JP2004046626A - Commodity sales data processor, control method for receipt printing therefor, program for performing same method, and recording medium with same program recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable printing of a receipt in a character size selected by a customer. <P>SOLUTION: A commodity code acquisition part 50 acquires a commodity code inputted from a bar-code scanner 14 or a keyboard 12. A character size setting part 58 sets the character size of the receipt in accordance with a customer's selection on a display 16 with a touch panel. An accounting processing part 52 acquires a trade name and a commodity price corresponding to the commodity code from a commodity information acquisition part 60 and performs accounting processing on the basis of the trade name and the price. When the accounting processing is completed, printing data for printing the receipt in a set character size are created by a printing data creation part 54 and outputted to a printer 19 by a printing data output part 56. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing device for processing merchandise sales data at a cash register in a store, a control method in receipt printing thereof, a program for implementing the control method, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.
[0002]
[Prior art]
When the transaction of the merchandise is completed at the checkout register of the store, a receipt is printed and issued to the customer. In order to suppress the cost associated with such receipt issuance, it is desirable to reduce the size of characters such as product names and prices printed on the receipt and increase the information density per unit area of the receipt. Therefore, conventionally, even when a printer capable of changing the size of the print character is used, it is common to set the character of the receipt uniformly to a smaller size.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, usually, as a person gets older, it becomes more difficult to read small characters. Therefore, if the receipt is uniformly printed in small characters, a problem may occur, especially for elderly customers, where the characters are too small to read even if they want to check the contents of the receipt. On the other hand, younger customers do not feel inconvenience if the letters on the receipt are a little small. May not have. In these cases, there is no problem even if the receipt is printed in small characters. Therefore, it is desired to be able to issue a receipt of a character having a size according to a customer's request.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of allowing a customer to select a character size of a receipt, a control method in receipt printing thereof, and a program realizing the control method. And a recording medium on which the program is recorded.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an apparatus for processing product sales data,
Sales data acquisition means for acquiring sales data including the product name and price of the product sold to the customer;
Character size selection means for allowing a customer to select the size of characters to be printed on a receipt, and print data creation means for creating print data for printing a receipt with the selected character size based on the sales data When,
Output means for outputting the created print data to a printer.
[0006]
According to the present invention, the receipt is printed in the character size selected by the customer. For this reason, for example, when an elderly customer selects a large font size, the received receipt does not have too small a letter to make it difficult to confirm the content, and the convenience of the customer can be improved.
[0007]
Further, the product sales data processing device of the present invention further comprises a display means for displaying a message to the customer, and an input means for receiving an input operation from the customer, wherein the character size selecting means is provided on the display means. It may include means for displaying a message indicating that the character size of the receipt is selectable, and means for determining the character size selected by the customer based on an input operation to the input means. . In this way, a message to the effect that the size of the receipt character can be selected is displayed to the customer, so that the customer is notified that the size of the character can be selected, and the merchandise sales data processing is performed. It is possible to effectively utilize the character size selection function of the device.
[0008]
In this case, the display means and the input means may be constituted by a display with a touch panel. With this configuration, since the display unit and the input unit are integrated as a display with a touch panel, it is easier for the customer to select the character size, and the device configuration can be simplified.
[0009]
Further, in the present invention, the print data creating means may create print data for printing a receipt in a predetermined character size when the character size is not selected by the customer.
[0010]
In addition, the product sales data processing device of the present invention includes a font storage unit in which font data of various font sizes is stored for each character, and the print data creating unit is configured to set the character data to be printed on a receipt. Font data corresponding to a character size may be read from the font storage unit, and the print data may be created based on the read font data. This makes it unnecessary for the printer to have fonts of each size, so that a general-purpose printer can be used.
