JP2018106471A - Product sales data processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent accounting processing from being carried out while it is overlooked that the situation that should not be included in the same transaction is overlooked for the first registration information acquired at the time of product registration at the product sales data processing device and the second registration information.SOLUTION: A product registration related processing unit comprises: product registration related processing means that performs product registration related processing related to product registration; and transaction control means for preventing the first registration information and the second registration information acquired from the product registration related processing from being included in the same transaction, in response to a predetermined situation when the product registration related processing is being performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus and program.

There is known a POS system corresponding to an operation referred to as “front firing” (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In the pre-ordering, the customer's purchased product is registered in advance using the product registration terminal device, and the product registration information indicating the product registration result is associated with the code information and transferred to the host device. Further, in response to the product registration, a medium such as a label or a card indicating code information is given to the customer side. The store clerk operating the POS register performs an operation of reading the code information from the medium, causes the POS register to acquire the product registration information associated with the code information read from the host device, and based on the acquired product registration information Execute the checkout process.
With the introduction of such a front-end, product registration for each customer can be completed in advance. Thereby, compared with the case where merchandise registration and settlement processing are performed for each transaction by the POS register, the number of customers who can complete the accounting per unit time can be increased and the accounting can be advanced efficiently.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-82249

In addition to obtaining product registration information based on the input of information recorded on the medium when performing product registration according to one transaction in the POS register under the above-mentioned forward operation, There may be an error that registration contents of unnecessary products are added. In addition, even if products are registered in the POS register in order for each customer without pre-paying, in addition to registering products that should be subject to price calculation in one transaction, There may be an error that the registered contents are added.
When the above error occurs, the price corresponding to the original registration information that should be the target of the price calculation should be calculated, but the price corresponding to the registration information of the unnecessary product was further included An incorrect price will be calculated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and includes the first registration information and the second registration information acquired at the time of product registration in the product sales data processing apparatus in the same transaction. The purpose is to prevent the settlement process from being performed while overlooking that the situation should not have occurred.

  One aspect of the present invention for solving the above-described problem is that product registration related processing means for performing product registration related processing related to product registration, and a predetermined situation when the product registration related processing is being performed, The product sales data processing comprising transaction control means for preventing the first registration information and the second registration information obtained by the product registration related processing from being included in the same transaction in response to Device.

  Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a computer has a product registration-related processing unit that performs product registration-related processing related to product registration, and a predetermined situation occurs when the product registration-related processing is performed. Accordingly, it is a program for causing the first registration information and the second registration information obtained by the merchandise registration related processing to function as transaction control means for preventing inclusion in the same transaction.

  According to the present invention, it has been overlooked that the first registration information and the second registration information acquired at the time of product registration in the product sales data processing apparatus should not be included in the same transaction. It is possible to prevent the settlement process from being performed.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS system in 1st Embodiment. It is the front view and side view which show the example of an external appearance of the POS register | resistor in 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the example of an external appearance of the POS register | resistor in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS register in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the adjustment card in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the content of the card number corresponding | compatible product registration information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods registration screen in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen corresponding to the case where the numerical value as a card number of the adjustment card in 1st Embodiment is input by a numerical value. It is a figure explaining one specific example of the error which arises regarding merchandise registration in the case of performing accounting corresponding to the advance. It is a figure which shows the example of 1 aspect of the error alert | report in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other example of an error alerting | reporting in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the POS register | resistor in 1st Embodiment performs according to the reading of the barcode of a checkout card under the goods registration process corresponding to one transaction. It is a figure which shows the example of 1 aspect of the error alert | report in 2nd Embodiment. In 2nd Embodiment, it is a figure which shows the example of 1 aspect of a goods registration screen when the production | generation of a new transaction according to reading of the barcode of a payment card is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the POS register | resistor in 2nd Embodiment performs according to the reading of the barcode of a checkout card under the goods registration process corresponding to one transaction. It is a figure which shows the example of 1 aspect of the transaction interruption receipt as a 1st modification of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of 1 aspect of the payment card | curd as a 1st modification of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the POS register in the 4th modification of this embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a POS (Point Of Sales) system in the present embodiment. The POS system shown in the figure includes two POS registers 100 (an example of a product sales data processing device) installed in a store, one store controller 200, two handy terminals 300, and a product registration information management device 400. And a relay device 500.
The POS register 100, the store controller 200, the handy terminal 300, and the relay device 500 shown in the figure are communicably connected via, for example, a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

  The POS register 100 is arranged at a store in the store, and performs accounting processing for a product purchased by a customer according to the operation of the store clerk. The accounting process here includes a merchandise registration process for merchandise registered as a settlement target for a customer's purchased merchandise, and a settlement process for performing settlement for the merchandise registered by the merchandise registration process.

  In addition, the POS register 100 according to the present embodiment corresponds to an accounting method referred to as “fronting” described later, and product registration information acquired based on a barcode read from a checkout card (an example of a medium) as a product registration process. Can be acquired as a product registration result in the product registration process corresponding to the current transaction.

The store controller 200 is a higher-level information processing apparatus that manages the POS system in a store. The store controller 200 is installed, for example, in a backyard in a store.
The store controller 200 manages various information such as a product master. The store controller 200 transmits the latest product master to the POS register 100 as appropriate. The product master is a file that stores product information such as product identification information (for example, JAN code), product name (product name, item name), sales price, and discount information for each product.
The store controller 200 acquires a product master in which the latest product information is reflected from the outside (for example, a server such as a headquarters server or a CD-ROM) and transmits it to the POS register 100 as appropriate.

  The handy terminal 300 is a portable terminal device used by a store clerk when registering a product corresponding to the front-handing described later. The handy terminal 300 performs a merchandise registration process for merchandise for registering merchandise purchased by the customer as a checkout object in accordance with the operation of the clerk. The handy terminal 300 is connected to the relay apparatus 500 by wireless communication such as a wireless LAN or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The relay device 500 has a function as a gateway that relays a wireless communication network to which the handy terminal 300 corresponds and a communication network to which the POS register 100, the store controller 200, the handy terminal 300, and the relay device 500 are connected.

  Upon completion of the product registration process corresponding to one transaction, the handy terminal 300 associates the card number of the checkout card with the product registration information indicating the product registration result by the product registration process, and registers the product via the relay device 500. The information is transmitted to the information management device 400.

