JP2010072938A - Device equipped with label issuing function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device (label issuing device and balance device) equipped with a label issuing function for eliminating any sales loss due to the forgetfulness of processing of an assistant such as the price reduction or discard of merchandise, and for preventing processed products scheduled to be discarded after the lapse of a selling time limit from being left in a merchandise display rack. <P>SOLUTION: The device equipped with the label issuing function for issuing a label on which merchandise identification information is printed includes: a label identification information printing means for printing the label identification information for specifying an issued label on a label; a guide start time storage means for storing a guide start time to announce how many hours before a consumption time limit the guide should be started; a label issue information file for storing at least the label identification information, price, processing date and time, consumption time limit, or guidance start date and time in the case of issuing the label; and a guide announcement means for announcing guide related with at least one of price reduction, repacking, and discard on the processing date and time, the consumption time limit, or guide start date and time of the label issue information file. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a label issuing device and a scale device having a label issuing function that is provided in a retail store or the like in which a customer selects a processed product displayed on a product display shelf and performs settlement.

  The above-mentioned method for selling processed products such as retail stores is to wrap the processed products in advance, print information such as the product name, price, processing date and time, expiration date (expiration date and time) of the processed products on the label It is affixed to the product and displayed on the product display shelf. When the expiry date approaches, what products will be discounted and what products will be discarded depend on the retailer's management policy, but there are products that will be priced and products that will be discarded without price reduction. is there. This means that if the price is lowered, consumers will wait for the price to buy and the product will not be sold at the regular selling price. Because I think.

  Because processed products that have passed their expiration date cannot be sold, the store clerk regularly checks the expiration date on the label of the processed product that remains on the product display shelf, and regarding processed products that are sold within the expiration date even if the price drops Affixes a price seal and removes the processed products from the merchandise display shelves.

  The expiration date is a date that must be consumed before that date. Therefore, it is necessary to sell the product by the date and time (hereinafter referred to as “sales deadline”) obtained by subtracting the estimated consumption time from when the consumer purchases to the actual consumption of the processed product from the expiration date. When selling a product at a price drop, it is necessary to start the price reduction from the date and time obtained by subtracting the number of hours necessary for the sale from the sales deadline.

  Therefore, for each processed product, the store clerk distinguishes whether the item is being reduced or discarded, and for the reduced product, the date and time of subtracting the number of hours required for sale from the sales deadline date and time is the current date and time. If the sales date has passed, the processed goods to be discarded are pasted from the merchandise display shelf and discarded.

  However, in the above conventional method, the store clerk may forget processing of the price reduction or disposal of the product, and the processed product that was planned to be sold even if the price is reduced does not fall below the sales deadline. There is a problem that the sales loss that the product has passed or the processed product that was scheduled to be discarded when the sales deadline has passed will be left on the product display shelf without being discarded even if the sales deadline has passed. There was also.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and there is no sales loss due to forgotten processing such as the sales price of the clerk's product or disposal, and the processed product to be discarded when the sales deadline has passed is left on the product display shelf. An object of the present invention is to provide a device (label issuing device or weighing device) having a label issuing function that does not occur.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides label identification information for printing on a label label identification information capable of specifying the issued label in an apparatus having a label issuing function for issuing a label on which product identification information is printed. Printing means, guidance start time storage means for storing the guidance start time indicating how many hours before the expiration date, and at least the label identification information, the price, the processing date and time, or the expiration date when the label is issued Alternatively, a label issuance information file that stores the guidance start date and time, and a guidance regarding at least one of the price reduction, repacking, and disposal is notified at the guidance start date and time according to the processing date and time of the label issue information file or the guidance start date Guidance notifying means.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the apparatus having the label issuing function, the storage means stores, for each product, a guidance start time number indicating how many hours before the expiration date the guidance is notified. .

