JP2004030210A - Pos terminal and pos management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To settle accounts by setting erroneously inputted selling by setting an erroneous input application flag in newly provided selling data by pressing a newly provided erroneous input application key when it is necessary to cancel selling data in selling in a POS terminal, to realize the erroneous input cancel with simple operations by displaying and approving a selling data list with the erroneous input application flag or the like set thereto, and reflecting the list with the flag, and to prevent illegal actions by displaying and approving a cancel data list in the POS terminal and a POS management system for settling the accounts by creating the selling data by reading bar codes of commodities or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The POS management system is composed of: the erroneous input application key for inputting an instruction for canceling the selling data; a means for registering the selling data read from the bar codes of the commodities; a means for setting the erroneous input application flag of the selling data when the erroneous input application key is pressed; and a means for settling the accounts and printing a receipt by totalizing the selling data to which the erroneous input application flags are not set. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a POS terminal and a POS management system that reads barcodes and the like of products to create sales data and settles the sales data.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a POS terminal at a store reads a barcode of a product brought by a customer from a display shelf or the like, creates sales data, registers the data, performs payment, and delivers the product.
[0003]
At this time, if there is an operation error or the customer changes the product to another product and it is necessary to cancel the sales data of the original product, create negative sales data and eventually cancel it, Alternatively, the sales data of the replaced product is input and the payment is made.
[0004]
In addition, a series of sales data that needs to be canceled is printed on the receipt and stored as an invalid receipt, and when free or after work is completed, the contents of the invalid receipt (sales data) are input as negative sales data, Cancellation had been performed.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, if it is necessary to cancel sales data at the time of settlement at the POS terminal, the user can enter negative sales data on the spot and cancel it, or print a receipt once and store it as an invalid receipt, and later, It requires cumbersome operations such as inputting and canceling sales data, and when printing as an invalid receipt, you must enter negative sales data from the same POS terminal and cancel the operation unless you perform a cancel operation. However, there was a problem that an error was generated.
[0006]
In order to solve these problems, when the sales data needs to be canceled at the time of sales at the POS terminal, the present invention presses the newly provided wrong hit application key to make a mistake in the newly provided sales data. Set the application flag and set the misappropriation sales and settle the account.Also, display the list of sales data with the misappropriation application flag set, approve and reflect by the administrator, and cancel the sales with a simple operation The purpose is to realize and to display and approve cancellation data list to prevent fraud.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG.
[0008]
In FIG. 1, a POS terminal 1 reads a bar code or the like of a product to create sales data 22 and adjusts the balance. In this example, a bar code scanner 11, a false hit application key 13, a sales registration It comprises means 14 and wrong hit application means 15.
[0009]
The barcode scanner 11 reads a barcode 31 attached to the product 3.
[0010]
The erroneous hit application key 13 is a key for instructing cancellation of the sales data 22.
The sales registration means 14 registers the sales data 22 of the product, prints out the receipt 4 after making a payment, and the like.
[0011]
The wrong hit application means 15 sets a wrong hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22.
[0012]
The store server 2 controls the plurality of POS terminals 1 and registers and aggregates the sales data 22.
[0013]
Next, the operation will be described.
The barcode scanner 11 constituting the POS terminal 1 reads the barcode 31 attached to the product 3 and creates and registers sales data 22 including the product code read by the sales registration means 14 and the price of the product. When the erroneous hit application key 13 is pressed, the erroneous hit application means 15 sets the erroneous hit application flag 23 of the corresponding sales data 22, and the sales registration means 14 sets the sales data in which the erroneous hit application flag 23 is not set. They are tallyed and settled.
[0014]
At this time, if the erroneous hit application key 13 is pressed during input of the sales data 22 or pressed immediately after the input or pressed with the sales data 22 number specified, the sales data 22 being input or the sales data 22 immediately after the input are pressed. Alternatively, the erroneous hit application flag 23 of the sales data 22 designated by the number is set.
[0015]
In addition, the store server 3 registers the sales data 22 received from the POS terminal 1, sets the wrong hit application flag 23 of the sales data 22, sets the wrong hit application flag 23, and sets the approval flag 24. When the list is checked and the list is checked and approved, the approval flag 24 provided in the sales data 22 is set, and the false hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22 is not set, and the approval flag 23 is set. The sales data 22 that has not been set is extracted as unapproved sales data 22 and stored in a file.
[0016]
Therefore, when it is necessary to cancel the sales data 22 at the time of sales at the POS terminal 1, the newly provided wrong hit application key 13 is pressed to set the wrong hit application flag 23 in the newly provided sales data 22. In addition to setting the misappropriation hit sales and settling the account, the misappropriation request flag 23 is set or the misappropriation request flag 23 is set, and the sales data list in which the approval flag 24 is not set is displayed and approved by the administrator. By reflecting the information, the cancellation of the sales can be realized by a simple operation, and a list of cancellation data can be displayed and approved to prevent fraud.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment and operation of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0018]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a POS terminal 1 reads a bar code or the like of a product to create sales data and settles the payment. In this example, a bar code scanner 11, a keyboard 12, a misapplication key 13, It comprises sales registration means 14, wrong hit application means 15, receipt printer 16, and the like.
