JP3671026B2 - Product sales data processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, various cards functioning as a payment means instead of cash, such as credit cards, cash cards used for debit card payments, cards for handling electronic money, and the like are widely used. These card types include magnetic cards, contact IC (Integrated Circuit) cards, non-contact IC cards, and the like.
[0003]
In particular, non-contact IC cards have been adopted as prepaid cards that handle electronic money in recent years because they have high security functions and excellent convenience. In this prepaid card using a non-contact IC card, electronic money can be deposited (charged) into a prepaid card with a small remaining amount.
[0004]
As shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), stores and the like that perform electronic payment using such a non-contact IC card are dedicated to reading / writing data to / from the non-contact IC card. It is necessary to connect the non-contact card reader / writer 100 to the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 101 and to install a card depositing apparatus 102 for depositing electronic money to the non-contact IC card.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in order to install all such devices 100, 101, 102 in a store, a large installation space is required, but usually the space around the product sales data processing device 101 is limited, and the store space is also limited. Since it is limited, it is difficult to install all the devices 100, 101, 102.
[0006]
In particular, in a convenience store, the space around the product sales data processing apparatus 101 is also a place where work such as delivery of goods is performed. If the contactless card reader / writer 100 is installed at that place, the work is hindered. End up.
[0007]
Further, in a store having a large space such as a home center, the card depositing device 102 can be installed. However, when electronic money is deposited in a non-contact IC card, the place where the card depositing device 102 is installed. The customer needs to move up to a burden on the customer.
[0008]
An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of reading / writing data to / from a non-contact IC card, improving workability, and realizing space saving. It is to be.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides a merchandise sales data processing apparatus that executes sales processing of goods (e.g. POS terminals), is provided on the surface directed to the customer side of the main body case, the read / write row of data via radio waves A card placement unit that allows placement of a card (for example, a non-contact IC card) in a leaning state, and a position where radio waves can be transmitted and received with respect to the card placed on the card placement unit A non-contact card reader / writer that reads / writes data via radio waves, and is provided on a surface facing the customer side of the main body case so as to be inclined and adjacent to the card mounting portion. A display device for displaying and notifying information, and the card mounting portion is inclined in the leaning direction of the card at substantially the same angle as the display device and supports the back surface of the card, and Supported by support surface The inclined at an angle to prevent the dropping of the card and a protruding portion for supporting the lower end of projecting said card from said support surface has.
[0010]
Therefore, the merchandise sales data processing apparatus and the non-contact card reader / writer are integrated, and data can be read / written from / to the card placed on the card placement unit. The writer and the card placement unit do not hinder work such as delivery of goods, and space saving is realized.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is an example in which the merchandise sales data processing apparatus is applied to the POS terminal 1. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the POS terminal 1 viewed from the operator side, and FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the POS terminal 1 viewed from the customer side.
[0012]
The POS terminal 1 includes a main body case 1a formed in a casing shape, and is placed on the drawer 2, and controls opening and closing of the drawer 3 of the drawer 2. The POS terminal 1 has an area for receiving an operator's operation on the upper surface of the main body case 1a. The operation area includes a keyboard 4 in which various keys are gathered, a control key 5 that is switched by a key (not shown), a receipt. A receipt issuing port 6 is provided for discharging the. When viewed from the operator, the keyboard 4 and the control key 5 are arranged in the right area, and the receipt issuing port 6 is arranged in the left area.
[0013]
The keyboard 4 is credited with a numeric key for entering the amount of money, sales quantity, etc., a closing key for declaring the closing of sales processing in sales processing, and a non-contact IC card (hereinafter referred to as IC card C). An electronic money key for declaring electronic commerce settlement by electronic money, a deposit key for declaring electronic money deposit processing for depositing electronic money to the IC card C, and declaring a deposit amount at the time of electronic money deposit processing A deposit amount confirmation key is provided.
[0014]
A display 7 that functions as an operator-side display is disposed above the right side of the main body case 1a, and a touch panel 8a that functions as a customer-side display is located at the back of the display 7 when viewed from the operator. An attached display 8 is provided. The display 8 is inclined at an angle that is easy for a standing customer to see. Further, a barcode scanner 9 for optically reading a barcode such as a product code is connected to the POS terminal 1. In addition, on the right side of the display 8 as viewed from the customer, a cover 11 having a card placement portion 10 on which the IC card C is placed on the surface is provided. This cover 11 forms a part of the main body case 1a.