  According to the present invention, in the apparatus having the label issuing function, the guidance notification means includes a display means for displaying the guidance on a screen and a printing means for printing and notifying.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the apparatus having the label issuing function, guidance regarding at least one of price reduction, repacking, and disposal is stored for each product.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the apparatus having the label issuing function, the guidance once notified is not notified in the next guidance.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, guidance notifying means for notifying at least one of price reduction, repacking, and discarding at the guidance start date and time based on the processing date or the expiration date of the label issue information file or the guidance start date and time. For example, it is possible to prevent a sales loss due to an artificial mistake that a product that the user wants to sell is discarded without selling even if the price is lowered. Further, only proper products can be displayed on the product display shelf, and it is possible to prevent a processed product that is scheduled to be discarded when the sales deadline has passed or a product that has passed the expiration date / time from being left unattended.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the storage means stores the guidance start time number for how many hours before the expiration date for each product, the number of sales for each product is In the case of different sales, it is possible to determine how many hours before the expiration date for each product, considering the number of items sold.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the guidance notifying means includes the printing means, the contents of the guidance are printed, brought to the display shelf, referring to the printing, Can perform tasks such as lowering the price.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the guidance regarding price reduction, repacking, and disposal is stored for each product, the business of price reduction and disposal can be easily executed.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 5, since the guidance once notified is not notified in the next guidance, only the current necessary information can be obtained, and operations such as lowering and discarding are efficiently performed. it can.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a block configuration example of a label issuing apparatus according to the present invention. As illustrated, the label issuing device 1 includes a control unit 2, a barcode reader 3, a printing unit 4, an operation unit 5, and a display unit 6. The control unit 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a ROM 11, and a RAM 12. The CPU 10 is a processing device that controls the entire label issuing device by reading and executing an operation program stored in the ROM 11. The RAM 12 is a rewritable memory, has a work area necessary for the CPU 10 to operate, and stores various setting data. The barcode reader 3 reads the barcode displayed on the product label, and is connected to the apparatus main body by a cord. The bar code reader 3 is not limited to the connection type depending on the code, and may be a type integrated with the label issuing apparatus main body.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a plane arrangement of a mass retailer equipped with a label issuing device according to the present invention. The upper side in the figure is a backyard, which is an area for processing fresh food and the like, wrapping the processed products and pricing them, and is provided with a label issuing device 1 according to the present invention. Further, the lower side in the figure is a sales floor provided with an exit and an entrance, and a plurality of merchandise display shelves are arranged in the sales floor. In addition, a checkout counter CC (register) is arranged at the sales floor, whereby the customer clears the product to be purchased. Here, the checkout counter CC is provided with predetermined calculation means, storage means, and the like. The checkout counter CC and the label issuing device 1 are connected by communication means such as a LAN (not shown) so that various data can be transmitted and received.

