JP5428655B2 - Accounting equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an accounting processing apparatus used in a retail store such as a supermarket, and more particularly to an accounting processing apparatus (self-checkout system) that allows a customer to perform accounting processing by himself / herself.

  When a product is registered in order to settle the price of a product purchased by a customer using a self-checkout system used in a conventional retail store, the baggage placement place such as a table on which the customer has the baggage. There is often no. Therefore, the customer puts his / her baggage on the floor on which the self-checkout system is installed, or the stacking table on which the products scanned and registered by the scanner are stacked as in Patent Document 1 There is also known a POS register that directly puts baggage carried by a customer on a table on which a bag for storing a product for which registration has been completed is placed, and measures and accounts together with the product.

JP 2009-129113 A

  However, in the above prior art, in the case of a rainy day or the like when the weather is bad, if the baggage possessed by the customer is directly placed on the floor wet with rain, the baggage gets wet or is damaged. Further, when the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is adopted, the customer takes out the wallet from the baggage for accounting processing, or puts other small items, etc. held by the customer in the baggage placed first. If an action such as this is performed, the weight value output by the weighing unit of the stacking table on which the products are stacked can be used to determine whether the wallet has been removed from the baggage or that small items have been stored in the baggage. Since there are no registered (scanned) products, it is judged that the products have been removed or the products have been removed, so the self-scanning system waits for processing until the correct weight is reached, or correct operation to the customer. Since the notification to the effect is given, there is a problem that the customer cannot complete the account settlement.

  Further, in Patent Document 1, since the customer's baggage is placed on the stacking table, the surface area of the stacking table is reduced, and when the baggage brought by the customer is placed on an arbitrary position of the stacking table, scanning is performed. When a later product is stored in a bag or shopping bag, the baggage placed by the customer himself may interfere with storage.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a self-scanning accounting processing apparatus in which a customer's baggage does not affect merchandise registration operation or price settlement.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an accounting processing apparatus main body having a data reading function by a scanner and a settlement function for performing settlement based on data read by the data reading function, and after reading data by the scanner. And a product stacking table having a measuring instrument for weighing the collected products, and a baggage mounting table for placing the customer's own baggage in the vicinity of the product stacking table. And an external load removing means for removing the influence of an external load other than the products stacked on the product stacking table adjacent to the baggage placing table, which affects the weighing of the measuring device.

  In the accounting processing apparatus according to the present invention, the external load removing means is provided so as to protrude from the product stacking table on a side facing the baggage placing table of the product stacking table.

  In the accounting processing apparatus, the present invention is provided with a fixing means for detachably attaching the baggage placing table to the side of the product stacking table or the side of the accounting processing apparatus main body, and the baggage placing table is installed on the commodity by the fixing means. It is characterized by being fixed to the side of the stacking table or to the side of the accounting processing device main body.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the above-mentioned accounting processing apparatus, there is provided storage means for allowing a baggage placing table to be pulled out to the side of the product stacking table or the side of the accounting processing apparatus main body.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is a baggage placing table on which the customer's own baggage is placed in the vicinity of the product stacking table, and external loads other than the products that are adjacent to the baggage placing table and are stacked on the product stacking table. Since there is an external load removal means that removes the influence on the weighing of the measuring instrument, an act such as taking out the belongings such as a wallet from the baggage carried by the customer or the act of storing the belongings in the baggage However, the registration operation and the accounting operation of the product can be smoothly performed without affecting the measurement of the measuring instrument provided in the product stacking table. In addition, since it is not necessary to put the customer's baggage on the floor, it is possible to take out money, cards, etc. from the wallet etc. with both hands without soiling the baggage on rainy days etc., making product registration and accounting operations easier In addition, since baggage can be placed within the customer's field of view, merchandise registration operation or accounting operation can be performed with confidence without worrying about theft.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the external load removing means is provided on the side facing the baggage placement table of the product stacking table so as to protrude from the product stacking table. Even when it is placed on the baggage table, the baggage hanging straps etc. are placed on the product stacking table or the baggage itself leans against the product stacking table, so that the weighing of the measuring instrument is not adversely affected. A product registration operation or an accounting operation can be performed. Further, it is no longer possible to distinguish (determine) baggage from registered (scanned) merchandise.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, fixing means for detaching the baggage table is provided on the side of the product stacking table or on the side of the accounting apparatus body, and the baggage table is fixed by the fixing means. Since it is fixed to the side of the product stacking table or the side of the baggage table, the baggage table is either on the product stacking table side or the accounting processing device main unit side (operation unit side), and within the customer's field of view By appropriately fixing to the optimal position, it is possible to avoid misplacement of baggage, withdrawal, etc.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, since the storage means for allowing the baggage placing table to be pulled out is provided at the side of the product stacking table or the side of the accounting processing device main body, the size of the baggage, the baggage Depending on the necessity / unnecessity of placing the baggage, it is possible to pull out the entire baggage placement table, or to change the area on which the baggage is placed by storing the entire baggage or partially storing it.

