JP6122673B2 - Product management server, information printing system, information printing instruction method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for printing information about eating together about a medicine to be sold on a receipt.

  Conventionally, in stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets, a POS (Point Of Sales) system is used to manage the price and inventory of products (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Each product in the store is associated with a product code such as a barcode, and the product to be sold is specified by reading the product code. A cash register (register) in a store obtains information on the price of a product to be sold identified by reading a product code by using a POS system and prints it on a receipt. In recent years, there are stores such as pharmacies that sell medicines and food and drinks.

JP 2006-350687 A

  Consumers may purchase drugs and food and drinks at pharmacies and other stores that sell drugs and food and drinks. In that case, information on the price of the drugs and food and beverages to be purchased is printed on a single receipt. The Some medicines are bad to eat when eating and drinking together. For this reason, there are consumers who want to obtain information on the purchase of purchased medicines and foods from receipts. However, conventional receipts do not print information on the purchase of medicines to be purchased and foods and drinks, and do not satisfy consumer demand.

  Similarly, a consumer may purchase two medicines at a store such as a pharmacy, in which case the price information of the two medicines to be purchased is printed on one receipt. Some medicines should be taken care of when taken together. Therefore, there are consumers who want to obtain information from their receipts that indicates whether they should be careful about taking the two purchased drugs together. However, information indicating whether or not to take two medicines to be purchased together is printed on a conventional receipt, and the consumer's requirements are not satisfied.

  The present invention is a medicine eating information printing instruction device, a medicine eating information printing system for printing information on eating on a receipt when eating and drinking together with a medicine to be sold and a food and drink to be sold, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and program for instructing medicine printing information printing. In addition, the present invention provides a medicine combination information printing instruction device for printing information indicating the fact on a receipt when it is necessary to take two medicines to be sold together. With the goal.

Item management server according to one embodiment of the present invention, cash registers are connected to, food and drink information acquisition unit that acquires food item information for specifying the combined base food with each of the plurality of drugs is poor or good food or beverage When, and information about the product code of chemicals, including information identifying the chemicals of sale, and the product code information acquisition unit that acquires the information about the product code for a food or drink that contains the information that identifies the food and drink of the sale , on the basis of the said commodity code information acquisition unit said food or beverage product information that has been acquired by the food and beverage information acquisition unit and the information obtained by, the eating alignment of the chemicals of the sale and the sale of food and drink a determination unit, the chemicals being sold and the sale of food products eaten alignment is poor and the medicine being sold and the sale of food or beverage if it is determined by the determination unit Cash registers an instruction for information of case is to print the eat together information of medicine indicating that eat alignment is bad and chemicals of the sale on the receipt to be printed and the sale of food or drink that has sent the information about the product code issued to the machine, eat alignment is good and the food and beverage chemicals sales target of the sale before Symbol receipt when it is determined by the determination unit of the chemicals of the sale and the sale of food and drink It includes a print instruction unit that issues an instruction to print an eating combined information of the drug product shown that good eating alignment between goods to the cash register, the, the food that the commodity code information acquiring unit acquires The product information includes a two-dimensional code that specifies a URL of a pharmaceutical company that provides food / drink information related to the eating for each of the plurality of medicines, and the printing instruction unit includes the medicine And it outputs the print instruction of the two-dimensional code identifying the pharmaceutical company URL according with food or drink information relating to eat alignment to the drug to the cash register.

  The medicine eating information printing instruction device further includes a medicine information acquisition section for acquiring medicine information for specifying a combination of medicines to be careful with taking together, and the product code information acquisition section is for sale Information relating to the product code for the first medicine including information identifying the first medicine and information relating to the product code for the second medicine including information identifying the second medicine to be sold The determination unit combines the first drug to be sold and the second drug to be sold together based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit and the drug information acquired by the drug information acquisition unit. It is also determined whether or not to be careful about taking the medicine, and the print instruction unit should be careful about taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together. And determined by the determination unit If the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold are taken together, an instruction to print the precautionary information indicating that it should be careful on the receipt is issued to the printing device. May be.

  The food / beverage information includes information on the degree of precaution for eating a drug and a food / beverage that is poorly balanced for each of a plurality of chemicals. If the determination unit determines that eating with the product is bad, the printing device is instructed to print information on the receipt indicating the degree of precaution for eating the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold. May be issued.

A merchandise management server according to another aspect of the present invention is connected to a cash register, and stores a medicine information acquisition unit that acquires medicine information that specifies a combination of medicines that should be used with caution against taking together. Obtain information on the product code for the first medicine including information for identifying the first medicine of interest and information on the product code for the second medicine including information for identifying the second medicine for sale The first medicine to be sold and the sales object based on the product code information acquisition unit, the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit and the medicine information acquired by the medicine information acquisition unit A determination unit for determining whether or not to take the second medicine together, and taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together Beware of that If the determination unit determines that the price information of the first medicine to be sold and the price of the second medicine to be sold is printed, the first medicine to be sold and the sale object A print instructing unit that issues an instruction to print the precautionary information indicating what should be taken for taking the second medicine together with the cash register that has transmitted the information on the product code; wherein the drug information the medicine information acquisition unit acquires identifies the pharmaceutical companies URL to access the home page to provide information of a combination of drugs to be wary against taking the combined The printing instruction unit includes a two-dimensional code, and specifies the URL of the pharmaceutical company related to the medicine together with information on the combination of medicines to be careful about taking together. And it outputs the print instruction source code to the cash register.

Further, the present invention includes a product management server described above, a receiving unit for receiving an instruction according to the dosing precaution information output from the product management server, according to the instruction received by the receiving unit, the said receipt a printing unit for printing the two-dimensional code with a combination of information to be cautious medication products, there is provided an information print system having a.

