JP2003044932A - Sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sales data processor which can print a receipt in format that a customer likes and also print the receipt making transfer to a household account book easy and accurate. SOLUTION: In a member file stored in a RAM 13, sheet format information is set corresponding to membership numbers. When a receipt is issued, a CPU 11 outputs receipt format information and article registration data, which are made to correspond to the membership number of a customer inputted through a card reader part 17 or operation part 15, to a receipt print part 19. The receipt print part 19 prints and issues a receipt according to the information supplied from the CPU 11. Consequently, article details, etc., are printed on the issued receipt in the format that the customer desires.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales data processing device such as an ECR (electronic cash register) or a POS system for registering and adjusting a product purchased by a customer in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store. The present invention relates to a method of printing a receipt to be given to a customer at the end of processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ECR and POS registers (POS)
At the register of the system), the receipt is printed and handed to the customer at the end of the payment process. Conventionally, the print format of the receipt to be passed is a single format decided by the store, and depending on the store, special sale information, weather forecast, etc.
Originally unnecessary information is printed on receipts, and when a point system (customer management system) is used, cumulative points are printed at some stores in addition to the points generated today. In addition, in order to make the product easier to see, a format may be adopted in which the details of the purchased product are printed collectively for each department in consideration of convenience when the customer transfers the purchased product to a household account book or the like.

[0003]

However, while some customers welcome bargain information, weather forecasts, and information such as accumulated points as valid information, they are given a long receipt with unnecessary information printed. There are also customers who feel uncomfortable. Therefore, a single receipt format could not produce a receipt in a style that would satisfy all customers. Even when the purchased products are printed together for each department, the “department” is a classification set by the store from the viewpoint of product management and does not necessarily match the classification entered in the household account book. There was a problem that it did not achieve the purpose of facilitating the transfer at the books.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to print a receipt in a format according to a customer's preference and to easily and accurately transfer it to a household account book. An object of the present invention is to provide a sales data processing device capable of printing receipts.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a sales data processing apparatus for registering a customer's purchased product and issuing a receipt printed with transaction data to a customer. First storage means for storing receipt format information corresponding to the identification code, input means for inputting the customer identification code, and receipt format information corresponding to the inputted customer identification code are read out from the first storage means. In addition, there is provided a sales data processing device comprising: a receipt issuing unit that prints and issues a receipt based on the read format information.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1
2. The sales data processing device according to claim 1, further comprising second storage means for storing format data corresponding to the receipt format number, and the receipt format information stored in the first storage means is the receipt format number. Is characterized by.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is a sales data processing apparatus for registering a customer's purchased merchandise, issuing a receipt in which details of the purchased merchandise are printed, and delivering the receipt to the customer.
Storage means for storing the classification for store management together with the classification for store management corresponding to the product code, and for printing the receipt, the details of the purchased product of the customer for each receipt printing classification stored in the storage means And a receipt issuing means for collectively printing the sales data processing apparatus.

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claim 3
In the sales data processing device described in (1), the total amount of money is printed for each receipt printing classification.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external front view and side view of a sales data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a system block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration built in the sales data processing device shown in FIG. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 11 is a CPU that controls the overall operation of the sales data processing device, and is connected to each of the other components as illustrated. Reference numeral 12 is a ROM in which a program executed by the CPU 11 is stored.
It is a (Read Only Memory), and stores programs and the like that define the processing of the CPU 11. Reference numeral 13 is a CPU
RAM (Random Access Memo)
ry).

Reference numeral 14 is a display section for a clerk, and at the same time, a display section (touch panel) for a clerk that functions as an operation section for a clerk who can perform input operations such as mode switching, setting, and registration. Reference numeral 15 is an operation unit provided with an input unit for inputting the completion of product registration and inputting numerical data such as the deposit amount received from the customer at the time of payment and supplying the input data to the CPU 11. Reference numeral 16 is a customer display for displaying predetermined information according to a display instruction from the CPU 11 to notify the customer of the product name and price. Reference numeral 17 is a card reader unit for reading the membership number (code) recorded on the membership card inserted from the card insertion slot and supplying the read membership number data to the CPU 11. Reference numeral 18 is a scanner unit that reads a bar code attached to a product and supplies the data to the CPU 11. Reference numeral 19 is a printing unit for printing a receipt or the like of a product registered / settled according to a printing instruction from the CPU 11. Reference numeral 20 is a communication unit that exchanges data with the outside (for example, a store controller) by communication via a LAN.

