JP3035431B2 - Product 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 merchandise sales data processing apparatus used for an electronic cash register or a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A merchandise sales data processing device such as an electronic cash register or a POS terminal that supports various sales operations includes, for example, a drawer for storing money is slidably mounted on the bottom of the device body so as to be opened and closed by sliding. An R / J (Rec) which forms a keyboard on which data is input and a display for displaying and outputting various data on the surface of the apparatus main body and prints and outputs various data as a receipt or a journal.
(eipt / Journal) A printer is provided at the top of the apparatus main body. Further, such a product sales data processing device has a CPU (Central Processing) that executes various processing operations such as registration processing and device control based on various data such as product data and amount data input from a keyboard or the like.
Unit) and a drawer opening / closing mechanism for selectively opening a drawer normally held in a closed state according to output data from the CPU or the like.

In order to support sales operations using such a product sales data processing device, a store clerk inputs product data, amount data, and the like by manually operating a keyboard.
Based on the input data, the CPU or the like sequentially executes registration processing by outputting various data by displaying on a display or printing by an R / J printer. Therefore, when the clerk who has completed the registration process inputs the closing process by manually operating the keyboard, the CPU or the like executes the closing process based on the input data and outputs a drawer opening signal to the drawer opening / closing mechanism. Then, the drawer opening / closing mechanism, which has received the drawer opening signal, opens the drawer, so that the opening recess of the drawer is exposed, and money and bills can be freely taken in and out. Work can be performed.

[0004] In a store using such a product sales data processing device, for example, an account is set up in a corner of a sales floor where various types of products are displayed, and the product sales data processing device is installed in this account. I have. In such stores, security cameras are installed at each of a plurality of locations such as sales floors and accounts, and the sites where shoplifting and robbery occur are recorded on a video recorder or the like.

[0005] In a large-scale security system, a video recorder is connected to each of a plurality of security cameras, and each place in the store is continuously photographed. A security camera is switchably connected to one video recorder, and the security cameras connected to the video recorder are switched in order to sequentially photograph various places in the store. In addition, a security system that periodically rotates one security camera and sequentially photographs each place in the store, and a security system that drives the security camera that shoots accounts at regular intervals for a very short time have been implemented. I have.

[0006]

In a store equipped with a security system as described above, a shoplift or a robber is identified by sequentially photographing and recording a plurality of locations, such as a sales floor and an account in the store, with a security camera. And so on.

However, as described above, in a security system in which a plurality of security cameras photograph each place in a store in order and record them with a single video recorder, for example, while the security camera is photographing a place other than accounting, If the burglary is executed quickly, the culprit of the burglary cannot be recorded, so that the security effect is reduced.

[0008] Such a problem is that a security system for periodically rotating one security camera and sequentially photographing various places in the store, and a security camera for photographing accounts are driven for a very short time at regular intervals. Since the same occurs in a security system or the like, a countermeasure is demanded.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Money that classifies and stores multiple types of money, such as banknotes and coins
Equipped with a drawer that has a coin storage unit and a security camera
Product sales data processing device used in
Opening detection means for detecting the opening of the drawer and the cash collection
Withdrawal detecting means for detecting the removal of large bills from the deposit section
The drawer is opened by the opening detection means or
Detecting the removal of a large bill by the removal detection means
And a signal output for outputting a shooting command signal for the security camera
Means, and the open detection means and the removal detection means
Selective activation. Invention of claim 2
In the invention according to claim 1, the opening detection means and
The operation with the detection means is based on the current date and time output by the timer circuit.
Control automatically.

[0010]

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the drawer is frequently opened and closed.
For example, during the daytime when it is cheap, the removal detection means is activated,
When the drawer opens and closes little and the security deteriorates, for example at night
The opening detection means can be operated . Claim 2
The invention of the drawer has many drawers that open and close
In such cases, the removal detection means is activated, and the opening and closing of the drawer is small.
Activate the opening detection means at night, for example, when security is poor.
In accordance with the current date and time output by the timer circuit.
Can be controlled automatically.

[0012]

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, in an electronic cash register 1 which is a product sales data processing device exemplified in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a register main body 3 which is a device main body is integrally mounted on a flat box-shaped drawer unit 2. In addition, a keyboard 4, a display 5, an R /
It has a structure in which a J printer 6 and the like are provided integrally.

