| 摘要 |
<p>A customer check-out apparatus (10) and method for recording the prices of purchase items (14) where the purchase items each have an item information display mechanism (16) for storing purchase item data including purchase item price in machine readable form includes an item check-out vessel (12) for receiving each of the purchase items, and for checking each purchase item, the vessel including a vessel wall and an item receiving door (22) for opening to admit a given purchase item into the vessel and for closing to secure the item against tampering during item check-out, a purchase item display mechanism scanning device (30) for reading item data from the information display mechanism (16) on each item upon closing of the item receiving door, and a microprocessor (24) for receiving and processing and storing data scanned by the display mechanism scanning device.</p> |
