JP5663517B2 - Product information processing apparatus and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a product information processing apparatus and a program for the product information processing apparatus.

  For products purchased by customers, the bar code of the product is read, the price of the product is read from the read bar code, and the POS (Point of Sales) terminal or cash register that performs sales processing displays the display for the clerk and the customer Many are equipped with the display.

  As the price of display devices has been reduced, display devices capable of displaying a large amount of information for shop assistants have been increasingly used in the same manner as personal computers and the like, which are capable of displaying fine colors. However, on the other hand, since the display for customers is relatively inexpensive, a dot matrix display of a 7-segment fluorescent display tube or a low-resolution matrix display LED (Light Emitting Diode) capable of displaying a few rows or three. A vessel may be used. The fluorescent display tube is mainly capable of displaying numbers, and the LED display displays numbers and alphabets, and, if possible, katakana to provide customers with information on products.

JP 2011-22832 A

  Of course, it is possible to use a liquid crystal display as a customer display, and in some cases, a fine liquid crystal display is actually used, but until now, a 7-segment display or a low-resolution LED customer display has been used. Making a display data to be displayed on a fine liquid crystal display takes time and effort. In particular, display commands suitable for low-resolution displays can be used for other high-definition displays as they are, even when trying to make high-definition displays for POS terminals that are already on sale. is not.

Product information processing apparatus of an example of the present embodiment, a command for displaying the lower display resolution in product information processing device for displaying product information including the information of the commodity customer purchased resolution high degree of display Analyzing means for determining whether or not a specific character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means, and determining that the command includes a specific character string by the determining means If so, display control means for displaying preset data in a predesignated area of the high-resolution display, and the analysis means for lighting a specific position of the low-resolution display If the analysis control unit determines that the command for turning on the specific position is included, the display control unit determines whether the resolution is high. The preset data is displayed in a predesignated area on the display .
In addition, the product information processing apparatus of another example of the present embodiment is a product information processing apparatus that displays product information including information on products purchased by customers on a display with high resolution for customers. Analyzing means for analyzing a command to be displayed; determining means for determining whether a predetermined character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means; and a character string specified for the command by the determining means Display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device, and the determination means determines that a specific command is included. If so, the display control means converts part or all of the character string included in the command into another character string, and displays the converted character string on the high-resolution display.
In addition, the product information processing apparatus of another example of the present embodiment is a product information processing apparatus that displays product information including information on products purchased by customers on a display with high resolution for customers. Analyzing means for analyzing a command to be displayed; determining means for determining whether a predetermined character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means; and a character string specified for the command by the determining means Display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device, and the determination means determines that a specific command is included. If so, the display control means displays the character string included in the command on the high-resolution display device in a preset layout.

The external appearance perspective view of the POS terminal of this embodiment. The electric block diagram which shows the electrical connection of this POS terminal. The figure which shows the area | region formed in the hard-disk apparatus of this POS terminal. The figure which shows the detail of the command conversion area | region with which this POS terminal is provided. The flowchart which this POS terminal performs. The flowchart which this POS terminal performs. The flowchart which this POS terminal performs. The figure which shows the example converted and displayed by this POS terminal. The figure which shows an example of the fluorescent display tube used for a POS terminal. The figure which shows the example of the data transmitted in order to display on a fluorescent display tube. The flowchart which shows other embodiment of this POS terminal. The figure which shows the example displayed on the indicator by other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an example in which the product information processing apparatus according to this embodiment is applied to the POS terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

  1 is an external perspective view of the POS terminal of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of the POS terminal, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an area formed in the hard disk device of the POS terminal, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart executed by the POS terminal, FIG. 6 is a flow chart executed by the POS terminal, FIG. 7 is a flow chart executed by the POS terminal, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the example converted and displayed by this POS terminal.

  The POS terminal 1 includes a main body 2, a store display 3, and a customer display 4. The main body 2 is provided with a keyboard 5 and a printer 6 on the upper surface. On the right side of the keyboard 5, a reading unit 7 for reading a magnetic stripe such as an IC card is incorporated, and a slit 8 for passing the IC card or the like is formed on the upper surface of the main body 2. Below the main body 2, a drawer 9 for storing banknotes and coins is provided.

  The store display 3 and the customer display 4 are both high-definition liquid crystal displays capable of color display, and each display display data sent from the main body.

