JP2001023049A - Commodity sales management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the machine operations of a worker and to simplify an adjustment job. SOLUTION: This sales management system uses a combination of a writer unit 10 and a reader unit 20. The writer unit 10 detects a container Y via a detector 12 and can write the commodity data into an IC tag T of the container Y. The reader unit 20 reads the commodity data from the tags T of the empty contains Y after the commodities W contained in the containers Y are eaten out and can use these data for an adjustment job.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales management system capable of minimizing a machine operation by an operator and simplifying a settlement operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conveyor belt sushi restaurant or the like, there has been proposed a management system capable of appropriately managing the type and quantity of products on a conveyor (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-47553).

[0003] This device is configured by combining an initialization unit disposed at a conveyor loading position, a detection unit disposed at an intermediate position of the conveyor, and a computer. The initial setting unit includes a reader for reading a plate number from an IC tag on the plate, and an operation panel having a push button for each type of product. An operator moves the plate onto the reader, and presses the push button on the operation panel. Can be added to the dish number data and transferred to the computer. Therefore, this product monitors the number of laps of each plate on the conveyor via the detection unit by placing the product on the plate that has passed through the initial setting unit and providing it on the conveyor. Dishes that have been eaten by
Judging that the freshness of the product has decreased, the product can be automatically discharged from the conveyor to the outside.

[0004]

According to the conventional technique, an operator who makes sushi moves a dish along a reader and puts the dish on a conveyor when the product is served on a conveyor together with the dish. Must be selected and the operation of providing products is complicated, and when checking out the products eaten by the customer, the customer service clerk must count the number of sheets for each type of dish. There was a problem that was also troublesome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a writer unit that writes product data to an IC tag on a container and a reader unit that reads product data from the IC tag on a container in view of the problems of the prior art. Another object of the present invention is to provide a product sales management system capable of smoothly performing both a product providing operation and a payment operation.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a writer unit for writing product data to an IC tag on a container, and a reader unit for reading product data from the IC tag on the container. The gist of the invention is that the writer unit has a detector for detecting the container.

The writer unit can read product type data from the IC tag on the material tray side.

The writer unit may have a setting switch for setting the type of the product, and may read the unit price data of the product from the IC tag on the container side.

[0009]

According to the structure of the present invention, the writer unit detects the container via the detector, and transmits the product data via the radio signal such as a magnetic field or radio wave to the IC on the container side.
Tags can be written. The writer unit is capable of writing product data to one or a plurality of container-side IC tags at once, and the product data at this time includes, for example, unit price data of the product and a type indicating the type of the product. Data, date and time of manufacture of the product, manufacturer data, and the like. However, when containers are used according to the unit price of the product and unit price data is fixed and stored in advance in the IC tag on the container side, the product data is a combination of type data, manufacturing date / time data, manufacturer data, etc. Just do it.

Therefore, the reader unit reads the product data from the IC tag on the container side of the product eaten by the customer and transfers the data to an appropriate computer or register, thereby promptly determining the number of sales, the type of the product, the total selling price, and the like. In addition to this, it is possible to easily create useful data for subsequent purchase management, inventory management, sales management, and the like of the product.

[0011] The writer unit reads the product type data from the IC tag on the material tray side to write the correct product data into the IC tag on the container side based on the type data, thereby minimizing the necessary operation by the operator. Can be.

If the setting switch is provided in the writer unit, the writer unit determines that the type of the product is manually set by operating the setting switch, and determines a predetermined value based on the type of the product set by the setting switch. Can be created and written to the IC tag on the container side. Further, the writer unit can easily change the product data to be written in the IC tag on the container side by operating another setting switch.

The writer unit reads the unit price data of the product from the IC tag on the container side, detects the coincidence of the unit price data on the container side and the product side, and writes the correct product data to the IC tag on the container side. it can. At this time, the container is decorated with a predetermined pattern on the surface, displays the unit price of the product to the outside through the pattern, and is used properly according to the unit price of the product. Unit price data corresponding to the unit price to be displayed is stored and set in advance. Therefore, the worker can put a product of a predetermined unit price on the container according to the design of the container,
There is no danger of erroneously serving products with different unit prices.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The product sales management system includes a writer unit 10 and a reader unit 20 (FIG. 1). However, the product sales management system functions in combination with the containers Y, Y..., And the material tray TR.

