JP2008217486A - Merchandise settlement system, merchandise settlement method, and merchandise settlement program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance efficiency of merchandise settlement, and to prevent information of merchandise purchased by a customer from being viewed from other person. <P>SOLUTION: A price of the merchandise is input in an input operation part 101. A display control part 104 displays all the time a payment detail of the customer lined next to the customer paying money on a customer display part 107. A shop display part 105 is provided in a position visible only by a shop clerk, and displays instantaneously the payment detail of the customer who is registering the merchandise, by control of the display control part 104. A payment waiting determination part 106 determines whether a customer is waiting for payment, referring to a payment waiting data storage part 201 of a payment register 200. The customer display part 107 is provided in a position visible by the customer registering merchandise or the preceding customer waiting for payment, and displays continuously the payment detail displayed since the merchandise is registered by the customer under waiting for payment, by control of the display control part 104, when there is a customer waiting for payment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product settlement system, a product settlement method, and a product settlement program in which a customer pays a product amount at the time of product purchase, and in particular, further improves the efficiency of product settlement and information on products purchased by a customer. The present invention relates to a merchandise settlement system, a merchandise settlement method, and a merchandise settlement program that can prevent others from being seen by others.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system called a two-person cash register is sometimes introduced in a mass merchandise store such as a supermarket in order to improve the efficiency at the time of merchandise settlement and shorten the waiting time of a customer. In the two-person cash register, the product price of each product is input by the product registration device installed at the entrance side of the lane, and the total price of the product is paid by the payment registration device installed at the exit side of the lane. . Specifically, the product amount of the product brought to the lane by the customer is entered into the product registration device by, for example, scanning a barcode by a store clerk, and the product amount of all the products brought by the customer is entered, the total The amount is notified to the payment registration device. Then, the customer proceeds to the payment registration device after the product amounts of all the products are input, and finishes paying the total amount displayed on the payment registration device. And while this customer is paying, the product registration device can input the product amount of the next customer, and the efficiency of settlement is improved.

  In such a two-person cash register, during the product registration, the product value of each product is displayed on a display or the like provided in the product registration device, and the customer confirms whether there is an error in the input of the product price by the store clerk. Generally, it can be confirmed. In addition, in the product registration device, products brought by multiple customers can be registered for each customer, and the total amount of each customer is stored in the payment registration device. It is possible to make payments one after another without further improving the efficiency of product checkout.

  By the way, in the product registration device of the two-person cash register, mainly the input and display of the product amount is performed. For example, when the member price is applied by presenting the member card, the member card is inserted into the payment registration device. By inserting, the total amount of goods that a member should pay is determined for the first time. That is, the product amount displayed on the display of the product registration device may not necessarily match the amount actually paid by the payment registration device, which may impair convenience.

  Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 describes that a product registration device includes a card reader for a membership card, and determines the product price displayed on the display of the product registration device based on the presence or absence of the membership card.

JP 2003-288743 A

  However, as described above, the product amount being input is displayed on the display of the product registration device, but when the payment in the payment registration device is delayed, the product and the display on which the product amount is displayed are visually recognized. There is a problem that possible customers may not respond. In other words, since the product registration device can register the products of a plurality of customers, if there are many customers lining up in the lane, even if payment in the payment registration device is not completed, the products of the products by customer one after another The amount may be registered. At this time, even if the customer who pays next is in a position where the display of the product registration apparatus is visible, if the product registration of the customer is completed, the items displayed on the display are arranged further back This is the product value of the customer's product.

  For this reason, the next customer who pays the payment cannot confirm the total amount to be paid at the payment registration device until the customer paying at the payment registration device finishes the payment, and prepares for payment. Can not be. As a result, the customer who pays the next payment also takes time, and the settlement efficiency is reduced. In addition, the customer who pays the next time can see all the products purchased by others and the amount of the product.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and further improves the efficiency of product checkout, and also enables a product checkout system and product checkout method to prevent information on products purchased by customers from being seen by others. , And to provide a product checkout program.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a product settlement system in which a customer pays a product amount when purchasing a product, the receiving unit receiving an input of the product amount of a product purchased by the customer, and the reception Display means for displaying the amount of goods input by means for each customer, and control means for causing the display means to display the amount of goods purchased by a customer who pays next to the customer currently paying. And

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the control means includes a determination means for determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment waiting for payment, and as a result of the determination by the determination means, a customer waiting for payment If it is, the display unit displays the product amount of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the control means immediately displays the amount of goods input in the reception means on the display means when there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination by the determination means. It is characterized by making it.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the determination unit reads out the product amount inputted in the reception unit for each customer, and reads the product amount stored in the storage unit at the time of payment for each customer. And a reading means for deleting, and when the amount of goods is stored in the storage means, it is determined that there is a customer waiting for payment.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the control means includes a detection means for detecting completion of payment by a customer, and displays the display on the display means when payment completion is detected by the detection means. It is characterized by switching.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the control means switches to display of a customer's product price input in the reception means next to a customer corresponding to the product price being displayed on the display means. To do.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the control means switches to a display prompting the customer to pay for the product amount displayed on the display means.

  In the present invention, the detection means includes an issuing means for issuing a receipt to a customer who has completed payment, and detects completion of payment when a receipt is issued by the issuing means. It is characterized by that.

  Further, the present invention is a product settlement system comprising a product registration device for registering a product price of a product and a payment registration device for accepting payment of the product price registered in the product registration device, wherein the product registration device comprises: Receiving means for accepting the input of the product amount of the product to be purchased by the customer, and provided at a position visible from the customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device, and the product amount inputted in the accepting means It is characterized by comprising display means for displaying by customer, and control means for causing the display means to display the amount of goods purchased by the customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device.

  Further, the present invention is a product settlement method in a product settlement system in which a customer pays a product amount at the time of product purchase, and includes a reception step of receiving input of a product amount of a product purchased by a customer, and the reception step And a control step of displaying a product amount of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer currently paying on a display medium that displays the input product amount by customer.

  Further, the present invention is a product checkout program in a product checkout system in which a customer pays a product amount at the time of product purchase, wherein the receiving step receives an input of the product amount of a product purchased by the customer, and the receiving step It is characterized in that the computer executes a control step of displaying the product amount of the product purchased by the customer who pays next to the customer currently paying on the display medium for displaying the input product amount by customer.