[0011]
In addition, the print data creation means, when it is determined that the sales data of each product does not fit on one line, based on the relationship between the size of the selected character and the width of the receipt paper, the sales data is stored in a plurality of lines. The print data may be created so that the print data is printed separately. In this way, if a large character is selected and the sales data of each product does not fit on one line of the receipt, each data is printed on a plurality of lines. Therefore, a receipt including necessary information can be issued regardless of the size of the selected character.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of a POS terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the front side (side operated by an operator) of the POS terminal 10, and FIG. (B) is a perspective view of the back side (side facing the customer) of the POS terminal 10. The POS terminal 10 is installed at a checkout register of a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket, and performs a checkout process and a receipt issuing process according to an operation of an operator.
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the POS terminal 10 includes a keyboard 12, a display 13 for an operator, a cash drawer 15, a display 16 with a touch panel for a customer, a printer 19, a card reader 20, and the like. . Further, the POS terminal 10 includes a barcode scanner 14 not shown in FIG. 1, and the operator of the cashier reads the barcode of the product with the barcode scanner 14 or operates the keyboard 12. By doing so, the product identification information (hereinafter referred to as a product code) is input to the POS terminal 10. The number of the same products is input from the keyboard 12.
[0014]
The display 16 with a touch panel includes a display unit 17 and an input unit 18. The display unit 17 displays the product name, the number, and the price of the product code input to the POS terminal 10 during the accounting process, various advertisement images, and the like. Further, as will be described later in detail, a message to the effect that the size of the receipt character can be selected is displayed on the display unit 17, and the customer touches the selection button displayed on the input unit 18 by touching the selection button. The size of the character can be selected.
[0015]
When the operator completes the input of the product codes for all the products purchased by the customer, the operator performs a transaction completion operation by, for example, pressing a “total” key on the keyboard 12. When the transaction completion operation is performed, the receipt 40 of the character size selected by the customer is printed by the printer 19 as described later.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the POS terminal 10 in more detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the POS terminal 10 includes a CPU 11. The keyboard 12, display 13, barcode scanner 14, cash drawer 15, display 16 with touch panel, printer 19, and card reader 20 are connected to the CPU 11. The CPU 11 controls the units 12 to 20 by executing the program 24 stored in the memory 22. In addition, font data 26 of various sizes (points) is stored for each character.
[0017]
A store server 30 is connected to the CPU 11 via an interface 28. The database 32 provided in the store server 30 records a product master table 34 in which a product code, a product name, and a price are stored for each product sold by the store. When receiving an inquiry specifying a product code from the CPU 11, the store server 30 notifies the CPU 11 of the corresponding product name and price. By providing the product master table 34 in the store server 30 in this manner, the product master table 34 can be shared by a plurality of POS terminals 10 provided in the same store. However, the product master table 34 may be provided inside the POS terminal 10.
[0018]
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the POS terminal 10 of the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the POS terminal 10 has functions of a product code acquisition unit 50, an accounting unit 52, a print data creation unit 54, a print data output unit 56, a character size setting unit 58, and a product information acquisition unit 60. It has a part. These functional units 50 to 60 are realized by the CPU 11 executing the program 24.
[0019]
The product code obtaining unit 50 obtains a product code input from the keyboard 12 or the barcode scanner 14. The character size setting unit 58 displays a message indicating that the character size used for receipt printing can be selected on the display unit 17 of the display 16 with a touch panel, and selects the character size on the input unit 18. Is displayed, and the character size of the receipt is set according to the selection operation on this button. The accounting processing unit 52 acquires the product name and the product price corresponding to the product code acquired by the product code acquisition unit 50 from the store server 30 via the product information acquisition unit 60. Then, the accounting processing unit 52 performs accounting processing such as totalizing the product prices while displaying the product name, the number, and the price of each product on the display unit 17 of the display 16 with a touch panel. When the accounting process is completed, the print data creating unit 54 creates print data for printing the receipt in the character size set by the character size setting unit 58. The created print data is output to the printer 19 by the print data output unit 56.
[0020]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of the accounting process executed by the CPU 11 in the present embodiment. Upon receiving a product accounting request from a customer, the store cashier inputs the product code of each product using the keyboard 12 or the barcode scanner 14, and if there are a plurality of the same products, inputs the number of the same from the keyboard 12. . When receiving the input of the product code and the number (S100), the CPU 11 acquires the corresponding product name and product price from the store server 30 (S102). The acquired product name and product price are displayed on the display 16 with a touch panel together with the number of products (S104).
