JP2002008137A - Merchandise sales registration data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply search a name of goods to be sold and registered from a merchandise name list displayed on a screen. SOLUTION: A character input means for inputting single character data is provided. When the single character data is inputted by the character input means, a name of goods including the single character data or character data to be linked to the single character data is sampled from a merchandise table. A list of the sampled merchandise names is displayed. When the name of goods to be sold and registered is selected from the merchandise name list, merchandise sales registration data is processed based on merchandise information of the merchandise table including the selected merchandise name.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS (Point Of
Sales: point-of-sale information management) Regarding merchandise sales registration data processing devices such as terminals and electronic cash registers,
In particular, the present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration data processing device using a screen display such as a liquid crystal display as an operator display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional product sales registration data processing device using a screen display as an operator display, the names of products that can be registered for sale are set in advance, and the names of the products are set in order of setting. In some cases, a list is displayed on a screen display, and when the name of any one product is selected and determined by operating a keyboard or a mouse, sales registration data of the product is processed for sales.

[0003]

However, in this type of conventional product sales registration data processing apparatus, all the set product names are displayed in a list, so that the number of product names that can be displayed on one screen is reduced. Due to restrictions, when the number of products to be handled is large, it is troublesome to switch the screen many times before displaying the names of the products to be registered for sale.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to easily search for the name of a product to be registered for sale from a product name list displayed on the screen, and An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device capable of shortening the time required for sales registration and reducing the work load.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product table for storing in advance product information such as a product name and a price corresponding to a product identification code for identifying each product;
A character input unit for inputting single character data, and a product name for extracting a single character data or a product name including character data linked to the single character data from the product table when the single character data is input by the character input unit Extracting means, name list displaying means for displaying a list of product names extracted by the extracting means, selecting means for selecting a name of a product to be registered for sale from a list of product names displayed by the display means, The merchandise sales registration data processing device includes merchandise sales registration processing means for processing merchandise sales registration data based on the merchandise information in the merchandise table including the merchandise name selected by the selecting means.
With the commodity sales registration data processing device having such a configuration, by inputting single character data corresponding to the name of a commodity to be registered for sale by character input means, the single character data or character data classified by the single character data Is extracted from the product table and a list of only the extracted product names is displayed, so that the name of the product to be registered for sale is searched from the product name list narrowed down by the single character data. , Will be easy to find.

[0006] The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
In the invention described, in the product table, an area for cumulatively storing the sales points of the product along with the product information corresponding to the product identification code for identifying each product is provided, and a list of the product names extracted by the product name extracting means is provided. The data is sorted and displayed in descending order of sales points. With the product sales registration data processing device having such a configuration, since the product names are sorted and displayed in the list of product names narrowed by single character data in descending order of the number of sales points, the names of the products to be registered for sales are It will be easier to find.

[0007] The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is the above-described claim 2.
In the invention described above, after the registration of all the products registered for sale as one transaction is completed, the sales points of all the products registered for sale in the transaction are cumulatively processed for each product in the sales point area of the product table. . In the merchandise sales registration data processing device having such a configuration, the sales points of the merchandise registered for sale are accumulated after registration of all commodities registered for sale as one transaction is completed. No matter how many times the single item character data is input, the order of the item names displayed in the item name list does not change.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the POS
This is a case where the present invention is applied to a terminal, and "a", "ka", "sa", "ta", "na",
One of the ten characters “ha”, “ma”, “ya”, “ra”, and “wa” shall be entered. If single character data “a” is entered, Display a list of only the product names that contain the line "Ai-ueo" as the first character, and if "" is entered, display a list of only the product names that contain the line "Kakikukeko" as the first character In such a case, a list of only product names including the first character of one line of the Japanese syllabary for the input single character data is displayed on the operator display.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a POS terminal 11 according to the present embodiment. The POS terminal 11 has a keyboard 12, a display 13 for an operator, a display 14 for a customer, A printer 15 for printing receipts and journals and a drawer 16 are provided.

