JP6846489B2 - Product sales data processing equipment, computer programs and data processing methods - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is a product sales data processing device that reads a code symbol using a code scanner and performs various processing of product sales based on the read code symbol, a computer program used therefor, and data processing performed using the product sales data processing device. Regarding the method.

Conventionally, a product sales data processing device (POS device) has been introduced in a cash register area of a store such as a supermarket, and the efficiency of recording and totaling product sales information at the store and inventory management has been improved. Each product sold in such a store has a product code symbolized in the form of a code symbol such as a barcode. Then, in the store, the clerk inputs the product code by optically reading the code symbol using the code scanner, and operates the POS terminal to continuously perform the payment work based on the input product code. Accounting work can be carried out efficiently.

However, even if the clerk proceeds with the accounting work using the product sales data processing device, the accounting work is interrupted if the customer takes time to pay the product price. In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses an electronic cash register having a function of temporarily suspending an operation on the first customer and reading the barcode of the next customer's planned purchase product using a scanner. It is disclosed. The electronic cash register described in Patent Document 1 is a product to be purchased that includes a product code input by a scanner for each of the first customer and the next customer by dividing the display screen of the display vertically or horizontally into equal parts. It also has a function to display the information of and display one of the divided areas in black and white.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-54258

However, if the code symbol attached to the product to be traded with the second and subsequent customers is read while the settlement work for the first transaction to be performed for the first customer is delayed, the display screen of the display will be displayed. Since the transaction data of two customers are displayed equally, it is difficult for the clerk to know which customer's transaction data should be referred to when looking at the screen. In addition, there is a problem that it cannot be dealt with when three or more customers who have not paid the product price are on standby.

An object of the present invention is to speed up accounting work and to make it easier for a clerk to check the contents currently being traded on the screen.

The product sales data processing device of the present invention has a first display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the first customer, a second display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer, and transactions related to transactions of customers one after another. A display means for outputting a third display area for displaying information to a display unit, and information indicating that the first display area is a transaction of the first customer by the display means and a description of a product related to the transaction. Information, transaction information including the total number of items and the total amount of goods are displayed, and in the second display area, information indicating that the transaction is the next customer and the total amount of the transaction are displayed, and the third display is described. In the area, information indicating that the customer is trading one after another and the total amount related to the transaction are displayed, and when the selection for the second display area and the third display area is accepted, the total amount related to the transaction in the selected display area is displayed. The transaction information including the amount of money is provided with a changing means for displaying the transaction information in the first display area.

In the first embodiment, it is a perspective view which shows the whole of the product sales data processing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the product sales data processing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the product code input process executed by the microcomputer of the product code input device. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display content displayed on the reading operation display of the product code input device during the product code input process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display content displayed on the customer display of the product code input device during the product code input process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display content displayed on the display for payment work of a POS terminal during execution of a payment process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation procedure which changes the order of a transaction by operating a touch panel. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the transition of the display content of the payment work display of a POS terminal during execution of a payment process. In the second embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display content which is displayed on the payment work display of a POS terminal during execution of a payment process.

An embodiment of the present invention (first embodiment) will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. This embodiment is introduced in the cash register area of a supermarket, and is configured to input a product code by the product code input unit and settle by the payment unit while flowing the customer and the product brought by the customer in one direction. This is an application example to the product sales data processing device 101.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire product sales data processing device 101. A counter 110 is installed in the cashier area of the supermarket. The counter 110 has an elongated rectangular shape, and separates the clerk side space 102a and the customer side space 102b.
In the clerk side space 102a, a checker 105a in charge of reading the code symbol 108 using the product code input device 111 and a cashier 105b in charge of payment work using the POS terminal 112 stand by. The customer-side space 102b defines a customer movement aisle 104 in which the customer 103 moves along the side of the counter 110. The customer 103 brings the product 106 to be purchased into the shopping cart 107 to the cashier area, and places the shopping cart 107 on the counter 110. Then, the customer slides the shopping cart 107 from the lower right to the upper left in FIG. 1 and proceeds along the customer movement aisle 104 while accounting for the clerk (checker 105a and cashier 105b) and the product 106 to be purchased. Make a deal.

The product sales data processing device 101 includes a counter 110, a product code input device 111, and a POS terminal 112 as a payment unit. The product code input device 111 is installed at a position close to the customer side space 102b on the upper surface of the counter 110 at substantially the center of the counter 110 along the customer movement passage 104 in the long side direction. The product code input device 111 has a built-in code scanner 114 (see FIG. 2), and a reading window provided with the code symbol 108 attached to each product sold in the supermarket facing the direction of the clerk side space 102a. It is a device that reads optically via 114a. The code scanner 114 is a device that optically reads the code symbol 108 through the reading window 114a, decodes it into a product code, and inputs it to the POS terminal 112, and functions as a product code input unit. A POS terminal installation stand 113 is installed in the vicinity of the counter 110 in the clerk side space 102a on the downstream side in the flow direction of the product 106 along the flow of the customer movement passage 104, and the POS terminal 112 is placed on the drawer 127a together with the drawer 127a. It is positioned. The product code input device 111 and the POS terminal 112 are freely connected by a connection code 159 for data communication.

