EP0472631A1 - A device for handling goods marked with a price code - Google Patents
A device for handling goods marked with a price codeInfo
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- EP0472631A1 EP0472631A1 EP19900908708 EP90908708A EP0472631A1 EP 0472631 A1 EP0472631 A1 EP 0472631A1 EP 19900908708 EP19900908708 EP 19900908708 EP 90908708 A EP90908708 A EP 90908708A EP 0472631 A1 EP0472631 A1 EP 0472631A1
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- goods
- code
- conveyor belt
- reading
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
- G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
- G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
- G06K7/10861—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels
- G06K7/10871—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels randomly oriented data-fields, code-marks therefore, e.g. concentric circles-code
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
- A47F9/02—Paying counters
- A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
- G07G1/00—Cash registers
- G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
- G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
Definitions
- the present invention relates to an arrangement for handling goods labelled with a price code.
- the present invention provides an arrangement for sub ⁇ stantial automation of the handling of goods when check ⁇ ing out from a sales outlet in conjunction with price recording, which arrangement does not have the said disadvantages but nevertheless affords a high degree of reliability in terms of the recording.
- Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic plan view of a check-out point at which two arrangements designed accord ⁇ ing to the invention are set up;
- Fig. 2 shows a section through the arrangement according to Fig. 1 on a smaller scale, with a series of four plan views illustrating a first instance of a processing sequence
- Fig. 3 shows a series illustrating a second instance
- Fig. 4 shows a series illustrating a third instance
- Fig. 5 shows a series illustrating a fourth instance
- Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the arrangement
- Fig. 7 shows a second variant in a side view
- Fig. 8 shows the second variant in a plan view. Preferred embodiments:
- a check-out point 1 has two arrangements 3 and 4 according to the invention. They are set up parallel to each other, in such a way that they form a space 5 between each other. Those ends of the arrangements 3 and 4 directed outwards in Figs. 1 and 6 are referred to hereinbelow as the introduction point 6, and the parts directed towards the left are referred to as the pick-up point 7. At the inner end of the space 5 there is a seat 8 for staff, which seat has in front of it a cash register 9.
- the two arrangements 3 and 4 each have at the introduc ⁇ tion point a working surface 12 with a code-reader 13. Alongside the latter there is a weighing panel 14. From the working surface 12 there extends a conveyor belt 15 comprising elements for arranging the goods in a conveyor formation.
- the conveyor belts 15 are designed with conveyor elements in the form of belt or chain covers in three different sections.
- First, one section 17 runs from the working surface 12 towards the right-hand end of the arrangements as viewed in Fig. 1.
- a second section 18 runs transverse to the latter, in the direction towards the space 5.
- This section 18 in turn connects with a lengthwise section 19 nearest the space 5.
- This section 19 runs from the end (towards the left in Figs. 1 and 6) into a goods collec ⁇ tion panel 20 at each pick-up point 7.
- each section 17 there is a device in the form of a photosensor arrangement 21 for checking the passage of the goods.
- a further code-reader 22 is a device in the form of a photosensor arrangement 21 for checking the passage of the goods.
- Fig. 6 shows further details which, however, are of less importance in this context.
- the working surface 12 and weighing panel 14 are shown delimited by a border 24, and at each goods area 20 there is a beam 25 for directing the flow of goods to different positions in the area as new customers are served successively.
- the cashier 9 thus sits between the two arrangements 3, 4, and it is assumed that the seat position is such that the cashier can swing around in order to work at either one or the other side.
- the cash register 9, situated in front of the cashier, has a keyboard for manual keying- in of weight and price details and other data not automa ⁇ tically entered. Furthermore, there are displays for presentation of data and an arrangement for printing-out of receipts, and the like.
- Fig. 1 the direction of the goods is indicated by arrows.
- the first arrow 26 indicates the direction of the goods on section 17, when the customer has taken them from the trolley and passed them across the working surface 12.
- An arrow 27 indicates the shifted direction of movement of the goods on section 18.
- An arrow 28 indicates the direction of the goods on section 19 when moving towards the pick-up point during the price- recording and payment operations.
