JP2011013905A - Merchandise sales data processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus for accepting a merchandise data input from both cashier side and customer side display units, while suppressing production costs, and for achieving use configurations flexibly corresponding to the operation of a store.SOLUTION: The merchandise sales data processing apparatus is configured to arbitrarily set a first display mode, in which the input screen of merchandise data displayed at the time of executing an application program related with a merchandise selling processing is displayed only at a cashier-side display unit 3 and a second display mode, in which the input picture of the merchandise data is displayed both at the cashier-side display unit 3 and a customer side display unit 4; and when the first display mode is selected, to accept the touch panel input of the cashier-side display unit 3 as the operation of the input picture; and when the second display mode is selected, to accept the touch panel input of the cashier-side display unit 3 and the guest side display unit 4 as the operation of the input picture.

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus including a display with a touch panel that displays various types of information toward a cashier side and a customer side.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in stores that sell merchandise, merchandise sales data processing devices such as electronic cash registers and POS (Point Of Sales) terminals are used for checkout processing that records the receipt and receipt of merchandise and prices. . In the merchandise sales data processing device, the operator touches the touch panel on the display screen of the display, so that data necessary for the checkout process (for example, a code for identifying the merchandise, the sales price of the merchandise, the deposit amount, etc.) There is a method for inputting or inputting a processing start command for predetermined data processing (for example, calculation of the total amount of transaction or total score) based on the input data.

  Such merchandise sales data processing apparatuses include a display device that displays information for each of the cashier side and the customer side. And there exists a thing which receives the input of merchandise data by providing a touch panel in each cashier side and a customer side display, displaying an input screen of merchandise data on both displays, and operating the touch panel on the display screen. .

  For example, in the POS system according to Patent Document 1, input from a customer-side touch panel is simultaneously accepted without affecting input from a cashier-side touch panel, and a transaction is processed based on data input via both touch panels. To do.

  In order to receive input from the customer side touch panel without affecting the input from the cashier side touch panel as in the POS system according to Patent Document 1, the cashier side and customer side displays and touch panels are provided in different systems. Need to control. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare as many application programs as the number of display units that accept input of product data by touch panel input.

  In addition, in order to smoothly process the product data input simultaneously by the cashier and the customer, a control component such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) having a high processing capability must be employed.

  As described above, when a plurality of application software is prepared or an expensive control component having a high processing capacity is employed, the production cost of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus increases.

  Also, depending on the operation of the store, there is no need to display the input screen on the customer side, or even if the input screen is displayed on the display on the customer side, the touch panel operation input by the customer is not accepted and the customer is referred to the screen It can also be assumed that the cashier performs an operation input in the form of a verbal product selection instruction.

  The present invention has been made based on such circumstances, and its purpose is to accept touch panel input from both the cashier-side and customer-side display with touch panel while reducing the production cost, and An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that realizes a usage pattern that flexibly corresponds to the operation of a store.

  A merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a cashier-side display with a touch panel that displays various information toward the cashier side, a customer-side display with a touch panel that displays various information toward the customer side, and a product A storage unit that stores an application program related to a sales process, and a first display mode that displays a display mode of an input screen displayed when the application program stored in the storage unit is executed only on the cashier side display Alternatively, display mode setting means for setting the input screen to any one of the second display modes for displaying both on the cashier-side display and the customer-side display, and the first display mode by the display mode setting means. Is set, the touch panel input of the cashier side display is accepted as the operation of the input screen. In addition, when the second display mode is set by the display mode switching means, screen operation accepting means for accepting touch panel inputs of both the cashier-side display and the customer-side display as operations on the input screen; And a payment processing means for performing a payment process based on data input as a result of operating the input screen by a touch panel input received by the screen operation receiving means.

  According to the present invention in which such measures are taken, it is possible to accept data input from both the cashier side and the customer side display while suppressing the production cost, and further realize a usage pattern that flexibly corresponds to the operation of the store It is possible to provide a product sales data processing apparatus.

1 is an external perspective view of a product sales data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram of the control circuit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus in the embodiment. The flowchart of the mode setting process in the embodiment. The flowchart of the merchandise registration process in the embodiment system. The flowchart of the mode switching process in the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a POS terminal that is installed in a counter of a merchandise store and used for accounting processing of the store.