A checker 105a stands at a position facing the product code input device 111 in the clerk side space 102a. As a reading operation of the code symbol 108, the checker 105a first takes out the product 106 from the shopping cart 107 located on the upper surface of the counter 110 on the upstream side of the product code input device 111 in the flow direction of the product 106, and the reading window 114a Hold the code symbol 108 over. After that, the checker 105a puts the product 106 into an empty second shopping cart 109 previously positioned on the upper surface of the counter 110 on the downstream side in the flow direction of the product.

A cashier 105b stands at a position facing the POS terminal 112 in the clerk side space 102a. The cashier 105b operates the POS terminal 112 to perform a payment operation based on the product code input by the checker 105a to the POS terminal 112 using the product code input device 111.

Here, the structures of the product code input device 111 and the POS terminal 112 will be described with reference to FIG. The product code input device 111 includes a code scanner 114, a reading work display 115, a reading work touch panel 116, a keyboard 116a as an operation unit, a customer display 117 as a customer display unit, and a customer touch panel 118. It is integrally configured with and. The reading work display 115 is attached to the upper end of the product code input device 111 with the display surface facing the checker 105a. The reading work touch panel 116 is laminated on the display surface of the reading work display 115. The keyboard 116a is positioned on the right side of the display surface of the reading work display 115. The customer display 117 is attached to the back surface of the reading work display 115 toward the customer side space 102b. The customer touch panel 118 is laminated on the display surface of the customer display 117.

The POS terminal 112 is arranged on the upper surface of the drawer 127a placed on the POS terminal installation base 113. The POS terminal 112 has a housing 122 having a receipt issuing port 120 and a magnetic card reading groove 121 on the upper surface thereof, and is provided with a keyboard 123 and a payment operation display 124 as a display unit on the upper surface of the housing 122. Has been done. A touch panel 125 is laminated on the display surface of the payment operation display 124, which is a display unit. Further, a receipt printer 126 (see FIG. 2) and a magnetic card reader 127 (see FIG. 2) are built in the housing 122 of the POS terminal 112. The receipt (not shown) printed and issued from the receipt printer 126 is issued from the receipt issuing port 120 provided in the housing 122 of the POS terminal 112. The magnetic card reader 127 reads the information stored in the magnetic card (not shown) inserted through the magnetic card reading groove 121, and inputs the information to the microcomputer 150 (see FIG. 2). Further, an IC card reader / writer 128 that reads and writes data to an IC card (not shown) by short-range wireless communication is connected to the POS terminal 112. The IC card reader / writer 128 is attached to the upper surface of the counter 110 near the end on the downstream side in the flow direction of the product.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the product sales data processing device 101. The POS terminal 112 stores a microcomputer 150 as an information processing unit including a CPU 151, a ROM 152, and a RAM 153 as a storage unit. The microcomputer 150 is connected to each of a keyboard 123, a touch panel 125, a payment display 124, a receipt printer 126, a magnetic card reader 127, a drawer 127a, a hard disk 154, an external device interface 155, and a LAN interface 156. It controls the drive of each of these parts. The hard disk 154 has a product data file F1 as a product information storage unit that stores product information such as a product name and a product unit price in association with a product code, a sales data file F2 that stores sales information, and a payment work display 124. Various data files such as a display data file F3 for storing image data such as various icons to be displayed in are stored. Further, various programs PG1 such as an OS, a driver program, and an application program are also stored in the hard disk 154. The external device interface 155 realizes data communication between the POS terminal 112 and the product code input device 111, and data communication between the POS terminal 112 and the IC card reader / writer 128. The LAN interface 156 realizes data communication between the store controller 158 and the POS terminal 112 connected via the in-store LAN 157 arranged in the supermarket. The microcomputer 150 reads all or a part of various programs PG1 stored in the hard disk 154 into the RAM 153 when the POS terminal 112 is started, and executes processing according to the description of the program PG1. The microcomputer 150 also executes a payment process (described later) and a process of transmitting the sales information stored in the sales data file F2 to the store controller 158 according to the description of the program PG1 stored in the hard disk 154. Further, the microcomputer 150 also executes a process of storing the product information and the image data distributed from the store controller 158 in the product data file F1 and the display data file F3 according to the description of the program PG1. Further, the microcomputer 150 transmits the product information and the image data to the product code input device 111 according to the description of the program PG1, and between the product code input device 111 and the POS terminal 112, the product data file F1 and the product The process of synchronizing the data file F4 (described later) and the display data file F3 and the display data file F5 (described later) is also executed.

The product code input device 111 includes a microcomputer 160 as an information processing unit that executes information processing. The microcomputer 160 is connected to each of a code scanner 114, a reading work display 115, a reading work touch panel 116, a keyboard 116a, a customer display 117, a customer touch panel 118, an external device interface 161 and a hard disk 162. It controls the drive of each of these parts. The hard disk 162 stores a product data file F4 and a display data file F5 as a product information storage unit. Further, various programs PG2 such as an OS, a driver program, and an application program are also stored in the hard disk 162. The microcomputer 160 reads the program PG2 at the time of starting the product code input device 111, and realizes various processes including the product code input process (see FIG. 3) according to the description of the program PG2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the product code input process executed by the microcomputer 160 of the product code input device 111. The microcomputer 160 of the product code input device 111 executes the product code input process according to the description of the program PG2 while the device is starting up, and waits for the input of the product code from the code scanner 114 (step S101).