  According to the present invention, an input of a product amount of a product purchased by a customer is received, and the product purchased by a customer who pays next to the customer currently paying is displayed on a display medium that displays the input product amount for each customer. Display the product amount. For this reason, if there are multiple customers who are paying for each item on the checkout lane etc., the next paying customer can always visually check the amount of the item that he should pay and prepare for payment. it can. Further, even if the product amounts of customers who are lined up are input one after another, if there are customers lined up in advance, the input product amount is not displayed simultaneously with the input. As a result, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of product checkout and prevent others from seeing information on products purchased by customers.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is determined whether there is a customer waiting for payment and waiting for payment. If there is a customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination, the customer waiting for payment purchases the product The merchandise amount is displayed on the display medium. For this reason, the customer who is waiting for payment to be paid next can visually check the amount of goods to be paid by himself / herself and prepare for payment, and this customer's payment can be completed quickly.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination, the customer who purchases the product for which the product amount is input is displayed in order to immediately display the input product amount on the display medium. For example, it is possible to check in real time whether there is an error in the input of the product amount by a store clerk.

  Further, according to the present invention, when a payment is made by reading out and deleting the product amount for each customer from the memory storing the input product amount for each customer, and the product amount is stored in the memory, Determine that there is a customer. For this reason, the product amount of the customer for which payment has been completed is deleted from the memory, and only the unpaid product amount is stored in the memory, so that it is possible to reliably determine whether there is a customer waiting for payment. it can.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is detected that the payment of the customer is completed, and when the completion of the payment is detected, the display of the display medium is switched to synchronize the completion of the payment by the customer and the switching of the display. Then, it is possible to easily determine the timing for displaying the product amount of the customer who pays next.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the display is switched to the display of the customer's product amount input next to the customer corresponding to the displayed product amount, the display can be switched according to the order of the customers when the product amount is input. Then, the product amount of the customer who pays next can be displayed reliably.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the display corresponding to the displayed product amount is switched to a display prompting the customer to pay, the customer confirming the product amount visually when the payment of the preceding customer is completed. Know when to pay.

  In addition, according to the present invention, a receipt is issued to a customer who has completed payment, and when the receipt is issued, the completion of payment is detected. It is possible to detect that the process is completely completed.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the customer accepts the input of the product amount of the product to be purchased, and displays the input product amount for each customer at a position visible from the customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device. A display medium is provided to display on the display medium the amount of the product purchased by the customer next to the customer paying in the payment registration apparatus. For this reason, when a plurality of customers each paying for a product are lined up in a lane of a two-person cash register comprising a product registration device and a payment registration device, the customer who pays next in the payment registration device always pays himself / herself It is possible to make preparations for payment by visually confirming the amount of merchandise to be checked with a merchandise registration apparatus. In addition, even if the product amounts of customers lined up in the product registration device are input one after another, if there is a customer waiting for payment in the payment registration device in advance, the input product amount is displayed at the same time as the input. There is nothing to do. As a result, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of product checkout and prevent others from seeing information on products purchased by customers.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following, a product settlement system of a two-person cash register in which a product registration device is installed on the entrance side of a lane for product settlement and a payment registration device is installed on the exit side of the lane will be described.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part configuration of the commodity settlement system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The product settlement system shown in FIG. 1 is mainly composed of a product registration apparatus 100 and a payment registration apparatus 200. The product registration apparatus 100 includes an input operation unit 101, a cumulative amount calculation unit 102, a total amount registration unit 103, a display control unit 104, a shop surface display unit 105, a payment waiting determination unit 106, and a customer surface display unit 107. ing.

  The input operation unit 101 includes, for example, a barcode scanner, and the store clerk scans the barcode printed on the product and inputs the product amount. Note that the input operation unit 101 may be provided with a key such as a numeric keypad, and the store clerk may press the key to input a product amount.

  The accumulated price calculation unit 102 sequentially adds the product price every time the product price is input in the input operation unit 101, and outputs the obtained accumulated price and the newly input product price to the display control unit 104 each time. Note that the accumulated price calculation unit 102 may output the product name of the product for which the product price is input to the input operation unit 101 to the display control unit 104 each time together with the accumulated price and the product price.

  In addition, when the amount of all the products brought by the customer is input in the input operation unit 101, the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 notifies the display control unit 104 that the product registration of a set of customers is completed, and The accumulated amount at that time is output to the total amount registration unit 103 as the total amount of the product. At this time, the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 detects that the product amount of all the products of each customer has been input by, for example, pressing a subtotal key provided in the input operation unit 101.

  The total amount registration unit 103 registers the total amount for each customer output from the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 in the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200. At this time, the total amount registration unit 103 registers the total amount so that the order of customers arranged in the lane is maintained. Further, the total amount registration unit 103 registers not only the total amount for each customer but also the product name purchased by each customer and the details of the product amount in the payment waiting data storage unit 201.

  When the accumulated amount, the product amount, the product name, and the like are output from the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, the display control unit 104 retains these pieces of information and makes payment to the payment standby determination unit 106 in the payment registration apparatus 200. Queries whether there are any waiting customers. When there is no customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 104 causes the store surface display unit 105 and the customer surface display unit 107 to immediately display details such as an accumulated amount, a product amount, and a product name. On the other hand, when there is a customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 104 causes the store surface display unit 105 to immediately display details such as the accumulated amount, the product amount, and the product name, while the customer surface display unit 107. Keeps the screen displayed for customers waiting for payment.

  In addition, when the cumulative amount calculation unit 102 notifies the display control unit 104 that the product registration of a set of customers has been completed, the display waiting unit 106 again asks the customer waiting for payment in the payment registration apparatus 200. Inquire about the presence or absence of. When there is no customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 104 causes the store surface display unit 105 and the customer surface display unit 107 to immediately display the accumulated amount as the total amount to be paid by the customer. On the other hand, when there is a customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 104 holds the accumulated amount at that time as a total amount, while the store surface display unit 105 displays the total amount immediately, A screen displayed to the customer waiting for payment is maintained on the surface display unit 107. At this time, the display control unit 104 holds details including individual product names and product amounts that are not displayed on the customer display unit 107 and the total amount of all product amounts for each customer.

  In other words, the display control unit 104 inquires whether there is a customer waiting for payment at the time of product registration, so that the customer's details lined up next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device 200 are always displayed on the customer's surface. Be displayed on the unit 107. Therefore, if there is no customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 104 causes the customer display unit 107 to display the details of the customer who is registering the product next to the customer who is paying, and the customer waiting for payment is displayed. If so, the customer display unit 107 displays the details of the customers waiting for payment next to the customer who is paying.

  The store surface display unit 105 is provided at a position where only the store clerk can visually recognize, and immediately displays the details of the customer who is registering the product whose product amount is currently input to the input operation unit 101 under the control of the display control unit 104.

  When the display control unit 104 inquires whether there is a customer waiting for payment, the payment standby determination unit 106 refers to the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200 and determines whether there is registered data. To do. If there is no data registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201, the payment standby determination unit 106 determines that there is no customer waiting for payment, and if there is data registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201, the payment standby It is determined that there is a customer inside. Thereafter, the payment standby determination unit 106 notifies the display control unit 104 of the determination result.