The operator display 13 has a screen display section 13a such as a liquid crystal display, for example.
A list of product names that can be registered for sale is displayed on the screen display unit 13a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 12 has a numeric key 21 for inputting numerical data and a clear key 2 for clearing numerical data and canceling an error.
2. Multiplication key 2 for instructing that the numerical data is a multiplier
3. Cancel key 24 for instructing cancellation of registered goods, registration key 25 for instructing registration of goods, subtotal key 26 for instructing subtotal output of transaction, and deposit / present as closing key for declaring registration of one transaction. In addition to the total key 27, a cursor key 28 for moving a cursor displayed on the screen display section 13a of the operator display 13 up, down, left and right, and character input means for inputting the single character data "A" to "WA". A function key 29 is provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the POS terminal 11 according to the present embodiment. The POS terminal 11 has a CPU (Ce
ntral Processing Unit) 31 is mounted. Also,
ROM that stores fixed data such as programs (Read O
nly Memory) 32, a random access memory (RAM) formed with various memory areas for storing variable data.
mory) 33, a clock unit 34 for measuring the date and time, a communication interface 35 for performing data communication with a host device connected online according to a preset communication protocol, and an I / O (Input / Output) port 36 for inputting and outputting signals. ,
It controls the driving of the keyboard 12 and takes in key signals corresponding to the operation keys. The keyboard controller 37 controls the driving of the operator display 13 and the customer display 14, respectively. A display controller 38 for displaying, a printer controller 39 for controlling the driving of the printer 15 and performing receipt printing and journal printing are mounted. The CPU 3
The ROM 1, the RAM 33, the clock unit 34, the communication interface 35, the I / O port 36, the keyboard controller 37, the display controller 38, and the printer controller 39 are connected by bus lines such as an address bus and a data bus.

The drawer opening device 16 is connected to the I / O port 36.
a, and outputs a drive signal to the drawer opening device 16a according to a command from the CPU 31.
The drawer opening device 16a automatically opens the drawer 16 in response to the input of the drive signal. "Registration",
A mode switch 17 for selecting various business modes such as "registration", "inspection", "payment", and "setting" is connected to the I / O port 36, and a signal from the mode switch 17 is transmitted to the I / O port 36. The input is made at the O port 36.

In the POS terminal 11 having such a configuration, the RAM 33 stores, in particular, the product table 40 having the layout configuration shown in FIG. 4, the character key table 50 having the layout configuration shown in FIG. 5, and the name of the layout configuration shown in FIG. A display buffer 60 and a registration buffer 70 having the layout configuration shown in FIG. 7 are formed.

The merchandise table 40 stores merchandise information such as a merchandise name and a unit price, which is a price per merchandise, in advance corresponding to a merchandise identification code for identifying each merchandise. In addition, an area is provided for cumulatively storing sales points and sales amounts for each product.

The character key table 50 stores the character keys 29
The character codes of the single character data and the character codes of the character data linked to the single character data are set and stored in advance as a link character code group, corresponding to the single character data respectively assigned to. By the way,
In this embodiment, the character data linked to the single character data is the character data for one line of the Japanese syllabary with respect to the single character data as described above.

The name display buffer 60 is an area for temporarily storing data such as a product name, a product identification code, and the number of sales in the order of display numbers consecutive from 1. The registration buffer 70 is an area for temporarily storing data of the names, product identification codes, points, and amounts of all products sold and registered as one transaction.

In the state where the registration mode is selected by the mode switch 17, the POS terminal 11
The program is configured so that, when any one of the character keys 29 is input, the CPU 31 executes character key processing indicating the main part in the flowchart of FIG. That is, the CPU 31 determines that the key signal fetched by the keyboard controller 37 is a signal of any one of the character keys 29, and that “register” is performed by a signal from the mode switch 17 input to the I / O port 36. After confirming that the mode is selected, the character key processing is started. First, the character key table 50 is set as ST1.
And reads out all the link character code groups corresponding to the input character keys, and temporarily stores them in the work area of the RAM 33.