[0015]
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing the periphery of the cover 11 in an enlarged manner. As shown in FIG. 3, the card placement unit 10 is provided at a lower portion of the IC card C supported by the support surface 10a and supported by the support surface 10a. It is comprised from the protrusion part 10b which protrudes. The support surface 10a is inclined at substantially the same angle as the display 8 is inclined to support the IC card C, and the protrusion 10b is inclined at an angle that prevents the IC card C supported by the support surface 10a from falling. To support the IC card C.
[0016]
FIG. 4 is a vertical side view showing the inside of the cover 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the POS terminal 1 is provided with a non-contact card reader / writer 12 that reads / writes data from / to the IC card C in a non-contact manner. The non-contact card reader / writer 12 is located in the cover 11 at a position facing the IC card C placed on the card placement unit 10. The POS terminal 1 is provided with a speaker 13 that emits sound. The speaker 13 is positioned in the cover 11 and below the contactless card reader / writer 12.
[0017]
The non-contact card reader / writer 12 includes an antenna 14 for transmitting and receiving radio waves, an LED 15a that emits green light, and an LED 15b that emits red light. The antenna 14 transmits and receives radio waves to and from the IC card C to read data without contact. In addition, the LED 15a and 15b notify the data reading / writing abnormality and the like. Therefore, the non-contact card reader / writer 12 is positioned at a position where radio waves can be transmitted / received to / from the IC card C mounted on the card mounting unit 10.
[0018]
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view showing a mounting structure of the cover 11 and the non-contact card reader / writer 12. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of claw portions T are provided at the end of the cover 11, and these claw portions T are fitted into a plurality of holes H formed in the main body case 1a. The cover 11 is detachably provided on the POS terminal 1. The contactless card reader / writer 12 is detachably attached to the POS terminal 1 with a plurality of screws N. The non-contact card reader / writer 12 may be detachably provided by an attachment structure similar to the cover 11 attachment structure.
[0019]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing the electrical connection of each part of the IC card C. As shown in FIG. 6, the IC card C has an IC chip 20 built therein. This IC chip 20 is configured by connecting a CPU 23 with a ROM 23, a RAM 24, an EEPROM 25, which is a nonvolatile storage unit, and a communication circuit 26, which store control programs and the like in advance via a bus line 22. The communication circuit 26 includes a circuit that converts a digital signal into an analog signal (modulation) and converts (demodulates) the analog signal into a digital signal. An antenna 27 for transmitting / receiving radio waves is connected to the communication circuit 26. The EEPROM 25 stores an ID code, remaining amount data, and the like. The IC card C is supplied with power from the antenna 27 by radio waves transmitted from the non-contact card reader / writer 12. Note that the IC card C of the present embodiment is a proximity IC card C, and its communication distance is 0 to 10 cm.
[0020]
Next, the electrical connection of each part with which the POS terminal 1 is provided is demonstrated based on FIG. Here, FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an electrical connection of each unit included in the POS terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 7, the POS terminal 1 incorporates a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as a microcomputer) 30, and the microcomputer 30 drives and controls each part. The microcomputer 30 stores in advance a fixed data such as an activation program and an authentication code in a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31 that centrally controls each unit via a bus line 32 such as an address bus or a data bus. A read only memory (RAM) 33 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 34 functioning as a work area for storing various data such as a sales buffer and a print buffer and storing various data in a rewritable manner are connected to each other. The RAM 34 is backed up by a battery (not shown).
[0021]
Next, each unit that is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 30 will be described.
[0022]
The keyboard 4 is connected to the bus line 32 via the keyboard input circuit 35, and inputs a signal corresponding to the operated key to the microcomputer 30 by the operation of the keyboard input circuit 35.
[0023]
The control key 5 is connected to the bus line 32 via the control key input circuit 36, and inputs a signal corresponding to the switching position to the microcomputer 30 by the operation of the control key input circuit 36. The microcomputer 30 sets the operation mode of the POS terminal 1 to each business mode such as a registration mode, a setting mode, a checkout mode, and an inspection mode in accordance with the output signal of the control key 5.
[0024]
The displays 7 and 8 are connected to the bus line 32 via the display control circuit 37. When display data from the microcomputer 30 is input to the display control circuit 37, the displays 7 and 8 are driven by the display control circuit 37 to display predetermined items. .
[0025]
The touch panel 8a is connected to the bus line 32 via the touch panel control circuit 38. When display data from the microcomputer 30 is input to the touch panel control circuit 38, the touch panel 8a is driven by the touch panel control circuit 38 to display predetermined items. A signal corresponding to a key provided on the touch panel 8 a is input to the microcomputer 30 by the operation of the control circuit 38.
