AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SALE OF GOODS Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A47F3/26 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: goods are located on shelves, in the base of which scales are built. When weight of goods is changed scales are sent to computer data on weight before and after change. Computer calculates the difference in weight before and after the change, then divides by the weight of the commodity unit, obtaining the number of taken or put goods. Identification of buyers is carried out using a device (for example, a magnetic card), which is applied to the reading device of the shelf, on which the product is put or with which the system is taken, after which the system relates the taken goods to the buyer who has attached the identifying device. Customer submits the identification device to the payment terminal, which receives from the system information on the value of the goods taken by the buyer and displays the screen, then the buyer pays for the goods. In case of goods without identification device, change of weight by value, not multiple to weight of unit of goods, or in other cases system fixes this with the help of surveillance cameras and gives signal to store employees.

EFFECT: automated system for controlling sales of goods relates to trade and is intended for sale of goods using equipment and software in an automated manner.

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