JP2000276655A - Cash register with metal detector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cash register with a metal detector capable of finding a foreign matter before a customer who purchases merchandise brings it home from a shop even when a metal foreign matter is mixed especially in food, clothes or bedding in a department store, a supermarket and a convenience store, etc. SOLUTION: This cash register 1 with the metal detector is composed of terminal equipment provided with a display screen connected to the metal detector 4, a merchandise number reader 5a and an input device 5 and a belt conveyor 3. A merchandise basket 7 housing the merchandise or the merchandise itself is mounted on the belt conveyor, the metal foreign matter inside the merchandise is detected by the metal detector and a barcode attached to the merchandise is read by the merchandise number reader. Thus, the result of inspecting the foreign matter inside the merchandise and the total of the unit prices of the purchased merchandise are displayed on the screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the present invention, which is applied to a department store, a supermarket, a convenience store, and the like, even if a metallic foreign substance is mixed in a product, especially food, clothes, or bedding, before the customer takes the purchased product from the store. The present invention relates to a cash register with a metal detector which can detect a cash register.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, in department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, and the like, it has been visually monitored whether metal foreign substances such as sewing needles and injection needles are mixed in products, particularly foods, clothes, and bedding.

[0003]

However, it was extremely time-consuming to examine each product one by one, and the employees who monitor the products had to be completely involved in the work to prevent contamination. In addition, labor costs have increased.

[0004] Further, it is extremely difficult to reliably detect a foreign substance even if a product is examined one by one.
For example, a polyethylene film (so-called wrap)
It is not possible to detect the sewing needle if it is completely embedded in the pork sealed with the above, and it is difficult to find the hole made in the film when inserting the needle.

[0005] If the customer who purchases a product is instructed to confirm the product thoroughly, the shop and the customer will be extremely troublesome, and the credibility of the store will be reduced, and the number of customers will decrease. There was also a disadvantage that it would.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention provides a money detector equipped with a metal detector which can easily check whether or not a metal foreign substance has been mixed in a product immediately before the customer brings the product back, and can safely take the purchased product home. To provide a registration machine.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a metal detector,
A terminal device having a display screen to which a product number reader and an input device are connected, and a belt conveyor, a product basket storing products, or a product itself is placed on the belt conveyor, and the metal detector detects a product inside the product. By detecting a metal foreign substance and reading a bar code attached to the product with the product number reader, a foreign substance inspection result inside the product and a total unit price of the purchased product can be displayed on a screen. The configuration is a cash register with a detector.

[0008]

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a cash register with a metal detector according to the present invention. The cash register 1 with a metal detector according to the present invention has metal detectors 4, 4 erected on both sides of a laid belt conveyor 3, and an input device 5 and a cash register 6 are L-shaped. 2 is provided.

The input device 5 and the cash register 6 are generally used in a supermarket or the like. The input device 5 has a product number reader 5a for reading a bar code attached to a product by a laser beam or the like. Although not shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of buttons are arranged so that the clerk 8 can input discounted products, marketed products, customer information, etc., and the product read by the product number reader 5a on the upper surface. A price display 5b for displaying a unit price corresponding to a number is provided.

The cash register 6 is a so-called cash register or cash register, has a display screen on the front, a coin purse 6c on the right side of the cash register 6 for coins, and a product number reading on the upper surface. Price display 5 displaying the unit price corresponding to the product number read by the machine 5a and the total of the unit prices.
b.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, an input port for inputting money, a change tray for discharging change, and the like are provided at a lower front portion of the cash registering machine 6.

The belt conveyor 3 provided in front of the input device 5 starts to move when a product basket 7 containing a product or a product is loaded, and the product basket 7 or the product passes between the metal detectors 4 and 4. And a mechanism that stops when the input device 5 is approached.

When the belt conveyor 3 operates, the product basket 7
Or, as the goods pass through the metal detectors 4, 4, they search to find any metallic foreign objects that may be present in the goods.

The result of the inspection by the metal detectors 4 and 4 can be displayed on a price display 5b for displaying the unit price and a price display 6b for displaying the total price by a warning light or the like, so that the customer who purchases the product can do so. Can be given a sense of security, and it is a proof that no foreign metal is mixed.

The merchandise stored in the merchandise basket 7a on the belt conveyor 3 is read by the store clerk 8 into the merchandise number reader 5a. The merchandise read by the reader 5a is successively stored in the empty merchandise basket 7b in front of the cash register 6 by the clerk 8.

