JP2013073294A - Merchandise sales data processor and receipt printing description method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record discount money amounts of merchandise on a receipt altogether and to save receipt paper by summing up discount amounts of the merchandise of the same discount amount or the same discount rate when there is discount merchandise when printing a receipt and printing the sum-up result altogether.SOLUTION: A merchandise sales data processor includes: printing means for printing a receipt; merchandise input means for inputting information related to merchandise; print data preparation means for preparing print data for making the printing means print the receipt having detail information of one commercial transaction on the basis of the information related to the merchandise, that is inputted through the merchandise input means within the transaction; and print control means for making the printing means print the receipt based on the print data for separating and recording a money amount data group of individual merchandise and a sum-up data group of the discount amount of discount object merchandise in the merchandise, that is prepared by the print data preparation means.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus and a receipt printing description method.

  Conventionally, merchandise sales data processing devices such as POS (Point Of Sales) terminals and ECR (Electric Cash Register) have been used for transaction accounting in merchandise stores such as retail stores and service providing stores such as restaurants. Yes. This apparatus accepts input of information such as commodities related to transactions via bar code reading by a scanner or operation of a keyboard or touch panel, and registers the input information in a predetermined storage means. When the closing of the transaction is declared, the price is calculated based on the information registered in the storage means, and the payment of the price by cash, debit card, credit card or electronic money is accepted. Usually, the merchandise sales data processing apparatus is connected or built in a printer that prints transaction details on a printing medium such as thermal paper, and when a commercial transaction is confirmed, a customer receipt is printed from the printer. publish.

  However, with this type of receipt, the contents printed on the receipt are printed not only for the amount of each purchased item, but also for the discounted amount of the item immediately below the amount of the target item, and if there are many discounted items In the printing on the receipt, the individual product amounts and the discount amounts are alternately listed. Therefore, when many discounted products are printed, the display of the discount amount is obstructive for the viewer, and it becomes difficult to understand what product is bought. In addition, it is impossible to grasp at a glance how much the discount amount has been reduced. In addition, since the number of printed lines increases, a larger amount of receipt paper is used, which causes a problem in terms of resource saving.

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  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that if there is a discount product at the time of receipt printing, the discount amount of the product with the same discount rate or the same discount rate is totaled, and the total result is printed in a lump. The discount amount of the product in the receipt is collectively described, and the receipt paper is saved.

  The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a printing means for printing a receipt, a merchandise input means for inputting information relating to a merchandise, and information relating to merchandise input via the merchandise input means in one commercial transaction. A print data creating means for creating print data for causing the printing means to print a receipt having the detailed information of the transaction, and a monetary amount data group of individual commodities created by the print data creating means, And a print control means for causing the printing means to print a receipt based on print data that separately represents the aggregated data group of the discount amount of the discount target product among these products.

The external appearance perspective view of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus of an embodiment. The block diagram which shows the control circuit of a merchandise sales data processing apparatus. The figure which shows the data structure of the goods data registration area which a goods sales data processing apparatus has. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of a merchandise sales data processing apparatus. The figure which shows the example of printing of the receipt which a merchandise sales data processing apparatus produces. The figure which shows the example of printing of the conventional receipt.

  Hereinafter, a commodity sales data processing apparatus according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a product sales data processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 2 of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 has a key switch 3, a keyboard 4 and a scanner 5 that function as merchandise input means in the present embodiment, and a display surface facing the cashier side. A cashier-side display 6, a customer-side display 7 with a display surface facing the customer side, a slide-type card reader 8, and a receipt printer 9 that functions as printing means in the present embodiment are provided.

  The key switch 3 is a rotary switch having a keyhole that accepts insertion of a dedicated operation key, and switches the operation mode of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 in accordance with the rotation stop position.

  The keyboard 4 and the scanner 5 function as product input means for inputting information related to products to the product sales data processing apparatus 1. The keyboard 4 includes a numeric keypad for inputting numerical values, a temporary closing key for instructing calculation of a total amount, a closing key for instructing calculation of a change amount, a printing key for instructing printing of a receipt, and the like. The scanner 5 is a barcode scanner or the like that reads a barcode printed on a product label attached to a product.

  The cashier-side display 6 declares the name, price, and end of product registration of the product input by the product input means, and displays the total amount of one transaction, the deposit amount, the change amount, etc. with the temporary lock key and the lock key.

  The customer display 7 displays customer guide information such as commercial information, transaction details (product name, unit price, number), transaction results (total amount, deposit amount, change amount) and the like.

  The card reader 8 reads data recorded on the card when a card used for non-cash payment is inserted and slid.

