Sorting device, sorting method, and sorting program

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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2022123589
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-08-02
Publication Date
2026-07-02
Estimated Expiration
2042-08-02

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

In self-checkout systems, the inability to determine whether a customer is holding an alcoholic beverage until scanning is complete hinders efficient settlement processing, causing all terminals to wait for a responder's confirmation, thereby blocking other customers.

Method used

A distribution device that reads wireless tags on specific products, directing customers to appropriate checkout counters based on tag data, changing counter functions to handle tagged and untagged products separately, and notifying attendants as needed.

Benefits of technology

Enables efficient settlement processing by guiding customers with specific products to designated counters, allowing other transactions to proceed smoothly, thus optimizing counter usage and reducing wait times.

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Abstract

To enable efficient adjustment processing.SOLUTION: Provided is a distributing device that distributes customers standing in an adjustment waiting lane to a plurality of adjustment counters, including a control unit that reads data on a wireless tag attached to a specific commodity held by a customer standing in the adjustment waiting lane, specifies and notifies the customer of an adjustment counter to which the customer is to be distributed based on the result of reading, and changes a function of the adjustment counter to which the customer holding the wireless tag attached to the specific commodity is distributed from a function for an adjustment counter to which a customer not holding the wireless tag attached to the specific commodity is distributed to a function for the adjustment counter to which the customer holding the wireless tag attached to the specific commodity is distributed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
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