  As described above, since the products displayed on the product display shelves in the sales floor are touched or put in and out by the customer, the appearance of the packaged state may deteriorate with the passage of time. In that case, the packaging whose appearance has deteriorated is removed and then repackaged. In addition, when the amount of processed products stored in a large container such as a ball or a dish is reduced, the processed products are packaged, moved to another product display shelf, and displayed. In these cases, information indicating the product name, price, etc. of the processed product is again printed on the label and attached to the packaged processed product. In addition, some products are sold at a price when a predetermined time before the sales deadline is reached, and others are disposed of when the time is over.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an initial label issuing process flow of the label issuing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. First, product identification information (number) is input (step ST100), and an execution key is pressed (step ST102). Product data corresponding to the input product identification information is acquired from the product file (step ST104). Next, the expiration date / time data is generated by adding the expiration date / time to the current date / time (step ST106). Next, the guidance start time is subtracted from the expiration date and time to generate the guidance start date (step ST108). The maximum value of the current label identification information (number) is searched, and 1 is added to the number (step ST110). Next, label printing information is displayed on the display unit 6 (step ST112). Next, the execution key is depressed (step ST114), and a label is issued (step ST116). Subsequently, the label issue information is stored in the label issue information file (step ST118).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label issued from the printing unit 4 of the label issuing device 1. As shown in the figure, the label 20 includes a product name 21, an expiration date 22, a product identification number 23, a label identification number (manufacturing number) 24, a raw material 25, an additive 26, a price 28, an internal volume 29, and an internal volume unit price 30. Etc. are printed. The operator packs the processed product in the backyard (see FIG. 2), attaches the label as shown in FIG. 4 issued by the label issuing device 1 to the packaged processed product, and displays the product on the product display shelf. . This label print information is realized by the label issue information file shown in FIG. 6, the file layout of the product file shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a guidance processing flow for informing guidance performed by the label issuing device 1 according to the present invention. The program for performing the guidance process flow is operated in a multitasking manner with the program for performing the label issue process flow. The guidance process will be described based on FIG. First, it is determined whether 60 seconds or more have passed since the previous check (step ST200). If YES, it is then determined whether there is a guidance start date / time that is larger (late) than the current date / time (step ST202). If “YES” here, it is determined whether or not a label issuing operation is being performed next, that is, whether or not the processing in steps ST100 to ST118 in FIG. 3 is being performed (step ST204). A guidance screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on display unit 6 (step ST206). After confirming this guidance screen, the confirmation key is depressed (step ST208), and a guidance report as shown in FIG. 10 is printed from the printing unit 4 of the label issuing device 1 (step ST210). After the process of step ST210, the process returns to step ST200. The flow starts automatically when the label issuing apparatus is turned on and ends automatically when the power is turned off.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a layout of an example of a label issuance information file. The label issuance information file includes label identification information, product identification information, processing date and time, expiration date and time, guidance start date and time, guidance start time number, and guidance word number. , Unit price (price), and presence / absence of notification are provided. This label issue information file is stored in an external storage device such as the RAM 12 of the label issue device 1 or the storage device of the checkout counter CC (see FIG. 2).

Label identification information: Stored as a 6-digit numerical value.
Product identification information: It is stored as a 13-digit numerical value, and this numerical value corresponds to product identification information in a product file to be described later.
Processing date / time: Stores the date / time when the product was processed. If the expiration date is added to the processing date, the expiration date (consumption expiration date) is obtained, and if the guidance start time is added to the expiration date, the guidance start date is obtained.
-Expiration date / time: Adds and stores the consumption time of the product file when the label is issued (processing date / time).
Guidance start date and time: The guidance start date and time is subtracted from the expiry date and time and stored.
・ Guidance start time: Copy the guidance start time of the product file.
・ Guidance word number: Copy the guidance word number of the product file.
Unit price (price): The unit price (price) when the label is printed is stored.
-Notification presence / absence: Stores presence / absence of guidance notification. “0” means no notification, and “1” means notification.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a product file. The product file includes product identification information, product name, unit price (price), expiry time, guidance start time, guidance word number, fixed number, unfixed flag, Items of raw materials and additives are provided. This product file is also stored in an external storage device such as the storage device of the RAM 12 or the checkout counter CC, similarly to the label issue information file.

Product identification information: a 13-digit numerical value, which corresponds to the product identification information in the label issue information file.
-Product name: Stores the product name printed on the label.
Unit price (price): The unit price (price) printed on the label is stored.
-Expiration time limit: Stores the expiration time limit for each product.
・ Guidance start time: Stores the number of hours before guidance is given.
Fixed / indeterminate flag: a flag for identifying whether the product is a metered item or a non-metered item, “1” indicates a non-metered item, and “2” indicates a metered item.
・ Raw material: Memorize the raw material to be printed on the label.
Additive: Memorizes the additive printed on the label.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance word file. The guide word file also includes a guide word number and a guide word item.
Guidance message number: This is a 4-digit numerical value, and this numerical value corresponds to the guidance message number of the label issue information file in FIG. 6 and the product file in FIG.
Guidance wording: This is a wording to be output on the guidance screen of the display unit 6 and the guidance report printed by the printing unit 4.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance screen. The guidance screen is displayed in the guidance section. In the figure, “There are three products to be considered for discount, disposal, and repacking.” And a “confirm” key is displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance report. As shown in the figure, the guidance report includes “Production Number”, “Product Name”, “Processing Date / Time”, “Expiration Date” of the product under consideration, “Production Number”, “Product Name” of the product to be discarded. ”,“ Processing date / time ”,“ Expiration date ”,“ Production number ”,“ Product name ”,“ Processing date / time ”, and“ Expiration date ”of the product for which repacking is considered The This guidance report is actually printed on a label. If there is no guide corresponding to the guide word number, the subtitle (please repack the following products, etc.) is not printed.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which guidance is performed by the label issuing device has been described. However, a scale device having a label issuing function provided in a retail store may have such a guidance function.

