JPH04102195A - Merchandise unit price control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely respond a corresponding unit price to the inquiry of the unit price from a merchandise registering terminal by providing a unit price response processing means for storing the unit price of each merchandise by the discriminating code of each shop and for detecting the counter reading out the unit price of the merchandise corresponding to the discriminating code and responding to the inquiry of the merchandise unit price. CONSTITUTION:A RAM 14 is composed of a counter converting table 21 storing a counter number, a merchandise table 22 storing a name, the unit price, a sales point, a sales amount and the like of all the merchandise sold in each counter by merchandise code, and a unit price table 23 storing the unit price of each counter by merchandise code corresponding to the counter number. When receiving an inquiry message of the merchandise unit price, first the merchandise table 22 is searched by the merchandise code in the message, the unit price corresponding to the merchandise code of the merchandise table 22 is read out, and the response is outputted to a terminal to have made the inquiry. Thus, even when the unit price of the merchandise is inquired, it is possible to output the response of the corresponding unit price surely, and to improve the operability of the merchandise registering terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a product unit price management device used in a POS (point of sale) system of a large store where the unit price of the same product may vary depending on the sales floor.

[Prior art] A POS system connects multiple product registration terminals such as electronic cash registers installed at each sales floor to one file controller installed in an office or the like via a transmission line. The name and unit price of each product sold at each sales floor is stored in the file controller.

A product table is created that stores the number of sales items, sales amount, etc. by product code. Each time a sales product is registered, each product registration terminal queries the file controller for the unit price using the product code of the registered product.
The file controller reads out the unit price, etc. corresponding to the inquired product code from the product table and responds to the corresponding terminal. The terminal then executes the sales registration process for the registered product at the responded unit price, and the number of sales items and sales amount are totaled by product code in the file controller. Therefore, P.O.
By introducing the S system, products sold at each sales floor can be centrally managed in an office, etc., simplifying product sales management and inventory management, and the cashier (product registration terminal) at each sales floor The person in charge of operating the machine only needs to input the code of the product to be registered using the scanner or keyboard, resulting in excellent operability.

This POS system has also been introduced in large stores that have separate sales areas for groups, such as a daily necessities department, an electronics department, a toy department, and the like. However, in such stores, there are products such as batteries that are sold in multiple departments, and if the unit price of such products differs in each department due to special sales, etc., the products are not displayed in the product table during registration. You will no longer be able to inquire about unit prices. Therefore, for products with different unit prices depending on the sales floor, the unit price of the product was determined manually at each sales floor.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] As mentioned above, in conventional POS systems, if the unit price of a product differs depending on the sales floor, the unit price of the product must be determined manually at each sales floor, which reduces operability. Since the unit price differs at each sales floor, the cashier has to be aware of whether or not the item is incompatible with the unit price inquiry to the file controller, which is complicated and burdensome.

Therefore, the present invention is capable of reliably outputting the corresponding unit price even when a product registration terminal installed in each sales floor inquires about the unit price of a product whose unit price differs depending on the sales floor, thereby improving the operability of the product registration terminal. The purpose of this invention is to provide a product unit price management device that can improve the cashier's cashier's burden at each sales floor.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention connects a plurality of product registration terminals via a transmission path, and queries the corresponding unit price in response to product unit price inquiries from these product registration terminals. In the product unit price management device that outputs a response to the matched terminal, there is a unit price table that stores the unit price of each product according to the identification code of each sales floor where each product registration terminal is installed, and In response to a product unit price inquiry, a sales floor detection means detects the sales floor where the terminal is installed, and the unit price of the product corresponding to the identification code of the sales floor detected by the detection means is read out from the unit price table and responded to. and unit price response processing means.

[Function] With the product unit price management device having such a configuration, the unit price of each product is stored in the unit price table according to the identification code of each sales floor where each product registration terminal is installed. Therefore, even products with different unit prices depending on the sales floor can be managed using this unit price table. When a product unit price inquiry is received from any product registration terminal, the sales floor where the terminal is installed is detected, and the unit price of the product corresponding to the identification code of that sales floor is determined from the above unit price table. Read and responded to. Therefore, even if the product has a different unit price depending on the sales floor, it is possible to reliably respond with the corresponding unit price in response to a unit price inquiry from the product registration terminal.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the product unit price management device of the present invention is applied to a file controller of a POS system will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a POS system, which includes a plurality of product registration terminals (TM) 1 consisting of, for example, electronic cash registers, and a file controller (FC).
For example, HDLC (high level data link)
control) is connected via a transmission line 3 such as a line. In addition, the file controller 2 has a dedicated line 4.
A store controller (SC) 5 made up of a host computer or the like is connected via the host computer.