  In the main body 2 of the POS terminal 1, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a hard disk device 13 indicated as "HDD" in the figure, a key control unit 14, a store display control unit 15, a customer display control unit 16, a print control unit 17, a reading control unit 18, a drawer control unit 19, and a control unit 22 to which a communication unit 20 is connected by a bus line 21 is formed. The communication unit 20 is connected to the server 24 via a LAN (Local Area Network) line 23. The key control unit 14 controls input from the keyboard 5. The store display control unit 15 controls the display on the store display 3. The customer display control unit 16 controls the display on the customer display 4. The print control unit 17 controls the printer 6. The reading control unit 18 controls the reading unit 7. The drawer control unit 19 controls the drawer 9.

  FIG. 3 shows areas formed in the RAM 12 and the hard disk device 13. In the RAM 12, a product information buffer 25 for storing product information, a store display buffer 26 for storing data to be displayed on the store display 3, a customer display buffer 27 for storing data to be displayed on the customer display 4, A print buffer 28 for storing data to be printed by the printer 6 and a timer area 29 are provided. The hard disk device 13 is provided with a command conversion area 30 and a screen design area 31.

  The command conversion area 30 stores information as shown in FIG. In other words, regarding the contents displayed on the customer display 4, when the information includes the character string “Takeshoku”, it is information for converting the display, and the display information sent in the same way If there is a specific character string of “Okay Kei”, “Otsuri”, “Waribiki”, “Neviki”, the display conversion is performed. With this specific character string, the character that replaces the specific character string, whether or not to convert katakana to hiragana, whether or not to expand the character of the amount, or to add the character “yen” to the amount, and this Whether or not “Yen” and the amount of money are displayed in red letters, and which of the preset designs are set for the screen displayed when this specific character string is included are set.

  Next, processing executed by the POS terminal 1 will be described.

  FIG. 5 shows a process in which the POS terminal 1 processes information according to product information and displays the information on the store display 3 and the customer display 4. First, it is determined whether or not the barcode attached to the product is read by the scanner (Act 1). If the barcode is read, the product information is inquired to the server 24 (Act 2), and the inquiry result is sent to the product information buffer 24. Store (Act 3) and display output to display the product information (Act 4). The display output will be described later. If the barcode is not read in Act1, it is determined whether or not there is a key input (Act5), and if there is no key input, other processing is executed (Act6).

  If it is determined in Act 5 that there is a key input, it is determined whether or not the input is a numerical value input from the numeric keypad (Act 7). If the input is a numerical value, the data is saved (Act 8). If it is not the input of the numeric keypad, it is determined whether or not the discount key is pressed (Act 9). If it is the discount key, the discount of the product information is calculated (Act 10), and the discount amount is displayed and output (Act 11). If it is not the discount key in Act 9, it is determined whether or not the discount key is pressed (Act 12). If it is the discount key, the discount of the product information is calculated (Act 13), and the discount rate is displayed and output (Act 14). By the way, the discount is to subtract a predetermined amount from the price of the product, and the discount is to subtract a predetermined amount of money from the price of the product.

  If it is determined in Act 12 that the key is not a discount key, it is determined whether or not the subtotal key is pressed (Act 15). If the subtotal key is pressed, the prices of the products stored in the product information buffer are summed (Act 16). And display output (Act 17). If it is not a subtotal key in Act 15, it is determined whether or not the current total key has been pressed (Act 18), and if the current total key is pressed, the change amount is calculated (Act 19) and displayed and output (Act 20). The product name, price, price reduction, discount rate, or amount stored in the buffer is printed as necessary, a receipt is issued (Act 21), and the drawer 9 is opened (Act 22). If it is determined in Act 18 that the key is not the current key, other key processing is executed (Act 23).

  FIG. 6 shows the display process displayed and output in FIG. First, data to be displayed on the store display 3 is received from the POS terminal 1 and stored in the store display buffer 26 as it is (Act 31). The store display 3 automatically displays the data when the store display buffer 26 stores the data. Next, the timer is started using the timer area 29 (Act 32). Then, whether it is the special character shown in FIG. 4 (Act 33), “Okay” (Act 34), “Otsuri” (Act 35), or “Waribiki” (Act 36) , “Nibiki” (Act 37) is sequentially determined. If the character is neither of them, the specific character is not included, so the kanji character “Yen” is added after the numerical value (Act 38), and the design A stored in the hard disk 13 is selected as the screen design (Act 39). .

  If it is determined in Act 33 that the specific character is “Teishoku”, the data sent in this katakana is replaced with the kanji “set meal” (Act 40), and all the katakana parts other than “set meal” are hiragana. (Act 41). Further, a Chinese character “yen” is added after the numerical data (Act 42). The design A stored in the hard disk 13 is selected as the screen design (Act 43).