When the input of the product code is determined (Y in step S101), the microcomputer 160 accesses the product data file F4 to search and acquire the product information corresponding to the product code input from the code scanner 114. Execute (step S102).

As a subsequent process, the microcomputer 160 executes a current product information display process for displaying information such as a product name and a product unit price included in the product information acquired this time by the search process on the reading work display 115 and the customer display 117. (Step S103).

As a subsequent process, the microcomputer 160 executes a product information transmission process of transmitting the product information acquired this time by the search process to the POS terminal 112 (step S104).

As a subsequent process, the microprocessor 160 waits for either the input of the tightening operation from the keyboard 116a or the input of the new product code from the code scanner 114 (steps S105 and S106).

When the input of the new product code is determined (Y in step S106), the microprocessor 160 returns the process to step S102 and searches for the product information corresponding to the newly input product code (step S102). ) Is executed.

On the other hand, when the input of the tightening operation from the keyboard 116a is determined (Y in step S105), the microcomputer 160 is to confirm the product information transmitted to the POS terminal 112 up to that point as the product information for one transaction. , The closing information is transmitted to the POS terminal 112 (step S107), and a series of product code input processes is completed.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the reading operation display 115 of the product code input device 111 during the product code input process. The microcomputer 160 controls the reading operation display 115 to display the screen display shown in FIG. 4 while the product code input process (see FIG. 3) is being executed. In this screen display, as shown in FIG. 4, the category button unit 202, the product button unit 203, the search button unit 204, and the product information display unit 201 are all arranged in order from the top to fill the screen width.

The product information display unit 201 displays the product name 205, the product unit price 206, and the number of individual product points 207 included in the product information acquired by the search process (step S102 in FIG. 3). The display of these product names 205, product unit prices 206, and individual product points 207 is updated by the current product information display process (step S103 in FIG. 3). The number of individual product points 207 increases when the same product code is continuously input. In addition, the product information display unit 201 also displays a total amount of money 208, a total number of product items 209, and a request content icon 210. The total amount of money 208 and the total number of product points 209 are values calculated based on the product information acquired after the input of the product code is started, and the display is updated by the current product information display process (step S103 in FIG. 3). The request content icon 210 will be described later based on FIG.

An image is displayed on the category button unit 202, the product button unit 203, and the search button unit 204 to support the work of the checker 105a inputting the product code to the POS terminal 112 via the reading work touch panel 116. The displayed image data is stored in the display data file F5. The category button unit 202 includes a plurality of category buttons 202a indicating the categories of products sold in the supermarket, and one of the category buttons 202a can be touch-designated from the reading work touch panel 116. The product button 203a is expanded to the predetermined product button unit 203 belonging to the category by the category button 202a. In the example shown in FIG. 4, "vegetable" is touch-designated as the category button 202a, and as a result, various product buttons 203a such as "avocado" and "spinach" are developed on the product button portion 203. The expansion of the product button 203a to the product button unit 203 is also realized by touch-designating the search button 204a included in the search button unit 204 from the reading work touch panel 116. For example, when "A" is touched as the search button 204a, various product buttons 203a for inputting the product code of the product name starting with "A" or "O" are expanded in the product button section 203. Will be done.

Looking at the display contents of the reading work display 115 displayed in this way, the checker 105a can know the details of the product information input to the POS terminal 112 by reading the code symbol 108 from the code scanner 114. Further, the checker 105a touch-designates the category button unit 202 and the search button unit 204 from the reading work touch panel 116 to expand the product button 203a on the product button unit 203 without using the code scanner 114, and the product button 203a is expanded. It is also possible to input the product code by touch-designating the desired one from the reading work touch panel 116 from the touch panel 116.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the customer display 117 of the product code input device 111 during the product code input process. The microprocessor 160 controls the customer display 117 to display the screen display shown in FIG. 5 while the product code input process (see FIG. 3) is being executed. As shown in FIG. 5, this screen display is configured to have a product information display unit 201 in the upper half and a request button display unit 211 in the lower half. Each element included in the product information display unit 201 is the same as that displayed on the reading work display 115, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. The request button display unit 211 includes a small plastic shopping bag request button 211a, a large plastic shopping bag request button 211b, a paper bag request button 211c, a split request button 211d, a credit card payment declaration button 211e, and a point usage declaration button. 211f is displayed. These image data are stored in the display data file F5.