The cash drawer unit 2 of the electronic cash register 1 includes a drawer 7 which is a flat box-shaped money storage unit having an open upper surface, and a flat box-shaped device main body having a rectangular opening 8 formed on the front surface. The drawer box 9 is slidably disposed inside. Therefore, in the drawer unit 2, a coil spring (not shown) for urging the drawer 7 forward inside the drawer box 9, and the drawer 7 urged by the coil spring is connected to the inside of the drawer box 9. Mechanism 10 which is a drawer opening / closing mechanism for holding the door closed
Are provided on the inside rear of the drawer box 9.

The drawer 7 of the drawer unit 2
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 2, one opening recessed part 11 elongated in the left-right direction used for storing high-value bills (not shown) is formed at the front edge portion. A separate coin case 13 in which a plurality of opening recesses 12 (not shown) are continuously provided in the left-right direction is detachably mounted in the opening recesses 11. The drawer 7 of the drawer unit 2 is provided with a plurality of opening recesses 14 for various bills (not shown) in the latter half thereof.
Inside each of 4, a bill stopper 15 pivotally supported at the rear edge so as to be vertically rotatable is provided.

Therefore, in the drawer 7 of the drawer unit 2, a position where the coin case 13 is removably engaged at one corner of the bottom of the opening recessed portion 11 for storing a large bill, etc., and a large bill is stored. At the position where the rotatable bill stopper 15 of the one left opening recess 14 is engaged with the rotatable bill stopper 15, there are provided detection switches 16 and 17 which are removal detecting means for detecting removal of a large bill. ing.

The electronic cash register 1 partially including the drawer unit 2 having the above-described structure, as shown in FIG. 3, stores various data such as an OS (Operating System) in a fixed manner. ROM (Read Only) stored in advance
A memory (Random Access Memory) 18 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 19 for temporarily storing various data such as product data in an updatable manner are connected to a CPU 21 for executing various data processing via a bus 21.
To the CPU 20, the keyboard 4, the display 5, the R / J printer 6, the lock mechanism 10 of the drawer unit 2, and the detection switches 16 and 1.
7, a timer circuit 22, a camera controller 23, and the like are connected by the bus 21, the connector cable 24, and the like.

Therefore, the electronic cash register 1
The data control means for executing various processing operations such as registration processing and apparatus control based on various data such as merchandise data and amount data input by the keyboard 4 is executed by the CPU.
20 and the like. In the electronic cash register 1, a drawer opening / closing mechanism for normally holding the drawer 7 in the drawer box 9 in a closed state is formed by a lock mechanism 10 or the like. The drawer 7 is opened from the drawer box 9 in accordance with a drawer opening signal output when a data control means such as the CPU 20 executes a closing process, a change process and the like.

Here, the electronic cash register 1
For example, an account is provided at one corner of a sales floor where various products are displayed, security cameras (not shown) are installed at each of a plurality of locations such as the account and the sales floor, and these n security cameras are connected to one unit. It is designed to be installed in the checkout of a store that is switchably connected to a video recorder (not shown). And
In the electronic cash register 1, the camera controller 23 sequentially switches the n security cameras connected to the video recorder in order to sequentially photograph various places in the store with one video recorder. More specifically, the camera controller 23 includes a counter (not shown) in which “n”, which is the number of the security cameras, is set as an initial value, and the security camera corresponding to the count value is provided. Is connected to the video recorder.

In the electronic cash register 1, an opening detecting means for detecting the opening of the drawer 7 by the drawer opening signal output from the CPU 20 to the lock mechanism 10 of the drawer unit 2 is formed by the CPU 20 or the like. A take-out detecting means for detecting take-out of a large bill from the drawer 7 is formed by the detection switches 16, 17 and the like. Therefore, these detection switches 16,
A signal output means for outputting a shooting command signal for the security camera to the camera controller 23 in accordance with a detection output of an extraction detection means such as 17 and an opening detection means such as the CPU 20; 23, when a shooting command signal is input from a signal output unit such as the CPU 20, the switching of the security cameras connected to the video recorder according to the order is stopped, and the security camera for shooting a transaction is forcibly applied to the video recorder. Connection is made.

