JP2003288643A - Commodity sales data processing system and commodity sales data processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the efficiency in settlements by registering membership prices in registering commodities at a checker part, and displaying the membership prices to a customer-side display unit at the checker part in a two-person-type cash register. <P>SOLUTION: A control means (CPU 101 reads out program recorded in ROM 104 and successively executes) determines a registered price of each commodity in reference to a commodity file assigned to a RAM 102 on the basis of the membership card information read by a card reader 145 mounted on the checker part 1, when the commodities are registered in the checker part 1, and displays the determined price through a customer-side display unit 16 mounted on the checker part 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sales data processing system and a product sales data processing program for registering and purchasing products purchased by a customer, and more particularly to separating the product registration processing and the payment processing. The present invention relates to a product sales data processing system and a product sales data processing program with improved sales efficiency.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a supermarket or the like, an own company card is issued, and a customer who has registered as a member uses the card so that the customer can purchase a product at a member price. In this case, the supermarket can accurately grasp the customer information, and each of the customer and the store enjoys merits. On the other hand, even in a so-called two-person cash register in which a checker and a cashier operate a POS (Point Of Sales Information Management System: Point Of Sales) terminal placed in a store such as a supermarket, a card lead is installed in the cashier section. As a result, both customers and stores enjoy the above-mentioned merits.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned two-person cash register, since the checker section is to register the merchandise and the cashier section is to read the membership card, it is displayed on the indicator of the checker section. The total amount was always displayed as a normal amount regardless of whether the customer is a member or a non-member. Therefore, even if the customer who is a registered member of the account is displayed the normal amount of money in the checker section, there is a concern that the cashier section will actually be settled by the member's price, and the actual amount paid in the checker section will be paid. Due to the different amounts of money, it took more time than necessary to make the payment at the cashier department, and as a result, the settlement efficiency could be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a two-person cash register, when the product is registered in the checker unit, it can be registered at the member price, and the member price can be displayed on the customer side display in the checker unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales data processing system and a product sales data processing program, which improve settlement efficiency by displaying.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a checker unit for performing product registration,
A product sales data processing system comprising a cashier unit for displaying the total amount of products registered in the checker unit and paying for the price, wherein at least the member price and the regular price are set for the predetermined product. A merchandise file to be registered, a card reader installed in the checker unit for reading member card information recorded on a pre-issued member card, and a card reader when the merchandise is registered in the checker unit. Control means for determining the registered amount of each product by referring to the product file based on the read member card information, and a customer side display arranged in the checker unit for displaying the price determined by the control means. And are provided.

According to the present invention, the control means registers each product by referring to the product file based on the member card information read by the card reader installed in the checker when the product is registered in the checker. By determining the amount of money and displaying the price determined by the control means via the customer side display arranged in the checker unit, it is possible to present the membership card before the product registration in the checker unit, and The checker department's customer-side display allows the customer to know the total amount of membership to be paid before moving to the cashier department, which provides a product sales data processing system that improves the cashier efficiency at the cashier department. can do.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the card reader is provided in both the checker section and the cashier section. According to the present invention, by providing a card reader in both the checker unit and the cashier unit, even for a member customer who has forgotten to present the member card in the checker unit, the cashier unit can make a payment at the member price. Become.

In the present invention, the data registered in the checker unit and the membership card information read by the card reader are written in a first area of a readable / writable storage device, and the checker unit sets a predetermined area. By the operation, the information written in the first area of the storage device is written in the second area of the storage device, and the product in the second area of the storage device is operated by a predetermined operation in the cashier section. And a storage device control means for writing the registered data and the membership card information into the third area of the storage device. According to the present invention, since the data area used for product registration in the checker section and the data area used for settlement in the cashier section are different, the checker section registers in the cashier section after product registration and after pressing a predetermined key. It is possible to start the next merchandise item registration work without being affected by the settlement work of No. 1, and the settlement work can be performed without being influenced by the work of the cashier section. Furthermore, at least the product registration data and the membership card information can be changed in the cashier section.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
It is a product sales data processing program that is used in a product sales data processing system that includes a checker unit that performs product registration and a cashier unit that displays the total price of the products registered by the checker unit and performs payment for payment. And reading the membership card information recorded in a member card issued in advance through a card reader installed in the checker unit, and the read member when the product is registered in the checker unit. Based on the card information, referring to a product file in which at least a member price and a normal price are registered for a predetermined product in advance, determining the price of each product, and the determined price to the checker unit. Characterized by causing a computer to execute the step of displaying on the arranged customer side display.

