checkout apparatus according to an embodiment includes a weighing scale that measures a weight on a surface thereof. A hand-held scanner acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at an arbitrary position. A fixed scanner acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at a reading position. In an initial state, if a change in the measured weight on the surface is greater than the predetermined amount when no commodity identifying information has been received in the initial state, a processor receives the commodity identifying information acquired by the first information input device. The processor determines whether a change in the measured weight is within a predetermined range based on the acquired commodity identifying information. If the change is within the predetermined range, the processor registers the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity identifying information. The processor performs a settlement processing for payment of each registered commodity.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of controlling a checkout apparatus that includes a weighing scale that measures a weight on a surface thereof, a hand-held scanner that acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at an arbitrary position including the surface, and a fixed scanner that acquires commodity identifying information corresponding to a commodity at a reading position of the fixed scanner, the reading position not including the surface, the method comprising:\n in an initial state, receiving one of the commodity identifying information acquired by any one of the hand-held and fixed scanners, or, if no commodity identifying information is received, a signal indicating a change in the measured weight on the surface is greater than a predetermined amount; when the signal indicating the change in the measured weight on the surface is greater than the predetermined amount when no commodity identifying information has been received in the initial state, receiving the commodity identifying information acquired by the hand-held scanner; after the commodity identifying information has been received, determining whether a change in the measured weight on the surface is within a predetermined range based on the acquired commodity identifying information; if the change in the measured weight on the surface is within the predetermined range, registering the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity identifying information; when the commodity is registered, returning to the initial state; and performing a settlement processing for payment of each registered commodity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20833
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15459072', '08792468', '13006666', '11369925', '14737800']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6020041901371699
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4664255762332747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5884463287467804
- Mean Citation Score: 196.998468
- Max Citation Score: 201.0272
- Similarity Product: 156.64696396923063

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test