  The receipt printer 9 is, for example, a thermal printer, and prints a receipt by transporting a receipt paper (printing medium) such as thermal paper wound in a roll shape to a contact position between the thermal head and the platen roller.

  Next, the control circuit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus. The main body 2 of the commodity sales data processing apparatus 1 is equipped with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 that functions as a control center. Then, for the CPU 10, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a clock circuit 13, a communication I / F (Interface) 14, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) controller 15, a keyboard controller 16, a display Controllers 17 and 18, a card reader controller 19, a printer controller 20, a scanner controller 21, and the like are connected via a bus line 22 such as an address bus or a data bus.

  Further, a LAN (Local Area Network) 32 is connected to the communication I / F 14, an HDD 33 is connected to the HDD controller 15, the key switch (SW) 3 and the keyboard 4 are connected to the keyboard controller 16, and the display controller 17 is connected. The cashier side display 6 is connected, the customer side display 7 is connected to a display controller 18, the card reader 8 is connected to a card reader controller 19, the receipt printer 9 is connected to a printer controller 20, and a scanner controller 21. Is connected to the scanner 5.

  The ROM 11 stores fixed data such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System).

  Various working storage areas are formed in the RAM 12 according to the processing scene. In particular, during the execution of the accounting process, the product data registration area 30 in which product data such as product names and product unit prices entered through the product input means and the number of sales of each product are registered, and receipt printing A print data creation area 31 in which data is created is formed.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of the product data registration area 30. In this example, the unit price “¥ 100”, the quantity “1”, the discount category “A”, the discount rate “Δ5%” and the discount amount “− ¥ 5” are registered for the product name “cabbage”, and the product name “lettuce”. On the other hand, the unit price “¥ 200”, the quantity “1”, the discount classification “A”, the discount rate “Δ5%”, and the discount amount “− ¥ 10” are registered, and the unit price “¥ 400”, quantity “1” for the product name “strawberry”. “Discount category“ B ”Discount rate“ Δ10% ”Discount amount“ − ¥ 40 ”is registered, unit price“ ¥ 100 ”quantity“ 1 ”discount category“ A ”discount rate“ △ ” “5%” discount amount “− ¥ 5” is registered, unit price “¥ 250” quantity “1” discount classification “B” discount rate “Δ10%” discount amount “− ¥ 25” for product name “chocolate” Is registered, and the unit price “¥ 300” quantity “1” is registered for the product name “beer”. Unit price “¥ 150” Quantity “1” Discount classification “B” Discount rate “△ 10%” Discount amount “− ¥ 15” is registered for name “Tofu”, Unit price “¥” for product name “Milk” 150 ”quantity“ 1 ”is registered, unit price“ ¥ 500 ”quantity“ 1 ”discount category“ C ”discount rate“ Δ50% ”discount amount“ − ¥ 250 ”is registered for the product name“ show ” A unit price “¥ 200” quantity “1” is registered for the product name “cucumber”.

  The communication I / F 14 controls communication with a host device such as a store server connected via the LAN 32.

  The HDD 33 stores software and a database necessary for realizing a function as a product sales data processing device such as an OS file and an application file. The HDD controller 15 controls writing / reading of data to / from the HDD 33.

  The keyboard controller 16 selects the operation mode selected based on the electrical signal output from the key switch 3 according to the rotation stop position or the electrical signal output according to the operation key pressed down from the keyboard 4. Or a digital signal indicating the type of the pressed operation key is generated and notified to the CPU 10.

  The display controller 17 controls the screen display of the cashier-side display 6 in accordance with a command from the CPU 10.

  The display controller 18 controls the screen display of the customer display 7 in accordance with a command from the CPU 10.

  The card reader controller 19 controls the reading timing of the magnetic card by the card reader 8 and notifies the CPU 10 of the card information read by the card reader 8.

  The printer controller 20 drives the receipt printer 9 based on the print data created in the print data creation area 31, and issues a receipt having transaction details information.

  The scanner controller 21 drives the scanner 5 and transmits the product code read by the scanner 5 to the CPU 10.

  Next, the operation of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the accounting process flowchart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, when the customer brings the product to the cash register, the cashier reads the barcode of the product with the scanner 5 and inputs the product data. The cashier will continue to operate until barcode reading is complete for all products. Note that when a product without a barcode or a large number of the same product is sold, the product code, price, and quantity are input using the keyboard 4 (step S1).

  At this time, the CPU 10 registers the input product data (product name, unit price, quantity, discount category, discount rate, discount amount, etc.) in the product data registration area 30 as needed (step S2).

