| 5794214 |
Point-of-sale terminal |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A point-of-sale (POS) terminal is provided with a control device for sending control and/or print data to a printing apparatus. The control device includes a general purpose processor controlled by a general... |
| 5734719 |
Digital information accessing, delivery and production system |
| Mar-31-1998 |
A digital data on-demand turnkey system at a customer premise wherein N number of sewers provide for 100% of content distribution of remotely stored digitized information, which information may be previewed... |
| 5717595 |
Integrated automated vehicle analysis |
| Feb-10-1998 |
An integrated highly automated vehicle analysis system employs a technician terminal for displaying a plurality of inspection screens, and for entering inspection results. The technician terminal generates... |
| 5682481 |
Electronic cash register having chit files |
| Oct-28-1997 |
An electronic register having a chit file in a memory which includes the function of setting various dimensions of the chit file, the function of setting control information for use in settling operations,... |
| 5657233 |
Integrated automated vehicle analysis |
| Aug-12-1997 |
An integrated highly automated vehicle analysis system employs a technician terminal for displaying a plurality of inspection screens, and for entering inspection results. The technician terminal generates... |
| 5630071 |
POS system having self scanner and display for issuing total number of purchased commodities after each fixed interval of time |
| May-13-1997 |
A POS (Point Of Sales) system which employs a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function is improved in that a total amount of money for commodities loaded... |
| 5625776 |
Electronic proposal preparation system for selling computer equipment and copy machines |
| Apr-29-1997 |
An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various... |
| 5625562 |
Internal bar code reading apparatus |
| Apr-29-1997 |
A gift certificate dispensing device having an internal machine-readable indicia reader is disclosed for printing and dispensing a certificate either based upon payment by a user or upon the insertion... |
| 5615342 |
Electronic proposal preparation system |
| Mar-25-1997 |
An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various... |
| 5598332 |
Cash register capable of temporary-closing operation |
| Jan-28-1997 |
A cash register which is capable of executing a temporary-closing process without terminating a transaction, includes a closing key (15) for inputting an end-indication of a registering process of transaction... |
| 5594920 |
Point-of-sale terminal and printing apparatus therefor |
| Jan-14-1997 |
A point-of-sale (POS) terminal is provided with a control device for sending control and/or print data to a printing apparatus. The control device includes a general purpose processor controlled by a general... |
| 5463546 |
Lodging facility automated processing station |
| Oct-31-1995 |
A hotel automated processing station is placed within the outside wall in close proximity to the entrance to the main office of a hotel. In this manner, should the attendant be unavailable for a duration,... |
| 5412191 |
Service desk for the registration, booking and/or payment of goods, vouchers and the like |
| May-2-1995 |
In the case of a service desk for the registration, booking and/or payment of goods, vouchers and the like, having a service section (38) including at least a data display device (28), a data input device... |
| 5334824 |
Method and apparatus for validating credit information during home delivery of order |
| Aug-2-1994 |
A method and apparatus for delivering an order to a home and utilizing credit information to verify and accept payment for the order. The method and apparatus verify credit information on site at the door... |
| 5253163 |
Electronic cash register |
| Oct-12-1993 |
The electronic cash register stores monetary transaction information for each guest in the first memory by entering it with the input means, and when a totalization operation is specified by the first... |
| 5241464 |
Desktop forms order system |
| Aug-31-1993 |
The creation and ordering of custom business forms is simplified for short-run orders, allowing the end user of the business form to design and transmit the order on a personal computer. Using appropriate... |
| 5119293 |
System and apparatus for dispensing negotiable instruments |
| Jun-2-1992 |
A negotiable instrument dispensing system wherein the dispenser is located at the point-of-sale and coupled to a cash register through which an operator can ring up the sale of the negotiable instrument,... |
| 5081579 |
System for changing print format |
| Jan-14-1992 |
A print format changing system includes a printer, a device for inputting print format-related information, and a memory containing an edit table region for storing the print format-related information... |
| 5056018 |
Printer with improved power-failure restart function |
| Oct-8-1991 |
These is disclosed a printer which continues, after resumptio of power, printing which was in progress before a power failure. In this printer, the disconnection and resumption of power is detected by... |
| 4926478 |
Method and apparatus for continuously acknowledged link encrypting |
| May-15-1990 |
An authentication system in which communication between two locations is provided by a continuous full duplex bidirectional communications highway, which highway is a secure link between the two locations.... |
| 4852042 |
Electronic journal window display |
| Jul-25-1989 |
An electronic business terminal has the capability of electronically displaying a plurality of individual journal entry items on a CRT at the command of the terminal operator, who can cause the display... |
| 4847762 |
ECR having means for establishing a data format and processing entered data in accordance with an established data format |
| Jul-11-1989 |
A data input device can be adapted for setting a data format establishing mode or a data inputting mode in which the input data are processed on the basis of the established data format. The data input... |
| 4843547 |
Cash register with a multi-window display |
| Jun-27-1989 |
A first cash register operating in a registration mode is connected by a communication line to a second cash register operating in a calculation mode to serve customers forming a waiting line extending... |
| 4833608 |
Electronic cash register which records the time when the quantity of an item in stock falls to a predetermined number |
| May-23-1989 |
An electronic cash register (ECR) comprises a memory for storing the stocked quantity of a commodity item, the transaction time, and the sale amount with respect to each commodity item; a clock for producing... |
| 4725949 |
Intelligent interface for electronic cash register |
| Feb-16-1988 |
An intelligent data acquisition interface for deriving and decoding data from the interface between a printer driver and a printing mechanism in an electronic cash register is shown. The apparatus is responsive... |
