JP2000322651A - Article sale registration data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply effective display information even for children who are not tall or the like when registering the sale of an articles bought by a customer and settling the account of that registered article. SOLUTION: A display 60 for children is provided separately from customer service displays 34 and 54 as a display part for customers and display for children is performed on this display 60 for children. In details, a keyboard 32 or 51 is provided with a display command key and when this display command key is inputted, image data in an image memory are reproduced and displayed on the display 60 for children. When the input of the display command key is judged in the article registration, a 'name written in KANA', that even children can read, is displayed on the display 60 for children. When the input of the display command key is judged in the finish registration, the money image of the price is displayed on the display 60 for children.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS installed in a checkout section of a mass retailer such as a supermarket.
(Point Of Sales: point-of-sale information management) The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration data processing device such as a terminal and an electronic cash register.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, at a checkout section of a supermarket, a soccer table and a cash register are arranged in an L shape. The soccer table is equipped with a scanner device that functions as a part of product registration means.
A drawer or an automatic change machine, and a POS terminal that performs sales registration processing of merchandise sales data are installed. Then, an operator (casher) operating the scanner device and the POS terminal and a shopper who settles the price of the purchased merchandise face each other across a soccer table.

[0003] In the scanner device, a scanner for optically reading a bar code, a keyboard on which various keys for registering commodities are arranged, and the name and price of the registered commodities are displayed to the operator. A front display is provided, and a customer side display is provided on the shopper side for displaying the name of the registered product, the price, and the like to the shopper.

[0004] The POS terminal has a keyboard provided with various keys for payment, a printer for printing and issuing receipts, a front display for displaying the price and change to the operator, and a display for the shopper. A visitor surface display or the like for displaying the price, change, and the like is provided.

[0005] When a shopper who pays for the purchased merchandise arrives at the checkout section, the operator operates the scanner or keyboard of the scanner to register the sales data of the purchased merchandise. When the sales registration of the customer purchased product is completed, the total key provided on the keyboard of the scanner device is pressed. Then, the price is calculated from the total price of the customer purchased products, and the POS
Since the information is displayed on the front display and the customer display of the terminal, the operator receives payment according to the price from the shopper.

[0006]

Heretofore, both the scanner and the POS terminal have been mounted so that a person who has reached the average height of an adult can easily see it. Low children could not see the contents displayed on the customer display. For this reason, in the case of a shopper with a parent and a child, a child who cannot see the displayed contents during the checkout may get bored and go out. Further, when the shopper has only one child, there is a case where it is difficult to pay for the price because the display contents of the customer level display cannot be confirmed.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object thereof is to be effective for children with short stature at the time of sales registration of customer-purchased products and at the time of payment for the registered products. It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device capable of giving various display information.

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1 of the present application, sales data of merchandise registered for sale by merchandise registration means is registered in a storage unit, and the name and price of the registered merchandise are entered by an operator. In the merchandise sales registration data processing device for displaying on the front display unit for the customer and the customer surface display unit for the customer, a child display unit is provided separately from the customer surface display unit as the display unit for the customer. Is displayed. By taking such measures, even a child who cannot see the display contents of the customer surface display section can see the display contents of the child display section.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a display command key for commanding image display on the child display unit is provided, in addition to a customer display unit as a display unit for the customer, and an image data key. , And display control means for displaying the image data stored and held in the image memory on the display unit for children in response to the input of the display command key. By taking such a measure, for example, when a shopper with parents or a child-only shopper comes to check out and inputs a display command key, the image data stored in the image memory is displayed on the child display section. Will be displayed. As a result, even a child who cannot see the display contents of the customer surface display section can see the display contents of the child display section.

