JP5729198B2 - POS terminal device, product registration method, and product registration program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal device, a product registration method, and a product registration program.

  POS (Point Of Sale) systems are widely used in retail stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. A POS terminal constituting the POS system includes a barcode scanner, and scans a barcode attached to a product. A product code is acquired from the scanned information, a product information file is searched using the acquired product code, and product information such as a product name and a sales price is acquired.

  By the way, in retail stores, especially when the expiry date of products such as fresh foods and side dishes approaches, they are sold at a discount from a predetermined selling price. This prevents the stock of the product from remaining. As a discount method, a store clerk at a retail store puts a sticker (including a bar code) indicating a discount on a product to be discounted manually by measuring the time. When the checker clerk confirms the discount sticker at the time of payment, the bar code of the product with the discount sticker is scanned, and the discount is executed by performing a discount operation on the POS terminal device (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

JP 2008-147331 A

  In this way, the discount sticker is attached to the product to be discounted and the discount sticker is confirmed and the discount is executed. ) There has been a problem that a discount sticker is attached to a product that is not the target of discount to make a discount illegally.

An object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal device, a merchandise registration method, and a merchandise registration program that prevent omission of discounts .

In order to achieve the above object, product information including a price of the product and a discount state indicating whether or not a discount mark indicating that the product is to be discounted is attached to the product is acquired from the product. Product information obtaining means, discount determination means for determining whether or not the product is a discount target based on discount information that associates the presence or absence of a discount target for each product, and the current time in the time zone for executing the discount Time determination means for determining whether or not it corresponds, and sales performance information on sales of the product from the time before the time when the product is expected to be settled until the present, and the product is based on the discount sign and determining sales determining means for determining whether sold, determines that the discount determination means the product is a discount target, the time determination means the current time the said time slot It was determined that, the sales performance determining means determines that the product is sold pulled value so far, when the discount labeled with the discount condition is not attached, the product POS terminals are provided with a discount identifying means for identifying that the leaking discount based on the discount label for.

  In order to achieve the above object, a product registration method and a product registration program similar to those of the POS terminal device are provided.

According to the above-described POS terminal device, product registration method, and product registration program, it is possible to prevent a discount omission .

It is the schematic of the POS terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram of the product checkout process of the checker unit and the cashier unit according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the function of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the discount information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sales performance information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the registered merchandise information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the goods registration process of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods master which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the payment registration process of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is FIG. (1) which shows an example of the display screen of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is FIG. (2) which shows an example of the display screen of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is FIG. (3) which shows an example of the display screen of the cashier unit which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a POS terminal apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  1A is a schematic diagram of the POS terminal device 1, and FIGS. 1B to 1D are labels L1 to L3 and discount stickers S1 and S2 ((B) attached to the products G1 to G3. , (C)).

The POS terminal device 1 can identify that the discount by the discount mark of the product is illegal.
Such a POS terminal device 1 includes a checker unit 3 for inputting information, a product information acquisition unit 4, a discount determination unit 5, and a discount identification unit 6.

  The checker means 3 inputs the product code of the product and the discount of the product based on the operation of the operator. The checker means 3 includes, for example, input receiving means such as barcode scanning and a touch panel. The operator scans the barcode attached to the product to be paid by the customer with a barcode scanner, reads the product code, and inputs it. Further, when the operator confirms that, for example, a discount sticker is attached to the product to be paid as a discount indicator, the operator inputs an operation input of a discount request based on the discount sticker by the input receiving means.

  The merchandise information acquisition unit 4 acquires merchandise information including a price of the merchandise and a discount state indicating whether or not a discount mark indicating that the price is discounted is attached to the merchandise from the merchandise. The product information is read from the product by the checker unit 3 and notified to the product information acquisition unit 4. Further, as the product information 2a acquired by the product information acquisition unit 4, for example, in the case shown in FIG. 1A, “X yen” is displayed as the “price” for “product name A” and “discount”. In the box, the discount rate “x%” displayed by the discount mark attached to the product is input. Accordingly, the discount state in this case is that the discount mark “x%” is input to “discount”, and therefore the commodity is labeled with a discount mark. Similarly, for “product name B”, the “price” is entered as “Y yen”, and the “discount” is entered as the discount rate “y%” displayed by the discount mark attached to the product. Yes. On the other hand, for “product name C”, “Z Yen” is input to “price”, but nothing is input to “discount” because no discount mark is attached to the product.

  The discount determination unit 5 determines whether or not the product is a discount target based on the discount information 2b in which the presence or absence of the discount target is associated with each product. In the case of the discount information 2b shown in FIG. 1A, for example, the product name A and the product name C are set as discount targets, and the product name B is not set as a discount target.