  The configuration of the POS terminal 1, which is a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the POS terminal 1, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the POS terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the POS terminal 1 includes a cashier side display 3 that displays various information toward the cashier side, and various types of information toward the customer side on the base unit 2 on which the control unit and the like are mounted. A customer-side display 4 for displaying is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4 are touch panel type LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays) in which touch panels 3b and 4b are laid on liquid crystal panels 3a and 4a which are display screens. . The display method of each of the display units 3 and 4 is not limited to the LCD, and other display methods such as CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) may be adopted.

  Inside the base unit 2, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a communication I / F (Interface) 13, and an HDD (Hard Disk) with respect to a control unit 10 constituted by a CPU or the like Drive) 14, a liquid crystal display controller 15, and a touch panel controller 16 are mounted with a control unit connected via a bus line such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The ROM 11 stores fixed data such as various programs necessary for the operation of the POS terminal 1. The RAM 12 forms working storage areas such as a mode setting area 20 and a product data registration area 21 according to the processing scene. The communication I / F 13 controls data communication with a host device such as a store server via a communication cable (not shown).

  The HDD 14 functions as a storage unit in the present embodiment, and an OS file 30 including various data related to an OS (Operating System), and an AP (Application) file including various data related to application programs such as merchandise sales processing executed by the POS terminal 1. 31 and a PLU file 32 in which product data such as product name and product price is associated with a PLU (Price Look Up) code assigned to each product.

  The liquid crystal display controller 15 connects the liquid crystal panel 3a of the cashier side display 3 and the liquid crystal panel 4a of the customer side display 4, and controls the screen display of each liquid crystal panel 3a, 4a. The touch panel controller 16 connects the touch panel 3b of the cashier side display 3 and the touch panel 4b of the customer side display 4, and calculates the operation position coordinates based on the electrical signals output by the touch panels 3b and 4b according to the operation position. , Notify the control unit 10. The control unit 10 compares the operation position coordinates output from the touch panel controller 16 with the position coordinates of the screen components displayed on the liquid crystal panels 3a and 4a by the liquid crystal display controller 15, and specifies the operated screen component.

  The POS terminal 1 executes a boot process by the BIOS after the power is turned on. In this activation process, each device is initialized by a test program called POST (Power-On Self Test), and the OS file 30 is read to activate the OS. After the OS is started, the control right is transferred from the BIOS to the OS, and the application stored in the AP file 31 can be executed. At this time, when an application relating to product sales processing is executed, product sales processing described later in the description of FIG. 5 is executed.

The POS terminal 1 has a function of executing the merchandise sales process by arbitrarily setting the display mode of the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4 to either the dual mode or the clone mode (display mode). Setting means). This function is realized by processing by the liquid crystal display controller 15, the mode setting area 20, and the control unit 10.
The dual mode is a mode in which different display screens are displayed on the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4. In the present embodiment, when the dual mode is set, the product data input screen is displayed only on the cashier side display 3, and the price and commercial information of the registered product are displayed on the customer side display 4. To do.
The clone mode is a mode in which the same display screen is displayed on the cashier-side display 3 and the customer-side display 4. In the present embodiment, when the clone mode is set, the product data input screen is displayed on both the cashier-side display 3 and the customer-side display 4. At this time, the input screens displayed on both the display units 3 and 4 are displayed when the liquid crystal display controller 15 supplies the same display signal to the liquid crystal panels 3a and 3b, and both screens are completely the same. is there.

  In the product sales process when the dual mode is set, touch panel input is possible only from the cashier-side display 3. That is, the touch panel controller 16 calculates the operation position coordinates only from the electrical signal output from the touch panel 3b and outputs the operation position coordinates to the control unit 10, and ignores the electrical signal output from the touch panel 4b.

  On the other hand, in the merchandise sales process when the clone mode is set, touch panel input is possible from both the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4. That is, the touch panel controller 16 calculates the operation position coordinates from the electrical signals output from both the touch panels 3b and 4b, and outputs them to the control unit 10 as the operation position coordinates of the same input screen.