Next, as ST2, the name data of each product set in the product table 40 is searched in order from the first record, and the first character code exists in the link character code group stored in the work area. Look for the product name you want. And if you find the product name,
The product identification code and the sales points corresponding to the product name are extracted, and the data of the product name, the product identification code, and the sales points are sequentially stored in the name display buffer 60 as ST3 (product name extraction means).

In this way, the same search is performed up to the last record of the product table 40. If it is determined in ST4 that the search has been completed, the link character code group stored in the work area is cleared, and the name display buffer 60 is cleared in ST5.
Are sorted in descending order of the number of sales points. And ST
If it is determined that the data sorting is completed as ST6, ST7
A product name list screen is created in which the product names stored in the name display buffer 60 are arranged in the order of display numbers, and is displayed on the screen display section 13a of the operator display 13 (name list display means). In this case, since the number of product names that can be displayed on one screen of the screen display unit 13a is limited, assuming that the number is k, the product names from display numbers 1 to k are the first screen, and the display number k + 1 The product names from to 2k are the second screen.

After displaying the first screen of the product name list on the screen display section 13a of the operator display 13, the CPU 31 waits for a key input from the keyboard 12. Here, when the key signal of the cursor key 28 is fetched in ST8, the process proceeds to ST11, and the cursor displayed on the screen display unit 13a is moved one by one up, down, left, and right.
After that, it waits for a key input again. The cursor is used to select and specify a product name on the product name list. When the cursor is moved further downward while the product name at the bottom of the screen is specified, the product name list is switched to the next screen. Similarly, when the product name at the top of the screen is specified and the product name is further moved upward, the product name list is switched to that of the previous screen.

In the key input standby state, when the key signal of the registration key 25 is fetched in ST9, the process proceeds to ST12, where the cursor is selected and designated in the product name list displayed on the screen display 13a. A product name is obtained, and a product identification code corresponding to the product name is obtained from the name display buffer 60. Further, the unit price corresponding to the obtained product identification code is obtained from the product table 40, and the unit price is registered in this unit price (in the case where the multiplier is input by the number key 21 and the multiplication key 23 immediately before the input of the registration key 25). Is multiplied by 1) if the multiplier or the multiplier is not input, to calculate the registration amount. Then, the merchandise sales registration data of the merchandise name, the merchandise identification code, the number of registration points, and the registered amount are sequentially stored in the registration buffer 70 (commodity sales registration processing means). Further, the product name, the unit price, the number of registered points, and the registered amount are displayed on the operator display 13 and the customer display 14.

Thereafter, if the name display buffer 60 is cleared in ST13, the current character key input processing is terminated. Here, a cursor key 28 for moving a cursor on the product name list and a registration key 25 for determining the selection of the product name specified by the cursor are provided.
This constitutes selection means. Then, by selecting the name of the product to be registered for sale by the selection means, the sales registration data of the product is registered.

In the key input standby state, ST1
When the key signal of the cancel key 24 is fetched as 0, S
Proceeding to T13, the name display buffer 60 is cleared, and the current character key input process ends. That is, when the character key 29 is input, but the name of the product to be registered for sale is not on the list screen (input error of the character key), or when the customer requests the cancellation of the product, the cancel key 24 must be input. Returns to the state before the character key 29 was input.

When the registration mode is selected by the mode switch 17, the POS terminal 11
When the number 6 is input, the program is configured so that the CPU 31 executes the subtotal key processing which shows the main part in the flowchart of FIG. That is, the CPU 31 determines that the key signal fetched by the keyboard controller 37 is the signal of the subtotal key 26 and the “registration” mode is selected by the signal from the mode switch 17 input to the I / O port 36. If confirmed, this subtotal key processing is started. Then, first, it is determined whether or not merchandise sales registration data is stored in the registration buffer 70 as ST1. here,
If it is not stored, it is an erroneous operation of operating the subtotal key 26 in a state where the merchandise registration for one transaction has not been performed.

If the merchandise sales registration data is stored in the registration buffer 70 in ST1, the data of the merchandise name, the number of registration points and the registration amount stored in the registration buffer 70 and the data of the registration amount are stored in ST2. The total amount is displayed on the operator display 13. The total amount is displayed on the customer display 14.

