JP2001256557A - Device for processing merchandise sales registration - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a merchandise sales registration processor capable of clearly guiding an operator to specified information. SOLUTION: This merchandise sales registration processor which can input transcription information that has to be transcribed to a slip and performs sales registration processing on the basis of inputted merchandise information, displays the transcription information and non-transcription information on a display screen 14 in display areas 18a and 18b different from each other. Thus, it is possible to clearly guide the operator to the specified information because the operator can visually distinguish the transcription information from the non-transcription information displayed on the same display screen 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in addition to sales registration processing based on input product information, such as a POS terminal used in a convenience store, for example, processing other than sales registration processing such as a home delivery service reception processing. There is a merchandise sales registration processing device capable of performing the following.

In such a merchandise sales registration processing apparatus, input information is stored and managed in a storage device. The information stored and held in the storage device can be read out when necessary and displayed on a display screen.

[0004] By the way, in the business of receiving home delivery,
There is a work of writing the same information as the information input to the merchandise sales registration processing device on the delivery slip. In this operation, the information conventionally stored and held in the storage device is collectively displayed on a display screen provided in the merchandise sales registration processing device, so that the operator can be guided with necessary information on one screen. is there. By doing this, the operator first performs various information input operations, and after inputting all the information, looks at the contents displayed on the display screen while also confirming the input information, and checks the specific information on the home delivery slip. It is possible to improve the work efficiency by performing the above-mentioned transcription work collectively.

[0005]

However, in the above-described technology, information that must be transcribed to the delivery slip and information that does not need to be transcribed are displayed on the display in a mixed manner.
For this reason, if the operator is unfamiliar with the work, it is difficult to quickly obtain information that must be transcribed on the home delivery slip, and there is a concern that the work will take time and the customer will wait. In addition, since information that must be transcribed and information that must not be transcribed are mixedly displayed on the delivery slip, there is a concern that information such as the address or telephone number of the delivery destination may be erroneously transcribed. Wrong delivery slips will not deliver the package correctly, which will inconvenience customers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales registration processing device capable of clearly guiding specific information to an operator.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise sales registration processing apparatus which can guide specific information to an operator.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales registration processing apparatus capable of inputting posting information that requires posting to a slip, and performing a sales registration process based on the input merchandise information. A display unit having a display screen for displaying predetermined information, and first display means for displaying the input transcription information in a transcription information display area which is a part of the display screen. And second display means for displaying non-transcription information different from the transcription information in a non-transcription information display area, which is a different area from the transaction information display area in the display screen. The transcribed information and the non-transcribed information are displayed so that the viewer can recognize them at a glance.

Therefore, the transcription information displayed by the first display means and the non-transcription information displayed by the second display means are distinguished at a glance from the viewer in different display areas on the display screen. It is displayed to be recognized. This allows the operator to visually distinguish the transcription information and the non-transcription information displayed on the same display screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus of the first aspect, the display color of the transfer information and the display color of the non-transfer information are displayed differently.

Therefore, the display color of the transcription information and the display color of the non-transcription information are displayed differently on the display screen. This makes it possible for the operator to improve the visibility of the transcription information on the display screen due to the difference in the display color of the content displayed in each display area.

The invention described in claim 3 is the first or second invention.
In the merchandise sales registration processing device described above, the display color of the transfer information display area and the display color of the non-transfer information display area are displayed differently.

Here, the display color of the transcription information display area and the display color of the non-transcription information display area are the contents displayed in the transcription information display area and the contents displayed in the non-transcription information display area by the operator's eyes. It is sufficient that at least a part of the display information is displayed to be different to some extent at a glance, even if the display colors of the transcription information display area and the non-transcription information display area are not completely different. Good.

Therefore, the display color of the transfer information display area and the display color of the non-transfer information display area are displayed differently on the display screen. This allows the operator
The difference between the display color of the transcription information display area and the display color of the non-transcription information display area makes it possible to visually distinguish the transcription information and the non-transcription information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus of the first, second or third aspect, the font size of the transcription information and the font size of the non-transcription information are displayed differently. did.

Here, it is desirable that the font size indicating the transfer information is larger than the font size indicating the non-transfer information.