The present invention further provides an information printing instruction method by a merchandise management server connected to a cash register, wherein the food / beverage information for identifying a food / beverage that is bad or good for each of a plurality of medicines and food and drink information acquisition step of acquiring, and information about the product code of chemicals, including information identifying the chemicals of sale, and information about the product code for a food or drink that contains the information that identifies the food and drink of the sale and product code information acquiring step of acquiring, the commodity code and the information acquisition information obtained in step and the food and drink information acquired in the food and beverage information acquisition step to the original, food and drink of the sale and chemicals of the sale and eat determining step of determining the alignment of the goods, said the chemicals sale and eat alignment is poor with the sale of food and drink judgment step Of medicine indicating the that eat combination of chemicals and food and drink of the price of the information of the sale of the sale is the medicine of the sale on the receipt to be printed and the sale of food and drink is bad when it is determined in an instruction to print an eating combined information issued to the cash register which send information about the commodity code, it is determined in eat alignment is good and the determining step of the food or beverage of the sale and chemicals of the sale and print instruction step of issuing an instruction to eat alignment print eat together information of the drug indicating that the good of the previous SL the chemicals sale and the sale of food and drink to the receipt in the case with respect to the cash register , viewed including the steps of the food or beverage information acquired in the food and beverage information acquiring step, engaging the eating alignment for each of the plurality of chemical Including a two-dimensional code that specifies a URL of a pharmaceutical company for accessing a homepage that provides food / beverage information, and the printing instruction step includes the food / beverage information related to eating with the drug and the pharmaceutical company related to the drug A printing instruction of a two-dimensional code for specifying the URL is issued and output to the cash register .

  A program according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute all the steps in the above-described method for instructing to print out information on medicine according to an aspect of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information regarding the eating in the case of eating and drinking together with the chemical | medical agent of sale object and the food / beverage product of sale object can be obtained from a receipt. In addition, according to the present invention, information indicating that can be obtained from the receipt when it is necessary to be careful about taking two medicines to be sold together.

1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a medicine eating information printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the cash register machine and merchandise management server which comprise the medicine meal information printing system in FIG. It is a figure which shows the food-drinks table in the merchandise management server of FIG. It is a figure which shows the chemical | medical agent table in the goods management server of FIG. It is a figure which shows the price table in the goods management server of FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows each procedure of operation | movement of the medicine eating together information printing system in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows each procedure of operation | movement of the medicine eating information printing instruction | indication apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the receipt printed in the medicine eating together information printing system in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of the configuration of the medicine eating information printing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present application, the term “mealing” means, of course, eating or eating together when the drug and food and drink are eaten together, but eating together when taking two drugs together Or it may mean compatibility. Food and drink is a term that collectively refers to food and beverages. The phrase “to eat and drink” includes the meaning of eating food and the meaning of drinking beverages.

  The phrase “to eat and drink a drug and food and drink together” includes, of course, actually eating and drinking the drug and food and drink together, but before or after the act of eating and drinking This includes taking medicine within the period. The phrase “take two medicines together” includes, of course, actually taking two medicines together, but for a certain period of time after taking one of the two medicines. Including taking the other inside. Both of the above-mentioned two predetermined periods are determined by a test such as a clinical test for each drug and are, for example, 30 minutes.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a medicine eating information printing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the medicine meeting information printing system 1 includes a plurality of cash registers 2 and a merchandise management server 3. Each of the plurality of cash register machines 2 is disposed in any one of the pharmacy 6, the convenience store 7, and the supermarket 8. The pharmacy 6, the convenience store 7, and the supermarket 8 are all examples of stores that sell both medicines and foods and drinks.

  Each of the plurality of cash register machines 2 and the merchandise management server 3 are connected in a state where communication can be performed via the communication network 9. The communication network 9 may be a wired network, a wireless network, or a network composed of wired and wireless. Although not described in detail in the present embodiment, each of the plurality of cash register machines 2 and the merchandise management server 3 constitute, for example, a so-called POS system.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the cash register (register) 2 and the merchandise management server 3 that constitute the medicine combination information printing system 1 in FIG. In FIG. 2, only one cash registering machine 2 is shown and the communication network 9 is not shown for easy explanation. Each structure of the cash register machine 2 and the merchandise management server 3 will be described in order with reference to FIG. First, the configuration of the cash registering machine 2 will be described. The cash register 2 includes a product code reading device 21, a product code information output device 22, and a printing device 23.

  The product code reading device 21 is a device that reads a product code associated with each of medicine and food and drink. The product code is obtained by encoding information including information specifying a medicine or a food or drink associated with the product code. For example, the information specifying the medicine or the food or drink is information on the name of the medicine or the food or drink. The information specifying the medicine or the food or drink may be information such as a number associated with the name of the medicine or the food or drink. The product code may be directly attached to each of the medicine to be sold and the food or drink, or may be described on a different paper from each of the medicine to be sold and the food or drink. In the case where the product code cannot be attached to the outer surface of the medicine or food / beverage product because it is small, the product code is written on a separate paper from the drug and the food / beverage product. For example, the product code is a barcode, and the product code reading device 21 is a barcode scanner.

  The product code information output device 22 is a device that outputs information related to the product code read by the product code reading device 21 to the product management server 3. The information relating to the product code includes information for specifying the medicine or food / drink to be sold associated with the product code. For example, the information specifying the medicine or the food or drink is information on the name of the medicine or the food or drink as described above. Information regarding the product code is transmitted to the product management server 3 via the communication network 9.

  The printing device 23 is a device that prints information on the price of medicines to be sold or food / drinks on a receipt in accordance with instructions and information from the product management server 3. The printing apparatus 23 includes a receiving unit 231, a calculation unit 232, a clock 233, a print basic data storage device 234, and a print execution unit 235. The receiving unit 231 has a function of receiving instructions and information from the product management server 3. Instructions and information from the product management server 3 will be described later when the configuration of the product management server 3 is described. For example, the receiving unit 231 is realized by a program for realizing a function of receiving instructions and information from the product management server 3 and a computer (CPU).