[0010] The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is the above-described claim 2.
In addition to the above-mentioned inventions, a name storage means for storing a general name and a child name as the product names of the respective products, and a display command key is inputted each time the product registration is performed by the product registration means. Registration-time key determining means for determining whether or not the display command key has not been inputted by the registration-time key determining means. Name display control means for displaying on the display unit, reading out the child name of the sales registered product from the name storage means when it is determined that the display command key is input, and displaying the name on the child display unit It is. By taking such a measure, when the product is registered for sale without inputting the display command key, the name of the sales registered product is displayed on the customer surface display section as a general name. On the other hand, if the sales registration of the product is performed by the product registration means while the display command key is being input, the name of the sales registered product is displayed on the display for children as a name for children.

[0011] The invention described in claim 4 of the present application is the above-described claim 2.
Or, in addition to the invention of the third aspect, a registration closing means for declaring the end of sales registration of a product sold as one commercial transaction, and a display command key is inputted each time the registration end is declared by the registration closing means. Closing key determination means for determining whether or not the display command key has not been input by the closing key determination means, the price of the product sold as one commercial transaction is displayed on the customer surface display section. Price display control means for displaying an image of money corresponding to the price of a product sold as one commercial transaction when it is determined that the display command key has been input. is there. By taking such measures, if the end of sales registration is declared without inputting the display command key, the price of the product sold as one commercial transaction will be displayed on the customer surface display unit with numbers. On the other hand, when the end of sales registration is declared while the display command key is input, the price of the product sold as one commercial transaction is displayed on the child display unit in the form of money.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a checkout unit using the merchandise sales registration data processing device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the checkout section places a soccer table 1 and a cash register table 2 in an L-shape. At approximately the center of the soccer table 1, a scanner device 3 functioning as a part of the merchandise registration means is provided. The scanner device 3 includes a vertical barcode scanner 31 that optically reads a barcode such as a PLU code attached to a product on the operator side standing on the back side of the soccer table 1, and a barcode scanner 31 as shown in FIG. A plurality of preset keys K1 for presetting a PLU code of a product, a numeric key K2, and a multiplication key K
3, a keyboard 32 on which various keys such as a total key K4 are arranged, and a front display 33 for displaying the name and price of the registered product to the operator, and a shopper standing in front of the soccer table 1 On the side, a customer surface display 34 for displaying the name of the registered product, the amount, and the like to the shopper is provided. Note that the barcode scanner 31 is not a vertical type having a reading surface facing the front side (operator side).
It may be a stationary type that faces the upper surface.

On the other hand, a cash drawer 4 for storing cash or the like is placed on the cashier stand 2, and the drawer 4
A POS terminal 5 for registering sales of merchandise sales data is installed on the POS terminal. This POS terminal 5
As shown in FIG. 4, a keyboard 51 provided with various keys such as a number key K5, a number key K6, a deposit / current total key K6, and the like.
A printer 52 for printing and issuing receipts and the like, a front display 53 for displaying the price and change to the operator, a customer surface display 54 for displaying the price and change to the shopper, and the like are provided. . Note that an automatic change machine may be used instead of the drawer 4.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the merchandise sales registration data processing device according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the present apparatus mainly includes a POS terminal 5, and the POS terminal 5 has the scanner device 3 and the drawer 4, a child display unit 6 and a music output unit 7, which will be described later.
Are electrically connected to each other.

The POS terminal 5 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 5 which constitutes a control section main body of the apparatus.
5, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 56 for storing in advance a program for controlling the operation of the CPU 55,
A RAM 57 that forms various memory areas for storing processing data and the like in U55, a LAN (Local Area Network)
and a communication interface 58 for controlling data communication with a host device such as a host computer connected via a communication line such as k).

The POS terminal 5 is connected to the CPU 55.
The input / output devices of the keyboard 51, printer 52, front display 53, and customer display 54 of the scanner device 3 and the barcode scanner 31, keyboard 32, front display 33, and customer display 34 of the scanner device 3 are respectively connected. They are connected and control these data input / output in a unified manner. Also CP
The drawer 4 is connected to U55, and the drawer 4 is automatically opened in response to a command from the CPU 55.

