JP2009032169A - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing machine for supporting the optimum merchandise sale matched to a sales policy and a sales intention. <P>SOLUTION: This ticket issuing machine conducts control to change a display mode of a corresponding merchandise article in a display part, when an inventory of the merchandise articles gets less than a prescribed threshold value set preliminarily along the sales policy and the sales intention. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket issuing machine that accepts selection of a product and issues a ticket corresponding to the selected product.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ticket issuing machine that has a display unit such as a touch panel, displays a product selection button on the display unit, and issues a corresponding ticket when a customer presses the selection button is used. In addition, when the ticketing machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 is not available for sale because a certain product is out of stock, the product is not allowed to be selected, so that the sale is stopped and the ticket for the product is not issued by mistake. I am doing so.
JP 2000-57383 A

  By the way, in the ticketing machine as described above, for example, recommended products are arranged in a position that is easily noticeable by customers on the display unit, or displayed in a conspicuous size, and other products are displayed at the end of the display unit, etc. It is often placed in a position where it is difficult to see. Here, for example, even if it is a recommended product, there is a situation where you do not want to actively sell depending on the store's sales policy and sales intention when the inventory amount is low, but the recommended product is still displayed on the display section Therefore, there is a high possibility that the customer will make a purchase, so that the product cannot be sold in accordance with the sales policy and the sales intention of the store.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing machine that supports optimal merchandise sales in accordance with a store sales policy and sales intention.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and is a ticket issuing machine that accepts selection of a product and issues a ticket corresponding to the selected product, and displays each product in a selectable manner. Storage means for storing product management information for each product related to the current sales status of each product and control information in which specific conditions satisfied by the product management information are preset, and the product management information is stored in the storage means A determination unit that determines whether or not a condition set as the control information is satisfied, and when it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the display mode of the display unit is changed for a product that satisfies the condition And a control means.

  In this invention, the merchandise management information is information related to the sales status of the merchandise such as the stock quantity and sales volume of the merchandise, and the control information is information such as a threshold set corresponding to the stock quantity. When a ticket is issued by the ticket issuing machine and the product is sold, the product management information (for example, inventory amount) changes. When the merchandise management information satisfies the condition set as control information (for example, a threshold for inventory quantity), control for changing the display mode of the corresponding merchandise on the display unit is performed. The change of the display mode is to make the display of the display part of the product conspicuous, or conversely, to make it inconspicuous. Specifically, the display mode such as the display position and the display size is changed. It is to be. According to this invention, the sales policy and the sales intention of the store can be reflected in the control information, and the display mode is controlled using this control information and the product management information. In addition to responding, it will be possible to carry out optimal product sales that match the store's sales policy and sales intentions.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the ticket issuing machine, the determination means makes the determination every time a ticket is issued.

  According to the present invention, every time a ticket is issued and a product is sold, it is determined whether or not the product management information satisfies the setting condition of the control information. During the business hours, the display on the display unit can always be maintained in such a manner as to enable merchandise sales that match the store's sales policy and sales intentions.

  In the ticketing machine according to the present invention, the control unit changes the display mode of the display unit so that the display position of the product determined to satisfy the condition and the display position of another product are switched. It is characterized by that.

  According to this invention, since the display positions of the two products are switched, there is no useless space in the display unit even after the display mode is changed, and the display space can be used effectively.

  Further, the present invention is a ticket issuing machine that accepts selection of products and issues a ticket corresponding to the selected product, based on a display unit that displays each product in a selectable manner and a current inventory amount of each product. And control means for changing the display mode of the display unit.

  According to the present invention, control is performed to change the display mode of the corresponding product in the display unit according to the inventory quantity of each product, so that it is possible to perform product sales that match the store's sales policy and sales intention It is. For example, when the amount of inventory of a certain product decreases, the display on the display unit of the product can be made conspicuous or conspicuous on the contrary, depending on the store's sales policy and sales intention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the optimal merchandise sales suitable for the store side sales policy and the sales intention can be supported by the ticket issuing machine.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a sales system using a ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. This sales system will be described below assuming that the ticketing machine 10 is a ticket-issuing machine that issues a meal ticket when it is introduced into a cafeteria or the like. The ticket issuing machine 10 is connected to a network 20 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). The management device 30 communicates with the ticketing machine 10 via the network 20 to manage the operation of the ticketing machine 10 and information in the ticketing machine 10. In addition, sales performance data is collected from the ticketing machine 10 and the ordering of products is instructed based on the management and sales information.

