JP2003109121A - Commercial transaction processor and commercial transaction processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commercial transaction processor where the complicated function of a cache register is switched to a more easily understandable one for an inputting person and the use convenience for the inputting person increases and to provide a commercial transaction processing method. SOLUTION: The processor is constituted so as to be provided with, beside the general function of the cache register, a receipt window L displaying information on the inputted amount and item of a commodity on a picture in the image of a receipt at the time of paying the commodity and a content correcting means which directly selects a part to be corrected on the image, corrects it and returns it to a previous processing state by one with a correction key K1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a trade transaction processing apparatus and method for executing trade transactions between sellers and customers for goods (including services).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a customer purchases a product (including a service) from a store, the processing of sales transactions is performed by a cash register installed in the store or a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal having the function. It is carried out using.

The former cash register specializes in calculating and recording the exchange of monetary information one by one, and inputs various information such as the department of the product, the amount of money, the number of products, and the discount rate from the keyboard, If there is a correction, correction processing is performed and various calculation processing such as calculating the total amount of money is performed. Further, when the receipt is output, these processes are printed one by one.

Further, the latter POS terminal is constructed so that, in addition to the function of the cash register described above, a dedicated server can carry out inventory management of products and sales management.

[0005]

In the cash register or the portion having the cash register function, the former has a structure specialized for the cash register function, and various improvements have been made so far and repeated improvements have been made. And simpler and more convenient ones have been established. However, as the times have changed, the needs of customers have increased, and various requirements have been imposed on this transaction processing. That is, it is necessary to increase the number of input buttons on the keyboard by the number of requests, and the cache
Due to the complicated functions of the register itself, the number of pages of the handling manual was increased, and this resulted in a great burden on the cash register input person, including operability. Further, in the correction process of the input information, the correction record remains on the receipt as it is, and as the number of correction points increases, the receipt becomes hard to see and the printed portion becomes long. Further, since it does not have a function of totalizing transaction period and graphing it, it takes a lot of time to analyze the transaction status, which makes it difficult for an input person to use. Since the latter POS terminal does not specialize in the cash register function, the same thing can be said.

Therefore, the present invention shifts the complicated function as described above to one that is easier for the input person to understand,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sales transaction processing apparatus and a method thereof that can improve the usability of an input person.

[0007]

The present invention is configured as follows to solve the above problems. That is, as one aspect of the present invention, for example, information such as the price of a product and the amount paid by the customer for the price, or the membership number of the customer who purchases the product is input, and the product is sold as a seller. A sales transaction processing device which outputs the processing contents of a sales transaction established with a purchaser and sends the input information to a sales system which manages a sales record via a communication line. The processing content display means for displaying a part or all of the processing in a predetermined format in a predetermined format, and the content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or the selected content among the displayed content. It is configured to have a content recording means for recording the recorded content on a medium, and a content totaling means for totaling a graphic representation of a predetermined portion of the recorded content for each predetermined period and displaying the content graphically.

It should be noted that the processing content display means displays a part or all of the processing content in the order of the latest processing including the processing, each time the sales transaction processing is performed, and the content correction means Of the displayed contents, the latest transaction processing contents or the selected contents may be selectively deleted from the history information that takes the history of the input information.

Further, the processing content display means receives a receipt with a receipt image for a part or all of the content of the processing in the latest processing order including the processing each time the processing of the sales transaction is performed. History information for displaying the input information as a history of the latest transaction processing content or the transaction processing content directly selected from the content displayed in the receipt format among the displayed content. It may be configured to be selectively deleted from.

According to this structure, it is possible to confirm the input contents in the order of input, and it is possible to correct the portion to be corrected by a simple operation. Further, since the total for each predetermined period is displayed graphically, it is easy to see and can be immediately read by the device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, for example, by inputting information such as a price of a product and a payment amount of a customer with respect to the price, a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser of the product is performed. A sales transaction processing device for outputting processing contents, comprising a processing contents display means for displaying a part or all of the processing contents in a predetermined format in the order of the processing, and a latest trading process among the displayed contents. Content correction means for correcting the content or the selected content.