The cash register 1 with a metal detector reads a bar code of a product with a product number reader 5a, reads a unit price from the read bar code, and sums up the total price as in the case of a general use. It is displayed on the display 6b.

The merchandise number reader 5a reads a barcode attached to the merchandise price tag with a laser beam or the like by lightly pressing the price tag of the merchandise on the lower surface of the input device 5, and is used in a convenience store or the like. A small-sized reader that is used and can be held in a hand may be used to read the product number by pressing it against the price tag of the product.

The data of the product number and unit price read by the product number reader 5a and the total price of the purchased product are PO
It is managed by the S system (point of sale information management system).

The customer looks at the total price on the price display 6b and places the money to be paid in the coin purse 6c. The cashier 8 as a cashier enters the money in the coin purse 6c and puts it into an input port (not shown) of the cash registering machine 6. The change is automatically calculated and the change is discharged to the change tray, and the clerk 8 takes out the change and delivers it to the customer together with the receipt.

As described above, metal foreign objects such as sewing needles and injection needles can be found by the metal detectors 4 and 4. In addition, a cashier clerk 8 continues to work while receiving money after passing through the metal detectors 4 and 4 and delivering the product to the customer. Therefore, there is no person other than the clerk who can mix the foreign matter, so that the merchandise can be purchased with confidence.

[0021] In addition to metal foreign substances mixed by a suspicious person into displayed products, canned debris and food manufacturing machine fragments that are erroneously mixed into the products can be easily removed without opening the product packaging. Can be found.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a cash register with a metal detector according to the present invention. A plurality of POS terminals 10 are connected from a main computer 9 that controls and controls a plurality of POS terminals 10 and manages product data, purchaser data, and the like. FIG. 2 shows one of the POS terminals 10.

The POS terminal 10 includes a metal detector 13,
It comprises a terminal device 11 to which a product number reader 14 and an input device 15 are connected.

The metal detector 13 detects a metal foreign substance mixed in a product and sends a signal to the terminal device 11. When the terminal device 11 receives the signal indicating that a foreign object has been mixed, the terminal device 11 displays the presence of the foreign object on the display screen 12 and disables the input of the product number using the product number reader.

If no metallic foreign matter is mixed in the product, the product is passed through the metal detector 13 so that the product number can be read, and then the reading of the product number is started.

The product number is read, and the unit price corresponding to the product number is read from the terminal device 11. Add discount service or market price service to the read unit price,
The input device 15 is used to input customer information or the like to the terminal device 11.

The terminal device 11 is provided with a display screen 12 corresponding to an inspection result by the metal detector 13, a product number by the product number reader 14, a discount service by the input device 15, and a product number. The unit price to be displayed is displayed.

[0028]

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained. First, it is not necessary to visually monitor products placed on display shelves one by one, and it is possible to continuously inspect purchased products at once. The labor cost for that does not increase. Further, even if a metallic foreign substance such as a sewing needle is completely embedded in a product, it can be reliably detected.

Secondly, there is no need to warn the customer who has purchased the product, "Please check the product thoroughly." Both stores and customers have no hassle. That doesn't hurt the store's reputation.

Third, immediately before the customer takes the product home, it is easy to check whether or not the product contains metal foreign matter, and to prove that no metal foreign matter has been mixed in front of the customer. You can take your purchased items home with confidence.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a cash register with a metal detector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a cash register with a metal detector according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 cash register with metal detector 2 cashier 3 belt conveyor 4 metal detector 5 input device 5a product number reader 5b price display 6 cash register 6a display screen 6b price display 6c coin purse 7-7b basket 9 clerk 9 Main computer 10 POS terminal 11 Terminal device 12 Display screen 13 Metal detector 14 Product number reader 15 Input device

Claims (3)

[Claims] The present invention comprises a terminal device having a display screen to which a metal detector, a product number reader and an input device are connected, and a billboard provided with a belt conveyor, wherein a product is placed on the belt conveyor and the metal detector is provided. By detecting metal foreign matter in the product with the machine and reading the bar code attached to the product with the product number reader, the result of the foreign material inspection inside the product and the total unit price of the purchased product can be displayed on the screen. A cash register with a metal detector. 2. The metal according to claim 1, wherein a commodity basket containing the commodities is placed on the belt conveyor, and the commodities in the commodity basket are inspected for foreign substances at once by a metal detector. Cash register with detector. 3. The metal detection device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device cannot read a product number by a product number reader unless a metal foreign matter is not found by the metal detector. Cash register with machine.