JP7301345B2 - Sales data processing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sales data processing system that specifies and registers product information.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a self-service POS system in which a customer himself/herself registers products to be purchased has been known. In recent years, there has been known a sales data processing system in which a customer installs a shopping application on a mobile terminal such as a smartphone owned by the customer and uses the terminal as a registration device for the customer to register their own merchandise in the store.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2018-55700

The above-mentioned sales data processing system using smartphones and handy terminals rented out by stores can register products at the same time as they are placed in a shopping basket, thereby saving the time required for registration processing at the cash register, and further improving the settlement. As for the processing, the customer himself/herself can further reduce the shopping time and make the shopping smoother.

However, since it is necessary to replace the purchased products from the shopping basket, etc., into the shopping bag after the checkout process (sucking), there is still room to reduce the checkout time. A crop bed was also necessary, and congestion sometimes occurred during sucking.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to facilitate smooth shopping by facilitating the omission of the sucking work after the checkout process at the time of shopping, and by reducing the shopping (checkout) time and the checkout processing space in the store. intended to

According to one embodiment, in a sales data processing system for registering a product to be purchased on a mobile terminal, a registering means for performing registration processing of the product to be purchased, an image capturing means for performing image processing, and an image captured by the image capturing means. detection means for detecting whether or not a shopping bag is attached to the shopping basket of the shopping cart ; display means for displaying a registration screen for registration, and for displaying a screen prompting the user to attach the shopping bag when the detecting means detects that the shopping bag is not attached. Sales data processing system.

According to the product data registration system of the present embodiment, it is possible to encourage customers to skip the sucking process of products, thereby enabling smooth shopping.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an example of the schematic diagram which shows the whole structure of the sales data processing system of one Embodiment. 1 is a diagram of an example of a POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2 illustrates data in the sales data processing system of one embodiment; It is an example of a store that employs the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of introduction of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of introduction of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of introduction of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of introduction of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the processing flow in the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the processing flow in the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. 1 is an example of a cart storage area in a store that employs the sales data processing system of one embodiment; It is an example of the screen of the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the portable terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the screen of the POS terminal of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. It is an example of the functional block diagram of the sales data processing system of one embodiment. 1 is an example block diagram of a sales data processing system according to one embodiment; FIG. 1 is an example shopping cart of the sales data processing system of one embodiment.

A sales data processing system according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
- Overall configuration of sales data processing system -
As shown in FIG. 1, the sales data processing system 1 of one embodiment comprises a host device 10 having storage means for storing a product master 110, a store master 120, a member master 130, a shopping file 140, and the like; is provided with a mobile terminal 20 connected via the Internet or the like.

The host device 10 uses, for example, a cloud server and cooperates with a store controller (management device) 60 that constructs a store product sales system 6 via the Internet or the like. is updated based on each piece of information of the store controller 60, for example, at predetermined time intervals.

As the mobile terminal 20, for example, a smart phone personally owned by the customer is used. The mobile terminal 20 includes a camera (input unit) 260 for capturing an image, a display unit (display input unit) 250 such as a touch panel, and the like. The mobile terminal 20 also includes a gyro sensor that detects the orientation, an acceleration sensor that detects the movement acceleration of the mobile terminal 20, and the like.
Note that the mobile terminal 20 may be a dedicated mobile terminal for store lending.
By installing a dedicated application, the mobile terminal (smartphone) 20 functions as a registration device that performs registration processing for products to be purchased when shopping at a store.

The mobile terminal 20 can appropriately exchange information with the merchandise master 110, the store master 120, the shopping file 140, etc. stored in the host device 10. FIG. In addition, the portable terminal 20 can appropriately exchange information with a settlement device such as the POS terminal 70 placed in the store.

The merchandise sales system 6 of the store includes a store controller 60 and a plurality of POS terminals (registration and settlement devices) 70. The POS terminals 70 can perform registration and settlement processing of merchandise purchased by customers.