  The customer surface display unit 107 is provided at a position where a customer who is registering a product or a customer who is waiting for payment is visible, and when there is no customer who is waiting for payment, the product amount is displayed in the input operation unit 101 at this time. The details of the registered customer who is registering the product are immediately displayed under the control of the display control unit 104. Further, when there is a customer waiting for payment for which product registration has already been completed, the customer display unit 107 continues to display the details displayed since the product registration of the customer by the control of the display control unit 104.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the appearance of the product checkout system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, in the merchandise settlement system according to the present embodiment, a merchandise registration apparatus 100 and a payment registration apparatus 200 are installed in one lane. The customer display unit 107 of the merchandise registration apparatus 100 is provided at a position visible from the customer between the payment registration apparatus 200 and the merchandise registration apparatus 100, and the customer who is paying pays at the payment registration apparatus 200. It can be seen that a customer who is in the middle of registering a product or waiting for payment can check the customer surface display unit 107 while he / she is performing.

  Since the customer display section 107 displays the details of the customer next to the customer who is paying, the customer who is paying for the product that is to be paid next or waiting for payment pays by the customer who is paying. You can prepare for payment in between. As a result, payment by the customer can be made quickly, and the efficiency of product settlement can be further improved.

  Next, the payment registration apparatus 200 includes a payment standby data storage unit 201, a payment standby data reading unit 202, an input operation unit 203, a difference calculation unit 204, a display control unit 205, a display unit 206, and a receipt issuing unit 207. ing.

  The payment standby data storage unit 201 stores the total amount for each customer registered by the total amount registration unit 103 of the product registration apparatus 100. At this time, the payment standby data storage unit 201 stores the total amount so that the order of customers arranged in the lane is maintained. Further, the payment standby data storage unit 201 stores not only the total amount for each customer but also the product name and the product amount purchased by each customer.

  The payment standby data reading unit 202 sequentially reads payment standby data for each customer stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 (that is, individual product names, individual product amounts, and total amounts), and the read payment standby data. Is deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Specifically, when the payment standby data reading unit 202 detects that the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing unit 207 and the customer's payment is completed, whether the payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 or not. To check. If payment standby data is stored, the payment standby data reading unit 202 reads the payment standby data of a set of customers and deletes it from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Further, even when payment standby data is not stored, the payment standby data reading unit 202 always monitors the payment standby data storage unit 201 and immediately reads out when a set of customer payment standby data is stored. Are deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201.

  The input operation unit 203 includes a key such as a numeric keypad, and inputs a payment amount paid by a customer who is paying. Note that the input operation unit 203 may be configured to count the money paid by the customer who is paying and to input the counting result as a payment amount.

  The difference calculation unit 204 calculates the difference between the total amount read by the payment standby data reading unit 202 and the payment amount input by the input operation unit 203 and outputs the calculated difference to the display control unit 205. At this time, if the payment amount is less than the total amount, the difference calculation unit 204 outputs an insufficient amount that is less than the total amount to the display control unit 205. Further, when the payment amount is equal to or greater than the total amount, the difference calculation unit 204 outputs the change amount exceeding the total amount to the display control unit 205 and the receipt issuing unit 207.

  When the total amount is read by the payment standby data reading unit 202, the display control unit 205 causes the display unit 206 to display the total amount. Further, when the shortage amount or change amount is output from the difference calculation unit 204, the display control unit 205 causes the display unit 206 to display the shortage amount or change amount.

  The display unit 206 is provided at a position where the paying customer can visually recognize, and displays the total amount of products purchased by the customer under the control of the display control unit 205. Further, the display unit 206 displays the shortage amount and the change amount under the control of the display control unit 205 when the payment amount of the customer who is paying is less than the total amount or more than the total amount.

  The receipt issuing unit 207 determines the payment standby data read by the payment standby data reading unit 202 (that is, individual product name, individual product amount, and total amount) and the change amount calculated by the difference calculation unit 204. Issue a printed receipt. When the receipt issuing unit 207 issues a receipt, the receipt issuing unit 207 notifies the payment standby data reading unit 202 that the payment by the customer who is paying is completed.

  Next, the operation of the commodity registration apparatus 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when a customer brings a product to the lane, a store clerk in charge of the product registration apparatus 100 registers the product price of the product. That is, by operating the input operation unit 101 by the store clerk, the product amount of each product is input (step S101), and the accumulated amount of the input product amount is calculated by the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 (step S102). ). Each time the accumulated amount is calculated by the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, the calculated accumulated amount and the newly added product amount are output to the display control unit 104, and the store surface display unit is controlled by the display control unit 104. The accumulated amount and the product amount are displayed at 105.

  When the accumulated amount and the product amount are input to the display control unit 104, the display control unit 104 inquires of the payment standby determination unit 106 whether there is a customer waiting for payment, and the payment standby determination unit 106 waits for payment. It is determined whether there is any customer (step S103). That is, the payment standby determination unit 106 refers to the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200 and determines whether payment standby data is stored.

  As a result of this determination, if the payment standby data is not stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 and there is no customer waiting for payment (Yes in step S103), this is notified to the display control unit 104, and display control is performed. Under the control of the unit 104, the accumulated amount and the product amount are immediately displayed on the customer display unit 107 (step S104). At this time, the contents of the screen of the customer surface display unit 107 match the contents of the screen of the shop surface display unit 105, and the details of the product purchased by the customer who is registering the product are displayed on each screen. Therefore, when there is no customer waiting for payment, the customer who is registering the product proceeds to a position where the customer display unit 107 can be visually confirmed, and confirms in real time whether there is an error in registration of the product to be purchased. be able to.

  On the other hand, as a result of determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment, when payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 and there is a customer waiting for payment (No in step S103), that fact is displayed. The display on the customer surface display unit 107 is maintained as it is by the control of the display control unit 104 (step S105). Here, the customer face display unit 107 displays the details of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment preceding the customer who is registering the product.

  Specifically, the screen displayed on the customer display unit 107 is a description of a product purchased by a customer who pays next among the customers waiting for payment, and this customer can visually recognize the customer display unit 107. Waiting for payment at the correct position. Therefore, when there is a customer waiting for payment, the customer waiting for payment can check the customer face display unit 107 and prepare the payment amount to be paid by the customer who is registering the product. The details of the product to be viewed are not seen by customers waiting for payment.

  Then, in the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, it is determined whether or not all the product registrations for a set of customers have been completed (step S106). Specifically, after a product amount is input to the input operation unit 101, for example, it is determined whether or not a subtotal key provided in the input operation unit 101 is pressed by a store clerk, and registration of all products is completed. If not (No in step S106), the product amount is continuously input in the input operation unit 101, and the display control unit 104 controls the display of the store surface display unit 105 and the customer surface display unit 107 as described above.

