JP2014032548A - Merchandise sales data processing device, and merchandise sales data processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise sales processing device in which a salesclerk can use a POS terminal without recognizing ON and OFF of a power source.SOLUTION: A merchandise sales data processing device according to the embodiment includes reception means, stop means, and activation means. The reception means receives, when executing daily total adjustment processing performed at the time of total adjustment by the unit of a day, setting of time information when the device is automatically started on the next day. The stop means stops power supply automatically at the end of the daily total adjustment processing. The activation means activates, after the stop means stops the power supply, the device in accordance with time information whose setting is received by the reception means.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus and a merchandise sales data processing program.

  In a POS terminal provided in a conventional store, the power is turned off after the daily settlement process for closing the flow of money for one day is completed, and the power is turned on before opening the store on the next day.

  In the prior art, a POS terminal has been proposed in which the power is automatically turned off after the daily settlement process that is performed on a daily basis. Since the power is automatically turned off after the daily settlement process, the store clerk need not consider turning off the power.

  However, even if the clerk does not need to consider turning off the power, the POS terminal needs to be turned on when the store opens the next day. The POS terminal has a problem that it takes time to start up after the power is turned on.

  By the way, in the POS terminal, as described above, daily settlement processing is always performed every day before turning off the power. Therefore, as can be confirmed every day, it is expected to enable the setting to turn on the power before opening the store on the next day at the daily checkout process.

  The merchandise sales data processing apparatus of the embodiment includes an accepting unit, a stopping unit, and an activation unit. The accepting unit accepts the setting of time information for automatically starting the own device on the next day in the daily settlement process performed at the closing date. The stop means automatically stops the power supply upon completion of the daily settlement process. The starting unit stops the power supply by the stopping unit, and then starts the own apparatus according to the time information when the receiving unit receives the setting.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of a POS terminal according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the POS terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a first example of a daily settlement screen displayed by the display unit of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a second example of the daily settlement screen displayed by the display unit of the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a first example of the automatic start setting screen displayed by the display unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second example of the automatic start setting screen displayed by the display unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure from daily settlement processing to automatic activation processing in the POS terminal according to the embodiment.

  Embodiments of a product sales data processing device and a product sales data processing program will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment demonstrates the case where a merchandise sales data processing apparatus is applied to the POS terminal 1 used in stores, such as a supermarket.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the appearance of the POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment. The POS terminal 1 includes a drawer 2, a mode key 3, a keyboard 4, a scanner 5, a printer 6, a store clerk display 7, and a customer display 8.

  The drawer 2 is a housing provided with a drawer 2a, is provided at the lowermost part of the POS terminal 1, and accommodates cash and the like. The mode key 3 is provided on the front side of the POS terminal 1 and accepts selection of various business modes such as registration, inspection, settlement, and setting.

  The keyboard 4 is provided in front of the POS terminal 1 and accepts an operation from a store clerk (operator). On the keyboard 4, for example, a numeric key for inputting a deposit amount and the like, a subtotal key for instructing a total output of products for which sales registration has been performed, and a receipt issuance process upon completion of sales registration An operation key for performing various operation inputs such as an accounting key is provided. The scanner 5 reads a code symbol such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code attached to a product.

  The printer 6 prints receipts, journals, coupons, and the like. The printer 6 has a receipt issuing port 6a formed on the front side of the POS terminal 1, and discharges printed matter such as a receipt and a service ticket from the receipt issuing port 6a. A service ticket is issued to a customer and can be exchanged for a privilege. The customer can use the service ticket when purchasing goods at a store or affiliated store.

  The store clerk display 7 is provided on the front side of the POS terminal 1, and the customer display 8 is provided on the back side of the POS terminal 1. The clerk display 7 and the customer display 8 are realized by a liquid crystal color display or the like, and display the product name, price, total amount of transactions for which the end of sales registration is declared, change amount, etc. .

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the POS terminal 1. The POS terminal 1 includes a keyboard 4, a scanner 5, a printer 6, a store clerk display 7, a customer display 8, a power supply 9, a control unit 11, a bus 12, an I / O device control unit 13, a communication I / F 14, an HDD 15, and a BIOS 16 And a clock unit 17.