  The CPU 1 (central processing unit) controls the overall processing operation of the ticket issuing machine 10. The RAM 2 (random access memory) stores a product file and a display format file described later. In addition, a storage area used for the arithmetic processing of the CPU 1 is provided. ROM 3 (read only memory) stores a program executed by CPU 1. The currency identification unit 5 identifies the type of banknote or currency inserted by the user (customer) from the coin insertion slot 51 and the banknote insertion slot 52. The money dispensing unit 7 dispenses money from the dispensing outlet 71 as change or refund money. The ticket print issuing unit 8 prints a product (menu) name on a roll-shaped sheet, cuts it, and issues it as a meal ticket. Note that the ticket print issuing unit 8 may print a single ticket and issue it as a meal ticket. The operation display panel 9 is configured using a touch panel, and displays a product selection button in a selectable manner. When the user touches a desired product selection button, the selection of the product is input. In addition to the product selection button, the operation display panel 9 also displays a cancel key, a key for instructing to purchase a plurality of the same product, and the like. The communication unit 4 executes communication with the management device 30 via the network 20.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the ticket issuing machine 10. In the figure, an operation display panel 9 is disposed on the front face of the ticket issuing machine 10. The user selects a product using the operation display panel 9 and pays the price of the selected product by inserting money from the coin insertion slot 51 or the bill insertion slot 52. Change and refund money are paid out from the payout exit 71.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a product file stored in the RAM 2. In the product file, a product number, a product name, a price, an inventory amount, a threshold value, a related product number, a sale price, and the like are stored in association with each product. Here, the product number is a number that uniquely identifies the product, the product name is the product name, the price is the normal sales price of the product, the inventory quantity is the quantity indicating how much the product can be sold, and the threshold is the operation display panel 9. The value of the stock quantity that is the condition for changing the display mode of the selection button for the product above, the related product number is the product number of the product whose partner is to be switched the display position of the selection button, and the special sale price is linked to the display mode change The price of the product when

  Each time a product is selected at the ticket issuing machine 10 and one meal ticket is issued, the stock amount of the product is reduced by one. Further, when the number of items that can be sold increases due to the arrival of materials, the information is transmitted from the management device 30 one by one, and the stock quantity of the product is added by the quantity. Thus, the inventory quantity represents the sales situation of the product at the present time.

  When meal tickets are purchased and the stock amount decreases and the value reaches a threshold value, control is performed to change the display mode of the selection button for the product. The threshold is set in advance by a store manager or the like. By appropriately setting the threshold value, it is possible to perform product sales reflecting the store sales policy and the sales intention. Specifically, when the threshold value is set high, the inventory amount matches the threshold value early, so the display mode of the selection button is changed early. When the threshold value is set low, the inventory amount matches the threshold value later. Therefore, the display mode of the selection button is changed later. And, for example, if the change of the display mode is to reduce the display size of the selection button at this time, the selection button for the product becomes inconspicuous, and as a result, the customer is less likely to purchase the product. . Therefore, by adjusting the setting of the threshold value, it is possible to adjust the possibility that the product is purchased according to the relationship with the inventory amount, and thereby it is possible to sell the product reflecting the store sales policy and the sales intention.

  A specific example will be described in the product file of FIG. The product “recommended A” of the product number “0001” has a current stock quantity of “100”, a threshold value set to “10”, and a related product number “0004”. The product of this related product number “0004” is “curry”. When the stock amount of “recommended A” decreases to 10 pieces, the display positions of the “recommended A” selection button and the “curry” selection button on the operation display panel 9 are switched. Further, at this time, the display size of the “recommended A” selection button is reduced and the display size of the “curry” selection button is increased by the setting of the display format file described below. By changing the display mode in this way, the visibility of the selection buttons for the product “Recommendation A” and the product “Curry” has changed, and the probable purchase of the product “Curry” that has become conspicuous has increased. The possibility of purchasing “Recommended A” is low.

