Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman, Langer & Chick
Checkout device
 A checkout device including a conveying section for conveying an article in one direction, an optical scanner for scanning the article conveyed by the conveying section with a scanning light beam to read an article code affixed thereto, and a registration processing section for registering the article based on the article code read by the optical scanner. The optical scanner is provided with a variable scanning range to which the scanning light beam is applied, and the registration processing section includes control means for detecting physical features of the article conveyed by the conveying section and for controlling the scanning range of the optical scanner to be optimized for reading the article code affixed to the article based on a conveying position and the detected physical features of the article. 
Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
G A
G07G A47F
inventional inventional
Yasuo Masahito Hitoshi
Matsumoto Sano Iizaka