US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on March 24 for "Sales data processing method and sales data processing terminal" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,050, issued on March 24, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Sales data processing method and sales data processing terminal" was invented by Hikaru Komiyama (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan) and Kanako Nakahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a terminal capable of performing a point-of-sale (POS) function, includes receiving an input of a particular operation via an input device of the terminal or a particular symbol via an imaging device of the terminal, selecting either a first mode or a second mode corresponding to the particular operation or the particular symbol, and displaying one or more screen...