  Here, when the threshold value is set to, for example, 50 instead of “10” in the example of the figure, the display mode can be changed as described above at an earlier time than the case of “10”. . Therefore, for example, when the inventory amount of the product “Recommendation A” decreases, if there is a sales policy or a sales intention that the sales period of “Recommendation A” is to be delayed as much as possible, the threshold value is set. If it is set to 50, the “Recommendation A” selection button will not stand out at a relatively early stage. Conversely, if you have a sales policy or intention to sell out “Recommendation A” as soon as possible, you can set the threshold to 10 and delay the time to change the display mode until “Recommendation” The “A” selection button can remain in the original conspicuous state.

Similarly, for the product “Recommended B” of the product number “0002”, when the stock quantity reaches 10 which is the value set as the threshold, the product “Udon” of the product number “0005” set in the related product number is selected. The display position of the button changes.
For the product “Recommended C” of the product number “0003”, the related product number is not set, so the selection button is not replaced when the stock quantity reaches 10 which is the value set as the threshold value. The display size of the selection button is changed according to the setting of the display format file to be described. In addition, a special sale price is set for the “recommended C”, and when the inventory amount reaches a value set as a threshold, the sale price is changed to the special sale price “300 yen”.
Since the threshold value is not set for the product “Curry” of the product number “0004” and the product “Udon” of the product number “0005”, the display mode of the selection button is not changed regardless of the value of each stock quantity (however, As the display mode of “Recommendation A” and “Recommendation B” is changed, the display mode of “Curry” and “Udon” is changed).

  In this way, the display mode of the selection button is changed according to the inventory amount that represents the sales status of the product and the threshold value that is set as appropriate, so that the sales policy and the sales intention of the store can be adapted to changes in the sales status of the product. It is possible to sell optimal products. In addition, even if the inventory amount is the same, if the threshold value is different, the time when the display mode is changed is different, so compared to controlling the change of the display mode of the selection button based only on the inventory amount, Sales policies and sales intentions can be reflected in more detail, and further optimal product sales are possible.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a display format file stored in the RAM 2. In the display format file, the display mode of each selection button before and after the change is set for each product number. The display mode to be set includes the display position of the selection button, display size, background color, character size, presence / absence of blinking, and the like. The display position is specified by the X coordinate value and the Y coordinate value of the lower left vertex of the selection button. The origin of the XY coordinate axes is the lower left vertex of the operation display panel 9, and the X axis is set to the right and the Y axis is set to the upper direction (see FIG. 5 described below). The display size is specified by the selection button width ΔX (X direction) and height ΔY (Y direction). The background color is determined such that “1” is white and “2” is red. Presence / absence of blinking is determined such that “0” is not blinking and “1” is blinking.

A specific example will be described in the display format file of FIG. Before the display mode is changed, the selection button of the product number “0001”, that is, the product “Recommendation A” is displayed at the display position (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) with a width of 150 dots and a height of 150 dots. The background color is white and the character size is 20 points. The selection button for the product number “0004”, that is, the product “Curry” is displayed at the display position (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) with a width of 50 dots and a height of 50 dots. The background color is white and the character size is 10 points. In addition, none of them are displayed in a blinking state.

Here, when the stock amount of the product “recommended A” reaches “10” set as the threshold value of the product file, the selection button of “recommended A” is displayed according to the setting of “after change” in the display format file ( X ₂ , Y ₂ ), width 50 dots, height 50 dots. At the same time, the selection button of the product “curry” of the product number “0004” set as the related product number of the product number “0001” is also displayed at the display position (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) according to the “changed” setting of the display format file. The display mode is changed to 150 dots wide and 150 dots high. In this way, the display modes of the selection buttons of “recommendation A” and “curry” are changed so that the display positions of each other are switched, and “recommendation A” is small and “curry” is large.

