JP2009129241A - Input device and input program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input device or the like capable of efficiently and accurately inputting numerical values, and allowing the rate of input numerical values to be recognized visually. <P>SOLUTION: The input device 1 for inputting the price of each commodity comprises a general price setting process unit 210 for displaying prices within a price range preset for each commodity, and accepting input; and a special price setting process unit 230 for displaying prices that are out of the price range on the same screen as the general price setting process unit 210, and accepting input if the general price setting process part 210 does not accept input. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an input device for inputting a price, and more particularly to an input device for performing an input operation so as to suppress an input error.

  There may be a case where a special sale price is set for an individual product on a special sale day at a supermarket or the like. At that time, the sale price of the day is input for each product from the screen of the POS system (Point Of Sales system). Usually, the price range of a product is set in the POS system, and when a price deviating from the price range is input, an alarm is displayed and an input error is often caused. However, for special products, prices may be set below the price range set only on special sales days. In that case, even if an alarm display appears, it is intentionally ignored. When input is performed while ignoring the alarm display, even if there is an input error such as a digit error, the alarm display is ignored, and there is a possibility that an error in the digit error will not be noticed.

  Specifically, for example, if a price range of 80 yen to 100 yen is set for the commodity A with a regular price of 100 yen, "70" is input when it is desired to sell at 70 yen on a special sale day. At this time, “70” is out of the range of the price range, so an alarm is displayed. Even if “7” is entered due to an input error, the same alarm as in the case of “70” will be displayed. There is a possibility that. Accordingly, there is a demand for a technique for inputting a price that is out of the set price range so that there is no mistake.

As a technique for specifying and inputting a numerical value accurately and quickly, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. The technique of Patent Document 1 is a numerical value input method in which an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a slider by a scale bar are displayed on a display, and an arbitrary numerical value is designated by a device such as a mouse between the upper limit value and the lower limit value. When a predetermined operation is performed by the specified device while the preset upper and lower limit values are displayed on the display, the upper limit value and lower limit value are changed to other values, and the upper limit value after the change is made In this method, an arbitrary numerical value is designated by a designated device by moving the slider between lower limit values.
JP 11-345056 A

  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 1, by changing the upper limit value and the lower limit value to other values, the change amount of the value relative to the movement change amount of the slider can be changed, and numerical values can be input in various ranges. Although it is possible, since the amount of movement of the slider changes for each set range, there is a problem that the operation of the operator is not uniformly determined and takes time. In particular, when there are many input items, if the range is changed for each item, an efficient input operation cannot be performed.

Moreover, it has the subject that it will become difficult to grasp | ascertain the ratio of the input numerical value visually by changing an upper limit and a lower limit.
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, an input device that can efficiently and accurately input numerical values, and can visually determine a ratio of input numerical values, and An object is to provide an input program.

(1. First input means and second input means)
The input device according to the present invention is an input device that inputs a price for each product, and includes a first input unit that displays a price within a price range set in advance for each product and receives the input; A second input means for displaying a price outside the range of the price range on the same screen as the first input means and receiving an input in a case other than the price range that cannot be input by one input means; It is to be prepared.

  As described above, in the present invention, when the first input unit that displays the price within the range of the price range set in advance for each product and receives the input, and the first input unit cannot input, The second input means for displaying the price outside the range of the price range on the same screen as the first input means and receiving the input is provided, so that the price can be input without performing special alarm processing or the like. In addition to being able to limit within the range of the price range, when inputting beyond the range of the price range, the price can be input by another input means, so the processing can be performed efficiently and accurately There is an effect that can be done.

  In addition, when performing input outside the price range, attention is drawn by the operation of shifting from the first input means to the second input means, reducing input mistakes in the second input means. Has the effect of making

(2. First display means)
In the input device according to the present invention, the ratio of the first input price to the fixed price and / or the cost of the product of the first input price that is adjacent to the first input means and is input by the first input means. First display means for displaying as a chart is provided.

  As described above, in the present invention, the ratio of the first input price to the list price and / or the cost of the commodity of the first input price that is adjacent to the first input means and is input by the first input means is represented as a chart. Since the first display means for displaying is provided, it is possible to visually confirm how much the price input by the first input means is relative to the list price and / or the cost. The effect is that the discount rate can be grasped at a glance.

(3. Second display means)
The input device according to the present invention is adjacent to the second input means, and is related to the cost of the product at the second input price input by the second input means and / or the lowest price in the price range of the product. A second display means for displaying the ratio of the second input price as a chart is provided.