The discount identifying unit 6 identifies that the discount by the discount mark of the product is illegal according to the determination result of the discount determination unit 5 and the discount state.
The identification result obtained by the discount identification means 6 is registered in the product information 2a.

A product registration process in the POS terminal device 1 having such a configuration will be described.
First, product registration of the product G1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1B, the product G1 includes a label L1 on which a barcode corresponding to the product code of the product G1 is written together with “product name: A, price: X yen” and a price X yen. A discount seal S1 indicating that x% discount is performed is attached.

  The operator reads the bar code of the label L1 of the product G1 with the bar code scanner of the checker means 3, confirms the discount sticker S1, and inputs a discount operation to the checker means 3.

  The product information acquisition unit 4 acquires product information including the price X yen of the product G1 and the discount for the price X circle using the barcode information read by the checker unit 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 1A, “product name A” of the product G1 of the product information 2a is “X yen” for “price” and “product” for “discount”. Each “x%” displayed by the discount indicator is input.

The discount determination means 5 determines that the product G1 is a discount target based on the discount information 2b.
The discount identification means 6 appropriately discounts the price of the product G1 from the fact that the product G1 is a discount target (determination result of the discount determination means 5) and that the product G1 has a discount mark (discount state). Identify that you can register. Thereby, goods registration accompanied by discount by discount seal S1 can be performed normally.

Next, product registration of the product G2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1C, the product G2 includes a label L2 and a price Y on which a barcode corresponding to the product code of the product G2 is written together with “product name: B, price: Y yen”. A discount seal S2 indicating that y% discount is performed is attached.

  The operator reads the bar code of the label L2 of the commodity G2 with the bar code scanner of the checker means 3 and confirms the discount sticker S2, and inputs a discount operation to the checker means 3.

  The product information acquisition unit 4 acquires product information including the price Y-yen of the product G2 and the discount for the price Y-yen using the barcode information read by the checker unit 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 1A, “Yen” for “Price” and “Yen” for “Price” are attached to the product for “Product Name B” of Product G2 of Product Information 2a. “Y%” displayed by the discount indicator is input.

The discount determination means 5 determines that the product G2 is not a discount target based on the discount information 2b.
The discount identification means 6 has a discount seal S2 for the product G2 because the product G2 is not a discount target (determination result of the discount determination means 5) and the product G2 is provided with a discount mark (a discount state). Identify fraudulently. As a result, for example, the POS terminal device 1 notifies the operator that there is a suspicion that the discount on the discount sticker S2 is fraudulent, so that the operator confirms the commodity G2 and the product with the discount on the discount sticker S2. Registration can be canceled to prevent unauthorized discounts.

Finally, product registration for the product G3 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1D, only the label L3 on which the barcode corresponding to the product code of the product G3 is written together with “product name: C, price: Z yen” is attached to the product G3. ing.

The operator reads the barcode of the label L3 of the product G3 with the barcode scanner of the checker means 3.
The product information acquisition unit 4 acquires product information including the price Z yen of the product G3 using the barcode information read by the checker unit 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 1A, for the “product name C” of the product G3, only “Z yen” is input in the “price”.

The discount determination means 5 determines that the product G3 is a discount target based on the discount information 2b.
The discount identification means 6 is suitable for the product G3 because the product G3 is a discount target (result of determination by the discount determination means 5) and the product G3 is not attached with a discount seal (a discount state). It is identified that it is not attached to (a discount omission).

  In addition, when it is identified that the discount sticker for the product is not attached in this way, the user has forgotten to attach the discount seal for the product, or the attached discount sticker has been peeled off. Conceivable. Alternatively, it may be considered that a product that is not originally attached with a discount sticker is subsequently subject to a discount. Further, there may be a case where the operator does not erroneously input the discount operation although the discount seal is normally attached. Therefore, when it is identified that the discount sticker is not properly attached to the product G3, for example, by notifying the operator of the fact, the operator inputs a discount operation for the product and discounts the product together with the product. Can be appropriately registered, and it is possible to prevent omission of discount.

  Thus, in the POS terminal device 1, the product information 2a including the discount status indicating whether or not a discount mark indicating that the product is to be discounted from the price and the price is attached to the product. Based on the discount information 2b acquired and associated with the presence or absence of a discount target for each product, it is determined whether or not the product is a discount target. As a result, it is possible to identify whether the discount for the price of the product is illegal depending on whether or not the product is a discount target and whether there is a discount seal for the product. In particular, if a product is not a discount target and a discount sticker is attached on the product information 2a, it is identified that the discount is invalid. Further, the POS terminal device 1 identifies that the discount sticker is not attached when the product is subject to the discount but the discount sticker is not attached on the product information 2a. It is possible to prevent discount leakage for products.

[Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment, the first embodiment will be described in more detail.
First, the configuration of the POS system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a POS system according to the second embodiment.
The POS system 100 includes a POS server 130 and one or a plurality of POS terminals 101 (one POS terminal 101 is shown in FIG. 2), and manages point-of-sale information. The POS server 130 and the POS terminal 101 are communicably connected via the network 131.

  The POS server 130 centrally manages the sales information registered by the POS terminal 101. The POS server 130 manages a product master in which product codes, prices, etc. for identifying products are registered.

The POS terminal 101 includes a cashier unit 102 and a checker unit 103.
The cashier unit 102 is a unit for mainly receiving a sales price. The cashier unit 102 includes a control unit 140, a keyboard 105, an automatic change machine 106, a cash drawer 107, an automatic bill machine 108, a magnetic card reader 109, a touch panel 110, a display 111, a customer display 112, and a printer 113.

The control unit 140 is a computer that controls the cashier unit 102 and comprehensively controls the POS terminal 101.
The automatic change machine 106 deposits and receives coins received from customers. The automatic bill machine 108 deposits bills received from customers and withdraws bills. The cash drawer 107 is a storage for storing coins and banknotes.

  The display 111 displays a predetermined GUI (Graphical User Interface) for performing transaction work. The display 111 is a liquid crystal display, for example. The display 111 is located below the touch panel 110. An image displayed on the display 111 is visible through the touch panel 110 from the operator. The operator can perform a touch operation on the touch panel 110 while viewing the image displayed on the display 111. The keyboard 105 is an input device for operating the GUI displayed on the display 111. The customer display 112 is a display device that displays transaction information on the customer side. For example, the customer display 112 displays the total amount of merchandise purchases, the deposit amount from the customer, the change amount, and the like. The magnetic card reader 109 reads information recorded on a magnetic stripe included in a credit card, a membership card, or the like. The printer 113 is a printing unit that prints a customer's settlement processing result on roll paper and issues a receipt.

  The checker unit 103 is a unit for mainly performing a product code input operation. The checker unit 103 includes a lane stand 115, a column 116, a fixed scanner 117, a speaker 118, a multi-item keyboard 119, a display 120, a customer display 121, and a touch panel 122.

  The lane table 115 supports the column 116. Further, on the lane stand 115, a shopping basket brought by the customer and a product put in the shopping basket are placed. The column 116 supports the fixed scanner 117, the speaker 118, the multi-item keyboard 119, the display 120, the customer display 121, and the touch panel 122. The fixed scanner 117 is a device for reading a bar code attached to a product. The operator inputs a product code using the fixed scanner 117 as an input device by holding the barcode attached to the product toward the fixed scanner 117. The input result of the product code is displayed on the display 120, and the operator can confirm the input result of the product code.

  The touch panel 122 is an input device that selects a product without a barcode (for example, a fresh food product such as loosely sold vegetables or fish, or a side dish) from a product group displayed on the display 120. The customer display 121 is a display device that displays transaction information on the customer side. For example, the customer display 121 displays the name, unit price, etc. of a product for which a product code is input. Further, the input result is notified by voice through the speaker 118. For example, the speaker 118 performs audio output in different modes depending on the state such as when the input is made normally and when it is necessary to alert the operator about the input. More specifically, for example, a single sound “beep” is generated when normal, and a voice that can be easily distinguished by a continuous sound such as “beep” is output when calling attention. The multi-item keyboard 119 receives an operator's operation. For example, when the multi-item keyboard 119 is alerted by sound output from the speaker 118, the multi-item keyboard 119 receives a correction operation by an operator who has identified an operation error.

Next, the hardware configuration of the cashier unit 102 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the cashier unit according to the second embodiment.

  The cashier unit 102 connects various input / output devices to the control unit 140. The entire control unit 140 is controlled by the CPU 140a. A random access memory (RAM) 140b, a hard disk drive (HDD) 140c, a communication interface 140d, a graphic processing device 140e, and an input / output interface 140f are connected to the CPU 140a via a bus 140g.

  The RAM 140b temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program to be executed by the CPU 140a and an application program for executing a POS operation. The RAM 140b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 140a. The HDD 140c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 111 and a customer display 112 are connected to the graphic processing device 140e. The graphic processing device 140e displays images on the screens of the display 111 and the customer display 112 in accordance with a command from the CPU 140a.

  A keyboard 105, an automatic change machine 106, a cash drawer 107, an automatic fishing ticket machine 108, a magnetic card reader 109, a touch panel 110, and a printer 113 are connected to the input / output interface 140f. The input / output interface 140f can be connected to a portable recording medium interface capable of writing information to the portable recording medium 123 and reading information to the portable recording medium 123. The input / output interface 140f buses signals sent from the keyboard 105, the automatic change machine 106, the cash drawer 107, the automatic fishing bill machine 108, the magnetic card reader 109, the touch panel 110, the printer 113, and the portable recording medium interface. It transmits to CPU140a via 140g.