In the RAM 57, as shown in FIG.
A PLU table M1 in which product data such as a product name, a unit price, and a status are preset corresponding to a PLU code attached to each product, a product sales file M2 for performing sales processing of sales data of sales registered products, and one commercial transaction. Customer totalizer M that sums up the value of sold products for sale
3, a flag memory M4 for storing various flag data such as a registering flag set during product registration of one or more commercial transactions is formed.

The child display unit 6 includes a child display 60 such as a liquid crystal display capable of displaying an image, and an image memory for storing and holding moving image or still image data to be displayed on the child display 6. 61 and the image memory 6
The image reproducing unit 62 reads and reproduces the image data stored in the display unit 1 and displays the image data on the child display 60. The CPU 55 stores the image data downloaded from the host device via the communication line in the image memory 61.
, A playback operation control function of the image playback unit 62, and a display control function of character data on the child display 6.

The music output section 70 includes a speaker 70 for outputting music, a music memory 71 for storing and holding digital data of music output from the speaker 70, and reading and reproducing digital data stored in the music memory 71. And a music reproducing unit 72 that outputs the signal from the speaker 7. The CPU 55 has a function of storing music digital data downloaded from the higher-level device via a communication line in the music memory 71 and a function of controlling a reproduction operation of the music reproduction unit 72.

In the merchandise sales registration data processing device having such a configuration, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the child display 60 and the speaker 70 are respectively connected to the near side (customer side) of the soccer table 1. Installed side by side.
If the shopper who has come to the checkout section to pay for the purchased product is accompanied by a parent and a child, the image displayed by the child is displayed on the child display 60, and the music that the child likes is output from the speaker 70. In addition, the child is devised so as not to be bored from the registration of the purchase of the customer product until the payment is completed. When the shopper is a child only, the name of the product registered for sale on the child display 6 is displayed in hiragana, or the amount of payment or change is displayed as a monetary image of the amount, It is devised so that children can understand the information of sales registration products and price information.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
Keyboard 32 and POS terminal 5 of scanner device 3
The keyboard 51 is provided with a parent / child key K8 that is pressed when the shopper is accompanied by a parent and a child and a child key K9 that is pressed when only the child is a child, as display command keys for commanding image display on the child display unit 6. . The parent / child key K8 and the child key K9 are connected to the keyboard 32 or P of the scanner device 3.
It may be provided only on one of the keyboards 51 of the OS terminal 5.

Further, as shown in FIG.
"General product name" that can use Chinese characters and alphabets as the product name of each product set in the PLU table M1
Separately, a "kana name" for only hiragana and katakana is preset (name storage means). Also this RAM
58, 1-yen coin, 5-yen coin, 10-yen coin, 50-yen coin, 100-yen coin, 500-yen coin, 1,000-yen bill, 5,000-yen bill, and 10,000-yen bill Money image table M5 in which image data is set and stored
Is formed. Further, a parent / child flag which is set when the parent / child key K8 is pressed and a child flag which is set when the child key K9 is pressed are added to the flag memory M4 of the RAM8.

When the CPU 55 detects that the parent-child key K8 provided on the scanner-side keyboard 32 or the POS terminal-side keyboard 51 has been input, the CPU 55 executes the parent-child key processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. To start. First, the flag memory M4 is set as ST1.
Examine the parent-child flags for. If the parent-child flag has already been set to "1", the parent-child key K8 has been duplicated, and the input of the parent-child key K8 is regarded as an error, and the current parent-child key processing ends.

If the parent-child flag has been reset to "0" in ST1, the parent-child flag is set to "1" in ST2. Next, as ST3, the child flag in the flag memory M4 is checked. If it has been set to "1", it is reset to "0" in ST4. If the child flag has already been reset to "0" in ST3, the process of ST4 is not performed.

