Smart Billing Trolley for Shopping

Abstract

Purchasing and Shopping in huge shopping centers is turning into a day by day action in metropolitan urban communities. There will be a ton of flurry in these shopping centers during the special seasons and ends of the week. This group becomes tremendous when there are exceptional offers and discounts. Individuals purchase various things and put them into the cart. After completing the purchase, one needs to go to the billing area for payment where the staff member prepares bill by means of bar code reader which takes more time and the client needs to stand in lengthy queue for payments. To avoid this Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is used. RFID innovation cannot just assist smooth running inventory and supply network; it also avoids crowd in shopping centers. Every shopping cart includes RFID tag, to discriminate its group. Every cart is structured with a product ID that includes a microcontroller, LCD, RFID scanner and Bluetooth which connects the android phone. The mobile app displays the product details and the cost of the product along with the total number of items and total price of purchased products. The payment can be done through UPI, card or cash. The fundamental objective of this work is to give programmed paying mode to avoid queue in shopping centers and grocery stores.