As described above, in the present invention, the second input for the cost of the commodity at the second input price and / or the lowest price of the price range in the commodity adjacent to the second input means and input by the second input means. Since the second display means for displaying the price ratio as a chart is provided, it is possible to determine how much the price input by the second input means is relative to the lowest price in the price range of the cost and / or product. It can be visually confirmed, and the operator can grasp the discount rate at a glance.
Further, since the operator can visually grasp the discount rate, it is possible to surely prevent an extreme input error due to a digit error or the like.

(4. Variable adjustment of ratio)
The input device according to the present invention inputs the price by variably adjusting the ratio displayed as a chart on the first and / or second display means indicating the ratio.
In this way, in the present invention, since the price is input by variably adjusting the ratio displayed on the first and / or second display means, the price can be input visually according to the ratio. It is possible to increase the work efficiency.

(5. Variable ratio adjustment with slider bar)
In the input device according to the present invention, a slider bar is provided in the first and / or second display means for indicating the ratio, and variable adjustment of the ratio by the slider bar is performed step by step with a predetermined number of steps. It is.
As described above, in the present invention, since the variable adjustment of the ratio by the slider bar is performed step by step with a predetermined number of steps, it is possible to input a price visually, improve operability, and improve processing efficiency. There is an effect that it can be raised.

(6. Variable adjustment of the ratio in a lump)
An input device according to the present invention includes a master adjustment unit for collectively performing a variable adjustment of a ratio by a plurality of slider bars for each product, and is associated with the master adjustment unit according to the variable adjustment by the master adjustment unit. The price is entered by adjusting the ratio with the slider bar of each product.
As described above, the present invention includes the master adjustment means for collectively performing the variable adjustment of the ratio by the plurality of slider bars, and the slider bar associated with the master adjustment means according to the variable adjustment by the master adjustment means. Since the price is input by adjusting the ratio, it is possible to input the prices for a plurality of products in a lump, and the work efficiency can be greatly improved.

  Although the present invention has been shown as an apparatus so far, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, the present invention can also be understood as a method and a program. These outlines of the invention do not enumerate the features essential to the present invention, and a sub-combination of these features can also be an invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The present invention can be implemented in many different forms. Therefore, the present invention should not be construed based only on the description of the present embodiment. Also, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements throughout the present embodiment.

  In this embodiment, the apparatus will be mainly described. However, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, the present invention can be implemented as a system, a method, and a program for operating a computer. In addition, the present invention can be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware and software embodiments. The program can be recorded on any computer-readable medium such as a hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, optical storage device, or magnetic storage device. Furthermore, the program can be recorded on another computer via a network.

(First embodiment of the present invention)
(1. Configuration and function)
(1-1 Hardware configuration of input device)
FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of an input device according to the present embodiment. The input device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 103, a flash memory (Flash memory) 104, an external storage device HD (Hard disk) 105, a LAN (Local Area Network) card 106, mouse 107, keyboard 108, video card 109, display 109a which is a display device electrically connected to the video card 109, sound card 110, and sound electrically connected to the sound card 110 The output device includes a speaker 110a and a drive 111 that reads and writes storage media such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, and a DVD-ROM.
Note that the above hardware configuration is merely an example, and it is natural that the components can be changed.

(1-2 Module configuration and functions of input device)
FIG. 2 is a module configuration diagram of the input device according to the present embodiment. The input device 1 includes a general price setting processing unit 210 as a first input unit, a discount rate calculation processing unit 220, a special price setting processing unit 230 as a second input unit, a first display unit and a first display unit. And a display control unit 240 that controls display information displayed on the two display means.

The general price setting processing unit 210 performs processing for setting a price within a preset price range.
The special price setting processing unit 230 performs processing for setting a price outside the range of a preset price range. The preset price range is a price range in which the lower limit value is the minimum price at which the sales profit of the product can be obtained and the upper limit value is a fixed price.

The price range is a range that can be arbitrarily set by the operator, and the upper limit value and the lower limit value are not limited to the above settings. For example, depending on the store that sells the product, the lower limit value may be set as the cost, or may be set to an arbitrary value.
Also, the upper limit value and the lower limit value may be set as a ratio. For example, the lower limit value may be set to a fixed price of 3 discounts.

  The discount addition / subtraction calculation processing unit 220 performs a process of calculating how much the price set by the general price setting processing unit 210 and the special price setting processing unit 230 is discounted from the reference price. The reference price is an upper limit value of a preset price range, and can be arbitrarily set by the operator as described above.

