JP2012053569A - Merchandise information processing device, program and settlement device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a new merchandise (unregistered merchandise) from being added as a merchandise to be purchased after a temporary registration.SOLUTION: A merchandise information processing device includes a reading control part 61a for reading a merchandise code of a merchandise, a temporary registration information generation part 61c for generating temporary registration information where the merchandise code of the merchandise read by the reading control part 61a is at least registered, an information code generation part 61d for generating information code through coding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generation part 61c by a specified coding system, a measured value reading part for reading a measure value of a merchandise to be purchased by controlling a meter, and an output control part 61e for printing the information code generated by the information code generation part 61d and the measured value of the merchandise on a sheet of paper by controlling a printer.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a commodity information processing apparatus, a program, and a settlement apparatus.

  Conventionally, a product to be purchased is provisionally registered (counted) by a device different from the POS terminal, and an information code of provisional registration information corresponding to the provisional registration content is printed on a piece of paper as a two-dimensional code. A system in which a code is read and processing such as settlement is performed is known. In this system, a customer takes a piece of paper together with a product to be purchased to a POS terminal for settlement after provisional registration.

  In this type of system, it is desirable to suppress the addition of new products (unregistered products) as products planned for purchase after provisional registration.

  In the product information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the reading control unit that reads the product code of the product, and the information on the product that includes at least the product code read by the reading control unit as temporary registration information A temporary registration information generating unit to generate, an information code generating unit for generating an information code by encoding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generating unit using a predetermined encoding method, and a measurement value of the product One of the features includes a measurement value reading unit to be read, and an output control unit that outputs the information code generated by the measurement value reading unit and the measurement value of the product.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a merchandise sales information processing system including a merchandise information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a mobile terminal as a product information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mobile terminal of FIG. 2 viewed from another angle. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a key portion of the mobile terminal of FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a mobile terminal as a product information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a CPU of a mobile terminal as a product information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a payment apparatus included in the merchandise sales information processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a piece of paper printed by the product information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of a piece of paper printed by the product information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that similar components are included in the following embodiments. Therefore, below, the same code | symbol is provided to those similar components, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

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As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the merchandise sales information processing system 1 is configured as a store system, and includes a store server 2 and a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal 3. The store server 2 and the POS terminal 3 are electrically connected via an electric communication line 4 such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

  In addition, the product sales information processing system 1 of the present embodiment includes a pre-processing system 5. The pre-processing system 5 includes a portable device that can change the place of use relatively easily, and includes a portable terminal 6, a portable printer 7, and a measuring instrument 8 as a product information processing apparatus. Communication is performed between the communication device 9 and the portable terminal 6, between the portable terminal 6 and the portable printer 7, and between the portable terminal 6 and the measuring instrument 8 by radio (for example, wireless LAN or infrared communication). . Note that the mobile terminal 6 can also be configured as a terminal that integrally includes a printer. In addition, each component of the pre-processing system 5 can be wired.

  The pre-processing system 5 can tentatively register (count) a product (scheduled purchase product) that a customer intends to purchase. Therefore, for example, in a situation where many customers are waiting in front of the POS terminal 3 such as in the evening crowded, the operator uses the pre-processing system 5 to preliminarily register the products to be purchased. Thus, the POS terminal 3 can use the temporary registration information (scheduled purchase product information) indicating the contents of the temporary registration to omit the registration work of the planned purchase product by the operator. Therefore, the processing time at the POS terminal 3 can be shortened and the waiting time of the customer can be reduced. The POS terminal 3 corresponds to a payment apparatus. Moreover, in this embodiment, since the pre-processing system 5 is comprised by the portable apparatus, the operator can perform preparation and withdrawal of the temporary pre-processing system 5 comparatively easily. Since the POS terminal 3 also has a function of registering a purchase planned product, it is possible to register a purchase planned product that has not been provisionally registered in the preprocessing system 5, and can be provisionally registered in the preprocessing system 5. It is also possible to register a product that has not been registered, or to register a product to be purchased again when some inconvenience occurs although provisional registration has already been performed in the preprocessing system 5.

