26-08-2021 дата публикации
Номер: US20210264713A1
A speedy and efficient checkout process at a checkout counter in a store is realized by a deposit machine that receives deposited money from a customer and issues a pre-deposit receipt with which a pre-deposit amount is associated, and a POS register that scans a barcode of a commodity to calculate a checkout amount and reads a pre-deposit receipt to specify a pre-deposit amount. The POS register performs a checkout process for the checkout amount by using the pre-deposit amount, calculates, as change, a difference between the pre-deposit amount and the checkout amount, and causes a change machine to dispense money corresponding to the change. 1. A checkout method performed by a checkout system including a money depositing apparatus , a POS register , a money handling apparatus and a management device , the method comprising a pre-deposit process , and a checkout process to be performed after the pre-deposit process has been performed , wherein receiving money from a customer by the money depositing apparatus;', 'acquiring, by the money depositing apparatus, identification information from a predetermined medium carried by the customer, wherein the customer carrying the predetermined medium is capable of being identified based on the identification information acquired from the predetermined medium;', 'generating, by the money depositing apparatus, association information in which a pre-deposit amount of the money received by the money depositing apparatus is associated with the identification information acquired by the money depositing apparatus;', 'transmitting, by the money depositing apparatus, the association information to the management device; and', 'registering, by the management device, the association information transmitted from the money depositing apparatus in a pre-deposit table, and, 'the pre-deposit process comprises acquiring, by the POS register, the identification information from the predetermined medium carried by the customer;', 'transmitting ...
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