  When the registration of all the products of a set of customers is completed (Yes in step S106), the cumulative amount calculation unit 102 notifies the display control unit 104 of that fact, and the display control unit 104 controls the store surface display unit 105 to The accumulated amount at the time is displayed as the total amount. Further, the display control unit 104 inquires of the payment standby determination unit 106 whether or not there is a customer waiting for payment, and the payment standby determination unit 106 determines whether there is a customer waiting for payment (step S107). Here, similarly to the above, the payment standby determination unit 106 refers to the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200 and determines whether payment standby data is stored.

  As a result of this determination, if the payment standby data is not stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 and there is no customer waiting for payment (Yes in step S107), the display control unit 104 is notified of this and the display control is performed. Under the control of the unit 104, the customer face display unit 107 displays the details and total amount of all products purchased by the customer whose product registration has been completed (step S108). At this time, the contents of the screen of the customer surface display unit 107 match the contents of the screen of the shop surface display unit 105, and the details and total amount of all the products purchased by the customer who has completed the product registration are displayed on any screen. It is displayed. Therefore, when there is no customer waiting for payment, the customer who has completed the product registration can visually recognize the customer surface display unit 107 and grasp the total amount of products purchased by the customer before payment.

  On the other hand, as a result of determining whether or not there is a customer waiting for payment, if payment waiting data is stored in the payment waiting data storage unit 201 and there is a customer waiting for payment (No in step S107), that fact is displayed. The information is notified to the unit 104, and the display on the customer surface display unit 107 is maintained as it is under the control of the display control unit 104 (step S109). Here, the customer face display unit 107 displays the details of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment preceding the customer whose product registration has been completed.

  Here, the screen displayed on the customer display unit 107 is the details of the product purchased by the customer who pays next among the customers waiting for payment, and the customer can visually recognize the customer display unit 107. Waiting for payment. Therefore, when there is a customer waiting for payment, the customer waiting for payment can check the customer display unit 107 to prepare the payment amount to be paid by the customer, and the customer who has completed the product registration The details of the product to be purchased are not seen by customers waiting for payment.

  Further, when the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 determines that all the product registrations for a set of customers have been completed, the accumulated amount at that time is notified to the total amount registration unit 103 as a total amount, and the total amount registration unit 103, the total amount for each customer is registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200 (step S110). At the same time, the total amount registration unit 103 registers the details of the product purchased by the customer who has completed the product registration in the payment standby data storage unit 201. These total amount and details are registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201 while maintaining the order in which the customers are arranged.

  Next, operation | movement of the payment registration apparatus 200 which concerns on this Embodiment is demonstrated, referring the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In the payment registration apparatus 200, if the payment of the preceding customer has already been completed, the receipt issuing unit 207 notifies the payment standby data reading unit 202 of the fact, and thereafter, the payment standby data reading unit 202 performs the payment. It is monitored whether or not payment standby data is stored in the standby data storage unit 201 (step S201). Then, when the payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 (Yes in step S201), the payment standby data reading unit 202 includes the payment standby including the details of the products registered in the product registration apparatus 100 and the total amount. Data is read (step S202), and the total amount is output to the difference calculation unit 204 and the display control unit 205. Under the control of the display control unit 205, the total amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S203), and the customer who has proceeded to the payment registration apparatus 200 is prompted to pay.

  Then, when the customer pays with a gift certificate or money, the clerk operates the input operation unit 203 to input the payment amount (step S204), and the input payment amount is output to the difference calculation unit 204. Is done. Then, the difference calculation unit 204 calculates the difference between the total amount and the payment amount (step S205), and determines whether or not the payment amount is insufficient (step S206). That is, it is determined whether or not the payment amount is less than the total amount. If the payment amount is less than the total amount (step S206 Yes), a further payment is required, and the shortage amount is notified to the display control unit 205. Under the control of the display control unit 205, the shortage amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S208). Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, the payment amount is input in the input operation unit 203, and the payment is repeated until the shortage amount disappears.

  On the other hand, if the amount of payment is equal to or greater than the total amount (No in step S206), since the amount exceeding the total amount needs to be changed, the change amount is notified to the display control unit 205 and the receipt issuing unit 207, Under the control of the display control unit 205, the change amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S207). The receipt issuing unit 207 issues a receipt on which the details and total amount read by the payment standby data reading unit 202 and the change amount notified from the difference calculation unit 204 are printed (step S209). Then, since the payment of the customer is completed, in order to start the payment registration of the next customer, the receipt issuing unit 207 notifies the payment standby data reading unit 202 that the payment is completed, and the payment standby data is read out. Instructed (step S210).

  Next, a specific example of the product checkout method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, it is assumed that customers A, B, and C are arranged in this order in the lane where the product registration device 100 and the payment registration device 200 are installed, and the customer before the customer A has already made payment in the payment registration device 200. Assume that you have done it. Further, regarding the payment registration apparatus 200, it is assumed that the clerk A is in charge of the input operation, and for the product registration apparatus 100, the clerk B is in charge of the input operation.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, a product brought by the customer A is registered in the product registration apparatus 100. That is, the product price of the product brought by the customer A is input in the input operation unit 101 of the product registration apparatus 100, and the cumulative price calculation unit 102 calculates the cumulative price, and the display control unit 104 controls the store surface display unit 105. The details of the product of customer A are displayed (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 5). At this time, since the customer in front of the customer A has already paid, there is no customer waiting for payment. Therefore, the customer display unit 107 is also controlled by the display control unit 104 in the same manner as the store display unit 105. Details of the product of customer A are displayed. Therefore, as shown by a solid arrow in FIG. 5, the customer A can visually check the customer surface display unit 107 and confirm whether there is an error in the input operation by the clerk B.

  When the registration of all the products of customer A is completed, as shown in FIG. 6, customer A proceeds to payment registration apparatus 200 and customer B proceeds to product registration apparatus 100. In other words, customer A becomes a paying customer and customer B becomes a customer who is registering a product. At this time, since there is no customer waiting for payment, the customer B can proceed to a position where the customer surface display unit 107 of the commodity registration apparatus 100 can be visually recognized.

  When the product registration of the customer A is completed, the total amount registration unit 103 registers the details and the total amount of the product of the customer A in the payment standby data storage unit 201 and monitors the payment standby data storage unit 201. The details and the total amount are immediately read out by the reading unit 202. At the same time, the details and total amount of the product of customer A are deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Then, the total amount of customer A read by the payment standby data reading unit 202 is displayed on the display unit 206 under the control of the display control unit 205. In FIG. 6, the total amount of the customer A is displayed as “¥ 1,236”.

