A shopping cart scanning device, including a main body, a scanner disposed on at least a portion of the main body to scan a machine-readable code of at least one item, a scale movably disposed within at least a portion of the main body to receive the at least one item thereon, such that a weight of the at least one item is determined, a display unit disposed on at least a portion of the main body to display at least one of a price of the at least one item in response to the scanner scanning the at least one item and the weight of the at least one item in response to the scale receiving the at least one item thereon, and a cart clip disposed on at least a portion of the main body to removably connect the main body to a shopping cart.

A method apparatus are directed to identify items disposed on the bottom shelf of a shopping cart bottom of basket (BoB). Certain aspects envision a distance measurement sensor and computing system connected to the shopping cart. A first set of distance measurements of the bottom shelf when empty is obtained via the distance measurement sensor. Next, at a checkout stand, a second set of distance measurements of the shelf are taken, which can be used to compare with the first set of distance measurements to identify if there is an object on the BoB. An alert can be provided to a checkout attendant if there is an object on the BoB.

An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, place them within the container, scan the products, and initiate a payment transaction to complete a purchase.

In an example, the present invention provides a local area network system for a micro-market application. The system has a world wide network of computers, which comprising the Internet. In an example, the system has a micro market server device coupled to the world wide network of computers. In an example, the micro market server device has a library comprising a listing of a plurality of products, a field configured with the association information, e.g., an identifier for the server device. In an example, the product information is associated with the plurality of products is provided in a product catalog file. The device has a plurality of fields associated with a plurality of micromarket identification information. The micromarket identification information is a unique identifier for the particular micromarket.

The disclosure includes a fixed retail scanner including a data reader comprising a main board, one or more camera modules, and a multi-port network switch disposed within the data reader. A heat management system is disposed within the data reader housing and operably coupled with at least the multi-port network switch to dissipate heat therefrom. The disclosure includes a heat pipe thermally coupled to a switch processor, the heat pipe extending across at least a portion of the bi-optic housing to an air chamber formed within the bi-optic housing.

The invention relates to a cash register system (1), comprising a stationary unit (3), which is connected to at least one cash register peripheral unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) by means of at least one connection (4.1, 4.2, 4.3); a mobile unit (2), comprising a display device, and an input device, wherein the mobile unit is designed to execute cash register software, in the process of which the cash register peripheral unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) is accessed; a management unit (6), wherein the mobile unit (2) can be connected to the stationary unit (3) by means of a first connection (10), the mobile unit (2) can be connected to the management unit (6) by means of a second connection (11), the stationary unit (3) can be connected to the management unit (6) by means of a third connection (12), and the management unit (6) is designed to check, on the basis of a set of rules, whether a first logical connection (X) of the mobile unit (2) to the stationary unit (3) and/or a second logical connection (Y) of the mobile unit (2) to the at least one cash register peripheral unit must be established, and if the check is successful, access to the stationary unit (3) via the logical connection (X) of the mobile unit (2) and/or access to the cash register peripheral unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) via the logical connection (Y) of the mobile unit is permitted and the management unit (6) detects a corresponding logical connection (X) (Y) of the apparatuses.

Systems and methods for secure mobile checkouts are disclosed. The system may include a secure mobile checkout device configured to scan products available in a merchant store. The device may scan the product to determine a product identifier. The device may transmit the scanned product data to a checkout application to retrieve product data corresponding to the product identifier. In device may initiate a transaction with a payment network to purchase the product, based on the product data provided by the checkout application. The payment network may process the transaction, and may authorize the purchase with the merchant.

Various embodiments are directed to overlaying relevant product information in augmented reality via the use of near-field communication (NFC) and a product selection system. A user may authenticate into an application or user profile. Information about the user in the user profile may be used to determine which products are relevant to the user. Information related to the relevant products may then be displayed to the user in augmented reality, which improves at least the overall shopping and in-store experience.

Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with a first area of the user interface corresponding to uncompleted tasks associated with a keyword of the list, and a second area corresponding to completed tasks associated with a keyword of the list. One or more sensors may receive information about an item. Input about an interaction with the user interface and a keyword of the list may be received. The user interface may be updated to move the keyword of the list from the first area to the second area. A mapping of the keyword to the item may be updated by a computer system.

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for currency control. An example point-of-sale (POS) device for use with physical currency notes includes a scanning system configured to generate physical currency data associated with one or more physical currency notes and a controller operably coupled with the scanning system. The controller is configured to generate digital currency data based upon the physical currency data. The digital currency data includes a digital representation of the physical currency notes. The controller further determines one or more selected physical currency notes for destruction based upon the digital currency data and may query a currency attribute database that includes one or more currency attributes associated with the physical currency notes. The POS device also includes a currency destruction mechanism that causes destruction of the selected physical currency notes.