The display control unit 240 performs processing to display and control the price set by the general price setting processing unit 210 and the special price setting processing unit 230 and the discount addition / subtraction information calculated by the discount addition / subtraction calculation processing unit 220 on the display unit 202.
The discount addition / subtraction calculation processing unit 220 is not an essential component and may be omitted from the component.

(2. Operation)
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the input apparatus according to this embodiment. First, the general price setting processing unit 210 receives and displays the general price input from the first input unit (step S301). The general price is a price within a preset price range. The discount addition / subtraction operation processing unit 220 calculates the discount for the regular price (or the upper limit of the price range) of the displayed general price, and displays the discount addition / subtraction as a chart (step S302). The display by the chart is a display by a graph or a table so that the discount can be visually confirmed at a glance. It is determined whether or not the input price is within the price range (step S303). If it is within the price range, the price is determined as it is (step S308), and the process is terminated. If the input price is out of the price range, the display area is changed to the second input unit (step S304). The special price setting processing unit 230 receives and displays the special price input from the second input unit (step S305). The special price is a price outside the range of a preset price range. The discount addition / subtraction operation processing unit 220 calculates the discount for the displayed special price (or the lower limit of the price range), and displays the discount as a chart (step S306). It is determined whether or not to determine with the displayed special price (step S307). If not determined, the process returns to step S305 to input the special price again. If so, the price is determined (step S308), and the process ends.

Note that the process of calculating and displaying discounts in steps S302 and S306 is not an essential process and may be omitted.
Further, only the process of step S302 may be performed and the process of step S306 may be omitted, or only the process of step S306 may be performed and the process of step S302 may be omitted, or both processes may be performed. Also good.

  Furthermore, as a price input method, a value may be directly input using a keyboard, or a slider bar may be slid with a mouse, or a price may be selected and input from a pull-down menu. In particular, in the case of a slider bar, the price can be input by variably adjusting the discount amount, so that work can be performed efficiently.

  Here, the operation of the input device will be described more specifically. FIG. 4 is a diagram specifically showing the operation of the input device according to the present embodiment. 4 (a) shows a case where discounts are not displayed as a chart, FIG. 4 (b) shows a case where only the general price is displayed as a chart, and FIG. 4 (c) shows a general price and special price. This shows the case where discounts for prices are displayed as a chart. Here, it is assumed that the price of Chinese cabbage and cabbage is set. The price range of Chinese cabbage is set to 50 yen to 100 yen (list price of 100 yen), and the price range of cabbage is set to 70 yen to 120 yen (list price of 120 yen) to determine each selling price. As a special sale day, Chinese cabbage is set at 48 yen and cabbage at 75 yen.

  In the case of FIG. 4A, the price that can be input to the first input unit 410 is 50 to 150 yen for Chinese cabbage, so when inputting 48 yen less than that, the second input unit 411 is input. The input area needs to be changed. When one operation of changing the input area is input to the second input unit 411, attention is drawn when inputting to the second input unit 411, and an effect of preventing an input error is achieved. In the case of cabbage, since 75 yen is within the price range, it can be input to the first input unit 412, and there is no need to change the input area. Further, by making it possible to input only values within the price range to the first input unit 412, it is possible to prevent a large input error such as a digit difference.

  In the case of FIG. 4B, the first input units 420 and 422 are configured to input with a slider bar, and input with a mouse is possible. As in the case of FIG. 4A, a price in the range of 50 to 150 yen can be input to the first input unit 420, and a price in the range of 70 to 120 yen can be input to the first input unit 422. You can enter a price. In the case of Chinese cabbage, when inputting 48 yen, first, the slider bar of the first input unit 420 is moved to the lowest price (right end position). By doing so, the second input unit 421 becomes active and the cursor moves. The second input unit 421 can input 48 yen using a keyboard. Also here, when one operation of moving the slider bar is performed when changing the input area, attention is drawn when inputting to the second input unit 421, and an effect of preventing an input error is obtained. In the case of cabbage, since 75 yen is within the price range, it can be input to the first input unit 422, and there is no need to change the input area. Moreover, since the ratio of the input price with respect to the upper limit of the price range can be input while visually confirming, the input operation can be performed efficiently.