The store controller 60 is an information processing device that manages the entire merchandise sales system 6 of the store, manages the POS terminal 70 and the like, and also manages various information such as merchandise masters and member masters.
The store controller 60 acquires and stores a product master reflecting the latest product information from an external source (for example, a server at the head office or a removable storage medium).
The product master stores product information such as product name (product name, item name), sales price, and discount information in association with product identification information (for example, JAN code) assigned to each product. file.

The POS terminal 70 is a device for performing registration processing and settlement processing of products purchased by customers, and an input unit 760 such as a bar code reader, preset keys, CCD camera, touch panel, etc. for reading information on products purchased by customers. It also has a display unit 750 such as a touch panel for displaying read product information and the like, and a printing unit 770 for printing receipts and the like.
Then, the POS terminal 70 requests registration information and the like from the host device 10 as necessary, such as when shopping identification information is input from the portable terminal 20 .

An example of the POS terminal 70 is a POS terminal dedicated to settlement. In this embodiment, the customer registers the product at the store using the smartphone (portable terminal) 20 owned by the customer, and performs the payment processing using the POS terminal dedicated to payment, thereby completing the transaction of the product without the intervention of a store clerk. It can be carried out.

Note that the POS terminal 70 is not limited to a POS terminal dedicated to checkout, and may be a semi-self-service POS in which a store clerk registers products to be purchased by a customer and the customer pays the checkout by himself/herself. good. In the case of semi-self-type POS, the registration device that performs registration processing and the settlement device are separated, and the registration information registered by the registration device is output to the settlement device, and the customer himself/herself performs the settlement processing at the settlement device. Alternatively, it may be a face-to-face POS having a screen for performing registration processing for sales clerks, a screen for performing settlement processing for customers, and a cash processing unit.
Also, the POS terminal 70 may be a POS of a system (full-self system) in which a customer performs registration processing and settlement processing of products that the customer himself/herself purchases, that is, does not require the intervention of a store clerk.

In addition, the POS terminal 70 can be switched according to the congestion situation, store staff situation, etc., to select one of the semi-self-type POS where the customer performs the settlement process himself, the face-to-face semi-self-type POS, and the full-self-type POS. It may be a switching POS that can switch to
An example of a switchable POS terminal 70 is shown in FIG. The example of the POS terminal 70 shown in FIG. 2 includes a table 70a.
Further, it may be a normal POS cash register where a store clerk performs registration processing and settlement processing of products purchased by a customer, and is not limited at all as long as the device can perform settlement processing.

Then, the sales data processing system 1 of the present embodiment can be retrofitted (add-on) to, for example, the merchandise sales system 6 of a store equipped with a store controller 60 and a plurality of POS terminals 70, so that customers can use smartphones owned by customers in the store. It is possible to build a sales data processing system that allows product registration.

The outline of the overall configuration of the sales data processing system according to the present embodiment has been described above.
In general, when a customer purchases an item in a store, the customer brings the item to the cash register, and the store clerk inputs the price of each item at the cash register, so that the prices of all the items are totaled. to determine the selling price in one transaction.
In determining the selling price, the store attempts to acquire customers by applying various discounts to lower the selling price.

FIG. 4 shows a system employed in a supermarket or the like that has multiple stores.
Normally, in a system such as a supermarket, a headquarters system (server) 50 is installed to manage all stores in an integrated manner. It manages a plan master, a bargain sale plan master for each store, a member master, and so on.

Each store is provided with a POS terminal 70 and a store controller 60 that manages the POS terminal 70 to construct a POS system.
The store controller 60 of each store receives from the headquarters system 50 a common product master, a store master, a product master for each store, a common bargain sale plan master, and a bargain sale plan master for each store. to (register). The member master may be received from the head office system 50 in the same manner as other masters, but may not be held by the store controller and may be inquired of the head office system each time member information is inquired.