  The merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 stores the merchandise registration information transmitted from the handy terminal 300. The merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 responds to the card number specified by the received merchandise registration information request from the stored merchandise registration information in response to the receipt of the merchandise registration information request from the POS register 100. The attached product registration information is transmitted to the POS register 100.

  The configuration of the POS system shown in the figure is an example. For example, as the configuration of the POS system, the number of POS registers 100 provided in the store is not particularly limited. Further, the configuration of the POS system may not include the store controller 200. When the POS system is configured not to include the store controller 200, the POS register 100 may also function as the store controller 200.

  In the present embodiment, the number of handy terminals 300 is not particularly limited. The store controller 200 may also function as the product registration information management device 400.

  2 and 3 show an example of the appearance of the POS register 100 in the present embodiment. 2A is a front view of the POS register 100 according to the present embodiment as viewed from the clerk (operator) side (front) operating the POS register 100, and FIG. 2B is a side view of the POS register 100. FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the POS register 100 as viewed from the right front.

  The POS register 100 in FIG. 1 includes a display unit 104 with a touch panel, a key operation unit 105, a customer display unit 106, an automatic change machine 107, a scanner unit 108, a printing unit 109, a card reader 110, and a drawer 120.

  The display unit 104 with a touch panel is a display device for a store clerk provided with a touch panel 104a. In the display unit 104 with a touch panel, a product registration screen or the like corresponding to the product registration process or the settlement process is displayed. In addition, the store clerk can perform predetermined operations related to product registration, accounting, and the like on the touch panel 104a.

  The key operation unit 105 is a keyboard provided with operation keys such as a numeric key for inputting the quantity at the time of product registration processing, the number of deposits received from the customer at the time of accounting processing, and a closing key for closing the accounting. is there.

The customer display unit 106 is a display device for notifying the customer of the product name and price of a product to be purchased.
The automatic change machine 107 is a change machine for discharging at least money from the change to be paid to the customer to the change outlet 107a. Prepare.

The scanner unit 108 (an example of a detection unit) reads code information (for example, a barcode) attached to a product to be purchased or a gift certificate, or code information written on a product catalog or a product order sheet.
The scanner unit 108 may read, for example, a two-dimensional code in addition to the barcode.

  The printing unit 109 issues a receipt or the like, which is a description of a product to be purchased, by printing on paper. In the following description, printing and printing are used synonymously.

  The drawer 120 is a storage unit that stores banknotes and money received from a customer, and is pulled out in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The card reader 110 is a reader / writer corresponding to, for example, an IC (Integrated Circuit) card. The communication method with the IC card supported by the card reader 110 may be either a contact type or a non-contact type. The card reader 110 may be configured to be able to read information magnetically recorded on the magnetic card and write information to the magnetic card.
A card (IC card or magnetic card) to be read (and written) by the card reader 110 of this embodiment is a prepaid card. A prepaid card is used so that electronic money is charged (deposited) in advance, and the amount for payment is deducted from the amount (charge balance: an example of value) deposited in the prepaid card. .
The card reader 110 may be configured to be able to read information corresponding to a membership card, a credit card, or the like in addition to the prepaid card.
Also, the card reader 110 shown in the figure is attached to the main body of the POS register 100 and operated by a store clerk. However, the card reader 110 may be separated from the POS register 100, for example, and may be connected to the POS register 100 so as to communicate with the POS register 100 by wire or wirelessly. In this case, it is possible to have the customer perform an operation that causes the card reader 110 to read the prepaid card.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the POS register 100. In the figure, blocks corresponding to the configuration shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a POS register 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111, a storage unit 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 113, a display unit 104 with a touch panel, a key operation unit 105, a customer display unit 106, an automatic display unit 106, A change machine 107, a scanner unit 108, a printing unit 109, a card reader 110, a communication unit 111, and a drawer 120 are provided. Each of these parts is connected via an internal bus and a communication line.

  The communication unit 111 performs communication with, for example, the store controller 200 that is a higher-level device of the POS register 100.

  The CPU 101 executes various processes in the POS register 100 by executing a program. Various functions as the POS register 100 are realized by the processing of the CPU 101.

  The storage unit 102 is an auxiliary storage device that stores various data used by the CPU 101. The storage unit 102 stores, for example, a program executed by the CPU 101 and image data displayed on the display unit 104 with a touch panel.

  The RAM 103 is a main storage device in which a program read from the storage unit 102 and work area data are expanded. In addition, the RAM 103 stores, for example, information related to merchandise taken from the store controller 200.

Here, the flow of forward accounting performed in the POS system of this embodiment will be described. In front of the store, a clerk in charge of registration using the handy terminal 300 is deployed in the store. The store clerk carrying the handy terminal 300 has a plurality of checkout cards in advance.
FIG. 5 shows an example of a checkout card. One card number (identification information) is assigned to each checkout card in the figure so as to be unique for each checkout card. The checkout card shows a card number sequence NM that indicates the assigned card numbers by numbers. In the checkout card, a bar code BC obtained by coding a number sequence of card numbers indicated by a card number sequence NM is shown.

The store clerk in charge of registration operates the handy terminal 300 for each customer who is waiting in order to receive a transaction in the POS register 100, for example, according to the waiting order, and performs a product registration operation for the customer's purchased product.
The handy terminal 300 includes a scanner capable of reading a bar code attached to a product and an operation unit capable of inputting a numerical value by a numeric operation. When the handy terminal 300 reads the barcode, the handy terminal 300 can obtain the product information corresponding to the read barcode from the product master stored in the store controller 200 and perform product registration processing using the acquired product information. Note that the product master acquired by the handy terminal 300 from the store controller 200 may be stored, and the stored product master may be used for the product registration process. Further, when registering a plurality of products of one type, the store clerk inputs the number of products by an operation of a number. In this case, the handy terminal 300 registers the products for the input number of products.

  In addition, the registration clerk performs an operation of causing the handy terminal 300 to read the barcode of one settlement card at a certain stage from the start to the end of the product registration corresponding to one customer. The clerk in charge of the registration hands over the payment card having the barcode read by the handy terminal 300 to the corresponding customer. At this time, the clerk in charge of registration tells the customer to give the payment card to the clerk operating the POS register 100 when the payment is made at the POS register 100 as necessary.

