JP2586356B2 - Sales data processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales data processing device such as an ECR or POS terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a sales data processing device such as an ECR or POS terminal, when registering a product, a product code is input for each product, and a product name and a unit price are read and registered. .

By the way, for example, in a coffee shop, a person who ordered a cake will also order a tea, and it seems that many people order a hamburger and a salad together. Also, in supermarkets, people who buy paint will probably buy brushes, and they often buy bread and butter together.

[0004] As described above, it is considered that there are many products that have a strong tendency to purchase two or more products at the same time (this is called a tendency to sell together).

[0005]

However, in the conventional sales data processing apparatus, the above-mentioned products having a strong tendency to sell together as described above are stored by an operator, and are guided to a customer when the products having a strong tendency to sell together are registered. I have to forget the guidance. In addition, any kind of product must be registered one by one for each product, and there is a disadvantage that the registration process cannot be speeded up at all even when registering products having a strong tendency to sell together as described above. .

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to be able to provide guidance of commodities that tend to be sold together and to speed up the registration process.

[0007]

The means of the present invention are as follows. In a sales data processing device for updating the content of total data stored for each product category based on product category data input from an input means, the storage means is adapted to specify another product category in correspondence with the product category. Store link information.

[0008] The determination means determines whether or not link information is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the commodity classification data input from the input means.

[0009] The guide display means guides the product information associated with the product category specified by the link information as a candidate product in response to the determination means determining that the link information is stored. indicate.

The selection means arbitrarily selects, for each of the product categories, whether or not to input a product category of each of the candidate products which are guided and displayed as candidate products by the guidance display means.

The updating means updates the content of the total data corresponding to the input product category in response to the optional selection and input of the product category by the selecting means.

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[0020]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. In a sales data processing device for updating the content of total data stored for each product category based on product category data input from an input means, the storage means may be used to specify another product category in correspondence with the product category. Is stored. When the product classification data is input from the input means, the determination means determines whether or not link information is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the product classification data, whereby the link information is stored. If it is determined that there is a product, the product information associated with the product category specified by the link information is displayed as guidance on the guidance display means as a candidate product. Further, whether or not to input the product classification of each candidate product displayed in the guidance is arbitrarily selected for each of the product classifications by the selection means.
In response to arbitrarily selecting and inputting a product category by the selecting means, the content of the total data corresponding to the input product category is updated by the updating means.

[0021] Therefore, it is possible to provide a guide to a product which has a strong tendency to sell in parallel with the input product, and to register the product by selecting the guided product, thereby speeding up the registration process. Can be.

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[0024]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIG. Note that this embodiment uses EC
The example applied to R is shown.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic circuit configuration of the ECR. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an input unit, and a numeric keypad, a function key, a PLU (price look-up) key, a C (clear) key, a "current / deposit" key, etc. used at the time of product-specific registration are provided on a keyboard thereof. YES key to specify registration
A key, a NO key for designating no registration, a "cancel" key for canceling various processes, and a mode switch MS are provided.

The mode changeover switch MS has "P (setting)", "REG (registration)", "O"
FF (power off), "X (check)", "Z (payment)"
This is a normal control lock that switches to each mode.

The key input signal output from the input unit 11 is converted into a key code by the input control unit 12 and then taken into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 13 to designate an input processing program.

The CPU 13 executes an input process, a process for setting a unit price change time, a registration process for each product, and the like according to a microprogram stored in advance. And CPU1
A RAM (random access memory) 14 is connected to 3.

The RAM 14 controls data writing and reading operations under the control of the CPU 13, and constitutes a PLU file for registering sales data for each product (by category). Here, the PLU file of the RAM 14 has an area P for storing a PLU number corresponding to a product on a one-to-one basis, an area C for storing a character representing a product name corresponding to the PLU number, and an area for storing a unit price.
, An area Q for storing the number of sales, an area A for storing the sales amount, and an area L for storing the PLU number (PLU link) of the product linked to the product and having a strong tendency to buy together.
Are provided.

