EP0843293A3

System and method for obtaining prices for items

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and method for obtaining prices for items which are too small to carry readable bar code labels. The system includes a camera (18) which records an image of an item (22), and data processing means (15,16) which is coupled to the camera (18) and which identifies the item (22) from the image and which obtains the price of the item (22) from a price-lookup file (36).

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Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
CN104217188A	Cited by	China	–	Search report	–
EP0443419A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1,5-10
EP0672993A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-10
EP0685814A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-10
EP0689175A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1,5,8-10
GB1218963A	Cites	United Kingdom	X	Search report	1,5,7,8
US5426282A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1,8-10
WO9504491A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A	Search report	1-10

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Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
748440	United States of America	–	1996-11-13
74844096	United States of America	A	1996-11-13
74844096	United States of America	A	1996-11-13
748440	–	–	–
US19960748440	–	–	–

Members4

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Document	Office	Kind
EP0843293A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1998-05-20
JPH10222751A	Japan	A	1998-08-21
US5969317A	United States of America	A	1999-10-19
EP0843293A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-01-19

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	Event	Code
2007-04-25	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2007-03-23	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTAA	STAA
2005-10-05	Designation fees paidAKX	AKX
2005-09-14	Request for examination filed17P	17P
2005-01-19	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
2004-12-03	Search report despatchedPUAL	PUAL
1998-09-16	Main classification (correction)RHK1	RHK1
1998-09-02	Main classification (correction)RHK1	RHK1
1998-05-20	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1998-04-03	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phasePUAI	PUAI