  When the handy terminal 300 completes the product registration process corresponding to one transaction, the card indicated by the bar code of the checkout card read corresponding to the transaction is included in the product registration information reflecting the result of the product registration process. The card number corresponding product registration information associated with the number is transmitted to the product registration information management apparatus 400. The merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 stores the card number corresponding merchandise registration information transmitted from the handy terminal 300.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the contents of the card number corresponding product registration information stored in the product registration information management apparatus 400. One line (one record) shown in the figure is card number corresponding product registration information corresponding to one customer. One card number corresponding product registration information is information in which one card number and one product registration information are associated with each other.

The customer who has received the checkout card has completed the product registration from the product registration to the checkout in accounting. When the customer who has received the payment card reaches the order of receiving the payment at the POS register 100, the customer gives the payment card to the store clerk who operates the POS register 100.
The store clerk who has received the payment card performs an operation for causing the scanner unit 108 to read the barcode indicated on the payment card. The POS register 100 can transmit a product registration information request to the product registration information management device 400 in response to the barcode of the checkout card being read by the scanner unit 108. The merchandise registration information request is a command for requesting merchandise registration information by designating the card number indicated by the bar code of the checkout card read by the scanner unit 108.

  The merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 that has received the merchandise registration information request includes the card number corresponding merchandise registration information including the card number designated by the received merchandise registration information request from the card number corresponding merchandise registration information stored by itself. Search for. The merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 transmits the merchandise registration information included in the searched card number corresponding merchandise registration information to the POS register 100 that is the transmission source of the merchandise registration information request.

  The POS register 100 that has received the product registration information transmitted from the product registration information management apparatus 400 can capture the received product registration information as the product registration process result in the current transaction as the product registration process.

FIG. 7 shows a product registration screen displayed when the product registration information acquired in response to reading the barcode of the checkout card is taken in as the product registration processing result as the first product registration processing in the current transaction as described above. An example is shown. The product registration screen is an operation screen displayed on the display unit 104 with a touch panel for a store clerk's product registration operation.
The merchandise registration screen in the figure is displayed as a sheet corresponding to the tab TAB1. The tab TAB1 in this case corresponds to one transaction (current transaction) that is currently subject to accounting.

In the product registration screen of FIG. 6, a button area AR1, a registration item area AR2, a registration confirmation area AR3, and a subtotal area AR4 are arranged.
The button area AR1 is an area where buttons associated with each item of the product, buttons for designating a predetermined operation mode, and the like are arranged.
In the button area AR1 of the present embodiment, a checkout card reading button BT1 is arranged. When the store clerk reads the bar code of the checkout card received from the customer, first, he / she operates the checkout card reading button BT1 and declares that the bar code of the checkout card is to be read. An operation is performed so that the bar code of the checkout card is read by 108.

The registration item area AR2 is an area in which items of products registered by the previous product registration process corresponding to one transaction are displayed in a list format.
In this case, the registration item area AR2 reflects the result of fetching the merchandise registration information acquired as a result of reading the bar code of the checkout card as the merchandise registration process result. That is, in the registration item area AR2 in the figure, the product name “product 1” with a tax-excluded price of 100 yen and the product name “product 2” with a tax-excluded price are shown. An example is shown in which a total of four products, three of which are 600 yen, are registered. The display of the registration item area AR2 indicates that the product registration information acquired in response to the reading of the bar code of the checkout card is the content in which one “product 1” and three “products 2” are registered. It reflects that it was. As described above, the product registration information acquired in response to the reading of the barcode of the checkout card is reflected as a result of the product registration process in the current transaction.

The registration confirmation area AR3 is an area in which, when a store clerk registers a product for each product type by an operation on the POS register 100, information on the registered product is displayed for confirmation.
In the case of the figure, the product registration is performed by acquiring the product registration information from the product registration information management apparatus 400 in accordance with the reading of the bar code of the checkout card, not the product registration operation by the product type unit. Therefore, the registration confirmation area AR3 is not particularly displayed.

The subtotal area AR4 is an area where information related to the subtotal of the products registered in one transaction is displayed. In the same figure, the number of registered products and the total amount excluding tax for all registered products are displayed as information on the subtotal of the registered products.
Specifically, in the example of the figure, it is shown that four products are registered and the total amount excluding tax is 700 yen. The total amount including tax may be shown in the subtotal area AR4.

  In addition, when the bar code of the checkout card cannot be read because the checkout card is dirty, for example, the store clerk performs a numeric operation for inputting a numerical value as the card number of the checkout card to the POS register 100. Thus, it is possible to input a card number.

FIG. 8 shows an example of an operation screen corresponding to a case where a numerical value as a card number of the checkout card is input by a numerical value. When inputting the numerical value as the card number of the checkout card by a numerical value, the store clerk displays the card number input window WD1 as shown in FIG. The store clerk can input the card number by operating, for example, a numeric key included in the key operation unit 105 in the card number input window WD1. After the store clerk inputs the card number, the input card number is confirmed by operating the input button BT2 disposed in the card number input window WD1.
The POS register 100 transmits a product registration information request for requesting product registration information by designating a confirmed card number to the product registration information management apparatus 400 to acquire product registration information. As in FIG. 7, the POS register 100 can display a product registration screen in which the content of the acquired product registration information is reflected as a result of the product registration process of the current transaction.

As shown in FIG. 7, after the product registration screen showing the product registration processing result based on the product registration information obtained by reading the bar code of the checkout card is displayed, the registration of additional products from the customer in particular is performed. If there is no offer, the store clerk performs a subtotal operation on the POS register 100 to end the product registration process. In this case, the price (total price) corresponding to the product indicated by the product registration information obtained by reading the barcode of the settlement card is calculated, and the store clerk performs settlement processing for this price in the POS register 100. Let it run.
On the other hand, when a customer offers to register additional products, the store clerk can perform an operation of registering additional products from the display state of FIG. Then, the store clerk may perform a subtotal operation in response to the completion of registration of the additional product. In this case, the price including the product indicated by the product registration information obtained in accordance with the reading of the checkout card and the additionally registered product is calculated. The store clerk causes the POS register 100 to execute a settlement process for this price.

  By making such a forward, the product registration for each customer who is waiting in order to receive the transaction in the POS register 100 is completed before the order of receiving the transaction in the POS register 100 comes. be able to. As a result, the number of customers who can complete accounting per unit time is increased and accounting for a large number of customers is carried out more efficiently than in the case where product registration and settlement processing are performed together for each transaction using a POS register. Can continue.

