JP2012208888A - Pos terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print an easily viewable receipt corresponding to the age of a customer who has purchased merchandise.SOLUTION: Disclosed is the POS terminal equipment including: an accounting processing part 52 for performing the accounting processing of sales data including the merchandise name, the number and price of merchandise which a customer has purchased; an age acquisition part 60 for acquiring age data relating to the age of the customer; a setting part 62 for setting the font size and layout in accordance with the age data acquired by the age acquisition part 60; a print data creation part 56 for applying the font size and layout set by the setting part 62 to accounting data to which the accounting processing has been performed by the accounting processing part 52, and for creating receipt print data to be printed on a receipt; and a print data output part 58 for outputting the receipt print data to a printer 19.

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal device that processes product sales data at a cash register of a store or the like.

  When the merchandise accounting process is completed at the store cash register, a receipt is printed and issued to the customer. In such receipt issuance, there is a problem that even if it is desired to check the contents of the receipt, the characters are too small to be read. It is generally difficult for elderly customers to read small characters. Therefore, a method is known in which the receipt font size is changed according to the age of the customer and the receipt is printed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-46625 A

  However, according to this method, the individual font size is increased, but since the size is simply changed, even if the receipt can be read, it is insufficient from the viewpoint of visibility.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal device capable of printing a receipt whose character size and layout are changed according to the age of a customer.

  Application Example 1 A POS terminal apparatus according to this application example acquires an accounting processing unit that accounts for sales data including the product name, number, and price of a product purchased by a customer, and acquires age data related to the customer's age. Set by the setting unit for the date acquisition unit, the setting unit for setting the font size and layout according to the age data acquired by the age acquisition unit, and the accounting data accounted for by the accounting processing unit A print data creation unit that creates receipt print data for printing on a receipt by applying the font size and the layout, and a print data output unit that outputs the receipt print data to a printer. Features.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to print a receipt with characters and a layout having a size corresponding to the customer's age. For this reason, for example, it is possible to issue an easy-to-read receipt to a customer who is difficult to read small characters.

  Application Example 2 In the POS terminal device described in the application example, it is preferable that the layout set by the setting unit is an italic line including a “total” character of the accounting data.

  Application Example 3 In the POS terminal device according to the application example described above, it is preferable that the layout set by the setting unit is an underlined line including a “total” character of the accounting data.

  Application Example 4 In the POS terminal device according to the application example, it is preferable that the layout set by the setting unit surrounds a line including a “total” character of the accounting data with a ruled line.

  According to these structures, a receipt can be printed with the character and layout of the magnitude | size according to the customer's age. In particular, it is possible to issue an easy-to-read receipt by applying character modification such as italic, underlined, and ruled lines to a line that includes “total” characters of interest to the customer.

  Application Example 5 In the POS terminal device described in the application example, it is preferable that the age acquisition unit is an age key provided in the POS terminal device.

  According to this configuration, the operator of the POS terminal device can input the customer's age data by a simple operation by simply pressing the age key.

The figure which shows the external appearance of the POS terminal device which is one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the age key provided in the POS terminal device. The block diagram of the POS terminal device of this embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the font size table according to age. The functional block diagram of the POS terminal device of this embodiment. The flowchart showing the content of the accounting process of this embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of a receipt printing process according to the present embodiment. The example of printing of the receipt by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that in the drawings referred to in the following description, members or configurations may be simplified for convenience of description and illustration.

(About schematic configuration of POS terminal)
A POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a view showing the appearance of a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the front side (side operated by an operator) of the POS terminal device. 1 (b) is a perspective view of the back side (side directed to the customer) of the POS terminal device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the age key provided in the POS terminal device. The POS terminal device 10 is installed in an accounting cash register of a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket, and performs an accounting process or a receipt issuance process in accordance with an operator's operation.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the POS terminal apparatus 10 includes a keyboard 12, an operator display 13, a cash drawer 15, a customer display 16, a printer 19, and a card reader 20. The operator of the accounting cashier reads the product barcode with the barcode scanner 14 (FIG. 3) or operates the keyboard 12 to obtain the product identification information (hereinafter referred to as product code) POS terminal device 10. Enter. In addition, the number of the same product is input from the keyboard 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 12 provided in the POS terminal device 10 is provided with an age key 12A. The operator uses the age key 12A to change the customer's age ( “10s”, “20s-30s”, “40s-50s”, “60s and above”).

