US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on April 7 for "Self-service checkout terminal with a security function based on detection of weight of items" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,007, issued on April 7, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Self-service checkout terminal with a security function based on detection of weight of items" was invented by Tomonari Kakino (Fuji Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-service checkout terminal includes an optical code reader, a platform on which items to be purchased are placed, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of objects placed on the platform, and a processor configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The processor carries out a registration process based on a merchandise code corresponding to a code symbol read from an...