JP2506098B2 - Transaction processor - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a transaction processing device, and more particularly to a price lookup file (hereinafter referred to as a PLU file) in which product information such as a product code and a unit price is stored in advance. ), A transaction processing device such as an electronic cash register.

[Conventional technology and its problems] Product information such as product code and unit price is stored in advance.
When transaction data is processed by reading out product data from a PLU file, if you want to trade a product that is not set in the PLU file, you must manually enter the data for that product and process it. . For this reason, when trading a product for which a PLU file has not been set up many times, data input is required each time even for the same product, which is inefficient and easily causes an input error.

In order to solve the above problem, it is possible to automatically add the product to the PLU file when trading the products that have not been set to the PLU file. As a product that does not need to be set is set, a new problem arises that the writing space of the PLU file is wasted.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the conventional problems as described above. When trading a product that is not set in the PLU file, the input product data is additionally set in the PLU file, or is not set. The object is to resist a transaction processing device that can be arbitrarily selected.

[Means for Solving Problems] A transaction processing device according to the present invention has a price lookup file in which product information such as a product code and unit price is stored in advance, and the stored product information is used for transaction processing. In a transaction processing device that performs a product registration operation, a permission / prohibition information setting unit that sets information as to whether or not additional storage setting of the product information to the price lookup file is permitted,
A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not merchandise information corresponding to the merchandise to be registered is stored in the price lookup file when the merchandise is registered during the transaction processing, and the discriminating means determines the merchandise to be registered. When it is determined that the corresponding product information is not stored in the price lookup file, and the setting content of the permission / prohibition information setting means permits the additional storage setting, the product information in the price lookup file is A control means for controlling the additional storage setting is provided.

[Operation] In the present invention, when the product registration operation is performed during transaction processing, the product information corresponding to the product is PLU.
The determining means determines whether or not the file is stored in the file.

Then, when the determining unit determines that the product information corresponding to the corresponding product is not stored in the PLU file, if the setting content of the permission / denial information setting unit permits the additional storage setting, the control unit The additional storage setting permission of the product information to the PLU file is controlled based on the information of the additional storage setting permission to the PLU file preset by the permission / denial information setting means.

As a result, only the product information corresponding to the necessary products is PL
Additional storage can be set for U files.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a CPU 1, a keyboard 2, a display tube 3, a printer 4, a memory 5 and a PLU file 6 are connected.
The keyboard 2 is for inputting various data to the CPU 1 by key operation. Display tube 3 and printer 4
Is for displaying and printing the output information of the CPU 1. The memory 5 is for storing various data (FIG. 4) necessary for data processing of the CPU 1 and its operation program (FIG. 1). The PLU file 6 stores product information such as a product code and unit price in advance.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the key arrangement of the keyboard 2 shown in FIG. In the figure, the keyboard 2 is a numeric key 21 and a setting key (S
T) 22, unit price key 23, and PLU key 24. Number keys
21 is for inputting various numerical data. The setting key 22 is a key used for setting permission / non-permission of additional setting to the PLU file 6. The unit price key 23 is a key for indicating that the numerical data input immediately before is unit price information. The PLU key 24 is a key for designating PLU registration.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a part of the storage area of the memory 5 shown in FIG. In the figure, the memory 5 includes numerical data areas A and B, an additional setting flag C, and a sales data area D as storage areas of interest to this embodiment. The numeric data areas A and B store numeric data input from the numeric keys 21, but store product codes and unit price information during PLU transactions. The additional setting flag C stores information as to whether or not additional setting to the PLU file 6 is permitted,
When set, it indicates that additional setting is permitted, and when not set, it indicates that additional setting is not permitted. The sales data area D stores registered data (cumulative total amount, cumulative number, etc.) of traded products, for example, for each department of the product.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of the PLU file 6 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the PLU file 6 has a plurality of areas, and each area has an area c for storing a product code and an area a for storing unit price information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a key operation which is of interest to the present invention in the above embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the above embodiment. The operation of the above embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6.

First, the operation corresponding to the operation shown in FIG. 6A, that is, the operation for the selective setting of whether or not the additional setting to the PLU file 6 is permitted will be described. First, the operator inputs numerical information (1 or 0) from the numerical keys 21. That is, if the additional setting to the PLU file 6 is permitted in the transaction processing performed later, the numerical data 1 is input, and if the additional setting is not permitted, the numerical data 0 is input. When this numerical data is taken in by the CPU 1 (step S1) and the pressing of the numerical key 21 is judged (step S2), the numerical data is transferred to the numerical data area A.
(Step S3). Then, the numerical data is displayed on the display tube 3 (step S4). Next, the operator presses the setting key (ST) 22. When the CPU 1 determines that the setting key 2 is pressed (steps S1, S2, S5 and S6), it is determined whether the numeric data stored in the numeric data area A is 0 or 1 (steps S7 and S1).
0). When the numerical data is 0, the additional setting flag C
Is reset (step S8), which is displayed and printed on the display tube 3 and the printer 4 (step S8).
9). On the other hand, when the numeral data is 1, the additional setting flag C is set (step S11), and the fact is displayed and printed on the display tube 3 and the printer 4 (step S12).