[0026]
The barcode scanner 9 is connected to the bus line 32 via the scanner input circuit 39, and transmits the read product code data to the microcomputer 30 by the operation of the scanner input circuit 39.
[0027]
The non-contact card reader / writer 12 is connected to the bus line 32 via the card reader / writer control circuit 40, and transmits data received from the IC card C to the microcomputer 30 by the operation of the card reader / writer control circuit 40. The data from the microcomputer 30 is transmitted to the IC card C.
[0028]
The speaker 13 is connected to the bus line 32 via the speaker control circuit 41, and outputs a sound according to drive control by the speaker control circuit 41 when a signal from the microcomputer 30 is input to the speaker control circuit 41.
[0029]
The LEDs 15a and 15b are connected to the bus line 32 via the lighting control circuit 42. When a signal from the microcomputer 30 is input to the lighting control circuit 42, the LEDs 15a and 15b are turned on / off according to drive control by the lighting control circuit 42. For example, the lighting control circuit 42 drives and controls the green light emitting LED 15a to light up when reading / writing is normal and the red light emitting LED 15b to light up when reading / writing is abnormal.
[0030]
Further, the POS terminal 1 has a built-in HDD 43 and is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 30. The HDD 43 is connected to the bus line 32 via the HDD control circuit 44, and stores a control program, a product master file, a sales file, and the like.
[0031]
Further, the POS terminal 1 has a built-in printer 45 and is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 30. The printer 45 is connected to the bus line 32 via the printer control circuit 46. When print data from the microcomputer 30 is input to the printer control circuit 46, the printer 45 is driven to print predetermined items on the receipt paper. To do. Further, the printer 45 includes a cutter unit (not shown). The cutter unit is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 30, cuts the receipt paper at a predetermined position, and issues it as a receipt from the receipt issuing port 6.
[0032]
The drawer 2 provided separately from the POS terminal 1 is also driven and controlled by the microcomputer 30. The drawer 2 is connected to the bus line 32 via the drawer control circuit 47, and the drawer control circuit 47 is driven in accordance with an opening signal from the microcomputer 30 to open the drawer 3 of the drawer 2.
[0033]
The function which the program stored in HDD43 incorporated in the POS terminal 1 makes the microcomputer 30 perform in such a structure is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, description of the same processing as that performed by the conventional POS terminal is omitted.
[0034]
The electronic money depositing process for depositing electronic money into the IC card C will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart schematically showing the flow of the electronic money deposit process.
[0035]
As shown in FIG. 8, the electronic money deposit process waits until the deposit key is pressed (N in step S1). First, a customer who wishes to deposit electronic money into the IC card C places the IC card C on the card placement unit 10. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the IC card C is supported by the support surface 10 a and the protrusion 10 b and is positioned at a position where data can be read / written by the non-contact card reader / writer 12. As a result, data can be read / written from / to the IC card C. Next, when the customer verbally informs the operator that he wants to deposit (charge) electronic money, the operator presses the deposit key accordingly.
[0036]
When the electronic money depositing process determines that the deposit key has been pressed (Y in S1), it authenticates whether the IC card C placed on the card placing unit 10 is a legitimate card (S2). More specifically, the ID code is read from the EEPROM 25 of the IC card C into the RAM 34 of the POS terminal 1 by the contactless card reader / writer 12 of the POS terminal 1, and this ID code matches the authentication code stored in the ROM 33 of the POS terminal 1. Judge whether to do. At this time, if the ID code cannot be read from the placed IC card C, for example, if the placed card is a magnetic card or a contact IC card, it is determined that the IC card C is not a legitimate card. To do.
[0037]
If it is determined that the mounted IC card C is not a legitimate card (N in S2), an error to the operator and the customer, that is, that the card is not legitimate, is displayed on the display 7 and the red LED 15b for several seconds. Notification is made (S3), and the electronic money deposit process is terminated.
[0038]
When it is determined that the mounted IC card C is a legitimate card (Y in S2), the non-contact card reader / writer 12 reads the remaining amount data from the EEPROM 25 of the IC card C into the RAM 34 of the POS terminal 1 ( S4) An input message for prompting input of the remaining amount and the deposit amount is displayed on the display 7 (S5).
[0039]
Next, the electronic money deposit process waits until the deposit amount confirmation key is pressed (N in S6). The operator receives money of the deposit amount desired by the customer from the customer, inputs the deposit amount with the keyboard 4, and presses the deposit amount confirmation key.
[0040]
If it is determined that the deposit amount confirmation key has been pressed (Y in S6), the display of the remaining balance and input message is stopped on the display 7 (S7), and the deposit amount is added to the remaining amount read into the RAM 34 of the POS terminal 1. Then, the renewal balance is calculated, and the non-contact card reader / writer 12 writes the renewal balance as the remaining amount data in the EEPROM 25 of the IC card C (S8).