  As described above, when the dual mode is set, the touch panel input of the cashier side display 3 is accepted as an operation on the product data input screen, and when the clone mode is set, the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display are displayed. The touch panel controller 16 that accepts both touch panel inputs of the device 4 as operations on the product data input screen constitutes screen operation accepting means in the present embodiment.

  The POS terminal 1 also has a function of executing a merchandise sales process by arbitrarily setting whether to enable (ON) or disable (OFF) touch panel input of the customer side display 4 (touch panel input). Setting means). This function is realized by processing by the touch panel controller 16, the mode setting area 20, and the control unit 10.

  When the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 is turned on, the touch panel controller 16 calculates the respective operation position coordinates from the electrical signals output from both the touch panels 3b and 4b as described above, and uses the same operation position coordinates. The operation position coordinates of the input screen are output to the control unit 10.

  On the other hand, when the touch panel input of the customer-side display 4 is turned off, the touch panel controller 16 ignores the electrical signal output from the touch panel 4b even when the clone mode is set.

  The POS terminal 1 has a function of accepting on / off switching of the display mode and touch panel input of the customer side display 4. Therefore, the operator can use the POS terminal 1 by arbitrarily setting the display mode and touch panel input on / off of the customer-side display 4 by the function.

  A display mode and a method for setting on / off of touch panel input of the customer side display 4 will be described. In setting these, the operator operates the cashier-side display 3 according to a predetermined procedure to declare the start of the display mode setting process. In response to the start declaration, the POS terminal 1 is configured to execute the processing shown in FIG.

  First, the control unit 10 controls the liquid crystal panel 3a via the liquid crystal display controller 15 to display an execution screen for setting processing such as a display mode (ST101). The screen is a screen displayed by the setting program stored in the OS file 30, and designates a display area for designating either the dual mode or the clone mode, and on / off of touch panel input of the customer side display 4. A display area, a cancel button for declaring cancellation of the mode setting process, a confirmation button for declaring confirmation of the selection contents, and the like are provided.

  In a state where the screen is displayed, the control unit 10 accepts designation of a display mode by touch operation of the display area and designation of ON / OFF of touch panel input of the customer side display 4 (ST102, ST103).

  Further, the control unit 10 monitors whether or not the cancel button is operated (ST104). When the operation of the cancel button by the operator is detected (Yes in ST104), the display mode setting process is terminated.

  Further, the control unit 10 monitors the presence / absence of the operation of the confirmation button (ST105). If the cancel button is not operated (No in ST104) and the confirm button is not operated (No in ST105), the display mode designation and the touch panel input on / off designation of the customer side display 4 are accepted again.

  On the other hand, when the operation of the confirm button by the operator is detected (Yes in ST105), the control unit 10 turns on / off the display mode currently specified on the execution screen and the touch panel input of the customer side display 4. Separately, the contents of the mode setting area 20 formed in the RAM 12 are updated (ST106). Thus, after updating the stored contents of the mode setting area 20, the display mode setting process is terminated.

Next, merchandise sales processing by the POS terminal 1 will be described.
When the execution program of the application for merchandise sales processing stored in the AP file 31 is read out and executed, the merchandise sales processing is started. In the merchandise sales process, the control unit 10 is configured to execute a process shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. Hereinafter, the process will be described.

  After the application for product registration is activated, the control unit 10 executes the mode switching process shown in FIG. 5 (ST201). First, in this process, the control unit 10 refers to the mode setting area 20 and determines whether the display mode is set to the dual mode or the clone mode (ST301).

  When the clone mode is set (“clone mode” in ST301), the control unit 10 controls the liquid crystal panels 3a and 4a via the liquid crystal display controller 15 to control the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4. The product data input screen is displayed on both sides (ST302). On the other hand, when the dual mode is set in the mode setting area 20 ("Dual mode" in ST301), the liquid crystal panel 3a is controlled via the liquid crystal display controller 15, and product data is input to the cashier side display 3. A screen is displayed (ST303). Further, the liquid crystal panel 4a is controlled via the liquid crystal display controller 15, and commercial information of stores and products is displayed on the customer side display 4 (ST304).