  The power source 9 supplies power to each component of the POS terminal 1. When the power supply is ON, the power supply 9 supplies power to all components included in the POS terminal 1. When the power supply is OFF, the power supply 9 supplies power to a configuration (for example, a part of the control unit 11 or the clock unit 17) necessary for starting the POS terminal 1 by standby power. The clock unit 17 is a module that measures time independent of the control unit 11.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) (all not shown), and the like. The ROM stores various programs executed by the CPU and various data. The RAM temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU executes various programs, and displays them on sales data, which is a record of products registered for sale, on the store clerk display 7 and the customer display 8. Stores various screen display data.

  And the control part 11 is I / O equipment, such as the keyboard 4, the scanner 5, the printer 6, the display 7 for shop assistants, the display 8 for customers, the power supply 9, and HDD15 via the bus | bath 12 and the I / O equipment control part 13. And the entire system of the POS terminal 1 is controlled.

  The control unit 11 can communicate with a store server (not shown) connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) via the communication I / F 14. The POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment may be used for single product POS terminal 1 for product registration, product sales registration, and the like. The POS terminal 1 may be connected to a store server so that processing such as product registration and product registration is collectively managed.

  Here, the control part 11 implement | achieves the display part 11a, the reception part 11b, the adjustment part 11c, and the stop part 11d by following a control program at the time of power ON.

  The display unit 11 a displays various screens on at least one of the store clerk display 7 and the customer display 8. For example, the display unit 11a displays a daily settlement screen on the store clerk display 7 during the daily settlement process that is performed on a daily basis.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first example of the daily settlement screen displayed by the display unit 11a. As shown in FIG. 3, various items for performing a daily settlement process for tightening a money flow on a daily basis are displayed on the daily settlement screen displayed by the display unit 11 a. Among these items, a “next automatic start” item 301 is included. The “next automatic start” item 301 is an item for setting whether to automatically start the POS terminal 1 at the set time on the next day.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, “No” 302 is set for automatic activation. For this reason, the POS terminal 1 is not automatically activated the next day. When the change button 303 is pressed, in other words, when a request for setting the automatic start time of the POS terminal 1 is received, the setting of the “next automatic start” item 301 can be changed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second example of a daily settlement screen displayed by the display unit 11a. Also in the example shown in FIG. 4, the “next automatic activation” item 301 is included in the daily account settlement screen.

  The example shown in FIG. 4 is a case where “next automatic start” is used, and “next day of January 2012 (Thursday) 09:00” 401 is set. For this reason, the automatic activation of the POS terminal 1 starts at 9:00 on the next day (Thursday, January 12, 2012). Of course, when the change button 303 is pressed, the setting of the “next automatic start” item 301 can be changed.

  The accepting unit 11b accepts an operation from a store clerk through the keyboard 4 or the like. For example, the accepting unit 11b accepts pressing of the change button 303 for setting the time for automatic activation on the next day when the daily settlement screen shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is displayed. The automatic start setting screen displayed by the display unit 11a when the receiving unit 11b receives a press of the change button 303 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a first example of the automatic startup setting screen displayed by the display unit 11a. The automatic start setting screen is a screen that is displayed when the pressing of the change button 303 in FIGS. 3 and 4 is received, in other words, when a request for setting the automatic start time of the POS terminal 1 is received. The automatic start setting screen allows setting whether or not the POS terminal 1 is to be automatically started the next day and the time information to be automatically started when the POS terminal 1 is automatically started the next day.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the accepting unit 11 b accepts selection of either “No” 501 or “Yes” 502 in the “Next automatic activation” item 506. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, it is assumed that selection of “No” 501 is accepted. In this case, since the POS terminal 1 is not automatically activated on the next day, the next activation date and time is blank 503. The numeric key 505 is used when setting the next activation time. Further, when the accepting unit 11b accepts the pressing of the end button 504, if “NO” 501 is selected, the screen proceeds to the daily settlement screen shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second example of the automatic startup setting screen displayed by the display unit 11a. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the accepting unit 11 b accepts the selection of “Yes” 602 among “Yes” 602 and “No” 601 in the “Next automatic activation” item 506.

  In this case, since the POS terminal 1 is automatically activated on the next day, the next day (January 12, 2012) is automatically set in the field 603 as the date for automatic activation. Further, the accepting unit 11 b accepts the setting of the activation time information for the time field 604 via the numeric key 505. Thereafter, when the accepting unit 11b accepts the pressing of the confirmation button 606, the presence / absence of the accepted next automatic activation selection and the time information are set.

  Then, when the reception unit 11b receives the press of the end button 607, if “Yes” 602 is selected, the screen proceeds to the daily settlement screen shown in FIG.