- the sections of the conveyor belt are designed so as to be driven with the upper, conveying part normally running in the direction indicated by the arrows. However, they are controlled by the functioning of various elements in such a way as to be stopped or alternatively reversed counter to the direction of the arrows.
- the two code-readers 13 and 22 which record the respective item codes or, as may also occur, fail to read them.
- the read-off codes are compared electronically with data input in the central computer of the shop, of which data the price information for each item is the most important for the system.
- the photo ⁇ sensor arrangement 21 is designed to detect the passage of the goods as they are conveyed onwards on section 17 to the subsequent sections 18 and 19. It is also possible for the cashier to manually control the start-up, stop ⁇ ping and direction of movement of the conveyors.
- the object of the arrangement is as follows: when the goods have been introduced by the customer into the arrangement and the customer has carried out the initial operations (manual code-reading, weighing of certain items, and finally placing the goods on section 17) they are conveyed onwards without further handling on the part of the customer until they can be collected at the pick ⁇ up point 7.
- the optical code with which the goods are labelled is recorded by means of the reading devices 13 and 22. This is effected by manual handling of the goods at reading device 13, but automatically at 22 as the goods are conveyed past.
- the arrangements having the function of detecting and reading-off a code in this way are previously known.
- Second plan view after recording, the item is placed on conveyor belt section 17 which moves the item onwards to section 18, which transfers it to section 19.
- Third plan view the item is moved by conveyor belt section 19 past the code-reader 13, and the code is read off a second time.
- Fourth plan view the item passes the cashier and is set down in the goods collection panel at the pick-up point.
- the cashier has no reason to intervene.
- Second plan view when the cashier has indicated that the weighing has been completed, the customer transfers the item to the conveyor section 17.
- Fourth plan view onward conveying to the pick-up point.
- Second plan view the item passes the photosensor arrangement. This registers the fact that the passage of the item does not correspond to any preceding code- reading or weight-recording.
- First plan view the customer records by means of the code-reader 13 an item, here designated 33, which is not intended to be fed into the arrangement.
- the conveyor arrangement is then controlled in such a way as to stop the item in front of the cashier.
- the conveyor arrangement can be designed to reverse the conveying direction to that counter to the arrows shown and to return the item to the customer, as described in conjunc ⁇ tion with Fi . 4.
- the installation is advantageously provided with a signal arrangement which indicates acceptance, requirement for renewed reading, and so on.
- the unimpaired functioning of the code-reader 22 is in fact to a large extent dependent on how the goods pass by it. Indeed, an arrangement such as this one presupposes a certain contribution on the part of the customer, so that the goods are not unnecess ⁇ arily stacked too much on each other or arranged in groups or in unsuitable positions.
- the code-reader 22 shown in the figures is in this case assumed to consist, like the code-reader 13, of an opening in the base under which a scanner operates with scanning of the code in different directions, so that it can be recorded with the item in various turning positions.
- the automatic code-reader 22 in particular can be of another type with scanning at a distance of a code which is not directed towards the base. In this respect it is possible to achieve such refined reading-off that the code can be directed in any direction whatsoever, except perhaps downwards, if scanning of the free surfaces is carried out.
- the code- reading is of course more expensive, and it would be preferable for the code- reading to be designed in such a way that it is only carried out with respect to the underside, which there ⁇ fore presupposes that the customer lays the item in the appropriate position.
- the three conveyor belt sec ⁇ tions 17-19 are designed for this purpose, in other words a formation of the goods in a line.
- a row-type formation of the goods is achieved. This is accentuated still further upon the shift in direction at the cross-over from section 18 to 19.
- the three sections can be given different speeds, with the speed increasing from section to section in the conveying direction.
- the customer generally wishes to pick up the goods at a brisk speed, after which they are carried off by section 17, and the customer thus has a tendency to arrange them close together.
- the section 18 runs more quickly than 17, this means that the articles are separated from each other, and greater distances between them can be achieved if the section runs even more quickly.