[0019]
The barcode scanner 11 reads a barcode 31 attached to the product 3.
[0020]
The keyboard 12 includes ten keys for manually inputting a product code, a product amount, a quantity, and the like, and various control keys. is there.
[0021]
The erroneous hit application key 13 is a key for instructing cancellation of sales data.
[0022]
The sales registration means 14 registers and sums up the sales data of the merchandise, and calculates and adjusts the sales data, and instructs the receipt printer 16 to print or adjust the receipt of the sales contents of the merchandise for each customer. is there.
[0023]
The wrong hit application means 15 sets a wrong hit application flag in the sales data (described later with reference to FIG. 2).
[0024]
The receipt 4 is printed by the receipt printer 16 with the product name, price, quantity, total, consumption tax, and the like for each customer.
[0025]
The store server 2 controls the plurality of POS terminals 1 and registers and totals the sales data 22. In this example, the store server 2 includes a sales total data DB 21, an unapproved erroneous hit application file 25, and the like. Is what is done.
[0026]
The sales summary data DB 21 registers sales data 22 registered from a plurality of POS terminals 1 and centrally manages the registered sales data.
[0027]
The sales data 22 is a product code, a price, an amount, and the like sold by the POS terminal 1. In this example, the erroneous hit application flag 23, the approval flag 24, and the like are provided.
[0028]
The erroneous hit application flag 23 is a flag for setting to cancel the sales data of the product.
[0029]
The approval flag 23 is set when the manager approves the sales data for which the erroneous hit application flag 23 is set and the data is the cancellation data.
[0030]
The unapproved misapplication file 25 is a file for storing an unapproved file that is extracted and stored for the administrator to investigate the sales data 22 in which the misapplication request flag 23 in the sales data 22 is set. .
[0031]
The manager console 5 is for connecting to the store server 2 and performing various settings and operations. In this example, the canceled sales for which the erroneous hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22 is set is set. Display a list of data, set approval flag 24 in the sales data 22 by approval, etc., or store it in unapproved misappropriation application file 25 if unapproved, and store it for later investigation. It is for doing.
[0032]
Next, the operation and processing in the POS terminal 1 with the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order of the flowchart of FIG.
[0033]
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart (POS terminal) for explaining the operation of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, S1 determines whether an invalid receipt has occurred. This determines whether the erroneous hit application key 13 in FIG. 1 has been pressed. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S2. If NO, the process ends.
[0034]
In step S2, a wrong hit application is made. As a result, the erroneous hit application flag 23 of the sales data 22 requested to be canceled due to an erroneous hit or the like is set, and the sales data 22 is canceled (invalid).
[0035]
S3 discards the receipt. This is because the receipt printed including the erroneously hit sales data is invalid (canceled), and the receipt is discarded (the erroneous hit application flag 23 of the sales data 22 for which the erroneous hit was applied to the store server 2). Is set to indicate that it has been canceled).
[0036]
In step S4, the sales registration is performed again. Since the erroneous hit application flag 23 of the sales data 22 for which an erroneous hit was applied is set and canceled (invalid), correct sales registration is performed again.
[0037]
In step S5, the payment is made. This is done by inputting all the items brought by the customer to the cash register, summing them up, and adjusting the payment. Then, give the product to the customer.
[0038]
As described above, when the bar code is read and the sales data 22 needs to be canceled by the customer changing the product while the bar code is read and the sales process is performed for the product brought to the cash register by the customer. By repeatedly pressing the wrong hit application key 13 to set and cancel the wrong hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22, generating and registering the correctly input sales data 22, repeating the totaling and settlement, When the sales data is canceled by a wrong key at the cash register or the like, only pressing the wrong hit application key 13 once automatically sets the wrong hit application flag 23 of the corresponding sales data 22 and cancels the same. Can be registered and settled.
[0039]
FIG. 2 shows an operation explanation flowchart (store server) of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, S21 determines whether the store is closed. It is determined whether or not the store has closed and the sales processing by the POS terminal 1 has been completed. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S22. If NO, the process ends.
[0040]
In S22, the sales data to which the false hit application flag 23 is added is extracted. In this case, all the canceled sales data in which the wrong hit application key 13 is pressed and the wrong hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22 is set are extracted.
[0041]
S23 displays a list. This displays a list of sales data 22 whose sales have been canceled and for which the false hit application flag 23 extracted in S22 has been set.
[0042]
In step S24, the sales data of the erroneous hit application is checked. In this case, a list of the sales data 22 in which the erroneous hit application flag 23 is set in S23 is displayed on the management console 5 in FIG. 1, and it is checked whether the administrator approves the erroneous hit application sales data 22.