  The communication interface 140d is connected to the checker unit 103 in a connection format of RS-232C (Recommended Standard 232 version C) or USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection, for example. The communication interface 140 d transmits and receives data to and from the checker unit 103.

  With the hardware configuration as described above, the processing functions of the present embodiment can be realized. The checker unit 103 and the POS server 130 can also be realized with the same hardware configuration.

  In addition, the cashier unit 102 and the checker unit 103 can be configured to include modules each composed of an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), or the like, or can be configured without the CPU 140a. In this case, each of the cashier unit 102 and the checker unit 103 includes a nonvolatile memory (for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a flash memory, a flash memory type memory card, etc.) and stores module firmware. The nonvolatile memory can write firmware through the portable recording medium 123 or the communication interface 140d. As described above, the cashier unit 102 and the checker unit 103 can also update the firmware by rewriting the firmware stored in the nonvolatile memory.

Next, the product checkout sequence of the POS terminal 101 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of commodity checkout processing of the checker unit and the cashier unit according to the second embodiment.

  The POS terminal 101 inputs and settles a product code for each customer shopping. The product checkout process is a process in which the checker unit 103 reads a barcode attached to a product to specify a checkout target, and the cashier unit 102 performs checkout.

  [Step S11] The cashier unit 102 instructs initialization of the fixed scanner 117. An instruction to initialize the fixed scanner 117 is given based on, for example, an operation of the keyboard 105 or the touch panel 110 by the operator. For example, the cashier unit 102 issues an instruction to initialize a registered merchandise list (see FIG. 8 described later) every time a customer makes a purchase.

[Step S21] Upon receiving an initialization instruction from the cashier unit 102, the checker unit 103 initializes a storage area for storing shopping unit data.
[Step S22] The checker unit 103 determines whether or not to end the input of the product code. The end of the input of the product code is determined in response to an end instruction from the cashier unit 102. When the checker unit 103 determines to end the input of the product code, the checker unit 103 ends the input of the product code. On the other hand, if the checker unit 103 determines not to end the input of the product code, the process proceeds to step S23.

  [Step S <b> 23] The checker unit 103 reads the barcode attached to the product from the fixed scanner 117. Note that for a product without a barcode, the checker unit 103 receives a product type or the like from the multi-item keyboard 119 or the touch panel 122 by the operator.

  [Step S24] The checker unit 103 notifies the cashier unit 102 of input data such as the quantity of goods (barcode read from the fixed scanner 117, input data from the multi-item keyboard 119 or the touch panel 122).

  At this time, if a discount sticker is attached to the product, the operator notifies the cashier unit 102 of a discount operation input for the product as input data from the touch panel 122.

  [Step S12] The cashier unit 102 waits for notification of input data from the checker unit 103 or pressing of a subtotal key. If there is a notification of input data from the checker unit 103, the cashier unit 102 proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, when the subtotal key is pressed, the cashier unit 102 proceeds to step S14.

  [Step S13] The cashier unit 102 executes a product registration process for registering a product to be settled. Details of the merchandise registration process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.

  [Step S14] When the subtotal key is pressed by the keyboard 105, the cashier unit 102 instructs the checker unit 103 to end the barcode input process, and ends the barcode input process.

In this way, the checker unit 103 reads the barcode and notifies the input data until receiving an end instruction from the cashier unit 102.
[Step S15] The cashier unit 102 executes a payment registration process for determining a product to be paid (settlement target). Details of the payment registration process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.

  [Step S16] The cashier unit 102 receives payment from a customer for a product for which a product has been confirmed as a payment target, and pays out change for the payment to execute a settlement process.

Next, a product registration process executed by the cashier unit 102 in such a product checkout sequence will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, functions and the like provided in the cashier unit 102 for executing the product registration process will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the cashier unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of discount information according to the second embodiment, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of sales performance information according to the second embodiment, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the registered merchandise information which concerns on embodiment. 7A shows the sales performance for each “lane” for “Department” 200, and FIG. 7B shows the sales results for each “lane” 200.

The control unit 140 of the cashier unit 102 includes a discount information holding unit 141a, a sales performance information holding unit 141b, and a product information holding unit 141c.
The discount information holding unit 141a holds discount information in which a discount rate corresponding to a time is associated with each department of a discount target product. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, “discount time” and “discount rate” are set for each “department”. Specifically, for “100” of “Department”, if the current time is after “20:00”, a discount of “30%” is performed from the normal price (discount 1). Further, in “300” of “Department”, if the current time is after “20:30”, a discount of “50%” is performed from the normal price (discount 2). For example, in the case of the second embodiment, “tempura” is “department” “100”, “bento” is “200”, and “sashimi”. Corresponds to “400” (for example, see FIG. 10 described later).

