IP Library Granted Patent US 12,136,076
Granted Patent B2
US 12,136,076 · App. 17/882,235 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Payment device

Inventor: Hidehiro Naito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
G06Q20/208
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Patent No.
US 12,136,076
App. No.
17/882,235
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A payment device of an embodiment includes a first reading unit and a second reading unit each of which reads a symbol attached to a product; a notification part; and a controller, wherein the controller determines whether the first reading unit has read a symbol within a predetermined time when the second reading unit reads a symbol attached to the product, the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read when the first reading unit has read the symbol, and the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that the symbol has been read after a lapse of the predetermined time when the first reading unit has not read the symbol within the predetermined time.

Claims (25)

1. A payment device comprising:

a first reading unit having a first reading region to read a symbol attached to a product, and directed in a first direction toward an operator position in front of the payment device;

a second reading unit having a second reading region to read the symbol, provided above the first reading unit, and directed in a second direction that is obliquely downward toward the operator position, wherein

the second reading region partially overlaps with the first reading region and extends closer to the operator position than the first reading region, and

the second reading unit is positioned and directed such that the product enters the second reading region before the first reading region when the product is moved from the operator's position toward the first reading unit;

a notification part; and

a controller, wherein

the controller determines whether the first reading unit has read a symbol within a predetermined period of time when the second reading unit reads a symbol,

the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read when determining that the first reading unit has read the symbol, and

the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read after a lapse of the predetermined period of time when determining that the first reading unit has not read the symbol within the predetermined period of time.

2. The payment device according to claim 1 , wherein

when determining that the first reading unit has read the symbol within the predetermined period of time, the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read without waiting for a lapse of the predetermined period of time.

3. A payment device comprising:

a first reading unit having a first reading region to read a symbol attached to a product, and directed in a first direction toward an operator position in front of the payment device;

a second reading unit having a second reading region to read the symbol, provided above the first reading unit, and directed in a second direction that is obliquely downward toward the operator position, wherein

the second reading region partially overlaps with the first reading region and extends closer to the operator position than the first reading region, and

the second reading unit is positioned and directed such that the product enters the second reading region before the first reading region when the product is moved from the operator's position toward the first reading unit;

a detection unit that detects a product located in the first reading region;

a notification part; and

a controller, wherein

the controller determines whether the detection unit detected the product within a predetermined time when the second reading unit reads a symbol attached to a product that is located in the second reading region,

the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read when the first reading unit has read a symbol, and

the controller causes the notification part to issue a notification that a symbol has been read after a lapse of the predetermined time when determining that the detection unit has detected the product within the predetermined time.

4. The payment device according to claim 3 , wherein

the controller does not cause the notification part to issue any notification that a symbol has been read when determining that the detection unit has not detected the product within the predetermined time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: NAITO, HIDEHIRO
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060735/0989 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-139881 · Aug 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021029547 · Aug 10, 2021
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