Scanner with coupon validation
    3.
    再颁专利
    Scanner with coupon validation 失效
    带有优惠券验证的扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:USRE37166E1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-08

    申请号:US08570626

    申请日:1995-12-11

    IPC分类号: G02B508

    摘要: A point of sale (POS) bar code scanner such as in common use in retail stores includes provision for reading bar coded redemption coupons (or other bar coded documents redeemable for value) in a manner secure from a human operator. Integration of functions between the POS scanner and the coupon reader varies with different embodiments described. Through software associated with bar code decoding logic, a comparison is made between information on a validation coupon and information on items presented for purchase, and a decision is made as to whether the redemption coupon is valid and redeemable in this transaction. In one embodiment, the bar code scanner simply receives the redemption coupon face down on the product scanner window, and integrated decode logic of the scanner identifies the bar code as belonging to a redemption coupon, then makes the comparison and validation of the coupon for the particular transaction. In some embodiments of the invention, the POS product scanner has a special beam exit window through which the scanning beam is diverted when it is signified that a redemption coupon is to be read, with a coupon reading scan pattern. After validation the coupon may be punched or otherwise cancelled, and/or sent to a secure container. Several types of securing devices are disclosed, for preventing subsequent use of redeemed coupons.

    摘要翻译: 销售点(POS)条形码扫描器,例如在零售商店中通常使用,包括以安全的操作者的方式阅读条形码兑换优惠券(或可兑换价值的其他条形码文件)。 在POS扫描器和优惠券读取器之间的功能的集成根据所描述的不同实施例而变化。 通过与条形码解码逻辑相关联的软件,对验证优惠券的信息和提交的购买项目的信息进行比较,并确定兑换优惠券是否在该交易中有效并可兑换。 在一个实施例中,条形码扫描器简单地在商品扫描仪窗口上接收兑换券,并且扫描仪的集成解码逻辑将该条形码识别为属于兑换优惠券,然后进行比较和验证 特定交易。 在本发明的一些实施例中,POS产品扫描器具有特殊的光束出射窗,当表示要利用优惠券读取扫描图案读取兑换优惠券时,扫描光束被转移通过该出射窗。 验证后,可以打折或取消优惠券,和/或发送到安全的集装箱。 公开了几种类型的固定装置,用于防止随后使用兑换的优惠券。

    Automated apparatus and method for object recognition at checkout
counters
    4.
    发明授权
    Automated apparatus and method for object recognition at checkout counters 失效
    自动化仪器和方法,用于检测柜台上的物体识别

    公开(公告)号:US5497314A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-05

    申请号:US206955

    申请日:1994-03-07

    申请人: Jeffrey M. Novak

    发明人: Jeffrey M. Novak

    摘要: An automated check-out system for retail stores, such as supermarkets, employing digitized video signals and other means to determine and differentiate individual products, and thereby register the data for billing and inventory purposes. The sensors control the flow and positioning of retail items into the housing wherein the light source is regulated and controlled. Within the housing, optical imaging of the retail item is made with the electronic signal being digitized. By use of computerized databases, the digitized signal is compared to the finite set of data for products of approximately the same size, shape, weight and other comparative variables. Further confirmation of product identity is achieved by use of bar code differentiation, multiple image comparisons and, if necessary, optical display to the store personnel operating the cash register station serving multiple check-out lanes within the store. The customer is guided through the transaction by use of a video display screen. Once the items are registered, the customer then may bag the items and proceed to the centralized cashier station to complete the transaction.

    摘要翻译: 用于诸如超级市场的​​零售商店的自动检出系统,采用数字化视频信号和其他手段来确定和区分各个产品,从而注册用于计费和库存目的的数据。 传感器控制零售物品进入壳体的流动和定位,其中光源被调节和控制。 在房屋内,零售物品的光学成像是用电子信号进行数字化的。 通过使用计算机数据库,将数字化信号与大约相同大小,形状,重量和其他比较变量的产品的有限数据集进行比较。 通过使用条形码区分,多重图像比较以及如果需要的话,可以向操作收银台的商店人员进行光学显示来进一步确认商品身份,这些商店人员为商店内的多个退房车道提供服务。 客户通过使用视频显示屏来指导交易。 一旦项目被注册,客户然后可以包装物品并进行到中央收银台完成交易。

    Bar code lottery ticket handling system
    5.
    发明授权
    Bar code lottery ticket handling system 失效
    条码彩票处理系统

    公开(公告)号:US5239165A

    公开(公告)日:1993-08-24

    申请号:US954462

    申请日:1992-09-30

    申请人: Jeffrey M. Novak

    发明人: Jeffrey M. Novak

    摘要: A point of sale system involving a series of check stands with POS cash registers and bar code scanners includes a lottery ticket issuing and redemption system. A number pick stand in the store, apart from the checkout stands, enables the customer to choose numbers. Pick slips can be generated by the customer at this stand, and bear a bar coded transaction number which can be communicated to a lottery device at each check stand. The pick slip is readable at the check stand bar code reader along with a series of store-inventory items. The customer is automatically charged for the lottery ticket, and the ticket is printed at the check stand. At the time the ticket is issued, the lottery transaction is recorded via modem to the central lottery computer of the state or other controlling agency. In another embodiment the number pick stand may encode the actual picked numbers on the pick slip, in an extended field bar code. The system of the invention enables lottery ticket transactions to be smoothly and efficiently handled at each check stand of a supermarket without in substantially the same manner grocery items are handled and without burdensome and expensive duplication of lottery equipment.