In the example shown in the RAM 14 of FIG. 1, the data of the product "Hamburg" is stored in correspondence with the PLU number "001" of the area P, the character "Hamburg" is stored in the area C, and the unit price "800" is stored in the area #. , The sales quantity in area Q, the sales amount in area A, the area L
Stores the PLU number “010” of the product “coffee” linked to the product “hamburg”, stores the data of the product “coffee” in the PLU number “010” of the area P, and stores the character “coffee” in the area C. , Area # stores the unit price “200”, area Q stores the sales quantity, area A stores the sales amount, and area L stores the PLU number “100” of the product “salad” linked to the product “coffee”. The product "salad" for PLU number "100" in area P
The area C is linked to the character "salad", the area # is linked to the unit price "300", the area Q is sold, the area A is sold, and the area L is linked to the product "salad". In this case, the PLU number “001” of the product “hamburger” (return destination) is stored.

On the other hand, a ROM 15 is connected to the CPU 13. The ROM 15 constitutes a character generator and stores a control program and the like.

Further, a display unit 17 is connected to the CPU 13 via a display control unit 16 to control a display operation of sales data and the like, and a printing unit 19 is connected to the CPU 13 via a print control unit 18 so that sales data and the like are connected. Control the printing operation of. Also, C
The drawer 20 is connected to the PU 13 and controls the opening operation of the drawer 20.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between display and printing corresponding to a key operation example. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the entire operation of the ECR to which the present invention is applied.

In this case, as an example for explaining the operation, an example is shown in which a customer orders a hamburger at a restaurant, further orders coffee, and then cancels the hamburger without ordering a salad.

First, when the operation of the "REG (registration) mode" is started, step S1 is executed to determine whether or not a key input is made. Here, if there is no key input, NO is determined, and step S1 is repeatedly executed until there is a key input.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, "1 PLU"
To register the hamburger with the PLU number “001”. Thereby, the result of step S1 is YES, and the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, it is determined whether the PLU key has been input. Now, YES is determined and the routine proceeds to step S3. In step S3, a PLU file (RAM 14) in which "001" is stored in the area P is searched based on the input PLU number "001".

Next, in step S4, it is determined whether or not a number has been input. In this case, there is no input, so NO
And step S5 is executed. In addition, when registering the same product, for example, five items, the number is input by operating “1 × 5 PLU”.

In step S5, the character and unit price of the PLU file searched as shown in FIG. 2 are displayed and printed as "Hamburg 800" and "Hamburg ¥ 800", and the sales quantity and sales amount are displayed. Be updated. In other words, the sales quantity is incremented by one, and the sales amount is added by the hamburger's unit price “800” yen.

In step S6, the character and unit price of the searched PLU file are "Hamburg 800".
Is displayed and printed, and the sales quantity and the sales amount are updated based on the quantity input. That is, the number of sales is added by the input number, for example, “5”, and the sales amount is “800” yen × “5” = “400”.
"0" yen is added.

After execution of steps S5 and S6, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, it is determined whether or not the searched PLU file has a PLU link. In this case, since the PLU link is "010", the result is YES, and the process proceeds to step S8. In this step S7, if there is no PLU link (for example, the data is "000"), the determination is NO, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S8, the next PLU file based on the PLU link, that is, PLU number "010"
Search for the PLU file.

In step S9, the data of the PLU file of the searched PLU number "010",
As shown in the figure, the character of the product "coffee" and the unit price are displayed together with the "?" Symbol, such as "coffee? 200".

In the following step S10, it is determined whether or not the NO key for instructing not to register the displayed product is operated. Here, if the NO key is operated,
When the result is YES, the process returns to the step S8.

In step S11, it is determined whether a YES key for instructing execution of registration has been operated. In this case, since the YES key is operated as shown in FIG. 3, the determination result is YES and the process proceeds to step S12. If NO in step S11, step S15 is executed.

In step S12, it is determined whether or not a number has been input, as in step S4. In this case, only the YES key is input, and no number is input, so NO
And step S13 is executed. To register, for example, five identical products, the user operates "5 YES" and inputs the number.

