JP2005056329A - Pos terminal and point processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a POS terminal, allowing for commodity registration by a cash register operator and point use information input by a customer concurrently for point adjustment processing in the POS terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The POS terminal comprises an accumulated points display means for reading a point card from a customer input/output device operated by a customer and displaying the accumulated points, a used point acquiring means for acquiring the presence or the absence of points information from the input/output device and acquiring the accumulated points as the used points, if points have been used, and an adjustment means for registering purchased commodities from an operator input/output device operated by a cash register operator and calculating the amount billed, by deducting the amount corresponding to the used points from the total amount of purchase. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal device that performs point processing, and more particularly, to a POS terminal device in which a customer instructs use of points from a customer input / output device connected to the POS terminal device.

  A point card system is known in which supermarkets and chain stores give points according to the purchase amount, and customers can receive services when they accumulate points. This point card system has the merit that the seller can be locked in to acquire repeat customers and can perform marketing analysis.

  In many cases, points and points used in the point card system are integrated with the POS system in cooperation with the POS system. (For example, patent document 1).

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a point use flow incorporated in the POS system, and it can be roughly divided into three phases: product registration processing, point processing, and settlement processing.

  First, in the product registration process phase, the barcode attached to the product for the purchased product is read by a barcode scanner, and the product code, product name, price, etc. are referred to the product master based on the read barcode. Product registration step to retrieve data and store temporarily. When these product registrations are completed, the purchase price is calculated based on the temporarily stored data, and the consumption tax is calculated to calculate the total price.

  Next, in the point processing phase, the cashier operator checks whether the customer has a point card, and if so, receives the point card from the customer and inserts it into the card reader to check the accumulated points. To do. And it is a step which confirms the presence or absence of the use of a point with respect to a customer, asks the number of points to be used if it is used, and inputs the number of points to be used.

  In the final checkout phase, subtract the amount corresponding to the number of points to be used from the total amount obtained in the product registration process step to obtain the invoiced amount, and enter the amount paid by the customer (custody) to calculate the change And output a receipt. Further, the cumulative number of points of the customer is subtracted from the cumulative number of points up to the previous time, and the number of points used this time is subtracted and updated to the number of points obtained by adding the number of purchased points.

The above three phases are all performed by operating the input / output device attached to the POS terminal device by the cashier operator, and the processing flow is sequential.
JP 63-14297 A

  As described above, in the process of the POS terminal device, the point process and the settlement process are performed following the product registration process. For this reason, there is a problem that the time required for the checkout settlement becomes long, which increases the burden on the cashier operator and increases the waiting time for the customer, resulting in a loss of time.

  An object of the present invention is to propose a POS terminal device and a point processing program capable of processing product registration processing by a cashier operator and point processing by a customer in parallel in order to solve the above problems.

The POS terminal device and point processing program of the present invention are configured as follows.
(1) 1st invention 1st invention confirms the presence or absence of the use of the point for the settlement of the purchase amount this time from the customer input / output device operated by the customer, and the amount corresponding to the accumulated number of points in the case of using the point Is settled by subtracting from the total of purchased products.

  The principle will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the first invention comprises a cumulative point number display means 1, a used point number acquisition means 2 and a settlement means 3.

  The accumulated point number display means 1 reads a point card from a customer input / output device operated by a customer, and displays the accumulated point number corresponding to the point card on the customer input / output device. In the case of the method in which the total number of points is recorded on the point card, the total number of points is displayed. In the case of the method in which only the customer code is recorded on the point card, the total number of points is obtained from the point data possessed by the POS terminal device. And display. The point data is a database in which the customer code and the total number of points are stored in advance in association with each other.

  The used point number obtaining means 2 obtains information on whether or not points are used for the current purchase from the customer input / output device, and when used, the used point number is set as the accumulated point number.

  The settlement means 3 registers the products purchased from the operator input / output device operated by the cashier operator, and subtracts the amount corresponding to the number of used points from the total amount of the registered products to obtain the billing amount.

Here, the customer input / output device is, for example, a card reader in the case of reading a point card, a display in the case of displaying the total number of points, and a touch panel in the case of inputting information on whether to use points. , Both refer to input / output devices operated by customers. The operator input / output device is, for example, a bar code scanner and an operator keyboard for registering merchandise, and means an input / output device operated by a cashier operator.
(2) 2nd invention 2nd invention acquires the point number which uses a cumulative point number as an upper limit from a customer input / output device. That is, an instruction on the number of points to be used is received from the customer.
(3) Third Invention The third invention is a point processing program for causing the first invention to function on a computer.

  According to the first invention, it is possible to perform point processing by a customer's operation and product registration processing by a cashier operator in parallel, and it is possible to provide a POS terminal device that shortens cashier settlement time.

  Further, according to the second invention, the number of points used by the customer can be specified while shortening the checkout time as in the first invention, so that the customer's needs can be dealt with more finely.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a point processing program for shortening the checkout time.

  Realization of automatic linkage between processing by customer operation and processing by cashier operator operation.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the POS terminal device according to the present invention, but shows only the configuration necessary for the present invention. For example, this POS terminal device is connected to a store server, and processing of data necessary for sales processing, transmission processing to the store server, and the like are not shown.

