JP2007102527A - Pos register - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a POS register which saves operator's labor due to the confirmation at a checkout counter, whether a customer needs a shopping bag at settlement. <P>SOLUTION: A card reader 4 reads an identification number of a shopper from magnetic data of a membership card, while a register is being operated. A CPU 1 reads out shopping bag necessary-or-unnecessary data of an identification number read out from a membership file and determines whether a shopping bag is necessary, based on the shopping bag necessary-or-unnecessary data. When a shopping bag is determined as being necessary, a message indicating that a shopping bag is necessary is displayed on a display part 5. When a shopping bag is determined as not being necessary, a message indicating that a shopping bag is not necessary is displayed on the display part 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

 The present invention relates to a POS register used for cashier checkout at a retail store.

 Since environmental issues such as garbage reduction are closely watched, retail stores and the like provide services that deal with environmental issues such as granting benefits to shoppers who bring shopping bags. Among the shoppers at retail stores where such services are implemented, there are both customers who bring shopping bags and customers who do not bring bags. There is a problem in that it is necessary to confirm whether it is necessary or not, and the register operator needs complicated work other than the register operation.

 In particular, when a large number of shoppers queue up at the cash register and wait for payment during busy hours such as in the evening, it is necessary to perform the cash register operation in a short time. This has been a problem in shortening the cashier operation time.

As a prior art according to the present invention, whether or not a shopping bag is necessary by displaying a selection item such as necessity of a shopping bag on a touch panel of a customer display of a POS register during a cash register operation, and a shopper operating the touch panel. And so on. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
JP 2001-109955 A

 However, in such a conventional technology, since the shopper has to operate the touch panel every time the cash register operation is performed, the shopper is required to take extra time and, for example, for the elderly and other machine operations. In the case of an unskilled shopper, there is a problem that even if it is a simple operation, the operation takes time, and as a result, the normal cash register operation takes extra time.

 The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a POS register that can save the operator of the cashier from checking the necessity of the shopping bag with the shopper during the cashier operation.

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. The invention according to claim 1 is a POS register for identifying a customer and registering the product when the customer purchases the product. Card reading means for reading customer identification information or unnecessary information on a shopping bag from the membership card, and reading the unnecessary information on the shopping bag with reference to a member file from the identification information read by the card reading means, Alternatively, the POS register is characterized by comprising reading means for reading out the unnecessary information of the shopping bag read by the card reading means and notification means for informing the unnecessary information of the shopping bag.

 Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the informing means is a display, and the display means for the store clerk to be seen by the operator of the POS register, the total price of the registered products is displayed on the display means, 2. The POS register according to claim 1, wherein the plastic bag necessity information is displayed.

 The invention according to claim 3 is the POS register according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an operation means for temporarily changing the necessary / unnecessary information of the shopping bag by operation.

 According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the member file, cumulative points are stored for each piece of customer identification information, and when the unnecessary information on the plastic bag of the identification information does not require a plastic bag. 4. The POS register according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling to add a certain point to the accumulated point of the identification information at the time of product registration.

 According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the point addition is prohibited when the unnecessary information in the unnecessary information in the shopping bag is changed to the required information. It is.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the product is registered, the notifying means notifies the clerk of unnecessary information on the customer's plastic bag, so that the clerk can save the customer from checking whether the plastic bag is necessary. it can.
According to the invention of claim 2, since the information necessary for the shopping bag is displayed together with the total price on the display means for the clerk displaying the total price of the registered products, the total price is transmitted to the customer, Immediately before handing the bag, the necessity of the shopping bag is known, and the workability is improved without forgetting the information.

According to the invention of claim 3, since the clerk can temporarily change the unnecessary information of the plastic bag by operating the operation means, for example, the plastic bag is temporarily temporarily provided to a customer who normally does not need the plastic bag. It is possible to change the unnecessary information of the shopping bag so that it is necessary.
According to the invention of claim 4, when the shopping bag is unnecessary at the time of registering the product, the control means adds a certain point to the accumulated point, so that a point service such as giving a privilege according to the accumulated point number can be implemented. .

 According to the invention of claim 5, when the unnecessary information is temporarily changed to the necessary information, the point addition is prohibited, so even if it is temporarily changed, points are not given by mistake, It is possible to provide a correct point service based on unnecessary information in actual transactions.

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the POS register according to the present embodiment. The POS register according to the present embodiment stores a CPU 1 (corresponding to reading means and control means) that controls the operation of the POS register, a ROM 2 that stores programs used by the CPU 1, member files, and product files. RAM 3, a card reader 4 for reading a membership card (corresponding to card reading means), and a display unit 5 (corresponding to notifying means for displaying information on the result of charge settlement and shopping bag required) A customer-side display unit facing the store, and a store-clerk display unit facing the store clerk), a barcode reader 6 for reading the barcode attached to the product, and a registering operation The key operation unit 7 (corresponding to the operation means) and a receipt printing unit 8 for printing a receipt are connected to each other by a bus cable.