  Further, in step ST100 of the label issuing process flow shown in FIG. 3, the product identification information (number) is input. The product identification number is converted into a barcode, and the barcoded product identification number is converted into the barcode reader 3. You may make it read by.

  Also, the label identification information is acquired by searching for the maximum value of the current label identification information and adding 1 to the value as shown in step ST110 of the label issuing process flow of FIG. 3 in order to uniquely identify each label. However, the current maximum value of used label identification information or a value obtained by adding 1 to the maximum value of current used label identification information is stored in a file different from the label issuance information file (see FIG. 6). Alternatively, the value may be used.

  In addition, it is preferable to store the guidance start time for each product. However, if a detailed response for each product is not required, a fixed value for the guidance start time is stored in another file other than the product file. It may be.

  For example, when there are classifications such as a small classification, a medium classification, and a large classification for each use, the guidance start time number may be stored in these classifications. The guidance notification may be performed by voice by providing a voice output unit.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims and the specification and drawings. Is possible. For example, the label identification information is shown only as a numerical value (see FIG. 4), but the label identification information may be converted into a barcode and the barcode is also printed on the label. Further, a label issuing information file (FIG. 6) is obtained by combining the device having a label issuing function according to the present invention and a checkout terminal, and reading the bar-coded label identification information at the time of product registration at the checkout terminal. (1) “1” data indicating “notified” may be stored in a notification presence / absence item (field), and the sold processed product may be excluded from the processed product for which the guidance is notified.

It is a figure which shows the block structural example of the label issuing apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of plane arrangement | positioning of the mass sales store provided with the label issuing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows a label issuing process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of the issued label. It is a figure which shows a guidance process flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a label issue information file. It is a figure which shows a product file example. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance word file. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a guidance report.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Label issuing apparatus 2 Control part 3 Bar code reader 4 Printing part 5 Operation part 6 Display part 10 CPU
11 ROM
12 RAM

Claims (5)

In a device with a label issuing function that issues a label printed with product identification information,
Label identification information printing means for printing label identification information capable of specifying the issued label on the label;
Guidance start time storage means for storing the guidance start time of how many hours before the expiration date to notify the guidance;
When issuing the label, at least the label identification information, the price, the label issuance information file that stores the processing date and time or the expiration date or the guidance start date and time,
Guidance notifying means for notifying at least one of price reduction, repacking and disposal at the guidance start date and time according to the processing date and time of the label issue information file or the expiration date or guidance start date and time;
A device having a label issuing function. The label issuing device according to claim 1,
An apparatus having a label issuing function, characterized in that the storage means stores, for each product, a guidance start time number indicating how many hours before the expiration date the guidance is to be notified. In the apparatus provided with the label issuing function according to claim 1 or 2,
The apparatus having a label issuing function, wherein the guidance notifying means comprises display means for displaying the guidance on a screen and printing means for printing and notifying. In the apparatus provided with the label issuing function according to claim 1, 2 or 3,
An apparatus having a label issuing function, which stores, for each product, information on at least one of the lower value, the repack, and the disposal. In the apparatus provided with the label issuing function according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
An apparatus provided with a label issuing function characterized in that guidance once notified is not notified in the next guidance.

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