JP2000099833A - Register adjusting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain accurate time information and position information by adding an antenna part for receiving a GPS(global positioning system) signal transmitted from the GPS satellite, and a GPS receiver part for calculating time and position information from the received GPS signal. SOLUTION: A GPS signal from a GPS satellite is received by an antenna part 1 set at a position where the GPS satellite can be seen. A GPS receiver part 2 calculates time and position(latitude, longitude, and altitude) information from the received GPS signal, and transmits the calculated result data periodically or in an arbitrary timing to a register part 3. When the GPS receiver part 2 is positioned at the outside part, the arithmetic result data are transmitted through a cable or the like to the register part 3. Thus, not only sales information but also the always accurate time information and position information can be obtained by the register part 3 in a register arithmetic device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cashier settlement apparatus which is used in a supermarket, a convenience store, or a checkout station for mobile sales using a car, etc., and calculates and outputs a total price of inputted goods. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cashier settlement apparatus calculates and outputs a total price of goods input by a register section. A clock is built in the register section so that the time when the product is input can be known. In the case where the register unit is connected to a specific network, such as a POS system,
Information such as a store name is added to the sales information from the register unit and transmitted to the network.

[0003]

However, in the above-described cash register clearing apparatus, the time of the clock incorporated in the register unit is adjusted by the administrator of the cash register clearing apparatus as necessary. Failure to do so will result in a deviation from the correct time. In addition, when trying to create a distribution of sales and the like on a map based on sales information from each store equipped with a cashier settlement device, it is necessary to convert the store name and the store address into coordinates on the map. In addition, in the case of mobile sales, since the sales point moves, there is a problem that it is troublesome to associate the sales point with the sales.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cashier settlement apparatus capable of obtaining accurate time information and position information.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a cashier settlement device having a register unit for calculating and outputting a total price of input products, an antenna unit for receiving a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite, a time and a position based on the GPS signal received by the antenna unit A GPS receiver for calculating information is added.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the time of the internal clock in the register unit is corrected based on the time information calculated by the GPS receiver unit. Is what you do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or the second aspect of the present invention, a data transmission unit for transmitting data such as sales information is added to a specific network, and Is added to output time information and position information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a history storage unit for storing a history of each piece of information calculated by the GPS receiver unit is added. It is characterized by the following.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, an output unit for outputting a history of each information stored in the history storage unit is added.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a cashier settlement device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view. The cashier settlement device of the present embodiment is a GPS
(Global Positioning System
m) An antenna unit 1 for receiving a GPS signal transmitted from a satellite, a GPS receiver unit 2 for calculating time and position information from a GPS signal received by the antenna unit 1, and a total price of the input commodity And a register unit 3 for calculating and outputting.

In this embodiment, the GPS receiver unit 2 is built in the cashier settlement device. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the GPS receiver unit 2 is installed outside the cashier settlement device and connected to the register unit 3 by a cable or the like. You may.

In the present embodiment, the antenna unit 1 installed at a position where the GPS satellite can be seen is used for the GP from the GPS satellite.
An S signal is received. The GPS receiver unit 2 converts the time and position (latitude, longitude, altitude) from the received GPS signal.
Information is calculated and obtained, and the calculation result data is sent to the register unit 3 periodically or at an arbitrary timing. When the GPS receiver unit 2 is external, the operation result data is sent to the register unit 3 via a cable or the like. FIG. 4 shows an example of operation result data sent from the GPS receiver unit 2 to the register unit 3.

According to this embodiment, in the cashier settlement apparatus, the register section 3 always obtains not only the sales information but also accurate time information and position information.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a cashier settlement apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, an information storage unit 31 that temporarily stores calculation result data from the GPS receiver unit 2 in the register unit 3;
The clock correction unit 32 that corrects the time of the internal clock 33 based on the time information stored in.

In this embodiment, after the operation result data as shown in FIG. 4 is transmitted from the GPS receiver unit 2 to the register unit 3 and temporarily stored in the information storage unit 31, the operation result data is stored in the information storage unit 31. By using the time information, the time of the internal clock 33 is automatically corrected by the clock correction unit 32.
The timing of the time correction may be the timing at which the operation result data is transmitted from the GPS receiver unit 2 or may be set by the register unit 3.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a cashier settlement apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the register unit 3 includes a sales information storage unit 34 that stores sales information and the like, a position information addition unit 35 that adds position information to the sales information and the like stored in the sales information and the like storage unit 34, A data transmission unit 36 for transmitting the sales information or the like to which the position information is added by the position information adding unit 35 to a sales management system of the headquarters via a specific network, such as a POS system. is there. The position information adding unit 35 adds the position information to the header part of the sales information and the like stored in the information etc. storage unit 34.

