JP2922730B2 - Product sales registration 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 merchandise sales register such as an electronic cash register and a checkout counter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, an electronic cash register 1, which is a commodity sales registration device exemplified here, is generally disposed between a work area of a clerk 2 and a movement area of a customer 3, as shown in FIG. It is supposed to be.

[0003] In such an electronic cash register 1, for example, an information input means for inputting various information is operated by a bar code scanner (not shown) or a keyboard 4.
Information processing means (not shown) for editing various information input and operated by the keyboard 4 or the like.
Are formed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like. Further, the electronic cash register 1 is provided with a receipt printer 7 for printing various information edited by the CPU or the like on receipt paper 5 and discharging the same from a receipt issuing port 6. Displays 8 and 9 are provided for displaying the processed various information in both the work area of the clerk 2 and the moving area of the customer 3.

More specifically, in the electronic cash register 1, the receipt printer 7 and information processing means are incorporated in an apparatus main body 11 integrally mounted on a drawer 10. The keyboard 4, the receipt issuing port 6 and the display 8 are provided at a position facing the work area of the clerk 2, and only the display 9 is provided at a position facing the moving area of the customer 3.

In the electronic cash register 1 having such a configuration, for example, when a sales clerk 2 inputs a selling price or the like of a product (not shown) purchased by a customer 3 with a keyboard 4 or the like, the operation is input. The various information is edited by the information processing means and used for display on the displays 8 and 9 and printing on the receipt printer 7. Then, the customer 3 who has checked the contents displayed on the display 9 hands cash or a credit card (both not shown) or the like to the clerk 2 to perform a payment process.
Will execute the accounting process by storing cash in the drawer 10 or the like. Then, when such accounting processing is completed, the receipt printer 7 sends the receipt paper 5 on which all necessary various information is printed from the receipt issuing port 6 to the clerk 2.
Clerk 2 receives the receipt paper 5
Is cut manually and handed over to the customer 3.

Here, the receipt issued by the receipt printer 7 of the electronic cash register 1 has a product name, a selling price, a selling time, a store name, etc. printed thereon. Thus, the customer 3 can deal with replacement of a defective product, recording of the purchase status, and the like.

[0007]

In the electronic cash register 1 as described above, various kinds of information relating to the executed sales work are printed so that the customer 3 can respond to the return of a defective product or the record of the purchase status. A receipt is issued.

However, since there are extremely many customers 3 who do not actually receive the issued receipts or who immediately discard the received receipts, the driving power of the receipt printer 7 and the receipt paper 5 are wasted. ing.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem,
2. Description of the Related Art An electronic cash register (not shown) has been put to practical use in which a switch for switching whether to issue a receipt is provided in a keyboard manually operated by a clerk. However, in this case, it is necessary for the clerk to ask the customer whether or not a receipt is necessary and to switch the switch before starting the sales operation, so that the operation is complicated and the sales operation is delayed.

[0010]

Means for solving the problems: An information input means for inputting various information by a store clerk is provided, and an information processing means for editing various information input and operated by the information input means is provided. In a merchandise sales registration device provided with a receipt printer that prints various information edited by the information processing means on receipt paper and discharges it from a receipt issuing port, and is arranged between a work area of a clerk and a moving area of a customer , before Symbol forming the receipt issuing port in a position opposed to the movement area of the customer, the printer switches provided at a position opposed to the movement area of the customer in the vicinity of the receipt issue port, serial business information
After the registration process by the clerk accumulated in the storage unit, the printer
The first to determine if the switch has been pressed by the customer
After the accounting means by the determination means and the clerk, the printer switch
The second discriminator for discriminating whether the switch has been pressed by the customer
From the start of product registration to the start of registration of the next customer with steps
When the printer switch is pressed at any time, the memory
Based on the business information accumulated in the department,
A printer control means for issuing a receipt by a printer is provided.

[0011]

[Function] The customer who wants to issue a receipt operates
The receipt is not issued to the customer who does not request receipt issuance, so that unnecessary consumption of the driving power of the receipt printer, receipt paper, etc. can be prevented. since the necessary presence or absence of it is not necessary, such as operating the printer switch asked the customer, it is possible to contribute to the efficiency improvement of sales operations to prevent the increase of the clerk of the work burden, especially, customer
From the start of their product registration, the next customer's product registration
Press the printer switch at any time before
You can always get a receipt .