Next, in FIG. 6 (a), the registration operation when the setting to allow the additional setting to the PLU file 6 is made will be described. The key operation in this case is shown in FIG. 6 (b). First, the operator operates the numeric keys 21 to input the product code. This product code is taken in by the CPU 1 (step S1), stored in the numeric data area A (step S3), and displayed on the display tube 3 (step S4). Then, the operator presses the PLU key 24. C
When the PU1 takes in the key input of the PLU key 24 and judges the pressing of the PLU key (steps S1, S2 and S5), the numeric code stored in the numeric data area A is used as the product code.
The PLU file 6 is searched (step S13), and it is determined whether the corresponding product code is found (step S14).
If the corresponding product code is not found, that is, if the product to be registered now is not registered in the PLU file 6, display processing indicating that it is not registered in the PLU file is performed (step S15). At this time, when the operator wants to register the product to be registered in the PLU file 6, he / she inputs the unit price information of the product and presses the unit price key 23. In response to this, the CPU 1 first fetches the unit price information of the product and stores it in the numerical data area B, and displays the unit price information (steps S16 to S19). continue,
When it is determined that the unit price key 23 is pressed (step S20), it is determined whether or not the additional setting flag C is set (step S21). At this time, since the additional setting flag C is set, the additional setting process for the PLU file 6 (step S22) is performed. That is, the numeric data stored in the numeric data area A is used as a product code, and the numeric data stored in the numeric data area B is used as unit price information.
These codes and information are additionally set in the empty area of the file 6. Thereafter, the unit price information stored in the numerical data area B is accumulated in the corresponding area of the sales data area D (step S23), and the transaction result is displayed and printed (step S24). The product additionally set in step S22 is subjected to registration processing based on the PLU file 6 when the product code of the product is entered and the PLU key 24 is pressed thereafter. That is, in this case, the determination result of the determination step S14 described above is YES, and the PLU
The unit price information is read from the corresponding area of the file 6 and stored in the numerical data B (step S25). Then, the processes of steps S23 and S24 described above are performed.

Next, the registration operation in the case where the setting indicating that the additional setting to the PLU file 6 is not permitted is performed in FIG. 6A will be described. The key operation in this case is shown in FIG. 6 (c).
Is shown in. In this case, the product code has been entered and
The operation until the display processing without PLU registration after the PLU key 24 is pressed (operation up to step S15) is the same as in the case of FIG. 6 (b). Thereafter, when the operator inputs the unit price information and presses the unit price key 23, the unit price data is stored in the numeral data area B (step S18) as in the case of FIG. 6 (b).
Whether the additional setting flag C is set or reset is determined (step S21). At this time, since the additional setting flag C has been reset, the additional setting to the PLU file 6 is not performed, and the process directly proceeds to the operation of step S23 to perform the registration processing in the sales data area D.

As described above, by setting the additional setting flag C in advance, it is possible to arbitrarily select the permission / non-permission of the additional setting to the PLU file 6 at the time of registration of the PLU file unregistered product.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the function of additionally storing and setting the input product information in the PLU file during the registration operation during the transaction processing of the unstored product of the PLU file, and the addition thereof Since the transaction processing device is provided with a function of selecting whether or not to perform the memory setting, the following peculiar effects are achieved.

(1) If the additional storage setting of the product information to the PLU file is made, it is not necessary to input the product information at the time of trading the product, and the operation at the time of the registration operation during the transaction processing becomes simple. In addition, input errors are eliminated and accurate processed data can be output.

(2) If you choose not to set additional storage of product information in the PLU file, you will have to enter the price each time during the registration operation during transaction processing. For this reason, for example, when trading a product whose price changes frequently, information can be input and confirmed every time, and the transaction processing device can be flexibly operated.

(3) If there is not enough space in the PLU file or if you want to trade a product that does not need to be stored in the PLU file, you can prevent additional storage of the product information in the PLU file. You can save space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows the keyboard 2 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the key arrangement of. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a part of the storage area of the memory 5 shown in FIG. Fifth
The figure shows the memory configuration of the PLU file 6 shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of key operation which is of interest to the present invention in the embodiment shown in FIG. In the figure, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a keyboard, 3 is a display tube,
4 is a printer, 5 is a memory, 6 is a PLU file, 21 is a numeric key, 22 is a setting key, 23 is a unit price key, and 24 is a PLU key.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transaction processing device that has a price lookup file that stores in advance product information such as a product code and unit price, and that performs a product registration operation during transaction processing using the stored product information. The permission / prohibition information setting means for setting the information as to whether or not the additional storage setting of the product information to the update file is permitted, and the product information corresponding to the registered product when performing the registration operation of the product during the transaction processing. A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the price look-up file stores, and a case where the discriminating means judges that the product information corresponding to the registered product is not stored in the price look-up file. If the setting contents of the permission / denial information setting means permit additional storage setting,
A transaction processing device, comprising: a control unit that controls to perform additional storage setting of product information in the price lookup file.