The container Y is formed of a plastic resin into a dish shape, and has an IC tag T embedded at the bottom.
Note that the IC tag T may be bonded to the container Y and protected via a suitable cover material. The IC tag T is formed by combining a writable nonvolatile memory T3 such as a flash memory and a communication unit T2 with an IC module T1 capable of transmission and reception (FIG. 2). With a wireless signal, external data can be stored, or only necessary data can be extracted from the stored data and transmitted to the outside. The IC tag T stores an individual code for each container Y.

The material tray TR is a large container for storing the materials W1, W1,... (FIG. 1). In the material tray TR,
An IC tag T similar to the IC tag T on the container Y is attached, and the IC tag T on the material tray TR stores in advance the type data of the product W made from the material W1.

The writer unit 10 includes a control circuit 11 having a memory 17, a communication circuit 15, a detector 12, a changeover switch 13, setting switches 14, 14,...
6, 16 and a clock 18 (FIGS. 1 and 3). However, only one setting switch 14 is shown in FIG. The detector 12, the changeover switch 13, the setting switches 14, 14,..., And the clock 18 are connected to the control circuit 11, respectively. The communication circuit 15 and the memory 17
Each is bidirectionally connected to the control circuit 11, and the display lamps 16 and 16 are individually connected to the control circuit 11.

The detector 12 can detect the container Y placed at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the writer unit 10.
The changeover switch 13 can switch and set the operation mode of the writer unit 10 from the manual mode to the automatic mode.
The setting switches 14, 14,... Are used when the operator manually sets the type of the product W. However, the setting switches 14, 14,... Are also used when inputting individual manufacturer data indicating an operator who uses the writer unit 10. The communication circuit 15 includes a radio signal S1a,
It can communicate with the IC tag T on the material tray TR via S1b, and can communicate with the IC tag T on the container Y on the writer unit 10 via the radio signal S1c. The display lamps 16 and 16 indicate that the writer unit 10 is in the automatic mode and the manual mode, respectively.

The reader unit 20 includes a control circuit 21, an operation switch 22, a display unit 23, a communication circuit 24, and a printer 25 (FIGS. 1 and 4).
A memory 26 is provided. The operation switch 22 is connected to the control circuit 21, and the display unit 23 and the printer 25 are connected to the control circuit 21. Further, the communication circuit 24 and the memory 26 are respectively bidirectionally connected to the control circuit 21.

The operation switch 22 is a data input switch such as a ten key for inputting a customer seat number or the like.
Displays the operation content of the operation switch 22, the operation state of the control circuit 21, and the like. The communication circuit 24 includes the radio signals S2a and S2a.
It can communicate with the IC tag T on the container Y side via 2b, and can transmit data to the register 30 via the radio signal S2c. The printer 25 can print data from the control circuit 21 on the sheet S.

FIG. 5, FIG.
It operates according to the program flowchart of FIG.

When the operator operates the changeover switch 13 to the automatic mode side, the control circuit 11 of the writer unit 10
The program shown in FIG. 5 is executed, the writer unit 10 is set to the automatic mode, and one of the display lamps 16 is turned on (program step (1) in FIG. 5, hereinafter simply (1)).
Like this). The display lamp 16 at this time indicates the automatic mode of the writer unit 10. Prior to operating the change-over switch 13, the operator has to set the material W
The material tray TR containing 1, W1,.
.. Are set at a predetermined position near 0, and empty containers Y, Y,...

Subsequently, the program is executed for the material tray TR.
A wireless signal S1a is output to the IC tag T on the side to request the type data of the product (2), and waits until the type data from the IC tag T on the material tray TR is received via the wireless signal S1b. (3). The IC on the material tray TR side
In the tag T, product type data is stored in advance based on the types of the materials W1, W1,...