Looking at the display contents of the customer display 117 displayed in this way, the customer 103 can see each of the display contents in the request button display unit 211 from the customer touch panel 118 while the checker 105a is reading the code symbol 108. Buttons 211a to 211f can be touch-designated. In the touch designation operation of each of the buttons 211a to 211f, even after the checker 105a inputs the tightening operation from the keyboard 116a of the product code input device 111, the code symbol 108 is newly added to start the transaction for the next customer 103. This can be done before the code scanner 114 reads it. When the touch designation of the buttons 211a to 211f is determined, the microcomputer 160 of the product code input device 111 controls the reading operation display 115 to display the request content icon 210 corresponding to the touch-designated buttons 211a to 211f. Execute the process to be displayed. Along with this process, the microprocessor 160 also executes a process of transmitting and outputting request information indicating that the buttons 211a to 211f have been touch-designated to the POS terminal 112.

The microcomputer 150 of the POS terminal 112 waits for the reception of the information transmitted from the product code input device 111 according to the description of the program PG1 during the activation of the device. When the product information (product name, unit price, etc.) transmitted from the product code input device 111 is received, the microcomputer 150 stores the received product information in the RAM 153. Further, when the microcomputer 150 receives the closing information transmitted from the product code input device 111, the microcomputer 150 executes a process of determining the product information stored in the RAM 153 as the product information for one transaction. By the above processing, the product information for each transaction that has been confirmed and the product information that has not been confirmed as the product information for one transaction are stored in the RAM 153.

That is, in the RAM 153, the first product information regarding the transaction to be settled earliest, the second product information regarding the second transaction, and the third product information regarding the third transaction, which are described below, are respectively in predetermined areas. It is something that is remembered. Then, the process of storing the product information of each transaction in the RAM 153 is one example of the storage means.

Further, the microcomputer 150 of the POS terminal 112 executes the payment process according to the description of the program PG1 while the device is activated. The settlement process is performed by the customer based on the product information determined as the product information for the product information stored in the RAM 153, which is the first transaction and should be settled earliest (hereinafter referred to as the first transaction). It is a process of calculating the transaction amount to be paid and settling the transaction amount. In the payment process, when the deposit amount from the customer 103 input from the keyboard 123 of the POS terminal 112 is input, the payment is made in cash. Further, in the payment process, when a credit card (not shown) is inserted through the magnetic card reading groove 121 and the magnetic information of the credit card is read by the magnetic card reader 127, the credit payment is performed. Further, in the payment process, when an IC card (not shown) in which the electronic money information possessed by the customer 103 is stored is held over the IC card reader / writer 128, the electronic money payment is performed. After making such a payment, the microcomputer 150 stores various information such as the transaction amount, the deposit amount, the fishing amount, and the product information related to the transaction in the sales data file F2 in the hard disk 154, and further, the receipt printer 126. Is driven and controlled to print and issue a receipt (not shown) from the receipt issuing port 120.

In the POS terminal 112, product information and closing information are transmitted from the product code input device 111 and stored in the RAM 153 even while the microcomputer 150 is performing such a payment process. Among them, the microcomputer 150 of the POS terminal 112 supports the cashier's payment work by performing a process of displaying the screen display shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 on the payment work display 124.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the payment operation display 124 of the POS terminal 112 during the execution of the payment process. The microprocessor 150 defines in advance a payment area 302 and two payment waiting areas 303 smaller than the payment area 302 in the display area 301 of the payment work display 124. The settlement area 302 is provided close to the left end in the display area 301, occupies more than half of the width of the display area 301, and is high enough to provide margins adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the display area 301. have. The two settlement waiting areas 303 are provided vertically adjacent to each other between the right end side of the display area 301 and the right end side of the settlement area 302. Then, the microprocessor 150 controls the payment work display 124 while performing the payment processing, and sets the payment window 304, which is the first area in the payment area 302, in the payment waiting area 303, and the second window 304 in the upper payment waiting area 303. The window 305 for the next customer, which is the area of the above, is displayed, and the window 306 for the next customer, which is the third area, is displayed in the lower settlement waiting area 303. This is one example of the display control means.

The area of the payment window occupies about 3/4 of the entire payment operation display 124. The next customer window 305 and the next customer window 306 occupy a predetermined area of the remaining area.

First, it will be described based on FIG. 6A. The settlement window 304 displays the transaction amount information 307 related to the earliest transaction, and the number display 304a "1" indicating that the information related to the earliest transaction is displayed is displayed in the upper left of the settlement window 304. Will be done. The transaction amount information 307 includes a transaction amount 308 as a total amount displayed in the first area, a merchandise sales point 309, a deposit amount 310, and a fishing amount 311. The transaction amount 308 is an amount calculated based on the product unit price of the product information of the earliest transaction among the product information stored in the RAM 153, and is a closing key of the keyboard 116a of the product code input device 111 by the checker 105a. It is displayed regardless of whether or not it is confirmed as the product information for the earliest transaction by pressing (not shown). A taxable amount may be added to the transaction amount 308 as necessary, or a discount amount may be deducted from the transaction amount 308. The number of product sales points 309 is calculated based on the product information of the earliest transaction among the product information stored in the RAM 153. The deposit amount 310 is the POS terminal 112 when the cashier 105b operates the POS terminal 112 in a state where the product information for the earliest transaction is confirmed by pressing the closing key of the keyboard 116a of the product code input device 111 by the checker 105a. The amount entered in. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, "cash 10,200 yen" and "use point 9pt" are input as the deposit amount 310. "Cash 10,200 yen" is the amount of money input by the cashier 105b from the keyboard 123 of the POS terminal 112. The "use point 9pt" is a point acquired by passing the membership card (not shown) received by the cashier 105b from the customer 103 through the magnetic card reading groove 121, and in this example, 1 point is converted as 1 yen. It is used for settlement. A magnetic tape on which the membership code is stored is attached to the membership card, and the membership code is input to the POS terminal 112 via the magnetic card reader 127 by being passed through the magnetic card reading groove 121. The microcomputer 150 of the POS terminal 112 transmits the input membership code to the store controller 158, inquires about the point information of each customer stored in the point database (not shown) in the store controller 158, and makes a payment. Acquire the point information of the member used for. The fishing amount 311 is an amount obtained by subtracting the transaction amount 308 from the deposit amount 310. The fishing amount 311 is displayed by pressing the settlement key (not shown) provided on the keyboard 123 with the deposit amount 310 input. The pressing of the payment key is performed by the microcomputer 150 for storing sales data in the sales data file F2, driving the receipt printer 126 to print and issue a receipt (not shown), and sending a release signal to the drawer 127a. It also triggers the process of sending.

