Toshiba had 220 patents in digitalization during Q2 2024. Toshiba Corp’s patents in Q2 2024 focus on transaction processing systems, commodity registration apparatus, information processing apparatus, purchase support, and operation devices. These inventions aim to improve efficiency in sales transactions, provide detailed information to customers, optimize product arrangement in stores based on customer history, and facilitate error detection and resolution in operation devices. GlobalData’s report on Toshiba gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Toshiba had no grants in digitalization as a theme in Q2 2024.
Recent Patents
Application: Transaction processing system, method performed by information processing system, and information processing device (Patent ID: US20240211919A1)
The patent filed by Toshiba Corp describes a transaction processing system that includes a cart terminal attachable to a shopping cart for registering merchandise items for purchase. The system also involves a transaction processing device that acquires information about the size of the registered items, determines the degree of occupancy in the basket, and outputs this information. Additional features include an attendant terminal to display the degree of occupancy, a payment machine for processing payments, and the ability to exclude certain items from the occupancy calculation.
Furthermore, the system allows for interruption of payment processing based on the degree of occupancy, with different modes of output depending on whether the occupancy exceeds a threshold. The cart terminal can also display the degree of occupancy and must send a check-in request before registering items. The method described involves registering merchandise items, determining occupancy, and outputting the degree of occupancy. It also includes displaying this information on an attendant terminal, interrupting payment processing, and excluding specific items from the occupancy calculation. The system is designed to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of transaction processing in a retail environment.
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