Each store's POS system has its own selling price determination logic.
The selling price determination logic has some logic for calculating the selling price of the product that the shopper purchases, and when calculating the selling price of the product, which logic is applied to determine the selling price Includes functions to determine or judge.
For example, if a certain product is a product that is subject to a single item discount, but is also a product that is subject to a set-match discount, a set-match discount that provides a lower price may be applied. Which discount logic to select is determined by the settings.

Here, several selling price determination logics for determining the selling price of a product will be illustrated and explained.
First, let the standard selling price determination logic be the selling price determination logic (basic). In addition, the sales price determination logic unique to each company or store is defined as the sales price determination logic (company/store).
The sales price determination logic (basic) has functions such as subtotal (total amount calculation), subtotal discount/discount, single item discount/discount, bundle/mix match discount, set match discount, and the like.

Selling price determination logic (companies/stores) includes, for example, the above subtotal (calculation of total amount), subtotal discount/discount, single item discount/discount, bundle/mix match discount, set match discount, as well as Equipped with discounts and discounts through special services and discounts and discounts for each payment type used for payment. In addition, the sales price determination logic (companies/stores) has its own functions, such as which condition is prioritized when multiple discount/discount conditions compete at the same time.
The sales price determination logic (companies/stores) also has its own logic for subtotals (total amount calculation), subtotal discounts/discounts, single item discounts/discounts, bundle/mix match discounts, and set match discounts. You may prepare.

The logic included in the selling price determination logic will be explained with reference to FIG. 3(a). to calculate the total amount.
The subtotal discount (logic B) is a process of discounting the subtotal amount (total amount) by a predetermined amount or by a predetermined percentage.
A single product discount (logic C) is a process of applying a special discount or discount to a specific single product.

Bundle mix-match discount (logic D) is a process of discounting or discounting by collectively purchasing several products from a specific product group or the like.
Set match discount (Logic E) is a process of discounting or discounting by purchasing a combination of specific products.

Payment type discount (logic F) is a process of discounting or discounting according to the payment type used by the member at the time of payment.
Member-type discount (logic G) is a process of discounting or discounting a specific product or subtotal amount by being a member.
The lowest price calculation logic (logic H) determines which discount can be applied to calculate the lowest price when a product meets multiple discount conditions (multiple logics can be applied). This is the process of making a judgment.

In each store, according to the measures required by the store operator such as a company, several logics of the above logics A to H are combined to set the selling price determination logic in the store, and the selling price is determined. .
In addition to the above logic, the logic for determining the selling price determination logic can be appropriately set by the store operator (for example, setting which one to select when multiple discounts overlap). Alternatively, logic other than logic H may be provided.

Next, an introduction model of the sales data processing system of this embodiment will be described.
- An example of introducing a new sales data processing system with price determination logic (basic) -
Fig. 5 shows an outline of a model for introducing a sales data processing system having selling price determination logic (basic) independently of the existing selling price determination logic when opening a new store.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the host device 10 is configured by a store controller of a store, and the portable terminal 20 is configured to directly communicate with the store controller, which is the host device 10 .
The product master 110 and store master 120 stored in the host device 10 may be constructed by directly inputting product information and store information using a Web browser or the like.

In this example, since the sales decision logic adopted in the new store is set in the store controller 10, the sales data processing system can be constructed smoothly.
An example of the flow of processing in this example will be briefly described below. The numbers in parentheses in the description indicate the processing in FIG.

In this example, (1) a member carrying the mobile terminal 20 activates an application of the mobile terminal 20, and the application acquires GPS information and the like of the mobile terminal 20, and sends the acquired position information to the host device 10. Send to

(2) Upon receiving the location information (or information for identifying the store) from the mobile terminal 20, the host device 10 determines the location of the mobile terminal 20 based on the received location information and the information stored in the store master 120. Store information of one store or a plurality of stores closest to the position is transmitted to the portable terminal 20.例文帳に追加

If the location information of the mobile terminal 20 cannot be acquired, the application prompts the mobile terminal 20 to read the QR code (registered trademark) provided at the entrance of the store or the like on the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20. may be displayed.
When the customer reads the QR code (registered trademark) with the mobile terminal 20 , the application may transmit information for identifying the shop converted into the QR code (registered trademark) to the host device 10 . Note that means for acquiring position information is not limited to GPS.