  On the customer display 16, the product name, number, price, advertisement, and the like corresponding to the product code input to the POS terminal device 10 during the accounting process are displayed.

  When the operator completes the input of the product codes for all products purchased by the customer, the operator completes the accounting operation by pressing the “total” key on the keyboard 12. When the accounting operation is completed, the receipt 40 is printed by the printer 19.

(Detailed configuration of POS terminal device)
Here, the main configuration of the POS terminal apparatus will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the POS terminal device of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a font size table classified by age.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the POS terminal device 10 includes a CPU 11. A keyboard 12, a display 13, a barcode scanner 14, a cash drawer 15, a customer display 16, a printer 19, and a card reader 20 are connected to the CPU 11. The CPU 11 controls the units 12 to 20 by executing the program 24 stored in the memory 22. The memory 22 stores font data 26 of various sizes (number of points) and a font size table 28 classified by age.

As shown in FIG. 4, the font size table 28 by age stores the font size by the customer's age in points.
Further, in this age-specific font size table 28, layout information is stored in association with each font size. For example, in the 20's to 30's, italicize the line that includes the “total” character, in the 40's to 50's, the line that includes the “total” character is underlined. The layout information includes a line including a character surrounded by a ruled line.
The CPU 11 refers to the age-specific font size table 28 and sets the font size and layout according to the customer's age entered with the age key 12A.

  Reference is again made to FIG. A store server 30 is connected to the POS terminal device 10 via an interface 29. The database 32 provided in the store server 30 stores a product master table 34 storing a product code, a product name, and a price for each product sold by the store. When the store code is specified by the CPU 11, the store server 30 notifies the CPU 11 of the corresponding product name and price. In this way, when the product name, quantity, and price are fixed, the sales data is passed to an accounting processing unit (to be described later) for accounting processing.

  By providing the product master table 34 in the store server 30 as described above, the product master table 34 can be shared from a plurality of POS terminal devices 10 provided in the same store. The product master table 34 may be provided inside the POS terminal device 10. Further, the age-specific font size table 28 may be provided in the database 32.

(Operation of POS terminal)
Next, the operation of the POS terminal device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing functional units of the POS terminal device of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the POS terminal device 10 includes a product code acquisition unit 50, an accounting processing unit 52, a product data acquisition unit 54, a print data creation unit 56, a print data output unit 58, an age acquisition unit 60, and a setting. Each functional unit of the unit 62 is provided. These functional units 50 to 62 are realized by the CPU 11 executing the program 24.

  The product code acquisition unit 50 acquires the product code input from the keyboard 12 or the barcode scanner 14. In addition, the age acquisition unit 60 acquires the customer's age input with the age key 12 </ b> A of the keyboard 12. The setting unit 62 refers to the age-specific font size table 28 and sets a font size corresponding to the customer's age and a layout associated with the font size.

  The accounting processing unit 52 acquires the product name and price corresponding to the product code acquired by the product code acquisition unit 50 from the store server 30 via the product data acquisition unit 54, and sales data including the product name, number, and price. Account processing based on When the accounting process ends, the accounting processing unit 52 passes the accounting data to the print data creation unit 56. The print data creation unit 56 applies the font size and layout set by the setting unit 62 to the accounting data, and creates receipt print data for printing a receipt. The generated receipt print data is output to the printer 19 by the print data output unit 58.

(About accounting process)
The flow of accounting processing by the POS terminal device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of the accounting process executed by the CPU 11 in this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when an accounting cashier operator receives a request for accounting processing from a customer, the operator determines the age based on the appearance of the customer and operates the age key 12A of the keyboard 12 to input the age. When the CPU 11 accepts an input of the age by the age key 12A (S100), the CPU 11 stores the age as age data (S102). Next, the operator inputs a product code of each product purchased by the customer using the keyboard 12 or the barcode scanner 14, and further inputs the number of the same product from the keyboard 12 when there are a plurality of the same products. When the CPU 11 receives the input of the product code and the number (S104), the CPU 11 acquires the corresponding product name and price from the store server 30 (S106). The acquired product name and price are displayed on the customer display 16 together with the number of products (S108).

