Evolution Of PoS: From Displays To QR Scanners, IR Readers, And Image Sensors
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With insight from Adam Larkin , Display & Touch Screen Specialist at Future Electronics, and Sevin Samadi, Ph.D. , sensors specialists at Future Connectivity Solutions?
Diving into the nuts and bolts of PoS systems themselves, we explored the biggest changes and innovations in the sector. One of the most prominent and apparent evolutions was presented in display technology. With displays being the main interaction point between customers and PoS, this part of the machinery can be what makes or breaks a customer’s automated experience.??
Advancements in Display Technology:?
Displays all around us have made huge strides in recent years. Even the lower end phones, tablets, or laptops have better screens than what we had available just 5 years ago. This has permeated to PoS of course, allowing user interfaces to become more and more important and versatile upon interactions with consumers.?
As Adam Larkin, our Display Specialist highlighted, the proliferation of display innovation has not only improved quality and interactivity, but it has also explored uncharted territories like new form factors, sizes, non-traditional aspect ratios, and the possibility to adapt to new needs like bar types and ultra-wide screens. These innovations have been notable everywhere from the wearables sector to automotive designs. Focusing on the latter, for example, we can see how the move towards touchscreen controls caused the need to accommodate for available space in a vehicle’s dashboard. This, in turn, opened space for innovation and brought in the large widescreen displays that are now readily available for other industrial applications (like PoS).?
Design Considerations for Displays on Specific PoS Systems:
When we inquired about design considerations for PoS systems, Adam guided us through what ended up being a very loaded question. As we should’ve expected, it’s a case-by-case scenario, so as it often happens, the answer is “it depends”. The main thing to keep in mind is tailoring designs to suit the environment and use for which they are meant to operate on and how they will be interacted with.
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Enhancing Efficiency and Accuracy:?
On the other hand, Sevin Samad, our Image Sensors Specialist, guided us on what happens behind the scenes (or behind the screens if you will) that is currently revolutionizing automated interactions between users and automated PoS. QR scanners, IR readers and image sensors have taken huge leaps and are driving efficiency in PoS in the past few years.?
Unleashing Innovation with Image Sensors:?
Sevin drew a picture of the retail store of the future by highlighting some examples we can see today. Imagine a store where traditional tags are not necessary. Thanks to image sensors, automated PoS could have a large database of images per item, effortlessly recognizing products, determining prices and even analyzing consumer preferences.??
A Future Full of Insights and Personalization:?
But let us dive deeper. Beyond efficiency, what’s in it for the shopper of the future? Image sensors have opened a world of possibilities for tailored experiences. For example, imagine identifying your customers as they come in or stand in the PoS and being able to personalize their experience, offer them promotions akin to their taste, general demographics, or even become able to identiy your recurrent customers and what they might want to see. Could this be a path towards the immersive shopping experience of tomorrow, paved by automated PoS???