  The calculation unit 232 calculates a subtotal of the sales price of each product when there are a plurality of products to be sold, calculates a consumption tax, or adds the subtotal and the consumption tax to calculate a total related to sales. Or the function of subtracting the total from money deposited from customers and calculating fishing. Merchandise and food and drink are included in the product. The calculation unit 232 also has a function of updating the receipt number in the information stored in the printing basic data storage device 234 by incrementing it by “1 (one)” every time a receipt is issued. For example, the calculation unit 232 is realized by a program for realizing the above-described calculation function and a function for increasing the receipt number, and a computer (CPU). The clock 233 indicates time.

  The printing basic data storage device 234 is a device that stores information (hereinafter referred to as “printing use information”) used when printing on a receipt. The usage information at the time of printing is (1) information related to the printing order of information printed on the receipt, and (2) information related to eating together when selling medicines and foods or beverages or selling two medicines. Information on the time-fixed sentence and term, and (3) information specifying the number of the last issued receipt.

  The print execution unit 235 displays the information received by the receiving unit 231, the information obtained by the calculation unit 232, and the clock 233 based on the printing use information stored in the printing basic data storage device 234. It has a function of printing information on the received time on a receipt.

  Next, the configuration of the product management server 3 will be described. The product management server 3 includes a product code information acquisition unit 311, a food / beverage information acquisition unit 312, a drug information acquisition unit 313, a determination unit 314, a print instruction unit 315, a food / beverage product information storage device 32, and drug information. A storage device 33, a price information extraction unit 34, and a price information storage device 35 are included. Since the product management server 3 is a computer, the functions of the product code information acquisition unit 311, the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312, the drug information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314, the print instruction unit 315, and the price information extraction unit 34 are programs. And the CPU.

  In this embodiment, in order to distinguish and explain each of the plurality of functions of the product management server 3, a product code information acquisition unit 311, a food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312, and drug information acquisition are performed without causing a CPU and a program to appear. A part 313, a determination part 314, a print instruction part 315, and a price information extraction part 34 are displayed. In the present embodiment, the product code information acquisition unit 311, the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312, the medicine information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314, and the print instruction unit 315 constitute a medicine combination information print instruction device 31.

  In order to simplify the following description, each of the plurality of storage devices included in the product management server 3 will be described first. The food / beverage information storage device 32 stores a food / beverage table 32T in which food / beverage information specifying a food / beverage that is poor or good for each of the plurality of medicines is described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a food / beverage product table 32T in the product management server 3 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the food / beverage information described in the food / beverage table 32 </ b> T is precautionary for eating and drinking food / beverage / drink with bad eating together with food / beverage / drink with bad eating for each medicine. It includes degree information indicating the degree, information on foods and drinks that are good to eat, information constituting a two-dimensional code that specifies the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and information on the name of the pharmaceutical company.

  A part of the food / beverage product information will be described by taking a medicine named “A cold medicine” in FIG. 3 as an example. In the food / beverage product table 32T in FIG. 3, the character string “wine, cheese” is written as a food / beverage product that is poorly eaten in the row where the character string “A cold medicine” is written. It means that wine and cheese are specified as food and drink with poor eating for the medicine “A cold medicine” in the food and drink information.

  In the line where the character string “A cold medicine” is described, the character string “warning” is described as the degree of precaution. In food and beverage information, the degree of precaution against eating and drinking wine or cheese and the drug “A cold medicine”, which are foods and drinks that are poorly eaten for the medicine “A cold medicine”, is “warning”. Means that has been identified. In this embodiment, the degree of precaution is three stages: danger, vigilance, and caution.

  For example, the danger is a degree indicating that there is a possibility that life may become dangerous when eating and drinking together with medicines and foods and foods that are poorly matched. Vigilance is an indication that there is a possibility of losing physical condition when eating and drinking together with medicines and foods that are poorly matched. Attention is only to indicate that the effect of the medicine may not be exhibited when eating and drinking together with the medicine and the food / drink which is not good to eat. The degree of precaution is the highest risk, the next highest alert, and the lowest attention.

  In the line in which the character string “A cold medicine” is described, the character string “water” is described as a food that is good to eat. That means that in the food / beverage product information, water is specified as a food / beverage product that is good to eat for the medicine “A cold medicine”.

  A two-dimensional code is described in the line where the character string “A common cold” is described. That means that food and beverage information contains information that allows you to access the homepage of the pharmaceutical company “A cold drug” by using a mobile phone when you take a two-dimensional code with a mobile phone that has a camera and communication function. doing. Although the two-dimensional code is described in the food / beverage product table 32T in FIG. 3, information constituting the two-dimensional code is described in the actual food / beverage product table 32T. In the line where the character string “A cold medicine” is described, the character string “AA” is described as a pharmaceutical company. That means that the name of the pharmaceutical company “A cold medicine” is “AA”.

  Returning to FIG. The medicine information storage device 33 stores a medicine table 33T in which medicine information for specifying a combination of medicines to be careful about taking together is described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a medicine table 33T in the product management server 3 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the medicine information described in the medicine table 33 </ b> T includes information on medicines that should be taken care of for taking together for each medicine.

  An example of a part of the medicine information will be described taking a medicine named “C cold medicine” in FIG. 4 as an example. In the drug table 33T of FIG. 4, the character string “sleep medicine, headache drug” is written in the line where the character string “C cold medicine” is written as a medicine to be careful about taking together. ing. That means that in the medication information, it is specified that the medications to watch out for taking with the medication “C cold medicine” are sleeping pills and headaches.

