Checkout system with automatic registration of articles by bar code or physical feature recognition

摘要

A checkout system has a checkout lane which includes a belt conveyor for carrying articles in one direction a video camera for imaging an article which is being carried by the belt conveyor, and a bar code scanner for reading out a bar code of the article which is being carried by the belt conveyor. A CPU recognizes and registers the article on the basis of at least one of the bar code read out by the bar code scanner and the physical features of the article which are included in an image obtained by the video camera.