In the electronic cash register 1, an opening detecting means such as the CPU 20 for detecting the opening of the drawer 7 and an ejection detecting means for the detecting switches 16 and 17 for detecting the removal of the large bill from the drawer 7. Since it is meaningless to operate both of them simultaneously, this means that one of them is selectively operated by the mode setting of the CPU 20.

In the electronic cash register 1, the camera controller 23 receives the photographing command signal output from the signal output means such as the CPU 20 as described above.
When the security camera that shoots accounts is forcibly connected to the video recorder, the CPU 20 etc. also records the receipt number output in the registration process and the current date and time output by the timer circuit 22 as a recording signal. Output to the recorder.

In such a configuration, first, the electronic cash register 1 selectively activates one of the opening detecting means and the removing detecting means such as the CPU 20 in the mode setting according to the demand of the store as described above. In this case, the CPU with the open detection means activated
The processing operation of 20 and the like will be described in detail below based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, in the electronic cash register 1, when a store clerk inputs merchandise data, amount data, and the like by manual operation of the keyboard 4, data control means such as the CPU 20 or the like controls the display on the display 5 or the R based on the input data. / J Printer 6 sequentially executes registration processing by outputting various data by printing. Then, when the clerk who has completed the above-described registration processing inputs the closing processing by manual operation of the keyboard 4, the CPU 2 executes the closing processing based on the input data.
The data control means such as 0 executes the closing process and outputs a drawer opening signal to the drawer unit 2.

Then, the lock mechanism 10 of the drawer unit 2 that has received the drawer opening signal releases the close of the drawer 7 against the resilient force of the coil spring. It is opened outward from the drawer box 9. By doing so, in the electronic cash register 1, the opening recesses 12 and 14 of the drawer 7 are exposed to allow money and bills to be freely put in and taken out. Work can be performed.

In the electronic cash register 1, the CPU 20, which has output the drawer opening signal to the drawer unit 2 as described above, outputs a photographing command signal to the camera controller 23 successively, and generates the photographing instruction signal by the registration processing. The report number and the current date and time output by the timer circuit 22 are output to the video recorder as recording signals.

The processing operation of the camera controller 23 of the electronic cash register 1 will be described below with reference to FIG. First, the camera controller 23
Since the n security cameras are sequentially switched, the counter is initialized to "n" at the time of startup.
Then, the camera controller 23 determines the presence or absence of the input of the photographing command signal, and if it is not detected, subtracts “1” from the counter. Therefore, the camera controller 23 confirms that this count value is not “0”.
Connects the security camera corresponding to the count value to the video recorder. And this camera controller
The above-described processing operation is sequentially repeated until the count value becomes “0”, and when the count value becomes “0”, the counter is initialized and the above-described processing operation is restarted.

By doing so, the camera controller 23 of the electronic cash register 1 can connect the n security cameras to one video recorder in order, so that this video recorder is The accounting images are sequentially recorded.

In the electronic cash register 1, the CPU 20 which has output the drawer release signal as described above
When the camera controller 23 receives the photographing command signal, the camera controller 23 stops switching the security cameras according to the order and connects the security camera for photographing the transaction to the video recorder.

In this way, in the electronic cash register 1, usually, each place of the store is photographed by a plurality of security cameras and recorded by one video recorder in order, as in the conventional case. When the 7 is opened, the accounting image is forcibly recorded on the video recorder, so that, for example, it is possible to prevent the video recorder from recording an image other than accounting and quickly perform a burglary while recording the culprit. it can.

In addition, when the electronic cash register 1 forcibly records the accounting image by the video recorder in conjunction with the opening of the drawer 7 as described above, both the report number and the current time are recorded in the video recorder. The security information can be improved by using such information.

In this case, the opening of the drawer 7 is photographed in conjunction with the opening of the drawer 7 by operating the opening detecting means in the mode setting of the CPU 20 or the like. Then, it can be assumed that the photographing time at a place other than the checkout is extremely reduced.

In such a case, in the electronic cash register 1, by operating the take-out detecting means in the mode setting of the CPU 20 or the like, it is possible to photograph the transaction in conjunction with the taking in and out of the large bill. The processing operation of the CPU 20 and the camera controller 23 in this case is the same as the opening detection described above except that the CPU 20 outputs a photographing command signal in accordance with the detection outputs of the detection switches 16 and 17 which are inevitably activated when a large bill is inserted and removed. This is the same as the processing operation when the means operates.