  In the present embodiment, the content of the product scheduled for purchase temporarily registered by the pre-processing system 5 is an information code (for example, a one-dimensional code, a two-dimensional code) recorded on a medium (for example, a piece of paper 10, 10A, etc., see FIGS. 8 and 9). Code) or the like). That is, the pre-processing system 5 has a function of temporarily registering a product scheduled for purchase and a function of outputting an information code indicating the content to a medium. When using a piece of paper as a medium, the portable terminal 6 is responsible for the function of temporarily registering the product to be purchased, and the portable printer 7 is responsible for the function of printing out the information code on the piece of paper. For example, the customer goes to the POS terminal 3 with a piece of paper (receipt) 10, 10 A together with the product to be purchased that has been provisionally registered in the preprocessing system 5, and delivers the piece of paper 10, 10 A to the operator of the POS terminal 3. The POS terminal 3 reads the information code printed on the paper pieces 10 and 10A according to the operation of the operator, reads the contents of the purchase planned product, and performs the sales registration process and the settlement process of the purchase planned product.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 6 is configured as a mobile information processing terminal operated by an operator (such as a store clerk). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the mobile terminal 6 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance and is configured so that an operator can operate it with one hand.

  The portable terminal 6 has a housing 6a that forms an outer shell. As shown in FIG. 2, a display 6b such as a liquid crystal display, a key portion 6c, and the like are provided on the front side of the housing 6a. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a scanner 6d, a battery 6e, and the like are provided on the back side of the housing 6a. The scanner 6d is disposed on the back side of the recess 6f. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, trigger switches 6g and 6h are provided at the central portions of the left and right side surfaces of the housing 6a. The operator can instruct to start or stop reading of the product code (information code given to the product) by the scanner 6d by operating these trigger switches 6g and 6h. In addition, a light projecting / receiving window 6i of a first wireless communication interface (I / F) 62e (see FIG. 5) is provided at the lower part of the left side surface of the housing 6a.

  The battery 6e is detachably attached to the lower part of the back surface of the housing 6a. The operator can remove the battery 6e from the housing 6a by operating a release switch 6j provided at the lower part of the right side surface of the housing 6a. The portable terminal 6 operates with the power of the battery 6e.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the key unit 6c includes a numeric key 6c1 including a value number key of “0” to “9” and a decimal point key, an enter key 6c2, a backspace key 6c3, a clear key 6c4, a shift key 6c5, a power key. 6c6, first magic key 6c7, second magic key 6c8, and the like.

  The scanner 6d optically reads a product code (for example, a one-dimensional code such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code). For example, a commodity code as commodity identification information is given to each commodity in the form of a barcode.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the portable terminal 6 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 61, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 62a, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 62b, an NVRAM (Non Volatile Ram) 62c, and a clock unit 62d. , A first wireless communication interface (I / F) 62e, a second wireless communication interface (I / F) 62f, a scanner controller 62g, a display controller 62h, a key controller 62i, and the like. These constituent elements are electrically connected to each other via a bus line 62j such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The CPU 61 controls the portable terminal 6 by executing various computer-readable programs stored in the ROM 62a or the like. The ROM 62a stores various data executed by the CPU 61, various programs (BIOS (Basic Input Output System) program, application program, device driver program, etc.) and the like. The RAM 62b temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU 61 executes various programs. The NVRAM 62c can store various data such as a key (data) described later even when the power is turned off.

  In the present embodiment, the program for the portable terminal 6 includes a module for reading the product code by controlling the scanner controller 62g and the scanner 6d, a module for generating planned purchase product information as temporary registration information, planned purchase product information, and the like. A module for generating an information code by encoding, a module for reading the measured value of the product to be purchased by controlling the measuring instrument 8, a module for printing out the information code, the measured value, other information, and the like are included. Therefore, the CPU 61 of the mobile terminal 6 follows the program as shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 6, the reading control unit 61 a, the measuring instrument control unit 61 b, the information generation unit 61 c, the information code generation unit (encoding unit) 61 d, and output control. It operates as the unit 61e. The information generation unit 61c corresponds to a temporary registration information generation unit. The measuring instrument control unit 61b corresponds to a measurement value reading unit.

  Further, the clock unit 62d shown in FIG. 5 measures the current date and time. The first wireless communication interface 62 e controls data communication with the portable printer 7. The second wireless communication interface 62f controls data communication with the communication device 9. As these communication methods, various methods can be adopted.

  The scanner controller 62g receives a data signal read by the scanner 6d and sends it to the CPU 61. The display controller 62h controls the display 6b to display an image (including characters and numbers) corresponding to the data received from the CPU 61. The key controller 62 i receives signals output from the key unit 6 c and the trigger switches 6 g and 6 h and sends them to the CPU 61.

