Bagging system, shopping assistance system, and control method and non-transitory storage medium of the bagging system

Abstract

A bagging system includes a bagging mechanism, a switching unit, and a controller. The bagging mechanism is configured to perform bagging to put an item placed in a bagging space into a bag. The switching unit is configured to switch at least one of performing or not performing of the bagging or a type of the bag adopted for the bagging. The controller is configured to control the switching unit.

1 . A bagging system, comprising:
 a bagging mechanism configured to perform bagging to put one or more items placed in a bagging space into a bag;   a switching unit configured to
 switch between performing and not performing the bagging, and/or 
 switch between types of bag for the bagging; and 
   a controller configured to control the switching unit.   
     
     
         2 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller is configured to control the switching unit based on actually measured data acquired from a detection device configured to output at least one of an image or respective weights of the one or more items located in the bagging space as the actually measured data.   
     
     
         3 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller is configured to control the switching unit based on respective item information on the one or more items, the respective item information being acquired from an information reading device configured to read the respective item information from the one or more items.   
     
     
         4 . The bagging system according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the controller is configured to control the switching unit based on respective one or more sizes and weights of the one or more items obtained from the respective item information and respective master data corresponding to the one or more items, each of the respective master data containing a size and a weight of a corresponding item.   
     
     
         5 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the switching unit is configured to at least switch between performing and not performing the bagging, and   the controller has a no-bagging-priority mode as an operation mode, and in the no-bagging-priority mode, the bagging is not performed when an operation section does not receive a first operation by a user during an operation standby period, and the bagging is performed when the operation section receives the first operation by the user during the operation standby period.   
     
     
         6 . The bagging system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the controller further includes a bagging-priority mode as the operation mode, and in the bagging-priority mode, the bagging is performed when the operation section does not receive a second operation by the user during the operation standby period, and the bagging is not performed when the operation section receives the second operation by the user during the operation standby period.   
     
     
         7 . The bagging system according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the controller is configured to perform control such that the operation mode is the no-bagging-priority mode when a determination condition which is predetermined is satisfied, and   the determination condition includes that a specific reading device configured to read respective item information on the one or more items reads the respective item information from the one or more items in the bagging space or a reading space adjacent to the bagging space.   
     
     
         8 . The bagging system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the bagging mechanism is configured to, when a basket device in which the one or more items have been put is placed in the bagging space, transfer the one or more items in the basket device into the bag to perform the bagging, and   the determination condition further includes that the basket device in which the one or more items have been put is not placed in the bagging space.   
     
     
         9 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a bag feeding device configured to feed the bag to the bagging mechanism, wherein
 the switching unit is configured to change the bag to be fed from the bag feeding device to the bagging mechanism to switch between the types of bag.   
     
     
         10 . A bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the switching unit is configured to at least switch between performing and not performing the bagging, and   the controller is configured to control the switching unit such that the bagging is not performed when the one or more items are not fit in the bag.   
     
     
         11 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the bagging mechanism includes
 a support having a placement surface and 
 a guide disposed around the support along an outer periphery of the placement surface, and 
   the bagging mechanism changes a relative positional relationship between the support and the guide from a first state to a second state in a state where the one or more items are supported on a bottom of the bag on the placement surface to put the one or more items into the bag, a location of the support relative to the guide in the second state being at a lower level than in the first state.   
     
     
         12 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller is configured to output instruction information to the switching unit to control the switching unit.   
     
     
         13 . The bagging system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the bagging space allows the items to be placed in, and   the bagging mechanism is configured to collectively put the items placed in the bagging space into the bag.   
     
     
         14 . A shopping assistance system, comprising:
 the bagging system according to  claim 1 ; and   a sales system configured to perform a checkout process of the one or more items.   
     
     
         15 . A control method of a bagging system including a bagging mechanism configured to perform bagging to put one or more items placed in a bagging space into a bag, the control method comprising:
 switching between performing and not performing the bagging; and/or   switching between types of bag for the bagging.   
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory storage medium in which a program is stored, the program causing a computer system to execute the control method of the bagging system according to  claim 15 . 
     
     
         17 . The bagging system according to  claim 2  wherein
 the controller is configured to control the switching unit based on respective item information on the one or more items acquired from an information reading device configured to read the respective item information from the one or more items. 
 
     
     
         18 . The bagging system according to  claim 2  wherein
 the switching unit is configured to at least switch between performing and not performing the bagging, 
 the controller has a no-bagging-priority mode as an operation mode, and in the no-bagging-priority mode, the bagging is not performed when an operation section does not receive a first operation by a user during an operation standby period, and the bagging is performed when the operation section receives the first operation by the user during the operation standby period. 
 
     
     
         19 . The bagging system according to  claim 3  wherein
 the switching unit is configured to at least switch between performing and not performing the bagging, 
 the controller has a no-bagging-priority mode as an operation mode, and in the no-bagging-priority mode, the bagging is not performed when an operation section does not receive a first operation by a user during an operation standby period, and the bagging is performed when the operation section receives the first operation by the user during the operation standby period. 
 
     
     
         20 . The bagging system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a bag feeding device configured to feed the bag to the bagging mechanism, wherein
 the switching unit is configured to change the bag to be fed from the bag feeding device to the bagging mechanism to switch between the types of bag.