  As described above, when a customer who has received a product registration process in advance at the handy terminal 300 by pre-rolling notices that there is a product that he / she wants to purchase afterwards, when the customer receives a transaction at the POS register 100, You can check out additional products together with products already registered in.

However, an error may occur with respect to product registration in the case where accounting corresponding to the advance is performed. A specific example of such an error will be described with reference to FIG.
In the figure, an example of a state of accounting performed corresponding to one POS register 100 is shown as viewed from the plane direction. As shown in the figure, the POS register 100 is arranged around the middle of the table TBL.

  In the figure, the store clerk T1 who operates the POS register 100 receives the basket KG1 from the customer C1 and operates the POS register 100 to register the goods contained in the basket KG1. That is, at present, the customer C1 is in the order of receiving a transaction. On the right side of the customer C1 as seen from the store clerk, there is a customer C2 waiting to receive payment after the customer C1. In other words, in this case, the traveling direction of the customer column waiting for receiving the transaction by the POS register 100 is indicated by the arrow J1 in FIG.

When receiving the transaction, the customer C1 places the basket KG1 on the right side of the POS register 100 in the table TBL as viewed from the store clerk T1. Normally, the store clerk T1 finishes the operation of taking out the commodity contained in the basket KG1 and registering it in the POS register 100 after placing an empty basket on the left side of the POS register 100 in the table TBL. Each time, the registered products are moved to the left empty basket.
However, for example, because the customer who settled in front of the customer C1 took time, when the product of the basket KG1 was registered, the customer's basket was still placed on the left side of the table TBL. . In this case, the store clerk T1 cannot place an empty basket on the left side of the table TBL in correspondence with the customer C1. Therefore, the store clerk T1 proceeds with the product registration operation so as to return the registered products to the basket KG1 again while taking out and registering the products contained in the basket KG1.

The store clerk T1 has registered the product contained in the basket KG1. In this case, the store clerk T1 moves the basket KG1 containing the registered product from the right side to the left side of the POS register 100 in the table TBL in order to have the customer C1 receive it, as indicated by the arrow J2 in FIG. .
However, when the car KG1 passes in front of the POS register 100 when moved in this way, the barcode attached to a certain product in the car KG1 is read by the scanner unit 108. Oops. In this case, the POS register 100 starts the accounting process for the transaction corresponding to the customer C1 in response to the reading of the bar code of the product in the basket KG1.

However, the store clerk T1 moves to the accounting corresponding to the next customer C2 without noticing that the bar code of one item in the basket KG1 has been read and the accounting process has started as described above. I have. Since the customer C2 has received the product registration from the handy terminal 300 in advance, the customer C2 brings the checkout card CD together with the basket KG2 containing his / her purchased product. The customer C2 who is the next to receive the transaction after the customer C1 passes the checkout card CD to the salesclerk T1.
Upon receiving the checkout card CD, the clerk T1 operates the checkout card reading button BT1 arranged on the product registration screen as described above and declares that the bar code of the checkout card is to be read. The scanner unit 108 performs an operation of reading the barcode of the checkout card.

  In the above case, it is obtained based on the product information (an example of the first registration information) obtained by the product registration process in the product type unit performed in advance and the card number of the settlement card performed next. The product information indicated as the product registration information (an example of the second registration information) is collected as the product information registered in the same transaction. That is, as a result of such a product registration process, an error occurs that a product that is not a purchased product of the customer C2 is included in the subtotal result of the transaction corresponding to the customer C2. It is desired that such an error can be noticed by the store clerk T1 without being overlooked.

  Here, it is assumed that the customer who has received the merchandise registration by the handy terminal 300 and who has received the checkout card as a front-hander, first passes the checkout card to the store clerk when receiving the transaction at the POS register 100. In other words, even after adding a product to be purchased after receiving a checkout card, the customer usually gives the checkout card to the store clerk and then hands over the additional product to the store clerk. Is called. In addition, if there is an additional product when the product registration is made in advance, the customer must first present the check-in card to the store clerk and then present the additional product to the customer. Can also be made known.

  Therefore, the POS register 100 of the present embodiment performs the following determination during the product registration process. That is, the POS register 100 determines whether or not the settlement card information input (an example of input of information recorded on the settlement card) performed this time is performed under the first product registration process in one transaction. Determine whether or not. The payment card information input here refers to input of a card number by reading a barcode from the payment card or input of a card number by a numeric operation.

  When the payment card information input is performed under the first product registration process in one transaction, the POS register 100 acquires the product registration information acquired from the product registration information management device 400 based on the payment card information input. Continue the subsequent accounting process using.

  On the other hand, when the payment card information input is not performed under the first product registration process in one transaction, that is, after the product registration process in the product type unit is performed in the POS register 100, the settlement is performed. When card information is input, the operation is as follows. That is, the POS register 100 prohibits the acquisition of product registration information based on the current payment card information input. Specifically, the POS register 100 does not perform processing for acquiring the product registration information from the product registration information management apparatus 400 by designating the card number of the payment card obtained by the payment card information input.

  Further, when the POS register 100 prohibits the acquisition of the product registration information based on the payment card information input as described above, the acquisition of the product registration information based on the current payment card information input becomes an error and cannot be executed. An error notification is given. Such error notification is given to the store clerk by display on the display unit 104 with a touch panel.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of an error notification performed in the display unit 104 with a touch panel. In the figure, an error notification window WD2 is arranged on the product registration screen. In the error notification window WD2, in the current transaction, product registration is performed in units of product types before an operation for reading the barcode of the payment card is performed. A message notifying the store clerk that an error has occurred is displayed. Further, in the error notification window WD2, as an operation corresponding to the error, either the closing process or the canceling process is performed on the result of the product registration process in the product type unit before the barcode reading operation of the checkout card is performed. A message is also displayed instructing the store clerk to perform an operation according to.

  FIG. 11 shows another example of error notification performed in the display unit 104 with a touch panel. In the case of the same figure, a mode in which an error notification message is displayed in the error notification area AR5 instead of the error notification window WD2 is shown.