  In the product registration apparatus 100, product registration of the customer B next to the customer A is started, the product amount of the product brought by the customer B is input in the input operation unit 101, and the cumulative amount is calculated by the cumulative amount calculation unit 102. While being calculated, the details of the product of the customer B are displayed on the shop surface display unit 105 by the control of the display control unit 104 (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 6). At this time, since the customer A preceding the customer B is paying, there is no customer waiting for payment. Therefore, the customer control unit 107 controls the customer display unit 107 as well as the store display unit 105 under the control of the display control unit 104. The details of the item B are displayed immediately. Therefore, as shown by the solid arrow in FIG. 6, the customer B can visually check the customer surface display unit 107 and confirm in real time whether there is an error in the input operation by the store clerk B.

  When the registration of all the products of customer B is completed, as shown in FIG. 7, the customer face display section 107 of the product registration apparatus 100 displays the details of the product of customer B and the total amount. At this time, if customer A who is paying in payment registration apparatus 200 takes time to pay, customer B who has completed product registration becomes a customer waiting for payment, and customer C who is next to customer B Become a customer during product registration. At this time, since customer B becomes a customer waiting for payment, customer B remains in a position where he can visually recognize customer surface display unit 107 of product registration apparatus 100, and customer C can visually recognize customer surface display unit 107. I can't go to the correct position.

  When the product registration of the customer B is completed, the total amount registration unit 103 registers the details of the product of the customer B and the total amount in the payment standby data storage unit 201. Here, the customer A stores the customer A in the payment standby data reading unit 202. Since the receipt issuing unit 207 has not notified that the payment has been completed, the payment standby data reading unit 202 does not read the details and the total amount of the product of the customer B registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201. . In FIG. 7, the customer A pays 1000 yen out of the total amount of 1236 yen with a gift certificate, so the payment amount is input as 1000 yen in the input operation unit 203 of the payment registration apparatus 200. Since the shortage amount is calculated to be 236 yen by the difference calculation unit 204, the shortage amount is displayed as “¥ 236” on the display unit 206 under the control of the display control unit 205.

  In the product registration apparatus 100, product registration of the customer C next to the customer B is started, the product price of the product brought by the customer C is input in the input operation unit 101, and the cumulative price calculation unit 102 calculates the cumulative price. While being calculated, the details of the product of the customer C are displayed on the shop surface display unit 105 under the control of the display control unit 104 (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 7). At this time, since the customer B preceding the customer C is waiting for payment, when the payment standby data storage unit 201 is referred to by the payment standby determination unit 106, the details of the product of the customer B and the total amount are stored. , It is determined that there is a customer waiting for payment. For this reason, the display of the customer surface display unit 107 is maintained as it is under the control of the display control unit 104, and the details and the total amount of the product of the customer B are continuously displayed. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 7, the customer B can visually observe the customer surface display unit 107 and prepare the payment amount to be paid by the payment registration apparatus 200. Further, the details of the product of the customer C who is registering the product are not seen by the customer B.

  When the customer A completes the payment, as shown in FIG. 8, the customer B proceeds to the payment registration device 200, and the customer C proceeds to a position where the customer surface display unit 107 of the product registration device 100 can be viewed. In other words, customer B is a customer who is paying, and customer C is a customer who is registering a product or waiting for payment.

  When customer A completes the payment, a receipt is issued by the receipt issuing unit 207, and the payment waiting data reading unit 202 is notified that the payment has been completed. Then, the payment standby data reading unit 202 reads the details and the total amount of the product of the customer B stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201. At the same time, the details and total amount of the product of customer B are deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Then, the total amount of customer B read by the payment waiting data reading unit 202 is displayed on the display unit 206 under the control of the display control unit 205. In FIG. 8, the total amount of the customer B is displayed as “¥ 791”.

  Further, in the commodity registration apparatus 100, the customer B waiting for payment moves to the payment registration apparatus 200, and the payment standby data stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 disappears. It is determined that there is no waiting customer, and the details of the product of the customer C that has been started are immediately displayed on the customer display unit 107 under the control of the display control unit 104. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 8, the customer C can visually check the customer surface display unit 107 and confirm in real time whether there is an error in the input operation by the clerk B. In addition, even after the product registration of the customer C is completed, the customer C's product details and the total amount are displayed on the customer display unit 107 until the customer B completes payment in the payment registration apparatus 200. Can prepare a payment amount to be paid by the payment registration apparatus 200.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when registering the product amount in the product registration device, it is confirmed whether there is payment standby data, and if there is no payment standby data, the customer who is registering the product purchases it. The details of the product to be displayed are immediately displayed on the customer side of the product registration device, while if there is payment waiting data, the details of the product to be purchased by the customer who is waiting for payment will be paid to the customer registration device Leave it on the side. For this reason, the customer who is waiting for payment can prepare the payment amount to be paid by visually checking the display of the product registration device, and can also see the details of other people's products registered in the product registration device. Absent. As a result, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of product checkout and prevent others from seeing information on products purchased by customers.

(Embodiment 2)
A feature of the second embodiment of the present invention is that when the customer who is paying in the payment registration apparatus completes payment, an instruction to switch display is issued from the payment registration apparatus to the product registration apparatus.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the commodity settlement system according to the present embodiment. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. The product settlement system shown in FIG. 9 mainly includes a product registration device 100 and a payment registration device 200. The product registration apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a display control unit 301 instead of the display control unit 104 of the product registration apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, and has a configuration in which the payment waiting determination unit 106 is deleted. is doing.

  When the accumulated amount, the product amount, and the product name are output from the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, the display control unit 301 holds these pieces of information and also displays the accumulated amount, the product amount, and the product name on the shop surface display unit 105. The details such as are displayed immediately. In addition, when the display control unit 301 acquires a display switching instruction from the payment standby data reading unit 401 of the payment registration apparatus 200, the customer display unit 107 is displaying the details of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment. Displays a prompt for payment in the payment registration apparatus 200 on the customer display unit 107 for a predetermined time, and then immediately displays the details of the product purchased by the customer who is registering the product. However, when there are a plurality of customers waiting for payment, the display control unit 301 causes the customer face display unit 107 to display details of the customers waiting for payment lined up next to the customer who makes a new payment.

  The display control unit 301 includes, for example, a timer. If there is no customer who is registering a product, a display prompting payment is displayed on the customer surface display unit 107 for a predetermined time, and then the initial screen is displayed on the customer surface display unit. 107 is displayed.

  On the other hand, when the display switching instruction is acquired, the customer display unit 107 displays the details of the product purchased by the customer who is registering the product, or there is no customer waiting for payment or registering the product. The display control unit 301 stores that the display switching instruction has been acquired. Then, when the product registration is completed next time, the display control unit 301 causes the customer surface display unit 107 to display a display prompting payment for a predetermined time.

  In other words, the display control unit 301 always displays the customer details next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration apparatus 200 according to the display switching instruction acquired at the timing when the payment of the preceding customer is completed. It is displayed on the display unit 107. Therefore, if there is no customer waiting for payment, the display control unit 301 causes the customer display unit 107 to display the details of the customer who is registering the product next to the customer who is paying, and the customer waiting for payment is displayed. If so, the customer display unit 107 displays the details of the customers waiting for payment next to the customer who is paying.