  Returning to FIG. The price information storage device 35 stores a price table 35T in which information on prices of a plurality of products is described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a price table 35T in the product management server 3 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the information described in the price table 35T includes price information for each of a plurality of products. An example of part of the price information will be described with reference to a product named “A cold medicine” in FIG. 5 as an example. In the price table 35T of FIG. 5, the character string “¥ 1,600” is described as the price in the line where the character string “A cold medicine” is described. It means that the price information specifies that the price of the product “A cold medicine” is ¥ 1,600. As described above, the products include medicines and foods and drinks.

  Returning to FIG. Next, each component and the price information extraction unit 34 of the medicine meeting information printing instruction device 31 in the product management server 3 will be described. The product code information acquisition unit 311 has a function of acquiring information related to the product code output from the product code information output device 22 in the cash register 2 by receiving the information. The information regarding the product code includes information for specifying the medicine or food / drink to be sold that is associated with the corresponding product code. For example, the information specifying the medicine or the food or drink is information specifying the name of the medicine or the food or drink associated with the corresponding product code.

  As described above, since the product includes medicine and food and drink, information on the product code including information for specifying the medicine to be sold and information for specifying the food and drink to be sold as information on the product code And information related to product codes for food and drink products. That is, the product code information acquisition unit 311 obtains information on a product code for medicine including information for specifying a medicine to be sold and information on a product code for food and drink including information for specifying a food and drink to be sold. Has a function to acquire.

  The food / beverage information acquisition unit 312 has a function of acquiring, from the food / beverage information storage device 32, food / beverage information that specifies food / beverage that is poor or good for each of the plurality of medicines. That is, the food / beverage information acquisition unit 312 has a function of acquiring the food / beverage product table 32 </ b> T stored in the food / beverage product information storage device 32. The medicine information acquisition unit 313 has a function of acquiring medicine information from the medicine information storage device 33 that specifies a combination of medicines that should be taken care of for taking together. That is, the medicine information acquisition unit 313 has a function of acquiring the medicine table 33T stored in the medicine information storage device 33.

  Based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the food / beverage product information in the food / beverage product table 32T acquired by the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312, the determination unit 314 It has a function to judge the eating with the product. The determination unit 314 has a function of outputting a determination result to the print instruction unit 315 when it is determined that the medicine to be sold and the food / beverage to be sold are poor. When the determination unit 314 determines that the eating of the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold is poor, the information to identify the food to be sold that has been determined to be bad for the medicine to be sold; The food / drink table 32T includes degree information indicating the degree of precaution for eating and drinking food / beverage products to be sold together, information constituting a two-dimensional code specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and information on the name of the pharmaceutical company. And a function of outputting to the print instruction unit 315.

  In addition, if the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food or drink to be sold are good, the determination result is output to the print instruction unit 315 and the medicine to be sold is good to eat. The information specifying the food / beverage to be sold determined, the information constituting the two-dimensional code specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and the name information of the pharmaceutical company are acquired from the food / beverage table 32T and printed. It also has a function of outputting to 315.

  Further, the determination unit 314 takes two medicines to be sold together based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the drug information in the drug table 33T acquired by the drug information acquisition unit 313. It has a function of determining whether or not to be careful about what to do. The determination unit 314 also has a function of outputting a determination result to the print instruction unit 315 when it is determined that the two medicines to be sold are to be taken together.

  The function of the determination unit 314 will be further described. For example, the product code information acquisition unit 311 includes information on a product code for medicine including information for specifying a medicine to be sold and information on a product code for food and drink including information for specifying a food and drink to be sold. If acquired, the determination unit 314 is based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the food / beverage product information in the food / beverage product table 32T acquired by the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312. And the food and drink for sale.

  It is assumed that the medicine to be sold is a medicine named “A cold medicine” and the food to be sold is a food and drink named “X milk”. The food / beverage product information in the food / beverage product table 32T shown in FIG. 3 includes information specifying that the food / beverage product for which the medicine “A cold medicine” is poor is “wine” and “cheese”, and the medicine “A cold”. The information which specifies that the food / beverage product with good eating about "medicine" is "water" is contained. That is, “milk” is not a food or drink that is poorly eaten or eaten for the drug “A cold medicine”. Therefore, in the above-described assumption, the determination unit 314 does not determine that the sales target medicine “A cold medicine” and the sales target food “X milk” may be poor.

  As a second assumption, it is assumed that the drug to be sold is a drug named “B gastrointestinal drug” and the food or drink to be sold is a food or drink named “X milk”. The food / beverage product information in the food / beverage product table 32T shown in FIG. 3 includes information specifying that the food / beverage product with poor eating about the medicine “B gastrointestinal medicine” is “milk” and “steak”, and the medicine “B gastrointestinal medicine”. The information which specifies that the food / beverage product with good eating about "medicine" is "water" is contained. Therefore, in the case of the second assumption described above, the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold “B gastrointestinal medicine” and the food to be sold “X milk” are poorly matched and prints the determination result. The data is output to the instruction unit 315.

  Since the determination unit 314 determines that the sales target drug “B gastrointestinal drug” and the sales target food and drink “X milk” are poor in eating, the sales target drug “B gastrointestinal drug” is poor in eating. Information identifying the food / drink “X milk” to be sold, information indicating the degree of precaution for eating and drinking the food / drink “X milk” to be sold together, and the drug “B gastrointestinal The information constituting the two-dimensional code for specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company “drug” and the name of the pharmaceutical company of the drug “B gastrointestinal drug” to be sold are acquired from the food / beverage product table 32T and printed. Output to. In the case described above, the determination unit 314 acquires information specifying the name of the food / drink “X milk” as information specifying the food / drink “X milk” to be sold, and indicates the degree of “warning” as the degree information. The information is acquired, information “BB” is acquired as information on the name of the pharmaceutical company of the drug “B gastrointestinal drug”, and the information is output to the print instruction unit 315.

