JP6876176B2 - POS terminal equipment and programs - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to POS terminal devices and programs .

Conventionally, when a business operator who manages an export goods sales floor (duty-free shop) sells goods, services, etc. to non-residents such as foreign travelers, the consumption tax, etc. on the sales target is charged. There is a so-called tax exemption system that exempts taxes. Tax exemption applies to products purchased by the same purchaser at the same store on the same day. In the case of consumables, the total tax exemption amount is from 5,001 yen to 500,000 yen, and in the case of general goods, the total tax exemption amount is 10,001 yen or more. However, the conventional POS terminal is a mechanism for displaying the products that are actually exempted from tax by the tax exemption process performed after the operation of the tax exemption declaration key. Therefore, the clerk cannot know which sales target is exempt from tax until the tax exemption declaration key is actually operated. For this reason, the clerk loses the opportunity to provide customers with advice so that all duty-free items are exempt from tax.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a POS terminal device and a program capable of providing a customer with advice so that a tax exemption object is completely exempted from tax before the tax exemption processing is performed.

The POS terminal device of the embodiment accepts that it is a tax-free transaction, a registration means for registering identification information of goods or services, a payment processing means for performing payment processing based on the identification information registered by the registration means, and a tax-free transaction. and duty-free reception means, before Kito recording unit by the identification information of the goods or services that are registered, and duty-free total calculation processing means for calculating the duty-free total for goods or services tax-exempt, the duty-free reception means duty-free trading If it is accepted that there is, if the total tax exemption is within the set value of the amount to be treated as tax exemption, the tax exemption processing means for performing tax exemption processing on the goods or services subject to tax exemption and the total tax exemption amount are said. If it is outside the range of the set value, the tax exemption receiving means is a tax exemption transaction for information indicating excess or deficiency of the total tax exemption value with respect to the set value and information indicating the difference between the total tax exemption amount and the set value. Is provided with a display control means that can be displayed on the display unit before accepting.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a POS system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the product master file. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the tax exemption classification file. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the tax exemption setting value file. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the tax exemption classification code setting screen. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a POS terminal. FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of a POS terminal. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of control processing of the POS terminal. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a setting example of the registration table. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example on the display surface of the screen information output by the control unit. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a registration screen when a product is added and a subtotal amount is calculated. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of the registration screen when the display of the tax exemption mark is updated. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the designated cancellation process after the designated cancel key is pressed. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a setting example of a registration table when consumables exceed the condition amount. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example when the operator touches the first product information in the product information display area. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example when the operator touches the second product information in the product information display area. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of the registration screen when the display of the tax exemption mark is updated after cancellation. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of control processing of the POS terminal of the first modification. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of the total tax exemption calculation process. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a display example of a notification screen based on the notification screen information. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing symbols of tax-exempt products of the second modification.

(Embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the sales data processing device and the program will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The following embodiment shows an example in which the sales data processing device and the program are applied to a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal installed in a store of an export goods sales floor (duty free shop). Further, in the embodiment, the "product" will be described as an example of the sales target, but the sales target is not limited to the product. The sales target may be "services". An example of a tax amount of 8% is shown, but the tax amount may be changed as appropriate.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the POS system 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the POS system 1 includes a plurality of POS terminals 2 and a server 4 of an information processing device that centrally manages these POS terminals 2. The POS terminal 2 and the server 4 are connected by a communication network 3 such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server 4. The server 4 includes a control unit 400 having a computer configuration including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 41, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 42, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 43, and the like.

The control unit 400 is connected to the communication I / F (interface) 50 via the bus 49. The server 4 communicates with a plurality of POS terminals 2 via the communication I / F 50 and the communication network 3 (see FIG. 1). Further, the controller 44 is connected to the control unit 400 via the bus 49. A keyboard 45, a display unit 46, and a printer 47 are connected to the controller 44. A HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 48 is connected to the control unit 400 via a bus 49. The HDD 48 stores various control programs 481 that cause the server 4 to perform a predetermined operation. Further, the HDD 48 stores data files such as a product master file F1, a tax exemption classification file F2, and a tax exemption setting value file F3. Further, the HDD 48 stores various screen information E1.

Next, the product master file F1 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the product master file F1. As shown in FIG. 3, the product master file F1 has data items such as classification 1 code n1, classification 2 code n2, product code n3, product name n4, price n5, ..., Tax exemption classification code n6, and the like. The product code (identification information) of each product shown in the product code n3 is classified into a lower hierarchy in this order by the major classification data shown in the classification 1 code n1 and the minor classification data shown in the classification 2 code n2. Further, the product code is associated with data of the product name n4, the price n5, ..., And the tax exemption classification code n6 as the product information indicating the type and attributes of the product. The price n5 is set to the tax-excluded price of the product. The tax exemption classification code n6 is set by using the setting screen described later.

