JP5238624B2 - display - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display and a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus used for electronic money settlement in merchandise sales.

  As a merchandise sales data processing apparatus having a display, for example, a POS terminal of a POS (Point Of Sales) system that supports checkout work in a store is known. In the POS system, a product code unique to a product is assigned, and a barcode corresponding to the product code is attached to the product. The scanner provided in the POS terminal reads the barcode of the product brought in by the shopper. By this reading process, product sales data such as product names and sales prices are determined. While checking the display screen of the display device, the operator performs various operations such as an operation of scanning a product and an input operation to the touch panel of the display screen.

  In such a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, processing such as reading / writing is performed on a wireless communication medium that stores information. For example, a non-contact IC card that stores monetary information is used as the wireless communication medium. Electronic money settlement is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). An antenna for transmitting a wireless communication medium is usually installed separately from a display screen. For example, an electronic money settlement antenna in a POS system is provided in a terminal for electronic money settlement installed separately from the POS terminal, or is incorporated in the device body of the POS terminal.

  As described above, when the antenna for transmission of the wireless communication medium is installed separately from the display screen, the operator needs to operate the antenna separately provided with the line of sight away from the display screen. Is bad. In addition, a space for arranging the antennas is necessary, and design restrictions arise.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that improve operability and can save space.

A display according to an aspect of the present invention has an antenna for transmission with a wireless communication medium on a display screen, and the antenna is configured to be able to transmit display on the display screen. The display screen includes a liquid crystal screen and The touch panel provided on the liquid crystal screen is provided, the antenna is attached to the front surface or the back surface of the touch panel, and information regarding product sales is displayed above the position where the antenna is disposed on the display screen, The antenna is in a non-operating state when guidance information, which is a content for notifying the method of the settlement operation using the touch panel, is displayed below the information on the product sales on the display screen.

  A display device according to another aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the information relating to the product sales is any one of a product name, a unit price, a number, a total amount, a deposit amount, and a change amount.
  A display device according to another aspect of the present invention is characterized in that information relating to the product sales is displayed above the display screen and guidance information is displayed below.
  A display device according to another embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the display device is erected on a mounting table.
  A display device according to another aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the display screen, the scanner, and the receipt port are arranged in this order.

  According to the display and the merchandise sales data processing apparatus of the present invention, the operability can be improved and the space can be saved.

The perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the POS terminal of 1st Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the display screen of the embodiment roughly. The block diagram which shows the structure of the POS terminal of the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the POS terminal of the embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the initial mode of the embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the scan mode of the embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the card payment mode of the embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the display screen of the end mode of the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal 10 as an example of a merchandise sales data processing apparatus.

  The POS terminal 10 is a self-checkout type in which a shopper operates himself / herself to complete his / her checkout operation. The POS terminal 10 is a device main body 11, a display 12 provided on the upper portion of the device main body 11, And a receipt issuing port 14 provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body 11. A product placing table 15 for placing a product that has not yet been settled is provided on the left side of the apparatus main body 11 in FIG. 1, and a product placing table 16 for placing a settled product on the right side of the apparatus main body 11 in FIG. Is provided. A unique product code is assigned to the product 26 to be sold, and a tag 26a having a barcode 26b corresponding to the product code is attached to the product.

  The display 12 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display having an information input function by a shopper's touch operation, and includes a display screen 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the display screen 20 includes a liquid crystal display panel (liquid crystal screen) 21 and a touch panel 22 as input instruction means provided on the front side of the liquid crystal display panel 21, and various information is displayed on the display screen 20. It has a function to display and a function to detect an input operation to the touch panel 22 on the display screen 20 of the shopper (operator).

