JP2005174034A - Pos device with classification guidance display function for commodity, classification guidance display method for commodity, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform display for calling attention in bagging of a commodity when a bar code reader or the like connected to a POS terminal reads an identifier of a commodity and detects a commodity having a large temperature difference where mutual contact should be avoided, or a commodity where damage is predicted by pressure or the like from another commodity. <P>SOLUTION: When the bar code reader or the like reads the identifier of the commodity, a commodity attribute table is referred to. When there are commodities having prescribed exclusive commodity attributes to each other among a group of commodities, the display for calling the attention is performed on a display of the POS terminal, and attention by voice, or instruction printing to a receipt is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to product separation at a POS terminal of a store using a POS device.

  In a store using a POS device, it is attached to a product (used to mean directly attached to an unwrapped product or attached to a packaged product. The same applies hereinafter) Bar code, magnetic recording Reads identifiers for identifying products such as product codes from media, wireless IC chips, etc., using a barcode reader, etc., notifies the computer of the read information data, and aggregates and analyzes the number of products sold and selling products in real time It is possible.

  In a large-scale store, a plurality of cash registers to which a barcode reader is connected are connected to a computer online, and sales information is notified to a central computer via a network. In a small store, trading information is recorded in a register having a POS function for a predetermined time, and then the information is transmitted to a computer.

  If such a POS device is used, it is easy to recognize early selling products and reduce defective inventory, and efficient inventory management becomes possible.

  In a supermarket or the like, for example, when a purchaser pays for a purchased product, the product is read by reading a barcode attached to the product with a barcode reader connected to the POS terminal. Bagged.

  Here, when a frozen product and a heated product such as a heated product with a large temperature difference, a soft product such as bread or a fragile product such as a packed rice cracker and a hard product such as canned food are mixed, Shop cashiers, etc., leave them without contacting each other to pack bags or separate bags.

  Store cashiers pack bags while paying attention not to damage frozen products by putting them together in a bag, or damaging other products. The classification decision may be mistaken for such reasons.

As one known technique for solving such a problem, for example, as disclosed in JP-A-61-290592, products input in a cash register such as a supermarket are sorted and displayed by classification. Thus, it is known that the bagging for each classification is facilitated. The above-mentioned technology is effective for separating and packing products that are difficult to pack together, such as fresh fish, fragrances, vegetables, etc., which are dripping in water. Or in many cases, consumers who have purchased products put them together in a large bag, and frozen products such as ice cream and sashimi, which have a large temperature difference, heated products such as freshly prepared dishes, and soft foods such as bread are packed separately. Even so, the product may be damaged before the consumer takes it home due to the contact of the separately packaged products, the contact when these are packaged together, or the pressure of other products.
JP-A-61-290592

  The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and damage is caused by pressure of a product having a large temperature difference and other products to avoid mutual contact in a fee payment counter or the like where a POS terminal of a store is placed. When a bar code reader connected to the POS terminal reads the expected product identifier, a display to call attention to the display of the POS terminal, and further notification by voice to remind you when packing or packing A reminder, and if the consumer packs himself, be alerted by looking at the purchase receipt.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present application includes a product attribute table in which product attributes for separating products and exclusive product attributes are associated with identifiers for identifying products, and a group of products to which the identifiers are attached. Means for determining whether the second product whose identifier has been read later has a predetermined exclusive product attribute for the first product whose identifier has been previously read by the terminal, When the first product whose identifier has been read earlier by the first product is determined that the second product whose identifier has been read later has a predetermined exclusive product attribute, a display for calling attention is provided. This is a POS device.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application, for example, together with the PLU (Price Look-up) table that the POS device has conventionally, the predetermined product associated with the product identification code as information for separating the product Has a table with predetermined product attributes and exclusive product attributes (hereinafter referred to as a product attribute table), and a group of products, that is, each consumer by a barcode reader connected to a POS terminal constituting the POS device. As a group, a group of products that are purchased and paid for, a product identifier attached to each product, for example, a barcode is read, and a product whose barcode is read by referring to a product attribute table for each product. Detect whether the product attribute and exclusive product attribute are attached, and if so, what kind of product attribute or exclusive product attribute is attached A buzzer attached to the POS terminal when it is detected that the product for which the barcode is sequentially read is a product having an exclusive product attribute with respect to the product for which the barcode is read first Is issued to warn the register operator, or a notice is displayed on the display screen of the POS terminal, so as to call attention so that products having mutual exclusive product attributes cannot be put in the same bag.

  Here, the identifiers of the first product and the second product may be read continuously, or the identifiers of other products may be read between them without being read continuously. In short, in the group of products whose identifiers are read, the identifier of the second product is read after the identifier of the first product.