  Thus, after displaying the product data input screen or commercial information on the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4, the control unit 10 refers to the mode setting area 20 and the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 is turned on / off. Whether it is set to OFF is determined (ST305).

  When the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 is set to ON (“ON” in ST305), the control unit 10 instructs the touch panel controller 16 to handle the input signal from the touch panel 4b as a valid signal (ST306). ). After receiving this command, the touch panel controller 16 treats both the signal input from the touch panel 3b of the cashier side display 3 and the signal input from the touch panel 4b of the customer side display 4 as valid.

On the other hand, when the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 is set to OFF (“OFF” in ST305), the control unit 10 instructs the touch panel controller 16 to treat the input signal from the touch panel 4b as invalid (ST307). ). After receiving this command, the touch panel controller 16 treats only signals input from the touch panel 3b of the cashier side display 3 as valid, and ignores signals input from the touch panel 4b of the customer side display 4.
Thus, after switching on / off the display mode and the touch panel input of the customer-side display 4, the control unit 10 ends the display mode switching process.

  After the display mode switching process, the control unit 10 shifts to a state for accepting a product selection (ST203), and selects a product from the product data input screen displayed on the cashier side display 3 or the customer side display 4. The presence or absence is monitored (ST204). At this time, when the display mode is set to the dual mode, or when the clone mode is set but the touch panel input from the customer side display 4 is set to OFF, the cashier side display 3 A product can be selected only by an operation.

  On the other hand, when the display mode is set to the clone mode and the touch panel input from the customer side display 4 is set to ON, the product can be operated by operating both the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4. Can be selected. However, as described above, in the clone mode, the display screens of the cashier-side display 3 and the customer-side display 4 are completely the same, and the touch panel controller 16 processes the touch panel inputs uniformly without distinguishing between them. Therefore, while one of the cashier and the customer is touching the screen, the other waits for the completion of the operation and performs his / her own operation.

  If it is determined that a product has been selected (Yes in ST204), the control unit 10 specifies product data associated with the PLU code of the product from the PLU file 32 (ST205). Then, the specified product data is registered in the product data registration area 21 formed in the RAM 12 (ST206).

  After registering the product data in the product data registration area 21, or when determining that the product has not been selected (No in ST204), the control unit 10 operates the current key provided on the product data input screen. It is determined whether registration completion has been declared (ST207). If registration completion has not yet been declared by operating the current key (No in ST207), product selection is accepted again (ST203).

  On the other hand, when the completion of registration has already been declared by the operation of the current total key (Yes in ST207), the control unit 10 determines the total amount of purchased products in the transaction based on the product data registered in the product data registration area 21. Are calculated and displayed on the product data input screen (ST208).

Specifically, when the dual mode is set, the liquid crystal panel 3 a is controlled via the liquid crystal display controller 15, and the total of purchased products is displayed on the product data input screen displayed on the display screen of the cashier-side display 3. In addition to displaying the amount of money, the total number of points, etc., the liquid crystal panel 4a is controlled via the liquid crystal display controller 15, and the total amount of purchased products is also displayed in a predetermined display area formed on the display screen of the customer side display 4. To do.
On the other hand, when the clone mode is set, the liquid crystal panels 3a and 4a are controlled via the liquid crystal display controller 15, and the product data input screen displayed on both the cashier side display 3 and the customer side display 4 is displayed. Displays the total price and total points of purchased products.

  Thus, after displaying the total amount or the like, control unit 10 determines whether or not a transaction closing has been declared by operating a closing key provided on the product data input screen (ST209). When the customer pays the price by cash payment or credit card settlement using a card reader (not shown) connected to the POS terminal 1 or electronic money settlement using an electronic money reader (not shown), the cashier Operate the above tightening key. At this time, the control unit 10 determines that the closing has been declared (Yes in ST209), and settles the transaction based on the product data registered in the product data registration area 21 (ST210). Specifically, product data registered in the product data registration area 21 and payment data consisting of a price calculated based on the product data are transmitted to the host device via the communication I / F 13 and the POS terminal. The payment data is transmitted to a receipt printer (not shown) connected to 1, and a receipt on which the contents are printed is issued. Note that the processing of ST210 constitutes a settlement processing means in the present embodiment.