[0041]
Finally, the display 7 and the green light emitting LED 15a are notified to the operator and the customer that the electronic money has been deposited for several seconds (S9), and the electronic money depositing process is completed.
[0042]
In this way, electronic money is deposited into the IC card C. Thereafter, the customer picks up the IC card C with the electronic money deposited from the card placement unit 10. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, since the IC card C is supported in an inclined state by the support surface 10a and the protruding portion 10b, it is picked up smoothly by the customer.
[0043]
In the electronic payment process using the IC card C to which the electronic money is deposited, the contact card reader is usually provided by holding the IC card C over the card placement unit 10 when the customer is prompted by the operator. / Writer 12 reads / writes data to / from IC card C. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the IC card C is placed on the card placement unit 10 before the customer is prompted by the operator. You can leave it.
[0044]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the card placement unit 10 is provided on the customer side of the POS terminal 1 and is positioned at a position where radio waves can be transmitted and received with the IC card C placed on the card placement unit 10. By providing the contactless card reader / writer 12 in the terminal 1, the POS terminal 1 and the contactless card reader / writer 12 are integrated, and data can be read / written from / to the IC card C. Since the card placement unit 10 is formed at a position close to the customer and does not hinder the work such as delivery of goods, and similarly the non-contact card reader / writer 12 does not hinder the work, the workability can be improved. Space can be realized.
[0045]
In the present embodiment, the card placement unit 10 is detachably provided, and the non-contact card reader / writer 12 is also provided detachably. Therefore, the card placement unit 10 and the non-contact card reader are provided. The writer 12 can be retrofitted to the POS terminal 1 to solve the problem that the manufacturing cost of the POS terminal 1 is high, and low cost can be realized.
[0046]
Moreover, in this Embodiment, since it is provided in the customer side and is provided with the indicator which displays and alert | reports information to a customer, for example, the display 8, and the card mounting part 10 is provided in the vicinity of the display 8. When the customer places the IC card C on the card placement unit 10, the problem is that the display 8 naturally enters the field of view and the customer does not see the display 8, and the information displayed on the display 8 is given to the customer. It is possible to reliably notify.
[0047]
Finally, in the present embodiment, the card placement unit 10 is provided on the support surface 10a which is inclined and supports the IC card C, and the lower part of the IC card supported by the support surface 10a, and the support surface 10a. The IC card C is supported in an inclined state, and the problem that it is difficult to place the IC card C on the card mounting unit 10 or to remove it from the card mounting unit 10 is solved. , Can improve convenience.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, since the merchandise sales data processing apparatus and the non-contact card reader / writer are integrated, it is possible to read / write data to / from the non-contact IC card and improve workability. In addition, space can be saved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a POS terminal viewed from an operator side according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a POS terminal viewed from a customer side.
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing an enlarged peripheral portion of a cover.
FIG. 4 is a vertical side view showing the inside of the cover.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view showing a mounting structure of a cover and a non-contact card reader / writer.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing an electrical connection of each unit included in the IC card.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an electrical connection of each unit included in the POS terminal.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart schematically showing a flow of electronic money deposit processing.
9A is an external perspective view showing a conventional non-contact card reader / writer and a merchandise sales data processing apparatus, and FIG. 9B is an external perspective view showing a conventional card depositing apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Merchandise sales data processing apparatus (POS terminal), 8 ... Display (display), 10 ... Card mounting part, 10a ... Support surface, 10b ... Projection part, 12 ... Non-contact card reader / writer

Claims (2)

In the merchandise sales data processing apparatus for performing a sales processing of goods,
A body case,
A card placement unit that is provided on a surface of the main body case facing the customer side, and that allows the card to be placed in a leaning state on which data is read / written via radio waves;
A non-contact card reader / writer which is provided at a position where radio waves can be transmitted and received with respect to the card mounted on the card mounting unit, and which reads / writes data via the radio waves;
An indicator that is provided adjacent to the card placement portion on the surface facing the customer side of the main body case, and displays and informs the customer of information,
Equipped with a,
The card mounting portion is inclined in the leaning direction of the card at substantially the same angle as the display and supports a back surface of the card, and an angle for preventing the card supported by the support surface from dropping. And a protrusion that protrudes from the support surface and supports the lower end of the card.
A product sales data processing apparatus characterized by that. The card mounting part is provided detachably,
2. The merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contactless card reader / writer is also detachably provided.

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