Therefore, the font size of the transfer information display area and the font size of the non-transfer information display area are displayed differently on the display screen. Thus, for example, by setting the font size indicating the transfer information larger than the font size indicating the non-transfer information, it is possible to improve the visibility of the transfer information visually for the operator.

The invention described in claim 5 is the invention according to claims 1, 2, 3
Alternatively, in the merchandise sales registration processing device described in 4, the font type of the transcription information and the font type of the non-transcription information are displayed differently.

Therefore, the font type in the transcription information display area and the font type in the non-transcription information display area are displayed differently on the display screen. This makes it easier for the operator to visually recognize the transfer information by combining the font type indicating the transfer information and the font type indicating the non-transfer information.

[0020] The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claims 1, 2,
In the merchandise sales registration processing device described in 3, 4 or 5,
A frame surrounding the transfer information display area is displayed by the first display means.

Therefore, a frame surrounding the transfer information display area is displayed around the transfer information display area where the transfer information is displayed. This allows the operator
It is possible to more effectively distinguish the transcription information display area where the transcription information is displayed.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is an example in which a merchandise sales registration processing device is applied to a POS terminal.

FIG. 1 shows a POS according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of the terminal. The POS terminal 1 is placed on a drawer 2 and controls opening and closing of a drawer 3 of the drawer 2. The POS terminal 1 is connected to a barcode scanner 4 that optically reads product information from a barcode or the like attached to the product.

The POS terminal 1 has an operation area 5 on its upper surface for receiving an operation by an operator. A keyboard 6 having a plurality of operation keys is provided in an area on the right side of the operation area 5 when viewed from the operator. Although not particularly shown, the keyboard 6 has a numeric key for manually inputting a product code, a deposit amount, and the like, and a deposit / delete key for executing a cash transaction closing process in the product sales registration process.
Various operation keys such as a total key are arranged for each block. In the area on the left side of the operation area 5 as viewed from the operator, a receipt issuance in which a receipt printed by a printer (see FIG. 3) 7 built in the POS terminal 1 and executing a function of printing out predetermined information is issued. A mouth 8 is provided. A card reader built in the POS terminal 1 and reading information stored in a portable storage medium (not shown) such as an IC card carried by a customer is provided on the right end side of the operation area 5 as viewed from the operator. (See FIG. 3) Ten card reading slits 11 are provided. At substantially the center of the operation area 5, a control key 12 for setting an operation mode such as registration, setting, and settlement by a key (not shown) in a switchable manner is provided.

On the upper right side of the POS terminal 1, a display screen 1 for displaying predetermined information to the operator in a color image.
A display 13 as a display unit having 4 is provided so that the elevation angle can be adjusted. On the display screen 14 side of the display 13, a resistive touch panel 15 is laminated. On the back side of the display 13, a customer side display 16 for displaying predetermined information to the customer side in a color image is provided so that the elevation angle can be adjusted.

Here, referring to FIG.
The process screen displayed on the third display screen 14 will be schematically described. The process screen P includes a title display unit 17 on which title information indicating the process screen P in various processes is displayed, an information display unit 18 on which information such as operation details and notes are displayed, and a process content in the process. The corresponding information is displayed for each of the divided display areas such as the process indicator display section 19 where the number of stages is displayed.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, the electrical connection of each unit built in the POS terminal 1 will be described. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating electrical connections of various units built in the POS terminal 1. The POS terminal 1 is a microcomputer
(Hereinafter abbreviated as a microcomputer) 20.
Drives and controls each unit. The microcomputer 20 has a CPU 21 for centrally controlling each unit, and a ROM 23 for previously storing fixed data such as a startup program and a control program via a bus line 22 such as an address bus and a data bus.
And a RAM 24 for storing various data in a rewritable manner.

In the RAM 24, the home delivery service temporarily stores the transcription information to be displayed in a transcription information display area 18b and the non-transcription information to be displayed in the non-transcription information display area 18a in association with the respective display areas. An area (not shown) is secured. Here, the transfer information is information corresponding to a portion x surrounded by a bold line in information to be entered in the home delivery slip 100 illustrated in FIG. In addition, the non-transfer information is information corresponding to a portion y surrounded by a thin line in information to be entered in the delivery slip 100 illustrated in FIG.

The bus lines connected to the CPU 21 include:
Various control programs, various files, PLU files,
HDD 25 for storing sales files (both not shown) and the like
Is connected.