  Thus, after the transaction settlement processing is completed, the control unit 10 clears the registration content of the product data registration area 21, ends the product sales processing related to the transaction, and waits for the next product data registration start declaration. (ST202).

  As described above, the POS terminal 1 displays the product data input screen on the cashier-side display 3 and the customer-side display 4 by a single product sales processing application, and the touch panels of both displays 3 and 4. The input is accepted as an operation on the screen. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of applications and control parts with high processing capacity, and the production cost can be kept low.

  Further, the POS terminal 1 can arbitrarily set the screen display mode of the cashier-side display 3 and the customer-side display 4 and the touch panel input on / off of the customer-side display 4 in the merchandise sales process. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly change the usage mode according to the store operation mode.

For example, if it is desired to operate the POS terminal 1 only by the cashier to perform the merchandise sales process, the dual mode may be set.
In addition, if it is desired to display the product data input screen on the customer-side display 4 and the customer browses the screen and determines the product and communicates verbally to the cashier, the clone mode is set. What is necessary is just to set the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 to OFF.

  If it is desired that both the cashier and the customer accept the product selection from the product data input screen, the clone mode is set and the touch panel input of the customer side display 4 is set to ON. In this setting, the merchandise sales process can be completed by the customer himself without any operation of the cashier, so that it is possible to cope with the operation of a store that desires the self-checkout method.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment as it is, In an implementation stage, in the range which does not deviate from the summary, each component can be deform | transformed and embodied suitably.

  For example, not only the touch panel input on / off of the customer side display 4 can be set, but also the touch panel input on / off of the cashier side display 3 can be arbitrarily set. In this case, a setting area for turning on / off the touch panel input of the cashier-side display 3 is provided in the mode setting area 20, and ON / OFF is set by the same setting process as that of the customer-side display 4 described in the above embodiment. do it.

  In addition, a scanner that reads a barcode attached to a product on an interface (not shown) of the POS terminal 1, a receipt printer that issues a receipt, a card reader that reads a magnetic card such as a credit card, and electronic money settlement by communicating with an electronic money medium A known device such as an electronic money reader may be connected to input product data by reading a barcode, issue a receipt on which transaction contents are printed, credit card payment, electronic money payment, and the like.

  In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment.

  2 ... Base part, 3 ... Casher side display, 4 ... Customer side display, 3a, 4a ... Liquid crystal panel, 3b, 4b ... Touch panel, 10 ... Control part, 11 ... ROM, 12 ... RAM, 14 ... HDD, 15 ... Liquid crystal display controller, 16 ... Touch panel controller

JP 2001-338345 A

Claims (4)

A cashier side display with a touch panel that displays various information toward the cashier side,
A customer-side display with a touch panel that displays various information toward the customer,
Storage means for storing application programs relating to merchandise sales processing;
The display mode of the input screen displayed when the application program stored in the storage means is executed. The first display mode for displaying only the cashier-side display or the input screen as the cashier-side display and the input screen. Display mode setting means for setting to any one of the second display modes to be displayed on both of the customer side displays;
When the first display mode is set by the display mode setting means, a touch panel input of the cashier side display is accepted as an operation of the input screen, and the second display mode is set by the display mode switching means. Screen operation accepting means for accepting touch panel inputs of both the cashier-side display and the customer-side display as operations on the input screen,
Payment processing means for performing payment processing based on data input as a result of operating the input screen by touch panel input received by the screen operation receiving means;
A product sales data processing device comprising:   The display mode setting means receives selection of the first display mode or the second display mode by touch panel input of the cashier-side display, and sets the display mode of the input screen according to the selection result. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display mode is set to any one of the display mode and the second display mode. Touch panel input setting means for setting valid / invalid of touch panel input of the customer side display,
The screen operation accepting means is a case where the second display mode is set by the display mode setting means when the touch panel input of the customer side display is set to be invalid by the touch panel input setting means. However, the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a touch panel input from the customer display is not accepted as an operation on the input screen.   The touch panel input setting means accepts selection of valid / invalid of touch panel input of the customer side display by touch panel input of the cashier side display, and validates / invalidates touch panel input of the customer side display according to the selection result. 4. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein invalidity is set.

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