JP2023115961A - Commodity sale data processor and commodity sale data processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a commodity sale data processor and commodity sale data processing program capable of efficiently completing settlement at a time of settlement using digital money.SOLUTION: A commodity read unit of the present embodiment reads a commodity code appended to a commodity and acquires commodity information. A settlement medium read unit reads a settlement medium to be settled. A memory unit stores a digital money balance associated with the settlement medium. A display unit displays the digital money balance. A control unit implements control to display on the display unit the digital money balance associated with the settlement medium read by the settlement medium read unit, subtract the commodity information read by the commodity read unit from the digital money balance, display a difference on the display unit, and display on the display unit an alert screen image when the difference exceeds the digital money balance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The embodiments of the present invention relate to a product sales data processing device and a product sales data processing program.

Conventionally, some commodity sales data processing devices are capable of settlement with precharged electronic money. In order to make a settlement with such electronic money, it is necessary to charge the electronic money in advance. However, if the electronic money balance is less than the total price of the product, the payment cannot be made. In such a case, the shopper needs to charge the amount necessary for payment, and after charging, it is necessary to make a payment with electronic money again.

JP 2020-140273 A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales data processing device and a product sales data processing program that enable efficient settlement when using electronic money.

In order to achieve the above object, the product sales data processing device of the present embodiment includes a product reading unit, a payment medium reading unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The product reading unit reads the product code attached to the product and acquires product information. The settlement medium reading unit reads the settlement medium for settlement. The storage unit stores the electronic money balance associated with the payment medium. The display unit displays the electronic money balance. The control unit displays the electronic money balance associated with the payment medium read by the payment medium reading unit on the display unit, subtracts the product information read by the product reading unit from the electronic money balance, and displays the difference on the display unit. and control to display a warning screen on the display unit when the difference exceeds the electronic money balance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the perspective view seen from the salesclerk side which shows an example of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the perspective view seen from the customer side which shows an example of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 1 is a block diagram showing a merchandise sales data processing device according to a first embodiment; FIG. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing of a merchandise sales data processor concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing of a merchandise sales data processor concerning a modification of a 1st embodiment. It is an example of the image displayed by the product sales data processing device when the total price of the product exceeds the balance according to the first embodiment. It is an example of the warning image displayed by the product sales data processing device when the total amount of the products exceeds the balance according to the first embodiment. It is an example of the image displayed by the merchandise sales data processing device when the total amount of merchandise does not exceed the balance according to the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of a checkout system according to a second embodiment; FIG.

A settlement apparatus according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, as seen from the store clerk side. The clerk's side in this embodiment refers to the positive direction in the Z-axis direction in the coordinate X, Y, and Z-axis directions shown in FIG. Further, the customer side in this embodiment refers to the negative direction in the Z-axis direction. FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the customer side showing an example of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

The product sales data processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a soccer table (not shown), a product reading device 11, a settlement terminal 12, a drawer 13, a store clerk side display device 14, and a customer surface. It is composed of a display device 15 , an input key 16 and a payment medium reader 18 .

A soccer table (not shown) is a table on which products and a shopping basket are placed. The soccer table is a table on which the shopping basket containing the merchandise purchased by the shopper is placed in settlement, and the salesclerk who operates the merchandise sales data processing device 1 puts the merchandise purchased by the shopper back into another shopping basket or bag. is.

The product reading device 11 is, for example, a scanner that recognizes a product code attached to a product or the like optically or by imaging. Product information such as the price and product name of the product is input to the product code attached to the product. A product code is a one-dimensional code such as a bar code, or a code symbol such as a two-dimensional code.

The settlement terminal 12 reads the price and the like from the commodity information entered in the commodity code read by the commodity reading device 11, and calculates the amount of money to be settled. The settlement terminal 12 performs settlement with electronic money or cash. The settlement terminal 12 is equipped with operating devices such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, etc., receipts and coupons for recharging the electronic money balance (hereinafter referred to as the electronic money balance), discounting, and correcting calculation results. A printer is provided for printing. A receipt output by the printer is discharged from the receipt discharge port 17 .

The drawer 13 stores money and the like. The drawer 13 stores coins and banknotes delivered as a result of payment in designated spaces.