Next, it is determined whether or not the product code has been input (S110). For example, when the “total” button on the keyboard 12 is pressed, it is determined that the input of the product code is completed. As a result, when the input of the product code is completed, the product price is aggregated and the consumption tax is calculated, and then the process proceeds to a receipt printing process. Each product code and age data is sent to the store server 30 for analysis of sales data.
On the other hand, if the input of the product code is not completed in S110, the process returns to S104 to accept the input of the next product code.

(Receipt printing process flow)
The flow of receipt printing processing by the POS terminal device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of the receipt printing process executed by the CPU 11 in this embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a print example of a receipt printed when the customer is in their 20s and 60s.

  When the cashier operator finishes entering the product code, he or she asks the customer whether to increase the letter on the receipt. Then, according to the customer's answer, an input operation is performed to determine whether or not to print the receipt with a font size corresponding to the age. The CPU 11 determines whether or not to change the font size based on this input operation (S120). As a result, when it is determined that the font size is changed according to the age, the age data stored in S102 of the accounting process is acquired (S122), and the age-specific font size table 28 is obtained from this age data. The font size corresponding to the age and the layout associated with the font size are set (S124). On the other hand, if it is determined in S120 that the font size is not changed according to the age, a default font size (for example, 10 points) is set (S126).

  Next, the font data 26 of the set font size is read from the memory 22 for each character included in the product name, number, and price of each product, and a receipt print data is created by applying a layout to the font data 26. (S128). For the characters other than the product name that should be printed on the receipt (for example, greetings such as “Thank you for coming to the store”), create receipt print data using font data of a size appropriate for the customer's age. Also good. The receipt print data created in this way is output to the printer 19 (S130). The printer 19 prints this receipt print data on a receipt.

  As shown in FIG. 8, for customers in their twenties, receipts are printed with characters of a small font size (10 points), and the receipts are contained in a relatively compact size. On the other hand, for customers in their 60s, a receipt is printed with characters of a large font size (14 points) and lines including “total” characters surrounded by ruled lines. Thereby, even a customer who is difficult to read small characters can easily see the receipt.

  As described above, according to the POS terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, a receipt can be printed with characters and a layout having a size corresponding to the customer's age. For this reason, it is possible to issue easy-to-read receipts to customers who are difficult to read small characters.

  In the present embodiment, since the font data 26 is stored in the memory 22 of the POS terminal device 10, it is not necessary for the printer 19 to store the font data. Therefore, a general-purpose printer can be used as the printer 19. Further, for example, when adding font data of a new font size, it is not necessary to change the printer 19, and the flexibility and expandability of the POS terminal device 10 can be improved.

  In this embodiment, the customer's age is entered at the beginning of the accounting process, and whether or not the font size is changed according to the age is entered at the end of the accounting process. Input of whether to change the era and font size may be made at the beginning or end of the accounting process. Thereby, an operator's operation procedure can be simplified.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... POS terminal device, 12A ... Year key, 19 ... Printer, 52 ... Accounting processing part, 60 ... Year acquisition part, 56 ... Print data creation part, 58 ... Print data output part, 62 ... Setting part.

Claims (5)

An accounting processing unit that accounts for sales data including the product name, quantity and price of the product purchased by the customer;
An age acquisition unit for acquiring age data relating to the age of the customer;
A setting unit that sets a font size and a layout according to the age data acquired by the age acquisition unit;
Applying the font size and the layout set in the setting unit to the accounting data accounted for by the accounting processing unit, a print data creation unit that creates receipt print data for printing on a receipt;
A print data output unit for outputting the receipt print data to a printer;
A POS terminal device comprising:   The POS terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout set by the setting unit is an italic line that includes a “total” character of the accounting data.   2. The POS terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout set by the setting unit underlines a line including a “total” character of the accounting data.   The POS terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout set by the setting unit surrounds a line including a “total” character of the accounting data with a ruled line.   5. The POS terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the age acquisition unit is an age key provided in the POS terminal apparatus.

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