The communication unit 20 downloads the product data from a PLU file (product file) for registration processing held by a store controller (not shown), or conversely uploads sales data to the store controller. To do. In addition, the above store controller is for office processing such as data aggregation and accounting processing,
It is installed in an area (for example, an office) where decisions are made on the stocking amount, production / processing amount, etc. based on this data, and holds various files related to product registration.

Although the scanner unit 18 is not shown in FIG. 1, it is connected to the sales data processing apparatus main body shown in FIG. 1 by wire and the read data is sent to the apparatus main body by wire. Alternatively, it may be configured to be wirelessly connected to the apparatus main body and wirelessly transmit the read data to the apparatus main body.

Next, various information stored in the RAM 13 will be described. The RAM 13 described above is
It is provided with a work area for temporarily storing the calculation results of the CPU 11, that is, various registers and flag data, and a file area for storing a file group in which data necessary for various processes executed by the CPU 11 is registered. The work area is provided with a receipt buffer or the like for temporarily storing the product data of the registered product when performing the product registration process. Further, a PLU file (product file), a member file (customer file), a receipt format file and the like are stored in the file area.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of the PLU file. This PLU file is a file used for product registration, and as shown in this figure, product name (product name), price, classification, etc. are set for each PLU number (product code). It should be noted that these set values can be arbitrarily changed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the member file. This member file is a file used for customer management and point management, and as shown in this figure, customer information (gender, age, name, phone number), accumulated points, purchases for each member code (number). Information (buying record data for each period, etc.) and receipt format number are set.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of a receipt format file. This receipt format file is a file used for printing a receipt, and as shown in this figure, format data is set in association with a receipt number. The receipt is printed in a free format, and the store can freely set the format data.

Here, an example of the format data is shown in FIG. For example, FIG. 6A shows format data in which a store name, settlement information, current points, which is the number of points generated by the current shopping, and a receipt number are sequentially printed. Further, FIG. 6B shows the format data shown in FIG. 6A in which the product information (product description) is printed under the store name. Further, FIG. 6C shows the format data shown in FIG. 6B, in which the advertisement data such as a special sale notice is printed under the store name. Further, in FIG. 6 (d), the format data shown in FIG. 6 (c) is additionally printed with a weather forecast under the advertisement information, and the current point is reflected under the current point. The format data for additionally printing points is shown. In addition, in FIG.
In addition to the format data shown in (d), format data for additionally printing a member advertisement, which is advertisement information according to the customer base of the member, is shown. Then, in the receipt format file, each format data as described above is stored in association with each receipt number.

In the format data of FIG. 6 (a), the product information, which is an essential print item for a normal receipt, is not printed, but some customers do not receive the receipt at convenience stores, etc. This is because it is expected that there will be customers who only want the settlement information. In the sales data processing device targeted by the present invention,
The receipt number is printed on the receipt as a number or a bar code, and the transaction data is stored as an electronic log for each receipt number. For this reason, if the customer wants to confirm the product information later, for example for the purpose of returning goods, transaction data can be read out and displayed or printed by entering the receipt number. Even if the product information is not printed on the receipt, no inconvenience occurs. In addition, the fewer print items there are, the more the receipt paper can be saved, and the time required for printing can be shortened.

Next, the operation of the sales data processing device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the customer's membership card is inserted into the insertion slot of the card reader section 17 and the membership number recorded on the membership card is read by the card reader section 17, the information of this membership number is obtained. The data is supplied from the card reader unit 17 to the CPU 11 (step SP1
0). When the CPU 11 acquires the member number, it reads the corresponding member data (customer information, accumulated points, purchase information, receipt format number, etc.) from the member file based on this member number, and the read information is the work area of the RAM 13. In each register (step SP11). In addition, the receipt format number set in the member file is
It is a receipt format number determined as a result of showing a print sample of the receipt to the customer and confirming which format of the receipt is desired.