  Further, the product attribute table for product classification may be written in a table necessary for another POS device or may be an independent table. Furthermore, for a group of products to which an identifier is attached, the identifier may be one that is recorded on a barcode attached to the product and recognized by a barcode reader, or other than a barcode, for example, a wireless tag May be read out by a reader of a wireless tag from the outside.

  Further, for example, the products purchased by each consumer are grouped, the barcode attached to each product is read, and the products read by referring to the product attribute table are assigned product attributes and exclusive product attributes. If the product has only a predetermined product attribute and does not have an exclusive product attribute, a buzzer attached to the POS terminal is sounded to register the product. Warnings are issued to a staff member (a staff member who operates a register to perform a settlement process, or a staff member who packs or packs a product for which a settlement process has been completed by a register. The same applies to the following). A notice indicating that the product is a product may be displayed. As a result, even if the product has a predetermined product attribute but has no exclusive product attribute, and it is not a product that has mutually exclusive product attributes, it is displayed even if it is a product that requires special attention. Is made.

  The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is the POS device according to claim 1, further characterized by issuing a receipt with a display for calling attention from the POS terminal.

  According to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, from the POS terminal, among the products delivered to the consumer to the cashier etc., the products having the mutually designated exclusive product attributes specified in advance are required. In addition to issuing a notice to remind you not to pack the same bag, the receipt given to the consumer will also display a notice.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 3 of the present application, among the group of products to which an identifier for identifying the product is attached, the identifier is set later with respect to the first product for which the identifier is read first by the POS terminal. A step of determining whether the read second product has a predetermined exclusive product attribute, and a step of performing a display for calling attention when it is determined that the second product has the predetermined exclusive product attribute. This is a classification guidance display method.

  According to the invention of claim 3 of the present application, for example, together with the PLU table that the POS device has conventionally, as the information for separating the product, the predetermined product attribute and the exclusive product are assigned to the predetermined product associated with the product identification code. It has a product attribute table with attributes, and is attached to each product as a group of products, that is, a product purchased by each consumer by a barcode reader connected to the POS terminal constituting the POS device. Whether or not the product whose barcode is read with reference to the product attribute table is the product with the product attribute and the exclusive product attribute, and if so, what kind of product Detects whether the attribute or exclusive product attribute is attached, temporarily stores the result, and the product whose barcode is read sequentially is the product whose barcode was read first When it is detected that the product has an exclusive product attribute, it is determined that the product has a predetermined exclusive product attribute, and a buzzer attached to the POS terminal is sounded to issue a warning to a cashier. This is a product classification guidance display method for displaying a notice on the display screen of the POS terminal and calling attention so that products having mutually exclusive product attributes cannot be put in the same bag.

  Further, for example, a group of products purchased by each consumer, a barcode attached to each product is read, and a product whose barcode is read with reference to a product attribute table is assigned a predetermined product attribute If it is a product with a predetermined product attribute, whether it is a product or not, a buzzer attached to the POS terminal is sounded and a warning is given, or the display screen of the POS terminal is noted A note may be displayed indicating that the product has a predetermined product attribute.

  The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is the product classification guidance display method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of issuing a receipt with a display for calling attention from the POS terminal.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, from the POS terminal, among the products delivered to the consumer to the cashier or the like, the products having the predetermined exclusive product attributes that need to be separated are the same. In addition to issuing a notice to remind the user not to pack the bag, the receipt given to the consumer also displays a notice.

  In addition, the invention according to claim 5 of the present application relates to a first product whose identifier is first read by a POS terminal among a group of products to which an identifier for identifying the product is attached to the POS device. A function for determining whether the second product whose identifier has been read later has a predetermined exclusive product attribute and a display function for calling attention when it is determined that the second product has the predetermined exclusive product attribute It is a program to make it.

  According to the invention described in claim 5 of the present application, for example, the program is installed in a built-in hard disk included in the main body processing device of the POS device, and is attached to a group of products with an identifier for identifying the product. The barcode or wireless tag is sequentially read by a barcode reader or wireless tag reader connected to the POS terminal, and the main processor refers to the product attribute table to read the identifier first. A function for detecting whether the second product whose identifier has been read later for the product has a predetermined exclusive product attribute with each other, and, if detected, determining that the second product has a predetermined exclusive product attribute; This is a program for realizing a function of displaying a warning when it is determined that the product has a predetermined exclusive product attribute.

  In addition, the program does not pack products that have a mutually exclusive product attribute specified in advance in the same bag from among the products that are given to consumers from the POS terminal. However, it is of course possible to make a display for calling attention also on the receipt given to the consumer. Thereby, even for consumers who take home the goods, the confirmation of the separation of the goods can be surely performed by the display that alerts the receipt printed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent inappropriate display due to inexperienced cashiers or the like when packing or bagging that requires product separation is performed by a display that alerts the POS device. Furthermore, for the consumer who has purchased the product, the trouble can be prevented by viewing the alerting display printed on the receipt issued from the POS device.