Here, one to several terminals 1 are installed at each sales floor in the store. Each terminal 1 is assigned a terminal number, which is a unique ID number. Further, the file controller 2 and the store controller 5 are installed in an office of a store or the like.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the file controller 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the file controller 2 is connected to the CPU 1 constituting the main body of the control unit via a path line 12, a ROM 13, a RAM 14, a clock circuit 15 for measuring the current date and time, and the dedicated line 4. A transmission control circuit 16 for controlling data transmission/reception performed between the store controller 5 and the store controller 5, and a transmission control circuit 17 for controlling data transmission/reception performed for each terminal 1 via the transmission path 3 are connected to each terminal. It is composed of

Here, the ROM 13 stores program data and the like necessary for the CPU 1 to control each section.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the RAM 14 stores a sales floor conversion table that stores the sales floor number, which is the identification code of the sales floor where the terminal 1 is installed, in correspondence with the terminal number assigned to each terminal 1. 21. Product table 22 that stores the name, unit price, number of sales items, sales amount, etc. of all products sold at each sales floor by product code. For products whose unit prices differ depending on the sales floor, the unit price for each sales floor is stored in the sales floor number by product code. A unit price table 23 is formed to be stored in correspondence. In addition, the product table 22 has an area 24 for storing a sales floor flag F for each product code, and for products with different unit prices for each sales floor, the same flag or “1°” is set, and the unit price for each sales floor is set to 1°. For common products, the flag is reset to "Om". Incidentally, each data setting for these tables 21 to 23 is performed by DLL (down line loading) processing from the store controller 5, for example, before the store opens.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the product registration terminal 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the terminal device 1 registers a ROM 3B storing fixed data such as program data and character generator data, and product sales data to a CPU 31 constituting a control unit main body via a pass line 32. RAM 34 in which memory for sales registration etc.
, a clock circuit 35 that measures the current date and time, a transmission control circuit 36 that controls data transmission and reception with the file controller 2 via the transmission line 3, and a barcode read by the barcode scanner 37. A scanner control circuit 38 that takes in data, an I10 port 40 that receives signals from the mode switch 39, a keyboard circuit 42 that takes in key signals from a keyboard 41, and characters that drive and control the display 43 to correspond to display data. , a printer drive circuit 46 of a printer 45 for printing on receipts, etc., and a drawer opening device 48 for opening a drawer 47 are each connected to an I10 port 49 that outputs a drive signal. has been done.

Here, the mode switch 39 controls turning on and off the power, and also controls "registration", "inspection", "payment", "
A control switch that selects various business modes such as "Settings",
Switching is performed using a key.

In addition, the keyboard 41 is equipped with various function keys necessary for product registration, such as a subtotal key, deposit/cash key, cancel key, and clear key, in addition to a numeric keypad for entering numerical data. ing.

Therefore, when the barcode of a product is read by the barcode scanner 37 while the "registration" mode is selected by the mode switch 39, the CPU 41 of the terminal 1 recognizes that the product has been registered. The program is set to execute the control shown in FIG. That is, the barcode read by the barcode scanner 37 is converted into a product code, a unit price inquiry message is edited using the product code and the terminal number assigned in advance to the terminal, and the message is transmitted. The signal is transmitted to the fan controller 2 via the transmission path 3 by the action of the control circuit 36 . In response, when there is a response from the file controller 2 with the unit price of the product to which the inquiry was made, sales registration processing is executed based on the unit price. Specifically, the sales amount is calculated by multiplying the unit price by the number of items sold, and the sales amount and number of items sold are stored in RAM.
The registration process is performed in the sales registration memory of 34. Further, the product name, sales amount, etc. that are responded to at the same time as the unit price are displayed on the display 43 and printed on a receipt or the like by the printer 45. Further, the number of items sold and the sales amount are transmitted to the file controller 2 together with the product code as product sales data. In this way, the product sales data sent to the file controller 2 is accumulated by product code in the product table 22, and sales by product are totaled.

Note that if there is no response from the file controller 2 within a certain period of time to the unit price inquiry, or if there is an error response, an error will occur.

On the other hand, the CPU II of the file controller 2 is programmed to execute the control shown in FIG. 6 when it receives a product unit price inquiry message from each terminal 1 via the transmission control circuit 17.

That is, when a unit price inquiry message for a product is received, first, the product table 22 is searched using the product code in the message. If the corresponding product code is set in the product table 22, the sales floor flag F in the area 24 corresponding to the product code is checked. Here, if the same flag F or "0°" is reset, the product has the same unit price in each department, so read out the unit price corresponding to the corresponding product code from the product table 22, and read it out from the terminal that made the inquiry. Outputs a response to machine 1.

On the other hand, if the sales floor flag F is set to "1", the unit price of the product differs depending on the sales floor due to special sales, etc., so read the sales floor number corresponding to the terminal number in the inquiry message from the sales floor conversion table 21. (sales floor detection means).

Furthermore, a record corresponding to the product code in the message is extracted from the unit price table 23. Then, it is checked whether the store number read from the store conversion table 21 is set in that record. If it is not set here, the unit price preset in the product table 22 is used, so the unit price corresponding to the corresponding product code in the product table 22 is read and sent to the terminal 1 that made the inquiry. output the response.

On the other hand, if the sales floor number read from the sales floor conversion table 21 is set in the record extracted from the unit price table 23, the unit price corresponding to the sales floor number is read out and (unit price response processing means).

Note that if the corresponding product code is not set in the search of the product table 22, an error response is sent to the terminal that made the inquiry.