  If it is determined in Act 34 that the specific character is “Okay”, “Okay” is converted to “Checkout” (Act 44), and the character size of the amount is displayed larger (Act 45). The character “circle” is added (Act 46), and the screen design B is selected (Act 47).

  If it is determined in Act 35 that the specific character is “hot”, “hot” is converted to “fishing” (Act 48), the character size of the amount is increased (Act 49), and “yen” is added ( Act 50) and the screen design C is selected (Act 51).

  If it is determined in Act 36 that the specific character is “Waribiki”, “Waribiki” is converted to “Discount” (Act 52), and the character color of the amount is changed to red (Act 53). The character “circle” is added (Act 54), and the screen design A is selected (Act 55).

  If it is determined in Act 37 that the specific character is “Nibiki”, “Neviki” is converted to “Discount” (Act56), and the character color of the amount is changed to red (Act57). The character “circle” is added (Act 58), and the screen design A is selected (Act 59). This display state is the difference that the displayed characters are changed to “discount” in FIG. 8D, and the drawing is omitted.

  Even if there is no specific character, even if there is a specific character, if the screen is selected, information to be displayed in the store display buffer 27 is written based on the selected conversion table (Act 60). When data is written in the store display buffer 27, the data is displayed on the store display 4.

  An example displayed here will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8A shows an example in which “taken” is included. In the screen design A, the store name logo is set to be displayed in the upper right of the screen in advance, and the display position of the product name and price is determined. The entire screen is a pink background. As described above, Katakana “Osashimi” is converted to Hiragana “Osashimi”, and “Taishoku” is replaced with “Set meal”. A character “Yen” is added after the amount “1,780” and displayed.

FIG. 8B shows an example in which “Okay Kei” is included in the specific character. As in the case of including the characters “Teishoku”, “accounting” or the like is displayed in hiragana, and “yen” is added and displayed in enlarged characters. Screen design B has a blue background, and a store name logo is displayed in the upper right of the screen.

  FIG. 8C shows a display state when “Okay” is included in the specific character. Screen design C is similar to screen design B. In addition to the blue background and the store name logo displayed on the upper right, the bottom of the screen is set to display "Thank you very much for today." Has been.

  FIG. 8D shows a display state in which “specific” is included in the specific character. As set in Act 45, the discounted amount “−178 yen” is displayed in red, so that it can be distinguished from a simple price display of the product.

  If the specific character set in advance is not included, the display content is not converted, and “yen” is added to the amount of money, and the background is easy to see.

  Further, the timer whose counting is started in Act 32 will be described with reference to FIG. This timer is used to determine whether or not a display output has been received from the POS terminal 1 within a predetermined time. When the display output is received, the timer counts up again. Then, it is determined whether or not the data counted in the timer area 29 has timed up (Act 65). When the time is up, the screen design D is selected (Act 66), and the screen design D is written on the customer screen. (Act 67), the process is terminated.

  For example, if the data to be displayed is not received for 1 minute, the screen design D is written into the customer display buffer 27, and the screen is set to the standby screen. This display state is shown in FIG.

  As described above, in this embodiment, for example, one character is formed with a small number of dots such as 8 dots in length and 8 dots in width, and the information displayed by combining such numbers and katakana with a small number of dots. Is displayed on a liquid crystal display capable of color display, without changing the information transmitted from the POS terminal 1, the information is converted before display so that it can be displayed easily. For this reason, the conversion software need only be provided between the application software and the display (hardware) without changing the software of the POS terminal 1.

  Next, a modification of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this modified example, when the POS terminal 1 which uses a 7-segment fluorescent display tube as shown in FIG. 9 as the customer display 51 is replaced with a color liquid crystal display, it is transmitted to the customer display 51. The converted information can be converted and displayed on a color liquid crystal display. 10 is a diagram showing an example of data transmitted for display on a fluorescent display tube, FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the POS terminal, and FIG. 12 is a display 51 according to another embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example displayed on.