In the case of FIG.4 (c), all the input parts 430, 431, 432, and 433 are the structures input by a slider bar. As in the case of FIG. 4B, a price in the range of 50 to 150 yen can be input to the first input unit 430, and a price in the range of 70 to 120 yen can be input to the first input unit 432. You can enter a price. In the case of Chinese cabbage, when inputting 48 yen, first, the slider bar of the first input unit 430 is moved to the lowest price (right end position). By doing so, the slider bar of the second input unit 431 becomes active. Similarly, the second input unit 431 can input 48 yen by moving the slider bar with the mouse. Also here, when one operation of moving the slider bar is performed when changing the input area, attention is drawn when inputting to the second input unit 431, and an effect of preventing an input error is obtained. In the case of cabbage, since 75 yen is within the price range, it can be input to the first input unit 432 and there is no need to change the input area. Moreover, since the ratio of the input price with respect to the upper limit of the price range can be input while visually confirming, the input operation can be performed efficiently.
In the input using the slider bar, the slider bar is moved with the mouse to perform the input. However, the numerical value may be input using the keyboard.

The price input by the slider bar in FIGS. 4B and 4C may be performed in units of one yen, or may be performed in a predetermined ratio or a predetermined amount. For example, the number of steps is set to 5 in advance, and the discount level is increased for each step. If the list price is 298 yen, move the slider bar as follows: 278 yen (step 1) → 268 yen (step 2) → 250 yen (step 3) → 198 yen (step 4) → 147 yen (step 5 = lower limit) Let If you want to set in units of 1 yen, enter the price using the keyboard and move the slider bar to the position corresponding to the price.
In the case where the predetermined steps are set in advance as described above, the price may be selected from the pull-down menu without using the slider bar.

  As described above, according to the input device according to the embodiment, the first input unit that receives the input by displaying the price within the range of the price range set in advance for each product, and the input by the first input unit If there is a second input means for displaying the price outside the price range on the same screen as the first input means and accepting the input when the first input means is not possible, the price can be obtained without performing special alarm processing or the like. Can be limited within the range of the price range, and when the input is made beyond the range of the price range, the price can be input by another input means.

In addition, when performing input outside the price range, attention is drawn by the operation of shifting from the first input means to the second input means, reducing input mistakes in the second input means. Furthermore, it is possible to visually confirm how much the input price is relative to the upper limit value or the lower limit value of the price range, and the operator can grasp the discount rate at a glance.

Furthermore, since the operator can visually grasp the discount rate, it is possible to reliably prevent an extreme input error due to a digit error or the like.
Furthermore, since the price is input by variably adjusting the ratio, the price can be input visually according to the ratio, and the work efficiency can be improved.
Furthermore, since the variable adjustment of the ratio by the slider bar is performed step by step with a predetermined number of steps, it is possible to input the price visually, improve the operability, and increase the processing efficiency.

(Other embodiments)
(1. Batch input)
The input device according to the present invention can collectively input prices. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which prices are input collectively. The operator selects products to be collectively input from the list, and checks the selection area 510. Here, it is assumed that other than lettuce and tomato are selected. When the slider bar of the master input unit 500 is variably adjusted, the price of the product checked in the selection area 510 is input accordingly. Here, the input value of the master input unit 500 is set to step 4. Items other than lettuce and tomato are also input and displayed at the price in step 4.

Note that the selection region 510 may or may not be provided. A group for batch input may be registered in advance, or batch input may be performed for each type of product.
As described above, the input device according to the embodiment includes the master adjustment unit for collectively performing the variable adjustment of the ratio by the plurality of slider bars, and associates with the master adjustment unit according to the variable adjustment by the master adjustment unit. Since the entered slider bar adjusts the ratio and inputs the price, it is possible to input the prices for a plurality of products all at once, and the working efficiency can be greatly improved.

(2. Graph display)
The input device according to the present invention displays it as a chart in order to show whether the price is discounted. One form of chart is the slider bar described above, but graphs and shades of color can also be used. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of displaying discount adjustment. In FIG. 6A, a graph is displayed below the input unit. The graph is divided into two regions, and the color of the arrow is different in each region. The left area shows the discount of the price input to the first input unit, and the right area shows the discount of the price input to the second input unit. In this way, the visual display allows the operator to confirm at a glance whether the price is discounted or not, as well as relatively confirm the discount for each product. And products with extreme discounts can be instantly recognized.

  In addition, when displaying a graph in this way, it is not necessary to provide a slider bar, and a configuration in which a price can be input with an arrow of the graph may be adopted. Moreover, you may enable it to input a price directly with a keyboard.

