JP2000194949A - Commodity sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make promptly and exactly searchable for prescribed journal data. SOLUTION: The commodity sales data processor 10 is formed so that applicable journal data are extracted and displayed on a display 21 (21CHR) only by specifying a retrieval condition by providing an index file 26I, postscript storage control means (11, 12), a retrieval condition specifying means (retrieval condition key 21T), specified journal data extracting means (11, 12) and extracted journal data display control means (11, 12).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of storing journal data relating to merchandise sales data generated during merchandise registration and accounting processing in a journal file.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in an electronic cash register type product sales data processing device, when an operator (cashier) inputs a product code using data input means, product sales data (product name, unit price, etc.) is obtained from a product file. It is registered in the sales file (product registration) (ST40 in FIG. 6). After registering all the purchased items of the customer, the closing operation as one transaction end declaration (S
When T41 is YES), an accounting process (ST42) including calculation of merchandise sales data (total amount and change amount) is performed. Thereafter, the drawer is automatically released and money is exchanged, and the change is handed to the customer together with the printed receipt of the product sales data in the one transaction.

[0003] Product sales data relating to product registration and accounting processing is displayed as character information on an operator display and a customer display in real time, so that the operator refers to the operator display to perform product registration operations. The customer can confirm whether there is an error or not, and the customer can refer to the customer display to confirm whether the price and quantity of the product are correct or not. Therefore, it is safe to carry out a complicated product sales operation quickly and accurately and to confirm the authenticity of the customer on the spot.

In such an apparatus, in order to record the progress and results of the merchandise sales business, FIG. 7 shows a history including journal data and key data relating to procedures such as merchandise registration as well as merchandise sales data for each transaction. It is formed so that it can be printed on the journal paper J or automatically stored in a journal file (ST43). But,
Since it is difficult to keep the journal paper J on which all the journal data is printed, the spread of so-called electronic journals that are stored in journal files is remarkable.

Thus, by analyzing the journal data stored in the journal file (FIG. 7 shows a print example of one transaction), the validity of the procedure for each person in charge can be objectively determined, and Can accurately respond to inquiries, and can create and save tax matters.

[0006]

By the way, even in the case of an electronic journal, the amount of journal data stored in the journal file is the same as the amount of the article sales data to be printed on the receipt as in the case of printing and recording on the journal paper J. It is huge compared to the amount. In addition, it is printed out on receipt paper or the like to determine the validity of the above procedures for each person in charge.
The reality is that they respond to inquiries from customers and create and save tax matters.

[0007] Thus, for example, if a customer appears to have made an error in the product price or change amount purchased the other day and the receipt brought by the customer is damaged, or an inquiry from the customer who lost the receipt is received. If there is
Finding the journal data based on, for example, a receipt number or date and time is a great effort and time.
In the worst case, a situation arises in which product sales operations must be interrupted. That said, the inability to respond to inquiries from customers who do not have a receipt, because it rarely happens, cannot be guaranteed in customer service.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of quickly and accurately searching for predetermined journal data.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of storing journal data relating to merchandise sales data in a journal file, comprising: a search condition; a journal key code corresponding to each search condition; When the journal data is stored in the journal file, a journal key code corresponding to the journal data is formed so as to be additionally storable, and is stored in the journal file when a search condition is specified. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus configured to be able to extract journal data having a journal key code corresponding to the designated search condition from the stored journal data and display the extracted journal data.

According to this invention, when each journal data is stored in the journal file, a journal key code corresponding to each journal data is additionally stored. Then, for example, when an inquiry from a customer or the like is satisfied, a search condition (for example, customer layer, date and time) is specified. Then, from the journal data stored in the journal file, the journal data in which the journal key code corresponding to the designated search condition is additionally stored is extracted and displayed. The following search conditions can be specified for the extracted and displayed journal data, and the journal data can be further extracted and displayed by narrowing down.

[0011] Accordingly, since predetermined journal data can be searched quickly and accurately, business efficiency and customer service can be greatly improved, and paper can be saved because it is not necessary to print all cases.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a product sales data processing apparatus capable of storing journal data relating to product sales data in a journal file, a search condition is associated with a journal key code corresponding to each search condition. An index file to be stored, additional storage control means for additionally storing each journal key code corresponding to each journal data by referring to the index file when storing each journal data in the journal file, and specifying a search condition And a journal key code corresponding to the specified search condition is additionally stored from journal data stored in the journal file when the search condition is specified using the search condition specifying device. Specified journal data for extracting journal data An extraction means and an extraction journal data display control means for displaying the extracted journal data on a display device, and a product sales data processing device formed so as to extract and display the corresponding journal data only by specifying a search condition. is there.