The various files include a reception file for storing and holding information input in the home delivery reception processing, a charge file for storing and holding information relating to the address of the delivery destination and the size of the package and the charge in advance, and the like. is there.

The PLU file has a file structure for storing merchandise identification information such as a merchandise name and a merchandise unit price for each merchandise code.

The sales file has a file structure for storing product sales history such as sales details, sales date and sales amount.

A VRAM 26 for developing various display data to be displayed on the display 13 at a high speed is connected to the bus line 22 connected to the CPU 21.

Further, a character generator 27 that stores and holds character characters related to character information to be displayed on the display 13 is connected to the bus line 22.

Further, the bus line 22 is connected to a timer 28 for measuring the date and time and for timing input / output signals in each section.

The various control programs stored in the HDD 25 are written into the RAM 24 when the POS terminal 1 is started, so that the microcomputer 20 can control the driving of each unit.

Hereinafter, each part which is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 20 will be described.

The drawer 2 is connected to the bus line 22 to turn on / off a solenoid 29 driven and controlled by the microcomputer 20.
The opening and closing are controlled by turning OFF.

The bar code scanner 4 is connected to the bus line 22 via a scanner controller 30.
The scanner controller 30 outputs to the microcomputer 20 product information read by scanning the barcode attached to the product by the barcode scanner 4.

The card reader 10 is connected to the bus line 22 via a reader controller 31. The reader controller 31 transmits information read by the operator by sliding the IC card through the card reading slit 11 to the microcomputer 20.

The keyboard 6 is connected to the bus line 22 via the key controller 32. Upon receiving a key operation by the operator, the key controller 32 outputs a signal corresponding to the pressed key to the microcomputer 20.

The control key 12 is connected to the bus line 22 via the switching controller 33. The switching controller 33 outputs a signal corresponding to an operation mode set by a key (not shown) to the microcomputer 20.

The touch panel 15 is connected to the bus line 22 via a panel controller 34. The panel controller 34 acquires the coordinate data by recognizing the position of the XY coordinates on the touch panel 15 touched by the operator, and outputs a signal corresponding to the acquired coordinate data to the microcomputer 20.

The printer 7 includes a printer controller 35
Is connected to the bus line 22 via the. Printer 7
When print data from the microcomputer 20 is input to the printer controller 35, the printer controller 35 controls the drive to perform printing in accordance with the print data.

The display 13 and the customer display 16 are connected to the bus line 22 via display controllers 36 and 37, respectively. When the display data from the microcomputer 20 is input to the corresponding display controllers 36 and 37, the display 13 and the customer display 16 are driven by the display controllers 36 and 37 to display predetermined items.

The communication I / F 3 is connected to the bus line 22.
8 are connected. The POS terminal 1 uses this communication I / F
Information is exchanged with an external device such as a host computer connected via the connection 38.

Here, referring to FIG. 4, when the control key 12 is set to the registration mode,
A description will be given of a home delivery service accepting process that can be executed by the process 0. In the courier service receiving process, first, the process waits until it is determined that the pickup confirmation information for confirming that the courier service receiving process is performed by a predetermined key operation has been input (S1).

In step S1, when it is determined that the pickup confirmation information has been input by a predetermined key operation (Y in S1), the number reception for receiving the input of the number of packages to be delivered in the process screen P in the reception process of the home delivery service is performed. Screen (not shown), normal registration screen (not shown) to perform sales registration process
, And waits for input of the number of receptions by operating the number keys of the keyboard 6 (N in S2).

In step S2, if the number of packages to be delivered is input by operating the number keys on the keyboard 6 (Y in S2), the number of packages to be delivered is entered in the RAM.
24, the operation guidance prompting the reading of the barcode is displayed on the process screen P, and the reading of the barcode attached to the delivery slip by printing or the like is awaited (N in S3). . As a result, it becomes possible to correlate the information regarding the package to be delivered, which will be input thereafter, with the management number associated with each home delivery slip.

If the bar code attached to the home delivery slip is read in step S3 (Y in S3), the read bar code information is temporarily stored in the home delivery service reception area of the RAM 24.

Subsequently, input of information regarding the destination (S
4) After receiving information on the size of the package (S5), information on the desired delivery date (S6), and information on the selection of the cover (S7), the final confirmation screen shown in FIG. Is displayed (S8).

