Checkout Panel Screen Setup for Unlabeled Products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing POS systems face challenges in registering unlabeled products, such as vegetables and fruits, which lack product identification labels, requiring manual effort and manpower to prepare product images for checkout panel screens.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device with an image retaining unit, panel information storage, display processing unit, and maintenance processing unit that captures product images, stores panel registration information including product codes and screen layout, and displays checkout panels with product images and layout, enabling easy registration of unlabeled products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If product images are manually prepared and registered for checkout panel screens, then product identification accuracy is improved, but manpower requirements and registration time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures and stores product images in advance during product registration, making them readily available for checkout panel display without requiring manual preparation at the time of checkout setup
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and uses digital copies of product images captured by the image capturing unit, replacing the need for manual image preparation and registration processes
2Illumination intensity
If product images are manually prepared for checkout panel screens, then product visibility is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically captures and stores digital copies of product images, eliminating the need for manual image preparation and making the registration process straightforward and automated
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic image capture and registration without requiring manual intervention, allowing the registration process to serve itself through automated operations
3Reliability
If extensive manual preparation is performed for product registration, then registration completeness is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses automatic digital image capture and storage, replacing manual preparation processes and enabling rapid, complete product registration without extensive human effort
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical processes with automated image capturing and processing, significantly improving registration efficiency while maintaining completeness
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AI summary
An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains a product image acquired from an image capturing unit that captures an image of a product to be registered as an item to be checked out; a storage unit that stores, for each product, panel registration information including a product code, a product image, and screen layout information; a processing unit that causes a display unit to display a checkout panel screen in which each screen part enables to register each product as an item to be checked out, contains the product image, and is arranged according to screen layout information; and a processing unit that acquires a product image of an unspecified product from the image retaining unit, acquires a product code and screen layout information concerning this unspecified product, and stores the acquired product code, the acquired screen layout information, and the product image acquired from the retaining unit, in the panel information storage unit as the panel registration information concerning the unspecified product.