[0043]
A step S25 decides whether or not to approve. In the case of YES, since the manager has approved the sales data 22 with the erroneous hit application flag 23 set, the approval flag 24 is set in S26, and the process proceeds to S28. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the manager does not approve the sales data 22 in which the misapplication flag 23 has been set, and has determined that the investigation is to be performed. .
[0044]
In S28, it is determined whether or not the extracted hit sales data is completed. In the case of YES, the minus transaction sales is added in S29, and the process ends. If NO, the process returns to S24 and repeats.
[0045]
As described above, in the store server 2, when it is determined that the store is closed and the sales processing by the POS terminal 1 is completed (or at any time), the manager operates the management console 5 and the erroneous hit application flag 23 in the sales data 22. Is extracted, and a list is displayed, and the sales data 22 that has been approved by looking at the list is set with the approval flag 24, while the unapproved sales that have not been approved are set. The data 22 is taken out, stored in the unapproved keying application file 25 and saved for investigation, so that the POS terminal 1 automatically presses the erroneous key application flag 13 once and automatically applies the erroneous key application of the sales data 22. The fact that it is possible to easily cancel sales by setting the flag 23 makes it possible to monitor and prevent unauthorized use.
[0046]
FIG. 4 shows an example of the sales summary data DB of the present invention. This is an example of a database provided in the store server 2 of FIG. 1 to register and collectively manage the sales data 22 from each POS terminal 1. In this example, the following information shown in the drawing is registered in association with the following information. To manage.
[0047]
・ POS number:
・ Transaction serial number:
・ Sales product code:
·Amount of money:
-Mistake application flag:
・ Approval flag:
・ Others:
Here, the POS number is a unique number of the POS terminal 1 connected to the store server 2 in FIG. The transaction serial number is a serial number at which the POS terminal 1 has made a transaction. The sales merchandise code is a code of the merchandise that has been processed by the POS terminal 1 (normally, a merchandise code read from a bar code attached to the merchandise). The price is the price of the product. The wrong hit application flag 23 is a flag indicating sales cancellation automatically set when the wrong hit application key 13 is pressed. The approval flag 24 is a flag that is set when the administrator approves the cancellation of the sales data 22 for which the erroneous hit application flag 23 has been set.
[0048]
In FIG. 4, the sales data 22 of (1) is erroneous hit sales, in which only the erroneous hit application flag 23 is set to 1 (set).
[0049]
The sales data 22 of (2) is correct sales and the erroneous hit application flag 23 is not set.
[0050]
The sales data 22 of (3) is the sales for which the erroneous hit was approved, in which both the erroneous hit application flag 23 and the approval flag 24 are set to 1 (set).
[0051]
As described above, by providing the wrong hit application flag 23 and the approval flag 24 in the sales data 22, the correct sales of (2), the wrong hit sales of (1), and the sales of the wrong hit approval of (3) are obtained. It is possible to set and confirm each state at any time and monitor or monitor the state to prevent fraud.
[0052]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when it is necessary to cancel the sales data 22 at the time of sales at the POS terminal 1, the newly provided wrong hit application key 13 is depressed and the newly provided sales data 22 is deleted. The misappropriation flag 23 is set, the misappropriation sales are set, and the settlement is performed. The misappropriation flag 23 is set or the misappropriation flag 23 is set and the approval data 24 is not set. Since the list is displayed and the administrator approves and reflects it, the cancellation of sales can be realized by a simple operation of pressing the wrong hit application key 13 once and the list of canceled data is displayed. It is possible to approve and prevent fraud.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory flowchart (POS terminal) of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory flowchart (store server) of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example of a sales summary data DB of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: POS terminal 11: Barcode scanner 12: Keyboard 13: Mistake application key 14: Sales registration means 15: Mistake application means 16: Receipt printer 2: Store server 21: Sales total data DB
22: Sales data 23: Mistake application flag 24: Approval flag 25: Unapproved misapplication file 3: Product 31: Barcode 4: Receipt 5: Management console

Claims (3)

In a POS terminal that reads barcodes etc. of products to create sales data and settles,
A key to enter an instruction to cancel the sales data,
Means for registering sales data read from the barcode of the product,
Means for setting a mistake hit application flag of the sales data when the mistake hit application key is pressed,
A POS terminal comprising: means for totalizing the sales data for which the erroneous hit application flag is not set, and performing settlement and receipt printing. Assuming that the wrong hit application flag of the sales data is set, if the wrong hit application key is pressed during input of the sales data, or is pressed immediately after input, or is pressed by specifying the number of the sales data, the sales data during input is pressed. 2. The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein an erroneous hit application flag of the sales data immediately after the input or the sales data whose number is designated is set. Means for registering sales data received from the POS terminal;
Means for displaying a list in which the misapply application flag in the sales data is set or a list in which the misappropriation application flag is set and the approval flag is not set,
Means for setting an approval flag provided for the sales data when the list is checked and approved;
Means for extracting sales data in which the false hit application flag in the sales data is set and for which the approval flag is not set as unapproved sales data, and storing the same in a file.

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