 FIG. 2 shows an example of the stored contents of the member file stored in the RAM 3. The membership file has a shopper's identification number column, a shopper's name column, a shopper's address column, a shopping bag's unnecessary information column, and a cumulative points column. Other columns can be added accordingly. The “unnecessary information” column of the shopping bag stores “1” when a shopping bag is required for each shopper, and “0” when it is unnecessary. In the column of accumulated points, the accumulated points of points given to customers who bring shopping bags are stored.

 Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 3 is a processing flow of the POS register. First, in step S1, the magnetic data of the member card is read from the card reader 4, and the row of the read identification number in the member file is referred to from the magnetic data of the identification number read by the card reader 4.

 In step S2, if the data in the column of the unnecessary information in the plastic bag of the identification number line read in step S1 in the member file is “1”, the plastic bag is necessary, and if it is “0”. Judge that shopping bags are unnecessary. If a shopping bag is required, that is, if YES, the process proceeds to step S3. If the shopping bag is unnecessary, that is, if NO, the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S3, money amount data (for example, 5 yen) for a predetermined shopping bag is temporarily stored in a predetermined first area of the RAM 3, and the process proceeds to step S4.
In step S4, a message such as “A plastic bag is required” is displayed on the salesclerk side display section of the display section 5, and the process proceeds to step S5.

 In step S5, product registration of the product is started. The barcode attached to the product is read by the barcode reader 6, and the product name data and price data of the corresponding product are read from the product file in the RAM 3 based on the read barcode information. Then, the product name data and the price data of the read product are temporarily stored in a predetermined second area of the RAM 3 sequentially, and the process proceeds to step S6.

 In step S6, when the product registration end key of the key operation unit 7 is pressed, the total amount of the products registered in step S5 is calculated, and further in step S3, the first area of the RAM 3 is temporarily stored. The total amount is calculated by adding the stored amount data for the shopping bag. The total amount is displayed on the display unit 5 (both the clerk side display unit and the customer side display unit), and a message indicating that the shopping bag is necessary is displayed again only on the clerk side display unit.

 As a result, the cash register operator can know again whether or not a plastic bag is necessary in the normal cash register operation process. In other words, the cashier operator can check the total amount on the display unit 5 and convey the total amount verbally from the operator to the customer. Because you know the information of whether or not, you can not forget the information and can provide a plastic bag smoothly.

 In step S7, points corresponding to the total amount of the cash register registration products calculated in step S6 are generated and added to the point data in the column of accumulated points in the row of the shopper identification number in the member file.

In step S8, the closing key is pressed, and the closing processing is performed from the calculated total amount and the amount deposited by the shopper, and the receipt processing is issued from the receipt printing unit 8 to complete the processing for one customer. . If a shopping bag is required in the determination in step S2 as in the above flow, the customer can be printed by printing on the issuance receipt that "there is a point by bringing a shopping bag." You may make it appeal to bring a shopping bag.
On the other hand, when NO is determined in step S2, that is, when the shopping bag is unnecessary, the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, point data (for example, 5 points) for a predetermined shopping bag is temporarily stored in a predetermined first area of the RAM 3, and the process proceeds to step S10.
In step S10, a display such as “no plastic bag is required” is displayed on the salesclerk display section of the display section 5, and the process proceeds to step S11.

 In step S11, the purchased product is registered as in step S3. The barcode attached to the product is read by the barcode reader 6, and the product name data and price data of the corresponding product are read from the product file from the read barcode information. Then, the read product name data and price data are temporarily stored in a predetermined second area of the RAM 3 sequentially.

 In step S12, when the product registration end key of the key operation unit 7 is pressed, the total price of the registered products is calculated. A total amount is displayed on the display unit 5 and a message indicating that a shopping bag is not required is displayed only on the display side of the display unit 5.

In step S13, a point corresponding to the total amount of the cash register registered product calculated in step S12 is generated, and in step S9, a point given when the shopping bag is not required temporarily stored in the first area of the RAM 3 is added. The total points are added to the point data in the column of the cumulative number of points in the row of the identification number of the shopper in the member file.
In step S14, it is determined whether or not the necessity change key for changing only the transaction for the necessity information on the shopping bag has been pressed. If the key is pressed, that is, if YES, the process proceeds to step S15. If the key is not pressed, that is, if NO, the process proceeds to step S8, and a tightening process is performed.

 In step S15, addition of the grant points when the shopping bag added in step S13 is unnecessary is prohibited. If the customer registered in advance because the shopping bag is unnecessary, forgets the shopping bag, or if the customer wants the shopping bag only for the current shopping, and the customer's offer has pressed the unnecessary change key, step S9 It is prohibited to add the points for the shopping bags calculated in step 1 to the points for the total amount calculated in step S12. Specifically, the point data (for example, 5 points) temporarily stored in the predetermined first area of the RAM 3 in step S9 is cleared, and only the point data based on the total amount of product registration in step S12 is the shopper of the member file. Is added to the point data in the column of the cumulative number of points in the identification number row. As a result, if a shopper who normally does not need a shopping bag forgets to bring a shopping bag and needs a shopping bag, the shopper can receive the shopping bag by offering it to the store clerk. In addition, it is possible to provide a correct point grant service based on unnecessary information at the time of actual transaction.