  FIG. 1 is a device configuration example showing a POS device of the present invention. The main body processing device 1 of the POS device includes a CPU, a memory, a built-in hard disk, various interface units, a power source and the like (not shown).

  The built-in hard disk (not shown) in the main body processing apparatus 1 is installed with necessary software software as well as system software of the POS apparatus.

  The external hard disk 2 holds various tables constituting the database required for the conventional POS system, for example, the PLU table 3, and further, the product attribute for product classification and the exclusive product attribute necessary for the present invention are stored in the product. The product attribute table 4 which is a table associated with the identifier for identifying the item is held.

  The POS terminal 5 includes a display screen 6, a keyboard 7, a scanner 8 that reads a barcode attached to a product, and a receipt printer unit 9 that ejects a receipt.

  Further, although not shown in FIG. 1, a sound generation unit for generating a sound to call attention from the POS terminal, for example, a buzzer is built in the POS terminal 5 or connected to the POS terminal 5. There is an external buzzer.

  The main body processing device 1 and the external hard disk 2 are connected by an exclusive cable, and the main body processing device 1 and the POS terminal 5 are connected by a LAN cable 11 to constitute a POS device.

  Normally, a plurality of POS terminals 5 are connected to the main body processing apparatus 1, but the main body processing apparatus 1 may be built in the POS terminal 5.

  Here, the product attribute table 4 will be described.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the product attribute table 4 includes items of a product name, a product attribute, and an exclusive product attribute with a scan code indicating a product identifier as a key. The product attribute indicates a predetermined attribute, a category that requires attention when packing or bagging a product such as cold, warm, or soft. Cold is a product that shows food that needs to be refrigerated (or frozen, and so on), warm is a product that shows a heated product such as freshly prepared side dish, and soft is a soft product like bread This is a product attribute indicating that. In addition, product attributes can be provided for fragile items such as thin potato chips packed in bags, and particularly crushed fruits such as ripe strawberries and grapes. The exclusive merchandise attribute is determined in advance as warm and cold respectively for the cool and warm merchandise attributes. Here, the exclusive product attribute is not determined for the soft. The product attribute table 3 may substantially exist in the PLU table 3, for example.

  Here, in the product attribute table 4, for example, a product attribute “cold” is described in the product attribute column whose product name is ice cream, and a product attribute “warm” is described in the exclusive product attribute column. In addition, for example, the product attribute soft is described in the product attribute column of the soft bread of the product name, but the corresponding product attribute is not described in the exclusive product attribute column. Of course, if the product attribute is previously determined to be soft against the soft product attribute, the product attribute of Go will be described in the column of the exclusive product attribute of the soft bread of the product name, In this example, the product attribute of Go is not decided.

  In this way, in the product attribute / exclusive product attribute column of the product attribute table 4, if there is a corresponding predetermined product attribute or exclusive product attribute, the product attribute and exclusive product attribute are displayed. When there is no attribute, that is, a product that does not need to be taken care of when packing or bagging, a product attribute is not attached, and a minus sign is attached in the table.

  Examples of the present invention are shown below.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart example of the present invention. Bar codes (not shown) are printed or attached to products selected by consumers in supermarkets, etc. When these products are placed at the counter where the POS terminal is installed for payment, Each consumer is regarded as a group of products, and a barcode is read for each product by the scanner 8 of FIG. 1 (S201).

  The bar code includes an identifier for identifying the product, for example, a scan code, and the read data is temporarily held in a memory (not shown) inside the POS terminal 5 shown in FIG. 1, the PLU table 3 recorded in the external hard disk 2 is referred to 1 to find the price of the corresponding product using the scan code as a key, and the answer is sent to the POS terminal. The PLU table 3 may be stored in the external hard disk 2, or may be stored in a memory (not shown) built in the main body processing apparatus 1, or a memory (not shown) in the POS terminal 5. ) May be stored.

  In the present invention, in addition to acquiring the price information of the product with reference to the PLU table 3 described above, the main body processing apparatus 1 is inquired whether the product attribute is attached with reference to the product attribute table 4. (S202). An example of the product attribute table is shown in FIG.

  If the product whose bar code is read has a product name “Sanma” in FIG. 3, the product attribute is written as “-” and there is no product attribute. Data (data read from the barcode attached to the product; the same applies hereinafter) is stored in the memory (not shown) of the POS terminal 5 (S207).