  There are cases where two products to be sold are not medicines and food and drink, but two medicines. In that case, the product code information acquisition unit 311 includes information on a product code for the first medicine including information for specifying the first medicine to be sold and information for specifying the second medicine to be sold. And information on the product code for the second drug. Based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the drug information in the drug table 33T acquired by the drug information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314 determines the first drug to be sold and the sales target. Determine if you should be wary of taking the second drug together.

  Assume that the first medicine to be sold is a medicine named “C cold medicine” and the second medicine to be sold is a medicine named “E sleep medicine”. The medicine information in the medicine table 33T shown in FIG. 4 includes information for specifying that the medicines to be wary of taking together with the medicine “C cold medicine” are “sleeping medicine” and “headache medicine”; Information identifying that the medicines to watch out for taking together with the medicine “E-sleeping medicine” are “cold medicine” and “headache medicine”. Therefore, in the above-described assumption, the determination unit 314 should be careful to take the first medicine “C cold medicine” to be sold and the second medicine “E sleep medicine” to be sold together. And the determination result is output to the print instruction unit 315.

  As a second assumption that the two products to be sold are both drugs, the first drug to be sold is a drug named “A cold medicine” and the second drug to be sold is “C”. Assume that the medicine is named “cold medicine”. The medicine information in the medicine table 33T shown in FIG. 4 does not include information for specifying medicines that should be taken care of with the medicine “A cold medicine”, and the medicine “C cold medicine” Information identifying that the medications to be warned against taking together are “sleeping pills” and “headache medications”. Therefore, in the case of the second assumption described above, the determination unit 314 is to take the first medicine “A cold medicine” to be sold and the second medicine “C cold medicine” to be sold together. It is not judged to be wary.

  Returning to FIG. Before describing the print instruction unit 315 in the medicine eating information printing instruction device 31, the price information extraction unit 34 in the product management server 3 will be described. The price information extraction unit 34 has a function of extracting price information from the price table 35T for the product specified by the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311.

  The function of the price information extraction unit 34 will be described more specifically. When the product to be sold is a product with the name “A cold medicine”, the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 includes information for specifying the product “A cold medicine” to be sold, so that the price information is extracted. The unit 34 extracts the price information of the product named “A cold medicine” from the price table 35T. The price table 35T shown in FIG. 5 includes information indicating that the price of the product named “A cold medicine” is “¥ 1,600”. Therefore, in the case of the above-described example, the price information extraction unit 34 extracts information indicating that the price of the product with the name “A cold medicine” is “¥ 1,600” from the price table 35T.

  Returning to FIG. Next, the printing instruction unit 315 in the medicine eating information printing instruction device 31 will be described. When the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold are poor, the print instruction unit 315 prints information on the price of the drug to be sold and the food to be sold. An instruction (hereinafter, also referred to as “first instruction”) for printing the receipt information of the medicine indicating that the receipt of the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is bad on the receipt is the cash register 2. Has a function of issuing to the printing device 23.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold are good, the print instruction unit 315 prints information on the price of the drug to be sold and the food and drink to be sold. An instruction (hereinafter also referred to as “second instruction”) to print the receipt information of the medicine indicating that the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold are good on the receipt is displayed in the cash register 2. It also has a function of issuing to the printing device 23.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the sales of the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold are poor, the print instruction unit 315 determines that the sales of the food to be sold is determined to be poor Two-dimensional information that specifies the product information, degree information that indicates the degree of precaution for eating and drinking together with the food and drink to be sold that are determined to be poor with respect to the drug to be sold, and the URL of the pharmaceutical company It has a function of receiving information constituting the code and information on the name of the pharmaceutical company from the determination unit 314 and outputting the information to the printing device 23 of the cash register 2.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold are good to eat, the print instruction unit 315 has determined that the food to be sold is good to eat for the drug to be sold. A function for receiving information for identifying a product, information constituting a two-dimensional code for identifying a URL of a pharmaceutical company, and information on the name of the pharmaceutical company from the determination unit 314 and outputting the information to the printing device 23 of the cash register 2 Have

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the print instruction unit 315 should be careful to take the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together, the first instruction to be sold Indicates that you should be wary of taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together on a receipt printed with information on the price of the medicine and the second medicine to be sold. It has a function of issuing an instruction (hereinafter also referred to as “third instruction”) to print the precautionary information to the printing device 23 of the cash register 2.

  It is determined that products to be sold include the first medicine, the second medicine, and food and drink, and that the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold are to be taken together. When determined by the unit 314, the print instruction unit 315 displays the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold on the receipt on which the price information of the first medicine, the second medicine, and the food and drink is printed. As an example of the third instruction, it has a function of issuing to the printing device 23 of the cash register 2 an instruction to print the precautionary information indicating what should be taken care of when taking the medicine together. The above-mentioned rate is printed with information on the prices of the first medicine, the second medicine and the food and drink when the first medicine or the second medicine and the food or drink to be sold are poor or good. It may be a receipt, and the price of the first medicine, the second medicine, and the food and drink when the first medicine or the second medicine and the food and drink to be sold are not good or bad It may be a receipt on which information is printed.

  Further, the print instruction unit 315 has a function of outputting the price information extracted by the price information extraction unit 34 to the printing device 23 of the cash registering machine 2. The print instruction unit 315 transmits the first and second instructions issued to the printing device 23 and the information output to the printing device 23 to the receiving unit 231 in the printing device 23 via the communication network 9. To do.

  Next, the operation of the medicine eating information printing system 1 in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing each procedure of the operation of the medicine meeting information printing system 1 in FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing each procedure of the operation of the medicine meeting information printing instruction device 31 in FIG.