Next, the tax exemption classification file F2 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the tax exemption classification file F2. As shown in FIG. 4, the tax exemption classification file F2 has data items of the tax exemption classification code n6 and the tax exemption classification name n10. Data indicating "consumables", "general goods", and "not subject to tax exemption" are set in the tax exemption category name n10. “Consumables” is data indicating the classification of duty-free items related to consumables such as foods, beverages, chemicals, and cosmetics. "General goods" is data indicating the classification of duty-free goods used for normal life other than consumables. "Not subject to tax exemption" is data indicating the classification of non-tax exempt products. "01" is set for the tax exemption classification code corresponding to "consumables". "02" is set for the tax exemption classification code corresponding to "general goods". "03" is set for the tax exemption classification code corresponding to "not subject to tax exemption".

Next, the tax exemption setting value file F3 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the tax exemption setting value file F3. As shown in FIG. 5, the tax exemption setting value file F3 has data items of the tax exemption classification code n6 and the set value n20. The data shown in the set value n20 is a condition for the tax exemption target product to be actually treated as tax exemption. The data is used by the control unit 300 (see FIG. 7) in determining whether the tax exemption target product is actually treated as tax exemption.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the set value of the tax exemption classification code "01" is 5,001 yen to 500,000 yen. For consumables, the lower limit is 5,001 yen and the upper limit is 500,000 yen, and consumables in the range of 5,001 yen to 500,000 yen excluding tax are exempt from tax. Represents. The set value of the tax exemption classification code "02" is from 10,001 yen. This set value indicates that the lower limit value is 10,001 yen for general goods, and tax exemption is applied to general goods having a total tax-excluded total of 10,001 yen or more.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the tax exemption classification code setting screen. In the setting screen 600 shown in FIG. 6, in the hardware block shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 400 executes the setting program of the control program 481 and outputs various screen information E1 to the display unit 46 via the controller 44. Is displayed by.

The setting screen 600 shown in FIG. 6 has a product code input field 61 and a tax exemption classification code input field 62. The administrator presses the keyboard 45, inputs the product code in the input field 61, and inputs any one of the tax exemption classification codes "01", "02", or "03" of the product in the input field 62. The control unit 400 receives the data input by the administrator from the keyboard 45 via the controller 44. Then, the control unit 400 searches for the product code set in the product master file F1 by the input product code, and the tax exemption classification code "01" input in the setting area of the tax exemption classification code n6 of the product code. , "02", or "03" is additionally set. In this way, the control unit 400 sets the setting area of the tax exemption classification code n6 of the product master file F1 for each product.

By executing the control program 481, the control unit 400 of the server 4 transfers the product master file F1, the tax exemption classification file F2, and the tax exemption setting value file F3 in which data are set in various data items to the POS terminal 2 at a predetermined timing. To deliver. The POS terminal 2 receives these files and stores them in the memory unit 26 (see FIG. 7) of the own machine.

Next, the POS terminal 2 will be described. The POS terminal 2 is assigned a unique registration number and is placed at the checkout location. When the operator operates the POS terminal 2, the POS terminal 2 executes the sales registration process and the settlement process of the product to be sold. The sales registration process is to optically read a code symbol such as a bar code attached to a product to be sold, combine it with a product code, display product information such as the product name and price of the product code, and display the product. A process of storing product information including a code in a RAM 33 or the like. The settlement process is a process of displaying the total amount based on the product information stored in the RAM 33 or the like in association with the sales registration process, calculating and displaying the change based on the deposit received from the customer, and changing the discharge of the change. It refers to the process of instructing the machine, the process of issuing a receipt printed with product information and payment information (total amount, deposit amount, change amount, etc.).

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the POS terminal 2. As shown in FIG. 7, the POS terminal 2 includes a control unit 300 having a computer configuration including a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, and the like. The CPU 31 executes various arithmetic processes and controls each part. The ROM 32 fixedly stores and stores fixed data. The RAM 33 rewritably stores variable data and is used as a work area. In the RAM 33, for example, a registration table T for storing product information of a product code read from a product is formed. The CPU 31, ROM 32, and RAM 33 are connected via the bus 34.

The control unit 300 is connected to a keyboard 21, a display unit 22, a printer 23, a card reader / writer (R / W) 24, a scanner 25, a passport reader 27, and the like via a bus 34 and a controller 35.

The keyboard 21 arranges various keys for each block. Various keys include, for example, a number key for inputting a product code and amount, a PLU key for specifying various products, a confirmation key for confirming the number input by the number key, a clear key, and the like. Is. Further, the keyboard 21 includes a tax exemption declaration key K1, a subtotal key K2, a closing key K3, and a designated cancellation key K4. The tax exemption declaration key K1 is a key for declaring tax exemption processing for one transaction. The subtotal key K2 is a key for declaring the calculation of the total sales amount. The closing key K3 is a key for declaring a cash closing in the sales process. The designated cancellation key K4 is a key for making a declaration to cancel the registered product.

The display unit 22 is a liquid crystal display device provided with a touch panel on the display surface.
The scanner 25 is a device that optically reads a code symbol such as a bar code or a two-dimensional code attached to a product.