  After the product data is registered in the product data registration area 30 in this way, the CPU 10 determines whether or not input completion of all product data related to the transaction has been declared (step S3). This determination is made based on whether or not a subtotal key as a temporary fastening key provided on the keyboard 4 is depressed. If the subtotal key has not been depressed yet, the CPU 10 determines that the input of product data has not been completed (No in step S3), and waits for the input of product data (step S1).

  On the other hand, if the subtotal key has already been pressed, the CPU 10 determines that the input of the product data has been declared (Yes in step S3). At this time, the CPU 10 calculates the subtotal amount and the total amount of the transaction based on the product data registered in the product data registration area 30, and displays the calculated total amount etc. via the display controllers 17 and 18 on the cashier side display 6. And it displays on the customer side display 7 (step S4). Thereafter, the CPU 10 waits for a transaction closing declaration while accepting an input of the deposit amount from the customer via the keyboard 4 (No in step S5).

  When the closing key provided on the keyboard 4 is depressed while the deposit amount is input, the CPU 10 determines that the closing of the transaction has been declared (Yes in step S5). At this time, the CPU 10 calculates the change amount by subtracting the total amount from the inputted deposit amount, and displays the calculated change amount etc. on the cashier side display 6 and the customer side display 7 via the display controllers 17 and 18. (Step S6).

  Subsequently, the CPU 10 determines whether or not there is a discounted product among the products traded in the transaction (step S7).

  As a result of the determination, if there is no discount product (No in step S7), the CPU 10 determines, based on the information registered in the product data registration area 30 in the transaction, “no discount product” in the receipt having the detailed information of the transaction. Is generated in the print data generation area 31 (step S8).

  On the other hand, if there is a discounted product (Yes in step S7), the CPU 10 determines, based on the information registered in the product data registration area 30 in the transaction, “if there is a discounted product” on the receipt having the detailed information of the transaction. "Print data" is created in the print data creation area 31 (step S9).

  Then, the CPU 10 causes the receipt printer 9 to print a receipt based on the print data created in the print data creation area 31 by the operation of step S8 or step S9 via the printer controller 20 (step S10). When the receipt printer 9 finishes printing the receipt, the CPU 10 operates a cutter mechanism (not shown) to separate the receipt printing portion from the receipt paper which is a continuous paper (step S11), and ends a series of accounting processes. The receipt thus issued is handed to the customer from the cashier.

  Next, the receipt created based on the print data when there is a discount product will be described. FIG. 5A is a print example of the receipt R1 created based on the print data when there is a discount product.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, a print example of the receipt R1 includes a store information display area provided at the front end side, a product data display area provided below the store information display area, and a product data display area. It has a display area such as a total amount provided below. In particular, in the product data display area, the amount data group of individual products and the aggregated data group of the discount amount of the discount target product among these products are displayed separately. In the above embodiment, for the aggregate data group of the discount amount of the discount target products, the same discount rate is aggregated and the total amount is described, but the discount amount is collectively summarized and the total amount is indicated. But you can.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a print example of the conventional receipt R2.

  As described above, according to the product sales data processing apparatus of this embodiment, when there is a discounted product at the time of receipt printing, in the product data display area, the amount data group of each product and these products In the table, the aggregated data group of discounted products for discounted products is shown separately, so it is easy to understand by clearing the printing of individual products on receipts, and the discounted amount of discounted products is also in one place Since it is written together, the total amount of discounts can be grasped at a glance. Further, when there are many discount target products, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of printed lines and save the receipt paper accordingly.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope of the present invention and the gist thereof, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 Product sales data processing device 4 Keyboard (product input means)
5 Scanner (product input means)
9 Receipt printer (printing means)
10 CPU (print data creation means)
20 Printer controller (printing control means)
R1 receipt

Claims (4)

Printing means for printing receipts;
Product input means for inputting information about the product;
Print data creation means for creating print data for causing the printing means to print a receipt having the detailed information of the transaction based on information about the product input via the product input means in one commercial transaction;
Receipts based on print data created by the print data creation means and separately representing the amount data group of individual products and the aggregated data group of discount prices of products targeted for discount in these products are printed on the print means Print control means for printing on
A product sales data processing apparatus comprising:   2. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the receipt, the total data group of the discount amount of the discount target product is printed after the amount data group of each product.   In the receipt printed by the printing means, the print data created by the print data creating means is described separately for the amount data group of each product and the aggregate data group of the discount amount of the discount target product among these products. A method for describing a receipt print.   4. The receipt printing method according to claim 3, wherein the total data group of the discount amount of the discount target product is printed after the amount data group of each product.

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