When transmitting the store information to the portable terminal 20, the host device 10 may also transmit customer information (the number of acquired points, membership rank, etc.).
Furthermore, the host device 10 stores bargain sale information (store name, bargain sale information held at the store, leaflet information on which the store information is posted, etc.) used by the member, etc., together with the portable terminal 20. may be sent to

The mobile terminal 20 that has received the store information displays the received store information on the display unit 250 . Alternatively, the mobile terminal 20 displays the received plural store information on the display unit 250 in a selectable manner.
The member confirms the store displayed on the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20, and selects the store if a plurality of items are displayed, so that the mobile terminal 20 identifies the store to shop.
By specifying the store, the host device 10 associates the product master of the specified store with the mobile terminal 20 and generates a shopping file (basket data).

(3) When the member reads the symbol code information of the product to be purchased by the mobile terminal 20 at the specified store, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the read symbol code information (product identification information) to the host device 10 . The product identification information includes all information that can identify products and can be acquired as images, such as barcodes, object recognition based on image feature values, and character recognition.

(4) Upon receiving the product identification information, the host device 10 extracts product information from the product master 110 based on the received product identification information, and transmits the extracted product information to the portable terminal 20 . The mobile terminal 20 receives the product information and registers it as a product to be purchased by the member.

(5) The mobile terminal 20 transmits the registered product information to the host device 10 as registered product information. The host device 10 stores the received registered product information in a shopping file (basket data).

(6) The host device 10 performs a subtotal calculation of the products purchased by the member according to the sale price determination logic for the registered product information stored in the shopping file.

(7) The high-level device 10 transmits to the mobile terminal 20 the total (approximate) price of the products calculated by the subtotal calculation.
The portable terminal 20 that has received the total (approximate) price of the product displays the total (approximate) price on the display unit 250 .
As a result, the member can proceed with shopping while viewing the current total amount (approximate amount in some cases) while shopping.

(8) When the member finishes shopping, the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20 displays symbol code information such as a QR code (registered trademark) storing shopping identification information. Then, the member goes to the POS terminal 70 and causes the input section 760 of the POS terminal 70 to read the symbol code information displayed on the display section 250 of the portable terminal 20 .
Thereby, the mobile terminal 20 outputs the shopping identification information to the POS terminal 70 .

(9) The POS terminal 70, having input the shopping identification information, requests the host device 10 for shopping information (registered product information, etc.) linked to the shopping identification information.

(10) Upon receiving the shopping identification information from the POS terminal 70 , the higher-level device 10 extracts the calculated shopping information linked to the shopping identification information from the basket data and transmits it to the POS terminal 70 .

(11) The POS terminal 70 that has received the calculated shopping information displays a checkout screen based on the received shopping information. The member completes one transaction using the portable terminal 20 by making payment according to the settlement screen.
The flow of processing in this example has been described above.

Note that the POS terminal 70 may be configured to perform the subtotal calculation by the selling price determination logic. In this case, the host device 10 may transmit (10) uncalculated shopping information related to the shopping identification information to the POS terminal 70 in response to the (9) shopping information request from the POS terminal 70 . Furthermore, the mobile terminal 20 may be configured to perform the subtotal calculation by the selling price determination logic.

- Example of introducing a sales data processing system into an existing store (Part 1) -
This example is an example in which the existing store shown in FIG. 4 can be accounted for by the sales price determination logic provided by the sales data processing system without using the store's sales price determination logic.
In this example, for example, a sales data processing system provided with selling price determination logic (basic) can be added to an existing store whose set selling price determination logic is the selling price determination logic (basic).

In the example shown in FIG. 6, a sales data processing system is provided by a cloud service to the existing store shown in FIG. 4, and the mobile terminal 20 communicates with the host device 10 arranged in the cloud service.