  In FIG. 6B, discount adjustment is shown in the background of the input unit. The higher the percentage of the entered price, the darker the color is displayed. In this case as well, the visual display allows the operator to confirm at a glance whether the price is discounted or not, as well as relatively confirming the discount for each product. It is possible to instantly recognize products with bias or extreme discounts.

In this case as well, it is not necessary to provide a slider bar, and the price may be input by changing the boundary of the background color. Moreover, you may enable it to input a price directly with a keyboard.
Moreover, you may make it display a ratio with a numerical value instead of a chart.

(3. Layout display)
An example of an application for visually displaying discounts will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of application in the case where discounts are visually displayed. FIG. 7 shows the layout of the entire store, and the shades of color differ from corner to corner. This indicates that the shading indicates the discount, and the darker the color, the greater the discount rate. On this day, the color of the special sale corner is the darkest, so the discount is large (for example, discount rate 40%), and vegetables and beverages are the second largest (for example, discount rate 30%), meat and fish Has a small discount (for example, a discount rate of 0.5%). The side dishes have different discounts depending on the time of day. Since it is sold at half price due to the expiration date, the shade changes depending on the time zone. Sweets, seasonings and processed products are sold at a fixed price without discount.

  Stores can use this layout diagram as a tool to decide what to sell the next day and to help increase store sales by linking customer flow with discounts. On the other hand, by showing this layout diagram to the customer, it is possible to select the products to be purchased on the same day while confirming which part has the most discount.

  Although the present invention has been described with the above embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the embodiments, and various modifications or improvements can be added to these embodiments. . And embodiment which added such a change or improvement is also contained in the technical scope of the present invention. This is apparent from the claims and the means for solving the problems.

It is a hardware block diagram of the input device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a module block diagram of the input device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the input device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is the figure which showed concretely operation | movement of the input device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows a mode that a price is input collectively. It is the figure which showed the other example which displays discount adjustment. It is a figure which shows an example of the application at the time of displaying a discount adjustment visually.

Explanation of symbols

1 Input device 101 CPU
102 RAM
103 ROM
104 Flash memory 105 HD
106 LAN card 107 Mouse 108 Keyboard 109 Video card 109a Display 110 Sound card 110a Speaker 111 Drive 201 Input data 202 Display means 210 General price setting processing unit 220 Discount addition / subtraction operation processing unit 230 Special price setting processing unit 240 Display control unit 500 Master input Part 510 Selection area

Claims (8)

In the input device that inputs the price for each product,
First input means for accepting an input by displaying a price within a price range set in advance for each product;
Second input means for accepting input by displaying a price outside the range of the price range on the same screen as the first input means when the price is not in the price range that cannot be input by the first input means. An input device comprising: The input device according to claim 1,
A first display that is adjacent to the first input means and displays a ratio of the first input price to the fixed price and / or cost of the first input price inputted by the first input means as a chart. An input device comprising means. The input device according to claim 1 or 2,
The chart of the cost of the product of the second input price that is adjacent to the second input means and input by the second input means and / or the ratio of the second input price to the lowest price in the price range of the product An input device comprising: a second display means for displaying as: The input device according to claim 2 or 3,
An input device characterized in that a price is input by variably adjusting a ratio displayed as a chart on the first and / or second display means indicating the ratio. The input device according to claim 4,
The first and / or second display means indicating the ratio is provided with a slider bar,
An input device characterized in that the variable adjustment of the ratio by the slider bar is performed stepwise by a predetermined number of steps. The input device according to claim 5, wherein
Master adjustment means for performing variable adjustment of the ratio by multiple slider bars for each product at once,
An input device, wherein a price is input by adjusting a ratio with a slider bar of each product associated with the master adjustment unit according to a variable adjustment by the master adjustment unit. In an input program for executing a computer to receive a price input for each product as input information and set the received input information as a price of the product,
A first input procedure for receiving input information displayed by displaying a price within a range of a price range set in advance for each product;
The price of the first input price input in the first input procedure is displayed as a chart with the price and / or the ratio of the first input price to the cost, and the price displayed by variably adjusting the ratio displayed as the chart A first price determination procedure for determining
When input is not possible in the first input procedure, input information displayed by displaying a price outside the price range on the same screen as the input area input in the first input procedure is input. An input program for causing a computer to execute a second input procedure to be received. The input program according to claim 7,
The cost of the product at the second input price entered in the second input procedure and / or the ratio of the second input price to the lowest price in the price range of the product are displayed as a chart, and the ratio displayed as the chart An input program for causing a computer to execute a second price determining procedure for variably adjusting the price to determine the price.

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