The passport reader 27 is a reader device that reads information held in a passport (passport). For example, the passport reader 27 has an optical character recognition (OCR) function that optically reads a character string written on the passport.

Further, a memory unit 26, which is a storage device, is connected to the control unit 300 via a bus 34. The memory unit 26 is composed of an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), a flash memory, or the like, and retains the stored contents even when the power supply is cut off. The memory unit 26 stores a control program 261, various screen information E2, various data files, and the like. The data file includes a product master file F1 distributed from the server 4, a tax exemption classification file F2, a tax exemption setting value file F3, and the like.

Further, a communication interface (I / F) 28 is connected to the control unit 300 via a bus 34. The communication interface 28 performs data communication with the server 4, which is a higher-level device, via the communication network 3.

With the above configuration, the control unit 300 executes the control program 261 to execute the keyboard 21, display unit 22, printer 23, card reader / writer 24, scanner 25, memory unit 26, passport reader 27, communication I / F 28, etc. Control each part of the above and perform a predetermined process.

Next, the control process executed by the control unit 300 of the POS terminal 2 according to the embodiment according to the control program 261 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 18.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the POS terminal 2. By executing various programs such as the fixed program of the ROM 32 and the control program 261 stored in the memory unit 26, the CPU 31 executes the registration unit 800, the display output unit 801 and the tax exemption processing unit 802, and the payment processing unit 803 in the control unit 300. , The print output unit 804 is realized.

The registration unit 800 registers a product code, product information, and the like as product identification information to be sold. Specifically, the registration unit 800 drives the scanner 25 via the controller 35 and receives the product code read by the scanner 25. Further, the registration unit 800 acquires the product information from the product master file F1 based on the product code, and sets the product information in the registration table T of the RAM 33. Further, the registration unit 800 refers to the tax exemption classification file F2 and sets a code indicating tax exemption information to be displayed on the screen in the corresponding part of the registration table T.

The display output unit 801 sets the data of the registration table T (including the code indicating the tax exemption information) in the screen information of the registration screen, and outputs the screen information to the display unit 22 via the controller 35. Further, the display output unit 801 changes the display mode of the tax exemption information of the tax exemption target product whose tax exemption is confirmed before and after the tax exemption declaration key K1 is pressed by changing the code or the like.

The tax exemption processing unit 802 performs tax exemption processing on the tax exemption target product. Specifically, the amount of tax exemption items is totaled for general goods and consumables, respectively, and the tax exemption target is restricted from the setting value of the tax exemption setting value file F3.

The settlement processing unit 803 performs settlement processing for each product after tax exemption processing.

The print output unit 804 outputs information indicating the transaction content to the printer 23 and instructs the printer to issue a receipt.

Hereinafter, the control process executed by the control unit 300 of the POS terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 18.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of control processing of the POS terminal 2. In FIG. 9, the control unit 300 uses the scanner 25 to determine whether a product code that identifies the product has been input (S1). When it is determined that the product code has been input (step S1: Yes determination), the control unit 300 acquires product information such as the corresponding product name and tax exemption classification code from the product master file F1 based on the input product code. , The product information is set in the registration table T of the RAM 33 (S2). Specifically, the control unit 300 sets a classification 2 code, a product name, a price, and the like. Further, when the control unit 300 determines that the product code has been input, it subsequently accepts the input of the sales points of the product and sets the sales points in the corresponding items of the registration table T. If there is no input of the number of points to be sold, the control unit 300 sets the default "1 (point)".

Subsequently, the control unit 300 determines the type of the tax exemption mark to be displayed on the display surface from the acquired tax exemption classification code (S3). When the acquired tax exemption classification code is "03", that is, "not subject to tax exemption", the control unit 300 determines that there is no tax exemption mark (step S3: [03] determination), and shifts the process to step S4. That is, the control unit 300 performs a process of displaying the product information of the product code set in the registration table T on the display surface (S4).

On the other hand, when the acquired tax exemption classification code is "01", that is, "consumables", the control unit 300 determines that it is a ○ symbol (step S3: [01]), and the ○ symbol is a corresponding item in the registration table T (step S3: [01]). Set to (S5) in the item of "tax exemption" described later. Then, the control unit 300 shifts the process to step S4.

Further, when the acquired tax exemption classification code is "02", that is, "general goods", the control unit 300 determines that it is a □ symbol (step S3: [02]), and the □ symbol is the corresponding item in the registration table T. Set to (S6). Then, the control unit 300 shifts the process to step S4.
After the process of step S4, the control unit 300 returns to the process of step S1 and accepts the input of the product code of the subsequent product. By repeating this, the control unit 300 sequentially sets the product information of each product to be sold in the registration table T.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a setting example of the registration table T. Here, a setting example of the registration table T1-1 of FIG. 10A will be described, and FIG. 10B will be described later.