    摘要翻译: POS收款机和条形码扫描器系列涉及一系列检查站的销售点系统包括彩票发放和兑换系统。 除了结帐架之外,商店里还有一个选购台,可以让客户选择数字。 可以由客户在这个展台上生成选择单,并承载一个条形码交易号码,可以在每个支票台上传送给彩票设备。 支票台可以在支票台条形码读取器上读取,还有一系列的库存物品。 客户将自动向彩票收费,票据将在支票台上打印。 在发票时,彩票交易通过调制解调器记录到国家或其他控制机构的中央彩票计算机。 在另一个实施例中,号码拾取台可以在扩展字段条形码中对拾取纸上的实际拾取数字进行编码。 本发明的系统能够在超市的每个支票台平滑有效地处理彩票交易,而不需要大致相同的方式处理杂货物品,并且不会有繁重的和昂贵的彩票重复设备。

    Scanner with coupon validation
    6.
    再颁专利

    公开(公告)号:USRE35117E

    公开(公告)日:1995-12-12

    申请号:US245892

    申请日:1994-05-19

    摘要: A point of sale (POS) bar code scanner such as in common use in retail stores includes provision for reading bar coded redemption coupons (or other bar coded documents redeemable for value) in a manner secure from a human operator. Integration of functions between the POS scanner and the coupon reader varies with different embodiments described. Through software associated with bar code decoding logic, a comparison is made between information on a validation coupon and information on items presented for purchase, and a decision is made as to whether the redemption coupon is valid and redeemable in this transaction. In one embodiment, the bar code scanner simply receives the redemption coupon face down on the product scanner window, and integrated decode logic of the scanner identifies the bar code as belonging to a redemption coupon, then makes the comparison and validation of the coupon for the particular transaction. In some embodiments of the invention, the POS product scanner has a special beam exit window through which the scanning beam is diverted when it is signified that a redemption coupon is to be read, with a coupon reading scan pattern. After validation the coupon may be punched or otherwise cancelled, and/or sent to a secure container. Several types of securing devices are disclosed, for preventing subsequent use of redeemed coupons.

    Scanner with coupon validation
    7.
    发明授权
    Scanner with coupon validation 失效
    带有优惠券验证的扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US5128520A

    公开(公告)日:1992-07-07

    申请号:US392851

    申请日:1989-08-11

    摘要: A point of sale (POS) bar code scanner such as in common use in retail stores includes provision for reading bar coded redemption coupons (or other bar coded documents redeemable for value) in a manner secure from a human operator. Integration of functions between the POS scanner and the coupon reader varies with different embodiments described. Through software associated with bar code decoding logic, a comparison is made between information on a validation coupon and information on items presented for purchase, and a decision is made as to whether the redemption coupon is valid and redeemable in this transaction. In one embodiment, the bar code scanner simply receives the redemption coupon face down on the product scanner window, and integrated decode logic of the scanner identifies the bar code as belonging to a redemption coupon, then makes the comparison and validation of the coupon for the particular transaction. In some embodiments of the invention, the POS product scanner has a special beam exit window through which the scanning beam is diverted when it is signified that a redemption coupon is to be read, with a coupon reading scan pattern. After validation the coupon may be punched or otherwise cancelled, and/or sent to a secure container. Several types of securing devices are disclosed, for preventing subsequent use of redeemed coupons.

    摘要翻译: 销售点(POS)条形码扫描器,例如在零售商店中通常使用,包括以安全的操作者的方式阅读条形码兑换优惠券(或可兑换价值的其他条形码文件)。 在POS扫描器和优惠券读取器之间的功能的集成根据所描述的不同实施例而变化。 通过与条形码解码逻辑相关联的软件,对验证优惠券的信息和提交的购买项目的信息进行比较,并确定兑换优惠券是否在该交易中有效并可兑换。 在一个实施例中,条形码扫描器简单地在商品扫描仪窗口上接收兑换券,并且扫描仪的集成解码逻辑将该条形码识别为属于兑换优惠券,然后进行比较和验证 特定交易。 在本发明的一些实施例中,POS产品扫描器具有特殊的光束出射窗,当表示要利用优惠券读取扫描图案读取兑换优惠券时,扫描光束被转移通过该出射窗。 验证后,可以打折或取消优惠券,和/或发送到安全的集装箱。 公开了几种类型的固定装置,用于防止随后使用兑换的优惠券。