JP3696506B2 - Electronic fee scale - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic toll balance equipped with a display for displaying to a customer and a display for displaying to a store clerk.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Electronic charge scales are known that are equipped with a display for customers that can be displayed on the customer side, a display for stores that can be displayed on the store side, and a key for calling up product information on the products to be sold. Yes. In this conventional electronic bill scale, the display on the customer side and the display on the store side have a physically determined display (for example, display with a light emitting diode), and the customer purchases products on the display on the customer side. The weight of the product, the price per 100 grams, the price, etc., which are necessary information for the customer, are displayed. In addition to the contents displayed on the customer side, the display on the store side is required to display the display required when setting various keys provided on the electronic balance, so it is physically different from the display on the customer side. The specifications were different. Also, when operating the electronic toll balance, various keys were fixedly installed at positions that were easy to operate while looking at the display on the store side.
[0003]
Therefore, when a store clerk and a customer face each other through a product shelf on which products are arranged, the keys of the electronic fee scale and the display on the store side face the store and the store clerk operates the store. When the customer stands in a position opposite to the customer, a display on the customer side is installed at a position where the customer can see the display.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, there are a wide variety of product sales forms, and not only sales performed by the store clerk and the customer as described above, but also the store clerk and the customer move together to sell the product. Such sales forms are also seen. However, in such a sales form, after the product to be purchased by the customer is selected, the store clerk must move to a position where the key provided on the store side can be operated in order to operate the electronic fee scale. In some cases, customers were kept waiting, and labels could not be issued quickly, making it impossible to carry out operations quickly.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic toll balance capable of switching display contents displayed on a store-side display to a display on the customer side. There is.
[0006]
Another purpose is to display the display content displayed on the store-side display on the customer-side display, and display the display content displayed on the customer-side display on the store-side display. The object is to provide an electronic toll balance that can be switched.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention relates to an electronic fee scale that reads information on a product to be weighed from a storage unit in which various pieces of information related to the weighing product are set, and displays a weight, a price, etc. in response to the weighing operation of the product. A first display having a touch panel, a second display having a touch panel, display switching designating means for designating display switching, and display switching designated by the display switching designating means, the first display An electronic fee scale comprising display switching means for switching the display contents to be displayed on the second display and the display contents to be displayed on the second display on the second display It is.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is an external view showing the external appearance of the electronic fee scale according to the present embodiment. 51 is an electronic fee scale, 52 is a load cell for measuring the weight of a product, and 53 is a label issuing port for issuing a label. Further, the display A and the display B are provided in opposite directions.
[0010]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of an electronic fee balance 51, and 11 is a CPU (central processing unit) as a control unit main body. Various areas such as a flash ROM (read only memory) 12 storing a program for causing the CPU 11 to execute various calculations, a work area for executing various calculations, and a memory area for storing data are provided. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an interface 14 for connecting to various devices, and a memory card adapter 15 for connecting an ATA flash memory are provided.
[0011]
Further, the display controller 17a for controlling the display panel 16a, the touch panel controller 20a for controlling the touch panel 19a provided with the display switching key 18a, the display controller 17b for controlling the display panel 16b, and the touch panel 19b provided with the display switching key 18b are controlled. A touch panel controller 20b, a thermal controller 21 that performs printing on a label, and a printer controller 23 that controls a pulse motor 22 that conveys label paper, and an I / O port 25 that obtains information from various sensors 24 are provided. It has been.
[0012]
The CPU 11 includes a flash ROM 12, a RAM 13, an interface 14, a memory card adapter 15, a display controller 17a, a touch panel controller 20a, a display controller 17b, a touch panel controller 20b, a printer controller 23, and an I / O port 25 via a bus line 26. It is connected.
[0013]
The display panel 16a and the touch panel 19a form a display A (first display), and the display panels 16b and 19b form a display B (second display). In the present embodiment, the display surfaces of the display A and the display B are opposite to each other, one of which is directed to the store side and the other is directed to the customer side. The display surface of the display A is directed to the store side, and the display B is directed to the customer side, so that it is possible to display either the display content displayed on the store side or the display content displayed on the customer side. The display A and the display B are configured.