With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12, an example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 100 in accordance with the reading of the bar code of the checkout card under the product registration process corresponding to one transaction will be described.
Step S101: The POS register 100 waits for the payment card information input to be performed in the product registration process corresponding to one transaction. As described above, the payment card information is input by inputting the card number according to the barcode reading of the payment card being performed by the scanner unit 108 or the card number of the payment card according to the operation of the number. It is.

Step S102: When the payment card information is input, the POS register 100 determines whether or not the current payment card information input is performed under the first product registration process in the current transaction. .
Step S103: If the product registration process for each product type has already been performed prior to the payment card information input, in step S102, the current payment card information input is based on the first product registration process in the current transaction. It is determined that it was not performed in the above. In this case, the POS register 100 performs error notification as described in FIG. 10 or FIG. In this case, the acquisition of the product registration information from the product registration information management device 400 based on the payment card information input is prohibited and is not executed.

Step S104: On the other hand, if it is determined in step S102 that the current payment card information input is performed under the first product registration process in the current transaction, the current payment card information input is performed. Acquisition of product registration information is allowed.
Therefore, the POS register 100 in this case acquires the product registration information associated with the card number obtained by the current payment card information input from the product registration information management apparatus 400. In this case, the POS register 100 reflects the product registration information acquired from the product registration information management apparatus 400 as a result of the product registration process.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the product registration screen on which the product included in the product registration information acquired from the product registration information management apparatus 400 has been registered is displayed on the display unit 104 with the touch panel. In this case, it is possible to register additional products, and the subsequent accounting process is continued.

Second Embodiment
Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the previous first embodiment, when an error occurs regarding the acquisition of product registration information based on the payment card information input, the processing corresponding to the subsequent current transaction is performed on the product previously registered in units of product types. Either processing or cancellation of the current transaction. That is, the acquisition of the product registration information based on the payment card information input remains prohibited.
However, if an error occurs in the acquisition of product registration information based on the payment card information input, depending on the mode in which the error occurred, the prohibition on the acquisition of product registration information based on the payment card information input is canceled, and the acquired product registration In some cases, it is better to reflect the information as a result of the product registration process in the transaction.

As an example, for example, if a customer gives a checkout card after handing over an additional product to the store clerk, the store clerk erroneously enters the checkout card information after first registering the additional product. Such a situation can occur. In this case, cancel the acquisition of the product registration information based on the prohibited payment card information input once, and register the product that was obtained based on the additional product registered earlier and the barcode of the payment card Accounting can be more efficiently carried out by integrating information products as product registration processing results of the same transaction.
In the following description, such integration of product registration processing results is also referred to as “registered product integration”.

In addition, since the product registered in advance by product type and the product registration information acquired based on the next payment card information input correspond to different customers, they should not be integrated. In some cases, the following may be used.
That is, in this case as well, the POS register 100 cancels the prohibition on the acquisition of the merchandise registration information based on the payment card information input once prohibited, and acquires the merchandise registration information from the merchandise registration information management apparatus 400. And the POS register | resistor 100 produces | generates the new transaction in which the acquired merchandise registration information was reflected.
In this case, for example, when the accounting process corresponding to the product previously registered in the product type unit is executed, the POS register 100 holds a new transaction reflecting the acquired product registration information. Then, the POS register 100 may call a new transaction that has been put on hold as the current transaction in accordance with the operation of the store clerk. Thereby, it is possible to shift to the accounting process corresponding to the merchandise registration information corresponding to the card number input by the payment card information input once invalidated without performing the payment card information input again.
In the following description, the generation of a new transaction corresponding to the product registration information acquired based on such payment card information input is also referred to as “new transaction generation”.

Further, there is a case where the payment card information input performed after the product registration by the product type unit is originally unnecessary. For example, this is a case where the bar code is read in the current transaction because the payment card used by the customer is left in the vicinity of the POS register 100. In such a case, the product registration information corresponding to the current payment card information input is unnecessary. Therefore, in this case, the product registration information corresponding to the payment card information input will not be acquired, and only the product registration by the product type unit that has been performed previously will be included in the current transaction, and the accounting process can continue. It is preferable to make it.
In the following description, continuing the current transaction without reflecting the merchandise registration information based on the payment card information input is also referred to as “current transaction continuation”.

Therefore, in this embodiment, if it is determined that there is an error in the acquisition of the product registration information based on the payment card information input, it is prohibited once, but in accordance with the operation of the store clerk under the prohibited state , Registered product integration, new transaction generation, or “continue current transaction”.
If registered product integration is selected, the POS register 100 cancels the prohibition of acquisition of product registration information and then executes processing corresponding to registered product integration. If the new transaction generation is selected, the POS register 100 cancels the prohibition on the acquisition of the merchandise registration information and then executes a process corresponding to the new transaction generation. If the continuation of the current transaction is selected, the POS register 100 continues the current transaction and executes the accounting process without releasing the prohibition on the acquisition of the merchandise registration information.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of an error notification in this embodiment. In the present embodiment, if it is determined that there is an error in the acquisition of the product registration information based on the payment card information input, an error notification window WD3 is arranged on the product registration screen as shown in FIG. In the error notification window WD3 in the same figure, an integration button BT11, a new transaction generation BT12, and a current transaction continuation button BT13 are arranged.

  The integration button BT11 is a button that is operated when the store clerk instructs the registered product integration. The new transaction generation BT12 is a button operated when the store clerk instructs to generate a new transaction. The current transaction continuation button BT13 is a button that is operated when the store clerk instructs to not acquire (destroy or cancel) the registered merchandise information based on the payment card information input performed previously.

  When the integration button BT11 is operated, as described above, the POS register 100 is acquired from the merchandise registration information management apparatus 400 in accordance with the reading of the merchandise previously registered in units of merchandise and the barcode of the checkout card. The product registration information is integrated into the product registration process of the current transaction. As a result, although not shown in the drawings, the product registration screen displayed on the display unit 104 with the touch panel is the product registration acquired in response to reading the product previously registered in units of product types and the barcode of the checkout card. The result of registering the product indicated by the information is shown.

