Semi-Self POS Barcode Image Registration for Faster Add-On Purchases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing semi-self POS systems require customers to physically hand over additional purchase products to store clerks for bar code scanning, leading to inefficiencies and potential loss of sales opportunities due to the time and effort involved.
Innovation Solution
A semi-self POS system with integrated registration and accounting apparatuses allows customers to capture and transmit bar code images of additional purchases directly to the registration apparatus, enabling the system to calculate and update the total amount without needing physical interaction with the registration apparatus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If customers physically hand over additional purchase products to store clerks for bar code scanning, then the registration apparatus can accurately identify products, but it takes time and effort for customers to make additional purchases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses bar code image copying instead of physical product handling. The accounting apparatus captures a bar code image of the additional purchase product, transmits it to the registration apparatus, and the registration apparatus displays and reads the bar code image to register the product. This eliminates the need for customers to physically hand over products to clerks, reducing time and effort while maintaining accurate product identification.
2Ease of operation
If customers physically hand over additional purchase products to store clerks, then products can be registered, but customer effort and complexity of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables self-service for additional purchases. The accounting apparatus, which the customer operates, performs the bar code image capture and transmission functions. The customer simply needs to present the product for image capture, and the system automatically handles the rest of the registration process, eliminating the need for customer interaction with store clerks for additional purchases.
3Reliability
If the registration apparatus reads bar codes directly from physical products, then product registration is accurate, but the process requires physical interaction reducing sales opportunities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a bar code image as an intermediary between the product and the registration apparatus. Instead of directly scanning the physical product, the system captures and transmits a digital image of the bar code. This intermediary approach maintains registration accuracy while allowing customers to complete additional purchases independently, preventing loss of sales opportunities due to customer inconvenience.
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AI summary
A semi-self POS system according to the present disclosure includes: a registration apparatus and an accounting apparatus, the accounting apparatus being able to communicate with the registration apparatus, in which the accounting apparatus captures, when an addition of a product is requested, a bar code image of an additional purchase product and transmits an additional purchase notification including the bar code image to the registration apparatus, and the registration apparatus displays, when it receives the additional purchase notification, the bar code image included in the additional purchase notification, reads the displayed bar code image and thereby registers the additional purchase product, calculates a new total amount of payment obtained by adding payment of the registered additional purchase product to the total amount of payment, and transmits new accounting information including the new total amount of payment to the accounting apparatus.