Subsequently, a merchandise item registration process consisting of the following series of processes is performed (step SP12). First, when the clerk reads the bar code (product code) attached to the product purchased by the customer with the scanner unit 18, the product number read by the scanner unit 18 is C.
It is supplied to the PU 11. The CPU 11 reads the product data from the PLU file based on the supplied product number, stores the read product data (product name, price, etc.) in the receipt buffer in the RAM 13 described above, and displays these data for the clerk. Output to the unit 14 and the customer display unit 16. As a result, the product name and price of the product read by the scanner unit 18 are displayed on each display unit.

When the above-mentioned product registration processing is completed for all the products purchased by the customer, the clerk operates the closing key. As a result, a signal indicating that the product registration process has been completed is supplied to the CPU 11 from the operation unit 15. CP
If the U11 determines that the merchandise item registration processing is completed by the signal (“YES” in step SP13), then it calculates the total price of the purchased merchandise items. This is RAM
It is calculated by summing the prices of the products stored in the 13 receipt buffers. And CPU1
When the total amount of money is calculated, 1 outputs this total amount of money to the salesclerk display unit 14 and the customer display unit 16. This allows
The total purchase amount is displayed on both display units (step SP14).

Next, when the store clerk inputs the deposit amount received from the customer from the operation unit 15 or the store clerk display unit (touch panel) 14, the input deposit amount information is stored in the CPU 11.
Is supplied to (step SP15). When the CPU 11 obtains the deposit amount, the CPU 11 calculates the deposit amount from the deposit amount in step SP1.
The change amount is calculated by subtracting the total price of the purchased commodities calculated in 4, and the calculation result is displayed on the display section 1 for the clerk.
4 and the customer display unit 16. As a result, the amount of change is displayed on the display section 14 for the clerk and the display section 16 for the customer, and the clerk hands the change to the customer based on this amount (step SP16).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 causes the step SP11.
In the receipt format register, the format data corresponding to the receipt format number is read from the receipt format file, and the read format data and the registered product data (item name, price, etc.) stored in the receipt buffer are received by the receipt printing unit. It outputs to 19. Thereby, the receipt printing unit 19 prints the registered product data based on the format data (see FIG. 6) supplied from the CPU 11 and issues a receipt. Subsequently, the CPU 11 stores the registered product in a performance file (not shown) (step SP1).
8) and the process ends.

According to the above-described embodiment, the receipt can be printed in the format desired by each customer. Therefore, customers who do not need information such as advertisement information and weather forecast can print these information without printing these information, and customers who want can print these information. It is possible to issue a receipt of contents without requiring the operator to perform an extra operation. Further, the receipt paper can be used efficiently as a store and the receipt printing time can be shortened.

Next, a sales data processing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the overview of the sales data processing device and the main electric circuit system are almost the same as those of the sales data processing device according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and are stored in the RAM 13. Information and the processing content executed by the CPU 11 are different.

Information stored in the RAM 13 (PL
U file) and processing contents performed by the sales data processing device according to the second embodiment will be described. First, RAM1
As shown in FIG. 8, the file area 3 is a PLU file in which a product name (product name), a price, a store department code (classification), a receipt department code (classification), and the like are associated with each product code. (Product file) is stored. Here, the store department code (classification) is a classification given by the store for management such as tabulation of sales data. For example, in the case of food products, the store department code is vegetables, seafood. , Meat, bread, etc. based on raw materials and suppliers. On the other hand, the department code (classification) for receipts is a classification for receipt printing in consideration of convenience for customers to transfer to household accounts and the like, in addition to the department code for stores, such as staple food and side dishes. It is a classification according to the classification of household accounts such as.

