Abstract: A checkout apparatus includes a memory that stores first information about one or more commodities registered in a registration process, a first interface configured to acquire an image of a predetermined region where registered commodities are to be placed, and a processor configured to identify commodities in the image acquired via the first interface by object recognition, determine whether each of the identified commodities is in the first information stored in the memory, and if one of the identified commodities is not in the first information, output an error signal.

Abstract: A store management server configured to communicate with a first gate control device that controls a first gate installed in a store includes a network interface, and a processor configured to identify a customer entering the store, acquire customer information about the detected customer, detect that the customer is holding a commodity in the store, acquire sales restriction information about the commodity held by the customer, determine whether the customer is eligible to buy the commodity held by the customer based on the acquired customer information and sales restriction information, and control the network interface to transmit, when it is not determined that the customer is eligible to buy the commodity, a first command to the first gate control device. The first command causes the first gate control device to close the first gate.

Abstract: A checkout apparatus includes a memory that stores first information about one or more commodities registered in a registration process, a first interface configured to acquire an image of a predetermined region where registered commodities are to be placed, and a processor configured to identify commodities in the image acquired via the first interface by object recognition, determine whether each of the identified commodities is in the first information stored in the memory, and if one of the identified commodities is not in the first information, output an error signal.

Abstract: A self-service checkout terminal includes an optical code reader, a platform on which items to be purchased are placed, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, and a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The processor carries out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carries out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode.

Abstract: A transaction system includes a commodity registration machine and a check-out machine. The commodity registration machine includes an input device and a processor. The processor determines whether or not whether or not a predetermined condition for permitting check-out processing at the commodity registration machine is satisfied. The processor enables the input device to accept selection of either one of the check-out processing at the commodity registration machine or the check-out processing at the check-out machine if it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A self-service checkout apparatus includes a display device, a scanner configured to read identification information of a commodity, and a processor. The processor is programmed by a registration processing program to: identify each commodity based on the identification information read by the scanner, and as identification information of each of multiple commodities is consecutively read by the scanner, determine each time the identification information is consecutively read, an interval elapsed since a last read of the identification information. The processor is further programmed to calculate a score based on the determined intervals, and control the display device to display the calculated score.

Abstract: A commodity recognition apparatus comprises an image interface, a memory and a processor. The image interface is configured to acquire a commodity image captured by a camera. The memory is configured to store a candidate of a commodity recognized from the commodity image acquired by the image interface. The processor is configured to try to read a commodity recognition code from the commodity image acquired by the image interface and reset the candidate of the commodity stored in the memory if the commodity recognition code is read.

Abstract: A commodity is learnt and stored in an HDD on the basis of a commodity image captured by an image capturing section. Commodity registration is carried out through a key input. The commodity which is not stored in the HDD yet is stored in the HDD as commodity data when the commodity registration is carried out through a key input, in this way, the registration as a learnt commodity is realized. Then the target commodity captured by the image capturing section is read from the commodity data stored in the HDD. In this way, the commodity image can be added and learnt based on that the unregistered commodity is input through a key operation by the operator.

Abstract: A label generation apparatus includes an image acquisition interface, a printer interface, and a processor programmed to acquire through the image acquisition interface a captured image including an article and a shelf on which the article is located, to specify information about the article and a position of the article on the shelf based on the captured image, generate shelving allocation information based on the information about the article and the position of the article on the shelf, and communicate with a printer through the printer interface to generate a label of the article based on the shelving allocation information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a checkout apparatus includes a camera, a scanner, and a processor. The processor executes registration processing of registering product information on the basis of a scan image output from the scanner. The processor outputs an alert when an instruction to terminate the registration processing is given and when determining that there is a product in a placing area for product on the basis of a captured image of the camera.

Abstract: A commodity recognition apparatus comprises an image interface configured to acquire the image of a commodity photographed by a camera and a processor configured to detect a commodity image from the images acquired via the image interface, carry out a commodity recognition processing for recognizing commodity candidates according to the feature amount extracted from the commodity image and a code reading processing for reading a commodity recognition code from the same commodity image in parallel, and as a result determine a commodity recognition code if the commodity recognition code is read through the code reading processing or output the result of the commodity recognition processing if no commodity recognition code is read and the photographing period for the commodity is ended.