In step S13, the characters and unit price of the PLU file searched as shown in FIG. 2 are printed as "coffee ¥ 200", and the sales quantity and sales amount are updated. That is, the sales quantity is incremented by one, and the sales amount is increased by the unit price of coffee of "200" yen.

In step S14, the character and unit price of the searched PLU file are "coffee ¥ 200
In addition to being printed as "# 5", the sales quantity and the sales amount are updated based on the input quantity. That is, the number of sales is added by the input number, for example, by "5", and the sales amount is added by the unit price of "200" yen x "5" = "1000" yen.

After execution of steps S13 and S14, the process returns to step S7. In step S7, as described above, it is determined whether or not the searched PLU file has a PLU link. In this case, the PLU link is "10
Since it is "0", the result is YES, and the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, as described above, the PLU
The next PLU file based on the link, ie PLU
The PLU file with the number “100” is searched.

In step S9, similarly to the above, the data of the PLU file of the searched PLU number "100", in this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the character of the product "salad" and the unit price are displayed together with the "?" Salad 30
"0".

Next, in step S10, similarly to the above, it is determined whether or not the NO key for instructing not to register the displayed product is operated. In this case, since the NO key has been operated, the answer is YES and the process returns to step S7.

The PLU with the PLU number "100"
In the file area L (PLU link), the PLU number “001” of the product “hamburger” (in this case, the return destination) linked to the product “salad” is stored. PLU with number "001"
The file is searched, and in step S9, this PLU
The character and unit price of the product "Hamburg" stored in the file are displayed together with the "?"
"0".

Here, when the C (clear) key is operated to cancel the registration of the product hamburger, NO is determined in each of steps S10 and S11, and the process proceeds to step S15. In step S15, it is determined whether or not the "tighten" key has been operated. However, since it is the C (clear) key, the determination is NO, and step S16 is executed.

In step S16, it is determined whether any key other than the NO key, the YES key, and the "close" key has been operated. In this case, the determination is YES, and the process proceeds to step S17, where a process according to the key input is performed. Now, C
Since the (Clear) key is operated, the process of canceling the registration is executed, and the character and unit price of the PLU file of the PLU number “001” are “Hamburg 800C” and “Hamburg ¥ 800 correction” as shown in FIG. Is displayed and printed, and the number of sales and the amount of sales are corrected. That is, the sales quantity is decremented by 1, and the sales amount is reduced by the hamburger's unit price of "800" yen. Thus, even the data of the linked PLU file can be corrected by operating the C (clear) key.

When the processing in step S17 is completed, the flow returns to step S1 to wait for a key input.

Here, when the "tightening" key is operated as shown in FIG. 2, the answer is YES in step S1, and the determination in step S2 is NO, and the process proceeds to step S15.

If YES is determined in this step S15, the closing process of step S18 is executed, and the total of the registered data is calculated. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the total amount is displayed and printed as "T200", "cash ¥ 200".

[0059]

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically guide as a candidate product a product which is linked to the input product and which has a tendency to sell together, and to register the product by selecting the guided candidate product. And registration of goods can be easily performed. In this way, sales can be promoted and registration can be accelerated. In addition, while looking at products displayed as candidate products for registration, it is possible to select and register only the products desired by the customer among the products. It can reflect and provide detailed services.

[0060]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic circuit configuration of an ECR to which the present invention is applied and a data configuration of a RAM 14 (PLU file).

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display and a printing state in response to a key operation.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 input unit 12 input control unit 13 CPU 14 RAM 15 ROM 16 display control unit 17 display unit 18 print control unit 19 print unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Content of total data stored for each product category
Is updated based on the product classification data input from the input means.
In a new sales data processing device, a storage unit for storing link information for designating another product category in correspondence with a product category; and a product category data input from the input unit.
Determining means for determining whether or not link information is stored in the storage means; and specifying by the link information in response to the determination means determining that link information is stored. Have been
Product information associated with the product category
Guidance display means for displaying guidance , and guidance display as candidate products by the guidance display means
Whether or not to enter the product classification of each candidate product
Selection means for arbitrarily selecting each item, and the selection and input of the product category using this selection means
According to the entered product classification and the corresponding aggregate data
Updating means for updating the content of the sales data.