  If the product whose bar code is read has a product name “soft bread” in FIG. 3, the product attribute is “soft”, so in the product attribute table shown in FIG. It is inquired whether or not the exclusive product attribute is attached to (S203). Since the exclusive product attribute is not attached, the message table shown in FIG. 5 stored in the external hard disk 2 is referred to, and the message for the operator when the product attribute is “soft” is “not to be crushed. “” Is selected by the main body processing apparatus 1, and the message of the screen example 2 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display screen 6 of the POS terminal 5. Further, a warning sound is generated by a buzzer (not shown) built in the POS terminal 5 or attached externally (S204). Here, the scan data of the “soft bread” is stored in a memory (not shown) of the POS terminal 5 (S207).

  If the product whose barcode is read has the product name “Hot Tempura” in FIG. 3, the product attribute is “warm” (S202), and the exclusive product attribute is determined to be “cold”. (S203), the product whose product attribute is determined to be “cold” is a product having the exclusive product attribute. Here, before reading the barcode of the above-mentioned product name “Hot Tempura”, among the products of which the barcode has already been read in the group of products, the product whose product attribute is determined to be “cold” If not, the scan data of the product name “Hot Tempura” is stored in the memory (not shown) of the POS terminal 5 (S207). However, before reading the barcode of the above-mentioned product name “Hot Tempura”, there is a product whose product attribute is determined to be “cold” among the products of which a barcode has already been read out of a group of products. For example, if there are products with product names “ice cream” and “sashimi” in FIG. 3, the message table shown in FIG. 5 stored in the external hard disk 2 is referred to. When the product attribute is “warm”, the message for the operator, “Avoid contact with refrigerated goods ...” is selected by the main body processing apparatus 1, and the display screen 6 of the POS terminal 5 is shown in FIG. The message of screen example 1 is displayed, and a warning sound is generated by a buzzer (not shown) that is built in the POS terminal 5 or attached externally (S206). Here, the scan data of “Hot Tempura” is stored in a memory (not shown) of the POS terminal 5 (S207).

  As described above, all the scan data of the group of products is stored in the memory of the POS terminal 5. If there is no product to be scanned and scanning is completed (S208), then editing of the scan data including whether or not there is a product to be classified in the group of products is performed on the main body processing apparatus 1 or the POS terminal 5 (S210), the receipt printer 9 of the POS terminal 5 prints the receipt of the scan data, and the receipt (receipt 10 in FIG. 1) having the contents shown in FIG. 8 is printed out. (S211).

  As described above, in the present invention, when packing or bagging, when a food with a large temperature difference such as a frozen product and a heated product and a soft food such as a bread are mixed, mutual contact and other products To prevent damage from pressure, call attention to cashiers and consumers to keep items apart or pack or pack in separate units. For the cashier, a message and a warning sound to call attention to the POS terminal screen, and to the consumer, a message to that effect is displayed. When the cashier or bagger takes home the bags individually packed, the consumer can confirm the contents of the products having problems to collect by looking at the caution display on the received receipt.

Is an example of the apparatus configuration of the present invention. These are examples of the foot chart of the present invention. Is a product attribute table. Is a scan data table. Is a message table. Is screen example 1. Is screen example 2. Is an example of receipt printing.

Explanation of symbols

1 Main unit
2 External hard disk
3 PLU table 4 Product attribute table 5 POS terminal 6 Display screen 7 Keyboard 8 Scanner 9 Receipt printer section 10 Receipt 11 LAN cable

Claims (5)

A product attribute table in which product attributes for separating products and exclusive product attributes are associated with identifiers for identifying products;
In the group of products to which the identifier is attached, whether or not the second product whose identifier has been read later has a predetermined exclusive product attribute with respect to the first product whose identifier has been previously read by the POS terminal And means for judging
When it is determined that the second product whose identifier has been read later has a predetermined exclusive product attribute with respect to the first product whose identifier has been previously read by the POS terminal, a display for calling attention is performed. A POS device characterized by that.   The POS apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receipt with a display for calling attention from a POS terminal. Of the group of products to which an identifier for identifying the product is attached, a second product whose identifier has been read later with respect to the first product whose identifier has been previously read by the POS terminal is a predetermined exclusive product. Determining whether to have an attribute;
If it is determined that the predetermined exclusive product attribute is determined, a step of performing a display for calling attention;
Method for displaying classification guidance for products having   4. The product classification guidance display method according to claim 3, further comprising a step of issuing a receipt with a display for calling attention from a POS terminal. In POS device,
Of a group of products to which an identifier for identifying a product is attached, a second product whose identifier has been read later is a predetermined exclusive product attribute with respect to the first product whose identifier has been previously read by the POS terminal. A function to determine whether or not
When it is determined that the predetermined exclusive product attribute is determined, a display function for calling attention;
A program to realize

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