Patent №
US 5,393,965
Granted
1995-02-28
Filed 1992
Owner
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A CORP. OF DE
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
07923766
A flexible merchandise checkout system utilizes a portable two-dimensional bar code scanner/data terminal as part of an auxiliary checkout station for use during times of peak customer traffic, permitting two or more checkers to empty a shopping cart at once for higher throughput. The checkout system includes separable modules for scanning purchased items and for receiving customer payments, respectively. Customer checks tendered in payment may be processed in real time via electronic funds transaction (EFT) orders. Depleted inventory is replaceable using a system wherein replacement inventory items are labeled with two-dimensional bar-coded information describing the ultimate destination, and packed into a container for shipment to a receiving/distribution center, at which the destination information is scanned and decoded to enable proper routing of the replacement inventory items.
AI classification
Ownership
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A CORP. OF DE
assignment · 62330527
Assignors
BRAVMAN, RICHARD, WANG, YNJIUN P.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.