  Assume that a customer purchases a plurality of products at any one of the pharmacy 6, the convenience store 7, and the supermarket 8. The salesperson reads the product code associated with each product by the product code reading device 21 in the cash register 2. By this work, the product code reading device 21 reads the product code associated with each product (S11 in FIG. 6). The product code information output device 22 outputs information related to the product code read by the product code reading device 21 to the product management server 3 (S12 in FIG. 6).

  In the merchandise management server 3, the food / beverage information acquisition unit 312 in the medicine combination information printing instruction device 31 acquires the food / beverage product table 32T in which the food / beverage product information is described from the food / beverage product information storage device 32. The information acquisition unit 313 acquires the medicine table 33T in which medicine information is described from the medicine information storage device 33 (S31 in FIG. 7). The merchandise code information acquisition unit 311 acquires the information related to the merchandise code output from the merchandise code information output device 22 in the cash register 2 by receiving the information (S21 in FIG. 6 and S32 in FIG. 7).

  When medicine and food / beverage products are included as products to be sold, the product code information acquisition unit 311 specifies information related to a product code for medicine including information for specifying medicines to be sold and food / beverage products to be sold. The information regarding the product code for food and drink including information is acquired. When two medicines are included as products to be sold, the product code information acquisition unit 311 includes information on the product code for the first medicine including information for specifying the first medicine to be sold, And information related to the product code for the second medicine including information for specifying the second medicine.

  When medicine and food / beverage products are included as products to be sold, the determination unit 314 includes the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the food / beverage product information in the food / beverage product table 32T acquired by the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312. Based on the above, it is determined whether the medicine to be sold and the food or drink to be sold are to be eaten together (S22 in FIG. 6 and S33 in FIG. 7). If the determination unit 314 determines that the sales target medicine and the sales target food / drink are poor, the determination unit 314 outputs the determination result to the print instruction unit 315.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the eating of the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold is poor, the information to identify the food to be sold that has been determined to be bad for the medicine to be sold; The food / drink table 32T includes degree information indicating the degree of precaution for eating and drinking food / beverage products to be sold together, information constituting a two-dimensional code specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and information on the name of the pharmaceutical company. And output to the print instruction unit 315.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold are good to eat, the determination unit 314 outputs the determination result to the print instruction unit 315 and determines that the medicine to be sold is good to eat. The information specifying the food / beverage to be sold, the information constituting the two-dimensional code specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and the name information of the pharmaceutical company are acquired from the food / beverage table 32T and sent to the print instruction unit 315. Output.

  When two medicines are included as products to be sold, the determination unit 314 is based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 and the medicine information in the medicine table 33T acquired by the medicine information acquisition unit 313. Then, it is determined whether or not the two medicines to be sold are to be taken together (S22 in FIG. 6, S33 in FIG. 7). If the determination unit 314 determines that the two medicines to be sold are to be taken together, the determination unit 314 outputs the determination result to the print instruction unit 315.

  The price information extraction unit 34 in the product management server 3 extracts the price information of the product specified by the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit 311 from the price table 35T (S23 in FIG. 6).

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food or drink to be sold is bad or good, the print instruction unit 315 in the medicine match information printing instruction device 31 of the product management server 3 is sold. First, the information on the price of the target drug and the food and drink to be sold is printed on the receipt on which the information on the price of the drug to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is poor or good. Alternatively, the second instruction is issued to the printing device 23 of the cash registering machine 2 (S24 in FIG. 6 and S34 in FIG. 7).

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the eating of the medicine to be sold and the food or drink to be sold is poor or good, the print instruction unit 315 has determined that the food to be sold is bad or good. The information specifying the food or drink to be sold, the information constituting the two-dimensional code specifying the URL of the pharmaceutical company, and the name information of the pharmaceutical company are received from the determination unit 314 and the printing device 23 of the cash register 2 Output to. When the determination unit 314 determines that the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold are poor, the print instruction unit 315 determines that the food to be sold is poor to eat. Is received from the determination unit 314 and is output to the printing apparatus 23.

  When the determination unit 314 determines that the print instruction unit 315 should be careful to take the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together, the first instruction to be sold Indicates that you should be wary of taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together on a receipt printed with information on the price of the medicine and the second medicine to be sold. A third instruction for printing the precautionary information is issued to the printing device 23 of the cash register 2 (S24 in FIG. 6 and S34 in FIG. 7).

  In the cash register 2, in the printing apparatus 23, the receiving unit 231 receives an instruction and information from the print instruction unit 315 of the product management server 3 (S13 in FIG. 6). The calculation unit 232 calculates the subtotal of the sales price of all the products to be sold based on the price information among the information received by the receiving unit 231, calculates the consumption tax, Is added to calculate the total for sales and subtract the total from the money deposited from the customer to calculate fishing. The computing unit 232 updates the receipt number in the information stored in the printing basic data storage device 234 by incrementing it by “1 (one)”.

  The print execution unit 235 prints the information received by the receiving unit 231 and the information obtained by the calculation unit 232 on a receipt based on the printing use information stored in the printing basic data storage device 234. (S13 in FIG. 6). The information obtained by the calculation unit 232 includes the receipt number updated by the calculation unit 232. When executing printing, the print execution unit 235 prints time information indicated by the clock 233 on a receipt.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a receipt 90 printed in the medicine combination information printing system 1 in FIG. The receipt 90 is a receipt when the products to be sold are the first medicine “A cold medicine”, the second medicine “B gastrointestinal medicine”, and the food and drink “X milk”. A cut line 91 is printed on the receipt 90 based on the printing use information stored in the printing basic data storage device 234, and the time when the product is purchased above the cut line 91 of the receipt 90. Information, the character string “No. 0003” as the receipt number, the price information of the first medicine “A cold medicine”, the second medicine “B gastrointestinal medicine” and the food and drink “X milk” Is printed.