[0021]
Next, it is determined whether the input of the product code has been completed (S106). For example, when the “Total” button on the keyboard 12 is pressed, it is determined that the input of the product code has been completed. As a result, when the input of the product code is completed, processing such as totalization of the product price and calculation of the tax amount is performed (S108), and the process proceeds to the receipt printing process. On the other hand, if the input of the product code has not been completed, the process returns to S100 and the next product code input is accepted.
[0022]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of the receipt printing process executed by the CPU 11 in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, first, the character size set in a character size setting process described later is acquired (S120).
[0023]
Next, for each character included in the product name, quantity, and price of each product, the font data 26 of the obtained character size is read from the memory 22, and receipt print data is created based on the font data 26 (S122). .
[0024]
It should be noted that even for characters other than the product name to be printed on the receipt (for example, a greeting such as "Thank you for visiting"), print data may be created using font data of the set character size. Good. The receipt print data created in this way is output to the printer 19 (S124), and the printer 19 prints the receipt in response.
[0025]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of the character size setting process executed by the CPU 11 in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, first, it is determined whether or not the above-described accounting process is being executed (S130). As a result, if the accounting process is not being executed, the process is stopped without entering the character size setting process. On the other hand, if the accounting process is being executed, a predetermined value (for example, 10 points) is set as the default value of the character size (S132). Further, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, a message 70 indicating that the size of the receipt character can be selected and a selection button 72 for selecting the character size are displayed on the display 16 with the touch panel (S134). . When any of the selection buttons 72 is selected (S136), a character size corresponding to the selection button 72 is set (S138). For example, the character size is set to 12 points when "medium character" is selected on the screen of FIG. 7, and 14 points when "large character" is selected. When the character size is set according to the customer's selection, the character size setting process ends. On the other hand, if the character size has not been selected in S136, the process returns to S130.
[0026]
8 and 9 show examples of receipts printed when a character size is not selected (when a default character size of 10 points is used) and when a "large character" is selected, respectively. As shown in FIG. 8, when the character size is not selected, the receipt is printed in a small-sized (for example, 10-point) character, and the receipt is in a relatively compact size. On the other hand, when "large character" is selected, the receipt is printed in a large character size of, for example, 14 points, so that it is easy for elderly people who have difficulty reading small characters to check the contents. .
[0027]
In the example shown in FIG. 9, since the character size is large and the product name, the number, and the price cannot be printed on one line, the product name, the number, and the price are printed on one line at a time. I have. As described above, when it is determined that the product name, the quantity, and the price cannot be printed on one line based on the relationship between the paper width of the receipt and the character size, the characters are enlarged by dividing them into two lines. It can issue a receipt containing all necessary information.
[0028]
As described above, according to the POS terminal 10 of the present embodiment, a receipt can be printed in characters of a size selected by the customer. For this reason, for example, a customer who is difficult to read small characters due to the age can select a large character and receive a large-character easy-to-read receipt, so that the contents of the receipt can be surely confirmed. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve services for customers such as the elderly and to increase customer satisfaction.
[0029]
In addition, the customer selects the size of the receipt character on the display 16 with a touch panel provided on the POS terminal 10 by the customer himself. For this reason, even if it is an elderly customer, if the customer can accept a small letter receipt without sight inconvenience or is not interested in the contents of the receipt, the customer does not select the font size, Unnecessarily large receipts of characters can be prevented from being issued. Also, a customer who thinks he is still young is not asked by the cashier operator if he wants to increase the font size, and he does not feel offended when he thinks he is elderly. However, if the character size can also be selected on the keyboard 12 and the customer is an apparently elderly person and does not realize that the character size can be selected on the display 16 with a touch panel, the operator gives the customer the option. The user may be asked whether to increase the size of the character on the receipt and select the character size on the keyboard 12.