The store clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 display information about the merchandise sales data processing device 1 . The store clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 are liquid crystal displays and organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display devices. The salesclerk side display device 14 displays information for operation by the salesclerk. The clerk-side display device 14 displays, for example, product information read by the product reading device 11 as well as a screen related to payment by electronic money or credit card. If the clerk-side display device 14 is a touch panel, an area for inputting a command to the product reading device 11 to shift from reading to checkout processing and an area for adding a preset amount to the subtotal of the purchase amount. Areas related to presets and the like may be displayed. The customer display device 15 displays information provided to the shopper for accounting. The customer display device 15 displays, for example, the name of the product to be purchased, the price of the product, the subtotal that is the total price of the product, the electronic money balance of the shopper, and the difference obtained by subtracting the subtotal from the electronic money balance on the customer display device 15. . Also, the customer display device 15 may be a touch panel for selecting a payment method or the like.

The input key 16 is used to input a command from the store clerk to the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 . The input keys 16 are composed of a keypad for performing calculations, keys set to each key to add a specific amount of money to a subtotal, subtotal keys for shifting from product reading to accounting processing, and the like.

The payment medium reading device 18 has a magnetic reading unit and an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip reading unit, and reads payment media. The payment medium is, for example, a card for cashless payment or a mobile terminal installed with an application for cashless payment, and is associated with user information composed of a user ID, an electronic money balance, and the like. The user information is associated with, for example, a user ID or the like provided in the payment medium. The payment medium reading device 18 may be configured integrally with the product sales data processing device 1 or may be configured as an external device that operates by connecting to the product sales data processing device 1 .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the product sales data processing device 1 according to the first embodiment. The product sales data processing apparatus 1 includes a product reading unit 101, a settlement medium reading unit 102, a store clerk side display unit 103, a customer surface display unit 104, an operation unit 105, a control unit 106, a storage unit 107, a printing unit 108, and a communication I/F 109. and each part is connected through a bus.

The product reading unit 101 recognizes the product code attached to the product or the like optically or by imaging. A product code is a one-dimensional code such as a bar code, or a code symbol such as a two-dimensional code. The product reading unit 101 decodes the recognized code symbol and reads the product code indicated by the code symbol. The product reading unit 101 may have a function of identifying products by an object recognition method that recognizes products based on product feature amounts such as color and unevenness. Note that the decoding of the code symbols may be performed by the control unit 105 .

The payment medium reading unit 102 reads user information associated with the read payment medium.

The clerk-side display unit 103 displays product information and electronic money balance read by the product reading unit 101 and the payment medium reading unit 102, as well as subtotals and balances calculated by the control unit 105, and images for operation. The customer surface display unit 104 displays the product information read by the product reading unit 101 and the settlement medium reading unit 102, the electronic money balance, and information necessary for accounting such as a subtotal and difference. Also, the customer display unit 104 displays a warning screen regarding the electronic money balance.

The operation unit 106 transmits commands input by the store clerk to the control unit 105 .

The control unit 105 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1051 , a ROM (Read Only Memory) 1052 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 1053 . The control unit 105 controls the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 as a whole. The ROM 1052 stores various programs such as programs used to drive the CPU 1051 and various data. A RAM 1053 is used as a work area for the CPU 1051 and develops various software programs and various data stored in the ROM 1052 and the storage unit 107 . The control unit 105 executes various functional processes of the product sales data processing apparatus 1 by the CPU 1051 operating according to the information processing program stored in the ROM 1052 and stored in the storage unit 107 and developed in the RAM 1053 .

The storage unit 107 is configured by a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 107 stores software such as an operating system and other necessary application programs, user information, and the like in order for the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 to operate. In addition, the storage unit 107 may store a history of charge amount, which is the amount charged to the electronic money balance by each shopper. It should be noted that the charge amount history may store only the history within a preset period and delete the history outside the period.

The printing unit 108 is configured by, for example, a thermal printer. The printing unit 108 prints transaction details and the like on a roll-shaped receipt paper housed in the settlement terminal 12 upon completion of accounting processing with the customer, and issues the receipt as a receipt.

A communication I/F 109 is an interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from an external device.

Next, an example of processing of the merchandise sales data processing device 1 in this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing processing of the product sales data processing device 1 according to the first embodiment.