In addition, when the new transaction generation BT 12 is operated, as described above, the POS register 100 is updated with the product registration information acquired from the product registration information management apparatus 400 in response to the reading of the bar code of the checkout card. Generate a simple transaction. As a result, in the product registration screen displayed on the display unit 104 with the touch panel, a sheet corresponding to the newly generated transaction is newly provided in addition to the sheet corresponding to the current transaction.
That is, as shown in FIG. 14, in addition to the tab TAB1 of the same figure corresponding to the current transaction, another tab TAB2 is newly arranged on the product registration screen. The tab TAB2 corresponds to a new transaction in which the product registration information acquired in accordance with the reading of the bar code of the checkout card is reflected.
In addition, in the same figure, a state in which an operation for touching the tab TAB2 is performed to activate a newly generated product registration screen for a transaction is shown. According to the product registration screen shown in the figure, the product registration information obtained by reading the barcode of the checkout card includes “product 2” and “product 3”, one each for two products. It is shown that it was registered.

  With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15, an example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 100 according to the present embodiment in accordance with the reading of the barcode of the checkout card under the merchandise registration process corresponding to one transaction will be described. In the same figure, steps (steps S101 to S104) which are the same processes as in FIG.

  Step S103A: When it is determined in step S101 that the barcode of the checkout card has been read, and in step S102, the product registration process for each product type has already been performed, the POS register 100 stores Execute the process. That is, the POS register 100 displays the error notification window WD3 in FIG.

Step S105: As shown in FIG. 13, the integration button BT11, the new transaction generation BT12, and the current transaction continuation button BT13 are arranged in the error notification window WD3. The store clerk determines which of the registered product integration, the new transaction generation, and the current transaction continuation is appropriate depending on the cause and situation of the current error. The store clerk operates one of the integration button BT11, the new transaction generation BT12, and the current transaction continuation button BT13 according to the determination.
The POS register 100 determines which of the registered product integration, the new transaction generation, and the current transaction continuation is instructed under the state where the error notification window WD3 is displayed in step S103A. That is, the POS register 100 determines which one of the integration button BT11, the new transaction generation BT12, and the current transaction continuation button BT13 has been operated. The error notification window WD3 is deleted in response to any one of the integration button BT11, the new transaction generation BT12, and the current transaction continuation button BT13 being operated.

Step S106: When the integration button BT11 is operated to instruct the registered product integration, the POS register 100 displays the product registration information associated with the card number input by the current payment card information input as the product registration information management device. Get from 400.
Step S107: The POS register 100 displays the product registered by the product registration process in units of product types already performed before the current payment card information input and the product indicated by the product registration information acquired in step S106. Are integrated as a result of the product registration process of the current transaction.

Step S108: When the new transaction generation BT12 is operated and a new transaction generation is instructed, the POS register 100 manages the product registration information associated with the card number input by the current payment card information input as the product registration information management. Obtained from the device 400.
Step S109: The POS register 100 newly generates a transaction in which the content of the product registration information acquired in step S108 is reflected as a result of the product registration process.

  Further, when the current transaction continuation button BT13 is operated to instruct current transaction continuation, the processing by steps S106 and S107 or the processing by steps S108 and S109 is skipped. In this case, the current transaction is continued from the state before the payment card information is input without performing integration or new transaction generation corresponding to the product registration information acquired based on the current payment card information input.

In addition, when creating a new transaction, if the product registration in the product type unit that was performed before the checkout card information input was performed by mistake, the result of the product registration process in this product type unit The current transaction that reflects is no longer necessary. Therefore, the POS register 100 may display a current transaction treatment selection screen for further selecting whether or not to cancel the current transaction when an operation for instructing the generation of a new transaction is performed.
When an operation for selecting not to cancel the current transaction is performed on the current transaction action selection screen, the POS register 100 leaves the current transaction in the state before the checkout card information is input, and then starts a new transaction. Is generated. On the other hand, when an operation for selecting cancellation of the current transaction is performed on the current transaction treatment selection screen, the POS register 100 cancels the current transaction and generates a new transaction.

<Modification>
Hereinafter, modifications of the present embodiment will be described.

[First Modification]
A customer who has received a product registration in the POS register 100 may offer to cancel the transaction, for example, because he or she remembers that there is a product forgot to buy before the product registration is completed. Corresponding to such a case, the POS register 100 may suspend the registration of the product so far, instead of canceling the registration.
When the registration of the product is suspended, the product registration information indicating the result of the product registration process so far may be stored in the product registration information management apparatus 400 in association with the transaction number, for example. In addition, the POS register 100 issues a transaction interruption receipt (an example of a medium) shown in FIG. In the transaction interruption receipt shown in FIG. 8, a barcode BC1 is printed that encodes the transaction number of the interrupted transaction (an example of information recorded on the medium). The store clerk gives the issued transaction interruption receipt to the customer who applied for cancellation of the transaction.

  For example, when the customer picks up an additional product and returns to the POS register 100, the customer gives a transaction interruption receipt and the additional product to the store clerk. The store clerk first causes the scanner unit 108 to read the barcode BC1 of the transaction interruption receipt. The POS register 100 acquires a transaction number from the read barcode BC1, and acquires product registration information corresponding to the acquired transaction number from the product registration information management apparatus 400. The POS register 100 generates a transaction in which the acquired product registration information is reflected as a result of the product registration process. The store clerk can make a subtotal for the generated transaction after registering the product added by the customer, and cause the POS register 100 to execute the settlement process.

As described above, even when the product registration information is acquired by reading the barcode of the transaction interruption receipt, there is a possibility that the product is registered in units of product types for some reason. Even in such a situation, the registration contents of irrelevant products are included in the transaction resumed by the product registration information acquired by reading the barcode of the transaction interruption receipt.
Therefore, the POS register 100 may determine whether or not a product has been registered for each product type before reading the bar code of the transaction interruption receipt. The POS register 100 prohibits the resumption of the transaction using the product registration information obtained by reading the barcode of the transaction interruption receipt when it is determined that the product has been registered in the product type unit. It's okay. At this time, the POS register 100 may notify the store clerk that an error has occurred in resuming the transaction in accordance with the modes of FIGS.

[Second Modification]
In the description so far, the checkout card has been assigned a card number in advance as shown in FIG. 5, and the assigned card number and the barcode of the card number are shown. However, the aspect of the payment card used in the present embodiment is not limited to the example of FIG.
Accordingly, FIG. 17 shows an example of a settlement card as the present modification. A two-dimensional code DC is printed on the checkout card in FIG. The two-dimensional code DC is obtained by coding product registration information that is a result of product registration processing performed by the handy terminal 300 in response to one customer.