[0030]
Further, in the present embodiment, font data 26 necessary for printing characters of each size is stored in the memory 22, and the CPU 11 reads out the font data 26 necessary for printing and creates print data. It is not necessary to provide font data for each size on the printer 19 side. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, a general-purpose model can be used as the printer 19, and, for example, it is not necessary to change the printer 19 when adding a character size. It is possible to enhance the flexibility and expandability of the ten systems.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a receipt can be printed in the size of the character selected by the customer. For this reason, it is possible to issue a large character receipt that can be read by a customer to a customer who is difficult to read small characters, such as an elderly person.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of a POS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a front side (a side operated by an operator) of the POS terminal, and FIG. b) is a perspective view of the back side (side facing the customer) of the POS terminal, respectively.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the POS terminal of the embodiment in more detail.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the POS terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of an accounting process executed by a CPU in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of a receipt printing process executed by a CPU in the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of a character size setting process executed by a CPU in the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a display with a touch panel for a customer.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a receipt printed when a character size is not selected.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a receipt printed when “large character” is selected as the character size of the receipt.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 POS terminal 11 CPU
12 Keyboard 14 Barcode Scanner 16 Display with Touch Panel 17 Display Unit 18 Input Unit 19 Printer 22 Memory 24 Program 26 Font Data 50 Product Code Acquisition Unit 52 Accounting Processing Unit 54 Print Data Creation Unit 56 Print Data Output Unit 58 Character Size Setting Unit 60 Product information acquisition section

Claims (12)

An apparatus for processing product sales data,
Sales data acquisition means for acquiring sales data including the product name and price of the product sold to the customer;
Character size selection means for allowing a customer to select the size of characters to be printed on a receipt, and print data creation means for creating print data for printing a receipt with the selected character size based on the sales data When,
Output means for outputting the created print data to a printer. The product sales data processing device according to claim 1,
Display means for displaying a message to the customer, and input means for receiving an input operation from the customer,
The character size selecting means includes means for displaying a message indicating that the character size of the receipt is selectable on the display means, and a character size selected by the customer based on an input operation on the input means. Determining means for determining whether or not there is an error. 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said display means and input means are constituted by a display with a touch panel. The product sales data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The print data creating means creates print data for printing a receipt in a predetermined character size when a character size is not selected by a customer. The product sales data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A font storage unit storing font data of various sizes for each character is provided.
The print data creation unit reads font data of a size corresponding to the size of the selected character from the font storage unit for each character to be printed on a receipt, and based on the read font data, stores the print data. An apparatus characterized by being created. 6. The product sales data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the print data creating unit determines that sales data of each product is based on a relationship between a size of the selected character and a width of a receipt sheet. If it is determined that the print data does not fit on one line, the print data is created so that each sales data is printed on a plurality of lines. Product sales data processing including an input device for inputting product identification information, a display with a touch panel for customers, a printer for printing receipts, and a control unit for controlling the input device, the display with a touch panel, and the printer An apparatus, wherein the control means comprises:
Character size selection means for allowing the customer to select the size of the character to be printed on the receipt on the display with the touch panel,
A sales data obtaining step of obtaining sales data including a product name and a price of a product sold to a customer based on the identification information input from the input device;
Based on the obtained sales data, print data creating means for creating print data for printing a receipt in the selected character size,
Data output means for outputting the created print data to the printer. An input device for inputting identification information of a product, and a control method in receipt printing in a product sales data processing device including a printer,
A sales data acquisition step of acquiring sales data including a product name and a price of a product sold to a customer based on the identification information input from the input device;
A character size selection step for allowing the customer to select the size of the character to be printed on the receipt;
A print data creation step of creating print data for printing a receipt in the selected character size based on the sales data;
Outputting the created print data to the printer. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein
The character size selecting step is a step of displaying a message indicating that the size of the character of the receipt is selectable on a display with a touch panel for the customer, and a selection by the customer based on an input operation on the display with a touch panel. Determining the size of the characters. The method according to claim 8 or 9,
In the print data creating step, for each character to be printed on a receipt, font data corresponding to the set character size is read from a predetermined font storage unit, and the print data is created based on the read font data. The method characterized by the above. A program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 8. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 11 is recorded.

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