  The portable printer 7 prints data received from the portable terminal 6 on paper. The portable printer 7 can be configured as, for example, a thermal printer that prints on a belt-like paper drawn from a paper roll. The portable printer 7 is provided with a cutter (not shown), and an operator can obtain a piece of paper on which an image is printed by cutting the strip-shaped paper on which data is printed with the cutter. Further, the portable printer 7 can also have a function of cutting the belt-like paper. In the present embodiment, the portable printer 7 is a piece of paper 10 on which an information code (for example, a two-dimensional code) in which data indicating a product to be purchased temporarily registered in the portable terminal 6 is encoded as described above is printed (see FIG. 8) is created.

  7, the POS terminal 3 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 32a, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 32b, a clock unit 32c, an I / O (Input / Output). ) Port 32d, network interface 32g, keyboard controller 32h, touch panel controller 32i, display controller 32j, printer controller 32k, scanner controllers 32m and 32n, storage device controller 32p, measuring instrument controller 32q, and the like. As shown in FIG. 7, these components are connected to each other via a bus line 32r such as an address bus or a data bus.

  The CPU 31 controls the POS terminal 3 by executing various computer-readable programs stored in the ROM 32a or the like. The ROM 32a stores various data executed by the CPU 31, various programs (BIOS program, application program, device driver program, etc.) and the like. The RAM 32b temporarily stores data and programs when the CPU 31 executes various programs.

  In the present embodiment, the program for the POS terminal 3 includes a module that reads the information code 10a, a module that decodes (decodes) the information code 10a in a predetermined encoding format, and a weighing device 33i to control the weighing of a product to be purchased. A module for reading a value, whether the current measured value (measured value at the POS terminal 3) of the measured value is compared with a previous measured value (measured value at the pre-processing system 5), and whether or not settlement is possible A module for performing a sales registration process, a module for performing a settlement process, and the like. Therefore, the CPU 31 of the POS terminal 3 operates as an information code reading unit, an encoding unit, a measuring instrument control unit (measurement value reading unit) 31a, a determination unit 31b, a sales registration unit, a settlement unit, and the like according to a program ( (Other than the measuring instrument control unit 31a and the determination unit 31b are not shown).

  Further, the clock unit 32c measures the current date and time. The I / O port 32d inputs a mode selection signal from the mode switch 32e and outputs a signal to a drawer opening device 32f that automatically opens a drawer (not shown). The network interface (I / F) 32g controls data communication with other devices connected through the telecommunication line 4 or the like. The keyboard controller 32h receives a key signal corresponding to the operation key from the keyboard 33a and sends it to the CPU 31. The touch panel controller 32 i controls the customer display 33 c to display an image corresponding to the data received from the CPU 31, and receives a signal from the touch panel sensor 33 b provided on the display 33 c and sends it to the CPU 31. The display controller 32j controls the operator display 33d to display an image or the like corresponding to the data received from the CPU 31. The printer controller 32k controls the receipt / journal (R / J) printer 33e to perform receipt printing and journal printing based on data supplied from the CPU 31. The scanner controllers 32m and 32n receive data signals read by the barcode scanner 33f or the CCD scanner 33g and send them to the CPU 31.

  The storage device controller 32p controls writing and reading of data to and from the storage device 33h as a nonvolatile storage unit based on an instruction signal from the CPU 31. The storage device 33h stores various data in addition to an OS (Operating System) program, an application program, a device driver program, and the like.

  The measuring instrument controller 32q controls the measuring instrument 33i based on an instruction signal from the CPU 31, and receives a measured value from the measuring instrument 33i and sends it to the CPU 31.

  As described above, in the merchandise sales information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, as shown in FIGS. A piece of paper 10, 10A on which an information code (for example, a two-dimensional code) 10a encoded with information is printed is created.

  That is, at the time of provisional registration of a product to be purchased, in the pre-processing system 5, first, the CPU 61 of the mobile terminal 6 operates as the reading control unit 61a to control the scanner 6d to read the product code of the product to be purchased. Next, the CPU 61 operates as the information generation unit 61c, and generates planned purchase product information including a serial number (No.), the read product code, quantity, additional information, and the like. The purchase planned product information may be data in which serial numbers, product codes, quantities, additional information, etc. for each of a plurality of products are listed in a predetermined order (for example, read order). Further, the additional information is, for example, discount information or point information. Additional information and numerical values can also be input by operating the key portion 6c. Further, the purchase planned product information can include header information including the number of products, the data size of the purchase planned product information, the creation time of the purchase planned product information, the expiration date of the purchase planned product information, and the like. When the expiration date (for example, 20 minutes) of the planned purchase product information is set, the POS terminal 3 treats the planned purchase product information that has passed the expiration date as invalid and does not handle it. Next, the CPU 61 of the portable terminal 6 operates as the information code generation unit 61d, and encodes the purchase planned product information in a predetermined encoding format to generate the information code 10a.