Such discount information can be set in advance by the POS server 130 for each store, and is distributed from the POS server 130 to each POS terminal 101.
The sales record information holding unit 141b holds the sales record information on the sale of the product corresponding to the “department” so far. The sales performance information represents the sales performance of the “department” corresponding to the product for each lane stand 115 of the checker unit 103 in the target store. For example, in the second embodiment, three sets of POS terminals 101 are provided in the target store. FIG. 7A shows the sales performance of “100” in “Department”. “0%” is sold at the normal price, and “30%” is sold at the price reduced by 30%. When “30%” is sold at a price reduced by 50%, “50%” is displayed. Further, “-” is displayed when a product corresponding to “100” of “department” is not included in the transaction.

  Further, for example, when attention is paid to “lane 2” (“blank”) from which transaction N will be performed, “50%” from transaction N in “lane 2” to, for example, two transactions (“transaction N-2”) before. We are discounting. Further, in “lane 1” and “lane 3” on both sides of “lane 2”, a discount of “50%” is performed from transaction N to 3 transactions (“transaction N-3”). In FIG. 7B, the sales result of “200” of “department” is represented in the same manner as the case of “100” of “department”. The POS server 130 manages the sales results of each POS terminal 101, and the cashier unit 102 receives such sales result information from the POS server 130.

  For each product code, the product information holding unit 141c includes a “department” to which the product of the product code corresponds, “product name”, “product unit price (yen)”, “quantity”, “discount amount”, “reduction product” Product information including information related to “unit price (yen)” and “price (=“ quantity ”ד commodity unit price after discount (yen) ”)” is held. The product information further includes information regarding whether or not “illegal discount” and “discount discount” have occurred. Note that “1” is set as a flag when “illegal discount” and “missing discount” occur, and “0” is set when no flag occurs.

  Further, the control unit 140 includes a reception unit 142, a product information acquisition unit 143, a product information registration unit 144, a discount determination unit 145, an unauthorized identification unit 146, a time determination unit 147, a discount omission identification unit 148, and an identification information registration unit 149. Hold.

  The receiving unit 142 receives information from the checker unit 103 and the POS server 130, respectively. For example, from the checker unit 103, the barcode of the product read by the checker unit 103 and the input data relating to the quantity, discount, etc. of the product input to the checker unit 103 are received. From the POS server 130, sales performance information on the target department in the target store is received.

  The merchandise information acquisition unit 143 queries the merchandise master (not shown) for the merchandise code corresponding to the bar code of the merchandise read by the checker unit 103, and “department”, “product name”, “product unit price”, etc. Get product information for. Further, the product information acquisition unit 143 refers to the discount information holding unit 141a, calculates “discount”, “commodity unit price (yen) after discount”, and “price” according to the time zone, and adds them to the product information To do. Further, the product information acquisition unit 143 also adds the “quantity” of the product notified from the checker unit 103 to the product information. When the product information acquisition unit 143 acquires the input data related to the product discount from the checker unit 103, the product information acquisition unit 143 causes the discount determination unit 145 to execute the discount determination.

The product information registration unit 144 registers the product information acquired by the product information acquisition unit 143 in the product information holding unit 141c.
The discount determination unit 145 refers to the discount information holding unit 141a and determines whether or not the product corresponding to the product code acquired by the product information acquisition unit 143 is a target of discount.

The fraud identifying unit 146 refers to the product information holding unit 141c and identifies that the discount for the product that is determined not to be discounted by the discount determination unit 145 is illegal.
When the discount determination unit 145 determines that the product is a discount target, the time determination unit 147 refers to the discount information holding unit 141a to determine whether the current time corresponds to the discount time zone.

  The discount omission identifying unit 148 refers to the product information holding unit 141c and the sales performance information holding unit 141b, and identifies the omission of discount for the product to be discounted. The details of the discount omission identification unit 148 will be described later in the flow of FIG.

  The identification information registration unit 149 sets “1” as a flag in the “illegal discount” of the product information in the product information holding unit 141c when the fraud identification unit 146 identifies the fraud of the discount, and otherwise, Set “0”. Further, when the discount omission identifying unit 148 identifies the omission of discount, “1” is set as a flag to “omission of discount” of the product information in the product information holding unit 141c, and “0” is set otherwise. set.

Next, the commodity registration process in step S13 of FIG. 4 in the control unit 140 having such a function will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 together with FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the merchandise registration process of the cashier unit according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a merchandise master according to the second embodiment.