  The settlement unit 11c performs daily settlement.

  The stop unit 11d automatically stops the power supply of the POS terminal 1 when the daily settlement process by the settlement unit 11c ends.

  The BIOS-ROM 16 is a storage means for storing a BIOS program and the like. And BIOS-ROM16 is provided with the starting part 16a which is a part of BIOS program, and the time holding | maintenance part 16b.

  The time holding unit 16b holds start time information for automatically starting the POS terminal 1 for starting. Further, the time holding unit 16b also holds a flag indicating whether or not to activate the POS terminal 1. In the time holding unit 16b, the activation time information and the flag received by the receiving unit 11b on the automatic activation setting screen shown in FIG. 6 are written. Further, the activation time information may include the date and time for activation, or may not include the date and time. If it does not include the date and time, it starts at the same time every day.

  As described above, in the POS terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, during the daily settlement process, the APS (Auto Power Supply) sets the next day activation time information to the time holding unit 16b and automatically turns off the power. As a result, the power supply 9 is turned off until the automatic start time of the next day.

  The activation unit 16a is a module that is read by the control unit 11 to which standby power is supplied when the power supply 9 of the POS terminal 1 is turned off after the power supply is stopped by the stop unit 11d. The activation unit 16a according to the present embodiment activates the POS terminal 1 according to the time information of the clock unit 17 and the activation time information held in the time holding unit 16b.

  As a result, the control unit 11 reads the activation unit 16a, and when the time indicated by the activation time information held in the time holding unit 16b matches the time indicated by the clock unit 17, Then, a signal for turning on the power is output. As a result, the POS terminal 1 is activated.

  Next, the automatic start-up process from the daily settlement process in the POS terminal 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the above-described processing procedure in the POS terminal 1 according to the present embodiment.

  First, when the accepting unit 11b of the POS terminal 1 accepts a selection for performing the daily settlement process, the settlement unit 11c starts the daily settlement process (step S701).

  Next, the display unit 11a refers to the time holding unit 16b and checks whether there is a setting for automatic activation (step S702). When it is confirmed that there is a setting for automatic activation (step S702: Yes), a daily settlement screen showing the time for automatic activation is displayed (step S703). The daily settlement screen displayed in step S703 is the screen example shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the reception unit 11b determines whether or not the pressing of the change button 303 in the item “next automatic activation” 301 is received (step S704). When pressing of the change button 303 is accepted (step S704: Yes), the process proceeds to step S707. In addition, when pressing down of the change button 303 is not received (step S704: No), it changes to the process of step S711.

  On the other hand, in step S702, when the display unit 11a confirms that there is no setting for automatic activation (step S702: No), a daily account settlement screen indicating that automatic activation is not performed is displayed (step S705). The daily settlement screen displayed in step S705 is the screen example shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the reception unit 11b determines whether or not the pressing of the change button 303 in the item “next automatic activation” 301 has been received (step S706). When pressing of the change button 303 is accepted (step S706: Yes), the process proceeds to step S707. In addition, when pressing down of the change button 303 is not received (step S706: No), it changes to the process of step S709.

  And when pressing down of the change button 303 is received (step S706: Yes, step S704: Yes), the display part 11a displays an automatic start setting screen (step S707). On the screen, the accepting unit 11b accepts settings for whether or not to automatically start and settings for the automatic start time. Thereafter, the reception unit 11b stores the received automatic start setting (the presence / absence of automatic start and the automatic start time) in the time holding unit 16b (step S708). Then, it starts from step S702.

  On the other hand, when the pressing of the change button 303 is not accepted in step S706 (step S706: No), the settlement unit 11c performs daily settlement processing (step S709). Then, with the completion of the daily settlement process as a trigger, the stopping unit 11d turns off the power supply 9 of the POS terminal 1 together with the completion of the daily settlement process, and terminates the process (step S710).

  On the other hand, when the pressing of the change button 303 is not accepted in step S704 (step S704: No), the settlement unit 11c performs daily settlement processing (step S711).

  In parallel with the daily settlement process, the control unit 11 performs setting for automatic startup according to the startup time information held in the time holding unit 16b (step S712).

  Then, with the completion of the daily settlement process as a trigger, the stopping unit 11d turns off the power supply 9 of the POS terminal 1 along with the completion of the daily settlement process (step S713).

  Thereafter, the activation unit 16a read by the control unit 11 determines whether or not the automatic activation time held in the time holding unit 16b matches the time measured by the clock unit 17 (step S714). If it is determined that the times do not match (step S714: No), the processing is performed again from step S714.