  The POS terminal 100 includes a CPU 110 that executes a program and controls the terminal, an operator input / output processing unit 120 that processes various input / output devices operated by a cashier operator, and a customer input / output that processes various input / output devices operated by a customer. The processing unit 130, the POS processing unit 140 as a processing program, and storage units 150 to 180 used for storing various data or temporarily storing data.

  An operator input / output processing unit 120 includes an operator display 121 for displaying the price of a product, a barcode scanner 122 for reading a barcode attached to the product, an operator keyboard 123 for inputting the number of purchases, and a printer for outputting a receipt. 124 is connected.

  A customer display 131 with a touch panel and a card reader 132 for reading point cards are connected to the customer input / output processing unit 130.

  The POS processing unit 140 is a program developed on the memory. The merchandise registration unit 141, the point processing unit 142, and the settlement processing unit 143 are included.

  The product registration unit 141 reads the barcode attached to the product by operating the bar code scanner 122 of the cashier operator, searches the product master file 150 based on the code, and stores the product name, price, etc. in the product registration data 160. To register. Since two or more purchased items are input from the operator keyboard 123 by the operation of the cashier operator, this data is also registered in the commodity registration data 160. This product registration unit 141 registers all the purchased products.

  The point processing unit 142 reads the customer's point card from the card reader 132 and acquires the customer code. Subsequently, referring to the customer information 170, the accumulated point number corresponding to the customer code is obtained, and the accumulated point number is displayed on the customer display 131 together with a button for inputting whether or not to use the accumulated point number for the settlement of the current purchase amount. Obtain information on pressing the use button from the touch panel on the display 131, display a comment prompting the user to input information on the point to be used, display a soft keyboard for inputting the point, and obtain the number of used points input from the soft keyboard. Do.

  The checkout processing unit 143 calculates the amount of the product registered in the product registration unit 141, calculates the consumption tax for this amount, calculates the total amount of the product amount and the consumption tax amount, and calculates the number of points used from the total amount The calculation of the subtracted charge amount, the calculation of change from the amount paid by the customer, and the receipt output instruction are performed. The receipt is printed out from the printer 124 via the operator input / output processing unit 120.

  The merchandise master file 150 is a database that stores information on all sales merchandise. For example, the merchandise master file 150 includes data including fields such as a scan code, a merchandise code, a merchandise name, a department, and a price as shown in FIG. The scan code is a code read from the barcode scanner 122, and is a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code or an in-store marking code. The product code is a code uniquely set by the store for product processing.

  The merchandise registration data 160 is a storage area for registering information on purchased merchandise. The bar code attached to the purchased merchandise is read by the cashier operator by the bar code scanner 122, and data is obtained from the merchandise master file 150 based on the data. Stored. Further, the number of purchases input from the operator keyboard 123 is stored in the plurality of purchases. FIG. 5 shows a data example of the product registration data 160, which is composed of data including product code, product name, purchased quantity, and amount fields. If the purchased quantity field in FIG. 5 is blank, the quantity is “1”.

  The customer information 170 stores, for example, information that the customer has entered when creating a new point card, and includes fields such as a customer code, a customer name, an address, an age, and a cumulative number of points. Since the fields related to the present invention are the customer code and the cumulative number of points, FIG. 6 shows an example of that portion.

  The point usage information 180 is a storage unit that temporarily stores information acquired by the point processing unit 142 and plays a role of transmitting the information to the settlement processing unit. An example is shown in FIG. Consists of fields for customer code, accumulated points, and points used. A customer having a customer code of 123456 has a cumulative 100 points at this time, indicating that 50 points will be used for the settlement of the current purchase.

  Next, the flow of the settlement process including the point process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is divided into processing on the cashier operator side and customer side. First, the flow of processing on the cashier operator side will be described, and then the flow of processing on the customer side will be described.

  First, as a process on the cashier operator side, a purchased product is read by a barcode scanner, and corresponding data is fetched by referring to the product master file 150 based on the read barcode. When multiple purchases of the same product are made, the purchase quantity is input from the keyboard. The fetched data and the purchased quantity data are sequentially stored in the product registration data 160. When all the products are scanned and registration of the products is completed, the purchase amount is totaled based on the product registration data 160, the consumption tax is calculated from the amount, and the total is obtained. The processing so far is executed by the program of the product registration unit 141 in FIG. (S11-S13).

  Subsequently, the number of used points is converted into an amount with reference to point use information 180 created by a point processing unit 142 described later. Here, 1 point is 1 yen, the amount equal to the number of used points is reduced from the total amount, and the billed amount is displayed on the operator display 121 and the customer display 131. If the number of points used in the point usage information 180 is “0” and the customer code is other than “000000”, it means “no points will be used for the settlement of the current purchase amount”, and the number of points used is If it is “0” and the customer code is “000000” (that is, the point use information is in a reset state), it means that the customer is not a member of the point card or the customer forgets to use the point card and does not use it. doing. In any case, since the number of used points is “0”, the value converted into the amount is also “0”, and the total value does not change. Input the amount paid by the customer based on the displayed invoice amount (deposit), calculate the change and output the receipt. Subsequently, the used point number is subtracted from the accumulated point number, and the accumulated point number field of the customer information 170 is updated from the customer code of the point use information 180 with the number of points corresponding to the amount of money purchased this time. Finally, the storage unit for the merchandise registration data 160 and the point use information 180 is all reset to “0”, and the process ends. The processing so far is executed by the program of the settlement processing unit 143 in FIG. (S14 to S19).

