JP2800817B1 - Barcode reader - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] A sales information of a product of a POS terminal other than a provided POS terminal at a retail store is provided by a PO.
Be obtained as part of the S system. SOLUTION: First, a barcode reading unit 101,
It comprises a barcode analysis unit 102 and an interface unit 103 for connection to a higher-level device such as a POS register. Then, the analysis data storage unit 104,
The data communication control unit 105 and the data communication interface unit 106 are newly provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a bar code reader used in a POS system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A point-of-sale information system (POS system) incorporates a computer into a register of a retail store, reads a bar code attached to a product, stores the product code in the computer, and stores a register corresponding to the product. Indicate the price (including discounts)
The information is transferred to a central sales headquarters via a telephone line or the like. With this POS system, it is possible to accurately grasp what kind of product was sold and when. The data stored in this computer can be processed and linked with the replenishment ordering system, and can be used for grasping the best selling information, improving the product display method, and improving management such as priority purchase.

[0003] In this POS system, a POS terminal such as a POS register, which is the center of the POS system, is provided by a company of the product manufacturer at a retail store which has a tie-up agreement with a certain product manufacturer. Is what it is. A generally sold barcode is connected to this POS register to constitute the entire POS system. This barcode reader is configured as shown in FIG. That is, it comprises a barcode reading unit 301, a barcode analysis unit 302, and an interface unit 303 for connection to a higher-level device such as a POS register. Then, the POS terminal 3 such as a POS register is connected via the interface unit 303.
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[0004]

Conventionally, as described above, the configuration is as described above, so that information on products of a specific product manufacturer (manufacturer) at the retail store is collected only to the specific manufacturer. Normally, a retailer that has a distributor agreement with a manufacturer also sells products other than the manufacturer. However, sales information on products of other manufacturers at the retail store cannot be obtained by other manufacturers unless the POS terminal provided by each manufacturer is grounded at the retail store. Here, the POS terminal has a computer installed in a register as described above, and therefore requires a certain installation area. For this reason,
Installing a plurality of POS terminals at a retail store places a heavy burden on the retail store, such as a decrease in the sales floor area and a need to manage a plurality of different terminals.

[0005] As described above, generally, only one POS terminal is installed in a retail store. For this reason,
Manufacturers who could not install a POS terminal could not obtain sales information on their products at the retail store. That is, the POS system can obtain sales information at the retail store because the installed POS
It was limited to companies that provided terminals. The present invention
The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. In order to obtain sales information of its products at its retail stores as part of the POS system, other than the installed POS terminal providing company. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

A bar code reader according to the present invention includes a bar code reader for reading a bar code attached to a product, and data read by the bar code reader connected to a first host. First data transfer means for transferring data to a terminal of the point-of-sale information management system, and second data transfer means for transferring data read by the bar code reading unit to a second host via a public telephone network. And was prepared. With such a configuration, the data in the read barcode is transferred to a terminal other than the terminal of the point-of-sale information management system.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a barcode reader according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the bar code reader includes a bar code reading unit 101 and a bar code analysis unit 102.
And an interface unit 103 for connection to a higher-level device such as a POS register. In this embodiment, the analysis data storage unit 10
4, a data communication control unit 105, and a data communication interface unit 106 are newly provided.

[0008] The bar code reader is connected to a POS terminal 107 such as a POS register via the interface unit 103. Also, the POS terminal 107
Through the public telephone line 109, the POS terminal 107
Is connected to the company A host system 108 of the company A providing the service. In this embodiment, the bar code reader connects the data communication interface unit 106 to the public telephone line 109 and transfers the read data to the other company B host system 110. Although not shown, the POS terminal 107 and the company A host systems 108 and 110 have a data communication interface such as a modem.