When the program reads the product type data from the IC tag T on the material tray TR side (3), the program reads the unit price data corresponding to the type data and the manufacturer data from the memory 17 and reads the manufacturing date and time from the clock 18. The data is read and product data is created by combining the type data, unit price data, manufacturing date / time data, and manufacturer data (4).
Thereafter, the program confirms that the container Y is set on the writer unit 10 (5), writes the product data into the IC tag T on the container Y side (6), and ends.
Note that the communication circuit 15 can write product data to all the IC tags T, T... Of the plurality of containers Y, Y... Set on the writer unit 10 at a time via the radio signal S1c.

Then, the operator takes out the materials W1, W1,... From the material tray TR to produce products W, W..., And places the products W, W. .. Can be provided to the customer via the container Y in which the correct product data is written without operating the writer unit 10 at all.

The entire amount of the materials W1, W1... Of the material tray TR is consumed, and a new material tray TR is placed in the writer unit 1.
0, or when the container Y on the writer unit 10 is exhausted and new containers Y, Y,... Are refilled on the writer unit 10, the material tray TR or the container Y
Is detected, and the program of FIG. 5 is automatically started. However,
The material tray TR detects that the material tray TR has been set in the vicinity of the writer unit 10 by a detector (not shown).
Detects that one or a plurality of sheets have been set on the writer unit 10 via the detector 12.
After confirming that the program is set to the automatic mode (9), the program step (2) and thereafter are executed, and the product data corresponding to the materials W1, W1,. By rewriting the container Y, the worker can provide the goods W, W... Using the materials W1, W1,.

When the operator operates any of the setting switches 14, 14,..., The writer unit 10 executes the program shown in FIG. At this time, the program sets the operation mode to the manual mode, turns on the other display lamp 16 (7), and displays the type data, unit price data, and manufacturer data of the product W corresponding to the operated setting switch 14. The merchandise data is read from the memory 17 and created together with the manufacturing date and time data from the clock 18 and stored in the memory 17 (8). It is confirmed that the container Y is on the writer unit 10 (5). The product data is written into the IC tag T on the side (6), and the process ends. Then, the worker can take out the materials W1, W1,... Corresponding to the setting switch 14, produce the products W, W, and so on, and provide them to the customer via the container Y on the writer unit 10.

The operator operates another setting switch 14 every time the type of the material W1 changes, and restarts the program shown in FIG.
By changing the product data of the IC tags T, T... On all the containers Y above, another type of product W can be provided to the customer via the container Y. That is, the program of FIG. 5 is restarted from the program step (7) every time the setting switches 14, 14,... Are operated.

When the manual mode is set when the material tray TR or the container Y is refilled (9), the program stores the product stored in the program step (8) when the setting switch 14 is operated earlier. The data is read (10), the program step (5) and the subsequent steps are executed, and the product data is stored in the container Y on the writer unit 10.
Write to C tag T. Thus, the worker can continue to provide the products W, W... Of the type set by the setting switch 14.

It is assumed that the program in FIG. 5 is restarted by forcibly interrupting any currently executed program step when the changeover switch 13, the setting switches 14, 14,... Are operated. Therefore, when switching the writer unit 10 from the automatic mode to the manual mode, the operator only has to operate one of the setting switches 14, 14,..., And at this time, the writer unit 10 performs the switching operation to the manual mode, The setting operation of the type of the product W can be executed at a glance. When the operator switches the writer unit 10 to the automatic mode, the switch 13
Can be operated.

When the customer takes out the containers Y, Y... On the conveyor and eats the goods W, W.
Used to settle it. That is, the control circuit 21 of the reader unit 20 activates the program of FIG. 6 when the power is turned on.