  Next, processing on the customer side will be described. First, when the customer sets the customer's point card in the card reader 132, reading is performed and a customer code is acquired. The customer information 170 is searched based on the customer code to obtain the accumulated point number, and the information (customer code and accumulated point number) is stored in the point use information 180. On the other hand, a screen for selecting whether or not to use points is displayed on the customer display 131 together with this information. FIG. 9 shows an example of a selection screen that asks for the use of points. The upper part of the screen is a display of acquired information, and the lower part of the screen is a selection screen for selecting whether to use points. The display screen is a touch panel, and the customer performs input by pressing the “Yes” or “No” button with a finger. (S21-S24).

  When the customer presses the “Yes” button, an input screen for the number of used points is displayed. FIG. 10 shows an example of the use point number input screen, and the lower part of the screen is an input unit. When the customer uses all the accumulated points, he / she inputs the “use all” button by pressing the displayed soft keyboard when specifying the number of points. The program acquires the total number of points when the “use all” button is pressed, and the numerical value when it is input with the soft keyboard, and writes it in the point use information 180 as the number of used points.

  In the screen display of FIGS. 9 and 10, the cash register operator may display data during product registration. For example, FIG. 11 shows an example of the use point number input screen. The left side of the screen is the same as that in FIG. 10, and the right side of the screen shows data during product registration. The processing so far is executed by the program of the point processing unit 142 in FIG.

  With the processing flow described above, the cashier operator and the customer can perform input operations in parallel using the respective terminal devices (that is, the operator input / output device and the customer input / output device). (S24-S28).

  In the processing flow shown in FIG. 8, it is desirable to check the timing of input between the cashier operator and the customer (for example, the point processing performed by the customer is preferably completed before the product registration of the cashier operator is completed. However, for example, the point use information 180 is provided with flag information indicating that the customer is inputting or ending the input, and if it is being input, the step “S14” It is sufficient to make a determination of “end of input” and loop the reading of the point use information 180 until the end of input.

It is a principle diagram of the invention. It is an example of the processing flow by the conventional POS terminal. It is a POS terminal device configuration example in an embodiment. It is an example of data of a goods master file. It is a data example of product registration data. It is a data example of customer information. It is an example of data of point utilization information. It is an example of the flow of a payment process. It is an example of a selection screen of whether to use points on the customer display. It is an example of a use point number input screen in a customer display. It is an example of a usage point number input screen on the customer display (an example in which product registration data is also displayed).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Accumulated point number display means 2 Used point number acquisition means 3 Settlement means 100 POS terminal device 110 CPU
120 Operator Input / Output Processing Unit 121 Operator Display 122 Bar Code Scanner 123 Operator Keyboard 124 Printer 130 Customer Input / Output Processing Unit 131 Customer Display (with Touch Panel Function)
132 Card Reader 140 POS Processing Unit 141 Product Registration Unit 142 Point Processing Unit 143 Checkout Processing Unit 150 Product Master File 160 Product Registration Data 170 Customer Information 180 Point Usage Information

Claims (3)

A POS terminal device that has an operator input / output device operated by a cashier operator and a customer input / output device operated by a customer and performs point processing,
The point card is read from the customer input / output device, and the customer code and the accumulated point number are stored in advance in association with the accumulated point number recorded on the point card or the customer code recorded on the point card. Cumulative point number display means for displaying on the customer input / output device the cumulative point number acquired from the point data being recorded,
Information on whether or not to use points for the settlement of the current purchase amount from the customer input / output device, and the use point number acquisition means for acquiring the cumulative point number as the use point number when using points,
POS terminal comprising: a settlement means for registering purchased products from the operator input / output device, and subtracting an amount corresponding to the number of used points from a total amount of the registered products to calculate a charge amount apparatus. 2. The POS terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the used point number acquiring unit acquires the used point number used for the current purchase with the accumulated point number as an upper limit from the customer input / output device. A point processing program for a POS terminal device having an operator input / output device operated by a cashier operator and a customer input / output device operated by a customer,
The point card is read from the customer input / output device, and the customer code and the accumulated point number are stored in advance in association with the accumulated point number recorded on the point card or the customer code recorded on the point card. Accumulated point number display means for displaying on the customer input / output device the accumulated number of points acquired from the point data being recorded;
Information on whether or not to use points for the settlement of the current purchase amount from the customer input / output device, and the use point number acquisition means for acquiring the cumulative point number as the use point number in the case of using points;
Point processing for causing a computer to function as a settlement means for registering purchased products from the operator input / output device and subtracting an amount corresponding to the number of used points from the total amount of the registered products program.

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