It is a front view which shows schematic structure of the accounting processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the accounting processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows arrangement | positioning structure of the goods collection stand of the accounting processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, an accounting processing apparatus main body, and a baggage mounting base. It is a figure which shows the arrangement configuration of the baggage mounting base of the accounting processing apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. Fig.1 (a) is a front view which shows schematic structure of the accounting processing apparatus based on this invention, FIG.1 (b) is an enlarged view of A part. This accounting processing apparatus has an accounting processing apparatus main body (self-checkout system main body) 10, a sensor 22, a calling lamp 21, an automatic change bill machine 20, and the accounting processing apparatus main body 10 placed in a vertical direction. A main body mounting table 60, a shopping basket mounting table 40, and a product stacking table 50 for storing and stacking the products scanned by the customer in a shopping bag (not shown).

  The sensor 22 is attached to a pole 24 provided in the accounting processing apparatus body 10 and detects a store clerk and a customer who use the accounting processing apparatus. The calling lamp 21 is a lamp that is installed at the tip of the pole 24 and is lit when calling a store clerk when the customer is paying for the product.

  The accounting processing unit main body 10 includes a first liquid crystal touch panel 106, a second liquid crystal touch panel 107, a scanner unit 103 that reads a barcode attached to a product, and a heavy and large product that cannot be read by the scanner unit 103. In order to scan the barcode attached to the card as it is, a Wand scanner 102, a card reader 101 for reading a membership card or a credit card, and a receipt issuing unit 104 for issuing a receipt after accounting processing are provided. The customer performs all operations using the second liquid crystal touch panel 107 as a guidance screen and the first liquid crystal touch panel 106 as an operation screen.

  In the case where the shopping basket 40 is of a type including the first load cell 305 or a type not including the first load cell 305 and a type including the first load cell 305, a product registration unit (see FIG. 2). Is connected to the system bus 301 via the first load cell control unit 307, and the weight value output from the first load cell 305 is transmitted to the CPU 300.

  The product stacking table 50 includes a second load cell 306 and has a shopping bag hooking member 505 for hooking a shopping bag (a shopping bag) into which products registered by the scanner unit 103 are placed. The shopping bag hooking member 505 is detachably installed on the upper portion of the second load cell 306, and the weight of the registered (scanned) goods stored in the shopping bag hooked on the shopping bag hooking member 505 is measured. It can be weighed. In addition, as will be described in detail later, reference numeral 504 indicates that the load of goods other than the goods stored in the shopping bag such as baggage placed on the baggage placement table 503 does not affect the measurement value of the second load cell 306. The frame member 504 is supported by the product stacking table 50 so as not to contact the second load cell 306 by the support member 502.

  The automatic change bill machine 20 includes a coin slot 201, a coin outlet 202, a banknote slot 203, and a banknote outlet 204. The automatic change bill machine 20 is connected to a serial control unit 309 (see FIG. 2) of the accounting processing apparatus main body 10 and can transmit and receive data to and from the CPU 300 by serial communication.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the accounting processing apparatus according to the present invention. This system includes a CPU 300, and via a system bus 301, a ROM 302, a RAM 303, a first liquid crystal touch panel 106, a second liquid crystal touch panel 107, a communication unit 304, a serial control unit 309, a receipt printer 111, a scanner unit 103, a wand scanner. 102, a call lamp 21 and a sensor 22 are connected.

  The CPU 300 communicates data with the automatic change bill machine 20 via the system bus 301 and communicates measurement value data with the first load cell 305 and the second load cell 306. The receipt printer 111, scanner unit 103, hand scanner 102, card reader 101, call lamp 21, sensor 22, first liquid crystal touch panel 106, and second liquid crystal touch panel 107 are controlled by an operation program stored in the ROM 302. To do. The RAM 303 temporarily stores files and setting data necessary for the CPU 300 to operate. Further, the system of this accounting processing apparatus is provided with a communication unit 304 for connecting to a management apparatus and other accounting processing apparatuses.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a front schematic arrangement configuration excluding the frame member 504 of the accounting processing apparatus, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a planar arrangement configuration of the frame member 504 as the external load removing means and the product stacking table 50. is there. As shown in the figure, the frame member 504 as an external load removing means surrounds the side and the left side facing the baggage placement table 503 of the product stacking table 50 and is a predetermined distance ΔL from the weighing table 316 of the second load cell 306. It is fixed to the side of the product stacking table 50 so as to be arranged at a separated position.