  When the activation unit 16a determines that the times coincide (step S714: Yes), the activation unit 16a outputs a signal to turn on the power supply 9 and starts the automatic activation of the POS terminal 1 (step S715).

  The POS terminal 1 can be automatically activated by the processing procedure described above.

(Modification)
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the POS terminal 1 is activated from the activation time held in the time holding unit 16b has been described.

  However, since the POS terminal generally takes time to start up, there is a possibility that the POS terminal is not started at the use start time if the start time and the use start time do not change much. In view of this, the POS terminal according to the modification is an example of controlling to start up before a set time. In this case, since the POS terminal has already started up at the set time, the store clerk can use it from a desired time, and convenience is improved.

  In the POS terminal according to the embodiment and the modification described above, the example in which the setting for automatically starting the next day on the daily settlement screen has been described. Since the daily balance adjustment process is a process performed every day, the POS terminal can be automatically activated surely on the next day by setting on the daily balance adjustment screen.

  That is, conventionally, the POS terminal takes time until the power is turned on. For this reason, when the clerk activates the POS terminal the next day, an unnecessary waiting time has occurred until the POS terminal is activated.

  On the other hand, in the POS terminal according to the embodiment and the modification, the setting of whether to start the next day is surely executed by enabling the setting of the automatic function at the daily settlement process that is always performed every day. be able to. Thereby, it is not necessary to wait for the store clerk who uses the POS terminal on the next day, so that convenience can be improved.

  In the embodiment and the modification described above, even if the POS terminal is terminated, it is surely activated the next day.

  Conventionally, when the user wants to use the service immediately on the next day, there has been a case where the POS terminal is kept on standby the previous day without being terminated. However, in the embodiment and the modification described above, even if the POS terminal is terminated, the next day is surely activated, so that the POS terminal can be terminated even if the user wants to use it immediately the next day. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the power to be used (to save power).

  On the other hand, in the POS terminal according to the embodiment and the modification, the power is automatically turned off after the daily settlement process is completed. On the next day, the power is automatically turned on. For this reason, the store clerk can use the POS terminal without being aware of whether the power is on or off.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... POS terminal, 2 ... Drawer, 3 ... Mode key, 4 ... Keyboard, 5 ... Scanner, 6 ... Printer, 6a ... Receipt issuing port, 7 ... Display for salesclerk, 8 ... Display for customer, 9 ... Power supply, 11 ... Control unit, 11a ... display unit, 11b ... reception unit, 11c ... settlement unit, 11d ... stop unit, 12 ... bus, 13 ... I / O device control unit, 14 ... communication I / F, 15 ... HDD, 16 ... BIOS16 , 16a ... start-up unit, 16b ... time holding unit, 17 ... clock unit

JP 2006-227729 A

Claims (6)

Accepting means for accepting the setting of time information for automatically starting up the own device on the next day, in the daily settlement process performed on a daily basis,
Stop means for automatically stopping the power supply upon completion of the daily settlement process;
An activation means for activating the own apparatus according to the time information when the accepting means accepts the setting after the power supply is stopped by the stopping means;
A product sales data processing apparatus comprising: The screen for performing the daily settlement process further comprises a display means for displaying a daily settlement page showing the time information,
The accepting means accepts a setting request for the time information when the daily settlement screen is displayed;
The display means displays a setting screen for setting the time information when the accepting means accepts a setting request for the time information.
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1. The activation means is supplied with standby power from the power supply when the merchandise sales data processing device is in a stopped state.
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. Display means for displaying time information for automatically starting up the own device on the next day on the daily settlement screen for performing daily settlement processing performed on a daily basis;
Receiving means for receiving the setting of the time information,
The display means displays a setting screen for setting the time information when the accepting means accepts the setting of the time information;
Product sales data processing device. Stop means for automatically stopping the power supply upon completion of the checkout process according to the daily checkout screen;
Starting means for starting the power supply according to the time information set on the setting screen after stopping the power supply by the stopping means;
The product sales data processing device according to claim 4, further comprising: A reception step of accepting a setting of time information for automatically starting the own device the next day during the daily settlement process performed at the end of the day;
A stop step of automatically stopping the power supply upon completion of the daily settlement process;
After stopping the power supply by the stopping step, a starting step of starting the own device according to the time information when the receiving step has received a setting;
Product sales data processing program for causing a computer to execute.

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