Next, a key input from the keyboard 12 is waited. Here, when a key signal of any one of the character keys 29 is fetched as ST3, the character key processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

On the other hand, when the key signal of the deposit / current total key 27 is fetched in ST4, the registered points and the registered price of the sales registered product stored in the registration buffer 70 together with the product identification code are stored in ST5. Cumulative processing is performed on each of the sales point area and the sales amount area corresponding to the same product identification code in the table 40. Further, as ST6, the deposit key (the number key 21 immediately before the input of the deposit / current total key 27) is entered.
, The change amount is calculated by subtracting the total amount from the numerical value amount if the numerical value data is larger than the total amount, or the total amount if the numerical value data is not input. And the customer display 14 respectively. Further, as ST7, the receipt print data and the journal print data are edited and supplied to the printer 15, the receipt print and the journal print are performed, a receipt is issued, and a drive signal is output to the drawer opening device 16a as ST8. The drawer 16 is opened. Thereafter, as ST9, the registration buffer 70
Is completed, this process ends.

Here, the deposit / current total key 27 functions as a closing key for declaring the end of the registration of a product registered as one transaction, and in response to the input of the closing key, all the products sold and registered in one transaction. Are processed in the sales point area of the product table 40 for each product.

The PO according to the present embodiment thus configured is
When any one of the character keys 29 is input in a state where the “registration” mode is selected, the S terminal 11 sets the link character code set in the character key table 50 corresponding to the input character key 29. The group is read out, and the product name having the character code belonging to the link character code group as the first character is collectively extracted from the product table 40. Then, the list of the product names extracted collectively is displayed on the display 13 for the operator. Therefore, the total number of product names displayed on the screen as a list is the first character of the names of all the products set in the product table 40 that is linked to the single character data input by the character key 29. It is narrowed down to the name only. At this time, the product names are sorted and displayed in descending order of the number of sales points.

In this manner, while the product name list is displayed, the name of one of the products in the product name list is designated by inputting the cursor key 28, and the registration key 25 is displayed.
Is input, the sales registration data of the product having the name is registered in the registration buffer 70. Therefore, by searching for a product name to be registered for sale from a product name list narrowed down to only the name having the first character as the character linked to the single character data input by the character key 29, and performing a selection decision operation. Then, the merchandise sales registration data is registered.

Now, when the POS terminal 11 is used as a merchandise sales registration data processing device at a restaurant, a clerk as an operator first inputs a character key 29 corresponding to the initial of the name of the merchandise ordered by the customer. I do. For example, if the customer orders "Udon set meal", the character key 2
Input the 9 "A" key. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the operator display 13 displays a list of the product names whose first character is the Japanese syllabary "A line". Then, the clerk inputs the registration key 25 after inputting the cursor key 28 and specifying “udon set meal” with the cursor 80.
Then, the sales registration data of “Udon set meal” is registered in the registration buffer 70. In addition, the display 13 for the operator and the display 14 for the customer indicate “Udon set meal 780”.
Circle "is displayed.

Next, when the same customer orders "tempura set meal", the "ta" key of the character keys 29 is input.
Then, the operator display 13 displays a list of product names whose first character is the Japanese syllabary "ta-line".
Then, the clerk inputs the registration key 25 after inputting the cursor key 28 and specifying “tempura set meal” with the cursor 80. Then, the sales registration data of “tempura set meal” is registered in the registration buffer 70. “Tempura set meal 980 yen” is displayed on the operator display 13 and the customer display 14.

Assuming that the customer order is completed, the subtotal key 26 is input. Then, the operator display 13 displays each registered product “Udon set meal 780”.
Yen "and" Tempura set meal 980 yen "and the total amount" 1760 yen "are displayed. In addition, the total amount “1760 yen” is displayed on the customer display 14.