  [Step S13a] The receiving unit 142 receives discount information for each department from the POS server 130 in advance, and stores the received discount information in the discount information holding unit 141a (for example, as illustrated in FIG. 6). deep.

  [Step S <b> 13 b] The receiving unit 142 receives product registration information such as the product code of the product read by the checker unit 103 and the quantity of the product from the checker unit 103.

  At this time, the receiving unit 142 receives a discount request for the product as input data by the operator via the touch panel 122 or the like together with a product code or the like when a discount seal is attached to the product.

  [Step S13c] The receiving unit 142 receives, from the POS server 130, sales result information (another product list) related to the transaction of the product regarding the lane of the POS terminal 101 currently used and the lane adjacent to the lane. (For example, as shown in FIG. 7), the sales record information holding unit 141 b holds it.

  [Step S <b> 13 d] Upon receiving notification of input data (product code) from the checker unit 103, the product information acquisition unit 143 queries the product master stored in the POS server 130 for the product code.

  Here, an example of the product master will be described with reference to the product master shown in FIG. In the product master, a department, a product name, a product unit price, and the like are registered for each product code. The product name is the name of the product specified by the product code. The product unit price is the unit price of the product specified by the product code. Note that the product master may include other information such as a manufacturer name.

Then, the product information acquisition unit 143 acquires the product name and the product unit price from the inquired product master.
[Step S13e] The merchandise information registration unit 144 registers the merchandise inquired of the merchandise master in the registered merchandise list as a settlement target. The registered product list is a list of products for which the cashier unit 102 is to be settled and stored in the shopping unit. For example, in the product information of FIG. 8, registration of information from “department” to “price” is completed for “product code”.

  [Step S13f] The discount determination unit 145 refers to the discount information held by the discount information holding unit 141a, and determines whether or not the product received in step S13b is a discount target.

  For example, in the case of a product corresponding to “100” of “department” in FIG. 6, if the current time is 20:10, it is determined to be a discount target because it corresponds to “discount 1”. On the other hand, if it is a product corresponding to “200” of “department”, it is determined that it is not a discount target. Further, it is determined that “department” not included in the discount information holding unit 141a is not a discount target.

The next process proceeds to step S13g if the product is not a discount target, and proceeds to step S13i if the product is a discount target.
[Step S13g] The fraud identification unit 146 refers to the product information held by the product information holding unit 141c, and determines whether or not a discount is registered for the product received in Step S13b.

  For example, “99 yen” is input to “discount amount” of “tempura” in FIG. 8 and “490 yen” is input to “discount amount” of “sashimi” according to the current time and the discount information of FIG. Therefore, it is determined that the discount is registered. On the other hand, in the case of “bento”, it is determined that no discount is registered because no discount is entered in “discount”.

The next process proceeds to step S13h when discount registration is performed, and proceeds to step S13o when discount registration is not performed.
[Step S13h] The fraud identification unit 146 notifies the identification information registration unit 149 of a flag set request for the “illegal discount” of the product received in step S13b, and the identification information registration unit 149 stores the product in the product information holding unit 141c. “1” is set as a flag in the “illegal discount” of the information.

  For example, “sashimi” in FIG. 8 is an illegal discount because the “department” is “400” and is not a discount target (see FIG. 6), but the discount amount is entered in “discount amount”. Is determined, and “1” is set as a flag in “illegal discount”.

[Step S13i] The time determination unit 147 refers to the discount information holding unit 141a and determines whether or not the current time corresponds to the discount time zone.
For example, when the current time is 20:20, it is determined that the product corresponding to “100” of “department” in FIG. 6 corresponds to the discount time zone, and “200” of “department” in FIG. It is determined that the product corresponding to the item does not correspond to the discount time zone.

The next process proceeds to step S13g if the current time does not correspond to the discount time zone, and proceeds to step S13j if it corresponds.
[Step S13j] The discount omission identifying unit 148 refers to the product information held by the product information holding unit 141c, and determines whether or not a discount is registered for the product received in Step S13b. In this step, the same process as in step S13g is performed.

The next process proceeds to step S13k when discount registration is not performed, and proceeds to step S13o when discount registration is performed.
[Step S13k] The discount omission identifying unit 148 refers to the sales performance information holding unit 141b and determines whether or not the product received in Step S13b has already been sold in the store.

  For example, it is determined that the product corresponding to “100” of “department” in FIG. 7 is sold in the target store before the transaction N in lane 2. Further, if there is no sales record of the target product in the sales record information, it is determined that the product has not been sold.