  As described above, by providing the frame member 504 as the external load removing means, even when the baggage M possessed by the customer is placed on the baggage placement table 503, the hanging strap Ma or the like of the baggage M or the like is placed on the product stacking table 50. The frame member 504 supports them even if they ride on the weighing platform 316 of the second load cell (metering device) 306 or the baggage M itself leans against the weighing platform 316, and the hanging strap Ma or the baggage M It does not contact itself with the weighing platform 316 and does not adversely affect the weighing of the second load cell 306. The frame member 504 is an example of an external load removing unit, and the shape and configuration thereof are not limited thereto. The external load removing unit may be a weighing table such as a baggage placed on the baggage table 503. Any load may be used as long as the load of an object other than the registered commodity placed on 316 does not affect the weighing of the second load cell 306. For example, the U-shape, L-shape, and B-shape, and the constituent members may be plate-shaped or lattice-shaped.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a planar configuration of the baggage placement table 503. The baggage table 503 includes two plate-like members 503a and 503b. The plate-like member 503b has a structure in which the entire plate-like member 503b can be pulled in the direction of arrow A and can be expanded by being pushed in the direction of arrow B, as shown in FIG. The product stacking table 503 can be stored on the side. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, by pulling out the arrow A on the front side of the baggage table 50, the baggage table 503 spreads over the area of the two plate-like members 503a and 503b. By pushing, it can be stacked to reduce the area of one plate-like member 503 b, or further, the whole can be stored in the product stacking table 50. When expanding the plate-like members 503a and 503b, the upper plate-like member 503b is pulled out from the fully stored state by providing a locking mechanism 503c at the rear end of the plate-like member 503a located below. Thus, the lower plate-like member 503a may be drawn out.

  In the above example, as shown in FIG. 4, the baggage table 503 is configured by two plate-like members 503a and 503b so that the baggage table 503 can be expanded or stacked to reduce the size. You may comprise more than that. In addition, the baggage placement table 503 may be composed of a single plate-like member. In this case, a single large plate-like member is pulled out from the product stacking table 50 step by step, and stepped into the product stacking table 50 step by step. A structure that can be pushed in is preferable. Accordingly, the plate-like member can be pulled out and pushed in according to the necessity of placing the baggage possessed by the customer and the size of the baggage.

  As a result, the baggage M can be pulled out by pulling out the entire baggage table 503 or storing the entire baggage, or storing a part of the baggage M according to the size of the baggage M that the customer has, the necessity of loading the baggage M, and the necessity. It is possible to increase or decrease the mounting area.

  Although not shown in the drawings, a fixing means that allows the baggage placing table to be attached and detached is provided on the side of the product stacking table 50 or on the side of the accounting processing apparatus main body 10, and the baggage placing table is stacked on the product stacking basis by this fixing means. The side of the base 50 or the side of the accounting processing apparatus main body 10 may be fixed.

  By fixing the baggage placing table to the side of the product stacking table or to the side of the accounting processing unit main body 10 by the fixing means as described above, the baggage mounting table can be fixed to the product stacking table side or the accounting processing unit. By properly fixing either of the main body 10 side (operation unit side) to the optimal position within the customer's field of view where the misplacement does not occur, the customer's baggage can be placed within the customer's field of view, You can avoid deposits and so on.

  Next, the operation of the transaction processing apparatus will be described. In FIG. 3C, the shopping basket A storing the products purchased by the customer is placed on the shopping rack table 40, and the shopping bag (resin bag) B is hooked on the shopping bag hooking member 505 on the product stacking table 50. At this time, if the shopping basket placing table 40 is provided with the first load cell 305, the weight of the product including the shopping basket A is weighed, and the measured value data is transmitted to the CPU 300. The CPU 300 can determine the weight of the purchased total product by subtracting the weight of the shopping basket A from the measured value. In this state, the barcode of the product is scanned by the scanner unit 103 to start registration (scanning). The registered product is stored in the shopping bag B. The products in the shopping basket A are sequentially registered, and the registered products are stored in the shopping bag B.