Next, in step ST5, the music reproducing unit 72 is activated, and the music of the digital music data stored in the music memory 71 is output from the speaker 70. Also, S
At T6, the image playback unit 62 is started, and the image memory 61 is activated.
A moving image or a still image of the image data stored in the display device is displayed on the screen of the display for children 60 (display control means). Further, if the preset character data "Hello, welcome" is displayed on the screen of the child display device 60 in ST7 so as to overlap with the moving image or the still image, the current parent / child key processing ends.

When the CPU 55 detects that the child key K9 provided on the scanner device side keyboard 32 or the POS terminal side keyboard 51 has been input, the CPU 55 starts the child key process shown in the flowchart of FIG. I do. First, as ST1, the child flag in the flag memory M4 is checked. Here, if the child flag has already been set to "1", the child key K9 has been duplicated, and the input of the child key K9 is regarded as an error, and the current child key processing ends.

If the child flag has been reset to "0" in ST1, the child flag is set to "1" in ST2. Next, as ST3, the parent / child flags in the flag memory M4 are checked. If it has been set to "1", it is reset to "0" in ST4. If the parent-child flag has already been reset to "0" in ST3, the processing of ST4 is not performed.

Next, in step ST5, the music reproducing unit 72 is activated, and the music of the music digital data stored in the music memory 71 is output from the speaker 70. Also, S
At T6, the image playback unit 62 is started, and the image memory 61 is activated.
A moving image or a still image of the image data stored in the display device is displayed on the screen of the display for children 60 (display control means). Further, if the preset character data "Hello!" Is displayed on the screen of the child display device 60 in ST7 so as to overlap the moving image or the still image, the current child key processing is terminated.

The CPU 55 also stores a product bar code (PLU) by the bar code scanner 31 of the scanner device 3.
Code) or keyboard 3 on the scanner device side
2 by pressing the preset key K1 provided in the PLU.
When it is detected that the code has been entered, the merchandise purchased by the merchandise registration means has been registered for sale, so the PLU registration process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is started. First, as ST1, the registration flag in the flag memory M4 is checked. If the registering flag has been reset to "0", it means that the customer has registered the first sale of the customer-purchased product in one commercial transaction.
The customer totalizer M3 is cleared as T2. In step ST3, the registering flag is set to "1". If the registering flag has already been set to "1" in ST1,
Since the second and subsequent sales registration of the customer-purchased product in one commercial transaction, the processes in ST2 and ST3 are not performed.

Next, the PLU file M1 is searched using the PLU code of the product registered for sale in ST4 as a search key. If a PLU code that matches the search key cannot be detected (NO in ST5), the PLU code of the product registered for sale is not set in the PLU file M1, so that an error has occurred in the current PLU registration process. To end.

If a PLU code matching the search key is detected in ST4 (YES in ST5), the product data such as a general product name, a kana product name, a unit price, and a status corresponding to the PLU code is stored in the PLU file M1 in ST6.
Read from. Next, as ST7, the sales data of the sales points (quantity) and the sales amount (price) of the sales-registered product is acquired based on the product data, and the product sales data is sales-registered in the product sales file M2. In step ST8, the sales amount of the registered product is added to the customer totalizer M3. Further, in ST9, the general product name and the sales price of the registered product are displayed on the front display 33 of the scanner device 3.

Next, in step ST10, the child flag in the flag memory M4 is checked (registration key determination means). here,
If the child flag has been reset to "0", since the shopper is not only a child, the general product name and the sales price of the registered product are displayed on the customer surface display 34 of the scanner device 3 in ST11. On the other hand, if the child flag is set to “1”, the shopper is only a child,
In step ST12, the kana item name and the amount of the registered item are displayed on the child display 6 (name display control means). Thus, the current PLU registration process ends.

When the CPU 55 detects that the total key K4 provided on the scanner-side keyboard 32 has been pressed, the registration closing means declares the end of the registration of the product sold and registered as one commercial transaction. The total key processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, as ST1, the registering flag in the flag memory M4 is checked. Here, if the registration in progress flag has been reset to “0”, 1
Since this is an erroneous operation in which the registration end is declared without registering the customer purchase product in the commercial transaction, the current total key processing ends as an error.