Before the display mode is changed, the selection button of the product number “0003”, that is, the product “recommended C” is displayed at the display position (X ₅ , Y ₅ ) with a width of 100 dots and a height of 100 dots. The background color is white, the character size is 15 points, and the selection button is not blinking. Here, when the stock quantity of “recommended C” reaches “10” set as the threshold value of the product file, the selection button of “recommended C” has the display size according to the setting of “after change” of the display format file. The width is changed to 150 dots and the height is changed to 150 dots, the character size is changed to 20 points, and the selection button blinks. The display position is not changed. In this way, it is also possible to change only the display size, the presence / absence of blinking, etc. without changing the display position with other selection buttons.

FIG. 5 is a display example of the operation display panel 9 and shows how the display mode of the displayed selection button is changed. This example corresponds to the contents of the product file shown in FIG. 3 and the display format file shown in FIG.
In the figure shown before the display mode change in FIG. 5, each selection button of “recommendation A”, “recommendation B”, “recommendation C”, “curry”, and “udon” is displayed on the operation display panel 9. . Among these, the “recommended A” selection button is displayed in a large display size near the center of the operation display panel 9 so that the selection button is conspicuous. In addition, although the selection button of other goods is also displayed in the location shown with the dotted line, it is abbreviate | omitting here.

  The figure shown after the display mode change in FIG. 5 is when the stock quantity of “Recommended A” reaches “10” set as the threshold value of the product file. At this time, as described above, the display position and display size of “Recommendation A” and “Curry” are changed, and “Recommendation A” is displayed before the change, and the “Curry” selection button is displayed. Is displayed, and “Recommendation A” is displayed in the display mode in which “Curry” was displayed before the change. As a result, the “recommended A” selection button is displayed in a small display size at the lower right display position of the operation display panel 9, and the selection button is inconspicuous.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the ticket issuing machine 10. The operation of the ticket issuing machine 10 will be described along this flowchart.
In step S1, the ticket issuing machine 10 displays a selection button for each product on the operation display panel 9, and accepts the selection of the product by the customer. At this time, assuming that the stock quantity of any product is larger than the threshold set in the product file, each product is displayed on the operation display panel 9 in a display mode according to the setting “before change” in the display format file. Is displayed (see the diagram shown in FIG. 5 as before the display mode change).

  The customer looks at the display on the operation display panel 9 to select a desired product, inserts the money from the coin insertion slot 51 and the bill insertion slot 52, and touches the selection button of the selected commodity. In response, in step S2, the ticket issuing machine 10 identifies the product. Here, it is assumed that the product “Recommendation A” is selected.

Next, in step S3, the ticket issuing machine 10 performs payment based on the charged price and the price of the product “Recommendation A” set in the product file, and issues a meal ticket. Moreover, change is paid out from the payout opening 71 as needed.
Thereafter, in step S4, the ticket issuing machine 10 subtracts 1 from the inventory amount of the product file for the product “Recommended A” for which the meal ticket has been issued. Subsequently, in step S5, the ticket issuing machine 10 determines whether or not the stock amount after the subtraction is equal to or less than the threshold value of the product set in the product file. If it is determined that the stock quantity is greater than the threshold, the process returns to step S1 and the same process is repeated.

  When it is determined that the stock quantity is equal to or less than the threshold value, in step S6, the ticket issuing machine 10 further determines whether or not the stock quantity is zero. In the case of zero, since there is no stock and the product cannot be sold thereafter, the process proceeds to step S8, and the ticket issuing machine 10 performs a process of canceling the sale of the product. For example, the product cannot be selected by deleting the selection button of the product from the operation display panel 9.