  First, the customer display 51 using a fluorescent display tube will be briefly described. This customer display 51 has a 10-digit fluorescence display 52 and five status displays 53. The fluorescent display 52 is surrounded by an alternate long and short dash line in the drawing. The fluorescent display portion mainly represents numbers, and the part surrounded by the two-digit broken line on the left is a department area 54 for displaying the department of the product, and the part surrounded by the three-digit broken line from the left is a repeat area. 55, and a portion surrounded by a seven-digit broken line on the right is an amount area 56 for mainly displaying the price of the product. The department area 54 displays the department code if there is a department in the data sent from the POS terminal. The repeat area 55 is an area for displaying the number of purchases when the customer purchases two or more same products. The amount area 56 displays information about the amount such as the price of the product purchased by the customer and the discount amount. The state display unit 53 displays whether the state of the POS terminal 1 is a repeat display, a discount display indicated by “(−)” in the figure, a discount display indicated by “% −” in the figure, This is for distinguishing between total display and change display. For example, if a change obtained by subtracting the total amount of merchandise from the received amount is calculated, the status display section of the change portion is turned on so that the displayed number is changed.

  The data sent from the POS terminal 1 to the display 51 is made up of a total of 15 digits, the 5 digits on the left are the status information 57 for displaying the status display unit 53, and the 10 digits on the right are in the fluorescent display unit 52. This is fluorescence information 58 for display. The status display unit 53 corresponding to the digit that is 1 in the information about the 5-digit status display unit 53 is lit.

  When the POS terminal 1 in which the customer display 51 is used is replaced with a color liquid crystal customer display 4, the software shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is used instead of the software shown in FIG. Data may be written into the customer display buffer 27 using software that performs processing as shown in the flowchart. 5 and FIG. 7 do not change, and parts that can be easily inferred from the above-described embodiment will be omitted and will be described briefly.

  This process requires a command conversion table similar to that in FIG. 4, but the specific data uses the status information 57 of the status display unit 53 and the data transmitted from the POS terminal 1 has no character string. Therefore, the point that character conversion from katakana to hiragana does not occur is different from the above description.

  When the display information is received from the POS terminal 1, the information to be displayed on the store display 3 is drawn in the store display buffer 26 (Act 71). Then, the timer is started (Act 72). This timer has the same function as in the first embodiment. Next, it is determined whether or not there is status information 57 (Act 73). If all the status information 57 is “0”, it is determined whether or not there is data in the department area 54 (Act 74). When it is determined that there is a character, the character string “department” is added to the department code (Act 75), “yen” is added (Act 76), and the screen design A is selected (Act 77). Then, the image is drawn in the customer display buffer 27 (Act 78).

  FIG. 12 shows a display example. In this example, FIG. 12A shows that when there is department data, that is, if the first digit and the second digit of the fluorescence information 58 representing the department are not 0, the department is designated and “department” is displayed. After that, the department code “01” is displayed. In addition, “Yen” is added to the price of the product and displayed. FIG. 12B shows a case where there is no department data in the fluorescence information 58. If there is no department data, the department is not displayed and “Yen” is added to the price of the product. Further, the selected screen design A is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  If there is status information 57, it is determined whether or not the information is "repeat" (Act 79). Repeat is a process for inputting the same information as the information input immediately before. The first digit (left end) of the status information 57 is “1”, and the customer is the third digit of the fluorescence information 58. Contains the number of items purchased. Therefore, the characters “pieces” are added after the points purchased by the customer (Act 80). Since the subsequent processing is the same as the normal product information, the processing from Act 74 is performed.

  FIG. 12C shows a display example when there is a repeat. As can be seen from FIG. 12 (a), the score of the product purchased by the customer is displayed by adding the kanji “individual” to the number indicating the score.

  If the status information 57 is not repeat in Act 79, it is determined whether or not the discount is a discount (Act 81), and if it is a discount, a character string “Discount” is added (Act 82), and the price portion is made red (Act 83). In addition, the character “circle” is added (Act 84), the screen design A is selected (Act 85), and the writing process of Act 78 into the customer display buffer 27 is performed.

  If the status information 57 is not repeated in Act 79, it is determined whether or not the discount is a discount (Act 86), and if it is a discount, a character string “discount” is added (Act 87), and the price portion is made red (Act 88). In addition, the character “circle” is added (Act 89), the screen design A is selected (Act 90), and the writing process of Act 78 into the customer display buffer 27 is performed.

  If the status information 57 is not discounted in Act 86, it is determined whether or not the status information 57 is a sum (Act 91). If the status information 57 is a sum, a character string “total” is added (Act 92), and the character is expanded as a character ( Act 93) and the character “circle” is added (Act 94), the screen design B is selected (Act 95), and the writing process of Act 78 to the customer display buffer 27 is performed.

  If the status information 57 is not the total in Act 92, it will be changed, so the character string “Change” is added (Act 96), the character is expanded (Act 97), and the character “Yen” is added. (Act 98), screen design C is selected (Act 99), and Act 78 is written into the customer display buffer 27.