The next process proceeds to step S13l if the product has already been sold, and proceeds to step S13o if it has not been sold.
[Step S13l] The discount omission identifying unit 148 refers to the sales performance information of the sales performance information holding unit 141b, and at the POS terminal 101 (currently executing this transaction processing) before the predetermined number of transactions. The presence / absence of a discount record for the product is determined (condition 1).

  For example, in FIG. 7, in the case of a product corresponding to “100” of “department” in which transaction N is performed in lane 2, a discount of “50%” was made before two transactions (“transaction N-2”) It is determined that there is a sales record. On the other hand, in the case of a product corresponding to “100” of “department” in which transaction N is performed in lane 3, it is determined that there is no sales performance discounted before two transactions (“transaction N-2”). .

The next process proceeds to step S13m if condition 1 is not satisfied, and proceeds to step S13n if condition 1 is satisfied.
[Step S13m] The discount omission identifying unit 148 refers to the sales performance information of the sales performance information holding unit 141b, and performs predetermined processing in a lane adjacent to the lane terminal of the POS terminal 101 (currently executing this transaction processing). The presence / absence of a discount for the product is determined before the number of transactions (Condition 2).

  For example, in FIG. 7, in the case of a product corresponding to “100” of “department” in which transaction N is performed in lane 2, up to 2 transactions before “transaction N-2” in either lane 1 or 3 Is determined to have a sales record with a discount of “50%”.

The next process proceeds to step S13o if condition 2 is not satisfied, and proceeds to step S13n if condition 2 is satisfied.
Note that the processing order of condition 1 (step S13l) and condition 2 (step S13m) may be reversed.

  Here, the significance of the processing of step S13k, step S131, and step S13m will be described. For example, when a customer puts a product into a shopping cart, the product may not have a discount sticker, but after that, the product may have a discount time zone. In this case, when the customer is lined up at the POS terminal 101 for payment, the product is discounted by another customer in the same lane as the customer or another customer in another lane. If a customer sees, an unfair feeling will arise between customers. Therefore, by providing the processing of step S13k, step S13l, and step S13m, the omission of discount is determined only when there is a possibility that the customer can know that the product is a discount target. Therefore, in the above example, the range in which the customer can know that the product is the target of discount for the target transaction is set to two transactions before, but the number is not limited to two transactions and can be set as appropriate.

  [Step S13n] The discount omission identification unit 148 notifies the identification information registration unit 149 of a flag set request for the “discount omission” of the product information received in step S13b, and the identification information registration unit 149 holds the product information. “1” is set as a flag in “discount discount” in the product information of the section 141c.

  [Step S13o] The next processing proceeds to step S13b when the receiving unit 142 continues to receive product information from the checker unit 103, and performs product registration processing when the product information from the checker unit 103 is not received. finish.

Next, the payment registration process in step S15 of FIG. 4 by the control unit 140 of the cashier unit 102 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 to 14.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the payment registration process of the cashier unit according to the second embodiment. 12-14 is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the cashier unit based on 2nd Embodiment.

The control unit 140 executes the following process for each product registered in step S13 to execute a payment registration process.
[Step S15a] The control unit 140 refers to the product information held by the product information holding unit 141c, and determines whether or not a flag has been set for the fraudulent discount for the payment registration target product.

The next process proceeds to step S15b if the flag is set, and proceeds to step S15e if the flag is not set.
[Step S15b] The control unit 140 displays on the display 111 that the product to be paid is fraudulent discount, and notifies the operator.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 12, an image 210 indicating that the discount is incorrect is newly displayed on the display screen 200 of the display 111. In addition, the image 210 also accepts execution of cancellation of unauthorized discounts on the payment target product.

  [Step S15c] When the control unit 140 accepts execution of cancellation of illegal discounts (for example, “YES” in “discount discount?” In FIG. 12), the process proceeds to step S15d and is not accepted. (For example, “NO” of “discount discount?” In FIG. 12), the payment target product is registered for payment.

[Step S15d] The control unit 140 clears (rewrites to 0 yen) the “discount amount” of the payment target product and corrects the “commodity unit price after discount” and the “price”.
For example, “490 yen” of “discount amount” of “sashimi” with “400” as “department” in FIG. 8 is rewritten to “0 yen” and “490 yen” of “product price after discount” is “980 yen”. In addition, “490 yen” of “combined price” is corrected to “980 yen”.

  [Step S15e] The control unit 140 refers to the product information held by the product information holding unit 141c, and determines whether or not a flag is set for omission of discount of the product to be paid.

The next process proceeds to step S15f if the flag is set, and the payment target product is registered for payment if the flag is not set.
[Step S15f] The control unit 140 displays on the display 111 that a discount omission has occurred in the payment target product, and notifies the operator.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, an image 220 for confirming the omission of discount is newly displayed on the display screen 200 of the display 111. Further, in the image 220, the presence / absence of a discount sticker is accepted as a result of the confirmation of the payment target product.