The registration table T1-1 shown in FIG. 10A has data items of classification m1, product name m2, unit price m3, points m4, ..., Amount m5, tax m6, and tax exemption m7. Data of classification 2 code n2, product name n4, and price n5 shown in FIG. 3 are set in the classification m1, the product name m2, and the unit price m3, respectively. In addition, the number of points sold for the product when the product code is input is set in the point m4. Further, the product of the unit price and the points is set in the amount m5. In addition, internal tax or external tax is set for tax m6. Whether it is an internal tax or an external tax differs depending on the setting of the POS terminal 2, and here, it will be described assuming that the external tax is automatically set. Further, the code determined in step S3 is set in the tax exemption m7. For example, a white circle symbol code is set for consumables, and a white □ symbol code is set for general goods. Codes indicating default blanks are set for non-tax exemption. In FIG. 10, for the sake of explanation, the symbol code is indicated by a ○ symbol or a □ symbol in the item of tax exemption m7.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example on the display surface of the screen information E2 output by the control unit 300. The screen shown in FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen based on screen information E2. As shown in FIG. 11, the registration screen 900 has a product information display area 90, an operation area 91, a payment information display area 92, and a guide information display area 93. The product information display area 90 displays the product information of the product whose product code has been read. The operation area 91 displays product information that does not fit in the product information display area 90 by operating the up and down scroll buttons 91-1 and 91-2. The payment information display area 92 displays payment details such as the total amount and deposits. The guide information display area 93 displays an operation guide.

The product information display area 90 has display items of classification m11, product name m12, unit price m13, score m14, ..., Amount m15, tax m16, and tax exemption m17. Classification m11, product name m12, unit price m13, score m14, ..., amount m15, tax m16, tax exemption m17 are classified as m1, product name m2, unit price m3, score m4, ... It corresponds to the amount of money m5, tax m6, and tax exemption m7.

In the product information display area 90, the product information in which each product code set in the registration table T (for example, the registration table T1-1 shown in FIG. 10) is read is displayed, and various information of the product information is displayed in each item m11 to m17. It is displayed in a list correspondingly.

Here, a list display example of product information in the setting state shown in the registration table T1-1 of FIG. 10A is shown. In the registration table T1-1 of FIG. 10A, the reading of the product code becomes newer as the product information is set below the registration table T1-1. That is, the product information L4 is read last, and then the product information L3, the product information L2, and the product information L1 are read in the new order. Therefore, in the product information display area 90 of the registration screen 900 of FIG. 11, the product information of the top four points in the order of reading the product code is displayed. The product information l1, the product information l2, the product information l3, and the product information l4 in the figure are the product information L1 and the product information L2 in the registration table T1-1 of FIG. 10, respectively. It corresponds to product information L3 and product information L4.

Further, in the item of tax exemption m17, display information of the code set in tax exemption m7 of the registration table T1-1 of FIG. 10 is displayed. In this example, in the item of tax exemption m7 in FIG. 10, product information L1 and product information L2. In the product information L3 and the product information L4, a white symbol code of the ○ symbol, a code indicating a blank, a white symbol code of the □ symbol, and a white symbol code of the ○ symbol are set, respectively. As a result, the items of the tax exemption m17 of the product information l1, the product information l2, the product information l3, and the product information l4 in FIG. The white circle symbol Y1-1 is displayed.

Here, returning to the description of FIG. 9, the continuation will be described.
When the reading of the product code of each product is completed (step S1: No determination), the control unit 300 subsequently determines whether the designated cancellation key K4 has been pressed (S7). When the designated cancel key K4 is not pressed by the operator (step S7: No determination), the control unit 300 subsequently determines whether the subtotal key K2 is pressed (S8). If the subtotal key K2 is not pressed by the operator (step S8: No determination), the control unit 300 returns to the process of step S1.

When the designated cancellation key K4 is pressed by the operator (step S7: Yes determination), the control unit 300 performs the designated cancellation process (S9) and returns to the process of step S1. The designation cancellation process will be described later. When the subtotal key K2 is pressed by the operator (S8: Yes determination), the control unit 300 performs a subtotal amount calculation process (S10) and displays the result on the registration screen 900 (see FIG. 12). (S11).

Subsequently, the control unit 300 determines whether the tightening key K3 has been pressed (S12). When the tightening key K3 is pressed by the operator (step S12: Yes determination), the control unit 300 subsequently performs a tightening process (S13). In the closing process, the control unit 300 closes the product registration and shifts to a settlement process (not shown).

On the other hand, when the tightening key K3 is not pressed by the operator (step S12: No determination), the control unit 300 subsequently determines whether the tax exemption declaration key K1 has been pressed (S14). If the tax exemption declaration key K1 is not pressed by the operator (step S14: No determination), the control unit 300 returns to the process of step S12 and determines again whether the closing key K3 is pressed.