A registration detail screen switching button 312 is arranged at the upper right of the payment window 304. The registration details screen switching button 312 is grayed out before the product information for the earliest transaction is confirmed, and is highlighted when the product information for the earliest transaction is confirmed (FIG. 8 (a) and FIG. See (b)). If it is determined that the touch is specified via the touch panel 125 while the registration details screen switching button 312 is highlighted, the microprocessor 150 determines that the product name, product unit price, or the like stored in the RAM 153 is the earliest transaction. A detail screen (not shown) showing the details of the product information is displayed in the entire display area 301. A return button (not shown) is arranged on the detail screen, and by touch-designating the return button via the touch panel 125, the display content of the display area 301 is restored to the display content shown in FIG. 6A. can do.

The window 305 for the next customer and the window 306 for the next customer are provided corresponding to each transaction after the earliest transaction, and the product information for each transaction is displayed to indicate the confirmation status. More specifically, the second customer window 305 corresponds to the second transaction, the second transaction, and the next customer window 306 corresponds to the third transaction, the third transaction. There is. Further, in the upper left of the window 305 for the next customer, a number display 305a of "2" indicating that information regarding the second transaction is displayed is displayed. Further, in the upper left of the customer window 306 one after another, the number display 306a "3" indicating that the information regarding the third transaction is displayed is displayed. Then, in each of the next customer window 305 and the next customer window 306, the checker 105a, which is the first state in which the product information for one transaction is confirmed and the customer is waiting for the settlement work, reads the code symbol 108. A display is displayed indicating that the product is in the second state in which the product code is being input and the product information is not confirmed during the work, or in the third state in which the product code input is not started.

FIG. 6A shows the first state in which the product information is confirmed for the second transaction, and the checker 105a reads the code symbol 108 using the code scanner 114 for the third transaction. It shows the display content of the display area 301 when the product information is in the second state where the product information is not confirmed. In this case, the transaction amount 313 and the number of product sales points 314 as the total amount of the second area are displayed in the window 305 for the next customer. The transaction amount 313 and the number of product sales points 314 are calculated based on the product information of the second transaction stored in the RAM 153. In addition, a registration details screen switching button 315 is arranged on the upper right of the window 305 for the next customer, and by touch-designating this via the touch panel 125, the product information for the second transaction can be displayed in the entire display area 301. It is also possible to display a detail screen (not shown) showing details. On the other hand, in the customer window 306 one after another, the message 316 "Registering ..." indicating that the product information has not been confirmed and the code symbol 108 is being read by the checker 105a is displayed. The transaction amount 313, the number of product sales points 314, and the registration details screen switching button 315 are not displayed at all.

Here, when the checker 105a indicates a third state in which the checker 105a has not even read the code symbol 108 in the settlement waiting area 303 where the second transaction state or the third transaction state is shown, the microcomputer 150 is in the first place. The customer window 305 and the customer windows 306 are not displayed one after another, and the settlement waiting area 303 is drawn in the same color as the background color (see FIGS. 8A to 8D).

In FIG. 6A, a request icon 317 is displayed below the payment window 304. This is displayed when the customer 103 touch-designates the buttons 211a to 211f of the request button display unit 211 displayed on the customer display 117 by touching the customer touch panel 118 (see also FIG. 5). ). These image data are stored in the display data file F3. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the customer 103 who performs the first transaction starts the operation of reading the code symbol 108 for the checker 105a and starts the operation of reading the code symbol 108 for the customer who performs the second transaction. The request icon 317 in the payment window 304 indicates that the large plastic shopping bag request button 211b and the point use declaration button 211f displayed on the customer display 117 are pressed via the customer touch panel 118. Similarly, the request icon 318 is also displayed below the window 305 for the next customer. This indicates the buttons 211a to 211f of the request button display unit 211 touch-designated by the customer performing the second transaction via the customer touch panel 118 by the time the third transaction is started.