  [Step S15g] When the control unit 140 accepts that a discount sticker is attached to the payment target product (for example, “YES” in “has a discount sticker?” In FIG. 13), the next process is a step. The process proceeds to S15h, and if it is received that it is not attached (for example, “NO” in “Is there a discount seal?” In FIG. 13), the process proceeds to Step S15i.

[Step S <b> 15 h] The control unit 140 displays on the display 111 that the discount is performed on the payment target product.
[Step S15i] The control unit 140 displays on the display 111 that there is no discount sticker on the payment target product.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 14, an image 230 indicating that there is no discount sticker is newly displayed on the display screen 200 of the display 111. In addition, in the image 230, execution of discount at a discount rate according to the time of the payment target product is accepted.

  [Step S15j] The next process proceeds to step S15k when the control unit 140 accepts a request to execute a discount for the payment target product (for example, “YES” of “execute discount” in FIG. 14). When it is accepted that the discount is not performed (for example, “NO” in “execute discount” in FIG. 14), the payment target product is registered for payment.

  [Step S15k] The control unit 140 updates the “discount amount (yen)”, “discounted product unit price (yen)”, and “commodity” of the product information of the payment target product according to appropriate discounts, Register the payment for the payment target product.

  In this way, the POS terminal 101 obtains product information including the price of the product and a discount state indicating whether or not a discount sticker indicating that the product is to be discounted is attached to the product from the product. Thus, it is determined whether or not the product is a discount target based on the discount information in which the presence or absence of the discount target is associated with each product. As a result, it is possible to identify whether the discount for the price of the product is illegal depending on whether or not the product is a discount target and whether there is a discount seal for the product. In particular, if a product is not a discount target and has a discount sticker on the product information, it is identified that the discount is invalid. Further, the POS terminal 101 can also identify a discount seal leakage when a discount seal is not attached on the product information even though the product is a discount target.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In this case, a program describing the processing contents of functions that the cashier unit 102, the checker unit 103, and the POS server 130 should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer. The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium (including a portable recording medium). Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Magnetic recording devices include hard disk devices (HDD), flexible disks (FD), magnetic tapes, and the like. Optical discs include DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), and the like. Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk).

  When distributing the program, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a storage device of a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. Further, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

Note that various modifications can be made to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the embodiment.
Furthermore, the above-described embodiments can be modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and are not limited to the exact configurations and application examples described.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 POS terminal device 2a Product information 2b Discount information 3 Checker means 4 Product information acquisition means 5 Discount judgment means 6 Discount identification means

Claims (3)

Product information acquisition means for acquiring product information including a price state of the product and a discount state indicating whether or not a discount mark indicating that the product is to be discounted is attached to the product;
Discount determination means for determining whether or not the product is a discount target based on discount information in which the presence or absence of a discount target is associated with each product;
Time determination means for determining whether or not the current time corresponds to a time zone for executing the discount;
Sales performance determination means for determining whether or not the product is sold based on the discount mark with reference to sales performance information for selling the product from the time before the product is expected to be settled. When,
The discount determination unit determines that the product is a discount target, the time determination unit determines that the current time corresponds to the time zone, and the sales performance determination unit determines that the product has been valued so far. Discount identification means for determining that the discount mark is sold and when the discount mark is not attached in the discount state, the discount based on the discount mark is leaked to the product When,
A POS terminal device characterized by comprising: From the product, obtain product information including a price of the product and a discount state indicating whether or not a discount mark indicating that the product is to be discounted is attached to the product;
Based on discount information that associates the presence or absence of a discount target for each product, it is determined whether or not the product is a discount target,
Determine whether the current time falls within the time zone for executing the discount,
With reference to the sales performance information for selling the product from before the time assumed to be waiting for the product to be settled, it is determined whether the product is sold based on the discount sign,
Determine that the product is a discount target, determine that the current time falls within the time zone, determine that the product has been sold at a discount so far, if the discount label is not attached, it identifies that the leaking discount based on the discount label to the product,
A product registration method characterized by that. From the product to the computer, acquires the product information discount label indicates that discount from the prices and the commodity price and a discount state indicating whether or not attached to the product,
Based on the discount information associating the presence or absence of discount target for each product, the product is determined whether discount target,
Determine whether the current time falls within the time zone for executing the discount,
With reference to the sales performance information for selling the product from before the time assumed to be waiting for the product to be settled, it is determined whether the product is sold based on the discount sign,
Determine that the product is a discount target, determine that the current time falls within the time zone, determine that the product has been sold at a discount so far, if the discount label is not attached, it makes identify that discount based on the discount label is leaking to the product,
A product registration program characterized by causing processing to be executed .

Images