  Next, the payment registration apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment includes a payment standby data reading unit 401 instead of the payment standby data reading unit 202 of the payment registration apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment.

  The payment standby data reading unit 401 sequentially reads payment standby data (that is, individual product names, individual product amounts, and total amounts) for each customer stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201, and reads the payment standby data. Is deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Specifically, when the payment standby data reading unit 401 detects that the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing unit 207 and the customer's payment is completed, whether the payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 or not. To check. When payment standby data is stored, the payment standby data reading unit 401 reads the payment standby data of a set of customers and deletes it from the payment standby data storage unit 201. Even when no payment standby data is stored, the payment standby data reading unit 401 always monitors the payment standby data storage unit 201 and immediately reads out when a set of customer payment standby data is stored. Are deleted from the payment standby data storage unit 201.

  Further, when the payment waiting data reading unit 401 detects that the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing unit 207 and the customer's payment is completed, the payment waiting data reading unit 401 prompts the customer waiting for payment or the customer who is registering the product to pay. Then, a display switching instruction is sent to the display control unit 301 of the merchandise registration apparatus 100.

  Next, the operation of the payment registration apparatus 200 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG.

  In the payment registration apparatus 200, if the payment of the preceding customer has already been completed, the receipt issuing unit 207 notifies the payment standby data reading unit 401 of that fact, and thereafter, the payment standby data reading unit 401 performs the payment. It is monitored whether or not payment standby data is stored in the standby data storage unit 201 (step S201). When the payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201 (step S201 Yes), the payment standby data reading unit 401 includes the payment standby including the details and the total amount of the products registered in the product registration apparatus 100. Data is read (step S202), and the total amount is output to the difference calculation unit 204 and the display control unit 205. Under the control of the display control unit 205, the total amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S203), and the customer who has proceeded to the payment registration apparatus 200 is prompted to pay.

  Then, when the customer pays with a gift certificate or money, the clerk operates the input operation unit 203 to input the payment amount (step S204), and the input payment amount is output to the difference calculation unit 204. Is done. Then, the difference calculation unit 204 calculates the difference between the total amount and the payment amount (step S205), and determines whether or not the payment amount is insufficient (step S206). That is, it is determined whether or not the payment amount is less than the total amount. If the payment amount is less than the total amount (step S206 Yes), a further payment is required, and the shortage amount is notified to the display control unit 205. Under the control of the display control unit 205, the shortage amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S208). Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, the payment amount is input in the input operation unit 203, and the payment is repeated until the shortage amount disappears.

  On the other hand, if the amount of payment is equal to or greater than the total amount (No in step S206), since the amount exceeding the total amount needs to be changed, the change amount is notified to the display control unit 205 and the receipt issuing unit 207, Under the control of the display control unit 205, the change amount is displayed on the display unit 206 (step S207). Further, the receipt issuing unit 207 issues a receipt on which the details and total amount read by the payment standby data reading unit 401 and the change amount notified from the difference calculating unit 204 are printed (step S209). Then, since the payment of the customer is completed, in order to start the payment registration of the next customer, the receipt issuing unit 207 notifies the payment standby data reading unit 401 that the payment is completed, and the payment standby data is read out. Instructed (step S210).

  When the payment standby data reading unit 401 is notified that the payment is completed, the payment standby data reading unit 401 reads the payment standby data from the payment standby data storage unit 201 and corresponds to the read payment standby data. A display switching instruction is sent to the display control unit 301 of the merchandise registration apparatus 100 in order to prompt the payment waiting customer to pay (step S301). Even if no payment standby data is stored in the payment standby data storage unit 201, a display switching instruction is sent out by the payment standby data reading unit 401, and payment for a set of customers is completed. At 100, it is notified that display switching is permitted.

  Next, operation | movement of the goods registration apparatus 100 which concerns on this Embodiment is demonstrated, referring the flowchart shown in FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, when payment of a set of customers is completed in the payment registration apparatus 200, a display switching instruction is sent from the payment standby data reading unit 401 each time and is acquired by the display control unit 301 of the product registration apparatus 100. (Step S401). At this time, the display control unit 301 determines whether or not the customer waiting list preceding the customer who is registering the product is being displayed on the customer surface display unit 107 (step S402), and is waiting for payment. When the customer details are being displayed (Yes in step S402), the display control unit 301 switches the display of the customer surface display unit 107 (step S403).

  Specifically, under the control of the display control unit 301, a screen that prompts the customer whose details are displayed on the customer display unit 107 to pay with the payment registration apparatus 200 is displayed on the customer display unit 107. . This display is continued for a predetermined time, and the customer waiting for payment proceeds to the payment registration apparatus 200 according to the display on the customer surface display unit 107.

  Then, after the display switching of the customer display unit 107 or when the details of the customer waiting for payment are not being displayed on the customer display unit 107 (for example, during initial screen display) (No in step S402), the same as in the first embodiment In addition, the product registration of the customer who is registering the product is performed. That is, by operating the input operation unit 101 by the store clerk, the product amount of each product is input (step S101), and the accumulated amount of the input product amount is calculated by the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 (step S102). ). Each time the accumulated amount is calculated by the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, the calculated accumulated amount and the newly added product amount are output to the display control unit 301, and the store surface display unit is controlled by the display control unit 301. The accumulated amount and the product amount are displayed at 105.

  When the accumulated amount and the product amount are input to the display control unit 301, the accumulated amount and the product amount are immediately displayed on the customer surface display unit 107 under the control of the display control unit 301 (step S104). However, if there is a customer who is still waiting for payment after the customer who is waiting for payment displayed on the customer's face display unit 107 to prompt the payment, the details of the customer who is registering the product are displayed in the customer's face display unit 107. Instead of being displayed immediately, the customer's details waiting for payment next to the customer who is paying are displayed on the customer display 107.

  Then, in the accumulated amount calculation unit 102, it is determined whether or not all the product registrations for a set of customers have been completed (step S106). Specifically, after a product amount is input to the input operation unit 101, for example, it is determined whether or not a subtotal key provided in the input operation unit 101 is pressed by a store clerk, and registration of all products is completed. If not (No in step S106), the product amount is continuously input in the input operation unit 101, and the display on the store surface display unit 105 and the customer surface display unit 107 is controlled by the display control unit 301 as described above.

  Further, when the registration of all the products of a set of customers is completed (Yes in step S106), the cumulative amount calculation unit 102 notifies the display control unit 301 to that effect, and the display control unit 301 controls the store surface display unit 105 to The accumulated amount at the time is displayed as the total amount. Similarly, under the control of the display control unit 301, the customer face display unit 107 displays the details and total amount of all products purchased by the customer whose product registration has been completed (step S108). However, even if there are a plurality of customers waiting for payment at this time, the details of the customers whose product registration is completed are not displayed on the customer display unit 107, but are arranged next to the customers who are paying. The details of the customer waiting for payment are displayed on the customer face display unit 107.