- the U-shape arrange ⁇ ment also has the advantage that the cashier's seat and the feed-in point for the customer can be positioned alongside each other so that communication can be main ⁇ tained between the cashier and the customer and, as has been described, the cashier can assist, for example in weighing, but it still ensures a sufficiently long conveying path for the purpose of achieving a formation of the goods.
- FIG. 7 and 8 A variant of the forming arrangement is shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
- the arrangement shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is thus to be con ⁇ nected to section 18 or, possibly, 19 for onward convey ⁇ ing of the goods in the intended formation for automatic code-reading and passage past the cashier to the pick-up poin .
- the input end lies towards the left, and at the very far left the area for the working surface is indicated, here 35, and the code- reader 36. This is followed by the area for conveyor formation of the goods.
- An input compartment is formed by the working surface of a conveyor belt 37, which is designed to support the goods on its upper part 38, which runs towards the right in Figs. 7 and 8.
- the conveyor belt consists of several bands 48 and extends into an area 13 for conveyor formation of the goods and there passes a beam 41 which can be raised and lowered and which is supported by guides 42.
- the beam 41 has a brush 43 on the underside.
- This is followed by a band 43 which is transverse to the conveyor belt 37 and stands upright, and which runs around plates on two axles 45 supported by a frame 46.
- the band 43 like the bands 48, is smooth so that it can slip against a bearing surface.
- the band 43 is designed to be driven in such a way that its part facing towards the input compartment 12 runs downwards in Fig. 8.
- the bands 48 of the conveyor run in the same direction, towards the right in the figures.
- the arrangement can alter ⁇ natively be such that the upper bands 48 in Fig. 8 run with their upper conveying part towards the left, and the two remaining bands, the lower bands in the figures, run towards the right.
- the band 43 with its drive arrangement is placed on the left-hand side of the beam 44. Its part directed towards the beam will in this case run downwards in Fig. 8.
- the arrangement with the beam 41 which can be raised and lowered is provided with an optical sensor which records the passage of the goods advanced, so that the beam can be raised and lowered in tempo with the passage of goods of different heights.
- an optical sensor which records the passage of the goods advanced, so that the beam can be raised and lowered in tempo with the passage of goods of different heights.
- sensors which dectect whether the goods advanced on the conveyor have a certain distance between them. If the sensor records that the space needs to be increased, servo-mechanisms can be designed to selectively control the speed of the belt sections. If the following belt is driven at a higher speed than the preceding one, the goods deposited by the latter belt are accelerated and separated from the following item in the row, so that the desired space is maintained.
- the track through the code-reading area is assumed to be designed in such a way that it can be stopped for a brief moment for code-reading, which will take place when the item in question has a favourable position for scanning of the price code.
- this position is assumed, it is thus recorded by the sensor for stopping the band.
- it can be stopped in a favourable position for manual recording by the cashier if its code cannot be read-off.
- a certain formation of the goods can be achieved by means of the different bands 48 having different speeds. In this way it is possible to achieve a turning of the goods and also an onward conveying with spacing between the goods if the bands at the bottom in Fig. 8, which lie outside the upright conveyor with the band 43, are driven at a higher speed than the other bands, which feed the goods onwards to the band 43.
- the arrangement in the embodiment according to Fig. 8 operates in the following manner when goods pass through it: when the goods after code-recording are set up on the conveyor belt 37 and the conveying arrangement shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is started up, they are moved forwards towards the beam 41 which is in a lower position.
- the beam is raised by means of a servo-motor during on-going movement of the conveyor belt 37.
- the beam is freed and can pass under the beam by being pulled by the conveyor belt 48.
- This movement path for the goods applies to the first movement direction of the bands 48 described, in other words with the upper parts of all the bands moving the goods towards the right in the figures.
- the goods will be intro ⁇ quizd into the introduction compartment on the right (at the top right end in Fig. 8) . They are thus conveyed initially towards the left under the beam 41, which carries out its brushing-off function, and towards the band 43, which is thus situated on the left-hand side of the beam 41 with its frame 44. Thereafter they are fed towards the other edge of the introduction compartment by means of the band 43 during the said separation. Since the lower bands 48 in the figures move towards the right, the movement direction is reversed and the goods move towards the right to the following belt. Here too the movement is in a U-shaped track.