  Below the cut-out line 91 of the receipt 90, as an example of instructions and information from the merchandise management server 3, a character string 92 of “please pay attention to medicine” is printed with an underline. In addition, "Do not take your purchased B gastrointestinal pills in conjunction with X milk consumption", "Warning", and "For more information, visit the BB Pharmaceutical website" The medicine-mealing information 93 is printed. In addition, a two-dimensional code specifying the URL of BB Pharmaceutical is printed.

  In the example of FIG. 8, the above-mentioned fixed sentence and term information in the usage information at the time of printing stored in the printing basic data storage device 234 are “please pay attention to the medicine”, “B gastrointestinal of purchase” Do not take the medicine together with eating or drinking X milk. ”And“ B gastrointestinal medicine ”,“ X milk ”and“ BB ”in the three character strings of“ Go to BB Pharmaceutical website in detail ” This is information of the part excluding one character string.

  As described above, the medicine-mealing information printing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a drug and a food and drink are to be sold, determines whether the drug to be sold and the food and drink to be sold are to be eaten. When the result is bad or good, the determination result is printed on a receipt on which information on prices of medicines to be sold and food and drink is printed. Thereby, the consumer who purchases the medicine and the food and drink can obtain information on the balance between the purchased medicine and the food and drink from the receipt. In addition, the consumer can obtain information from the receipt indicating the degree of caution against eating and drinking the medicine to be sold and the food and drink together when the medicine to be sold and the food and drink are poor. .

  When two medicines are to be sold, the medicine combination information printing system 1 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not to take two medicines together and should be careful. The determination result is printed on a receipt on which information on prices of two medicines to be sold is printed. Thereby, a consumer who purchases two medicines can obtain information indicating that from the receipt when he / she should be careful about taking the two purchased medicines together.

  In the above-described embodiment, information on how to eat one medicine and one food and drink and information on whether or not to take two medicines together are printed on a receipt. The invention has been described. However, as in the above-described embodiment, the medicine eating information printing system 1 is based on the food / beverage information on the eating of a plurality of medicines and one or a plurality of foods / beverages, or one or more. Based on food / beverage information on the combination of other medicines and multiple foods / drinks, information on the combination of multiple drugs to be sold and one or more food / drinks to be sold, or one of the sales objects Or you may print on the receipt the information regarding eating together with several chemical | medical agents and several food-drinks of sale object. Similarly, the medicine combination information printing system 1 takes three or more medicines together based on medicine information on whether or not to take three or more medicines together. Information on whether or not to be careful may be printed on the receipt.

  In the embodiment described above, the product management server 3 is a computer. The computer implements the functions of the product code information acquisition unit 311, the food / beverage product information acquisition unit 312, the medicine information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314, and the print instruction unit 315 of the medicine management information print instruction device 31 of the product management server 3. Is stored in a recording medium such as a storage device. In other words, a program for causing a computer to execute the steps performed by each of the product code information acquisition unit 311, the food and beverage information acquisition unit 312, the drug information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314, and the print instruction unit 315 is a storage device or the like. Stored on a recording medium.

  In the embodiment described above, the product management server 3 is a computer. However, all or part of the product management server 3 may not be a computer. In that case, all or part of the product code information acquisition unit 311, the food and beverage information acquisition unit 312, the drug information acquisition unit 313, the determination unit 314, and the print instruction unit 315 in the medicine eating information print instruction device 31 are dedicated. Realized by a circuit or device.

  In the embodiment described above, the medicine meeting information printing instruction device 31 is included in the product management server 3, but the medicine meeting information printing instruction device 31 may not be included in the product management server 3. . The medicine combination information printing instruction device 31 may be included in the cash register 2. Furthermore, the medicine combination information printing instruction device 31 may be included in the printing device 23 in the cash registering machine 2. Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, the food / beverage information storage device 32, the medicine information storage device 33 and the price information storage device 35 are included in the product management server 3. The device 33 and the price information storage device 35 may not be included in the product management server 3.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The embodiment can be variously modified based on the gist of the present invention, and the modified examples are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

  Since the present invention relates to a technique for printing information on eating together about a medicine to be sold on a receipt, it has industrial applicability.

1 Meal-mealing information printing system 2 Cash register (register)
3 Product management server 6 Pharmacy 7 Convenience store 8 Supermarket 9 Communication network 21 Product code reading device 22 Product code information output device 23 Printing device 231 Receiving unit 232 Calculation unit 233 Print 234 Basic data storage device 235 Print execution unit 31 Eating of medicine Matching information print instruction device 311 Product code information acquisition unit 312 Food / beverage information acquisition unit 313 Drug information acquisition unit 314 Determination unit 315 Print instruction unit 32 Food / beverage product information storage device 32T Food / beverage product table 33 Drug information storage device 33T Drug table 34 Price information Extractor 35 Price information storage device 35T Price table 90 Receipt 91 Cut line 92 Character string 93 Meal information of medicine

Claims (7)