  On the display screen 20 of the display device 12, message information, operation guide information, product sales information (product name, unit price, number, total amount, deposit amount, change amount), and input key display of the touch panel 22 are displayed as information related to product sales. A plurality of pieces of information such as are switched and displayed according to the processing stage.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a card fringing portion 23 is provided in, for example, a lower right part of the display screen 20. The card tapping unit 23 is used to position (touch, touch, approach, etc.) a non-contact type IC card 24 as a wireless communication medium owned by a customer when performing card settlement (electronic money settlement). A transmission antenna 25 is provided.

  The IC card 24 is an IC card for settlement, and has a non-volatile memory for storing money information and a wireless communication chip.

  The antenna 25 is attached to the front side or the back side of the touch panel 22 on the front side of the liquid crystal display panel 21. In addition, in FIG. 2, although the case where it affixes on the back surface of the touchscreen 22 is illustrated, you may affix on the surface of the touchscreen 22.

  The antenna 25 is a transparent antenna in which a transparent electrode 25b is formed on a transparent substrate 25a such as transparent glass or transparent plastic, and can transmit the display screen. Through this transparent antenna 25, the shopper can check the display content of the display screen 20 from the front side of the display 12.

  The antenna 25 is connected to a later-described card reader / writer 34 provided as a circuit on a mother board (not shown) built in the apparatus main body 11, for example. When the IC card 24 is placed on the antenna 25, the card reader / writer 34 performs reading / writing processing on the IC card 24.

  The scanner 13 shown in FIG. 1 has a function of optically reading a barcode 26b of a product 26 that a shopper holds by hand.

  The receipt issue port 14 is an issue port for a receipt 27 that is printed when the checkout operation is completed.

  FIG. 3 shows a control circuit of the POS terminal having such a configuration. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 30 serving as a control means, the display 12, the scanner 13, a hard disk drive (HDD) 31 storing an operating system (OS) and application programs necessary for product registration processing, and data storage RAM 32, a receipt issuing printer 33, a card reader / writer 34 as medium processing means for performing data reading processing and writing processing on the IC card 24 held by the card cutting section 23, and the like.

  The card reader / writer 34 performs card settlement processing such as reading data from the IC card 24 and writing data to the IC card 24 by wireless communication with the IC card 24 placed on the antenna 25 of the card tightening unit 23.

  As a function related to the present invention, the CPU 30 has a function of switching a plurality of information according to the operation stage of the shopper and displaying the information on the display screen 20 of the display device 12. For example, when the shopper presses the clearing key as an input instruction for performing card payment processing, card operation guidance information is displayed on the display screen 20 as a card payment mode display.

  Further, the CPU 30 has a function of controlling the operating state of the antenna so that the antenna 25 is in an operating state in the card payment mode and the antenna 25 is in a non-operating state in a mode other than the card payment mode. For example, when it is detected that the shopper has pressed the clearing key as an input instruction for performing card payment processing, the antenna 25 is switched to an operating state, and when the card payment processing is completed, the antenna 25 is switched to a non-operation state.

  Further, the CPU 30 functions as a settlement unit that performs a settlement process on the money information input via the antenna 25 and the card reader / writer 34 and the total price of the product input by the scanner 13.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the POS terminal 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In STEP 1, the initial mode display is displayed on the display screen 20. As an initial mode display, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, together with a message 41 for the shopper, reading operation guide information 42 for notifying the shopper of the bar code reading operation method, input keys 22a, 22b of the touch panel 22, etc. Is displayed.

  In this initial mode, the antenna 25 is set in a non-operating state, and information such as guidance is displayed on the card folding portion 23 through the antenna 25. The shopper performs merchandise registration by placing the barcode 26b displayed on the tag 26a of the merchandise 26 on the scanner 13 in accordance with the displayed guidance.

  The CPU 30 determines whether or not the product registration process has been started (STEP 2). If it is determined that the product registration process has not been started (NO in STEP 2), the process waits. If it is determined that the product registration process has started (YES in STEP 2), the display screen 20 is switched to scan mode display (STEP 3), and the barcode reading process for optically reading the barcode 26b of the product 26 that the shopper deceives. (Product information input processing) is performed (STEP 4). By this barcode reading process, product sales data such as a product name and a sales price is determined.