In this invention, when storing each journal data in the journal file, the additional storage control means refers to the index file and additionally stores the journal key code corresponding to each journal data in the journal data. . For example, when an inquiry or the like from a customer matches, an operator or the like specifies search conditions (for example, customer layer, date and time) using search condition specifying means.

Then, the designated journal data extracting means extracts, from the journal data stored in the journal file, journal data in which a journal key code corresponding to the specified search condition is additionally stored. Subsequently, the extracted journal data display control means displays the extracted journal data on a display.
For the extracted and displayed journal data, specify the following search conditions to further narrow down the journal data
Can be displayed.

[0015] Accordingly, since predetermined journal data can be searched quickly and accurately, business efficiency and customer service can be greatly improved, paper can be saved, and only search conditions can be specified using search condition specifying means. Easy to handle.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a touch panel is provided on the operator display and search condition display control means for displaying a list of search conditions stored in the index file on the operator display is provided. The product sales data processing device is configured such that the condition specification means specifies the search condition by selectively performing a touch operation on the search condition displayed on the operator display with a touch panel.

In this invention, for example, when a journal search command is issued, the search condition display control means displays a list of search conditions stored in the index file on the operator display. Thus, the operator can specify the search condition by selectively touching the search condition displayed on the operator display with the touch panel. Therefore, in addition to providing the same operation and effect as the case of the second aspect of the invention, the handling is further simplified.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is a commodity sales data processing apparatus wherein the extracted journal data display control means is formed so that all of the extracted journal data can be scrollably displayed in a legible manner.

In this invention, when there is a large amount of extracted journal data, all of the extracted journal data can be scrolled and displayed in a legible manner by performing a scroll operation. Therefore, in addition to providing the same operational effects as those of the inventions of claims 2 and 3, there is no oversight of the extracted and displayed journal data. Can be done.

Further, the invention according to claim 5 is a commodity sales data processing apparatus wherein the search condition includes at least two of a person in charge, a time, a customer class, a total amount, and a receipt number.

In this invention, for example, in response to a customer inquiry, if the customer remembers the operator, the person in charge is specified in the search condition. In the case of a customer who has just purchased a product just before opening, the date and time (date and time) are designated as search conditions. If the customer is a child or an elderly person, the customer class is specified in the search condition.
In the case of a purchaser of a high-priced product, the total price is specified in the search condition. Therefore, in addition to providing the same effects as the inventions of the second to fourth aspects, it is possible to extract and display predetermined journal data while narrowing down the journal data more quickly and accurately. .

Further, the invention according to claim 6 is a commodity sales data processing apparatus wherein the search condition is multi-layered and the search condition specifying means is capable of specifying a search condition of each layer.

In this invention, the displayed search condition of the upper hierarchy (for example, “person in charge”, “date and time”, “customer class”,
…)), For example, “customer layer” is specified, and the search condition (eg, “child”,
“Elderly person” can be designated from “Youth male”, “Youth female”, “Elderly person”,... Therefore, in addition to providing the same operation and effect as in each of the inventions of claims 2 to 5, the search conditions can be further subdivided, so that a quicker search can be performed.

Further, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, when the specified journal data extracting means does not specify a search condition using the search condition specifying means, the specified journal data extracting means selects from the journal data stored in the journal file. This is a merchandise sales data processing device formed so that journal data of the day can be extracted.

In this invention, when the search condition is not specified using the search condition specifying means, the specified journal data extracting means extracts the journal data of the current day from the journal data stored in the journal file. Therefore, in addition to providing the same operational effects as those of the inventions of claims 2 to 6, the search for the current day can be quickly performed while omitting or simplifying the operation of specifying the search conditions by the operator. Can be done.

Further, the invention of claim 8 is a commodity sales data processing apparatus wherein the extracted journal data displayed on the operator display is printed out by a printer by the extracted journal data display control means. It is.

According to this invention, for example, in the case of recording and storing tax matters, the extracted journal data designated / extracted and displayed on the display for the operator can be printed by a printer. In addition to providing the same functions and effects as in each of the inventions up to claim 7, only predetermined journal data can be taken out as printing paper, and the storage space thereof can be reduced.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the commodity sales data processing apparatus has a basic configuration formed of an electronic cash register 10 and an index file 26.
I, additional storage control means (11, 12), search condition designation means (search condition button 21T), designated journal data extraction means (11, 12), and extracted journal data display control means (11, 12). The journal data is extracted and displayed on the display 21 (21CHR) only by designating a search condition.