The information entered in steps S4 to S7, such as information on the destination, information on the size of the package, information on the desired delivery date, and information on the selection of the cover, is the bar code information read in step S3. Are temporarily stored in the home delivery service reception area of the RAM 24 in association with the respective items.

Here, the display mode and operation in the display of the final confirmation screen on the display screen 14 of the display 13 executed in step S8 will be described in detail.

In step S7, when it is determined that all the necessary information has been input in the courier service receiving process by receiving the input of the information regarding the cover selection,
By searching the courier service reception area of the RAM 24 and the charge file of the HDD 25, various kinds of input information,
The information to be displayed on the information display unit 18 is acquired from the information corresponding to the input information for each of the display areas 18a and 18b for displaying the information. Next, with reference to the character generator 27, a character character corresponding to the information to be displayed in the non-transcription information display area 18a and the transcription information display area 18b of the acquired information display unit 18 is acquired. VRAM2
In step 6, display data is created by expanding the acquired character characters, and the created display data is output to the display controller 36. The display controller 36 displays a final confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 2 by displaying predetermined information in the information display area 18 of the process screen P based on the input display data. Here, the function as the first and second display means is executed.

Here, referring to FIG. 2, of the process screen P displayed on the display screen 14 of the display 13 at the time of receiving the home delivery, the final confirmation displayed on the display at the final stage of the processing (S8). The display mode of the screen will be described. The final confirmation screen in the home delivery service receiving operation is displayed for confirming the contents and posting to the home delivery slip when the home delivery service processing has progressed to the end.

The information display section 18 on the final confirmation screen displays information input from steps S2 to S7 and information obtained from the charge file based on the input information. In the information display section 18 in the final confirmation screen, a non-posting information display area 18a in which items that do not need to be posted to the home delivery slip is displayed, and a posting information display area in which items that need to be posted to the home delivery slip are displayed 18b, the corresponding information is displayed for each of the divided display areas.

In this embodiment, the non-transcription information display area 1
The display color of the background portion 8a is gray, and the display color of the character information displayed in the background portion of the non-transcription information display area 18a is black. On the other hand, the display color of the background portion of the transcription information display area 18b is white, and the display color of the character information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b is black. Thus, the transcription information display area 18b and the non-transcription information display area 18a in the process screen can be visually distinguished at a glance.

By the way, regarding the lightness in the Munsell color system in which the color is defined based on the psychological quantity, it is considered that white has higher lightness between white and gray. Thus, in the present embodiment, when utilizing the physiological rule relating to human recognition of color, which is a part of the natural law,
The transfer information display area 18b having a high brightness of the display color in the final confirmation screen can be guided separately.

Further, regarding the lightness in the Munsell color system in which the color is defined based on the psychological quantity, the difference in lightness between white and black is larger than the difference in lightness between gray and black. The contrast between the background portion and the character portion of the non-transferred information display region 18a and the contrast between the background portion and the character portion of the non-transcribed information display region 18a are the same as the transcription information display region 1
It can be said that the contrast between the background portion and the character portion of 8b is clearer. Thus, by utilizing the physiological law relating to the recognition of human colors, which is a part of the natural law, the visibility of the information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b on the final confirmation screen can be further improved.

As a result, the display information of the posting information that needs to be transferred to the delivery slip can be collected in one place and displayed separately from the surroundings, and the information itself that needs to be transferred to the delivery slip can be clearly identified. Can be guided to.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment,
The display form of the final confirmation screen is different from that of the first embodiment. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted. The same applies hereinafter.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in the home delivery service receiving process according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a frame image 39 surrounding the transfer information display area 18b is displayed around the transfer information display area 18b in the information display unit 18. Thereby, the distinction between the transcription information display area 18b and the non-transcription information display area 18a in the information display unit 18 becomes clearer, and the transcription information display area 18b can be guided more clearly. Therefore, the transfer information display area 18b is displayed to the operator.
Can be guided more reliably.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the third embodiment,
The display form of the final confirmation screen is different from that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in the home delivery service receiving process according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the size of the character information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b is set to be larger than the size of the character information displayed in the non-transcription information display area 18a. This makes it possible for the operator to improve the recognizability of the information displayed in the posting information display area 18b, and to make the information necessary for posting to the delivery slip displayed in the posting information display area 18b more clear. I can guide you clearly.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the fourth embodiment,
The display form of the final confirmation screen is different from that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in a home delivery service receiving process according to the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, the display color of the character information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b and the display color of the character information displayed in the non-transcription information display area 18a are displayed differently. In the present embodiment, the display color of the character information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b is black, and the display color of the character information displayed in the non-transcription information display area 18a is blue.
In the Munsell color system in which the color is defined based on the psychological quantity, the contrast between white and black is clearer than the contrast between gray and blue. Accordingly, by utilizing the physiological rule regarding human recognition of color, which is a part of the law of nature, the visibility of the information displayed in the transcription information display area 18b for the operator can be further improved, and the transcription information can be improved. The character information displayed on the display area 18b can be more effectively guided.