  As the display of the scan mode, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the transaction information 43 such as the read product price, product information such as name and total purchase price, and operation guidance information for notifying the shopper of the settlement operation method 44, the input keys 22a, 22b, 22c and the like of the touch panel 22 are displayed. In accordance with the displayed guidance, the shopper performs an operation of pressing the settlement key 22c when the product registration process is completed for all the products. In this scan mode, the antenna 25 is set in a non-operating state, and information such as guidance is displayed on the card carding portion 23 through the antenna 25.

  The CPU 30 determines whether or not the settlement key 22c has been input (STEP 5). If it is determined that the settlement key 22c has not been input (No in STEP 5), the process waits until it is input. If it is determined that the clearing key 22c has been input (YES in STEP 5), the display screen 20 is switched to the card payment mode display (STEP 6), and the antenna 25 is switched to an operable state (STEP 7).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, as the card payment mode display, card operation guide information 45 (not shown) is used to inform the shopper that an operation of holding the IC card 24 to the card picking unit 23 is performed as a card payment operation method. Medium operation guidance information), input keys 22a, 22b and the like of the touch panel 22 are displayed. At this time, as one of the card operation guide information 45, a position where the antenna 25 and the IC card 24 can communicate is displayed. For example, by displaying the card position information 46 indicating that the antenna 25 or the card folding unit 23 exists, such as an image of a card, at the position of the card folding unit 23 in the lower right corner of the display screen 20, for example, The position of the card tapping part 23 is shown to the customer. Here, as an example of the card position information 46, a frame indicating the area of the antenna 25 that is actually transparent and invisible and an example in which a message is described in this area are shown, but the present invention is not limited to these. The shopper performs an operation of touching or touching the IC card 24 against the antenna 25 of the card picking unit 23 according to the displayed guidance. At this time, since the card tapping unit 23 exists on the display screen 20, the shopper can easily check the card tapping unit 23 while confirming the operation guidance, and can quickly perform the operation of tampering with the IC card 24. .

  The CPU 30 determines whether the card reader / writer 34 connected to the antenna 25 communicates with the IC card 24 (STEP 8). If it is determined that communication is not possible (No in STEP 8), the process waits until communication is performed. If it is determined that communication has been performed (YES in STEP 8), the card reader / writer 34 and CPU 30 connected to the antenna 25 perform settlement processing (STEP 9). As a settlement process, a reading process for reading data stored in the nonvolatile memory of the IC card 24, a settlement process for the monetary information input via the antenna 25 and the card reader / writer 34 and the total price of the product, and an IC A writing process for updating the data of the card 24 is performed.

  When the settlement process ends, the display screen 20 is switched to display in the end mode (STEP 10), the antenna 25 is returned to the non-operation state (STEP 11), and a receipt printing process and issuing process are performed (STEP 12).

  As the display of the end mode, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, guidance information 47 for informing the end of the payment process, a message 48 for prompting receipt acquisition, and the like are displayed. As described above, the receipt 27 in which the purchase record is recorded is issued from the receipt issuing port 14, and the merchandise sales process is completed.

  According to the display device 12 and the POS terminal 10 according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, by arranging the antenna 25 on the display screen 20, the shopper can easily find the card fraud portion 23 during the guidance confirmation operation without removing the line of sight from the display screen 20. In addition, since the operation of picking up the card is also performed on the display screen 20, the operation location is unified and the operability is good. The space can be omitted by arranging the card folding portion 23 on the display screen 20. The display screen 20 can be used effectively by configuring the antenna 25 to be transparent so that the display information can be seen through. In addition, by displaying the card operation guide information 45 including the card position information 46 indicating the card tampering portion 23 on the display screen 20 in the card settlement mode, it is possible to prompt a quick operation.