It should be noted that the processing content display means displays a part or all of the processing content in the order of the latest processing including the processing, each time the sales transaction is processed, and the content correction means displays the processing content. Of the displayed contents, the latest transaction processing contents or the selected contents may be selectively deleted from the history information that takes the history of the input information.

Further, the processing content display means receives a receipt with a receipt image of a part or all of the content of the processing in the latest processing order including the processing each time a transaction is processed. History information for displaying the input information as a history of the latest transaction processing content or the transaction processing content directly selected from the content displayed in the receipt format among the displayed content. It may be configured to be selectively deleted from.

According to this structure, it is possible to confirm the contents of the sales transaction for each product in the processing order at a glance, and it is possible to correct the portion to be corrected by a simple operation.

According to one aspect of the present invention, for example, by inputting information such as a price of a product or a payment amount of a customer for the price, a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser of the product is performed. A sales transaction processing device for outputting processing contents, comprising a processing contents display means for displaying a part or all of the processing contents in a predetermined format in the order of the processing, and a latest trading process among the displayed contents. It is configured to have a content correction means for correcting the content or the selected content, and a content totalization means for totaling a graphic representation of a predetermined portion of the processing content for each predetermined period.

With this configuration, it is possible to check the contents of the sales transaction for each product at a glance in the order of processing, and it is possible to correct the portion to be corrected by a simple operation. Can be easily confirmed.

According to one aspect of the present invention, for example, by inputting information such as a price of a product and a payment amount of a customer for the price, a trade transaction established between a seller and a purchaser of the product is performed. A sales transaction processing device for outputting processing contents, wherein information of a plurality of items among information related to the product is divided into groups, and information switching means for selectively switching the grouped information; A processing content display means for displaying a part or all of the content in a predetermined format in the order of the processing, and a content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or the selected content among the displayed content. Configure to have.

With this structure, the selectivity of various operations is improved. Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sales transaction processing method for inputting information related to a product and outputting the processing content of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser for the product, Part or all of the processing content may be displayed in a predetermined format in the order of the processing, and the latest transaction processing content or selected content of the displayed content may be corrected.

In this way, it becomes possible to confirm the contents of the sales transaction for each product in the processing order at a glance.
It is possible to correct the part to be corrected by a simple operation.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example in which the embodiment of the present invention is effectively used.

This figure shows that the customer B is clearing the product purchased at the clearing counter of the store.
As shown in the figure, the clerk A uses the cash register C to settle the goods purchased by the customer B.

The main body of the cash register C has an overview as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and is constructed by a block diagram as shown in FIG. The cash register C is constructed by adding a cash drawer for storing money to the main body. In the embodiment of the present invention, a touch panel type is used for the display area C1 to perform various inputs, but various inputs may be performed using a keyboard, a mouse or the like. In addition, by providing an IC card reading and writing unit as shown in C2, the customer B who owns the IC card can perform privilege processing such as discounting and point giving, and clearing of purchased products. You can also use cards to do this.

Now, the block diagram shown in FIG. 3 will be described. The portion where the customer B inputs the amount of the product purchased by touching the screen or reading the bar code information is indicated by the input unit 1, and the input amount is totaled or totaled for each period. The CPU (central processing unit) 2 performs the arithmetic processing, the memory 3 stores the data stored in the ROM or RAM, and the recording unit stores the data. 4, a portion for displaying operation buttons, input contents, calculation results and the like is shown on the display unit 5, and a portion for outputting input contents and calculation results such as a receipt is shown on the output unit 6. , All these parts are connected via a bus.
Although not shown, the communication control means may be connected via a bus so that information can be transmitted and received via a communication line to a server that manages inventory of products and sales. However, in this case, it can be considered to be used as a POS terminal having a cash register function.