In FIG. 1, the electronic cash register 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a signal via the CPU 11, the ROM 12, the RAM 13, the clock circuit 14, the scanner 19 (the scanner circuit 15), the keyboard 20 (the keyboard circuit 16), the display 21 (the display control circuit 17), and the input / output circuit (I / O) 18. 22 (printer drive circuit 24), drawer 23 (drawer opening device 25) of automatic opening type, HDD
(Hard disk device) 26, FDD (floppy disk device) 27, data communication line (for example, LAN) 3
5 and an interface (I / F) 29 for executing a product registration function, an accounting function, and the like.
30 is each electronic cash register (terminal) 10
Is a store controller as a higher-level device having a collective management function.

The storage medium storing the program shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, ie, FD (floppy disk), is
The program may be installed in a D (floppy disk device) 27 to install the program.

The basic function of the electronic cash register 10 is to input product data using the data input means (19, 20) and register the product (ST10 in FIG. 4), as in the case of the conventional example (FIG. 6). This is an accounting process (ST15) based on the closing operation (YES in ST14).

The HDD 26 stores, in addition to a product file (not shown) and a journal file 26J, search conditions and a journal key code corresponding to each search condition in association with an index file 26I shown in FIG.
Is provided. The search conditions are "person in charge",
It is preferable to include at least two of “date and time”, “customer segment”, “total amount”, and “receipt number”. This is to facilitate narrowing down.

In this embodiment, these (“person in charge”)
All of the “receipt number”) and other necessary conditions (eg, “department code”) can be set. Note that such search conditions can be set (set / change / delete) using the set key 20K.

Further, for this purpose, a part of the search condition is multi-layered and search condition designating means (search condition button 21)
T) is formed so that search conditions of each layer can be specified. That is, for example, “customer layer” is designated from among the search conditions of the upper layer (for example, “person in charge”, “date and time”, “customer layer”,...), And the next displayed lower (middle) layer is searched. Conditions (eg, "child", "young man", "young woman",
“Elderly person” can be designated from “elderly person”,. The lower layers of “date and time” are, for example, “morning”, “daytime”, “afternoon”, and the like.

The journal key code is a code (for example, "K0") corresponding to each search condition (for example, "date and time").
1 ") and is added to the journal data to be stored. Therefore, it is preferable that the journal key code itself adopts a code having a data amount as small as possible and convenient for retrieval.

The display 21 is an operator display 21C.
It is formed from the HR and the customer display 21CST, and displays merchandise sales data. In this embodiment, a touch panel (21T) is provided on the operator display 21CHR, and when a command to extract and display journal data is issued, designated journal data extracting means (11, 12) as shown in FIG. The search condition button 21T is located on the left side of the display area 21Jd for displaying the journal data extracted by the search button, and the scroll button 2 is located on the right side.
1S can be displayed.

Here, additional storage control means (CPU
11, the ROM 12) refers to the index file 26I when storing each journal data relating to the merchandise registration (ST10 in FIG. 4) in the journal file 26J (ST).
11) Then, while extracting each journal key code corresponding to each journal data (ST12), the journal key code is additionally stored in the journal data (ST13). That is, the journal key code is added to the journal data corresponding to the journal key code set in the index file 26I.

The same operation is performed in the case of the accounting process (ST15) after the closing operation (YES in ST14) (ST1).
6, ST17). The above extraction (ST12) and storage (ST13) may be formed so as to be executed simultaneously with this stage (ST16, ST17).

Next, the designated journal data extracting means (C
PU11, ROM12), search condition specification means (21)
T) is used to specify a search condition (ST2 in FIG. 5).
(YES in 2), the journal file 26J is searched (ST24) while extracting the journal key code corresponding to the designated search condition from the index file 26I (ST23), and the journal data in which the journal key code is additionally stored is extracted. (ST25).

Although the search condition designating means may be formed by the keyboard 43, in this embodiment, a touch panel (2) is provided on the operator display 21CHR to facilitate designation.
1T) and referring to the index file 26I (ST20 in FIG. 5), and displaying a list of search conditions stored therein on the operator display 21CHR (ST2).
1) Search condition display control means (CPU 11, ROM 1
2) is provided, and the search condition designating means includes a touch panel (21
By selectively touching the search condition (search condition button 21T) displayed on the operator display 21CHR with T), the search condition (for example, “customer layer”) can be designated (YES in ST22). It is formed so that it can be done.

However, if the search condition is not specified using the search condition specifying means (21T), the specified journal data extracting means (11, 12) sets the journal file 2
The journal data of the current day is extracted from the journal data stored in 6J (ST26, ST27).

