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Self-Service Machines

Self-Service Machines. Traditional Businesses: Supermarkets Jonathan Hawk. Clip Art. Internal computer awakens after input on the touchscreen by a user. Barcode scanner projects red light on the product’s barcode. Sensors detect reflected light, associate with a code.

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Self-Service Machines

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  1. Self-Service Machines Traditional Businesses: Supermarkets Jonathan Hawk Clip Art

  2. Internal computer awakens after input on the touchscreen by a user. • Barcode scanner projects red light on the product’s barcode. • Sensors detect reflected light, associate with a code. • Machine displays product information on the touchscreen. • Database locates proper information, relays back to the machines. • Computer sends a query to the company’s database about the code. • Weight sensors detect product weight. • (Weight matches database entry) • Repeat process from start until all products have been scanned • (Weight does not match database entry) • Halt all actions and send request for assistance from overseer terminal.

  3. How Self-Service Machines Work • User input-> awaken • Red light projected • Detect light patterns, associate with code. http://www.carolinabarcode.com/corded-barcode-scanner-types-a-68.html Clip Art http://cybernations.wikia.com/wiki/File:Zzz.png

  4. How Self-Service Machines Work • Database query • Database relays information • Display product info http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/221023/Ban-booze-sales-at-self-service-tills Clip Art Clip Art

  5. How Self-Service Machines Work • Detect product weight: • Match: Repeat process • No match/error: Halt actions, request help. Clip Art

  6. Components of a Self-Service Machine • Internal Computer • Touch Screen • Weight Scale • Barcode Scanner Clip Art

  7. Internal Computer • Processing • Command other hardware • Process product codes, user inputs http://www.paul-boggia.me.uk/Hardware/MediaPCInside0.jpg

  8. Touch Screen • Input/ Output • User interaction • Display, sensors for inputs http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/221023/Ban-booze-sales-at-self-service-tills

  9. Weight Scale • Input • Anti-theft device • Weighs products • Weights sent to computer http://www.yumsugar.com/Future-Grocery-Store-Checkout-Here-1850244

  10. Barcode Scanner • Input • Projects red light • Detect light pattern • Associate with code http://www.carolinabarcode.com/corded-barcode-scanner-types-a-68.html Clip Art

  11. Software: NCR Advanced Checkout Solution (Retail) • Control hardware actions • Information processing • Friendly user-interface http://www.sbspos.com/images/ncr/software/ACS%20Point-of-Sale%20Software.png

  12. Employer’s Joy and Profit • Greater efficiency=Greater profit • Fewer workers=Fewer expenses • Ease of supervision Clip Art

  13. The Employer’s Public Relations • Replacement of people • Non-functional machines • Upset and fewer customers. Clip Art

  14. Employee Efficiency and Multitasking • Employee multi-tasking • Greater efficiency-> reduce stress • Better overall performance http://listdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Effective-time-management.jpeg

  15. Employees: A World Run by Machines • Stress and extra work from machines • Constant maintenance • Potential job loss Clip Art

  16. Self-Service Machines and Employment • United Kingdom’s supermarkets • Increasingly automated • Frustrate employees, senior citizens. Clip Art Clip Art

  17. People and Machines • Replacement of humans by machines. • Maintenance and interaction stress. http://blogs.swa-jkt.com/swa/10472/files/2012/09/machines-vs-humans_65.jpeg

  18. Authenticity • ID of customer • Legal age of products • Busy period -> minors http://moodle.isdbd.org/mahara/view/artefact.php?artefact=12356&view=2405

  19. Surveillance • Machine upgrades • Track habits • Individualized detail/advertising http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100402161911/lotr/images/f/f5/Eye_of_sauron.jpg

  20. Works Cited "How Barcode Scanners Work." How Barcode Scanners Work. Carolina Barcode Inc., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. "How Barcode Scanners Work." Wasp Buzz. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. "How Does an Electronic Price Scanner Work? ." SwRI Lighter Side. Southwest Research Institute, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. Lake, Matt. "The Self-Checkout: Lots of Swiping, No Stealing." The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 June 2002. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. "NCR Advanced Checkout Solution." NCR Advanced Checkout Solution. NCR Corporation, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. Sharp, Brendan. "Are Self-service Machines in Our Supermarkets Really the Way Forward?" The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 14 Mar. 2014. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

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