Patents by Inventor Dominik Widmaier

Dominik Widmaier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210049575
    Abstract: A self-checkout terminal includes a product scanning device to scan one or more first products, a product storage device to store one or more second products, the product storage device including a sensor device, a control device configured to determine, by the sensor device, if one or more of the one or more second products is removed from the product storage device, add first purchase information to a list of products to be purchased, when a first product of the one or more first products is scanned by the scanning device, add second purchase information to the list of products to be purchased, and when the second product is removed from the product storage device, determine payment information based on the list of products to be purchased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Dominik Widmaier
  • Patent number: 9457965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a checkout-system arrangement (10, 100), having an item-acquisition device (12) for acquiring selected items which comprises a scanner (18, 20, 22) for acquiring the items and a first conveyor belt (28) for conveying the items placed on the first conveyor belt (28). Furthermore, a packing device (16) is provided which comprises at least two item-receiving units (32 to 42), which are separate from one another, for receiving the scanned items and for making the items available. Between the first conveyor belt (28) and the packing device (16), a conveying device (14, 114) is provided which comprises a second conveyor belt (30, 130) by means of which, after conveying (28) by means of the first conveyor belt, the scanned items are conveyable to the item-receiving units (32 to 42) of the packing device (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Baitz, Dominik Widmaier
  • Patent number: 8960409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport unit for conveying items to a scanning unit or a self-service cash register system with a belt conveyor for transporting the items in a transport direction and with a marking unit assigned to the belt conveyor for identifying placement areas open for the placement of items on an item placement surface of the belt conveyor, where a detection unit is assigned to the belt conveyor for detecting a rear edge of the items, and a control unit cooperates in such a manner with the marking unit and the detection unit, and a restricted area not open for the placement of items is formed between a front placement surface, and a rear placement surface where the front face of said area, is defined by the rear edge of the item assigned to the front placement area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Widmaier
  • Publication number: 20140353115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a checkout-system arrangement (10, 100), having an item-acquisition device (12) for acquiring selected items which comprises a scanner (18, 20, 22) for acquiring the items and a first conveyor belt (28) for conveying the items placed on the first conveyor belt (28). Furthermore, a packing device (16) is provided which comprises at least two item-receiving units (32 to 42), which are separate from one another, for receiving the scanned items and for making the items available. Between the first conveyor belt (28) and the packing device (16), a conveying device (14, 114) is provided which comprises a second conveyor belt (30, 130) by means of which, after conveying (28) by means of the first conveyor belt, the scanned items are conveyable to the item-receiving units (32 to 42) of the packing device (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Guenter Baitz, Dominik Widmaier
  • Publication number: 20130105272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport unit for conveying items to a scanning unit or a self-service cash register system with a belt conveyor for transporting the items in a transport direction and with a marking unit assigned to the belt conveyor for identifying placement areas open for the placement of items on an item placement surface of the belt conveyor, where a detection unit is assigned to the belt conveyor for detecting a rear edge of the items, and a control unit cooperates in such a manner with the marking unit and the detection unit, and a restricted area not open for the placement of items is formed between a front placement surface, and a rear placement surface where the front face of said area, is defined by the rear edge of the item assigned to the front placement area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Widmaier
  • Patent number: 6297785
    Abstract: Method and circuit arrangement for independent operation of a plurality of visual display units (210-216) from one screen control unit (10), which can emit clock signals and a number of character-related or pixel-related video data signals corresponding to the line and column resolution of a two-dimensional rectangular raster image which is to be displayed on a visual display unit. Rectangular subareas of a full screen format are in this case displayed on one of the visual display units (210-216).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Sommer, Dominik Widmaier