| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically settle payment for articles at the checkout counter of a supermarket, etc. SOLUTION: When a shopping basket Q containing many articles P at random is placed on the upstream side of a conveyor main body 5, the conveyor main body 5 automatically rotates and travels, and the shopping basket Q enters a read unit C, wherein a magnetic reader 13 scans the articles P to read characteristics information on the respective articles P through lines of magnetic force produced by magnetic markers 1 stuck on the respective articles P, so that a payment process can be carried out. |