In this example, the price determination logic (basic) set in the host device 10 of the sales data processing system is the same as the selling price determination logic (basic) set in the existing store. When determining the selling price based on the processed registered product information, it is sufficient to use the selling price determining logic (basic) of the added sales data processing system 1, and it is not necessary to use the selling price determining logic of the existing store.
The sales price determination logic set in the existing store and the sales price determination logic provided by the sales data processing system are not limited to the sales price determination logic (basic).

In this example, the sales data processing system regularly sends product information (product master data, special sales plan master, etc.) and store information are transmitted via the Internet or the like. It is preferable that the product master and bargain sale plan master transmitted to the host device 10 only transmit information effective on the day.

In this example, the host device 10 provided by the cloud service acquires and stores product information (product master, bargain sale plan master, etc.) and store information, so that registration information registered by the mobile terminal 20 A sales data processing system can be constructed simply by adding a POS terminal 70 for performing settlement processing.

The sales data processing system periodically transmits the shopping information in the shopping file 140 placed in the credit service to the head office system 50 or the store controller 60 of the store via the Internet, or sends the shopping information to the store controller 60 via the in-store network. 60, the performance of transactions performed by the mobile terminal 20 may be stored.

The flow of processing in this example is similar to that shown in FIG. Since it is the same as the newly installed sales data processing system shown in FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 6 as well, the subtotal calculation by the selling price determination logic may be executable by an application of the POS terminal 70 or the mobile terminal 20. FIG.
Further, in this example, it is also possible to modify the application of the existing POS terminal (settlement apparatus) 70 without adding a new POS terminal 70 .

- Example of introducing a sales data processing system into an existing store (Part 2) -
In this example shown in FIG. 7, for example, the sales price of the existing store shown in FIG. This is an example of performing accounting.
In this example, for example, the settlement amount is determined by the selling price determination logic (company/store) set in the existing store. The selling price determination logic (basic) provided by the sales data processing system can provide the mobile terminal with an approximate amount during shopping.

In this example, a sales data processing system is provided by a cloud service to the existing store shown in FIG. 4, and the mobile terminal 20 communicates with the host device 10 arranged in the cloud service.
In addition, the existing settlement device (POS terminal) 70 can be modified to communicate with the host device 10 of the sales data processing system, and an application compatible with QR code (registered trademark) reading of the mobile terminal 20 can be introduced. Thus, a sales data processing system that supports product registration processing by the mobile terminal 20 can be constructed.

In the example shown in FIG. 7, the price determination logic (basic) set in the host device 10 does not correspond to the selling price determination logic (company/store) set in the existing store. It is not possible to display the exact total amount.
Therefore, the sales data processing system calculates the estimated price according to the price determination logic (basic) set in the host device 10 and displays the estimated price on the display unit 250 of the portable terminal 20 . The customer can use the estimated amount displayed on the display unit 250 as a guideline for shopping.

The sales price determination logic set in the existing store and the sales price determination logic provided by the sales data processing system are not limited to the sales price determination logic (company/store) and the sales price determination logic (basic).

The flow of processing in this example is different from the flow of processing shown in FIG. The difference is that the total amount sent in the transmission is an approximate amount.

The POS terminal 70 installed in the existing store is used as the POS terminal 70 for (8) shopping information output, (9) shopping information request, (10) calculated basket information transmission, and (11) accounting. Other than that, the system is the same as the newly installed sales data processing system shown in FIG. 5, so a detailed description of the processing flow is omitted.

- Example of introducing a sales data processing system into an existing store (Part 3) -
In the example shown in FIG. 8, for example, for the existing store shown in FIG. , the accounting is performed by a newly installed POS terminal 70 instead of the existing POS terminal.

According to this example, for example, even when a POS terminal different from the POS terminal 70 whose payment is confirmed by the selling price determination logic (company/store) set in the existing store is delivered, the POS terminal It becomes unnecessary to retrieve the program.

This example is provided by a cloud service to the existing store shown in FIG. The mobile terminal 20 communicates with the host device 10 arranged in the cloud service.