  Further, when the accumulated amount calculation unit 102 determines that all the product registrations for a set of customers have been completed, the accumulated amount at that time is notified to the total amount registration unit 103 as a total amount, and the total amount registration unit 103, the total amount for each customer is registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201 of the payment registration apparatus 200 (step S110). At the same time, the total amount registration unit 103 registers the details of the product purchased by the customer who has completed the product registration in the payment standby data storage unit 201. These total amount and details are registered in the payment standby data storage unit 201 while maintaining the order in which the customers are arranged.

  Next, a specific example of the product checkout method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, it is assumed that customers A, B, and C are arranged in this order in the lane where the product registration device 100 and the payment registration device 200 are installed, and the customer before the customer A has already made payment in the payment registration device 200. Assume that you have done it. Further, regarding the payment registration apparatus 200, it is assumed that the clerk A is in charge of the input operation, and for the product registration apparatus 100, the clerk B is in charge of the input operation.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, during the payment in the payment registration device 200 of the customer A, the customer face display unit 107 of the product registration device 100 displays the details and the total amount of the product of the customer B. Subsequently, when the product registration of the customer B is completed, the product registration of the customer C is started, but the details of the product of the customer C are displayed only on the shop surface display unit 105 (see the broken line arrow in FIG. 12). Accordingly, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 12, the customer B can visually observe the customer surface display unit 107 and prepare the payment amount to be paid by the payment registration apparatus 200. Further, the details of the product of the customer C who is registering the product are not seen by the customer B.

  When customer A completes payment, the receipt issuing unit 207 issues a receipt for customer A, and a display switching instruction is sent from the payment standby data reading unit 401 to the display control unit 301. When a display switching instruction is acquired by the display control unit 301, the display of the customer surface display unit 107 is switched, and a screen that prompts the customer B to pay with the payment registration apparatus 200 is displayed as shown in FIG. Is done. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 13, the customer B can visually check the customer surface display unit 107 and grasp the timing at which the preceding customer A should proceed to the payment registration apparatus 200 that has completed payment.

  The above display on the customer surface display unit 107 is continued for a predetermined time, and the product registration of the customer C is continued during this time. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed, the details of the product of the customer C are displayed on the customer surface display unit 107 under the control of the display control unit 301. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, after the customer B moves to the payment registration device 200, the customer C proceeds to a position where the customer surface display unit 107 of the product registration device 100 can be seen. Is displayed on the customer surface display unit 107. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 14, the customer C can visually check the customer surface display unit 107 and confirm in real time whether there is an error in the input operation by the clerk B.

  If there is no customer C after the customer B, for example, an initial screen may be displayed on the customer display unit 107 after a predetermined time has elapsed after the customer B is prompted to pay. .

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, every time a customer's payment is completed in the payment registration device, the product registration device is notified of this, and the display on the customer side of the product registration device is switched to wait for payment. The customer is urged to pay the customer using the payment registration device, and always displays the details of the product purchased by the customer next to the customer who is paying. For this reason, the customer waiting for payment can visually check the display of the product registration device and grasp the timing of proceeding to the payment registration device, and without inquiring the payment registration device from the product registration device, It can correspond to the customer who visually recognizes the display on the customer side.

  The above embodiments can be implemented in combination. That is, in the first embodiment, when payment of a set of customers is completed, a display switching instruction is sent from the payment registration device 200 to the product registration device 100 as in the second embodiment, and the customer waiting for payment is sent to the customer. In this case, a message prompting payment by the payment registration apparatus 200 may be displayed.

  Further, the display switching when the display switching instruction is acquired in the merchandise registration apparatus 100 may not necessarily display a message prompting payment. That is, the initial screen may be simply displayed, or when there is a customer who is registering a product or a customer who is waiting for payment, the details of the product of the next customer may be displayed. In short, when payment of a set of customers is completed, the details of the customer's products lined up next to the customer who pays newly may be displayed on the product registration apparatus 100.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200 perform display control independently, but only the payment registration apparatus 200 includes a display control unit, for example, and the merchandise registration apparatus 100 In addition, the display of both the payment registration apparatus 200 may be controlled. At this time, a program for causing the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200 to operate in the same manner as in each of the above embodiments is executed in the payment registration apparatus 200. A function for displaying only the details and the total amount may be provided.

  That is, only one of the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200 includes a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls both the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200. good. In this case, all the functional blocks other than the input operation unit 101, the store surface display unit 105, and the customer surface display unit 107 of the commodity registration device 100 in each of the above embodiments are the control units provided in the payment registration device 200. Will be included. And the input operation part 101, the shop surface display part 105, and the customer surface display part 107 with which the goods registration apparatus 100 is equipped are controlled by the control part with which the payment registration apparatus 200 was equipped, respectively, respectively, accepting input operation, or for every customer Or display the details.

  A control unit that controls the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200 is provided in a POS (Point Of Sales: sales management system) management apparatus or the like in the store, and the operations of the merchandise registration apparatus 100 and the payment registration apparatus 200 are performed. It is also possible to be controlled.

(Supplementary note 1) A product settlement system in which a customer pays a product amount when purchasing a product,
A receiving means for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Display means for displaying the product amount inputted in the accepting means for each customer;
And a control means for causing the display means to display a product price of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying.

(Supplementary Note 2) The control means includes:
Determining means for determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment waiting for payment;
2. The product checkout system according to claim 1, wherein, if the result of determination by the determination means is that there is a customer waiting for payment, the display means displays the amount of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment on the display means. .

(Supplementary Note 3) The control means includes:
3. The product checkout system according to appendix 2, wherein when there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination by the determination unit, the display unit immediately displays the amount of the product input in the reception unit.

(Supplementary Note 4)
Storage means for storing the product amount inputted in the reception means for each customer;
Reading means for reading and deleting the amount of goods stored in the storage means at the time of payment for each customer,
The commodity settlement system according to appendix 2, wherein when the commodity amount is stored in the storage means, it is determined that there is a customer waiting for payment.

(Supplementary Note 5) The control means includes:
Including detection means to detect that the customer's payment has been completed,
The commodity settlement system according to appendix 1, wherein the display of the display unit is switched when the completion of payment is detected by the detection unit.

(Appendix 6) The control means includes:
6. The product settlement system according to appendix 5, wherein the display is switched to the display of the customer's product price input in the receiving means next to the customer corresponding to the product price being displayed on the display means.

(Appendix 7) The control means includes:
6. The product checkout system according to appendix 5, wherein the display is switched to a display prompting the customer to pay for the product price displayed on the display means.

