JP2000357277A - Article sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a receipt effectively for a customer's individual account book and to improve services by printing account book data on which sales data of a current transaction are reflected on the receipt together with data regarding the current transaction. SOLUTION: When a customer number is read out of a customer card, the account book data corresponding to the number are read in from an account- book-by-customer file in a RAM 14 and a totalization section code in the account book data is matched against an account book totalization management section table in the RAM 14 to decide a specific period of totalization management that the customer desires. The contents of the sale registration are totalized by transaction customers and classification of articles, and stored and held in the account-book-by-customer file as the account book data, and sales data of the current transaction are reflected on the held account book data. The resulting account book data are printed on a receipt together with the sales registration of the current transaction so that constitution rates (%) by the classifications of articles are included.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus called an electronic cash register or a POS (point of sale information) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when purchasing a product, a customer brings a desired product to a cash register, and a clerk at a cash register stores product information on the brought product as an electronic cash register or a POS (point of sale information) terminal. Of the product sales data processing device. With this input, sales data such as the price of the product is registered in the sales, and the closing process including the exchange of the price between the customer and the clerk is performed by the subsequent closing key input. Then, the data (including closing data) related to the sales registration of the transaction is printed on the receipt,
The receipt is given to the customer. By looking at the receipt, the customer can confirm what kind of merchandise and what price were purchased in the transaction.

[0003]

As a service to buyers, it is common to issue a receipt of data (including closing data) relating to sales registration, but the receipt is only a means for confirming the product and the amount of money, and is received. Some people take good care of their receipts, others discard them immediately. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable not only confirmation of goods and the amount of money but also effective use as a personal household account book of a customer, thereby improving service to the customer. An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales data processing device.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, wherein sales data of merchandise is registered based on input of merchandise information, and the merchandise sales data registered in one transaction. Holding means for printing and recording the contents of the sales registration as household account data for each customer for a plurality of transactions, and the sales data of the current transaction in the household account data held in the holding means. And control means for printing the household account data reflected by the reflecting means on a receipt together with data relating to the sales registration of the current transaction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales data processing apparatus for registering sales data of merchandise based on input of merchandise information, and printing and recording the merchandise sales data registered in one transaction on a receipt. Holding means for accumulating the contents of the sales registration for a plurality of transactions for each customer and for each product category and storing and holding the same as household account data; and storing the household account data held in the holding means for the current transaction. Reflecting means for reflecting the sales data, and control means for printing the household account data reflected by the reflecting means on a receipt together with data relating to the sales registration of the current transaction in a form including the composition ratio by product category. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect,
Further, there is provided control means for managing the household account data in the holding means for a predetermined period requested by the customer.

[0007]

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 main part of a control circuit of a commodity sales data processing apparatus of the present invention, for example, a POS (Point Of Sales: point of sale information) terminal.

A CPU (Central Processi) as a main control unit
ng Unit) 11, a bus line 12 is connected to the bus line 12, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 and R
An AM (Random Access Memory) 14 is connected.
The ROM 13 stores fixed data such as a program executed by the CPU 10. The RAM 14 functions as a storage unit or the like for registering sales data of sales registered products for each product.

Further, the keyboard 1 is connected to the bus line 12.
Keyboard controller 16 and display 17 for controlling 5
Controller 18 for controlling printer, printer controller 20 for controlling printer 19, card reader / writer 2
Card reader / writer that arranges data input and output with 1
An interface 22, a communication interface 23 for sending and receiving data to and from a higher-level device 30 such as a host computer via a communication line, and a clock circuit 2 for clocking date and time
4. An input / output port 25 for inputting and outputting data to and from an external device such as a drawer 26 is connected.

The display 17 displays the price of the product. The printer 19 performs receipt printing and the like. The card reader / writer 21 reads and writes data on a customer card (also referred to as a membership card) possessed by the customer. The customer card is issued to the applicant of the household account book service.

As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 15 has a number key K1 for inputting numerical data, and a PLU for applying numerical data input by the number key K1 to a product.
(Price Look Up) A PLU key K2 for instructing to be treated as a code, a numeric key K3 for instructing to treat numeric data input by the value key K1 as amount data, and a numerical value input by a value key K1 X key K4 for instructing the data to be treated as the number data of commodities, subtotal key K5 for instructing the output of the total amount, deposit / current total key K6 for instructing to close the registration and declaring cash payment, error condition And a return key K8 for declaring a return operation.

The RAM 14 stores a department / classification conversion table shown in FIG. 3 and a household account file by customer shown in FIG. The department / classification conversion table includes a category name (vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, etc.) of the product, a category code, and a category code indicating in which department (sales counter, etc.) the product corresponding to the category code is placed. Become. The household account file for each customer contains household account data (customer number,
Customer name, total classification code, total score for each classification code, total amount of money) and last transaction date and time data are stored.
The cumulative category code specifies the form of cumulative management (monthly / yearly / permanent) for the household account data, and is determined by listening to the customer's request when issuing the customer card. here,
1 is monthly management, 2 is annual management, 3 is permanent (no clear)
It is.

The CPU 11 has the following means [1] to [4] as main functions. [1] Holding means for accumulating the contents of sales registrations for a plurality of transactions for each customer and for each product category, and storing the totals as household account book data in a customer-specific household account file in the RAM 14.