  The weight of the product in the shopping bag B is measured by the second load cell 306 provided on the upper part of the product stacking table 50, and the weight value of the shopping basket A is calculated from the measured value measured by the first load cell 305. Product registration ends when the weight value of the total purchased product obtained by subtraction matches. When the product registration is completed, the registered products displayed on the first liquid crystal touch panel 106, individual amounts, and the total amount are confirmed, and if confirmed, the accounting is displayed by pressing the accounting button displayed on the first liquid crystal touch panel 106. Transition to processing. A bar code attached to a heavy and large product is scanned by the hand scanner 102 and the product is stored in a shopping bag B or placed on a weighing table 316. In addition, a product without a barcode is registered by a button operation.

  Next, a payment method such as “cash” or “credit card” is selected from the payment selection screen displayed on the first liquid crystal touch panel 106, and “cash” is selected according to the selected payment method. In this case, coins are inserted from the coin slot 201 and banknotes are inserted from the banknote slot 203. If “credit card” is selected, the card reader 101 is inserted to make payment. The change is discharged from the coin payout exit 202 and the bill payout exit 204.

  In this embodiment, the surface of the baggage placing table on which the customer's baggage is placed has a substantially horizontal surface. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the edge may be raised in a convex shape. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the customer's baggage placed from dropping from the baggage placement table.

  In addition, if there is no load cell (meter) in the shopping table 40, the weight of each product can be found by reading the barcode attached to the product, so add the weight of each registered product. Since the total weight and the weight value weighed in the second load cell coincide with each other, it is possible to know that all the products have been registered, and it is possible to confirm this and shift to the above accounting process.

  In this embodiment, the external load removing means is fixed to the side portion of the product stacking table 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the product stacking of the baggage mounting table on which the customer's own baggage is placed. You may provide in the side part which faces the base 50. FIG.

  Further, in addition to the method of fixing the external load removing means, a detachable attachment means (a method such as fitting) may be provided to make the external load removing means detachable. Thereby, the external load removing means can be moved and fixed to either the product stacking table 50 side or the baggage placing table side.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims and the specification and drawings. Is possible.

  The present invention provides a baggage placing table for placing baggage carried by a customer in the vicinity of a product accumulation table, and an external load other than the products accumulated on the product accumulation table adjacent to the product accumulation table. Since there is an external load removal means that removes the influence on the baggage, it is possible to collect products even if the customer takes out items such as wallets from the baggage that the customer has, or stores the items in the baggage. The present invention can be used as an accounting processing apparatus that can smoothly perform product registration and accounting operations without affecting the weighing of the measuring instrument provided on the table.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Accounting apparatus main body 20 Automatic change bill machine 21 Call lamp 22 Sensor 24 Pole 40 Shopping table 50 Commodity stacking table 101 Card reader 102 Wand scanner 103 Scanner part 104 Receipt issuing part 106 1st liquid crystal touch panel 107 2nd liquid crystal Touch panel 201 Coin slot 202 Coin payout 300 CPU
301 System bus 302 ROM
303 RAM
305 First load cell 306 Second load cell 307 First load cell control unit 308 Second load cell control unit 309 Serial control unit 316 Weighing table 502 Support member 503 Baggage placing table 504 Frame member 505 Shopping bag hooking member

Claims (4)

An accounting processing unit main body having a data reading function by a scanner and a settlement function for performing settlement based on data read by the data reading function;
In an accounting processing apparatus comprising: a product stacking table having a measuring instrument that collects products after reading data by the scanner and measures the weight of the collected products;
A baggage placing table for placing the customer's own baggage in the vicinity of the product accumulation table;
An accounting processing apparatus provided with an external load removing means that is adjacent to the baggage placing table and removes an external load other than products accumulated on the product stacking table from affecting the weighing of the measuring instrument. . In the accounting processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The accounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external load removing means is provided on a side of the product stacking table facing the baggage placement table so as to protrude from the product stacking table. In the accounting processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A fixing means for detachably attaching the baggage placing table is provided on the side of the product stacking table or on the side of the accounting processing device main body,
An accounting processing apparatus characterized in that the baggage placing table is fixed to a side of the product stacking table or a side of the accounting processing apparatus by the fixing means. In the accounting processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An accounting processing apparatus comprising storage means for allowing the baggage placing table to be pulled out at a side of the product stacking table or a side of the accounting processing apparatus main body.

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