Next, the operation of the bar code reader according to this embodiment will be described. When the barcode reader 101 reads the barcode printed on the package of the product to be sold in step S1, the barcode reader 102 decodes the barcode read by the barcode analyzer 102 in step S2. Is analyzed. Next, in step S3, the barcode analysis unit 102 determines whether or not the manufacturer of the product is the company B from the result of the analysis. Here, when it is determined that it is not the company B,
In step S4, the barcode analysis unit 102 transmits the read data to the POS terminal 10 via the interface unit 103.
Transfer to 7.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the company is a company B, in step S4, the barcode analysis unit 102
The read data is transferred to P via the interface unit 103.
The data is transferred to the OS terminal 107, and the data is stored in the analysis data storage unit 104. Next, step S5
Thus, the data communication control unit 105 controls the analysis data storage unit 10
4 is transmitted to the data communication interface 1
06 and the public telephone line 109 to the company B host system 110. The interface unit 103
The merchandise data of the company A sent to the POS terminal 107 is stored as sales management data in the POS terminal 107, and is transferred from the POS terminal 107 to the A company host system 108 via the public telephone line 109. Further, the POS terminal 10 is transmitted from the interface unit 103.
7 is sent to the POS terminal 107.
Is stored as sales management data.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the merchandise sales information of company B read by the bar code reader is transferred to the company B host system 110 of company B. As a result, the company b can obtain sales information of its products at the retail store in the POS system without installing a new POS terminal at the retail store. In the above embodiment, the product data of the company B is transferred from the data communication interface unit 106 to the company B. However, the present invention is not limited to this. All the data read by the barcode reader may be transferred to the POS terminal 107 via the interface unit 103 and may be transferred from the data communication interface unit 106 to the company B.

In the above embodiment, the data is transferred from the data communication interface unit 106 to the company B. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data may be transferred to a plurality of other companies. You may. In this case, the data may be transferred to the corresponding company based on the result of the barcode analysis performed by the barcode analysis unit 102. Further, in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the barcode analysis unit 102, the data communication control unit 105
May be replaced with a CPU. In this case, the CPU is connected to the interface unit 103, the analysis data storage unit 104, and the data communication interface unit 106 via a bus, and simultaneously executes barcode data by a program developed in a main memory connected to the bus. It performs analysis and determination of the transfer destination. The program may be stored in the external storage device connected to the bus, and may be expanded in the main memory at the time of execution. Further, the analysis data storage unit may be provided in the main memory or an external storage device.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, a bar code reading section for reading a bar code attached to a product, and the data read by the bar code reading section are connected to the first host and the sales are connected to the first host. A first data transfer unit for transferring the data to the terminal of the point-in-time information management system; and a second data transfer unit for transferring the data read by the barcode reading unit to the second host via the public telephone network. I prepared for it. With this configuration, the read barcode data is transferred to a terminal other than the point-of-sale information management system terminal, and the company providing the point-of-sale information management system terminal (POS terminal) is provided. The information of the merchandise that is being retailed is transferred to other companies. As a result, for example,
Other than the installed POS terminal providing company, sales information of its products at the retail store can be obtained as part of the POS system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a barcode reader according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the bar code reader of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a conventional barcode reader.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 bar code reading unit 102 bar code analysis unit 103 interface unit 104 analysis data storage unit 105 data communication control unit 106 data communication interface unit 107 POS terminal 108 A
Company host system, 109: public telephone line, 110: B
Company host system.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bar code reading unit for reading a bar code attached to a product, and a data read by the bar code reading unit,
First data transfer means for transferring the data to the terminal of the point-of-sale information management system connected to the host, and for transferring the data read by the bar code reading unit to the second host via a public telephone network. And a second data transfer means. 2. The bar code reader according to claim 1, further comprising: a bar code analysis unit that decodes information of the read bar code from data read by the bar code reading unit. leader. 3. The bar code reader according to claim 2, wherein the bar code analysis unit transfers the data read by the bar code reading unit to the second data transfer unit based on manufacturer information of the product. A bar code reader that is a feature.