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the electronic cash register 12, which is the merchandise sales registration device, is generally arranged between the work area of the clerk 2 and the moving area of the customer 3, as illustrated in FIG.

In such an electronic cash register 12, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
3 and a keyboard 4 and the like, and an information processing means for editing and processing various information input and operated by the keyboard 4 and the like is formed by the CPU 14 and the like. Further, in such an electronic cash register 12, the CPU 14
Is provided with a receipt printer 7 that prints various information edited on a receipt sheet 5 and discharges it from a receipt issuing port 6. The CPU 14 edits various information into a work area of the clerk 2 and a moving area of the customer 3. And displays 8 and 9 for displaying both.

Further, the electronic cash register 12
Then, the printer control means for executing the printing operation of the receipt printer 7 only when a predetermined condition is detected
A printer switch 15 for outputting various information to the printer control means in the CPU 14 and a transmission type photo sensor 16 are provided.
In the electronic cash register 12, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 14 includes the keyboard 4, the receipt printer 7, the displays 8, 9, the bar code scanner 13, the printer switch 15, the photo sensor 16, and the like. In addition, a journal printer 17 that prints and stores various types of information on journal paper (not shown), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) that fixedly stores various types of information in advance.
18. RAM (Rando that temporarily stores various information freely
m Access Memory) 19 and the like are connected by a bus 20.

The electronic cash register 12
As shown in FIG. 1, the receipt printer 7 and the CP are attached to the apparatus main body 21 integrally mounted on the drawer 10.
The keyboard 4 and the display 8 are provided at a position facing the work area of the clerk 2 on the apparatus main body 21. Further, in the electronic cash register 12, as illustrated in FIG.
A display 9 and the printer switch 15 are provided at a position facing the moving area of the customer 3.
A receipt issuing port 6 is formed at a position facing both the work area of the customer 3 and the moving area of the customer 3. In the electronic cash register 12, the printer switch 1 is used.
Reference numeral 5 is arranged near the receipt issuing port 6, and the photo sensor 16 is arranged in the receipt issuing port 6 as illustrated in FIG.

In such a configuration, the electronic cash register 12 corresponds to the conventional electronic cash register 1.
It is designed to support sales operations in the same way as
A receipt is issued only when the customer 3 operates the printer switch 15 as desired.

Therefore, the electronic cash register 12
In the following, the processing operation when performing a sales operation will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in the electronic cash register 12, the CPU 14 normally monitors the presence or absence of the receipt paper 5 in the receipt issuing port 6 by the photo sensor 16, and when the receipt paper 5 is detected, the display 8 or 9 displays “ Please take a receipt. " Then, the clerk 2 and the customer 3 who visually recognize this message enter the receipt issuing port 6.
When the receipt paper 5 protruding from is removed, the CPU 14 that has detected this by the photo sensor 16 ends the display of the message and returns to the initial state.

Therefore, the electronic cash register 12
When a sales clerk 2 inputs a selling price or the like of a product (not shown) purchased by the customer 3 with the keyboard 4 or the like, the CPU 14 determines whether the processing operation is a product registration or an accounting process. Then, if this is a product registration, a registration process is executed to monitor the presence or absence of an input operation of the printer switch 15. And this printer switch 1
If the operation input of No. 5 is not detected, the process returns to the initial state of the processing operation. If this is detected, the job information accumulated in the RAM 19 by the printer control means of the CPU 14 every time the sales job is executed is received by the receipt printer 7. Print on paper 5. Thus, when receipt issuance is designated in this manner, predetermined business information is printed on the receipt paper 5 by the receipt printer 7 every time the registration process is executed by the printer control means of the CPU 14. When an operation input of a deposit / current total key (not shown) or the like is detected, an accounting process is executed, and predetermined business information is printed on the receipt paper 5 by the receipt printer 7.

When the receipt printer 7 prints all of the predetermined information on the receipt paper 5 and discharges it from the receipt issuing port 6 in this way, the photo sensor 16 detects this and displays a “receipt” on the displays 8 and 9. Is displayed, and the customer 3 who has visually recognized this message cuts out the receipt paper 5 protruding from the receipt issuing port 6 and takes it back. If the customer 3 does not take the receipt paper 5 home due to carelessness, the clerk 2 cuts out the receipt paper 5 protruding from the receipt issuing port 6 and discards it.
Thus, the removal of the receipt paper 5 is performed by the photo sensor 1.
When detected in step 6, the CPU 14 terminates the display of the message, erases the business information accumulated in the RAM 19 during the execution of the sales business, and returns to the initial state.