[0014]
FIG. 2 shows an example of display contents (first display contents) displayed on the electronic fee scale according to the present embodiment, and is a display screen used when a store clerk operates the electronic fee balance. The display screen has a touch panel with the product number, name, weight of the tare, the weight measured with the scale, the unit price per 100 grams, the customer's purchase calculated from the measured weight and the price per 100 grams. A display section for displaying the price of the product, a department key indicating the department of the product, a key for indicating the product, a key for setting a discount rate, a key for performing various settings (for example, the “off” key 31 and the like) Touch keys such as a “return” key 32) and numeric keys are provided.
[0015]
FIG. 3 shows another example (second display content) of display contents displayed on the electronic bill scale of the present embodiment, and is a display screen used for confirming a product purchased by a customer. is there. On the display screen, the weight of the tare, the weight of the product purchased by the customer, the unit price per 100 grams, the price, the product name, and the like are displayed. Further, since it is a touch panel, it is possible to detect the input from the operator to the “Tare unit display column” 41 and the “Price unit display column” 42. In the figure, since it is set to display the same information as the conventional electronic bill scale, it is set not to display other than displaying the display contents.
[0016]
2 and FIG. 3 do not display a display switching key as a display switching designation means. In FIG. 2, the “off” key 31 and the “return” key 32 are simultaneously input. In FIG. A function of a display switching key for switching between display contents displayed on the store side display and display contents displayed on the customer side display by simultaneous input of the “unit display field” 41 and “price unit display field” 42. To do. If this display switching key is not input, the display content shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display A on the store side, and the display content shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display B on the customer side.
[0017]
In the electronic bill scale configured as described above, the processing performed by the CPU 11 when the display content displayed on the store side and the display content displayed on the customer side are switched and displayed by the input of a display switching key. The flow of (display switching means) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0018]
First, as ST (step) 1, the CPU 11 determines whether a display switching key (simultaneous input of the “erase” key 31 and “return” key 32 or simultaneous input of a tare unit display field and a price unit display field) is input. Make a decision. If “YES” is determined in this determination, input to the touch panel 19a and the touch panel 19b is prohibited as ST2.
[0019]
Next, in ST3, the display content of the display panel 16a is stored in the RAM 13 as storage data of the display A, and the display content of the display panel 16b is stored in the RAM 13 as storage data of the display B. With the display contents saved in this manner, the input port of the display is exchanged as ST4. That is, an input from the touch panel 19b is detected by the touch panel controller 20a, and an input from the touch panel 19a is detected by the touch panel controller 20b. In ST5, the output port is exchanged. That is, the display content displayed by the display controller 17a is displayed on the display panel 16b, and the display content displayed by the display controller 17b is displayed on the display panel 16a.
[0020]
In ST6, the storage data of the display A stored in the RAM 13 is output to the display panel 16b by the display controller 17a. In ST7, the storage data of the display B stored in the RAM 13 is output to the display panel 16a by the display controller 17b. Then, in ST8, a command for permitting input to the touch panel 19a and the touch panel 19b is issued. And the process of CPU11 is complete | finished.
[0021]
If “NO” is determined in ST 1, the display content on display device A and the display content on display device B are of course not exchanged.
[0022]
The relationship between the output ports of the display controllers (17a, 17b) and the display panels (16a, 16b) after the above processing and the input ports of the touch panel controllers (20a, 20b) and the touch panels (19a, 19b) The relationship is shown in FIG. The display controller 17a is switched to the display panel 16a and the display controller 17b is output to the display panel 16b. The input from the touch panel 19a is input to the touch panel controller 20b, and the input from the touch panel 19b is input to the touch panel controller 20a. The output port and the input port are exchanged so that
[0023]
Therefore, the contents displayed on the customer side (FIG. 3) are displayed on the display A whose display surface is directed to the store side, and are displayed on the store side on the display B whose display surface is directed to the customer side. Contents (FIG. 2) are displayed. That is, the contents displayed on the display A and the display B are interchanged.
[0024]
The electronic fee scale configured in this way is, for example, divided into a store side and a customer side via a product shelf displaying products, and the display A is directed to the store side on the product shelf, Assume that an electronic fee scale is installed with the display B facing the customer. Accordingly, the display A is displayed with the display content for the store (FIG. 2), and the display content for the customer (FIG. 3) is displayed on the display B.
[0025]
The electronic bill scales installed in this way can be used when the store is crowded with shoppers in the evening. The store clerk uses the display A when using the electronic fee scale, and the customer purchases the product while checking the weight and price of the product to be purchased using the display B.