If the registering flag is set to "1" in ST1, the value of the first tax is calculated from the amount stored in the customer totalizer M3 and the external tax amount based on this amount in ST2.
Calculate the price of goods registered for sale in commercial transactions. Then, in ST3, the payment is displayed on the front display 53 of the POS terminal 5.

Next, as ST4, the child flag in the flag memory M4 is checked (close key determination means). Here, if the child flag has been reset to "0", the shopper is not only a child, and the above price is displayed on the customer surface display 54 of the POS terminal 5 as ST5. On the other hand, when the child flag is set to "1", since the shopper is only a child, the money image corresponding to the money amount corresponding to the money is referred to the money image table M4 in ST6 by referring to the money image table M4. Read data. And S
At T7, the child display 6 displays the money image data corresponding to the money read from the money image table M4 (price display control means). This is the end of the current total key processing.

When the CPU 55 detects that the deposit / current total key K6 provided on the POS terminal side keyboard 51 is pressed, cash payment for one transaction is declared. Deposit / shown in flow chart
Start current key processing. First, as ST1, the registering flag in the flag memory M4 is checked. Here, if the registering flag is reset to "0", this is an erroneous operation in which payment has been declared without registering a customer-purchased product in one commercial transaction, so the current deposit / current total key process ends as an error. I do.

If the registering flag is set to "1" in ST1, a change calculation process for subtracting the price from the deposit amount input in ST2 is performed. And S
This change amount is displayed on the front display 53 of the POS terminal 5 as T3.

Next, the child flag in the flag memory M4 is checked at ST4. Here, if the child flag has been reset to "0", the shopper is not only a child, and thus the customer surface display 54 of the POS terminal 5 is set as ST5.
Displays the change amount. On the other hand, if the child flag is set to "1", since the shopper is only a child, the currency image table M4 is referred to in ST6 to refer to the currency image table M4, and the money corresponding to the money amount corresponding to the change amount is set. Read image data. Then, in ST7, the currency display device 6 displays the currency image data corresponding to the change amount read from the currency image table M4.

Next, in step ST8, the printer 52 of the POS terminal 5 is driven to issue a receipt on which the details and totals of the products registered for sale in the one commercial transaction are printed. Further, an open command signal is sent to the lower 4 to automatically open the drawer.

Thereafter, if it is detected in ST9 that the drawer 4 has been manually closed, the child flag and the parent-child flag in the flag memory M4 are checked in ST10.
If one of the flags is set to "1", the character data "bye" set in advance as ST11 is displayed on the screen of the child display device 60 so as to overlap with the moving image or the still image. Let it. Thereafter, the playback operation of the music playback unit 72 is stopped in ST12. Also, S
At T13, the reproducing operation of the image reproducing unit 62 is stopped.
Further, if each flag of the flag memory M4 is reset to "0" in ST14, the current deposit / current total key processing is ended.

If both the child flag and the parent-child flag have been reset to "0" in ST10, ST1
The process proceeds to ST14 without performing each of the processes 1, 12, and 13, and if each flag of the flag memory M4 is reset to "0", the current deposit / current total key process ends.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the parent / child key K8 or the child key K9 provided on the scanner device side keyboard 32 or the POS terminal side keyboard 51 is input, the image stored in the image memory 61 in advance is input. The reproduced image of the data is displayed on the child display 60, and the reproduced music of the digital music data stored in the music memory 71 is output from the speaker 70. In addition, the character data "Hello!" Is also displayed on a part of the screen of the child display device 60.

In this state, the bar code scanner 31 of the scanner device 3 reads the product bar code or presses the preset key K1 provided on the scanner device keyboard 32 to input the PLU code to register the customer purchase sales. Then, the child key K9 is used instead of the parent / child key K8.
Is input, the name and price of the customer-purchased product are displayed on a part of the screen of the child display 60. At this time, the product name is a product name of only hiragana and katakana. Thereafter, every time the PLU code of the customer-purchased product is input, only when the child key K9 is input, the kana item name and the amount of the customer-purchased product are displayed on a part of the screen of the child display 60. .