When the tax exemption declaration key K1 is pressed by the operator (step S14: Yes determination), the control unit 300 performs the tax exemption calculation / determination process (S15). In the tax exemption calculation / judgment process, the control unit 300 sets a predetermined algorithm for each of the consumables and general goods by combining the products in which the total amount of the tax exemption items is within the set value of the tax exemption setting value file F3 (see FIG. 5). Calculate the amount billed for tax exemption for the applicable product.

Then, the control unit 300 rewrites the code of the tax exemption m7 item (see FIG. 10) for the tax exemption target product to the code indicating that the tax exemption is applied, and displays the tax exemption mark or the like. Is updated (S16). In this example, the white symbols are rewritten with the codes indicating the black symbols. For example, in the case of consumables, the code indicating the white ○ symbol is rewritten to the code indicating the black ○ symbol. Then, the symbol display of the item of tax exemption m17 on the registration screen 900 is updated from the white symbol to the black symbol. Then, the control unit 300 performs the tightening process in step S13.

In the settlement process, the control unit 300 receives the input of the deposit, performs the monetary process such as calculating the change, outputs the information indicating the transaction content to the printer 23, and issues the receipt.
By the above processing, the operator can perform the following processing as one of the customer services. When reading each product, the operator determines whether the read product is a duty-free product or not from the display information such as ○ and □ of the tax exemption m17 item of the read product displayed in the product information display area 90 of the registration screen 900. Furthermore, it is possible to judge at a glance whether it is a consumable item or a general item. On the registration screen 900 shown as an example, only up to 4 read products are displayed in the product information display area 90, but by operating the up and down scroll buttons 91-1 and 91-2, the duty-free m17 item of all read products is displayed. You can also check the display information of.

For this reason, the operator calculates the total amount of consumables for tax exemption and the total amount of general goods, and either the total amount reaches the lower limit of the tax exemption condition or exceeds the upper limit for consumables. It is possible to judge whether or not there is a new product. Therefore, the operator can advise the customer on the additional purchase or cancellation of the tax exemption target product before pressing the tax exemption declaration key. Here, the processing of additional purchase of goods and cancellation of goods will be described in this order.

(Additional purchase)
In the additional purchase, in the No determination in step S1 after reading the product code of each product, the operator does not press either the designated cancel key K4 or the subtotal key K2, and the product information display area of the registration screen 900 is displayed. Check the information of each of the 90 read products. Specifically, the operator totals all the amounts of the items of the read product amount m15 in which the ○ symbol is displayed in the item of the tax exemption m17. In addition, the operator totals all the amounts of the items of the read product amount m15 in which the □ symbol is displayed in the item of tax exemption m17. Then, when the total amount of the products read with the ○ symbol is less than 5,001 yen, the shortage is notified to the customer. In addition, for products that read the □ symbol, if the total amount is less than 10,001 yen, the shortage is notified to the customer.

As an example, a process is shown when a customer adds a product with a ○ symbol (product A) when both the product with the ○ symbol and the product with the □ symbol do not meet the conditions. The operator uses the scanner 25 to read the code symbol of the product A added by the customer. Then, the control unit 300 receives the product code of the product A in step S1, and adds the product information of the product A to the registration table T1-1 in step S2. Further, in step S5, the control unit 300 sets the symbol code of the white circle symbol in the item of tax exemption m7 of the added product information.

FIG. 10B shows a registration table to which the product information of the product A is added. As shown in the registration table T1-2 of FIG. 10B, the product information L5 of the product A is added under the product information L4.

Further, the control unit 300 displays the product information in step S4, calculates the subtotal amount in step S10 by pressing the subtotal key K2 by the operator, and displays the result in step S11.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of the registration screen 900 when the product A is added and the subtotal amount is calculated. As shown in FIG. 12, the product information l5 of the additional product A is displayed next to the product information l4. Here, as described above, only up to four read products can be displayed in the product information display area 90. Therefore, the most recently read product is shifted upward by one in the product information display area 90, and the product information l1 of the product D shown on the registration screen 900 in FIG. 11 is out of the product information display area 90. Further, the aggregated value of the points of the score m4 and the aggregated value of the amount of money m5 are displayed in the settlement information display area 92.

Subsequently, the control unit 300 performs the tax exemption calculation / determination process in step S15 by pressing the tax exemption declaration key K1 by the operator, and updates the display of the tax exemption mark in step S16.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of the registration screen 900 when the display of the tax exemption mark is updated. As shown in FIG. 13, all the white circles Y1-1 in FIG. 12, which indicate the consumables of the tax exemption target, are updated to the black circles Y1-2. Here, since general goods do not meet the conditions, they are not treated as tax exemption, and the white □ symbol Y2-1 is not updated to black.

(Product cancellation)
In the product cancellation, in the No determination in step S1 after the reading of the product code of each product is completed, the operator presses the designated cancellation key K4 and declares the designated cancellation to the control unit 300.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the designated cancellation process in step S9 after the designated cancel key K4 is pressed. In the designated cancellation process, the control unit 300 first accepts the product to be canceled (S91). For example, the control unit 300 acquires the position information of the position touched by the operator on the touch panel of the display unit 22, and cancels the product information in the product information display area 90 on the registration screen 900 corresponding to the position. Accept as.