According to the present invention, by causing the computer to execute the above-mentioned product sales data processing program, it is possible to present the membership card before the product registration in the checker unit, and the customer side display of the checker unit is possible. Since the customer can grasp the total amount of members to be settled before the customer moves to the cashier section, the settlement efficiency in the cashier section can be improved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining the external structure of a product sales data processing system according to the present invention. Here, a two-person cash register installed in a store such as a supermarket is illustrated. In FIG. 1, 1 is a checker unit for registering products, and 2 is a cashier unit for displaying the total amount of products registered in the checker unit 1 and paying the price. The checker unit 1 includes a pole base 1 including a height adjusting portion between the desk and the desk.
1, the liquid crystal touch panel 12, the operation unit 13, the scanner 14, the card reader 15, and the customer side display 16 are installed. In addition, the cashier unit 2 includes a cash register main body 21 including a cash drawer, a liquid crystal touch panel 22, an operation unit 23, a card reader 24, a scanner 25, a customer side display 26, and a journal printer 27.

The checker section 1 and the cashier section 2
The liquid crystal touch panels 12 and 22 installed on both sides of the display input device that can perform mode switching such as registration mode and setting mode, product registration with preset keys, and various file settings by touching while viewing the display. Is. In addition, in the operation unit 23 in the cashier unit 2,
Numeric keys, various tightening keys, keys having functions to open drawers other than tightening keys (keys for deposit, payment, fishing preparation, sales collection, drawer opening, etc.) and each key related to product registration are assigned. The drawer is a safe for storing banknotes, hardened and other gift certificates, accounts receivable, etc. The solenoid is turned on and opened by key operation only when necessary.
Locked by pushing manually.

On the other hand, both the customer-side display units 16 and 26 and the card readers 15 and 24 have a checker unit 1 and a cashier unit 2.
Installed on both sides, each has the function of notifying the customer of product information including the settlement amount and reading the membership card. Further, the scanner 14 arranged in the checker unit 1 is a scanning device for reading merchandise information including the amount of merchandise, and the journal printer 27 arranged in the cashier 2 is installed at the back of the receipt issuing port and prints the receipt. It is a printing device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the product sales data processing system shown in FIG. here,
CPU 101 as control means and RA as storage device
M102 is shared by the checker 1 and the cashier unit 2. The CPU 101 executes arithmetic control based on a program recorded in the ROM 103, and also controls each block connected to the system. The RAM 102 stores a product file, a preset file, a customer file, and the like, and also has a checker area and a cashier area for storing a registration log for each transaction, which will be described later. These will be described later with reference to the data allocation diagrams shown in FIGS.

In FIG. 2, the components having the same numbers as those shown in FIG. 1 are the same as those shown in FIG.
Although details are omitted here for the purpose of avoiding duplication, a system including a plurality of lines for address, data, and control via an input / output controller or an input / output port (not shown) Bus 109
Are commonly connected to each other, and each function is executed under the control of the CPU 101. Also,
The liquid crystal touch panel 12 and the operation unit 13 in the checker unit 1 are provided via the checker key control unit 106,
The liquid crystal touch panel 22 and the operation unit 23 in the cashier unit 2 are connected to the system bus 109 via the cashier key control unit 107. Further, 108 is a communication unit, and is connected to another POS via this communication unit 108.