Extraction journal data display control means (CP
U11, ROM 12) displays the journal data extracted by the designated journal data extracting means (11, 12) in the display area 21Jd of the display (operator display 21CHR) shown in FIG. 3 (ST28). All designated search conditions (journal key codes) are extracted and displayed (YES in ST28).

Thus, if there are many extracted journal data to be displayed, the data may not be displayed in the display area 21Jd. In such a case, the scroll button 21S is used. Then, by specifying the next search condition, the journal data can be further extracted and displayed by narrowing down. That is, predetermined (purpose) journal data can be displayed quickly and accurately.

Extraction journal data display control means (CP
U11, ROM12) is an operator display 21CH
The extracted journal data displayed in R is printed out on the receipt paper by driving the printer 22 (Y in ST30).
ES, ST31).

In this embodiment, when storing the journal data in the journal file 26J, the additional storage control means (11, 12) sets the index file 2
6I (ST11 in FIG. 4), the journal key code corresponding to each journal data is additionally stored in each journal data (ST12, ST13, ST1).
6, ST17).

For example, when an inquiry from a customer or the like is satisfied, the operator performs an operation of issuing a journal search command, for example. Then, the search condition display control means (11, 1)
2) displays a list of search conditions stored in the index file 26I shown in FIG. 2 on the operator display 21CHR as shown in FIG. 3 (ST20, ST21).

Thus, the operator selectively touches the search condition (search condition button 21T) displayed on the operator display 21CHR with a touch panel (ST).
22 (YES), the search condition can be designated. Easy to handle.

Then, the designated journal data extracting means (11, 12) additionally stores the same journal key code as the journal key code corresponding to the designated search condition from the journal data stored in the journal file 26J. The extracted journal data is extracted (ST23 to ST25). However, if the search condition is not specified using the search condition specifying means, the journal data of the current day is extracted (ST26, ST27). This is convenient for searching on the day.

Subsequently, the extracted journal data display control means (11, 12) displays the extracted journal data in the display area 2 shown in FIG.
It is displayed at 1 Jd (ST28). In this way,
With respect to the displayed journal data, the next search condition can be specified (YES in ST22), and the journal data can be further extracted and displayed by narrowing down. Therefore,
The specified journal data can be found quickly and accurately.

When a large amount of journal data is extracted, a scroll operation using the scroll button 21S shown in FIG. 3 allows all of the journal data to be scrollably displayed in a legible manner. Therefore, the journal data is not overlooked, and the subsequent narrowing-down search can be performed more accurately and quickly.

Since the search conditions include the person in charge, the time, the customer class, the total amount, and the receipt number, the following designation can be made. In other words, for example, in response to a customer inquiry, if the customer remembers the operator, the person in charge is specified in the search condition. In the case of a customer who has just purchased a product just before opening, the date and time (date and time) are designated as search conditions. If the customer is a child or an elderly person, the customer class is specified in the search condition. In the case of a purchaser of a high-priced product, the total price is specified in the search condition. Thus, predetermined journal data can be extracted and displayed more quickly while narrowing down the journal data.

Further, for example, “customer layer” is designated from the displayed search conditions of the upper hierarchy (for example, “person in charge”, “date and time”, “customer layer”,. Since the "elderly person" can be specified from the search conditions of the middle-level hierarchy (for example, "child", "young man", "young woman", "elderly person", ...), a quicker search can be performed. Can be.

Thus, for example, in the case of recording and storing tax matters, the designated and extracted and operator display 2
The extracted journal data displayed in 1CHR can be printed by the printer 22 (YES in ST30, ST
31). Therefore, only the narrowed down predetermined journal data can be taken out as printing paper, and the storage space for the journal data can be reduced.