When the seat number is input via the operation switch 22 (program step (1) in FIG. 6, hereinafter simply referred to as (1)), the seat number is displayed on the display unit 23. The wireless signal S2a is output to the IC tags T, T,... On the empty containers Y, Y,... Used by the customer to request product data (2), and waits until the product data is read (3). At this time, the operator moves the reader unit 20 so as to scan up and down, for example, along the empty containers Y, Y... Stacked in multiple stages, so that the IC tags T of all the containers Y, Y. The wireless signal S2a reaches T..., And the IC tag T on each container Y can output the product data together with the individual code for each container Y via the wireless signal S2b. At this time, the code for each container Y is used to serialize the product data from the IC tag T on each container Y side in time, so as to realize a so-called anti-collision function.

When the program reads the product data from the IC tags T, T ... on the containers Y, Y ... side (3), the contents of the product data, ie, product type data, unit price data,
Manufacturer data, manufacturing date and time data, etc. are organized and stored in the memory 26 as sales data (4). Thereafter, when a print command is input through the operation switch 22 (5), the program activates the printer 25, prints the customer seat number and the like on the sheet S (6), and stores the sales data via the wireless signal S2c into the register 30 (S30). (7). Therefore, the worker of the reader unit 20 hands the printed sheet S to the customer, and the customer hands the sheet S to the worker of the register 30. By inputting the seat number of the seat S, the register 30 can promptly settle the type, unit price, total selling price, and the like of the products W, W ... eaten by the customer. In addition,
The customer number may be input to the register 30 by reading a bar code printed on the sheet S.

The reader unit 20 can transmit sales data to a management computer in addition to the register 30. The computer processes the sales data, calculates the sales amount at each predetermined time, the sales number for each type of product, and the like, and can use it for purchase management and sales management at a later date.

In the above description, the writer unit 10
May execute the program of FIG. 7 every time the setting switch 14 is operated. However, at this time, the program of FIG. 5 omits the program steps (7) to (10), operates only in the automatic mode, and sets the material tray T
When R or container Y is refilled, the program steps (2) and thereafter are executed.

When the setting switch 14 is operated, the program in FIG. 7 sets the writer unit 10 to the manual mode (program step (1) in FIG. 7, hereinafter simply referred to as (1)). The merchandise data is created based on the type of the merchandise W set by the switch 14 (2), it is confirmed that the container Y is present on the writer unit 10 (3), and the merchandise data is stored in the IC tag T on the container Y side. Is written (4), and the process ends. Then, the worker arranges the product W in the container Y and provides it to the customer. Writer unit 10
When the upper container Y runs out, a new container Y is refilled on the writer unit 10 and the setting switch 14 is operated again to write the product data to the refilled IC tag T on the container Y side.

[0038]

[Other Embodiments] In the writer unit 10, the container Y is used separately for each unit price of the product W, and the IC tag T on the container Y side is used.
When unit price data is stored in advance in the container Y
Unit 19a for displaying the unit price of the product W, and a display unit 19b for displaying the unit price of the product W using the material W1 in the material tray TR.
(FIG. 8). In addition, on the surface of each container Y, a pattern indicating the unit price of the product W is decorated.
Further, the control circuit 11 is provided with a reset switch 19c and an alarm 19d. The communication circuit 15 transmits the radio signals S1a and S1b, the radio signals S1c and S1d to the IC tag T on the material tray TR and the IC tag T on the container Y, respectively.
Can communicate with one another.

The writer unit 10 includes a changeover switch 13
Is operated in accordance with the program of FIG. 9 to set the writer unit 10 to the automatic mode (program step (1) in FIG. 9, hereinafter simply referred to as (1)). Subsequently, the program requests the type tag of the product to the IC tag T on the material tray TR via the radio signal S1a (2), and sends the IC tag T on the material tray TR.
When the type data from the tag T is read (3), unit price data corresponding to the type data is selected (4), and the unit price of the product W made from the material W1 is displayed on the display unit 19b.