(Appendix 8) The detection means includes:
Including issuing means to issue receipts to customers who have completed payment;
6. The product settlement system according to appendix 5, wherein the completion of payment is detected when a receipt is issued by the issuing means.

(Supplementary note 9) A product settlement system comprising a product registration device for registering the product amount of a product and a payment registration device for receiving payment of the product amount registered in the product registration device,
The product registration device
A receiving means for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Display means provided at a position visible from the customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device, and displaying the product amount input by the reception means for each customer;
And a control unit that causes the display unit to display a product amount of a product purchased by a customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device.

(Supplementary Note 10) A product settlement method in a product settlement system in which a customer pays a product amount when purchasing a product,
A reception process for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
And a control step of displaying a product amount of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying on a display medium that displays the product amount inputted in the reception step by customer. Product checkout method.

(Supplementary Note 11) The control step includes:
Determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment waiting for payment,
The product checkout method according to appendix 10, wherein if there is a customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination in the determination step, the amount of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment is displayed on the display medium. .

(Supplementary note 12) The control step includes
The product checkout method according to appendix 11, wherein the product amount input in the reception step is immediately displayed on the display medium when there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination in the determination step.

(Additional remark 13) It further has the read-out process which reads and deletes the amount of goods for every customer at the time of payment from the memory which memorizes the amount of goods inputted in the above-mentioned reception process for every customer,
The determination step includes
The product checkout method according to appendix 11, wherein when the product amount is stored in the memory, it is determined that there is a customer waiting for payment.

(Supplementary note 14)
Including a detection step to detect that the customer's payment has been completed,
Item 10. The method for adjusting a product according to appendix 10, wherein the display of the display medium is switched when payment is detected in the detection step.

(Supplementary note 15)
15. The product checkout method according to appendix 14, wherein the display is switched to the display of the customer's product price input in the reception step next to the customer corresponding to the product price being displayed on the display medium.

(Supplementary Note 16) The control process includes:
15. The merchandise settlement method according to appendix 14, wherein the display is switched to a display prompting a customer to pay for the merchandise value being displayed on the display medium.

(Supplementary Note 17) The detection step includes:
Including an issuance process for issuing receipts to customers who have completed payment;
Item 15. The method according to appendix 14, wherein the completion of payment is detected when a receipt is issued in the issuing step.

(Supplementary note 18) A product checkout program in a product checkout system in which a customer pays a product amount when purchasing a product,
A reception process for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Causing the computer to execute a control step of displaying a product amount of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying on a display medium that displays the product amount input in the reception step for each customer. A feature product checkout program.

(Supplementary note 19)
Determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment waiting for payment,
Item 18. The product checkout program according to appendix 18, wherein if there is a customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination in the determination step, the amount of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment is displayed on the display medium. .

(Supplementary note 20) The control step includes
The product settlement program according to appendix 19, wherein if there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the determination in the determination step, the product amount input in the reception step is immediately displayed on the display medium.

(Supplementary note 21) Further, the computer further executes a reading step of reading and deleting a commodity amount for each customer at the time of payment from a memory for storing the commodity amount inputted in the reception step for each customer,
The determination step includes
The product checkout program according to appendix 19, wherein when the product amount is stored in the memory, it is determined that there is a customer waiting for payment.

(Supplementary Note 22)
Including a detection step to detect that the customer's payment has been completed,
Item 19. The commodity settlement program according to appendix 18, wherein the display of the display medium is switched when payment is detected in the detection step.

(Supplementary Note 23) The control process includes:
23. The product checkout program according to appendix 22, wherein the display is switched to the display of the customer product amount input in the reception step next to the customer corresponding to the product amount being displayed on the display medium.

(Supplementary Note 24) The control process includes:
23. The commodity settlement program according to appendix 22, wherein the display is switched to a display prompting a customer to pay for the commodity amount being displayed on the display medium.

(Supplementary Note 25) The detection step includes
Including an issuance process for issuing receipts to customers who have completed payment;
Item 22. The commodity checkout program according to appendix 22, wherein the completion of payment is detected when a receipt is issued in the issuing step.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to the case where the efficiency of merchandise settlement is further improved and information on merchandise purchased by a customer is prevented from being seen by others.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the goods settlement system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the goods settlement system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the product registration apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the payment registration apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the goods checkout method which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure following FIG. It is a figure following FIG. It is a figure following FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the goods settlement system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the payment registration apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the product registration apparatus according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the goods checkout method which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure following FIG. It is a figure following FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Input operation part 102 Cumulative amount calculation part 103 Total amount registration part 104,301 Display control part 105 Shop surface display part 106 Payment waiting determination part 107 Customer surface display part 201 Payment waiting | standby data memory | storage part 202,401 Payment waiting | standby data reading part 203 Input Operation unit 204 Difference calculation unit 205 Display control unit 206 Display unit 207 Receipt issuing unit

Claims (8)

A product checkout system in which a customer pays for a product when purchasing a product,
A receiving means for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Display means for displaying the product amount inputted in the accepting means for each customer;
And a control means for causing the display means to display a product price of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying. The control means includes
Determining means for determining whether there is a customer waiting for payment waiting for payment;
2. The product checkout according to claim 1, wherein, when the result of determination by the determination means is that there is a customer waiting for payment, the display means displays the amount of the product purchased by the customer waiting for payment on the display means. system. The control means includes
3. The product settlement system according to claim 2, wherein if there is no customer waiting for payment as a result of the judgment by the judgment unit, the product amount inputted in the reception unit is immediately displayed on the display unit. The control means includes
Including detection means to detect that the customer's payment has been completed,
2. The commodity settlement system according to claim 1, wherein when the payment is detected by the detection unit, the display of the display unit is switched. The control means includes
5. The commodity settlement system according to claim 4, wherein the display is switched to a display prompting a customer to pay for the commodity amount displayed on the display means. A product settlement system comprising a product registration device for registering the product amount of a product and a payment registration device for accepting payment of the product amount registered in the product registration device,
The product registration device
A receiving means for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Display means provided at a position visible from the customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device, and displaying the product amount input by the reception means for each customer;
And a control unit that causes the display unit to display a product amount of a product purchased by a customer next to the customer who is paying in the payment registration device. A product checkout method in a product checkout system in which a customer pays for the product amount when purchasing a product,
A reception process for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
And a control step of displaying a product amount of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying on a display medium that displays the product amount inputted in the reception step by customer. Product checkout method. A product checkout program in a product checkout system in which a customer pays for the product amount when purchasing a product,
A reception process for accepting an input of a product price of a product purchased by a customer;
Causing the computer to execute a control step of displaying a product amount of a product purchased by a customer who pays next to a customer who is currently paying on a display medium that displays the product amount input in the reception step for each customer. A feature product checkout program.

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