FIG. 3 shows a RAM as the storage device shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a RAM map of data assigned to each address of FIG. Here, a work area, a key layout file, a key option file, a checker area, a cashier area, a buffer area, a product file, and a customer file are allocated and stored in this order from the upper address. The work area is an area that is allocated to perform calculation and the like by providing a flag register and the like. The key layout file is a file that assigns a key function to a key number determined by hardware. This allows the key layout to be set freely. The checker area and the cashier area will be described later.

In the product file, the product code, product name, and price for all products are set to the member price / normal price if the member price is set. Although the customer file is not shown in the figure, it goes without saying that the customer field, the name, the address, the record, the record of whether or not the customer is a member, etc. are included in the data field.

The data field structure of the product file is shown in FIG. The product file is allocated in the RAM 102 and can be set via the liquid crystal touch panels 12 and 22 and the operation units 13 and 23 such as a keyboard. Figure 4
As shown in (a), the product file records a product code, a product name, a regular price, a member price, etc. for each product. The member price is a unit price set only for products that can be purchased at a lower price than the regular price by only the registered customer. If the member unit price is “0”, the member unit price is not set.

The structure of the registration log file is shown in FIG. The registration log file is provided in a checker area and a cashier area in one RAM 102 regardless of whether the checker section 1 or the cashier section 2. As shown in FIG. 4B, the registration log data area is a product code, a normal price, a membership price, the number of sales, a product name, etc., that is, the result update in the product data for each product registered in one transaction. It stores the data required for such purposes. Here, the normal amount of money is a value obtained by multiplying the normal amount of money set in the product file by the number of sales. On the other hand, the membership amount is a value obtained by multiplying the sales amount by the membership amount set in the product file. Therefore, for a product for which a member price is not set in the product file, that is, a product for which "0" is set as the member unit price, the member amount is 0.

The relationship between the checker area and the cashier area in the RAM is shown in FIG. When the current total key is pressed after the product registration of one transaction is completed in the checker unit 1, transaction data such as date and time, handler number, receipt number, member number, product registration log, etc. relating to the one transaction is similarly allocated in the RAM 102. Written in. Then, in the cashier section 2, by pressing the subtotal key, the data written in the previous buffer and registered in the checker section 1 can be called in the oldest order. The buffer is, for example,
It is divided into four areas such as N, N + 1, N + 2, and N + 3, and new data registered by the checker unit 1 is sequentially accumulated and called by the cashier unit 2 for settlement processing.

By thus providing the checker section data area and the cashier section data area separately, the checker section 1 is not affected by the work of the cashier section 2 after the current key is pressed, and the next product You can start registration. On the other hand, when the cashier unit 2 presses the subtotal key, the merchandise registered in the checker unit 1 can be called and the settlement operation can be performed. That is, each of the checker unit 1 and the cashier unit 2 can perform the work without being affected by each.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts quoted for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, and show the product registration processing in the checker section and the settlement processing in the cashier section, respectively. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described below with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, the operation of the checker unit 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the operator performs a predetermined operation and one transaction is started, the process proceeds to S1. In S1, the product code is input by the checker unit 1
To determine if it was done in. As an example, the product code is read by the scanner 14 installed in the checker unit 1. If the result of this determination is NO, the process proceeds to S2. In S2, it is determined whether or not the card reader 15 has read the membership card. When this determination result is YES, the process proceeds to S3. In S3, it is determined whether the member code of the read member card is set in the customer file. If this determination is YES, S4
Go to processing. In S4, the member number is written in a predetermined area of the RAM 102, and the process returns to S1. On the other hand, if a NO determination is obtained in S2, the process proceeds to S5. In S5, a process not directly related to the present invention is executed, and the process returns to S1. Also, if NO in S3, it is determined that there is no corresponding member number, and the process returns to S1.

If the determination result in S1 is YES, the process proceeds to S6. In S6, corresponding product data is called from the product file based on the product code input in S1, and the process proceeds to S7. In S7, the product data called in S6 is written in the registration log data area. At that time, S
Based on the merchandise file data called in 6, the normal price is set to the normal unit price set in the merchandise file multiplied by the number of sales, and the member price is set to the product price multiplied by the unit sales.