Thereafter, the program requests unit price data from the IC tag T on the container Y via the radio signal S1c (5), and reads the unit price data from the IC tag T on the container Y via the radio signal S1d. (6), it is displayed on the display unit 19a. Next, the program confirms that the unit price data of the product W matches the unit price data from the IC tag T on the container Y side (7), and checks the product type data, the manufacturer data, and the manufacturing data excluding the unit price data. The merchandise data is created by combining the date and time data (8), and the merchandise data is written into the IC tag T on the container Y side (9), and the process is terminated. Therefore, the worker can produce the product W from the material W1 and arrange the product W in the container Y and provide it to the customer.

On the other hand, when the unit price data of the product W and the unit price data from the IC tag T on the container Y do not match (7), the program sends the container Y and the product W via the alarm 19d.
Is displayed (11), and the process ends. Therefore, at this time, the operator operates the reset switch 1
9c is operated to stop the alarm 19d, and the display unit 19
The unit prices of a and 19b may be checked, and one of the incorrect container Y and the incorrect material tray TR may be replaced. At this time, the program is automatically started and the program step (12),
(2) The subsequent steps are executed again, and the worker can continue normal work.

The program shown in FIG. 9 is started when any of the setting switches 14, 14,... Is operated, and sets the writer unit 10 to the manual mode (13). Subsequently, the program stores the type of the product selected and set by the setting switch 14 as type data (1).
4) Thereafter, the program step (4) and subsequent steps are executed. However, the program of FIG.
When the setting switches 14, 14... Are operated, an arbitrary program step being executed is forcibly interrupted and restarted.

On the other hand, when the material tray TR or the container Y is replenished, the program detects the replenishment and automatically starts up.
In the automatic mode (12), the program step (2) and subsequent steps are executed. In the manual mode (12), the type data stored in the program step (14) is read (15), and the program step (4) is executed. Execute the following.

In the above description, the reader unit 20
May be fixed, and the product data of empty containers Y, Y... Set on the upper surface may be read and transferred to the register 30. Further, the reader unit 20 and the register 30 may be connected via a cable.

The writer unit 10 reads a memory card, such as a magnetic card or an IC card, attached to the material tray TR instead of inputting product type data from the IC tag T on the material tray TR. Type data on the TR side may be input. Writer unit 1
0 may individually indicate the type of the material W1 based on the type data from the IC tag T on the material tray TR and the type of the product W to be written on the IC tag T on the container Y.
When the accessory W such as topping is included in the product W to be provided in the container Y, the unit price of the accessory is added to the unit price data previously fixed and stored in the IC tag T on the container Y side to create the product data. Is also good.

The present invention can be applied to not only a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, but also noodles,
It can be suitably used in various self-service stores that sell curries, bowls, rice balls, cakes and the like.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, by combining the writer unit and the reader unit, the writer unit detects the container via the detector and puts the product tag on the IC tag on the container side. Since the product data including the type data can be written, the machine operation by the operator when providing the product can be minimized, and the reader unit can read the product data from the IC tag on the container side. It is possible to easily execute the settlement operation based on the product data, and it is possible to easily create useful data for product purchase management and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 2 is a main block diagram (1).

FIG. 3 is a main block diagram (2).

FIG. 4 is a main block diagram (3).

FIG. 5 is a program flowchart (1).

FIG. 6 is a program flowchart (2).

FIG. 7 is a program flowchart (3).

FIG. 8 is a main block diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a program flowchart (4).

[Explanation of symbols]

 W ... Product Y ... Container T ... IC tag TR ... Material tray 10 ... Writer unit 12 ... Detector 14 ... Setting switch 20 ... Reader unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A writer unit for writing product data to an IC tag on a container side, and a reader unit for reading product data from the IC tag on the container side, wherein the writer unit has a detector for detecting the container. A merchandise sales management system characterized in that: 2. The merchandise sales management system according to claim 1, wherein said writer unit reads merchandise type data from an IC tag on a material tray side. 3. The writer unit according to claim 1, wherein the writer unit has a setting switch for setting a type of the product.
Or the sales management system for goods according to claim 2. 4. The merchandise sales management system according to claim 1, wherein said writer unit reads unit price data of the merchandise from an IC tag on a container side.