  In this way, the data for display on the fluorescent display tube by the POS terminal 1 can be used to display not only a simple enumeration of numbers but also kanji characters on the customer display of the color liquid crystal display. , Display contents are easy to see. In addition, since the application software used in the POS terminal 1 is not changed, the development time does not take much time, and the software is relatively simple. It is possible to change without taking

  Note that when there is department information, the code of the department is displayed together with the kanji character “department”. For example, the department code and the kanji character string are associated with each other. It is possible to display “miscellaneous goods” in the department code, and “clothing” in the department code 03.

  In this way, by simply adding software that changes the output of the display without changing the application software that has the function to display on a display device with a low resolution, it is possible to use kanji and change the color. It is possible to provide an easy-to-read display with relatively simple software that can be displayed on a high-resolution display. In this way, even when application software that has been developed so far is used for a new model, it is possible to display information with high visibility and rich information using the development corner application software.

Here, as described above, the low resolution display means, for example, a display that displays one character in 8 dots × 8 dots or a fluorescent display tube. A high resolution display is a color display. For example, it is a display device used in a smartphone or a portable game machine. In this embodiment,
Although described using a color liquid crystal display, the present invention can also be applied to other displays such as a display using an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) element.

  In addition, the contents to be displayed are not only converted from katakana to hiragana and kanji, but also use alphabets according to the character strings and display high-resolution indicators, so that bit data such as pictures and photographs can be displayed. It is also possible to do. Furthermore, two or more languages can be displayed simultaneously by associating Japanese data with a plurality of languages such as English and Chinese.

  In this embodiment, the explanation has been made on the customer display 4. However, when the store display 3 provided is a fluorescent display tube, for example, the store display 3 is replaced with a color liquid crystal display. It is also applicable when replacing with

  Furthermore, the software described in the above embodiment can be stored and distributed in an external storage medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), or can be stored in a server and used using an electric communication line. Distribution is also possible.

  As described above, the embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

1. POS terminal 4. Customer display 26. Customer display buffer

Claims (6)

An analysis means for analyzing a command for displaying on a display device having a low resolution in a product information processing apparatus for displaying product information including information on a product purchased by a customer on a display device having a high resolution;
Determining means for determining whether or not a specific character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means;
If the determination means determines that the command includes a specific character string, the display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device,
The analysis means determines whether or not a command for lighting a specific position of the low resolution display is included,
If the analysis means determines that the command for turning on the specific position is included, the display control means displays preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device. Product information processing device.   In a merchandise information processing apparatus for displaying merchandise information including merchandise information purchased by a customer on a display with high resolution for the customer
  An analysis means for analyzing a command for display on a display device having a low resolution;
  Determining means for determining whether or not a specific character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means;
  If the determination means determines that the command includes a specific character string, the display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device,
  If the determination means determines that the specific command is included, the display control means converts part or all of the character string included in the command into another character string, and converts the converted character string to the resolution. Display on high indicator,
Product information processing device.   In a merchandise information processing apparatus for displaying merchandise information including merchandise information purchased by a customer on a display with high resolution for the customer
  An analysis means for analyzing a command for display on a display device having a low resolution;
  Determining means for determining whether or not a specific character string is included in a predetermined part of the command analyzed by the analyzing means;
  If the determination means determines that the command includes a specific character string, the display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device,
  If it is determined by the determining means that the specific command is included, the display control means displays the character string included in the command on the high-resolution display device in a preset layout.
Product information processing device. If the determination means determines that the specific command is included, the display control means converts part or all of the character string included in the command into another character string, and converts the converted character string to the resolution. product information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3 to display a high display. If it is determined to include the specific command in said determination means, wherein the display control unit according to claim 1, 2 to be displayed in a layout that preset character string included in the command to the high indicator of the resolution, or 4. The product information processing apparatus according to 4 . An analysis means for analyzing a command for displaying a product information processing apparatus for displaying product information including information on a product purchased by a customer on a display device having a high resolution on a display device having a low resolution;
Determining means for determining whether or not the command analyzed by the analyzing means includes a specific character string in a predetermined part;
If it is determined by the determining means that the command includes a specific character string, it functions as a display control means for displaying preset data in a predetermined area of the high resolution display,
In the analysis means, it is determined whether or not a command for turning on a specific position of the low-resolution display device is included,
In the display control means, if it is determined that the command for lighting the specific position is included in the analysis means, data set in advance in a predetermined area of the high-resolution display device is stored. A program of a product information processing apparatus to be displayed.

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