Next, the operation of the data processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, a product registration process for registering the product purchased by the customer is performed (step SP20). Specifically, when the clerk reads the bar code (product code) attached to the product purchased by the customer by the scanner unit 18, the product number read by the scanner unit 18 is supplied to the CPU 11. CP
U11 reads the product data from the PLU file based on the supplied product number, and the read product data (product name, price, department code for store, department code for receipt, etc.) is a receipt provided in the work area of RAM13. The product name and price of the read product data are stored in the buffer and are output to the clerk display unit 14 and the customer display unit 16. As a result, the product name and price of the product read by the scanner unit 18 are displayed on each display unit.

Subsequently, when the barcodes of all the products purchased by the customer are read, the store clerk operates the closing key provided on the operation unit 15 or the store clerk display unit (touch panel) 14. As a result, a signal indicating that the product registration process is completed is supplied to the CPU 11 from the operation unit 15 or the salesclerk display unit (touch panel) 14. CPU11
When it is determined by the signal that the product registration process has been completed (“YES” in step SP21), then the total price of the purchased products is calculated. This is RAM1
It is calculated by summing the prices of the products stored in the receipt buffer of item 3. And the CPU 11
After calculating the total amount, outputs the total amount to the clerk display unit 14 and the customer display unit 16. As a result, the total purchase amount is displayed on both display units (step SP22).

Subsequently, a settlement process including deposit input, change amount calculation and the like is performed (step SP23). In particular,
When the store clerk inputs the deposit amount received from the customer from the operation unit 15 or the store clerk display unit (touch panel) 14, the input deposit amount information is supplied to the CPU 11. CPU
11, when the deposit amount is acquired, the change amount is calculated by subtracting the total amount of the purchased products calculated in step SP22 from the deposit amount, and the calculation result is displayed on the salesclerk display unit 14 and the customer display unit 16. Output. As a result, the amount of change is displayed on the display section 14 for the clerk and the display section 16 for the customer, and the clerk delivers the change to the customer based on this amount.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 performs a receipt printing process for printing and issuing a receipt described later (step SP24), and stores the product registered in step SP20 in a performance file (not shown) (step SP2).
5) Then, the process ends. When updating the actual result file in step SP25, the actual result data is totaled using the store department code.

Next, the receipt printing process performed at step SP24 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the CPU 11 totalizes the registered products stored in the receipt buffer of the RAM 13 for each receipt department code (step SP30). Next, the total amount and tax amount are calculated for each receipt department code (step SP3).
1). Then, the CPU 11 executes steps SP30 and S.
The summation of P31, the calculation result, and the amount information (total amount of money, used in the settlement process performed in step SP23 of FIG. 9,
The deposit amount and change amount) are output to the receipt printing unit. As a result, the receipt printing unit proceeds to step SP30.
And based on the calculation results of SP31 and SP31, the details of the registered product (product purchased by the customer) are printed (step SP
32) After that, the payment information, that is, the total amount (including tax) of the entire purchased product, the deposit amount, and the change amount are printed (step SP33), and a receipt is issued (step SP33).

As a result, a receipt as shown in FIG.
That is, below the store name, date, and receipt number, the details of each category of receipt department code and the total amount are printed in the order of the codes (A to D in the figure), and below the subtotal, tax amount, and deposit amount. A receipt with the change amount (E in the figure) printed is issued. Specifically, the item description according to the department code for receipt is the description A of the staple food which is the department code for receipt “1”, the total amount B of the department code for receipt “1”, and the department code for receipt “2”. Detail C of a side meal,
The total amount of side dishes D is printed in the order of.

As described above, according to the sales data processing apparatus of the second embodiment, the receipt item details are printed for each classification given from a viewpoint different from the management classification of the store. Is printed. In this way, by devising a method of assigning the classification, the customer may transfer to the household account book in the order in which the receipt is printed. Therefore, as in the conventional case, it is possible to extremely easily fill in the household account book, by omitting the trouble of looking at the item specification, extracting and posting the item of the corresponding category, and calculating the total amount. Further, since the sales result data is totaled based on the classification for the store as in the conventional case, no inconvenience occurs on the side of the store.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the POS register is independent, and the PLU is not used.
Although the case where files, member files, etc. are stored in the RAM 13 of its own has been described, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of POS registers are connected to the store controller via the LAN, and the PL stored in the store controller is stored.
The U file and the member file may be communicated and used.