[0067]

According to the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the transcription information and the non-transcription information are recognized and distinguished at a glance by the viewer in different display areas on the display screen. Is displayed, the operator can visually distinguish the transcription information and the non-transcription information displayed on the same display screen, so that specific information is clearly guided. be able to.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus of the first aspect, the display color of the posting information and the display color of the non-posting information are displayed differently on the display screen. In addition, since the visibility of the transfer information on the display screen can be improved by the difference in the display color of the content displayed in each display area, specific information can be clearly guided to the operator.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, if the display color of the transcription information display area and the display color of the non-transcription information display area are different on the display screen. Display, the operator can visually distinguish between the transcription information and the non-transcription information based on the difference between the display color of the transcription information display area and the display color of the non-transcription information display area. , Specific information can be clearly guided.

According to the invention described in claim 4, according to claim 1,
In the merchandise sales registration processing device described in 2 or 3, the font size of the transcription information display area and the font size of the non-transcription information display area are displayed differently on the display screen, so that the font size indicating the transcription information is displayed. By setting the font size larger than the font size indicating the non-transcription information, the operator can more easily recognize the transcription information visually, so that specific information can be guided separately.

According to the invention set forth in claim 5, claim 1,
In the merchandise sales registration processing device described in 2, 3 or 4,
By displaying the font type of the transcription information display area and the font type of the non-transcription information display area differently on the display screen, the combination of the font type indicating the transcription information and the font type indicating the non-transcription information can be used. On the other hand, it is possible to make it easier to visually recognize the transcription information, so that the specific information can be easily distinguished.

According to the invention described in claim 6, according to claim 1,
In the merchandise sales registration processing apparatus described in 2, 3, 4, or 5, by displaying a frame around the posting information display area where the posting information is displayed, the posting information surrounded by the frame can be made more visible to the operator. Since the information can be effectively distinguished, specific information can be easily distinguished.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a POS terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a final confirmation screen displayed on a display at the final stage of the process of receiving a home delivery service.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each unit built in the POS terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of a delivery service receiving process.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in a home delivery service receiving process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in a home delivery service receiving process according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a final confirmation screen in a home delivery service receiving process according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of a home delivery slip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Commodity sales registration processing device 13 Display unit 14 Display screen 18a Non-transcription information display area 18b Transcription information display area

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise sales registration processing device capable of inputting posting information required to be posted on a slip and performing a sales registration process based on the input merchandise information, wherein a display screen for displaying predetermined information is provided. A display unit for displaying the input transcription information in a transcription information display area that is a part of the display screen; and a non-transcription information different from the transcription information in the transaction on the display screen. Second display means for displaying in a non-transcription information display area, which is an area different from the information display area, wherein the transcription information and the non-transcription information in the display screen are distinguished at a glance by a viewer. A merchandise sales registration processing device characterized in that it is displayed so as to be recognized. 2. The merchandise sales registration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display color of the transcription information and a display color of the non-transcription information are displayed differently. 3. The merchandise sales registration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display color of the transcription information display area and a display color of the non-transcription information display area are displayed differently. . 4. The merchandise sales registration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the font size of the transcription information and the font size of the non-transcription information are displayed differently. 5. The merchandise sales registration processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a font type of the transcription information and a font type of the non-transcription information are displayed differently. . 6. The merchandise sales registration according to claim 1, wherein a frame surrounding the transfer information display area is displayed on the first display means. Processing equipment.