[2] Reflecting means for reflecting the sales data of the current transaction to the household account data held in the household account file for each customer.

[3] Control means for printing the household account data reflected by the reflecting means on the receipt together with the data relating to the sales registration of the current transaction in a form including the composition ratio (%) by product category.

[4] The household account data held in the household account file for each customer is stored in a predetermined period (monthly / yearly /
Permanent) control means.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a customer makes a purchase request for a product, the clerk receives a customer card from the customer and sets the customer card in the card reader / writer 21. With this set, the customer number is read from the customer card (step 1)
01).

Subsequently, the clerk inputs the product code attached to the product that the customer wants to purchase by using the value key K1 of the keyboard 15 or by reading using a scanner (not shown). With this input, product information such as the price, name, and section code of the product is obtained by referring to a PLU file or the like, and sales registration is executed based on the product information (step 102). Then, when the clerk inputs the closing key (deposit / current total key K6), the closing process including the exchange of the price between the customer and the clerk is performed (step 103).

When the customer number is read from the customer card,
The household account data corresponding to the customer number is read from the individual household account file in the RAM 14 (step 10).
4). The read household account data includes the cumulative division code, and by comparing the cumulative division code with the household account total management division table in the RAM 14, the total management requested by the customer can be performed monthly, annually, or permanently. Is determined (steps 105 and 107).

For monthly management (YE in step 105)
S), it is determined based on the previous transaction date and time whether or not today's sales registration is the first purchase after a month change on the calendar (step 106). If the management is annual (YES in step 107), it is determined based on the previous transaction date and time whether or not today's sales registration is due to the first purchase after the year change on the calendar (step 10).
8). The determination of the month change and the year change is made based on the clocking of the clock circuit 24.

If this is the first purchase after a month change (YES in step 106) or if it is the first purchase after a year change (YES in step 108), the accumulated points and accumulated amounts in the household account data are cleared. (Zero update) (step 109).

If the purchase is not the first purchase after the month change (NO in step 106) or if it is not the first purchase after the year change (NO in step 108), the accumulated points and the accumulated amount in the household account data are cleared (zero update). Not).

On the other hand, the points and amounts of the sales products of the current transaction are accumulated for each classification, and are added to the household account file for each customer as household account data (step 110). Then, the last transaction date and time data is updated to the current date and time data.

Further, the composition ratio (%) of the points by category for the sales products of this transaction is obtained, and the composition ratio of the points by classification for the cumulative sales products based on the household account data in the household account file by customer. (%)
Is obtained (step 111).

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, each product information and closing data are printed as receipt-related data on the receipt, and the sales products of this transaction (this time) are printed on the same receipt as a household account book service. Points / total amount / composition ratio (%) by category for purchases) and points / total amount / composition ratio (%) by category for cumulative sales products (cumulative purchases)
Is printed (step 112).

In this case, the classification name is printed. The classification name is determined by referring to the classification code in the household account data and the classification master table in the RAM 14.

As described above, by printing the transaction details and the household account book data for a predetermined period reflecting the current transaction on one receipt, the receipt can be used not only for confirming the goods and the amount but also for each customer. Can also be used effectively.

It is convenient for the customer because the trouble of calculating the amount of money while looking at the receipt and recording it in the household account book is eliminated. The desire to make purchases at the same store can be held by the customer, which is advantageous to the store in terms of securing customers.
It will also be a sales promotion that attracts new customers.

In addition, since the composition ratio (%) is printed in addition to the total of the points and the amount of money, the customer can accurately determine what kind of merchandise and what percentage he / she has purchased as his / her own preference. You can know.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified without changing the gist.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the contents of sales registration for a plurality of transactions are accumulated for each customer, and the total is stored as household account data. And the reflected household account book data is printed on the receipt together with the data related to the sales registration of this transaction, so that the receipt can be used not only for confirmation but also as a customer's personal household account book. It is possible to provide a merchandise sales data processing device capable of performing the above.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit according to one embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of the keyboard of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a section / classification conversion table according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a household account book file for each customer according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a receipt according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 13 ROM 14 RAM 15 Keyboard 17 Display 19 Printer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise sales data processing device for registering sales data of merchandise based on input of merchandise information and printing and recording merchandise sales data registered in one transaction on a receipt. Means for storing and holding household account book data for each customer for a plurality of transactions, reflecting means for reflecting the sales data of the current transaction to the household account data held in the holding means, and household account book reflected by the reflecting means Control means for printing data on a receipt together with data relating to the sales registration of the current transaction, a merchandise sales data processing apparatus comprising: 2. A merchandise sales data processing device for registering sales data of merchandise based on input of merchandise information and printing and recording merchandise sales data registered in one transaction on a receipt. Means for storing and holding as a household account book data a total of a plurality of transactions for each customer and for each product category, a reflecting means for reflecting the sales data of the current transaction to the household account book data held in the holding means, Control means for printing the household account data reflected by the reflecting means on the receipt together with data relating to the sales registration of the current transaction in a form including the composition ratio of each product category, and control means for printing the goods sales data, characterized by comprising: apparatus. 3. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for managing the household account book data in said holding means for a predetermined period requested by a customer.