JP2007316807A - Freshness management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage freshness very accurately even when cooking time and quantity are unstable according to the situation of a store. <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises a cooking time registration means for registering the time when a prepared product is cooked for each product, a freshness management time memory which stores a freshness management time to permit freshness which is previously defined for each product, a freshness management time checking means for comparing present time and the time when the corresponding product is cooked at the sales registration of the product and checking whether or not the time is within the freshness management time, and a warning means which emits warning of prohibiting the sale when the corresponding product exceeds the predefined freshness management time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a freshness management system used for a merchandise sales registration apparatus in a store that sells fresh products that require freshness management such as meat buns.

  In general, when selling a pre-made product that requires freshness management such as meat buns, the freshness must be managed as a matter of course. As a means for managing the freshness, a time zone that can be registered in the product sales registration device of the product is set at the end of cooking of the fresh product, and this time zone is coded and the cooking time is registered by the code. To be done. In this case, it is necessary to set the product setting of the same product as a different product for each registerable time zone. Further, Patent Document 1 includes date and time information related to product sales management included in a barcode attached to a product, and the product freshness management is performed by reading this barcode information. is there.

JP-A-5-54211

  According to the conventional means of setting a time zone in which the product can be registered in the product sales registration device at the end of cooking of the prepared product, and coding the time zone and registering the cooking time by the code. For example, it is necessary to set product settings for the same product as different products for each registerable time zone, and it is not possible to perform freshness management in a very fine time unit. Further, according to the means described in Patent Document 1, since the bar code is an indispensable requirement, for example, it is applied to a product in which a bar code label cannot be attached to each product such as a meat bun. There is a problem that can not be.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a cooking time registration means for registering the cooking time of a prepared product for each product, and a freshness management time memory for storing a freshness management time allowing a freshness predetermined for each product. , A freshness management time check means for comparing the current time with the time when the product was cooked at the time of sales registration of the product and checking whether the product is within the freshness management time, and a freshness management time for which the product is determined in advance The freshness management system comprises a warning means for issuing a warning indicating that sales are not possible when the value exceeds the limit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the freshness management system according to the first aspect, the cooking pointer is updated every time the product is registered by the cooking time registration means, and the sales pointer of the product is updated every time the product is sold.

  According to the present invention, the cooking time is registered at the end of cooking of a prepared product, and the current time and the cooking of the product are registered at the time of product sales registration, taking into account the freshness management time allowing the freshness determined in advance for each product. It is a very fine unit of time to judge whether the product is within the freshness management time that allows freshness or exceeds the freshness management time that allows freshness. This makes it possible to perform very accurate freshness management even when the cooking time and quantity are unstable depending on the situation of the store.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the electronic cash register 1 has a main body control unit 3 integrally mounted on an upper portion of a drawer 2, and a keyboard in front of a main body case 4 of the main body control unit 3. 5 is disposed, and a display unit 6 is provided above the center. In addition, printers 7 for issuing receipts and the like are provided on the left and right sides of the display unit 6.

  A basic circuit structure of the electronic cash register 1 is shown in FIG. First, a CPU 8 is provided, to which a ROM (Read On Memory) 10 storing various control programs and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11 having a memory storing various data are connected via the bus line 9. ing. A key assignment controller 13 is connected to the CPU 8 through an I / O port 12, the display unit 6 is connected through a display unit controller 14, and the keyboard 8 is used to connect the display unit 6. A keyboard 5 is connected. Further, an I / O port 16 connected to the CPU 8 is provided. The drawer 2 is connected to the I / O port 16 via a drawer release device 17, and the printer drive circuit 18 A printer 7 is connected. An optional device connection port 19 is connected to the I / O port 16, and various optional devices 20 are selectively connected to the optional device connection port 19.

  Next, the RAM 11 is provided with a prepared product sales quantity allocation memory 21 shown in FIG. The configuration of the prepared product sales quantity allocation memory 21 is No. 1-No. For each product up to N, there are a cooking time region and a cooking pointer region where the product is cooked, and a sales pointer region that is updated when the product is sold. For example, if the prepared product is a meat bun, and three meat buns are cooked at 8:00 am, 1 to No. “8.00” is stored in the cooking time area up to 3, and the cooking pointer is recorded. And if two meat buns were cooked at 9am, no. 4 and no. “9.00” is stored in the 5 cooking time area, and recorded in each cooking pointer. As described above, the cooked product sales quantity allocation memory 21 for each prepared product functions as a cooking time registration unit that registers the time when the prepared product is cooked for each product.