 In step S16, the amount of the plastic bag, for example, 5 yen is added to the total amount calculated in step S12, and the total amount is displayed again on the customer side display unit and the store clerk side display unit of step S8. Proceed to processing. In this manner, by making it possible to change the unnecessary information before the closing process, correct point addition and correct payment can be performed even if the shopping bag needless information is temporarily changed.

 In this embodiment, the shopper's identification number is stored as magnetic data in the membership card, and the cashier operator reads the membership card at the cashier checkout, so that the CPU 1 is stored in the RAM 3. The unnecessary data of the shopping bag is obtained from the identification number data with reference to the product file, but the unnecessary data of the shopping bag may be stored in the membership card in the form of magnetic data.

 Also, the member card need not be limited to a magnetic card. Member identification data is stored using a non-contact IC card or a two-dimensional barcode using a portable terminal, and is read by the card reader 4 of the POS register. The shopper may be identified by.

Further, the number of points given by bringing a shopping bag may be increased according to the cumulative number of points of the shopper.
In addition, after determining whether or not a plastic bag is necessary in step S2, information indicating whether or not a plastic bag is necessary may be displayed on the clerk side display unit at all times.
Further, in the flowchart of the above embodiment, it has been described only when it is determined NO in step S2 whether or not the necessity change key has been pressed (when the shopping bag is unnecessary), but it is determined as YES. Even if it is performed (when a shopping bag is required), it may be determined whether or not the unnecessary change key has been pressed before the tightening process in step S8.

 In this case, the customer who is usually registered as needing a shopping bag brought his shopping bag, so the shopping bag is unnecessary, and the price for the shopping bag added in step S3 is the product in step S6. It is prohibited to add to the total price of registered products. That is, when the unnecessary change key is pressed before the tightening process, the amount of the plastic bag in step S3 is subtracted from the total amount in step S6. Then, the number of points (for example, 5 points) corresponding to the amount of the plastic bag based on the information on the necessity of the plastic bag is added to the number of points based only on the total price of the product registration in step S6, and the point number is the shopper of the member file Is added to the point data in the column of the cumulative number of points in the identification number row. Then, the final total amount may be displayed on the customer side display unit and the store clerk side display unit of the display unit 5. By doing in this way, the customer who brought the shopping bag temporarily can receive the service of giving points by bringing the shopping bag.

When it is determined whether or not the cash register of the plastic bag is necessary, the result of the determination may be displayed on the display unit 5, and the operator of the cash register may be notified by voice from a speaker.
Further, in the present embodiment, the explanation was that the shopping bag is provided for a fee, but the shopping bag itself is free of charge, and the shopping bag can be increased by increasing the points when bringing a shopping bag instead. You may make it raise the incentive of bringing a bag.
The unnecessary information on the shopping bag is stored in the member file, and the identification number of the customer of the member card is read by the card reader 4, and the shopping bag stored in the member file from the read identification number. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the shopping bag is necessary when the membership card stores the unnecessary information on the shopping bag and the membership card is read. May be determined.
Further, the unnecessary information on the shopping bag may be displayed not only on the clerk side display unit but also on the customer side display unit.

 The present invention is suitable for use in a POS register used for cashier payment at a retail store.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the POS register concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the member file of the POS register concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the POS register concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... CPU
2… ROM
3 ... RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Card reader 5 ... Display part 6 ... Bar code reader 7 ... Key operation part 8 ... Receipt printing part

Claims (5)

When registering a customer's purchased product, in the POS register that identifies the customer and registers the product,
Card reading means for reading customer identification information or unnecessary information on shopping bags from a membership card brought by the customer;
Reading means for reading the unnecessary information on the plastic bag by referring to the member file from the identification information read by the card reading means, or reading the unnecessary information on the plastic bag read by the card reading means; ,
A POS register comprising an informing means for informing the necessity information of the shopping bag.  The notifying means is a display and a display means for a clerk to be seen by an operator of the POS register, and the total price of the registered products is displayed on the display means, and the information necessary for the shopping bag is displayed. The POS register according to claim 1.  The POS register according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an operation means for temporarily changing necessary information of the shopping bag by an operation.  Accumulated points are stored for each piece of customer identification information in the member file, and when the unnecessary information on the plastic bag of the identification information does not require a plastic bag, a certain point is set when the product is registered. 4. The POS register according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling to add to the accumulated points.   5. The POS register according to claim 4, wherein the point addition is prohibited when unnecessary information in the unnecessary information of the shopping bag is changed to required information by the operation.

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