  In the above embodiment, the self-checkout type POS terminal is exemplified as the merchandise sales data processing apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a manned checkout type POS terminal operated by a store clerk called a cashier instead of the self-chuckout type to perform a checkout operation. For example, the manned checkout type POS terminal in this case includes a keyboard, an operator display, a scanner, a printer, and the like on the operator side, and a customer-side display on the customer side. The effect similar to the said embodiment is acquired by providing the antenna 25 in the display screen of this customer surface display. In this case, for example, when the operator presses a subtotal key on the keyboard, it is set as an input instruction for the card settlement mode, and thereafter, the same processing as in STEP 6 and after is performed.

  The product information input means is not limited to a scanner that reads a barcode. For example, a touch panel type product information input means for inputting product information by touching the product name displayed on the display screen by the operator is also applicable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the substrate 25a and the electrode 25b of the antenna 25 are made transparent is illustrated as a configuration that allows the display to be transmitted. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be light transmissive so that the contents can be grasped.

  Although the case where it applied to the electronic money payment system using the IC card 24 which memorize | stores money information was illustrated in the said embodiment, it is not restricted to this. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a point system that provides customers with various services and promotions according to the total purchase price of merchandise.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
(1)
A display comprising an antenna for transmission with a wireless communication medium on a display screen.
(2)
The display device according to (1), wherein the antenna is configured to be able to transmit the display on the display screen.
(3)
The display device according to (1), wherein the display screen includes a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel provided on the liquid crystal screen, and the antenna is attached to a front surface or a back surface of the touch panel.
(4)
A display having a display screen with an antenna for transmission with a wireless communication medium storing monetary information;
Medium processing means for processing the wireless communication medium disposed on the antenna;
A product sales data processing apparatus characterized by comprising:
(5)
Product information input means for inputting product information;
An input instruction means for giving an input instruction for performing a settlement process using the wireless communication medium;
A display means for displaying a position at which the antenna and the wireless communication medium can communicate with each other on the display unit when an instruction to perform a settlement process is given by the input instruction means;
After the communicable position is displayed by the display means, the money information input via the antenna and the medium processing means and the settlement process of the total price of the goods input by the product information input means are performed. Settlement means
(4) The product sales data processing device according to (4).
(6)
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to (5), further comprising control means for controlling an operating state of the antenna in response to an input instruction from the input instruction means.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... POS terminal (product sales data processing apparatus), 11 ... Apparatus main body, 12 ... Display,
13 ... Scanner (product information input means), 20 ... Display screen,
21 ... Liquid crystal display panel (liquid crystal display screen),
22 ... Touch panel (input instruction means), 22a, 22a. 22b ... Input key,
24 ... IC card (wireless communication medium), 25 ... antenna, 25a ... substrate, 25b ... electrode,
26 ... Product, 26a ... Tag, 26b ... Bar code, 30 ... CPU (control means),
34: Card reader / writer (medium processing means), 45: Card operation guide information (operation guide information), 46: Card position information.

JP 2006-59301 A

Claims (4)

The display screen has an antenna for transmission with the wireless communication medium,
The antenna is configured to be transparent to display on the display screen,
The display screen includes a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel provided on the liquid crystal screen,
The antenna is attached to the front or back surface of the touch panel,
Information related to product sales is displayed above the position where the antenna is arranged on the display screen, and guidance information is a content that informs the method of settlement operation using the touch panel below the information related to product sales on the display screen. An indicator, wherein when displayed, the antenna is in a non-operating state.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the information related to the product sales is any one of a product name, a unit price, a number, a total amount, a deposit amount, and a change amount. Said display screen, display of claim 1, wherein a is disposed above the mounting table of the product. Wherein a display screen, a scanner for reading product information, indicator according to any of claims 1 to 3, and a receipt issuing port, from the top, characterized in that it comprises in the order of issuing a receipt.

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