In the display area C1 of the cash register C configured as described above, in addition to the button group, the correction button, and the departmental registration button provided on the keyboard of the conventional cash register, a totalizing button and input contents are displayed. Display the receipt window in a format that is easy to read.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a main screen displaying them. This screen is, for example, “Visual Basic”.
(Registered trademark) ”and other known programs. In FIG. 4, the button group is indicated by K, the correction button by K1, the tabulation button by K2, the department registration button by M, and the receipt window by L.

However, in the button group K, numeric buttons for inputting an amount, a receipt button, a deposit button, a payment button, a return button, a discount button, a% button, a credit button, a lending button, a cash deposit button, a subtotal. Contains buttons. The functions of these buttons are the same as those conventionally performed, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here. However, these names will be appropriately used as known functions in the following text.

As shown in this figure, the receipt window L is displayed in a manner similar to that of an existing receipt on which product information such as the item, price, and quantity of the product to be purchased is printed. It is better to do.

The departmental registration button M is for selecting an item corresponding to a purchased product from the items displayed in the button M and classifying the product by item. This item number is expected to be more than one,
As shown in FIG. 4, each item is roughly divided into divisions (section A or B in FIG. 4) in advance. At the time of transaction processing, a tab T for selecting a department in the department registration button M
By selectively switching (department A or B in FIG. 4), only items belonging to the department can be displayed. In addition, as a method of roughly dividing by department, for example, FIG.
There is a method using the registration screen for each department as shown in. To do this, first select the section of the item to be registered by selecting and switching the tab T for selecting the section (select section A in FIG. 5) and press the keyboard displayed in the lower half of the screen. The item is input in order from the first empty cell V. In FIG. 5, the three items of home appliances, OA equipment, and OA supplies are sequentially input from the empty cell V, numbers 1 to 3. These input items are registered in the recording unit 4 by pressing the update button U, and these registered items are reflected in the departmental registration button M shown in FIG.
This department registration screen is recorded by arranging a call button in advance on the main screen shown in FIG. 4 so that it can be called by pressing the button, or can be launched independently of the main screen. Any registration method may be used as long as the department and the item can be registered in the department 4 in association with each other.

Further, the totaling button K2 can display the sales totaling result graphically for each designated period. FIG. 6 shows an example of the display contents. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, this display area is used for totaling each period such as annual month, monthly day, annual day of the week, and one day time zone. Can be selectively displayed on C1,
The graphic display can be displayed as a line graph, a bar graph, or by color-coding.

The date and time may be displayed in this screen as shown in FIG. 4, for example. Here, the operation of the CPU 2 of the cash register C will be described. When the price and number of products are entered from the button group K on the main screen,
The data is stored in the memory 3. When a section is selected on the section selection tab T, an item registered in advance in the recording section 4 and corresponding to the section is registered by the section registration button M on the display section 5.
To display. When the item corresponding to the product is selected from the displayed items, this data is stored in the memory 3,
The amount of money, the number of items, and the data of the items stored in the memory 3 are displayed in the receipt window L of the display unit 5 in a predetermined format stored in the recording unit 4, for example. Further, when the price and the number of products are input, the above-mentioned processing is repeatedly executed. When the subtotal button of button group K is entered,
The subtotal amount of money is calculated from the data of the amount of money and the number of products of all the products inputted and stored in the memory 3, and the calculation result is displayed in the receipt window L. Further, the consumption tax is calculated, totaled with the subtotal amount, the data of the total amount is stored in the memory 3, and this data is displayed in the receipt window L. When the payment method is cash, the deposit amount is input from the button group K, and the deposit amount data is stored in the memory 3 and displayed in the receipt window L. When the cash deposit button is input from the button group K, the change amount is calculated from the total amount of money and the deposit amount data stored in the memory 3, and the calculation result is displayed in the receipt window L. When the receipt button of the button group K is pressed, the display content of the receipt window L is output to the output unit 6. The data such as the amount of money, the number of items, the items, etc., which are input as described above are recorded in the recording unit 4.