Further, in the above-mentioned first embodiment, the kind and contents of the specific format are not limited. For example, the printing of the item description based on the classification for receipt in the second embodiment may be one of the formats. Further, the receipt may not be issued to the customer who does not need the receipt. Further, the customer who wishes to receive the receipt by e-mail may be configured to issue the receipt by e-mail. Although the member number is input before the product registration, the member number may be input after the product registration process before the receipt is printed. If the customer is not a member, the receipt in the format set by the store is printed as in the conventional case.

The case where the card reader reads the membership number recorded on the membership card to obtain the membership number has been described. However, this membership number can be input by operating the operation unit. Good. For example, even if the customer forgets the membership card, the customer's membership number can be acquired by inputting the telephone number, which is the information associated with the membership number, from the operation unit.

Further, in the second embodiment, the total amount of money for each classification is printed, but it is not always necessary to print it. Further, the classification for receipt is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the store may be set appropriately according to the customer's request. Alternatively, a plurality of patterns for receipts may be stored for products, and a plurality of patterns may be stored so that the membership code can be used to automatically select which classification to use. For example, some customers desire fine classification such as staple foods, side dishes, and favorite foods, and some customers simply want food foods to be roughly classified as food expenses. In addition, some customers would like to separate only alcoholic beverages from their favorite items. Therefore, by automatically selecting which classification to use according to the membership code, it is possible to aggregate and print the classification according to the customer's request.

Further, a color printer may be used so that the classification and the total amount of money can be easily seen, and different colors can be printed for each classification. Further, although the description has been given by taking an example of the food item, it may be, for example, clothing, miscellaneous goods, stationery or the like, and is not particularly limited to the food item.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes a design etc. within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Be done.

[0041]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, it is possible to automatically issue the receipt in the format according to the customer's request without any special operation by the operator. it can. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the customer from feeling uncomfortable, to prevent waste of the receipt essence even on the shop side, and to shorten the time required to print the receipt.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the format information is stored in advance in association with the receipt format number, it is only necessary to set the format number for each customer code, and the setting operation is simple. In addition, the capacity of the memory used can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the shop side can total the sales items by using the same management classification as the conventional one. Further, since the details of the purchased products are collectively printed on the receipt for each classification for the household account book, the printed content of the receipt is easy to see and can be easily and accurately transferred to the household account book.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the total amount of money for each classification is printed, it is possible to judge at a glance which product in which classification has been purchased and how much of the purchase result by checking the receipt. It can be used as a reference for consideration and subsequent purchase plans. For example, “I bought too much luxury today”
Or, you can immediately make an examination such as "Today's side dish was cheap and I could buy it, so I can buy it again and stay within my budget."

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external front view and a side view of a sales data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration incorporated in the sales data processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a PLU file according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a member file according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a receipt format file according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of format data according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the sales data processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a PLU file according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the data processing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the data processing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a print example of a receipt issued from the data processing device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a network configuration when file data is acquired from a store controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Salesclerk display section (touch panel), 15 ... Operation section, 16 ... Customer display section, 17 ... Card reader section, 18 ... Scanner section,
19 ... Receipt printing section, 20 ... Communication section

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sales data processing device for registering a customer's purchased product, issuing a receipt on which transaction data is printed, and delivering the receipt to a customer. A first memory for storing receipt format information corresponding to a customer identification code. Means, input means for inputting a customer identification code, and receipt format information corresponding to the input customer identification code from the first storage means, and a receipt is printed and issued based on the read format information. A sales data processing device comprising a receipt issuing means. 2. A second storage unit for storing format data corresponding to a receipt format number, wherein the receipt format information stored in the first storage unit is the receipt format number. The sales data processing device according to claim 1. 3. A sales data processing device for registering a customer's purchased merchandise, issuing a receipt on which a detailed description of the purchased merchandise is printed, and passing it to the customer. And a receipt issuing means for printing the details of the customer's purchased product for each receipt printing classification stored in the storage means when printing the receipt. Sales data processing device. 4. The sales data processing device according to claim 3, wherein a total amount of money is printed for each receipt printing classification.