In S8, it is determined whether or not the current total key is pressed. That is, it is determined whether or not all the registration work is completed, and if YES, the process proceeds to S9. In S9, it is determined whether or not the member number is written. If YES, it is determined that the member is a member and the process proceeds to S10. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process returns to S1, and the series of processes up to S7 is repeated until all the product registrations are completed.

In S10, after adding all the member prices in the registration log data area, the process proceeds to S11. S11
Then, the total amount of money added in S10 is displayed on the customer-side and store-side displays 16 and 104 of the checker unit 1, and S12 is displayed.
Go to processing. In S12, the registration log data for one transaction is written in the buffer area. After that, the process returns to S1 and the product registration of the next customer is started without being affected by the work of the cashier unit 2. On the other hand, if NO in S9, it is determined that the member is not a member, and the process proceeds to S13. In S13, after adding all the normal prices in the registration log data area, the process proceeds to S14. In S14, the total amount of money added in S13 is displayed on the customer-side and store-side displays 16 and 104 of the checker unit 1, and the process proceeds to S15. S15
Then, the registration log data for one transaction is written in the buffer.
Then, as in the case of the membership price, the process then returns to S1.
The work of the cashier unit 2 is not affected and the product registration of the next customer is started.

Next, the processing in the cashier unit 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The operation in the cashier unit 2, that is, the settlement is started by the clerk pressing the subtotal key. First, the subtotal key is pressed in S16, and the process proceeds to S17. In S17, the transaction data previously stored in the buffer area is read into the cashier area, and the process proceeds to S18.

In S18, the total amount of money is displayed on the display devices 26, 105 of both the customer side and the store side of the cashier unit 2, and the process proceeds to S19. In S19, the card reader 1
It is determined whether or not the membership card has been read by 5. That is, even if the checker unit 1 forgets to present the membership card, the card reader 24 allows the cashier unit 2 to read the membership card. And
If the card has not been read, that is, if the registered member has already read the member card in the checker unit 1 or is a non-member, NO is determined and the process proceeds to S20. In S20, when the operator key-in the deposit amount, the change amount is displayed on both the customer side and the store side, and the process proceeds to S21. In S21, after changing the performance, in order to finish the checkout, that is, one transaction for one customer, and start the settlement operation of the next customer,
Returning to the processing of 16. That is, here, the checkout section 1 is not affected by the work, and the checkout operation can be continued.

On the other hand, if YES in S19, that is, if the member card is read, the checker unit 1 forgets to present the member card or cannot present it for some reason, despite being a member. This is the case, in this case, the card reader 2 installed in the cashier unit 2.
The member card is read via 4 and the process proceeds to S22.

In S22, it is determined whether or not the member code of the read member card is set in the customer file. Here, in the case of YES, the processing proceeds to S24. S
In 24, the member number is written in the data field for storing the member number in the cashier area shown in FIG. 5, and the process proceeds to S25. In S25, the member price set in the registration log file is displayed on the display devices 26 and 105 of both the customer side and the store side of the cashier unit 2, and S26
Go to processing. In S26, when the store clerk inputs the deposit amount by key, the change amount is displayed on both the customer side and the store side of the display unit 26,
It is displayed on 105, and the process proceeds to S27. In S27,
After changing the actual result, checkout for one customer, that is, one transaction is ended, and the process returns to S16 to start the settlement operation of the next customer. That is, here, the checkout section 1 is not affected by the work, and the checkout operation can be continued. On the other hand, if NO in S22,
After executing other processing unrelated to the present invention, the process proceeds to S23.