The CPU 1051 determines whether or not to perform settlement processing with electronic money (ACT 101). The CPU 1051 displays payment methods such as electronic money, cash, credit card, etc. on the customer display device 15, and allows the shopper to select a payment method in the payment process. In the present embodiment, the settlement method is displayed on the customer display device 15, and an example in which the shopper selects the settlement method will be described. You can decide whether or not

When the CPU 1051 determines that the settlement process will be performed by a settlement method other than electronic money (NO in ACT 101), the CPU 1051 performs the settlement process according to the payment (ACT 102). Payment processing other than electronic money such as cash or credit card will be omitted. When the settlement process is completed, the CPU 1051 controls the printing unit 108 to output a receipt.

CPU 1051 reads the payment medium and acquires user information (ACT 103). The CPU 1051 acquires the user information by calling the user information associated with the read payment medium from the storage unit 107 or the like via the payment medium reading device 18 when the payment medium is read.

The CPU 1051 displays the electronic money balance on the clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 (ACT 104). The CPU 1051 extracts the electronic money balance from the called user information and displays it on the clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 .

The CPU 1051 acquires product information (ACT 105). The CPU 1051 acquires product information from the product via the product reading device 11 . The CPU 1051 extracts the product price from the read product information and adds it to the subtotal.

The CPU 1051 confirms whether or not the total amount of merchandise exceeds the electronic money balance (ACT 106). The CPU 1051 calculates the difference by subtracting the subtotal, which is the total price of the products, from the electronic money balance.

When the subtotal exceeds the balance displayed on the customer side display device 15 (YES in ACT 106), the CPU 1051 displays the shortfall on the clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 (ACT 107). In other words, the CPU 1051 subtracts the subtotal from the electronic money balance and displays the difference as the deficit to update the store clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 . Specifically, when the subtotal exceeds the balance of the electronic money as a result of the calculation, the CPU 1051 controls to display the difference as an insufficient amount in the area for displaying the difference like the image 30 in FIG. In this embodiment, the CPU 1051 displays the difference with a minus sign as the shortage, but may display only the difference without the minus sign.

The CPU 1051 displays on the customer display device 15 a warning screen indicating that the total amount of the merchandise exceeds the electronic money balance (ACT 108). The CPU 1051 displays an image such as the warning screen 31 on the customer display device 15 as a warning screen. Also, the warning screen 31 may display an area for selecting whether or not to charge the balance in the user information.

The CPU 1051 charges the electronic money balance with the charged amount (ACT 109). The CPU 1051 adds the charged amount to the electronic money balance, and displays the total on the clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 as the electronic money balance. As a method of charging the electronic money balance, a method of charging the amount presented by the shopper may be used, or a method of presenting predetermined charging amounts as options and selecting from them may be used.

When the total price of the products does not exceed the electronic money balance displayed on the customer display device 15 (NO in ACT 106), the CPU 1051 updates the salesclerk side display device 14 and the customer display device 15 (ACT 110). The CPU 1051 updates the clerk side display device 14 and the customer side display device 15 to display the difference obtained by subtracting the subtotal from the electronic money balance. The CPU 1051 updates the area for displaying the difference, such as the image 30 shown in FIG. 8, to display the difference obtained by subtracting the subtotal from the electronic money balance.

The CPU 1051 confirms whether all product information has been acquired (ACT 111). The CPU 1051 determines whether or not a command has been input from, for example, a subtotal key provided on the input keys 16 operated by the store clerk or an area for transitioning to accounting processing displayed on the display device 14 on the store clerk's side. In this embodiment, whether or not the CPU 1051 has acquired all product information is determined by whether or not a command is input from the input key 16 or the area for shifting to accounting processing. It may be determined based on the fact that the information was not acquired.

When the CPU 1051 can confirm that all product information has been acquired (YES in ACT 111), the payment is made (ACT 112). The CPU 1051 performs settlement by subtracting the subtotal from the electronic money balance. In other words, the product sales data processing device 1 performs settlement from the actual electronic money balance at the stage of processing ACT112.

When the CPU 1051 determines that all product information has not been obtained (NO in ACT 111), the process returns to ACT 105.

After making the payment, the CPU 1051 issues a receipt (ACT 113). The CPU 1051 controls the printing unit 108 to output a receipt on which the product name, subtotal, consumption tax, electronic money balance before payment, electronic money balance after payment, etc. are described based on the acquired product information.

