JPH04246770A - Pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform the changed price to a customer in a real time without a miss, in the case the price is changed, and also, to prevent the operation miss and illegality at the time of settlement of accounts. CONSTITUTION:On commodity showcases 11-1n, price indicators 21-2n for displaying price information of a commodity are provided, respectively. The price information is stored in a storage device 40 through an input device 30. A managing device 50 reads out the price information from the storage device 40 and sends it out to the price indicators 21-2n, and allows them to display it. At the time of settlement of accounts, a bar-code displayed on a commodity is read by a POS terminal equipment 60, and the price information of this commodity is retrieved from the storage device 40 through the managing device 50, and displayed on the POS terminal equipment 60.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a POS system,
In particular, the present invention relates to a POS system that can change product price display in real time.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in retail stores such as supermarkets, prices are shown to customers by attaching price tags to each product. Whenever a discount is given, a new price tag is manually pasted or the discounted price is written on the tag. Furthermore, at the time of checkout, the operator registers the price according to the price discount.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] The above-mentioned conventional POS
In the system, when changing the price of each product, each time the price tag is changed manually, a new price tag is pasted or a discount price is written in. This can lead to errors in pasting or filling in information, and also causes problems when checking out. This system has the disadvantage that operators may make price registration mistakes, or fraud may occur through collusion between customers and operators.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a POS system that can reduce errors and prevent fraud at the time of payment by eliminating manual work to change product price display.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The POS system of the present invention is capable of displaying products displayed on a product display shelf with a bar code indicating the product code, etc., and the product code, product name, price, etc. of the product. means for inputting information; means for storing price information input by the input means; means for displaying the price of the product based on the price information stored in the storage means; and means for reading the barcode. and means for searching price information stored in the storage means using the barcode read by the reading means.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Product display shelves 11 to 1n have price displays 21 to 2.
Each product display shelf 11 to 1n is provided.
The prices of the products are displayed on the respective price displays 21 to 2n. Price information such as product name, price, product code, etc. is registered in the storage device 40 via the input device 30 by the operator. In this case, if there is a price change, the changed price information is input and registered each time. This registered price information is sent to each price display device 21 to 2n via the management device 50. Further, a POS terminal device 60 installed at the payment location is connected to the management device 50.

[0008] Now, the customer selects a product by looking at the prices of the products displayed on the price displays 21 to 2n. When making payment, the operator reads the barcode displayed on each product using the POS terminal device 60. The management device 50 is
Upon receiving the barcode read by the OS terminal device 60, the storage device 40 searches for the price of the product corresponding to this barcode, and sends the price information back to the POS terminal device 60. The operator looks at the price displayed on the POS terminal device 60 and performs payment processing.

[0009]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the POS system of the present invention provides a price display for displaying the price of the product on each product display shelf, and displays the price stored in the storage device via the input device. Therefore, when a price change occurs, customers can be notified of the changed price in real time without any mistakes. Furthermore, since the barcode displayed on the product is read at the time of checkout and the storage device is searched to obtain price information for the corresponding product, mistakes and fraud at the time of checkout can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11~1n Product display shelf 21~2n Price display 30 Input device 40 Storage device 50 Management device

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A product displayed on a product display shelf with a bar code indicating the product code, etc., and means for inputting price information such as the product code, product name, price, etc. of the product;
means for storing the price information input by the input means; means for displaying the price of the product based on the price information stored in the storage means; means for reading the barcode; and means for searching price information stored in the storage means using the barcode.