  The checkout card shown in the figure is printed on a sheet in response to the completion of the product registration process by a small printer carried by the registration clerk with the handy terminal 300. The handy terminal 300 and the small printer can communicate with each other by wire or wireless. When the merchandise registration process is completed, the handy terminal 300 converts the merchandise registration information into a two-dimensional code, and then transmits print data instructing printing of the checkout card according to the mode shown in the figure to a small printer. The small printer prints on the paper based on the received print data. As a result, a checkout card according to the embodiment shown in FIG. The store clerk gives the customer the payment card printed in this way.

The customer to whom the payment card shown in the figure is given hands the payment card to the store clerk when he / she receives payment at the POS register 100. The store clerk causes the scanner unit 108 to read the two-dimensional code DC of the received checkout card. The POS register 100 can acquire product registration information from the read two-dimensional code DC.
When such a checkout card is used, it is not necessary to assign a card number to the checkout card in advance. Further, since it is not necessary to store the product registration information obtained as a result of the product registration process of the handy terminal 300 at the upper level in the POS system, it is not necessary to install the product registration information management device 400.

[Third Modification]
The number of POS registers 100 installed in the POS system of the present embodiment is not particularly limited, and may be one. When the number of POS registers 100 is one, the number of POS registers 100 for which a customer who has received product registration in advance by the handy terminal 300 receives a transaction is specified as one. Therefore, when the number of POS registers 100 installed is one, the POS register 100 may store card number corresponding product registration information transmitted from the handy terminal 300. In this case, when the POS register 100 acquires the card number of the checkout card, the POS register 100 acquires product registration information associated with the acquired card number from the card number corresponding product registration information stored by itself. In this case, the product registration information management device 400 can be omitted.

[Fourth Modification]
Subsequently, a fourth modification will be described. This modification is another configuration of the POS register 100 that can cope with the product registration error similar to the case described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 18A shows the POS register 100 of the present embodiment. This figure is a view of the POS register 100 installed on the table TBL as seen from the side as shown in FIG. A store clerk (T1) is located on the left side of the table TBL in FIG. FIG. 9 shows a state where the car KG1 shown in FIG. 9 is moving in the direction indicated by the arrow J2 and is located in front of the POS register 100.
The POS register 100 of this modification shown in the figure further includes an object sensor 130 (an example of detection means). As can be understood from the figure, the object sensor 130 is provided so as to detect an object located on the table TBL in front of the POS register 100 when viewed from the side where the store clerk is located. The object sensor 130 may be, for example, a photoelectric sensor or an ultrasonic sensor. As shown in the figure, for example, when the basket KG1 is positioned in front of the POS register 100, the object sensor 130 detects the presence of an object.

In addition, the POS register 100 of the present modification executes processing as follows during the product registration processing.
In other words, in the product registration process, the POS register 100 reads the barcode corresponding to the first product by the scanner unit 108 (that is, the product in units of product type as the first registration information). It is determined whether or not the object has been detected by the object sensor 130 in response to the timing.
In this modification, when it becomes said state, it handles as the thing which the situation applicable to the example of FIG. 9 produced. That is, as shown in FIG. 18A, when the clerk is moving the basket KG1 from the right to the left on the table TBL, the basket KG1 is positioned just in front of the POS register 100. It is treated as a situation where the barcode attached to the product A contained in KG1 has been read.
On the other hand, in FIG. 18B, the store clerk takes out the first product from the basket, and the store clerk holds the product A and reads the barcode with the product A for registration by product type. The situation is shown. In such a situation, no object is detected by the object sensor 130 in correspondence with the timing at which the barcode reading is performed by the scanner unit 108 corresponding to the first product.

  Here, in this modification, the object sensor 130 directly detects an object as a basket. Accordingly, when the scanner unit 108 reads the product information from the barcode at the product type unit at the timing when the object (cage) is detected by the object sensor 130 as shown in FIG. At this stage, the POS register 100 can determine that an error has occurred that a product that should not be registered has been registered.

Therefore, the POS register 100 according to the present modification can perform processing corresponding to the case where an error has occurred in product registration as follows.
First, when the POS register 100 determines that the situation as shown in FIG. 18A has occurred, the product registration information obtained based on the card number of the checkout card is the second registration information. When acquired, for example, error notification can be performed as shown in FIG. In other words, even with the configuration of this modification, it is possible to prevent the store clerk from overlooking the error caused by the example of FIG.
When the POS register 100 determines that the situation as shown in FIG. 18A is obtained, the product information is acquired by the product registration process for each product type as the second registration information. In such a case, error notification can also be performed. In addition, after the error notification, for example, in response to an operation by a store clerk, a process of canceling either one of the first registration information and the second registration information, or the first registration information and the second registration information May be processed to integrate them into one transaction.
In other words, even with the configuration of this modification, it is possible to prevent the store clerk from overlooking the error caused by the example of FIG. Further, when an error occurs, the first registration information and the second registration information can be appropriately processed.

  In the present modification, as described above, the object sensor 130 detects the object (cage) when the scanner unit 108 reads the product information from the barcode for each product type. For example, it can be determined that a situation corresponding to the error in FIG. 9 has occurred. Therefore, the POS register 100 of the present modification assumes that there is an error in the acquisition of the current registration information without waiting for the acquisition of the next registration information at the timing when it is determined that the above situation has occurred. It is also possible to notify that effect.

In the POS register 100, for example, a camera (an example of a detection unit) capable of imaging may be provided instead of the scanner unit 108. In this case, the POS register 100 extracts the barcode from the captured image and obtains the product information indicated by the barcode in response to the operation of the store clerk performing an operation to capture the barcode attached to the product with the camera. it can.
When the captured image obtained by the camera is used in this way, the POS register 100 can determine whether or not an error has occurred regarding product registration based on the content of the captured image specified by the image analysis. Specifically, for example, when a bar code is extracted from a captured image and the clerk's hand is not recognized in the captured image, the POS register 100 registers the product according to the extracted barcode. Can be treated as an inadvertently performed error. Further, when a basket is recognized in the captured image when the barcode is extracted from the captured image, it can be determined that a situation corresponding to the error in FIG. 9 has occurred.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a camera (an example of a detection unit) may be provided at a position where a range corresponding to the table TBL including the POS register 100 can be seen from above. Also in this case, for example, the POS register 100 can recognize whether or not the situation corresponding to the error shown in FIG. 9 has been reached based on the captured image obtained by the camera. In this case, it can also be determined from the contents of the captured image whether, for example, the customer has not been detected in the vicinity of the POS register 100, but the product has been registered. Even when it is determined that such a situation exists, it is possible to process the acquisition of the current registration information as an error.
As described above, in this modification, the object used for determining the situation corresponding to the situation where the registration error has occurred by the object sensor 130 or the camera is detected, and the occurrence of the registration error is dealt with based on the detection result. Can perform processing such as notification.