| 4707785 |
Electronic cash register with means to enter discount prices directly by keyboard |
| Nov-17-1987 |
In an electronic cash register including memory means containing a PLU file in which the fixed price data for a commodity item is previously stored, a keyboard including a PLU key which, when activated,... |
| 4699532 |
Method and apparatus for dispensing money orders |
| Oct-13-1987 |
A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the... |
| 4680707 |
Electronic cash register and method for defining print characters |
| Jul-14-1987 |
There is an electronic cash register comprising a keyboard having numeral keys and first to fourth function keys, a first memory in which a plurality of character codes and a plurality of corresponding... |
| 4625275 |
Apparatus for dispensing money orders |
| Nov-25-1986 |
A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the... |
| 4604696 |
Document issuing apparatus for printing a set of transaction control slips for each of many transactions |
| Aug-5-1986 |
A document issuing apparatus wherein images of different forms and images of data to be printed on the forms are stored in memory. Form images and data images are combined, edited, and printed to produce... |
| 4509129 |
Electronic calculating machine with facilities of announcing data introduced |
| Apr-2-1985 |
A point of sale cash register which displays the price of an item as read by a bar code reader, also announces in simplified form a sound representing the price-range of the item such that an error so... |
| 4508962 |
Read format preset in an electronic cash register |
| Apr-2-1985 |
An electronic cash register can operate in a read out mode wherein the transaction data stored in the electronic cash register is read out for administration checking purposes. A programming system is... |
| 4493038 |
Data recording machine |
| Jan-8-1985 |
A cash register with a keyboard (31), journal printer (47) and a check slip printer (32) is controlled by a microprocessor system with a CPU (102), a program ROM (105) and a RAM (106) including various... |
| 4485441 |
Clerk share calculation in an electronic cash register |
| Nov-27-1984 |
An electronic cash register functions to accumulate the transaction data registered into the electronic cash register in the clerk by clerk fashion. A preset system is provided for presetting a desired... |
| 4484277 |
Electronic cash register having selective readout |
| Nov-20-1984 |
An electronic cash register for printing designated data includes a keyboard having a plurality of keys. The keyboard has a switch for designating a write-in mode and a read-out mode and a plurality of... |
| 4482976 |
Voice data output apparatus for electronic cash registers |
| Nov-13-1984 |
A voice data output apparatus for an electronic cash register comprises in turn a voice output circuit which in turn judges as to whether or not the input money data is a first registered number and which... |
| 4481599 |
Voice data output device providing operator guidance in voice form |
| Nov-6-1984 |
A voice data output apparatus having a voice output circuit which audibly produces an operator guidance to show the next operation to an operator and repeats the vocal sound of the operator guidance until... |
| 4430713 |
PLU-Code controlled electronic cash register |
| Feb-7-1984 |
An electronic cash register includes a PLU (Price-look-up) function, wherein merchandise information such as a unit cost, taxation information and classification information is preset for each commodity... |
| 4428049 |
Training mode operation in an electronic cash register |
| Jan-24-1984 |
An electronic cash register includes a mode selection circuit for selectively placing the electronic cash register in a training mode. A memory of the electronic cash register includes an accumulation... |
| 4425619 |
Selective read out of one hour transaction data in an electronic cash register |
| Jan-10-1984 |
An electronic cash register includes a transaction data memory having 24 (twenty-four) memory sections each of which is assigned to store the transaction amount registered in a preselected one hour. A... |
| 4424567 |
Electronic cash register with timekeeper |
| Jan-3-1984 |
A date data input/output control system for electronic device allows date data, such as "year", "month" and "day" to be inputted in any order into a CPU from an input device. A mode may be specified corresponding... |
| 4424566 |
Data processing apparatus with voice output |
| Jan-3-1984 |
A voice data output apparatus judges whether amount of money data inputted is repeat registration data or not and, when it is repeat registration data, does not output a voice of the amount data. A CPU... |
| 4412304 |
Electronic cash register |
| Oct-25-1983 |
An electronic cash register, which is so constructed as to print particular dates such as those of "off" days (i.e., business holidays) and bargain days of the store on the receipt to be issued. The particular... |
| 4408292 |
Data print control in an electronic cash register |
| Oct-4-1983 |
An electronic cash register includes a printer system for printing out a transaction data on a receipt bill or a journal paper. A print preset system is provided for selectively printing out the transaction... |
| 4399508 |
Cash checking read operation in an electronic cash register |
| Aug-16-1983 |
A read operation control system is included in an electronic cash register for checking purposes. The actual read operation is not conducted until the operator introduces numeral data indicating the cash... |
| 4369334 |
Audible announcement in an electronic cash register |
| Jan-18-1983 |
An electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for providing an audible announcement of the total amount of the transaction when the transaction assigned to a specific... |
| 4348551 |
Service bargain announcement in an electronic cash register |
| Sep-7-1982 |
An electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for providing an audible announcement related to a bargain article of the present day and a next service day. The synthetic... |
| 4328544 |
Electronic point-of-sale system using direct-access storage |
| May-4-1982 |
A standalone point-of-sale terminal in a unitary physical package has input/output devices for communicating transaction data between the terminal and an operator, and also has a cash drawer. These devices... |
| 4317172 |
Electronic cash register |
| Feb-23-1982 |
An electronic cash register comprises a key cylinder switch for selecting a registration mode for registering the price information of the commodities and a calculation mode for withdrawing the information... |
| 4312037 |
Electronic cash register with single printer for printing receipts and a journal |
| Jan-19-1982 |
An electronic cash register provides printing data printed on a recording sheet in the form of a receipt or a journal. The electronic cash register is provided with a single printer to print printing data... |