According to the present embodiment, since the sales information to which the position information is added is transmitted to the headquarters, when the sales information is displayed on a map in the sales management system of the headquarters, the position information is used as coordinates. Can be displayed easily.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a cashier settlement apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a history storage unit 4 for storing the history of time, position information, and sales information is added. The history storage unit 4 may be externally attached to the register unit 3 or may be incorporated therein. The history storage unit 4 stores the travel route (time and position information at that time) of the cashier settlement device in association with the sales information.

According to the present embodiment, when the cashier settlement device is mounted on a moving body such as a car and used for mobile sales, the moving route (time and position information at that time) of the cashier settlement device is represented by sales information. Is stored in the history storage unit 4 so that it is possible to easily grasp at what time, at what time, how much sales were made, or by what kind of sales route, etc., for management and planning of sales plans. Available.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a cashier settlement apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, an output data creation unit 5, a map information storage unit 6, and an output unit 7 are added to the cashier settlement device according to the fourth embodiment. The map information storage unit 6 stores map information necessary for displaying a travel route. The output data creation unit 5 stores the travel route (time and position information at that time) stored in the history storage unit 4. Using the data associated with the sales information and the map information stored in the map information storage unit 6, data for display or printing is created and edited as required. The output unit 7 is for viewing the data created by the output data creation unit 5, and includes a display, a printer, and the like.

In the present embodiment, when it is desired to display a tabular output, necessary sales information (time, position, sales, etc.) is read from the history storage unit 4 and data in a format as shown in FIG. Just create it. When displaying the travel route, data in which the travel route (time and position information at that time) and the sales information are associated with each other is read from the history storage unit 4, and the map information storage unit 6 reads the data of the travel route. The map of the location corresponding to the position information is read out, and as shown in FIG. 10, data in a format in which a moving route, sales information, and the like are written on the read map are created.

The data created in this way is output by an output unit 7 comprising a display, a printer, etc., as shown in FIG.
Or in a format as shown in FIG.

The output data creation unit 5, the map information storage unit 6,
The output unit 7 is built in or externally attached to the register unit 3. Note that, when externally attached, it is connected to the register section 3 by a cable or the like.

[0024]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the cashier settlement device having the register unit for calculating and outputting the total price of the input commodity, the GPS transmitted from the GPS satellite is used. Since an antenna unit for receiving a signal and a GPS receiver unit for calculating time and position information from a GPS signal received by the antenna unit are added, not only sales information but also always accurate time information and position information can be obtained. A cashier can be provided.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the time of the internal clock in the register section is corrected based on the time information calculated by the GPS receiver section. The time of the internal clock in the register unit can be automatically corrected.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a data transmission unit for transmitting data such as sales information is added to a specific network, and Since the time information and the position information at which the data is output are added, when the sales information is displayed on the map at the headquarters or the like, the position information can be used as coordinates, and the display becomes easy.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the GP
Since the history storage unit for storing the history of each information calculated by the S receiver unit is added, when the cashier settlement device is mounted on a moving body such as a car and used for mobile sales, the cashier clearing device is moved. The route (time and position information at that time) is stored in the history storage unit in association with the sales information,
It is possible to easily grasp at what time and how much sales were made at what place, and what kind of sales route was used, and it can be used for management and planning of sales plans.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, an output unit for outputting a history of each information stored in the history storage unit is added. Format can be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a cashier settlement device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the cashier settlement device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a state where a GPS receiver unit of the cashier settlement device according to the first embodiment is externally attached.

FIG. 4 is a data format showing an example of operation result data of the cashier clearing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a cashier settlement device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a cashier settlement device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a cashier settlement device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a cashier settlement device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 shows a data format in a case of a table format according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows a format for a map display format according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna part 2 GPS receiver part 3 Register part 4 History storage part 5 Output data creation part 6 Map information storage part 7 Output part 31 Information storage part 32 Clock correction part 33 Internal clock 34 Sales information etc. storage part 35 Position information addition part 36 Data transmission unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuo Yamada 1048 Kazuma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takuya Suto 1048 Kazuma Kazuma Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ikuo Tsujimoto 1048 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Inside (72) Inventor Kenji Okuno 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Inside the Company, Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Osaka Prefecture 1048 Oaza Kadoma Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3E042 BA13 CC10 EA10 5J062 AA13 BB01 CC07 HH04 HH05

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cashier clearing device having a register unit for calculating and outputting a total price of inputted goods,
A cashier settlement device comprising an antenna unit for receiving a GPS signal transmitted from a PS satellite, and a GPS receiver unit for calculating time and position information from the GPS signal received by the antenna unit. 2. The cash register settlement device according to claim 1, wherein the time of an internal clock in the register unit is corrected based on the time information calculated by the GPS receiver unit. 3. A data transmission unit for transmitting data such as sales information is added to a specific network, and time information and position information at which the data is output are added as the data. The cashier settlement device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The cashier clearing device according to claim 1, further comprising a history storage unit for storing a history of each information calculated by said GPS receiver unit. 5. The cashier settlement device according to claim 4, further comprising an output unit for outputting a history of each information stored in said history storage unit.