  In the pre-processing system 5, the CPU 61 of the portable terminal 6 operates as the measuring instrument control unit 61b to control the measuring instrument 8, and reads the measured value of the product to be purchased. At this time, the measuring instrument control unit 61b may read a measurement value including a container such as a basket in which the commodity to be purchased is placed, or may read a measurement value of the contents of the commodity to be purchased obtained by subtracting the weight of the weighed container. . However, the POS terminal 3 can recognize whether the weight of the container is included or not included by setting it in advance or by including it in the planned purchase product information encoded in the information code 10a. It has become.

  Next, the CPU 61 operates as the output control unit 61e, and, as shown in FIG. 8, the information code 10a, the measured value of the product to be purchased (images indicating characters, symbols, numerical values, etc.) 10b, etc. Print an image containing. At this time, when the mobile terminal 6 communicates with the store server 2 or the like, the CPU 61 calculates the total price of the products scheduled for purchase and controls the mobile printer 7 to print the total price on the paper piece 10. it can. The customer takes the piece of paper 10 created in this way to the POS terminal 3 together with the product to be purchased (actual) put in the container.

  As described above, on the paper piece 10 output from the portable printer 7, as shown in FIG. 8, the measured value 10b of the product scheduled for purchase is printed. By printing the measurement value 10b in this way, the customer can recognize that the product to be purchased is managed by its weight (measurement value).

  In the POS terminal 3, the CPU 31 controls the CCD scanner 33g to read the information code 10a printed on the piece of paper 10. Then, the CPU 31 decodes (decodes) the read information code 10a to obtain purchase planned product information.

  In the POS terminal 3, the operator visually recognizes the measured value 10b printed on the paper piece 10, and inputs the measured value 10b using the keyboard 33a or the like. Thereby, CPU31 obtains the measured value in the pre-processing system 5 of the purchase plan goods which the customer brought.

  Further, the CPU 31 of the POS terminal 3 operates as the measuring instrument control unit 31a, and controls the measuring instrument 33i to read the measured value of the commodity to be purchased (measured value at the POS terminal 3) brought by the customer.

  The CPU 31 of the POS terminal 3 operates as the determination unit 31b, and the measurement value received from the measuring instrument control unit 31a (measurement value at the POS terminal 3) and the measurement value input from the keyboard 33a (preprocessing system 5). If the difference between them is within a predetermined range, it is determined that there is no product added to the product scheduled for purchase and that the product is valid (can be settled).

  When it is determined that the determination unit 31b is valid (settlement is possible), the CPU 31 operates as a sales registration unit and a settlement unit, and performs sales registration (main registration) based on the planned purchase product information obtained by decoding the information code 10a. ) And settlement. On the other hand, if the determination unit 31b determines that the payment is invalid (impossible to settle), the CPU 31 controls the displays 33c and 33d, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like (not shown) to indicate that the data is invalid and purchase. A message indicating that the scheduled product registration process is to be executed anew (to restart the POS terminal 3) is output as a display or voice. After the sales registration is redone, the POS terminal 3 executes settlement or the like. If it is determined that the transaction is invalid (payment is impossible), the process at the POS terminal 3 can be stopped and the preliminary processing system 5 can execute the temporary registration process again.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the customer can recognize that the product to be purchased is managed by its weight (metric value) by printing the measured value 10b on the paper piece 10. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the period from when the customer receives the provisional registration process at the preprocessing system 5 to when the customer receives the settlement process at the POS terminal 3, that is, from the position of the preprocessing system 5 to the position of the POS terminal 3. The customer can be prevented from adding an unregistered product to the product planned for purchase (the container containing the product) before moving to. If it is found that a product has been added after provisional registration at the POS terminal 3, registration (counting) of the product scheduled for purchase is executed again at the POS terminal 3. It will be damaged. In this regard, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the advantage of the preprocessing system 5 from being impaired. In addition, according to the present embodiment, there is an advantage that unauthorized take-out of products can be suppressed.