  If the stock quantity is equal to or less than the threshold but not yet zero, in step S7, the ticket issuing machine 10 changes the display mode of the selection button on the operation display panel 9 according to the setting “after change” of the display format file. If the stock quantity of the product “Recommendation A” becomes 10 at this time, as described above, the display positions of the selection buttons of “Recommendation A” and “Curry” are switched, and the display size is also changed.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to
For example, as a method of changing the display mode of the selection button of the product whose inventory amount is equal to or less than the threshold set in the product file, it can be made more conspicuous than before the change, or less noticeable than before the change, Either can be taken. This can be realized by setting the contents of the display format file in accordance with the store sales policy and the sales intention.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the display mode of the selection button is changed according to the inventory amount indicating the sales status of the product and the threshold value that is set as appropriate. The display mode of the selection button may be changed according to the sales volume threshold value. That is, in the case of inventory quantity, every time one product is sold, the inventory quantity is decremented by 1. When the inventory quantity reaches 10 thresholds set in the product file in FIG. 3, the display mode is changed. However, in the case of the sales quantity, the sales quantity is increased by 1 every time one product is sold, and the display mode is changed when the sales quantity reaches, for example, 100 threshold values. This makes it possible to respond to changes in the sales situation of the product and to optimally sell the product in accordance with the sales policy and the sales intention of the store, regardless of whether the product is in stock or in sales volume.

  Further, as an example of a mode in which the display of the selection button is conspicuous, the selection button blinks the selection button so that the display position is near the center of the operation display panel 9, the display size is increased, the background color is made higher in the contrast of the selection button. It is possible to make it. Further, as an example of a mode in which the display of the selection button is not conspicuous, contrary to the above, the display position is set toward the end of the operation display panel 9, the display size is reduced, and the background color is reduced in the contrast of the selection button. It can be considered that the selection button is not blinked.

  Further, after the display mode of the selection button is changed to be conspicuous, for example, a change may be made such that the display mode becomes more prominent when one hour before the end of business hours. For example, only the display position may be changed when the inventory amount matches the threshold value, and the selection button may be blinked when the business hours are about to end. In this way, the product selection button is easily noticed by the customer and can be sold without leaving inventory.

In addition to the text information such as the product name and price, a photo or video may be displayed on the selection button.
In addition, the product selection screen of the operation display panel 9 may be configured to be switched to include a plurality of pages, and the selection button may be moved to the next page when the display mode is inconspicuous.
The shape of the selection button is arbitrary, and may be square or circular.
Instead of replacing the display positions of the two selection buttons, for example, “Recommendation A” is moved to the position of “Curry”, and “Curry” is moved to a place other than “Recommendation A”, and the original “ The position of “Recommendation A” may be blank.
Further, only the display size of the selection button may be changed.
Moreover, the handling object of the ticket-issuing machine 10 is not limited to meal tickets, and can be applied to sports watching, concerts, amusement park tickets, and the like.

It is a lineblock diagram of a sales system using a ticketing machine by one embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance block diagram of a ticket issuing machine. It is an example of the goods file memorize | stored in RAM. It is an example of the display format file memorize | stored in RAM. It is an example of a display of an operation display panel. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process in a ticket issuing machine.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU 2 ... RAM 3 ... ROM 4 ... Communication part 5 ... Money identification part 7 ... Money dispensing part 8 ... Ticket printing issuing part 9 ... Operation display panel 10 ... Ticketing machine 20 ... Network 30 ... Management apparatus 51 ... Coin slot 52 ... Bill insertion slot 71 ... Payment exit

Claims (4)

A ticketing machine that accepts a selection of products and issues a ticket corresponding to the selected product,
A display for displaying each product in a selectable manner;
Storage means for storing product management information for each product related to the current sales status of each product and control information in which specific conditions satisfied by the product management information are set;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the product management information satisfies a condition set as the control information of the storage unit;
When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, a control unit that changes a display mode of the display unit for a product that satisfies the condition;
A ticketing machine characterized by comprising:   The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit makes the determination each time a ticket is issued.   The said control means changes the display mode of the said display part so that the display position of the goods judged to satisfy | fill the said conditions and the display position of another goods may be switched. 2. Ticketing machine according to item 2. A ticketing machine that accepts a selection of products and issues a ticket corresponding to the selected product,
A display for displaying each product in a selectable manner;
Control means for changing the display mode of the display unit based on the current inventory amount of each product;
A ticketing machine characterized by comprising:

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