As described above, according to the present invention, the control means (C
(PU 101 reads out the program recorded in ROM 103 and executes it sequentially) is assigned to RAM 102 based on the membership card information read by card reader 15 installed in checker unit 1 when the product is registered in checker unit 1. By referring to the product file to determine the registered amount of each product and displaying the determined price via the customer-side display 16 arranged in the checker unit 1, for example, in a two-person cash register, the checker unit is You can register at the member price when you register the product in 1, and
By displaying the member price on the customer-side display 16 in the checker unit 1, the settlement efficiency can be improved. The membership card used in the present invention does not need to be limited to the magnetic card. That is, any type such as an IC card, a type that can be identified by a bar code, or a rewrite card may be used, and the recording medium and its type are not limited as long as the member card can be read to determine whether or not the member is a member. Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, an example in which two types of prices, that is, a member price and a normal price, are provided in the product file is shown, but there is no need of being limited to this, and product files with a substantial difference are provided. , Members, non-members only. For example, the discount rate may be set to be different. Further, even a member may set a plurality of member prices according to the cumulative total amount of members.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to present the membership card in the checker unit before the product registration, and the customer side display of the checker unit allows
It is possible to increase the settlement efficiency in the cashier section because the total amount of members to be paid before the customer moves to the cashier section can be grasped. Further, by providing a card reader for both the checker unit and the cashier unit, even for a member customer who has forgotten to present the member card at the checker unit, the cashier unit can settle at the member price. Further, according to the present invention, since the data area used for product registration in the checker section and the data area used for settlement in the cashier section are different, the checker section does not use the cashier section after product registration and after pressing a predetermined key. It is possible to start the next merchandise item registration work without being affected by the settlement work of No. 1, and the settlement work can be performed without being influenced by the work of the cashier section. Furthermore, at least the product registration data and the membership card information can be changed in the cashier section.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining an external structure of a product sales data processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the product sales data processing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing, as a RAM map, data assigned to each address of the RAM shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram quoted for explaining a configuration of a data field in each of a product file and a registration log file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram cited for explaining a relationship between a checker area and a cashier area allocated to a RAM.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart cited to explain the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart cited to explain the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Checker part, 2 ... Cashier part, 12 ... Liquid crystal touch panel, 13 ... Operation part, 14 ... Scanner, 15 ... Card reader, 16 ... Customer side display, 21 ... Cash register main body, 2
2 ... Liquid crystal touch panel, 23 ... Operation part, 24 ... Card reader, 25 ... Scanner, 26 ... Customer display, 27 ... Journal printer, 101 ... CPU

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Eiji Ishimura             5-13-12, Kugahara, Ota-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Teraoka Seiko F-term (reference) 3E042 BA08 BA18 CA02 CB09 CC02                       CD04 EA01

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A checker unit in which product registration is performed and a total price of products registered in the checker unit are displayed,
A product sales data processing system comprising a cashier unit for paying the price, wherein a product file in which at least a member price and a regular price are registered for the predetermined product and a member card issued in advance A card reader installed in the checker unit for reading the registered membership card information, and referring to the product file based on the membership card information read by the card reader when the product is registered in the checker unit. A product sales data processing system comprising: a control unit that determines the price of each product, and a customer-side display unit that is disposed in the checker unit that displays the price determined by the control unit. 2. The product sales data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the card reader is provided in both the checker section and the cashier section. 3. The data registered in the checker unit and the membership card information read by the card reader are written in a first area of a readable / writable storage device, and the checker unit performs a predetermined operation to perform the operation. The information written in the first area of the storage device is written in the second area of the storage device, and the product registered data in the second area of the storage device by a predetermined operation in the cashier unit. 3. The product sales data processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage device control means for writing the membership card information into a third area of the storage device. 4. A checker unit in which product registration is performed and a total price of products registered in the checker unit are displayed,
A product sales data processing program used in a product sales data processing system including a cashier unit for paying the price, which is recorded in a member card issued in advance via a card reader installed in the checker unit. A step of reading the membership card information, and a product in which at least a member price and a regular price are registered in advance for a predetermined product based on the read membership card information when the checker unit performs product registration A product sales data processing program for causing a computer to execute a step of determining a price of each product by referring to a file, and a step of displaying the determined price on a customer side display arranged in the checker unit.