In this embodiment configured in this way, each terminal 1
A unique terminal number is assigned to each terminal. Furthermore, a sales floor number for identifying each sales floor is assigned to each sales floor where each terminal 1 is installed. Then, before opening the store, a store conversion table 21 is created in the RAM 34 of the file controller 2, in which the corresponding store numbers are set in correspondence with the terminal numbers of each terminal 1. In addition, a product table 22 is created in which product names, unit prices, etc. of all products sold at each sales floor are set for each product code. Furthermore, if there is a product sold at a unit price different from the unit price stored in the product table 22 depending on the sales floor due to a special sale, etc., the unit price table 23 in which the corresponding sales floor number and unit price are set corresponding to the product code of the product is displayed. Form. For the products whose data is set in the unit price table 23, the sales floor flag F provided in the area 24 of the product table 22 is set to 1.
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In this state, when a product is registered for sale by scanning a barcode on each terminal 1, an inquiry is made to the file controller 2 about the unit price of the registered product. The inquiry message at this time includes the product code of the product in question as well as the terminal number of the terminal device 1 that performed the registration.

Upon receiving the inquiry message, the file controller 2 first searches the product file 22 using the product code in the inquiry message. If the corresponding product code is set in the product file 22 and the sales floor flag F corresponding to the corresponding product code is reset to "0", the product for which the unit price was inquired will be sold at each sales floor. Since the products have a common unit price, the unit price corresponding to the corresponding product code in the product file 22 is read out and output as a response to the terminal 1 that made the inquiry.

On the other hand, if the product code in the inquiry message is set in the product file 22, or if the sales floor flag F corresponding to the corresponding product code is set to "1", the product for which the unit price was inquired is Since the product has a different unit price depending on the product, the sales floor number corresponding to the terminal number in the inquiry message is read from the sales floor conversion table 21. Also, a record corresponding to the corresponding product code is extracted from the unit price table 23. Then, store the sales floor conversion table 2 in that record.
If the sales floor number read from 1 is not set,
Since the sales floor where the terminal 1 that registered the product is installed sells the product at the unit price set in the product table 22, the unit price of the product table 22 is read out and output as a response to the corresponding terminal 1. Ru.

On the other hand, if the store number read from the store conversion table 21 is set in the record extracted from the unit price table 23, the store number read from the store conversion table 21 is set in the store where the terminal 1 that registered the product is installed. Since we are selling at a unit price different from the set unit price, unit price table 2
3, that department N.

The unit price corresponding to is read out and output as a response to the corresponding terminal 1.

In this manner, the terminal device 1 that receives the unit price response from the file controller 2 performs sales registration processing based on the unit price.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the file controller 2
Even if there are products whose unit prices differ depending on the sales floor due to special sales, etc., the unit prices for each sales floor are set in the unit price table 23 in correspondence with the sales floor number. As a result, the terminal 1 can perform the registration process only by inputting the product code, as in the case of products with a common unit price in each sales floor. Therefore,
Even if there are products with different unit prices depending on the sales floor, the operability of the terminal 1 is not impaired. Furthermore, cashiers at each sales floor do not have to worry about whether or not the product they are trying to register has a different unit price depending on the sales floor, in other words, whether or not there is a product that requires unit price input on the terminal, so there is no hassle. The burden is reduced.

In the above embodiment, the sales floor conversion table 21 is provided in order to detect the sales floor where the terminal is installed in response to a product unit price inquiry from the product registration terminal, but this table is not necessarily required. It's not a thing. One terminal 1 is installed in each sales floor.If one terminal is not installed, each terminal 1 is installed.
The terminal number assigned to the terminal number can be used as is as information for detecting the sales floor. In this case, the unit price is set in the unit price table 23 in accordance with the terminal number. However, if there are two or more terminals 1 in each sales floor, using the sales floor number as in this embodiment has the advantage that the memory capacity of the RAM 14 in the file controller 2 can be saved.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, even if there is a unit price inquiry for a product whose unit price differs depending on the sales floor from the product registration terminal installed in each sales floor, the corresponding unit price can be surely returned. A product unit price management device that can output responses, improve the operability of product registration terminals, and reduce the burden on cashiers at each sales floor.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a diagram of the main memory configuration of RAM in a file controller, Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a POS system, and Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of the file controller. , FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the product registration terminal, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing program control of the product registration operation by the CPU of the product registration terminal, and FIG.
12 is a flowchart showing program control for U's unit price inquiry message receiving operation. 1...Terminal for product registration, 2...File control,...Sales floor conversion table, pull, 3...Unit price table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of product registration terminals are connected via a transmission path,
In a product unit price management device that responds to a product unit price inquiry from these product registration terminals and outputs the corresponding unit price to the terminal that received the inquiry, the product registration terminal is installed at each sales floor where each product registration terminal is installed. a unit price table that stores the unit price of each product for each identification code; a sales floor detection means that detects the sales floor where the terminal is installed in response to a product unit price inquiry from the product registration terminal; and the detection means 1. A product unit price management device comprising: unit price response processing means for reading out the unit price of the product corresponding to the sales floor identification code detected by the unit price table from the unit price table and responding.