Next, it will be described with reference to FIG. 6 (b). When four or more customers including the customer who stores the product information of three or more transactions and pays to the cashier 105b are in the payment waiting state in the RAM 153, the microcomputer 150 uses the microcomputer 150 one after another as shown in FIG. 6 (b). A pop-up window 325 is displayed at a place where the request icon 318 should be displayed in the customer window 306, and the number of transactions after the fourth is displayed in the pop-up window 325. The total amount of 9,000 yen of the customer windows 306 one after another is the transaction amount as the total amount of the third area.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure in which the touch panel 125 is operated to change the order of transactions. The display contents of the payment window 304, the next customer window 305, and the next customer window 306 displayed on the payment work display 124 can be replaced by a drag operation on the touch panel 125. Furthermore, along with this replacement, the order of transactions also changes. More specifically, when it is determined that the drag operation has been performed from the touch panel 125, the microprocessor 150 detects the coordinates of the start point and the coordinates of the end point of the drag operation. Then, when the microcomputer 150 determines that these start point coordinates and end point coordinates are included in two different areas of the settlement area 302 and the two payment waiting areas 303, they are stored in the RAM 153. Among the product information, the order of the transaction corresponding to the area including the start point coordinates and the transaction corresponding to the area including the end point coordinates is changed and stored again, and the display content of the settlement work display 124 is also updated.

FIG. 7A shows an example in which the cashier 105b traces the touch panel 125 and performs a drag operation from the next customer window 305 to the payment window 304. In this case, the start point coordinates of the drag operation are included in the upper settlement waiting area 303, and the end point coordinates of the drag coordinates are included in the settlement area 302. Therefore, the microcomputer 150 re-stores the product information for the first transaction as the product information for the second transaction among the product information stored in the RAM 153, and stores the product information for the second transaction first. Re-store as product information for transactions. Further, the microprocessor 150 redisplays the display contents of the payment window 304 and the next customer window 305 displayed on the payment work display 124 based on the contents re-stored in the RAM 153. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, the content of the first transaction and the content of the second transaction are displayed interchangeably, and the cashier 105b can perform the settlement work for the second transaction first. become able to.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the transition of the display contents of the payment operation display 124 of the POS terminal 112 during the payment processing execution. Using the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment in which the screen display as described above is performed, the checker 105a stands in front of the product code input device 111 to read the code symbol 108, and the cashier 105b POS. The case where the accounting work is carried out in a two-person system in which the settlement work is performed while standing in front of the terminal 112 will be described below.

First, when the checker 105a takes out the product 106 from the shopping cart 107 placed on the counter 110 by the customer 103 and causes the code scanner 114 to read the code symbol 108, the payment work display 124 reads the code symbol 108. The transaction amount 308 and the number of product sales points 309 for the completed transaction are displayed in the settlement window 304 (FIG. 8A). At this time, since the product information of the earliest transaction has not been finalized, the registration details screen switching button 312 is grayed out.

Subsequently, when the checker 105a presses the closing key (not shown) of the keyboard 116a of the product code input device 111 to confirm the product information of the earliest transaction, the registration details screen switching button 312 is highlighted and the cashier. 105b will be able to proceed with the settlement work with the customer 103 (FIG. 8B). In FIG. 8B, the cashier 105b deposits cash or a membership card from the customer 103 and inputs the information of the deposit amount 310 to the POS terminal 112, and as a result, the fishing amount 311 is also displayed. Further, at this stage, since the transaction after the earliest transaction is not started, only the background color 319 is displayed in the settlement waiting area 303.

When the cashier 105b does not proceed with the settlement work in the state shown in FIG. 8B and the checker 105a keeps the product 106 from the customer 103 who makes the second transaction and proceeds with the reading work of the code symbol 108, the upper side is displayed. The next customer window 305 is displayed in the settlement waiting area 303 (FIG. 8 (c)). At this stage, the checker 105a has not confirmed the product information for the second transaction, so in order to indicate that the second transaction is in the second state, "Registering ..." is displayed in the window 305 for the next customer. Message 316 is displayed.

Further, when the checker 105a advances the reading work of the code symbol 108 and presses the closing key (not shown) of the keyboard 116a to confirm the product information for the second transaction, the next customer window 305 says "Registering ...". The message 316 disappears, and the transaction amount 313, the number of product sales points 314, the registration details screen switching button 315, and the request icon 318 are displayed (FIG. 8 (d)).

Further, when the checker 105a starts reading the code symbol 108 for the customer 103 that makes the third transaction, the lower settlement waiting area 303 contains a window for customers one after another including the message 316 "Registering ...". 306 is displayed (FIG. 8 (e)). Then, when the checker 105a presses the closing key (not shown) of the keyboard 116a to confirm the product information for the third transaction, the message 316 "Registering ..." disappears from the customer window 306 one after another, and the transaction amount 313. , The number of product sales points 314, the registration details screen switching button 315, and the request icon 318 are displayed (FIG. 8 (f)).