[0054]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a search condition and a journal key code corresponding to each search condition can be stored in association with each other, and a journal key code is added when each journal data is stored in a journal file. Since the merchandise sales data processing device is formed so as to be storable and capable of extracting and displaying journal data in which the journal key code is added and stored when a search condition is specified, predetermined journal data can be quickly processed. And find it accurately. Therefore, business efficiency and customer service can be greatly improved, and paper can be saved because it is not necessary to print all cases.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an index file for storing search conditions in association with journal key codes corresponding to each search condition and each journal key code corresponding to each journal data are additionally stored. Additional storage control means, search condition designating means, designated journal data extracting means for extracting journal data in which a journal key code corresponding to the designated search condition is appended and stored, and displaying the extracted journal data on a display. An extracted journal data display control means is provided, and the commodity sales data processing apparatus is formed so as to be able to extract and display applicable journal data only by designating search conditions, so that predetermined journal data can be quickly and accurately searched. Therefore, the work efficiency and the customer service can be greatly improved, and the paper can be saved, and the search condition can be simply designated by using the search condition designation means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a touch panel is provided on the operator display, and a list of search conditions stored in the index file is displayed on the operator display, and is displayed on the operator display with a touch panel. Since the search condition can be designated by selectively touching the searched search condition, the same effect as in the invention of claim 2 can be obtained, and the handling is further simplified. It is.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, all of the extracted journal data is formed so as to be scrollably displayed in a legible manner, so that it is the same as in each of the second and third aspects of the present invention. In addition to the above advantages, the extracted and displayed journal data is not overlooked, so that subsequent narrowing-down searches can be performed more accurately and quickly.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the search condition includes at least two of the person in charge, the time, the customer type, the total amount, and the receipt number. In addition to achieving the same effects as in each of the inventions up to 4, the present invention can extract and display predetermined journal data while narrowing down the journal data more quickly and accurately.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, since the search condition of each of the hierarchized layers can be designated, it is the same as in each of the inventions of claims 2 to 5. In addition to the effect, the search condition can be further subdivided, so that a quicker search can be performed.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, when the search condition is not specified using the search condition specifying means,
Since the journal data of the current day can be extracted from the journal data stored in the journal file, the same effect as in each of the inventions of claims 2 to 6 can be obtained. Further, the search for the current day can be quickly performed while omitting or simplifying the operation of specifying the search conditions by the operator.

Further, according to the invention of claim 8, the extracted journal data displayed on the display for operator is formed so as to be printable, so that the invention of claims 2 to 7 is provided. In addition to providing the same effect as in the case described above, only predetermined journal data can be taken out as printing paper, and the storage space thereof can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is also a diagram for explaining an index file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a display example of the extracted journal data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (1) for explaining the storage operation of journal data.

FIG. 5 is also a flowchart (2) for explaining the operation of extracting and displaying journal data.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional journal data storage operation.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an example of a print mode in which all journal data is printed on a journal sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 electronic cash register (commodity sales data processing device) 11 CPU (additional storage control means, designated journal data extraction means, extracted journal data display control means, search condition display control means) 12 ROM (additional storage control means, designated journal data extraction) Means, extracted journal data display control means, search condition display control means) 13 RAM 14 clock circuit 20 keyboard 20K set key 21 display 21CHR operator display (display) 21T search condition button (touch panel ... search condition designation means) 21Jd Display area 21S Scroll button 21CST Customer display 22 Printer 26 HDD 26J Journal file 26I Index file 30 Store controller

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise sales data processing device capable of storing journal data relating to merchandise sales data in a journal file, wherein a search condition and a journal key code corresponding to each search condition can be stored in association with each other and said journal data can be stored. Is stored in the journal file, a journal key code corresponding to each journal data is formed so as to be additionally storable, and when a search condition is specified, the specified search is performed from the journal data stored in the journal file. A merchandise sales data processing device formed so as to be able to extract journal data in which a journal key code corresponding to a condition is additionally stored and to display the extracted journal data. 2. A merchandise sales data processing device capable of storing journal data relating to merchandise sales data in a journal file, comprising: an index file storing a search condition and a journal key code corresponding to each search condition in association with each other; Appending storage control means for appending and storing each journal key code corresponding to each journal data by referring to the index file when storing each journal data in the journal file, search condition specifying means for specifying a search condition, When a search condition is specified by using this search condition specification means, a specified journal that extracts journal data in which a journal key code corresponding to the specified search condition is additionally stored from journal data stored in a journal file. Data extraction means and extracted Provided an extraction journal data display control means for displaying the journal data to the display device, it is formed to be extracted display the journal data corresponding only by specifying a search condition, merchandise sales data processing apparatus. 3. An operator display device comprising a touch panel and search condition display control means for displaying a list of search conditions stored in the index file on the operator display device, wherein the search condition designating means comprises an operator with a touch panel. 3. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the search condition is displayed by selectively touching the search condition displayed on the display unit. 4. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the extracted journal data display control means is formed so that all of the extracted journal data can be scrollably displayed in a legible manner. 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the search condition includes at least two of a person in charge, a time, a customer class, a total amount, and a receipt number. Product sales data processing device. 6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the search condition is multi-layered, and the search condition designating means is formed so as to be able to designate a search condition of each hierarchy. Product sales data processing device. 7. The designated journal data extracting means,
7. The system according to claim 2, wherein when the search condition is not specified using the search condition specifying means, the journal data of the current day can be extracted from the journal data stored in the journal file. A product sales data processing device according to any one of the preceding claims. 8. The printer according to claim 2, wherein the extracted journal data displayed on the operator display is printable by a printer by the extracted journal data display control means. Item sales data processing device described in section.