If the user depresses the total key K4 provided on the scanner-side keyboard 32 to declare the end of registration of a product to be sold as one commercial transaction, only when the child key K9 is input instead of the parent-child key K8. Then, the money image data corresponding to the price of the product sold in the one commercial transaction is displayed on a part of the screen of the child display 60.

The POS terminal side keyboard 51
When the cash / payment key K6 provided in the key is pressed to declare payment by cash, the money image data corresponding to the change amount is displayed for the child only when the child key K9 is input instead of the parent / child key K8. It is displayed on a part of the screen of the container 60.

Thereafter, when the character data "bye" is displayed on a part of the screen of the child display 60, the display of the child display 60 and the output from the speaker 70 are stopped. Even when the parent / child key K8 is input instead of the child key K9, after the character data "bye" is displayed on a part of the screen of the child display 60 in response to the input of the deposit / current key K6. The display on the child display 60 and the output from the speaker 70 are stopped.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the image memory 61
In advance, image data of a moving image or a still image preferred by a child is set in advance. In the music memory 71, digital data of music that the child likes is set in advance. Then, the cashier operates the shopper to display the customer level display 34 or P on the scanner device 3.
When only the children who are hard to see the contents displayed on the customer surface display 54 of the OS terminal 5 are pressed, the child key K9 is pressed. Then, Figure 1
As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the child's display 60 displays an image preferred by the child and the character "Welcome." In addition, music that the child likes is output from the speaker 70.

Here, when the customer purchase product is, for example, one piece of milk having a unit price of 200 yen, the cashier inputs the PLU code of the product “milk” from the scanner device 3. Then, when the shopper is only a child (when the child key K9 is input), as shown in FIG.
The name of the kana item “GyuNyu” and the price “200 en” of the sales registered product are displayed on the display 60 for children. When the shopper is accompanied by a parent and a child (when the parent and child key K8 is input), the general product name “milk” and the price “200 yen” of the sales registered product are displayed on the customer surface display 34 of the scanner device 3. . The front display 33 of the scanner device 3 displays the general product name “milk” and the price “200 yen” of the sales registered product in any case.

Thereafter, the cashier presses the total key K4 of the keyboard 32 on the scanner side. Then, when the shopper is only a child, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the price of this one commercial transaction (the foreign tax amount is 5%) “205”
Each currency image data of two 100-yen coins and one 5-yen coin corresponding to "yen" is displayed on the child display 60 together with the character data "gokei 205en". If the shopper is accompanied by a parent and child, the price “205 yen” will be charged to POS Terminal 5
Is displayed on the customer surface display 54. The front display 53 of the POS terminal 5 displays the price “20” in each case.
5 yen "is displayed.

Here, when the shopper pays cash “210 yen”, the cashier operates the keyboard 51 on the POS terminal side.
Enter "210" with the numeric key K5 of the
Press. Then, when the shopper is only a child, as shown in FIG.
The currency image data of one 5-yen coin corresponding to the change amount of “5 yen” obtained by subtracting the price of “205 yen” from “yen” is displayed on the child display 60 together with the character data of “changes 5 en”. If the shopper is accompanied by a parent and child, the change amount "5
"Circle" is displayed on the customer surface display 54 of the POS terminal 5. The front display 53 of the POS terminal 5 includes:
In any case, the change amount "5 yen" is displayed. Also,
The receipt is printed and issued by the printer 52, and the drawer 4 is automatically opened.