A product management server that is connected to the cash register,
A food / beverage information acquisition unit that acquires food / beverage information specifying a food / beverage that is poor or good for each of the plurality of medicines;
A product code information acquisition unit for acquiring information on a product code for medicine including information for specifying a drug to be sold and information on a product code for food and drink including information for specifying a food and drink for sale;
Based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit and the food / beverage product information acquired by the food / beverage product information acquisition unit, it is determined whether to match the medicine to be sold and the food / beverage product to be sold. A determination unit to perform,
In a receipt on which information on the price of the medicine to be sold and the food to be sold is printed when the determination unit determines that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food to eat is poor. An instruction is issued to the cash register that has transmitted the information on the product code to print the information on the balance of the medicine indicating that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is bad, and the sale When the determination unit determines that the target medicine and the food and drink to be sold are good, the receipt indicates that the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold are good A print instructing unit that issues an instruction to print the information on the balance with the medicine to the cash register,
The food / beverage information acquired by the food / beverage information acquisition unit includes a two-dimensional code that specifies a URL of a pharmaceutical company that provides food / beverage information related to the eating for each of the plurality of medicines,
The printing instruction unit outputs to the cash register a printing instruction of a two-dimensional code that specifies a URL of the pharmaceutical company related to the medicine together with food and drink information related to eating with the medicine. Product management server. A drug information acquisition unit for acquiring drug information for specifying a combination of drugs that should be taken care of for taking together;
The product code information acquisition unit includes information related to a product code for a first medicine including information for specifying the first medicine to be sold, and a second medicine containing information for specifying the second medicine to be sold. Information about the product code for
The determination unit, based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit and the drug information acquired by the drug information acquisition unit, the first drug to be sold and the second drug to be sold. To determine whether or not to take the medicine with
If the determination unit determines that the print instruction unit should be careful about taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together, Issuing instructions to the cash register for taking precautionary information on the receipt indicating that the first medicine and the second medicine to be sold should be taken together. The merchandise management server according to claim 1. The food / beverage product information includes degree information indicating a degree of precaution for eating a drug and a food / beverage product that is poorly balanced for each of a plurality of chemicals,
When the determination unit determines that the medicine for sale and the food / beverage for sale are bad, the print instruction unit eats the drug for sale / food / drink for sale Issuing an instruction to the cash register to print the degree information indicating the degree of precaution against the receipt;
The product management server according to claim 1 or 2. A product management server that is connected to the cash register,
A drug information acquisition unit that acquires drug information that identifies a combination of drugs that should be taken care of for taking together;
Information relating to the product code for the first medicine including information for specifying the first medicine to be sold, and information relating to the product code for the second medicine including information for specifying the second medicine to be sold A product code information acquisition unit to be acquired;
Based on the information acquired by the product code information acquisition unit and the drug information acquired by the drug information acquisition unit, the first drug to be sold and the second drug to be sold together A determination unit for determining whether or not to take care of
If the determination unit determines that the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold are to be taken together, the first medicine to be sold and the Beware of taking the first medicine to be sold and the second medicine to be sold together on the receipt on which the price information of the second medicine to be sold is printed. A print instructing unit that issues an instruction to print the precautionary information shown to the cash register that has transmitted the information on the product code,
The drug information the medicine information acquiring unit acquires a two-dimensional code identifying the pharmaceutical companies URL to access the home page to provide information of a combination of drugs to be wary against taking the combined Including
The print instructing unit gives the cash register a print instruction of a two-dimensional code for specifying a URL of the pharmaceutical company related to the medicine, together with information on a combination of medicines to be careful with taking together. A product management server characterized by output. The product management server according to claim 4;
A receiving unit for receiving an instruction related to the precautionary information output from the commodity management server;
An information printing system comprising: a printing execution unit that prints the two-dimensional code together with information on a combination of medicines to be watched on the receipt according to an instruction related to the precaution information received by the receiving unit. An information print instruction method according to the connected item management server to cash register,
A food / beverage information acquisition step for acquiring food / beverage information specifying a food / beverage that is poor or good for each of the plurality of medicines;
A product code information acquisition step for acquiring information on a product code for medicine including information for specifying a medicine to be sold and information on a product code for food and drink including information for specifying a food and drink for sale;
Judgment of determining a balance between the medicine to be sold and the food / beverage to be sold based on the information acquired in the product code information acquisition step and the food / beverage information acquired in the food / beverage information acquisition step Steps,
The receipt on which the information on the price of the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is printed when it is determined in the determination step that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is poor An instruction is issued to the cash register that has sent the information on the product code to print the information on the balance of the medicine indicating that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is bad, and the sale target Of the medicine indicating that the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold are good on the receipt when it is determined in the determination step that the medicine to be eaten and the food and drink to be sold are good A print instruction step for issuing an instruction to print the match information to the cash register;
Each step of
The food / beverage information acquired in the food / beverage information acquisition step includes a two-dimensional URL that specifies a URL of a pharmaceutical company for accessing a homepage that provides food / beverage information related to the eating of each of the plurality of medicines Code included,
The printing instruction step outputs, to the cash register, a printing instruction of a two-dimensional code that specifies the URL of the pharmaceutical company related to the medicine together with food and beverage information related to eating with the medicine. Information printing instruction method. A computer program for product management server that is connected to the cash register,
A food / beverage information acquisition step for acquiring food / beverage information specifying a food / beverage that is poor or good for each of the plurality of medicines;
A product code information acquisition step for acquiring information on a product code for medicine including information for specifying a medicine to be sold and information on a product code for food and drink including information for specifying a food and drink for sale;
Judgment of determining a balance between the medicine to be sold and the food / beverage to be sold based on the information acquired in the product code information acquisition step and the food / beverage information acquired in the food / beverage information acquisition step Steps,
The receipt on which the information on the price of the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is printed when it is determined in the determination step that the balance between the medicine to be sold and the food and drink to be sold is poor An instruction to print information on the balance between the medicine to be sold and the medicine to indicate that the food to be sold is bad is output to the cash register which has transmitted the information on the product code, and the sale A medicine indicating that the receipt of the medicine to be sold and the food to drink to be sold is good on the receipt when it is determined in the determination step that the eating of the object medicine to the food to be sold is good. And a printing instruction step for issuing an instruction to print the balance information to the cash register,
The food / beverage information acquired in the food / beverage information acquisition step includes a two-dimensional URL that specifies a URL of a pharmaceutical company for accessing a homepage that provides food / beverage information related to the eating of each of the plurality of medicines Code included,
The printing instruction step issues and outputs, to the cash register, a printing instruction of a two-dimensional code that specifies the URL of the pharmaceutical company related to the medicine together with food and beverage information related to eating with the medicine. .

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