Subsequently, the control unit 300 determines whether to execute the cancellation of the product to be canceled (S92). In this example, the control unit 300 determines whether the designated cancel key K4 is pressed again, and determines that the designated cancel key K4 is executed when the operator presses the designated cancel key K4 (step S92: Yes determination). If the designated cancellation key K4 is not pressed by the operator, the control unit 300 determines that the designated cancellation is not executed (step S92: No determination), returns to step S91, and accepts other products to be canceled.

When the control unit 300 determines that the designated cancellation is to be executed (step S92: Yes determination), the control unit 300 cancels the product to be canceled received in step S91, and proceeds to the process of step S1.

In this example, it has been described that the execution of the designated cancellation is determined by pressing the designated cancellation key again, but an execution key or the like may be separately provided on the keyboard 21. Further, an execution key may be provided on the registration screen 900.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a setting example of the registration table T when the consumables exceed the condition amount. FIG. 15A is a diagram showing a setting example of the registration table T before deleting the product. In the table T2-1 shown in FIG. 15 (a), the consumables of the duty-free items exceed "400 yen". When the operator informs the customer of the excess amount, it is assumed that the customer has designated the product F and the product B as the products to be canceled. Product F and product B have low purchase priorities for customers, and the total amount of these items is "440 yen", which can be deleted within the maximum amount of consumables. The operator selects the product information of the product F and the product B by touching or the like in the product information display area 90 of the registration screen 900, and further presses the designated cancel key K4. As a result, the control unit 300 executes the cancellation of the designated product.

16 and 17 are diagrams showing a display example when the operator touches the product information in the product information display area 90 of the registration screen 900. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example when the product information of the product B is touched. As shown in FIG. 16, in the product information display area 90, product information of the latest four read products is displayed. The product information of the product B is shown in the product information l21 and is displayed in the product information display area 90. When the display position of the product information l21 on the touch panel is touched by the operator, the control unit 300 reversely displays the area indicated by the shaded area in the drawing. As a result, the operator can visually confirm the product designated as the product to be canceled. The product information of the product F is not displayed in the product information display area 90. The operator keeps pressing the scroll button 91-1 for displaying the data above the registration table T until the product information of the product F is displayed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example when the operator presses the scroll button 91-1 to display the product information of the product F in the product information display area 90, and the operator further touches the product information of the product F. is there. As for the product information of the product F, similarly to the product information of the product B shown in FIG. 16, the control unit 300 reversely displays the shaded area in the figure showing the touched product information. After that, the operator instructs the control unit 300 to cancel the designated product by pressing the designated cancel key K4.

FIG. 15B is a diagram showing a setting example of the registration table T after the cancellation is executed. The product information L12 of the product F and the product information L21 of the product B shown by the diagonal lines of the table T2-2 shown in FIG. 15B are deleted from the table.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of the registration screen 900 when the display of the tax exemption mark is updated in step S16 after cancellation. As shown in FIG. 18, for consumables that are subject to tax exemption, all items of tax exemption m17 are updated to the black circle symbol Y1-2. In addition, all items of tax exemption m17 will be updated to black-painted □ symbol Y2-2 for general goods subject to tax exemption. Although it is not completely displayed in the figure, all the items of tax exemption m17 are all for consumables and general goods of other tax exemption items that are not completely displayed by operating the up and down scroll buttons 91-1 and 91-2. It will be updated to the one painted in black.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the tax exemption classification code is input on the server and the product master file including the tax exemption classification code is distributed from the server to the POS terminal, but it is modified so that the product master file is set on the POS terminal. You may.

Further, in the present embodiment, the operator totals the amounts of the products with the tax exemption target item symbol on the registration screen, and further determines whether the total amount satisfies the tax exemption condition. .. However, the embodiment is not limited to that embodiment. Those processes performed by the operator may be modified so that the POS terminal can perform them.

As described above, in the sales data processing device of the present embodiment, the operator can determine from the tax exemption information on the display screen whether the product is a tax exemption target product from the product registration stage before the tax exemption processing is performed. The operator can then know what the total amount of the tax exemption item is before pressing the tax exemption declaration key. Therefore, it is possible to implement tax exemption for duty-free products without omission by providing customers with advice so that duty-free products are exempted without omission, and by adding products or canceling products if necessary. Become. Further, in the present embodiment, since the display of the tax exemption information of the tax exemption target product whose tax exemption has been confirmed is changed, it becomes clear which product among the tax exemption target products is actually exempted, and the transparency of the tax exemption process becomes more transparent. It will increase.

