A POS TERMINAL

A POS terminal for a retail environment, comprising a data acquisition device for generating event data from a user scan of a product along a scanning path of the POS terminal, said path comprising an entry point and an exit point; and a processing unit for receiving at least a portion of event data...

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Hauptverfasser: CIOARGA, Razvan, DAVID, Ciprian, Petru, SACRIERU, Constantin, Petru, GLAVAN, Cosmin, Cernazanu, O'HERLIHY, Alan, VASILE, Gui, CIUBOTARU, Bogdan, DOYLE, Gavin, PARVU, Ovidiu, PESCARU, Dan
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A POS terminal for a retail environment, comprising a data acquisition device for generating event data from a user scan of a product along a scanning path of the POS terminal, said path comprising an entry point and an exit point; and a processing unit for receiving at least a portion of event data from the data acquisition device and process the event data according to a set of predefined rules, to determine a control parameter for the POS terminal, generate a user alert based on the control parameter and communicate the user alert to the end user; the data acquisition device comprising: a universal product code, U PC, scanner; a plurality of illumination units arranged along the scanning path for illuminating the product; a plurality of sensors for sensing event data including a shape, size and volume of the product and a parameter of a hand of the user as the product is scanned along the scanning path.