  Next, what is shown in FIG. 4 is a freshness management time memory 22, which is set for each type of product. That is, the time “HH: MM” during which the freshness of the product is compensated is recorded. As described above, in the case of meat, 2 hours, ie, “02:00” is stored. Such a freshness management time memory 22 stores a freshness management time allowing a freshness predetermined for each product.

  In such a configuration, the cooking end registration process will be described based on the cooking end registration process routine shown in FIG. First, the product is input, the quantity is input, and the confirmation input is performed. Thereby, the cooking time and the cooking pointer are written according to the number of products according to the No column of the product quantity shown in FIG. Specifically, the current time is written by the cooking quantity from the cooking pointer in the allocation memory, and the cooking pointer position is moved to the next record writing position. That is, when product input and quantity input are performed, the cooking time is written for the input quantity from the cooking pointer position in the allocation memory, the cooking pointer is rewritten to the next writing position, and the process ends.

  Next, the sales registration processing routine in the store will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the sales registration process, product input and quantity input of the sold product are performed, and then the cooking time is obtained from the sales pointer position in the allocation memory. Thereafter, freshness management time check means for comparing the current time with the cooking time of the product and checking whether or not it is within the freshness management time at the time of sales registration of the product operates. That is, the cooking time is subtracted from the current time, and the result is compared with the freshness management time allowing the freshness stored in the freshness management time memory 22. If the result of subtracting the cooking time from the current time does not exceed the freshness management time allowing the freshness stored in the freshness management time memory 22, the sales pointer is moved by the registered quantity. In addition, when the result of subtracting the cooking time from the current time exceeds the freshness management time that allows the freshness stored in the freshness management time memory 22, a warning means for issuing a warning indicating that the sale cannot be performed operates and the freshness has expired. A warning is displayed. In other words, when the product input and quantity input are performed, the cooking time at the sales pointer position in the allocation memory is acquired, and the time obtained by subtracting the acquired cooking time from the current time is compared with the time stored in the freshness management time memory 22. . As a result of the comparison, if the time on the freshness management time memory 22 is small, it is determined that the freshness has expired, and a warning process is performed. If it is larger, no warning is displayed. Next, the sales pointer position is advanced by the input quantity, and the process ends.

  As a specific example, when the freshness management time memory 22 is stored for 2 hours, that is, “02:00” is stored in the freshness management time memory 22, the freshly prepared product is meaty No. 3 meat buns were cooked at 8 am 1 to No. “8.00” is stored in the cooking time area up to 3 and recorded on each cooking pointer, and then two meat buns are cooked at 9 am 4 and no. It is assumed that “9.00” is stored in the cooking time area of 5. In this case, there is no problem when three meat buns are sold by 9 am, but when one is sold after 10 am, it is stored in the freshness management time memory 22. Since the time when the freshness of the product is compensated, that is, exceeds 2 hours, it is determined that the freshness has expired, and warning processing is performed. In this way, very accurate freshness management can be performed even when the cooking time and quantity are unstable depending on the situation of the store.

1 is a perspective view of an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the internal circuit. It is a memory map of the cooking quantity sales quantity allocation memory by preparation goods. It is a memory map of freshness management time memory. It is a flowchart which shows a cooking completion registration process routine. It is a flowchart which shows a sales registration process routine.

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22 Freshness management time memory

Claims (2)

  Cooking time registration means for registering the cooking time of a prepared product for each product, a freshness management time memory for storing a freshness management time allowing a freshness predetermined for each product, and the current time at the time of product sales registration And the cooking time of the product to check whether it is within the freshness management time, and sales if the product exceeds the predetermined freshness management time A freshness management system characterized by comprising warning means for issuing an impossibility warning. The freshness management system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking pointer is updated every time the product is registered by the cooking time registration means, and the sales pointer of the product is updated every time the product is sold.

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