In the electronic cash register 12, the printer switch 1 is set during the registration process as described above.
If the operation of the printer switch 15 is started in this state, the operation of the printer switch 15 is monitored. If the operation of the printer switch 15 is detected, the printer control means of the CPU 14 stores the operation in the RAM 19. All the accumulated business information is printed on the receipt paper 5 by the receipt printer 7 and returns to the initial state.

The electronic cash register 12
Then, when the sales operation is completed without operating the printer switch 15 during the above-described registration processing or accounting processing, the operation input of the printer switch 15 is monitored until the next sales operation is started. It is supposed to
When the next sales operation is started without detecting the operation input of the printer switch 15, the operation information stored in the RAM 19 is deleted and the operation is started.

By doing so, in the electronic cash register 12, the customer 3 who wants to issue a receipt
, A receipt is not issued to the customer 3 who does not request issuance of the receipt, so that the driving power of the receipt printer 7 and the wasteful consumption of the receipt paper 5 can be prevented. Moreover, in the electronic cash register 12, the customer 3 operates a printer switch 15 for switching whether or not a receipt is issued. The clerk 2 asks the customer 3 whether or not a receipt is required and operates the printer switch 15. Since there is no need to perform such operations, it is possible to prevent an increase in the work load of the clerk 2 and contribute to an improvement in the efficiency of sales operations.

In the electronic cash register 12, since the receipt printer 7 prints various information on the customer 3 side of the receipt paper 5, the customer 3
Means that various information printed on the receipt paper 5 sequentially protruding from the receipt issuing port 6 can be sequentially confirmed. In addition, in the electronic cash register 12, since the sales operation cannot be started if the photo sensor 16 detects the receipt paper 5, the receipt is issued to the customer 3 in advance with a continuous receipt. There is no erroneous operation such as handing over.

[0024]

According to the present invention as described above, various types of information clerk
And information processing means for editing and processing various information input and operated by the information input means. The information processed by the information processing means is printed on a receipt sheet and printed. Providing a receipt printer that discharges from the issue outlet, in a product sales registration device arranged between the clerk's work area and the customer's moving area ,
Before Symbol forming the receipt issuing port in a position opposed to the movement area of the customer, the printer switches provided at a position opposed to the movement area of the customer in the vicinity of the receipt issue port, business
After the registration process by the clerk who stores the information in the storage unit,
Determine if printer switch was pressed by customer
First discriminating means and the clerk
Second to determine if the switch has been pressed by the customer
Start of product registration from the start of product registration
When the printer switch is pressed at any time between
Based on the business information stored in the storage unit, the
Providing printer control means for issuing receipts by a portable printer enables customers who request receipts to be issued
Can obtain a receipt by itself and will not issue a receipt to customers who do not request issuance of receipts, so it is possible to prevent wasteful consumption of drive power of receipt printers and receipt paper, etc. In addition, the clerk does not need to ask the customer whether or not a receipt is required and operate the printer switch, so that it is possible to prevent an increase in the work load on the clerk and to contribute to improving the efficiency of sales operations . For customers, from the start of their product registration to the next
Printer switch at any time before customer registration
Has the effect that a receipt can be obtained at any time by pressing .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an enlarged main part.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing an enlarged main part.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an overall circuit structure.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing operation at the time of executing a sales operation.

FIG. 6 is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Sales clerk 3 Customer 4, 13 Information input means 5 Receipt paper 6 Receipt issuing port 7 Receipt printer 12 Merchandise sales registration device 14 Information processing means and printer control means 15 Printer switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An information input means for inputting various information by a store clerk, an information processing means for editing various information input by the information input means are provided, and various information edited by the information processing means are provided. a receipt printer to print the information on the receipt paper is discharged from the receipt issue port provided in the commodity sales registration device disposed between the clerk working area and customer of the moving region, versus the movement area of the previous SL customer The receipt issuing port is formed at a position facing the customer, and a printer switch is provided near the receipt issuing port at a position facing the moving area of the customer to store business information in the storage unit.
After the registration process by the clerk, the printer switch
First determining means for determining whether or not the button has been pressed by a clerk
After the accounting process by the printer switch by the customer
A second determining means for determining whether the button is pressed or not.
At any time between the start of product registration and the start of registration of the next customer
When the printer switch is pressed, it is stored in the storage unit.
Based on the received business information
A product sales registration device comprising a printer control means for issuing a ticket .