With such a configuration, the product sales data processing device 1 warns the shopper that payment cannot be made with the current electronic money balance at the stage when the product sales data processing device 1 is acquiring product information. By making the electronic money balance exceed the subtotal before making the payment, the payment can be processed efficiently.

(Modification of the first embodiment)
As a modified example of the first embodiment, an amount equivalent to or close to the amount that the shopper likes to charge is displayed as the recommended amount from the charge history of the shopper. As for each part of the modified example of the first embodiment, the same parts as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of processing of the product sales data processing device 1 according to the modification of the first embodiment. When the CPU 1051 acquires product information, adds the amount extracted from the product information as a subtotal, and subtracts the total amount from the electronic money balance, if the subtotal exceeds the electronic money balance (YES in ACT 106), at least charge the deficit. CPU 1051 reads the charge history of the shopper (ACT 201). The CPU 1051 reads the charging history up to now from the charging history stored in the storage unit 107 .

The CPU 1051 displays the recommended charging amount on the customer display section 104 . The amount displayed as the recommended charge amount may be the average of the charge amounts so far, or may be displayed starting from the most selected amount if the amount to be charged is set as options in advance. The CPU 1051 not only displays the average charge amount so far or the most selected charge amount so far, but also displays an amount obtained by adding a preset amount (for example, 2000 yen) as a recommended charge amount. It can be.

(Second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, the user information stored in the server 2, which is an external device connected to the commodity sales data processing device 1, is read out to perform accounting. 1 to 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of a checkout system according to the second embodiment. The product sales data processing device 1 is connected to the server 2 by wire or wirelessly. User information is stored in the server 2 .

In the second embodiment, when the product sales data processing device 1 reads the payment medium, it inquires the server 2 about the user information associated with the payment medium and acquires the user information. Also, when charging or settling electronic money, the server 2 updates the electronic money balance.

Even in this configuration, the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 can efficiently complete settlement when settlement is made with electronic money. Since the user information is stored not in the product sales data processing device 1 but in an external device, it is possible to connect to a plurality of product sales data processing devices 1 and perform the same processing in any one of the product sales data processing devices 1. is.

While several embodiments of the invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be embodied in various forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

1 Product sales data processing device 2 Server 11 Product reading device 12 Settlement terminal 14 Store clerk side display device 15 Customer surface display device 16 Input key 18 Settlement medium reader 101 Product read unit 102 Settlement medium Reading unit 105...control unit 106...storage unit

In order to achieve the above object, the product sales data processing device of the present embodiment includes a product reading unit, a payment medium reading unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The product reading unit reads the product code attached to the product and acquires product information. The settlement medium reading unit reads the settlement medium for settlement. The storage unit stores the electronic money balance associated with the payment medium. The display unit displays the electronic money balance. The control unit displays the electronic money balance associated with the payment medium read by the payment medium reading unit on the display unit, subtracts the product information read by the product reading unit from the electronic money balance, and displays the difference on the display unit. and control to display a warning screen on the display unit when the product information exceeds the electronic money balance.

Claims (5)

a product reading unit that reads a product code attached to a product and acquires product information;
a payment medium reading unit that reads a payment medium for payment;
a storage unit that stores an electronic money balance associated with the payment medium;
a display unit that displays the electronic money balance;
The electronic money balance associated with the payment medium read by the payment medium reading unit is displayed by the display unit, the product information read by the product reading unit is subtracted from the electronic money balance, and the difference is calculated. a control unit that displays a warning screen on the display unit and controls to display a warning screen on the display unit when the difference exceeds the electronic money balance;
A merchandise sales data processing device comprising: The storage unit stores charge history,
2. A merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit generates a charge amount from said history and displays it on said display unit. 3. The commodity sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit adds a fixed amount to said charging amount and displays it on said display unit. 4. A product sales data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said control unit displays a charge amount set in advance on said display unit. a product reading means for reading a product code attached to a product and acquiring product information;
payment medium reading means for reading a payment medium for payment;
storage means for storing an electronic money balance associated with the payment medium;
display means for displaying the electronic money balance read by the payment medium reading means;
The electronic money balance associated with the payment medium read by the payment medium reading means is displayed by the display means, the product information read by the product reading means is subtracted from the electronic money balance, and the difference is calculated. a control means for controlling display by the display means so that a warning screen is displayed by the display means when the difference exceeds the electronic money balance;
Merchandise sales data processing program that realizes

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