Self-checkout system

Abstract

A self-checkout system includes a shopping basket table including a weighing scale, an accounting unit including a scanner to read data of an article and which executes a transaction based on read data of the article, and a collecting base that includes another weighing scale and collects the scanned article. The shopping basket table, accounting unit and collecting base are formed as separate block units so that an arranging order and an arranging direction of the block units are properly settable.

1 . A self-checkout system comprising: 
 an accounting unit which includes a scanner to scan at least one article to read data of the article, and which executes a transmission based on the read data of the article; and    a collecting base which includes a loading surface for supporting each scanned article and a weighing scale for weighing the article supported by the loading surface;    wherein the accounting unit and the collecting base are formed as physically separate units such that an arranging order and an arranging direction of the accounting unit and the collecting base are changeable.    
   
   
       2 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a shopping basket table which comprises a pre-loading surface for supporting an article that has not yet been scanned.  
   
   
       3 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 2 , wherein the shopping basket table is formed as a separate unit from the accounting unit and the collecting base.  
   
   
       4 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 2 , wherein the shopping basket table comprises a pre-weighing scale for weighing the article supported by the pre-loading surface.  
   
   
       5 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 3 , wherein the shopping basket table comprises a pre-weighing scale for weighing the article supported by the pre-loading surface.  
   
   
       6 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 1 , wherein the scanner is detachable from the accounting unit, to be positioned on the collecting base.  
   
   
       7 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 1 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit and the collecting base are inclined downward such that bottoms of the front faces are recessed backward.  
   
   
       8 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 2 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are inclined downward such that bottoms of the front faces are recessed backward.  
   
   
       9 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 3 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are inclined downward with bottoms of the front faces being recessed backward.  
   
   
       10 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 4 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are inclined downward such that bottoms of the front faces are recessed backward.  
   
   
       11 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 5 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are inclined downward such that bottoms of the front faces are recessed backward.  
   
   
       12 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 6 , wherein front faces of bodies of the accounting unit and the collecting base are inclined downward such that bottoms of the front faces are recessed backward.  
   
   
       13 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 3 , wherein the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are arranged in a fan-like fashion.  
   
   
       14 . The self-checkout system according to  claim 9 , wherein the accounting unit, the collecting base and the shopping basket table are arranged in a fan-like fashion.