- the conveyor belt 40 forms two sections, the one made up of the two upper bands 48 in Fig. 8, which carry out the first conveying after positioning in the introduction compartment, and a section section, formed by the lower bands 48, which carry out the conveying onto the conveyor belt 19 (according to Fig. 1) after the sideways movement by means of the band 43.
- the goods pass to the code-reader 22 where the price code is recorded, preferably with a stoppage of the conveyor belt section 19. There may however be a number of cases where no price code is recorded in the code-reader 22.
- the goods are then divided by this code-reading arrangement into two groups, those on which the code has been read-off and recorded in the computer to which the arrangement is connected, and those goods for which no price code has been recorded. There is in addition the case in which different readings are obtained in the readers 13 and 22, cf. the descrip ⁇ tion of Fig. 5.
- the item can be returned by reversing the direction of movement of the conveyor belt for renewed processing by the customer, or it can be stopped at the cashier for completion of the code-recording or, where appropriate, manual return to the customer.
- the apparatus In order for the apparatus to function in an effective manner, easing the demands on the staff (it has been assumed here that one cashier will be able to operate two checkouts or perhaps even several), the cases involving manual inter ⁇ vention on the part of the staff for the price-recording must be reduced to the smallest possible number.
- the arrangement can be designed to accept at least a certain number of goods with recordable code-reading in only one of the code-reading arrange ⁇ ments.
- the staff should in some way be made aware of the fact that this is happening, so that they can intervene if it becomes too frequent.
- weighing it should be mentioned that there are a number of alternatives here. There may of course be sales in which weighing is not required. It is also conceivable that weighing can be carried out in such a way that the customer himself has the item labelled with a price code at automatic scales, this price code being based on the item's price per kilo and weight recorded on automatic scales. It is also conceivable for the weighing to be carried out automatically in the arrangement, preferably when passing the code-reading arrangements. In this case it is assumed that the item is packaged in such a way that the code-reading arrangements can record the price per kilo so that, by means of this and the read-off weight, the shop's computer can calculate the price of the item. With solutions of this type, the manual effort can be reduced in comparison with manual weighing, as has been described in connection with Fig. 3.
- the flow of goods described is shown as a block diagram in Fig. 4.
- the broken lines also indicate the path of the recorded price information to the arrangement for addition of the total cost.
- An important feature of the arrangement is the design of the conveying equipment for arranging the goods and forwarding them in such a way that code-reading can be carried out in a reliable manner with the very minimum of manual intervention and in such a way that the risk of any item not being read-off is kept to a minimum. How this can be achieved has also been indicated in the description.
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Abstract
Agencement servant à manier des marchandises étiquetées d'un prix codé, ayant un point d'introduction (12) et un point de ramassage (7) et, entre ceux-ci, une courroie transporteuse (17, 18, 19). Au point d'introduction il y a un agencement, destiné à être utilisé par le client, servant à lire les prix codés. Un autre agencement de lecture de codes (22) sur la courroie transporteuse est adapté à détecter et à lire automatiquement le code d'un article lorsqu'il passe devant l'appareil. Au long de la courroie (17, 18, 19) se trouvent des éléments qui servent à disposer les marchandises introduites dans une formation appropriée à la lecture automatique.Arrangement for handling coded price goods having an entry point (12) and a pickup point (7) and, between them, a conveyor belt (17, 18, 19). At the point of introduction there is an arrangement, intended for use by the customer, used to read the coded prices. Another code reading arrangement (22) on the conveyor belt is adapted to automatically detect and read the code of an article as it passes the apparatus. Along the belt (17, 18, 19) are elements which serve to arrange the goods introduced in a formation suitable for automatic reading.
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SE8901707A SE8901707D0 (en) | 1989-05-12 | 1989-05-12 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING OF PRICE-MARKED GOODS |
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