As described above, in the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, when the checker 105a advances the reading work of the code symbol 108 one after another, it is displayed in the display area 301 of the payment work display 124 for the next customer. In the window 305 and the window 306 for customers one after another, in each transaction after the earliest transaction, the first state in which the product information is confirmed, the second state in which the product information is not confirmed in the middle of inputting the product code, and the second state in which the product information is not confirmed, and , Which state of the third state in which the input of the product code has not been started is displayed. The difference in the display of the first state, the second state, and the third state displayed in the window 305 for the next customer and the window 306 for the next customer is greatly different as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8. Therefore, the cashier 105b can confirm the input status of the product information for each of the second and subsequent transactions while performing the settlement work for the first transaction by looking at the settlement work display 124, and therefore, for the settlement work. You can concentrate. Further, according to the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the transaction amount information 307 is largely displayed in the display area 301 for the earliest transaction, and detailed information such as the product name and the product unit price is registered. Since it is not displayed unless the detail screen switching button 312 is touch-designated, the cashier 105b does not confuse the transaction amount between the first transaction and the second and subsequent transactions. Therefore, the cashier 105b can quickly proceed with the payment work and eliminate the bottleneck of the customer flow due to the payment work, and the cashier 105b and the checker 105a are devoted to their own work to speed up the accounting work and the customer. It is possible to eliminate the waiting state for payment of the product price.

Further, in the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, when the product information is confirmed for the second and subsequent transactions after the earliest transaction, the window 305 for the next customer and the window 306 for the next customer are displayed. The transaction amount 313 and the number of product sales points 314 are displayed. Therefore, the cashier 105b can infer the contents of the second and subsequent transactions while the earliest transaction is delayed just by looking at the settlement operation display 124, and the settlement operation can proceed more efficiently. Further, when the cashier 105b wants to know the details of the second and subsequent transaction contents, the cashier 105b can also know by touch-designating the registration details screen switching button 315 to display the details screen.

Further, in the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the customer 103 inputs a request for the cashier 105b and the checker 105a from the customer touch panel 118, and the request is displayed as an icon on the reading work display 115 and the payment work display 124. Since it is displayed, the cashier 105b and the checker 105a can prepare a plastic shopping bag or know in advance that the payment will be made by a credit card while the payment work is delayed, and the accounting work can be carried out more efficiently. be able to.

Further, in the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the order of transactions can be changed by dragging the touch panels 125 stacked and arranged on the payment operation display 124. Therefore, for example, the first customer. When the settlement work for 103 is delayed, the settlement work for the second customer 103 can be proceeded, and the accounting work can be proceeded more efficiently.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention (second embodiment) will be described with reference to FIG. In this case, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are used with the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. In the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the shapes of the payment area 302 and the payment waiting area 303 defined in the display area 301 of the payment work display 124 and the display contents displayed in them are displayed. It differs from the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of display contents displayed on the payment operation display 124 of the POS terminal 112 during the execution of the payment process. In the present embodiment, the payment area 302 is provided to the full width in the display area 301 of the payment work display 124 so as to be closer to the upper side. Then, in the display area 301, the settlement waiting number display area 320 and the four settlement waiting areas 303 are provided side by side adjacent to the lower side of the settlement waiting area 302.

In the settlement area 302 of the present embodiment, the product information list 321 showing the details of the product information of the earliest transaction in a table format is displayed. Fields indicating "product name", "unit price", "quantity", "discount", "amount" and "tax" are provided in the column direction of the product information list 321, and are stored in the RAM 153 in the row direction. There is a record showing the product information of the earliest transaction. The product information list 321 can be scroll-displayed in the row direction by touch-designating the scroll button 322 displayed at the right end of the payment area 302 from the touch panel 125. Below each field of "quantity", "discount", "amount" and "tax" in the product information list 321, the transaction amount 308 and the number of product sales points 309 are displayed.

In the settlement waiting number display area 320 of the present embodiment, the number of settlement waiting transactions excluding the earliest transaction is displayed. The cashier 105b can grasp the number of customers waiting for the payment of the product price by looking at the number displayed in the settlement waiting number display area 320.

In the settlement waiting area 303 of the present embodiment, the input status of the product code including the earliest transaction is displayed as an icon. In FIG. 9, four settlement waiting areas 303 are provided side by side, and correspond to the first transaction, the second transaction, the third transaction, and the fourth transaction in order from the left. Inside each payment waiting area 303, an illustration image 323 representing the customer 103 and a graph 324 representing the number of products that the customer 103 intends to purchase are displayed. Further, inside each of these settlement waiting areas 303, a request icon 318 is also displayed as in the first embodiment. The illustration image 323 is displayed when the reading operation of the code symbol 108 performed by the checker 105a is started and the transaction is started. The graph 324 is a bar graph that increases in proportion to the number of product sales points in each transaction, and icons the product sales points 309 and 314 displayed in the payment window 304, the next customer window 305, and the like in the first embodiment. It is a product. These image data are stored in the display data file F3.

Also in the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the cashier 105b performs the settlement work by looking at the transaction amount 308 of the earliest transaction that is largely displayed in the display area 301, and for each transaction after that. Therefore, it is possible to confirm the input status of the product information of the customer, so that the cashier 105b and the checker 105a can concentrate on their own work to speed up the accounting work and eliminate the waiting state for the customer to pay the product price. .. Further, according to the product sales data processing device 101 of the present embodiment, the number of product sales points 309 in each transaction is iconified in the settlement waiting area corresponding to the transaction and displayed as a graph 324. Therefore, the cashier 105b is displayed. , The number of products that the customer 103 waiting for settlement to purchase can be grasped at a glance, and the efficiency of accounting work can be further improved.