<Summary of Embodiment>
(1) As described above, one aspect of the present embodiment is a product registration-related process related to product registration (a product registration process corresponding to each product, or a bar code on a checkout card. Product registration related processing means for obtaining the product registration information, and the first item obtained by the product registration related processing in response to a predetermined situation when the product registration related processing is performed. Product sales comprising transaction control means for preventing registration information (for example, product registration information corresponding to one transaction or product registration information corresponding to one product) and second registration information from being included in the same transaction Data processing device.
According to the above configuration, the first registration information and the second registration information acquired at the time of product registration in the product sales data processing apparatus should not be included in the same transaction. Can be excluded from the same transaction.

(2) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to (1), wherein the transaction control means detects the first registration information at the timing when the first registration information is acquired. The first registration information obtained by the product registration related process and the second registration information are not included in the same transaction when it is determined that the predetermined situation is satisfied based on the result. .
According to the above configuration, it is possible to determine that the predetermined situation has been reached based on the detection result of the detection unit, and in response to the determination that the detection result corresponds to the predetermined situation, The second registration information can be prevented from being included in the same transaction.

(3) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to (1), in which the merchandise registration related processing means settles one or more merchandise registered corresponding to one transaction. The registration information corresponding to the settlement to be performed is obtained based on the input of the information recorded on the medium associated with the registration information corresponding to the settlement, and the transaction control means receives one piece of information recorded on the medium. The first registration information obtained by the product registration related process and the second registration information are the same in accordance with the situation that the registration was not performed in response to the acquisition of the registration information of the eye. Do not include in the transaction.
With the above configuration, when registering a product in the product sales data processing apparatus, for example, an error that the registration content of unnecessary products is included in addition to the acquisition of product registration information based on the input of information recorded on the medium is overlooked. It is possible to prevent the settlement process from being performed.

(4) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the transaction control means includes first registration information and two items. After the first registration information is not included in the same transaction, the first registration information and the second registration information are included in one transaction.
According to the above configuration, when it is confirmed that the first registration information and the second registration information can be combined into the same transaction, for example, without canceling the current transaction, It is possible to integrate the registration information and the second registration information as the product registration processing result under the current transaction, and to proceed with accounting efficiently.

(5) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the transaction control means includes the first registration information and the above The transaction is set so that the second registration information is included in a separate transaction.
According to the said structure, when the 1st registration information and the 2nd registration information should not be put together in the same transaction, each can be set as a separate transaction. Accordingly, it is possible to perform accounting for a transaction including the second registration information without discarding the second registration information, and the accounting can be efficiently advanced.

(6) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the transaction control means includes the first registration information and the above Cancel one of the second registration information.
According to the above configuration, when the first registration information and the second registration information should not be put together in the same transaction, and either one of the registration information is unnecessary, the registration information that is not required is displayed. Can be canceled.

(7) One aspect of the present embodiment is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (6), wherein the first registration information, the second registration information, Is further provided with a notifying means for notifying that it is not included in the same transaction.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to immediately notify the store clerk that there is a possibility that the first registration information and the second registration information should not be included in the same transaction. Can be addressed.

  (8) According to one aspect of the present embodiment, the computer is in a predetermined state when product registration related processing means for performing product registration related processing related to product registration and product registration related processing is performed. Accordingly, the program is a program for causing the first registration information and the second registration information obtained by the product registration related processing to function as a transaction control unit that does not include them in the same transaction.

  A program for realizing the functions as the POS register 100, the handy terminal 300, the merchandise registration information management apparatus 400, etc. is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is stored in the computer. The processing as the POS register 100, the handy terminal 300, the product registration information management device 400, etc. described above may be performed by being read and executed by the system. Here, “loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system” includes installing the program in the computer system. The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that is accessible from the distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. Note that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the terminal device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, a “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

100 POS register, 101 CPU, 102 storage unit, 103 RAM, 104 display unit with touch panel, 104a touch panel, 105 key operation unit, 106 display unit for customer, 107 automatic change machine, 107a change outlet, 107b deposit input port, 108 Scanner unit, 109 printing unit, 110 card reader, 111 communication unit, 120 drawer, 200 store controller, 300 handy terminal, 400 product registration information management device 400, 500 relay device

Claims (8)

Product registration related processing means for performing product registration related processing related to product registration,
The first registration information and the second registration information obtained by the product registration related process are the same transaction in response to a predetermined situation when the product registration related process is performed. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus comprising: transaction control means for preventing inclusion in a transaction. A detection means for detecting an object used for determination of a situation corresponding to the predetermined situation;
The transaction control means includes:
The first registration information obtained by the merchandise registration related process in response to determining that the predetermined situation is satisfied based on the detection result of the detection means at the timing when the first registration information is acquired. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second registration information is not included in the same transaction. The product registration related processing means includes:
Checkout-related registration information for performing checkout for one or more products registered corresponding to one transaction is acquired based on input of information recorded on a medium associated with the checkout-compatible registration information. The transaction control means includes:
The first registration obtained by the product registration related process in response to the fact that the input of the information recorded on the medium has not been performed in response to the acquisition of the first registration information The product sales data processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information and the second registration information are not included in the same transaction. The transaction control means includes:
After the first registration information and the second registration information are not included in the same transaction, the first registration information and the second registration information are included in one transaction. Item 4. The product sales data processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 3. The transaction control means includes:
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transaction is set so that the first registration information and the second registration information are included in different transactions. The transaction control means includes:
The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein one of the first registration information and the second registration information is canceled. The merchandise sales data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising notification means for notifying that the first registration information and the second registration information are not included in the same transaction. . Computer
Product registration related processing means for performing product registration related processing related to product registration,
The first registration information and the second registration information obtained by the product registration related process are the same transaction in response to a predetermined situation when the product registration related process is performed. A program for functioning as a transaction control means not to be included in the transaction.

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