The operation of the CPU by the buttons arranged in the button group K and not used above is assumed to be the same as that of the known cash register. When the tally button K2 on the main screen is pressed, the tally result for the specified period is calculated from the data such as the amount of money, the number of items, and the items recorded in the recording unit 4, and the graphic as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display unit 5. The designated period may be selectable as shown in FIG. 6, and in this case, the total that can be calculated in the selected period is calculated and the calculation result is displayed on the display unit 5.

When the correction button K1 on the main screen is pressed, the latest input data stored in the memory 3 is deleted. In addition, the items on the receipt window L, the amount of money,
When the display portion corresponding to each product represented by the number of pieces is selected, the display portion is inverted and displayed in the receipt window L. When the correction button K1 is pressed in this inverted state, the data of the display portion is deleted from the memory 3.

Next, the clearing process performed at the cashier counter of the store will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
However, here as well, it is assumed that all inputs are performed in the touch panel format.

The clerk A displays the amount and quantity of the first product purchased by the customer B in the display area C1 of the cash register C.
Input from button K on the main screen displayed on (S1
01). Further, the tab T of the department registration button M is pressed to select the department, and the item corresponding to the product is selected (S
102). Then, the receipt window L on the main screen
The information on the purchased merchandise of the entered amount, quantity, and item is displayed in (S103). Then, if there is a product to be purchased (S104), the operations of steps S101 to S103 are sequentially repeated. The clerk A can confirm the input contents from the receipt window L every time when the amount of money, the number of products, and the product information of items to be purchased are input. The display of the input contents can display not only the latest input information but also a predetermined amount of information input before that. If there is no product purchased in step S104, the subtotal button in button K is pressed (S10
5), the subtotal amount is displayed in the receipt window L,
Further, the consumption tax and the total amount are displayed (S106).
Then, if the payment method of the customer B is cash (S10).
7) Input the deposit amount from the customer B from the button K (S108). Then the deposit amount will be the receipt window L
Is displayed on the screen (S109). Here, the clerk A visually confirms that the display content of the receipt window L is correct, and if there is no error, the cash deposit button in the button K is pressed to confirm the input content (S110). After that, the change amount is displayed in the receipt window L. Further, when it is determined in step S107 that the credit or the loan is made, the credit button or the loan button in the corresponding button M is pressed (S112, S113).

It is desirable to print the purchased merchandise on the receipt after the processes of steps S111, S112, and S113 are completed. Also, the count button K
The display of the counting result called from 2 can be executed at any point of the above processing.

Next, the correction processing of the input contents which can be executed at various points of the settlement processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the clerk A finds an input error in the settlement process described with reference to FIG. 7 (S201), the location of the input error is corrected by the following two methods. The first method is
A second method is a method of directly selecting the product information from the product information displayed in the receipt window L.
This is a method of using the correction button K1 in the button K to sequentially correct the latest input information. When either one of these two methods is selected (S202) and, for example, the first method is selected, the portion where the product information is displayed is directly touched and selected (S203). Then, the selected portion is highlighted, for example, to be in the selected state (S20
4) When the correction button K1 in the button K is pressed (S2
05), the highlighted product information is deleted (S20).
6). Here, the product information is re-input and the correction is completed (S2
07), and then resumes the settlement process. Step S20
When the second method is selected in 2, first, the correction button K1 in the button K is pressed (S303). This correction button K
The target to be deleted differs depending on whether or not the stage of the settlement process when pressing 1 is before inputting the deposit amount (S30
4). Before inputting, the latest input product information is deleted in order (S305), and after deletion, the price of the product is re-input (S306). In step S304,
If it is determined that the deposit amount has been input, the deposit amount is deleted (S307), and it is determined whether or not the correction is necessary (S308). , The deposit amount is re-input, the correction is completed (S309), and the clearing process is resumed. If correction is necessary in addition to the deposit amount in step S308,
Based on the determination of step S202, the correction of the first method or the second method is performed based on the above procedure, and the settlement processing is restarted after the processing of step S207 or step S306, which is the final processing of each method, is completed. It

The correction process can be realized by adopting a history management system, for example. As shown in FIG. 9, the input information including the department, the amount of money, the item, and the quantity is stored in the memory 3 as history information in the order of input from the first stack in the number of stacks corresponding to the number of history records. The stack shown is the last registered product to be erased by default, and by using this, it is possible to infinitely return to the state before input when the correction button is pressed. In addition, by using this history management method, it is possible to correct an arbitrary place and recalculate a subtotal.