The description is not limited to the description of the present embodiment. For example, the content displayed in the window 305 for the next customer shown in FIG. 6 is the number display 305a of "2" indicating that the transaction is the second transaction. Only two of the transaction amount 313 may be displayed. The same applies to the contents displayed on the customer window 306 one after another.

Further, the display of the number display 305a of "2" indicating that it is the second transaction shown in FIG. 6 may be an illustration image representing the customer as shown in FIG. The same applies to the display of 304a and 306a. The illustration image is also an illustration showing a person in FIG. 9, but may be applied to FIGS. 6 and 9 as an illustration of a car, an animal, or the like, for example. Different illustrations of cars and animals may be different for the first transaction, the second transaction, and the third transaction (for example, the first transaction is a bear illustration, the second transaction is a dog illustration, and three. The second transaction is an illustration of a cat). This makes it easier to visually distinguish the transactions.

Further, although the description has been made of the case where the product code input device and the POS terminal are operated by different persons as an example, it may be operated by one person. Also. Instead of the product code input device, a device of the type in which a handy scanner is provided in the POS terminal device may be used.

Further, although switching to the registration details has been described as an example in FIG. 6, the details display area of FIG. 9 may be displayed in the settlement window 304, which is the first area of FIG. In that case, although the screen is divided and displayed in FIG. 6, in order to narrow the display area of the second customer window 305 and the third area one after another customer window 306, the screen is divided and displayed. The screen may be displayed in the form of a tag. Then, a different illustration may be displayed for each of the second transaction and the third transaction on the tag, and the total amount of the transactions such as the transaction amount 313 may be displayed on the tag. When the tag is instructed to be selected, the screen may be switched so that the details of the transaction are displayed on almost all of the screen.

101 ... Product sales data processing device, 108 ... Code symbol (product code), 112 ... POS terminal (payment unit), 116a ... Keyboard (operation unit), 117 ... Customer display (customer display unit), 118 ... Customer Touch panel, 124 ... Payment work display (display unit), 125 ... Touch panel, 150 ... Microcomputer (computer), 153 ... RAM (storage unit), 160 ... Microcomputer (computer), 211a to 211f ... Button, 317 ... Request Icon, 318 ... Request icon, 301 ... Display area, 302 ... Settlement area, 303 ... Settlement waiting area, 307 ... Transaction amount information, 308 ... Transaction amount, 313 ... Transaction amount, 324 ... Graph, F1, F4 ... Product data File, PG1, PG2 ... Program,

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A first display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the first customer, a second display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer, and a third display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer. With the display means to output to the display unit,
By the display means, the information indicating that the transaction is the first customer, the detailed information of the product related to the transaction, the total number of points of the product, and the transaction information including the total amount of money are displayed in the first display area. In the display area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer, an image showing the next customer, and the total amount of money related to the transaction are displayed, and in the third display area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer and information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer. An image showing customers one after another different from the image showing the next customer and the total amount of money related to the transaction are displayed.
When the selection for the second display area and the third display area is accepted, the change means for displaying the transaction information including the total amount of the transaction in the selected display area in the first display area, and the change means.
A product sales data processing device characterized by being equipped with. The product sales data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the first display area larger than the second display area and the third display area. It is installed on the computer of the product sales data processing device equipped with a display unit, and on the computer,
A first display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the first customer, a second display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer, and a third display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer. With the function to output to the display
By the function, the information indicating that the transaction is the first customer, the detailed information of the product related to the transaction, the total number of points of the product, and the transaction information including the total amount of money are displayed in the first display area, and the second display. In the area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer, an image showing the next customer, and the total amount of money related to the transaction are displayed, and in the third display area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer and the above. The image showing the next customer, which is different from the image showing the next customer, and the total amount related to the transaction are displayed.
When the selection for the second display area and the third display area is accepted, the function of displaying the transaction information including the total amount of the transaction in the selected display area in the first display area and the function of displaying the transaction information.
A computer program that realizes. The computer according to claim 3, wherein the function of outputting to the display unit realizes a function of displaying the first display area larger than the second display area and the third display area. program. It is a data processing method implemented using a product sales data processing device.
A first display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the first customer, a second display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer, and a third display area for displaying transaction information related to the transaction of the next customer. And the step to output to the display
By the step, the information indicating that the transaction is the first customer, the detailed information of the product related to the transaction, the total number of points of the product, and the transaction information including the total amount of money are displayed in the first display area, and the second display. In the area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer, an image showing the next customer, and the total amount of money related to the transaction are displayed, and in the third display area, information indicating that the transaction is for the next customer and the above. The image showing the next customer, which is different from the image showing the next customer, and the total amount related to the transaction are displayed.
When the selection for the second display area and the third display area is accepted, the step of displaying the transaction information including the total amount of the transaction in the selected display area in the first display area, and
A data processing method characterized by comprising.

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