(Modification example 1)
The following is a modified example of the registration process in which the POS terminal is made to perform the process of notifying the operator of the shortage amount or the excess amount when the tax exemption target item that is not treated as tax exemption occurs due to the shortage or excess of the purchase amount.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of control processing of the POS terminal of the first modification. The processes of steps S21, S22, S23, S24, S25, and S26 shown in FIG. 19 correspond to the processes of steps S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 shown in FIG. 9, respectively. Furthermore, the processes of steps S27, S28, S29, S30, S31, S38, and S39 shown in FIG. 19 correspond to the processes of steps S8, S10, S11, S12, S13, S15, and S16 shown in FIG. 9, respectively. To do. The process for canceling the designation in steps S7 and S9 shown in FIG. 9 is performed in steps S33 and S37 after pressing the tightening key K3 in the flowchart of FIG. In the following, processing when step S30 is No determination will be described.

When the closing key K3 is not pressed by the operator (step S30: No determination), the control unit 300 determines whether to execute the tax exemption total calculation process (S32). In this example, a tax exemption total calculation key for touch input is provided in the space of the registration screen 900 (for example, between scroll buttons 91-1 and 91-2), and when the tax exemption total calculation key is pressed, the control unit 300 Determines that the tax exemption total calculation process is executed (step S32: Yes determination). In addition, the key on the keyboard 21 may be assigned as the total tax exemption calculation key to instruct the control unit 300 to execute the total tax exemption calculation process.

When the total tax exemption calculation key is not pressed by the operator (step S32: No determination), the control unit 300 subsequently determines whether the correction key is pressed (S33). The correction key is a designated cancel key K4 or an additional key. The additional key is a key for declaring that an item is added when the total amount of the tax exemption item does not reach the lower limit of the tax exemption condition. The additional keys are assigned to the keys on the keyboard 21. In addition, an additional key for touch input may be provided on the registration screen 900.

When the correction key is not pressed by the operator (step S33: No determination), the control unit 300 subsequently determines whether the tax exemption declaration key K1 has been pressed (S34). If the tax exemption declaration key K1 is not pressed by the operator (step S34: No determination), the control unit 300 returns to the process of step S30 and determines again whether the closing key K3 is pressed.
When the total tax exemption calculation key is touched by the operator (step S32: Yes determination), the control unit 300 executes the total tax exemption calculation process (S35) and displays the difference in the calculation result (S36).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of the total tax exemption calculation process. As shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 300 first calculates the total amount (K) of consumables (S281). Specifically, the control unit 300 refers to the set value of the tax exemption m7 item from the first row to the last row of the registration table T, and corresponds to the amount m5 when the set value is a code indicating a white circle symbol. The value of the item of is added to the value of the variable K. The initial value of the variable K is "0".

Subsequently, the control unit 300 compares the upper limit value “500,000” set in the tax exemption classification code “01” of the tax exemption setting value file F3 (see FIG. 5) with the value of the variable K (S282). Then, the control unit 300 determines whether the value of the variable K is larger than the upper limit value (S283). When the value of the variable K is larger than the upper limit value (step S283: Yes determination), the control unit 300 sets the information indicating the excess, the information indicating the specific difference, and the like in the notification screen information (S284).

When the value of the variable K is equal to or less than the upper limit value (step S283: No determination), the control unit 300 compares the lower limit value “5,001” set in the tax exemption classification code “01” with the value of the variable K. (S285). Then, the control unit 300 determines whether the value of the variable K is smaller than the lower limit value (S286). When the value of the variable K is smaller than the lower limit value (step S286: Yes determination), the control unit 300 sets the notification screen information such as information indicating a shortage or information indicating a specific difference (S287). When the value of the variable K is equal to or greater than the lower limit value (step S286: No determination), information indicating that the tax exemption condition is satisfied is set in the notification screen information (S288).

As shown above, the control unit 300 executes the total tax exemption calculation process for consumables by the processes of steps S281 to S288.

After the processing of steps S284, S287, and S288, the control unit 300 proceeds to step S289 and executes the total tax exemption calculation process for general goods. In the processing for general goods, the value of the variable K is first reset, and the total amount (K) of general goods is calculated in the same manner as consumables. Then, the lower limit value "10,001" set in the tax exemption classification code "02" of the tax exemption setting value file F3 (see FIG. 5) is compared with the value of the variable K. When the value of the variable K is smaller than the lower limit value, the control unit 300 sets the information indicating the shortage, the information indicating the specific difference, and the like in the notification screen information. If the value of the variable K is equal to or greater than the lower limit, information indicating that the tax exemption condition is satisfied is set in the notification screen information.

After executing the total tax exemption calculation process for general goods, the control unit 300 displays the difference in step S36.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a display example of a notification screen based on the notification screen information. Here, as an example, a notification screen to be displayed when the amount of consumables exceeds the upper limit is shown. On the notification screen 950 shown in FIG. 21, information indicating an excess and information indicating the difference thereof are displayed. Specifically, in this example, "the fact that the tax exemption target (consumables) exceeds the total amount" is displayed as information indicating the excess. In addition, the actual difference "400 yen" is displayed as the difference. The notification screen 950 is closed by pressing the closing key K3, the tax exemption total calculation key, the correction key, the tax exemption declaration key K1 and the like. In addition, here, as the information indicating that the tax exemption is not performed, the information indicating the excess amount is displayed, but the information is not limited to this. For example, when the amount of money is insufficient, information indicating the amount of money is insufficient is displayed. In addition, any other information indicating that tax exemption is not performed may be appropriately modified.