Further, it is most desirable that this correction process is performed before printing on the receipt. With this configuration, at the time of settlement processing, the clerk A can check the input error on the main screen and easily select the part to be corrected by directly touching the product information displayed on the main screen. Since it is possible to return to the previous processing state only by pressing the correction button, the operability is significantly improved. In addition, since the items are displayed for each department, the number of buttons in the display area can be significantly reduced, and the selection of items by the input person can be increased. Furthermore, since the totals for the period set in the cash register can be displayed, the totals can be read out at any time, allowing the input person to analyze the totals with a simple operation.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is easy to confirm the contents of the input information when the product to be purchased is settled, and the correction process based on the contents confirmation can be performed by a simple operation. . Further, if the items are classified by department, it becomes easy to use with a small number of buttons, and if the total is displayed graphically, it becomes easy to analyze. Further, since the correction process can be performed before printing on the receipt, only the finally determined input content is printed on the receipt, and the receipt is easy to see and has an appropriate length.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a main body of a cash register C.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a main body of a cash register C.

FIG. 4 is an example of a main screen displayed in a display area C1.

FIG. 5 is an example of a departmental registration screen.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen displaying a totaling result.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a settlement process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of correction processing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a history stack.

[Explanation of symbols]

A clerk B customer C cash register C1 display area K button group K1 correction button K2 Total button L receipt window M Department Registration Button T department selection tab

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Information relating to a product or information possessed by a customer who purchases the product is input, and processing contents of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser are output to the product, A sales transaction processing apparatus that sends input information to a sales system that manages sales records via a communication line, and displays a part or all of the processing contents in a predetermined format in the order of the processing. Display means, content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or selected content among the displayed content, content recording means for recording the displayed content on a medium, and A sales transaction processing device comprising: a content totalizing unit that totals a predetermined portion for each predetermined period and graphically displays the content. 2. A sales transaction processing apparatus for inputting information related to a product and outputting the processing details of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser for the product, wherein: And a processing content display means for displaying all or all of the processing in a predetermined format in a predetermined format, and a content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or selected content of the displayed content. A characteristic transaction processing device. 3. The processing content display means displays a part or all of the processing content in the order of the latest processing including the processing, every time a transaction is processed, and the content correction means The latest transaction processing content or the selected content selected from the displayed content is selectively deleted from the history information. The sales transaction processing device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The processing content display means displays a part or all of the content of the processing in a receipt format in the order of the latest processing including the processing each time the processing of the sales transaction is performed, The content correction means selectively deletes, from the history information, the latest transaction processing content or the content directly selected from the content displayed in the receipt format among the displayed content. The trade transaction processing device according to claim 1. 5. A sales transaction processing apparatus for inputting information relating to a product and outputting the processing details of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser for the product, wherein: Processing content display means for displaying all or all of them in a predetermined format in order of processing, content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or selected content among the displayed content, and the processing content A sales transaction processing device comprising: a content totalizing unit that totals a predetermined portion for each predetermined period and graphically displays the content. 6. A sales transaction processing device which inputs information related to a product and outputs the processing content of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser for the product, which is related to the product. Among the information, information consisting of a plurality of items is divided into groups, and information switching means for selectively switching the grouped information, and a part or all of the processing contents are displayed in a predetermined format in the order of the processing. A transaction transaction processing apparatus comprising: a processing content display means; and a content correction means for correcting the latest transaction processing content or selected content out of the displayed content. 7. A sales transaction processing method for inputting information related to a product and outputting the processing details of a sales transaction established between a seller and a purchaser for the product, wherein: A sales transaction processing method, characterized in that all or all of them are displayed in a predetermined format in a predetermined format, and the latest transaction processing content or selected content is corrected from the displayed content.