[0026]
However, there are times when the store clerk goes out to the customer side and sorts out the product shelves and so on, when the store clerk goes out to the customer side and wants to buy the product. There are also cases where merchandise is sold by actively serving customers and moving with customers. When selling the product at such time, the store clerk puts the product on the electronic fee scale, and then displays the “Tare unit display column” 41 and “Price unit display column” of the display B displayed on the customer side. 42 is simultaneously input to switch the display content, display content on the store side (FIG. 2) is displayed on the display B, and display content on the customer side (FIG. 3) is displayed on the display A.
[0027]
By switching the display content, the store display content (FIG. 2) is displayed on the display B on the customer side. Accordingly, the store clerk can issue a label on which the product name, price, etc. of the product purchased from the customer are printed by selecting the department, product name, etc. of the product purchased by the customer and inputting them with the touch key.
[0028]
If it is clear that the store clerk has been on the customer side for a while, the display switching key (simultaneous input of the “off” key 31 and the “return” key 32) provided in advance on the store side) It is also possible to make the store clerk come to the customer side after switching the display contents by input.
[0029]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the display content displayed on the display unit directed to the store side and the display content displayed on the display unit directed to the customer side are switched by the input of the display switching key. , Because the clerk can operate the electronic fee scale from the customer side and issue the labels of the products purchased by the customer, it is not necessary to return to the store in order to operate the electronic fee scale from the store side, so work can be done quickly Can be done.
[0030]
In the electronic bill scale of the present embodiment, the display content displayed on display A by display key input is displayed on display B, and the display content displayed on display B is displayed on display A. However, the contents displayed on the display B (FIG. 3) are provided to display the weight and price of the product purchased by the customer to the customer. This content is not necessarily displayed on the display A on the store side.
[0031]
Therefore, both the store side and the customer side prohibit the input to the touch panel by inputting the display switching key, and the display content data of the display A displayed on the store side is stored in the RAM 13. After the input port and the output port of the display A and the display B are exchanged, the stored display content data of the display A is output. This output is displayed on the display B which is a display on the customer side. And the input to a touch panel is permitted. When the CPU 11 performs such control, the display content displayed on the store-side display A is displayed on the customer-side display B. The display A on the store side can be prevented from being displayed, and a preset display (for example, a target set for each store) is stored in the flash ROM 12, and the above ST7 is performed. Instead of the above, the CPU 11 may perform control such that the stored contents are read from the flash ROM 12 and displayed based on the contents. At this time, only the display switching key may be displayed on the display A.
[0032]
It should be noted that the display switching key is the simultaneous input of the “OFF” key 31 and the “RETURN” key 32 in the store side display (FIG. 2), and the “Tare unit display field” 41 in the customer side display (FIG. 3). And “price unit display field” 42 are switched simultaneously. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other keys may be set as display switching keys, or a separate “display switching key” is provided. May be.
[0033]
In addition, since the display contents are provided on the display panel and the operation keys are provided on the touch panel, it goes without saying that the display contents can be easily changed and various operation keys can be easily changed.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the contents displayed on the store display can be displayed on the customer display. Can provide an electronic fee scale that performs various tasks.
[0035]
Further, according to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, the content displayed on the store display is replaced with the content displayed on the customer side, so that the store is easier than the electronic fee scale according to claim 1. It is possible to provide an electronic toll balance that displays the content displayed on the display on the side on the display on the customer side.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of an electronic toll balance in the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a view showing display contents of a store display device in the embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a view showing display contents of a display for customer use in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing performed by the CPU when the display on the store display and the display on the customer display are switched in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between an output port and an input port after the display is switched in the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing the external appearance of the electronic toll balance in the same embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
18a ... Display switching key 18b ... Display switching key 19a ... Touch panel 19b ... Touch panel A ... Display B ... Display

Claims (1)

In the electronic bill scale that reads the information of the product to be weighed from the storage unit where various information related to the weighing product is set, and displays the weight, amount, etc. in response to the weighing operation of the product,
A first indicator with a touch panel;
A second display with a touch panel;
Display switching designation means for designating display switching;
When display switching is designated by the display switching designating means, the display content to be displayed on the first display is displayed on the second display, and the display content to be displayed on the second display is displayed. Display switching means for switching display on the first display ;
An electronic fee scale characterized by comprising:

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