Abstract: A self-service checkout terminal includes an optical code reader, a platform on which items to be purchased are placed, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, and a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The processor carries out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an item by the optical code reader while enabling a confirmation process to confirm proper item placement based on the weight detected by the weight sensor in the first mode, and carries out the registration process while disabling the confirmation process in the second mode.

Abstract: A networked computer system includes a register configured to generate registration information based on merchandise information, for each of a plurality of transactions, each of which is associated with a transaction ID, a payment machine configured to perform payment processing separately for each group of registration information associated with one of the transaction IDs, and a central computer storing the registration information transmitted from the register in association with the transaction ID for which the registration information was generated, and configured to transmit the registration information associated with a transaction ID to the payment machine when the payment machine confirms the transaction ID. The register is configured to issue a transaction ID for each separate transaction.

Abstract: A register system includes a code reader configured to optically read a product code, a display, and a processor. The processor controls the display to display the confirmation screen when the generation of the confirmation screen is enabled and a product corresponding to a product code read by the code reader is a confirmation-required product, and to not display the confirmation screen when the generation of the confirmation screen is disabled or the product corresponding to the product code read by the code reader is not a confirmation-required product. Further, the processor registers the product corresponding to the product code with confirmation if the confirmation screen is displayed and without confirmation if the confirmation screen is not displayed.

Abstract: A commodity recognition apparatus comprises an image interface, a memory and a processor. The image interface is configured to acquire a commodity image captured by a camera. The memory is configured to store a candidate of a commodity recognized from the commodity image acquired by the image interface. The processor is configured to try to read a commodity recognition code from the commodity image acquired by the image interface and reset the candidate of the commodity stored in the memory if the commodity recognition code is read.

Abstract: A commodity recognition apparatus comprises an image interface, a memory and a processor. The image interface is configured to acquire a commodity image captured by a camera. The memory is configured to store a candidate of a commodity recognized from the commodity image acquired by the image interface. The processor is configured to try to read a commodity recognition code from the commodity image acquired by the image interface and reset the candidate of the commodity stored in the memory if the commodity recognition code is read.

Abstract: A checkout system includes a register machine and a payment machine. The register machine includes a scanner configured to scan a product code on each of one or more products, a communication interface, and a processor configured to control the communication interface to transmit a transaction ID that is based on a customer code read from a medium carried by a customer before transmitting all of one or more product IDs corresponding to one or more scanned product codes. The payment machine is separate from the register machine and includes a code reader configured to read the customer code in the medium, and a processor configured to start retrieving said one or more product IDs in response to reading of the customer code by the code reader and to carry out payment processing based on said one or more product IDs.

Abstract: A merchandise information processing apparatus includes a motion detector and a processor. The motion detector is configured to detect motion of merchandise that is being moved by a user for detection of an identification code placed thereon or a body part of the user that is holding the merchandise. The processor is configured to access a registration list of merchandise that has been registered through detection of identification codes, and to determine whether or not the merchandise that has undergone the motion detection is included in the registration list.

Abstract: An image pick-up device which photographs an object to generate an image signal representing the object, including: a housing including an opening; a transparent plate which covers the opening; an image detector arranged in the housing; an optical lens forming an image of the object on the image detector through the transparent plate; a lighting device arranged in the housing and placed both in an inner area in which an imaging area outside the housing is folded into the housing with reference to one surface of the transparent plate, and in an outer area of the imaging area; and an optical-path modifying element which causes an optical path of the light to be refracted such that the light is emitted from a virtual image of the lighting device, the virtual image being placed outside the inner area.

Abstract: A commodity is learnt and stored in an HDD on the basis of a commodity image captured by an image capturing section. Commodity registration is carried out through a key input. The commodity which is not stored in the HDD yet is stored in the HDD as commodity data when the commodity registration is carried out through a key input, in this way, the registration as a learnt commodity is realized. Then the target commodity captured by the image capturing section is read from the commodity data stored in the HDD. In this way, the commodity image can be added and learnt based on that the unregistered commodity is input through a key operation by the operator.