In the electronic cash register 1, the mode setting of the CPU 20 or the like has been described as an example in which one of the open detection means and the ejection detection means is selectively operated. It is automatically operated in accordance with the current date and time output by the timer circuit 22 to operate the discharge detection means during the daytime when security is good and to operate the opening detection means at night when the security of the drawer 7 is small and the security is deteriorated. It is also feasible to control it dynamically.

Further, in this embodiment, when a plurality of security cameras installed in various places in a store are sequentially connected to one video recorder, the security cameras for photographing the transaction in response to the output of the photographing command signal are forcibly used. Although connection to a video recorder has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in a case where one security camera is periodically rotated to sequentially capture images of various places in a store, the shooting direction of the security camera may be forcibly turned to the account in response to the output of the shooting command signal. In cases where the security camera that shoots a store's accounts is driven for a very short period of time at regular intervals, it is also possible to forcibly activate the security camera in response to the output of the shooting command signal It is.

Further, in this embodiment, the electronic cash register 1 is provided with the camera controller 23 for controlling the switching of the security camera. However, a device for controlling the security camera as described above is generally provided in the electronic cash register. Since it is implemented as a security system for a store unrelated to 1, an electronic cash register (not shown) that outputs only a shooting command signal to such an existing security system can be implemented. In this embodiment, a stand-alone electronic cash register 1 is assumed as a commodity sales data processing device. However, a POS system (FIG. 1) in which such an electronic cash register 1 is connected to a store controller or a host computer (both not shown). (Not shown), it is also possible to implement the above-mentioned camera controller or the like in a store computer or a host computer.

Further, in the electronic cash register 1 which is the merchandise sales data processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the separate register main body 3 is integrally installed on the drawer box 9 in which the drawer 7 is openably and closably mounted. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and an electronic cash register (not shown) in which such a drawer unit is disposed at a position separated from the register main body, and a single unit including a keyboard, a display, and the like are provided. A product sales data processing device (not shown), such as an electronic cash register, in which a drawer is directly attached to the device main body, can also be implemented as the product sales data processing device of the present invention.

[0038]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, bills, money, etc.
Has a money storage unit that classifies and stores multiple types of money
Used in stores where security cameras are installed.
Opening of the drawer
Release detection means for detecting release and high price from the money storage unit
A take-out detecting means for detecting take-out of bills;
Release detection means by means of release detection means
When detecting the removal of a large bill by the step, the security
Signal output means for outputting a shooting command signal for
The opening detection means and the removal detection means are selectively activated.
The drawer was opened and closed, and the security was good.
For example, during the daytime, the removal detection means is activated, and the drawer is opened.
The security is deteriorated due to less closing.
This has the effect that the step can be activated . Claim
The invention described in claim 2 is the same as the invention described in claim 1,
The timer circuit outputs the operation of the detection means and the removal detection means.
Is automatically controlled according to the current date and time.
Drawers are open and closed, and security is good.
Activate the detection means, and the drawer opens and closes less, resulting in worse security
Activate the opening detection means at night, for example.
Automatically, according to the current date and time output by the timer circuit.
This has the effect of being able to control

[0039]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of an electronic cash register which is an embodiment of a product sales data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view illustrating an internal structure of a drawer which is also a money storing unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit structure of an electronic cash register.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a CP that is both an opening detection unit and a signal output unit.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of U.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the camera controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Merchandise sales data processing device 7 Drawer 16, 17 Extraction detection means 20 Opening detection means, signal output means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. Classification of a plurality of types of money such as banknotes and coins
Equipped with a drawer with a money storage unit
Product sales data processing used in stores where cameras are installed
In the apparatus, an opening detecting means for detecting opening of the drawer
Detecting removal of high-value banknotes from the step and the money storage unit
Removal detection means, and the opening detection means
Opening the lower or picking up large bills by the pick-up detection means
Detection of the security camera, a shooting command signal for the security camera is issued.
Signal output means for inputting a signal, and
A merchandise sales data processing device characterized by selectively operating the outgoing detection means . 2. The operation of the open detection means and the removal detection means
Control automatically according to the current date and time output by the timer circuit
The product sale according to claim 1, wherein the product is sold.
Data processing device.