  In addition, display information 10c is printed on the piece of paper 10A in FIG. The display information 10c can be printed on the piece of paper 10A together with the information code 10a and the measurement value 10b by the CPU 61 of the portable terminal 6 operating as the output control unit 61e. Data of the display information 10c is stored in a storage unit such as the ROM 62a and the NVRAM 62c. According to this example, the display information 10c can be directly shown to the customer not to add the product, so that the advantage of the preprocessing system 5 can be further suppressed.

  Further, when the CPU 61 of the portable terminal 6 operates as the information code generation unit 61d, it can generate the information code 10a by encoding the measurement value together with the purchase planned product information. In this case, the CPU 31 of the POS terminal 3 can obtain the measurement value together with the planned purchase product information by decoding the information code 10a, so that it is not necessary for the operator to input the measurement value in the preprocessing system 5. Further, in that case, printing of the measured value 10b on the paper pieces 10 and 10A can be omitted. Even if the measurement value 10b is not printed, it is possible to determine whether the product is valid or invalid by comparing the weight (measurement value) of the product to be purchased at the POS terminal 3, and to suppress illegal take-out of the product. Can do. However, in this case, since the effect of suppressing the addition of the product to the customer cannot be obtained by printing the measurement value 10b, display information 10c indicating that the addition of the product by the customer is suppressed is printed on the paper pieces 10 and 10A. It is preferable to keep it. Note that the CPU 61 of the portable terminal 6 may generate a measurement value information code (not shown) separately from the information code 10a of the planned purchase product information and print it on a piece of paper.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, the merchandise sales information processing system may include a preprocessing device as a merchandise information processing device including a printer, instead of the preprocessing system of the above embodiment. In addition, the specifications (method, structure, shape, size, etc.) of each component (product sales processing system, pre-processing system, product information processing device, portable terminal, scanner, measuring instrument, printer, paper piece, payment device, POS terminal, etc.) The arrangement, position, number, etc.) can be changed as appropriate.

  According to the embodiment, it is possible to suppress the addition of a new product (unregistered product) as a purchase planned product after provisional registration.

3 ... POS terminal (settlement device)
6 ... Mobile terminal (product information processing device)
7 ... Portable printer (printer)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,10A ... Paper piece 10a ... Information code 10b ... Measurement value 10c ... Display information 61a ... Reading control part 61b ... Measuring instrument control part (measurement value reading part)
61c ... Information generation unit (temporary registration information generation unit)
61d: Information code generation unit 61e: Output control unit

JP 2004-102423 A

Claims (6)

A reading control unit for reading the product code of the product;
A temporary registration information generating unit that generates information of the product including at least the product code read by the reading control unit as temporary registration information;
An information code generator for generating an information code by encoding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generator by a predetermined encoding method;
A measurement value reading unit for reading the measurement value of the product;
An output control unit for outputting the information code generated by the measurement value reading unit and the measurement value of the product;
A product information processing apparatus comprising:   The information code generation unit generates an information code by encoding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generation unit and the measurement value read by the measurement value reading unit using a predetermined encoding method. The product information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the product information processing apparatus is a product information processing apparatus. A reading control unit for reading the product code of the product;
A temporary registration information generating unit that generates information of the product including at least the product code read by the reading control unit as temporary registration information;
A measurement value reading unit for reading the measurement value of the product;
An information code generation unit that generates an information code by encoding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generation unit and the measurement value read by the measurement value reading unit using a predetermined encoding method;
An output control unit for outputting the information code generated by the measurement value reading unit;
A product information processing apparatus comprising: A reading control unit for reading the product code of the product;
A temporary registration information generating unit that generates information of the product including at least the product code read by the reading control unit as temporary registration information;
An information code generator for generating an information code by encoding the temporary registration information generated by the temporary registration information generator by a predetermined encoding method;
An output control unit that outputs display information indicating that the information code generated by the measurement value reading unit and addition of a product by a customer are suppressed;
A product information processing apparatus comprising:   A computer is caused to function as the reading control unit, the provisional registration information generation unit, the information code generation unit, the measurement value reading unit, and the output control unit of the commodity information processing device according to claim 1 or 2. A program characterized by   A settlement apparatus that performs a settlement process by reading an information code output by the product information processing apparatus according to claim 1.

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