Thereafter, when the cashier closes the drawer 4, if either the parent-child key K 8 or the child key K 9 is pressed, that is, if the transaction is with a parent-child or a child-only shopper. Figure 11
As shown in (c), the character "bye" is displayed on the child display 60 together with the image preferred by the child. Thereafter, the display on the child display 60 is erased, and the music output from the speaker 70 is stopped.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the customer surface display 34 of the scanner device 3 serves as a display unit for the customer.
In addition, a child display 60 is provided separately from the guest display 54 of the POS terminal 5, and an image or the like for a child is displayed on the child display 60.
Even a child who cannot see the display contents of 4, 54 can see the display contents of the child display device 60. As a result, in the case of shoppers with parents and children, children will enjoy watching images and listening to music while checking out the purchased products, so that the children will come out and have to pay for the price. No more. Also, since the number of shoppers with parents and children increases, the effect of sales promotion is great.

Further, in the present embodiment, a parent-child key K8 and a child key K9 are provided as display instruction keys for instructing image display on the child display device 60, and the display instruction keys K8 and K9 are operated in response to the input. Thus, the image data stored and held in the image memory 61 is displayed on the child display 60. Therefore, the cashier can display the image for the child on the child display 60 by pressing the display command keys K8 and K9 only when the child is included in the shoppers who pay for the purchased merchandise. When there are no children among the shoppers who pay for the game, an image for the child is displayed on the child display 60, and children unrelated to the shopper who pays for money gather in front of the soccer table 1. There is no such a problem.

Further, in the present embodiment, as the product name of each product stored in the PLU file M1, a general name mainly composed of kanji and a child name only of hiragana or katakana are stored. Each time a product is registered for sale, it is determined whether or not the child key K9 has been entered. If it is determined that the child key K9 has not been entered, the general name of the sales registered product is obtained from the PLU file M1. The child name is read out and displayed on the customer surface display 34 of the scanner device 3. If it is determined that the child key K9 has been input, the child registered name of the sales registered product is read out from the PLU file M1 and displayed on the child display 6. I try to make it.
Therefore, when the shopper is only a child, pressing the child key K9 before registering the sale of the customer purchase product causes the child name of the customer purchase product to be displayed on the child display 6.
0, the customer surface indicator 34 of the scanner device 3
Children's display 6 even for children shoppers who cannot see
The name and price of the product registered for sale can be easily understood from the display contents of 0.

Further, the keyboard 32 of the scanner device 3
Each time the end of the sales registration is declared by inputting the total key K4 provided in, it is determined whether or not the child key K9 has been input. If it is determined that the child key K9 has not been input, the price is paid by POS. It is displayed on the customer surface display 54 of the terminal 5 and when it is determined that the child key K9 has been input, the image of the money corresponding to the price is displayed on the child display 60.
To be displayed. Therefore, when the shopper is only a child, by pressing the child key K9 before closing the registration of the customer-purchased product, the price of the customer-purchased product is displayed on the child display 60 in the form of money. Even a child shopper who cannot see the customer surface display 34 of the scanner device 3 can easily understand what kind of money and how many coins should be paid as the price from the display contents of the child display 60.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the mounting position of the child display 60 is not limited to the position of the embodiment, and the customer surface display 34 or the P
It is sufficient that the display content of the child display 60 can be seen even by a short child or the like who cannot see the display content of the customer surface display 54 of the OS terminal 5. Further, the mounting position of the speaker 70 is not limited to the position of the above-described embodiment, and may be any position where a child or the like looking at the screen of the child display 60 can hear music output from the speaker 70. I just need.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the merchandise sales registration data processing device for two-person system in which the POS terminal 5 and the scanner device 3 are separated has been described. Even those with a limited number of persons with a handy-type bar code and those with a single electronic cash register, by providing a child display unit separately from the customer surface display unit as a display unit for customers,
The present invention can be applied.