Returning to FIG. 19, when the additional key is pressed by the operator (step S33: addition), the control unit 300 proceeds to the process of step S21 and accepts the additional product code.

When the operator is present and the designated cancellation key K4 is pressed, the control unit 300 performs the designated cancellation process (S37), and proceeds to the process of step S21.

When the tax exemption declaration key K1 is pressed by the operator, the control unit 300 performs tax exemption calculation / determination processing (S38) and updates the tax exemption mark (S39).

In this modification, an example is shown in which the difference is displayed on the notification screen when the value deviates from the set value by comparing with the set value of the tax exemption setting value file F3, but this is not the case. For example, if a threshold value is set for the difference and the difference is less than the threshold value, the operator may notify the difference by a pop-up or the like when the difference is small, and the other may not be notified.

(Modification 2)
The following shows a modified example of the symbol indicating the tax exemption target item displayed on the tax exemption m17 on the registration screen 900.
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing symbols of tax-exempt products of the second modification. In this example, general articles are indicated by the letters "general" Y12-1, and consumables are indicated by the letters "wear" Y11-1. Then, when the tax exemption is applied, the indications in which "general" Y12-1 and "wear" Y11-1 are marked with a circle are changed to indication Y12-2 and indication Y11-2, respectively.

In the second modification, a white ○ symbol or □ symbol is displayed as the tax exemption information shown in the embodiment, and the actually tax exempted information is displayed by changing the mode to a black-painted ○ symbol or □ symbol. , An example of applying characters is shown. However, the mode of displaying tax exemption information is not limited to this. Symbols other than ○ and □ may be used. In addition, characters other than the above may be used, and for example, illustrations other than the characters and symbols may be used. Further, the mode may be changed not by the color but by the change of characters, shapes, patterns, and the like. Further, it may be changed by using a blinking display, an animation display, or the like.

The various programs used in the sales data processing device of this embodiment and its modifications are files in an installable format or an executable format, such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). It may be recorded on a recording medium readable by a computer such as the above, provided, and read into an HDD or a flash ROM of a sales data processing device for execution.

Further, the program may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by downloading via the network.

In each of the above embodiments and modifications thereof, the configuration of the sales data processing device and the program has been described, but the embodiments and modifications thereof are presented as examples, and the scope of the invention is intended to be limited. Absent. This novel embodiment and modification can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

300 Control unit 800 Registration unit 801 Display output unit 802 Tax exemption processing unit 803 Payment processing unit 804 Print output unit

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-62496

Claims (4)

Registration means for registering identification information of goods or services,
A payment processing means that performs payment processing based on the identification information registered by the registration means, and
Tax exemption reception means to accept that it is a tax exemption transaction,
Among goods or services to which the identification information is registered by the prior Kito recording means, and duty-free total calculation processing means for calculating the duty-free total for goods or services exempt,
When the tax exemption receiving means is accepted as a tax exemption transaction, if the total tax exemption amount is within the set value of the amount to be treated as tax exemption, the tax exemption processing is performed for the goods or services subject to the tax exemption. Means and
If the total tax exemption amount is outside the range of the set value, the tax exemption receiving means provides information indicating excess or deficiency of the total tax exemption amount with respect to the set value and information indicating the difference between the total tax exemption amount and the set value. Display control means that can be displayed on the display before accepting that it is a tax exemption transaction,
A POS terminal device characterized by being equipped with. The registration means registers the identification information of the goods or services purchased by the customer based on the operation of the operator.
The POS terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means displays a display to the operator. The POS terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display control means displays information indicating whether or not the goods or services whose identification information is registered by the registration means is subject to tax exemption on the display unit. apparatus. A program for controlling a POS terminal with a computer.
The computer
Registration means for registering identification information of goods or services,
A payment processing means that performs payment processing based on the identification information registered by the registration means, and
Tax exemption reception means to accept that it is a tax exemption transaction,
Among goods or services to which the identification information is registered by the prior Kito recording means, and duty-free total calculation processing means for calculating the duty-free total for goods or services exempt,
When the tax exemption receiving means is accepted as a tax exemption transaction, if the total tax exemption amount is within the set value of the amount to be treated as tax exemption, the tax exemption processing is performed for the goods or services subject to the tax exemption. Means and
If the total tax exemption amount is outside the range of the set value, the tax exemption receiving means provides information indicating excess or deficiency of the total tax exemption amount with respect to the set value and information indicating the difference between the total tax exemption amount and the set value. Display control means that can be displayed on the display before accepting that it is a tax exemption transaction,
A program to make it work.

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