Self-checkout shopping cart

Abstract

The invention relates to a self-checkout shopping cart. The self-checkout shopping cart comprises a holder, a basket arranged on the holder, wheels arranged at the bottom of the holder, and a handrail arranged at an upper part of the basket. The self-checkout shopping cart further comprises a self-checkout system and a weighing device which is communicatively connected with the self-checkout system. According to the self-checkout shopping cart provided by the invention, the self-checkout of a customer is realized through the self-checkout system; the customer does not need to queue up and check out at a counter; the shopping time of the customer is saved; the shopping experience of the customer is improved; checkout at the counter is avoided, which can save the expense of checkout counters for a supermarket and improve the operating efficiency of the supermarket; and in addition, the weighing device arranged at the bottom of the basket of the self-checkout shopping cart prevent goods in the supermarket from damage, which improves the economic efficiency of the supermarket. The invention further relates to a self-checkout shopping method.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a shopping cart used in a supermarket, more particularly to a shopping cart with a self-checkout function. In addition, it also relates to a self-checkout shopping method. Background technique [0002] The technical background related to the present invention will be described below, but these descriptions do not necessarily constitute the prior art of the present invention. [0003] In cities and towns, people are increasingly inseparable from the convenience brought by the supermarket shopping model. However, due to space and cost constraints, most supermarkets are still limited by the limited number of cash registers and the salary cost of cashiers, resulting in long queues for customers to check out, and often times where the waiting time for checkout is longer than the time for selecting goods. Customers queuing up to checkout not only wastes the time of customers, but also increases the congestion and management costs o...

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Problems solved by technology

However, due to factors such as space and cost constraints, most supermarkets are still subject to the limited number of cashier counters and the salary cost of cashiers, resulting in long checkout queues for customers, and often times when the checkout waiting time is longer than the selection time

Customers queuing up to checkout not only wastes customers' time, but also increases the congestion and management costs of the supermarket

[0004] In the prior art, there are also shopping carts with certain self-service accounting functions, but this shopping cart does not have the function of self-checkout, so it is still necessary to go to the cashier at the counter to perform the same checkout, and it is still difficult to avoid queuing at the counter checkout problem

In addition, this kind of shopping cart does not have a loss prevention function, and it is difficult to prevent customers from taking or misplacing goods by mistake.

Therefore, the use of this shopping cart has great limitations, and does not fully solve the problem of customers queuing up to check out

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