In the embodiment, the image memory 61 is a first memory for storing image data for boys and a second memory for storing image data for girls, and the parent-child key K8 is a parent-child key for boys. When the parent-child key for boys is input, the image data for boys is read out from the first memory, reproduced and displayed on the display device 60 for children. When input, the image data for a girl may be read from the second memory, reproduced, and displayed on the child display 60. By doing so, an image that interests the boy can be displayed on the child display 60 for a shopper with a parent and a child with a boy, and a girl's display can be displayed for the shopper with a parent and a child with a girl. An image of interest can be displayed on the child display 60.

It is determined whether the child key K9 is a commercial transaction when the receipt key is printed at the time of receipt printing.
In the case of a commercial transaction in which no is entered, the name of the purchased product is printed with a general name, and in the case of a commercial transaction in which the child key K9 is entered, the name of the purchased product is printed with a name for children. It is possible. In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0060]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, at the time of sales registration of a customer-purchased product and at the time of payment for the registered product, display information that is effective even for a child with a short stature or the like. Can be provided. According to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, at the time of sales registration of a customer-purchased product and at the time of payment for the registered product, valid display information is given to a child only when the customer is a parent or child or only a child. Can be provided.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
In addition to the effect of the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a product sales registration data processing device that can provide information that can be understood by a child as information on the sales registered product at the time of sales registration of the customer purchased product.

According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application,
In addition to the effects of the second or third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device that can provide a child with information that can be understood by a child as information on the price at the time of payment for the registered merchandise.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary block diagram showing a main part configuration of the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a key arrangement of a scanner-side keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a key arrangement of a POS terminal-side keyboard.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a main memory area formed in a RAM of the POS terminal.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main part of a parent-child key process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main part of a child key process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.

FIG. 8 shows a PLU executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.
5 is a flowchart showing a main part of a registration process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a main part of a total key process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a main part of a deposit / current total key process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a display example of a display for children.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a child display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Scanner device 5 ... POS terminal 6 ... Child display part 7 ... Music output part 34,54 ... Customer surface display 55 ... CPU 60 ... Child display 61 ... Image memory 62 ... Image reproduction part 70 ... Speaker 71 ... Music memory 72 Music playback unit K8 Parent / child key K9 Child key M1 PLU file M5 Money image table

Claims (4)

[Claims] The sales data of a product registered for sale by the product registration means is registered in a storage unit, and the product name and price of the sales registered product are respectively displayed on a front display unit for an operator and a customer display unit for a customer. In the merchandise sales registration data processing device to be displayed, a child display unit is provided as a display unit for the customer separately from the customer surface display unit, and an image for children is displayed on the child display unit. Sales registration data processing device. 2. The sales data of a product registered for sale by the product registration means is sales-registered in a storage unit, and the product name and price of the sales-registered product are respectively displayed on a front display unit for an operator and a customer display unit for a customer. In the merchandise sales registration data processing device to be displayed, a display command key for instructing an image display on the child display unit is provided, wherein a display unit for a child is provided separately from the customer surface display unit as a display unit for a customer; And a display control means for displaying the image data stored and held in the image memory on the display for children in response to the input of the display command key. Registration data processing device. 3. A name storage means for storing a name for general use and a name for children as an article name of each article, and whether or not a display command key is inputted each time the article is registered for sale by the article registration means. A registration key determining means for determining, and when the display key is determined not to have been input by the registration key determining means, the general name of the sales registered product is read from the name storage means and a customer surface display section is provided. Name display control means for reading the name of the registered child product for children from the name storage means and displaying it on the child display unit when it is determined that the display command key is input. 3. The merchandise sales registration data processing device according to claim 2, wherein 4. A registration closing means for declaring the end of sales registration of a product sold as one commercial transaction, and each time the registration closing means is declared to end sales registration, it is determined whether or not a display command key is input. Key determination means for closing,
When the closing key determining means determines that the display command key has not been input, the price of the product sold as the one commercial transaction is displayed on the customer surface display section, and the display command key is input. If it is determined that
4. The merchandise sales registration data processing device according to claim 2, further comprising a price display control means for displaying an image of money corresponding to the price of the merchandise sold as a commercial transaction on the child display unit.