Here, assuming that the customer has paid 2000 yen as a price, the user enters "2000" with the numeral key 21 and then enters the deposit / current key 27. Then,
"Udon Set Meal" registration score "1" and registration amount "78"
"0" is the corresponding product identification code "000" in the product table 40.
The processing is cumulatively performed on the sales points and sales amount corresponding to “5”. Similarly, the registration point “1” and the registration amount “980” of “tempura set meal” are cumulatively processed into the sales points and the sales amount corresponding to the corresponding product identification code “0003” in the product table 40. Also, the change amount “240 yen” is calculated and displayed on the operator display 13 and the customer display 14, and a receipt is printed and issued. From the above,
The transaction with this customer ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, sales registration is performed from a product name list in which only characters whose first character is linked to the single character data input by the character key 29 are limited to the first character. By searching for a product name and performing a selection decision operation, the sales registration data of the product can be registered. Therefore, compared with the conventional case where all the product names set in the product table 40 are displayed in a list, the sales registration You can easily find the name of the product you want to use. As a result, it is possible to reduce the time required for sales registration of the product and reduce the work load.

Further, in the present embodiment, when displaying the product name list, the product name list is sorted and displayed in descending order of the number of sales points. A product with a high sales score is a product with a high probability of selling and registering that much. By sorting in the descending order of the sales score, the product with a high probability of sales registration is displayed on the first screen of the screen. Comprehensively, the time required to find the name of a product to be registered for sale is reduced as compared with the case where sorting is not performed.

Further, in this embodiment, since the sales points of the products registered for sale are accumulated after the registration of all the products registered for sale as one transaction is completed.
No matter how many times the same single item character data is input during one transaction, the order of the product names displayed in the product name list does not change. Therefore, in one transaction, for example, the name displayed first in the product name list displayed last time has been replaced with the second name this time.
It is possible to prevent an erroneous operation in which the first supposed operator mistakenly selects and decides the first product name.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the embodiment, the cursor key 28 on the keyboard 12 is used as a selection unit for selecting a product name to be registered for sale from a product name list.
And the character keys 29, the operator display 13
By using a display with a touch panel as a device, the name of a product to be registered for sale may be selected and determined by touch input from among the product names displayed on the screen display unit 13a. This makes it possible to more easily select and determine the name of a product to be registered for sale.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the kana character is exemplified as the single character data input by the character input means, but may be a kanji, katakana, an alphanumeric character or the like. In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0041]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily find the name of a product to be registered for sale from a list of product names displayed on the screen, and to register the product for sale. It is possible to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device capable of reducing the time required and the work load. Further, according to the invention described in claims 2 and 3 of the present application,
There is an effect that the name of the product to be registered for sale can be more easily found from the product name list displayed on the screen.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a key arrangement on a keyboard of the POS terminal.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a main part of the POS terminal.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a product table stored in the POS terminal.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a character key table stored in the POS terminal.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a name display buffer stored in the POS terminal.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a registration buffer stored in the POS terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a product name list displayed on a screen display unit of the POS terminal.

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

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a main part of a subtotal key input process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 POS Terminal 12 Keyboard 13 Operator Display 24 Cancel Key 25 Registration Key 26 Subtotal Key 27 Deposit / Current Key 28 Cursor Key 29 Character Key 31 CPU 40 Product Table 50 Character Key table 60: Name display buffer 70: Registration buffer

Claims (3)

[Claims] A product table for storing in advance product information such as a product name and a price corresponding to a product identification code for identifying each product; a character input means for inputting single character data; When one character data is input, a product name extracting means for extracting a product name including the single character data or character data linked to the single character data from the product table, and a list of the product names extracted by the extracting means is displayed. Name list display means, a selection means for selecting the name of a product to be registered for sale from a list of product names displayed by the display means, and a product in the product table including the product name selected by the selection means Product sales registration processing means for processing the product sales registration data based on the information. Data processing equipment. 2. The product table has an area for cumulatively storing sales information of the product together with product information corresponding to a product identification code for identifying each product, and the name list display means is extracted by the product name extraction means. 2. The merchandise sales registration data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list of merchandise names is sorted and displayed in ascending order of sales points. 3. After the registration of all the products registered for sale as one transaction is completed, the sales points of all the products registered for sale in the transaction are cumulatively processed for each product in the sales point area of the product table. Item 2. A product sales registration data processing device according to item 2.