In this example, the shopping information stored in the shopping file is transferred to the host system (cloud service) 10 to the subtotal service such as the headquarters system (server) or store controller, and the subtotal service calculates the data. By adding a function to update the information in the shopping file according to the results obtained, it is possible to construct a sales data processing system that supports product registration processing by the mobile terminal 20 . If necessary, a function for performing data conversion at the time of information transfer or the like is provided.

In this example shown in FIG. 8, the subtotal calculation is performed by the subtotal service of the existing store headquarters system or the like, so there is no need to determine the selling price by the selling price determination logic of the existing POS terminal 70, and the existing POS terminal 70 Accounting can be performed using the new POS terminal 70 even if there is no network connection with the POS terminal 70 or the like.
Data such as sales results can be managed by transmitting them to the headquarters system (server) 50, the store controller 60, and the host device (cloud service) 10, respectively.

Also in this example, since the price determination logic (basic) set in the host device 10 of the sales data processing system does not correspond to the selling price determination logic (company/store) set in the existing store, the mobile terminal 20, the exact total amount cannot be displayed, but the approximate amount calculated by the price determination logic (basic) set in the host device 10 can be displayed on the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20, and the shopping can be used as a guideline.

The sales price determination logic set in the existing store and the sales price determination logic provided by the sales data processing system are not limited to the sales price determination logic (company/store) and the sales price determination logic (basic).

An example of the flow of processing in this example will be briefly described below. The numbers in parentheses in the description indicate the processing in FIG.
Since the steps (1) to (5) of the processing in the sales data processing system of this example are the same as the steps (1) to (5) shown in FIG. 5, the explanation thereof will be omitted.

(6) The host device 10 performs an approximate calculation based on the sales price determination logic (basic) for the registered product information stored in the shopping file, and (7) transmits the calculated approximate amount to the portable terminal 20 .
This allows the member to proceed with shopping while viewing the current approximate amount of money while shopping.

(8) When the member completes shopping and displays symbol code information such as a QR code (registered trademark) storing shopping identification information on the display unit 250, the input unit 760 of the POS terminal 70 reads the symbol code information. , the mobile terminal 20 outputs the shopping information to the POS terminal 70 .

(9) The POS terminal 70 that has input the shopping identification information transmits the shopping identification information to the host device 10 and requests the shopping information (registered product information, etc.) linked to the shopping identification information.

(10) Upon receiving the shopping identification information from the POS terminal 70, the host device 10 transfers the shopping information linked to the shopping identification information to the subtotal service such as the headquarters system 50.

(11) The headquarters system 50 that has received the shopping information calculates the total amount using the subtotal service, and transmits the calculated shopping information (subtotal information) to the host device 10 .

The host device 10 that has received the calculated shopping information (subtotal information) updates the shopping information stored in the shopping file with the calculated shopping information and transmits the calculated shopping information to the POS terminal 70. - 特許庁

(13) The POS terminal 70 that has received the calculated shopping information displays a checkout screen based on the received shopping information. The member completes one transaction using the portable terminal 20 by making payment according to the settlement screen.
The flow of processing in this example has been described above.

As described above, the form of the sales data processing system in the present invention is not limited at all. That is, a system consisting of a host device 10 and a portable terminal 20 that can later cooperate with a product sales system of a store, an overall system formed by linking the host device 10 and the portable terminal 20 to the product sales system of a store, The device 10 is composed of the store controller 60 of the product sales system of the store, and the mobile terminal 20 is directly linked to the store controller 60 or the POS terminal 70 in the store. can be a sales data processing system in the present invention.

In addition, in the following description, an embodiment in which product registration processing and the like are performed by the mobile terminal 20 will be described. This is just an example, and the portable terminal 20 may simply function as an interface for product registration processing, and other processing may be performed by a host system such as the host device 10 or the like. In other words, it is possible to appropriately set which device constituting the sales data processing system performs what kind of processing.

-Upper device 10-
The host device 10 of the sales data processing system 1 of this embodiment includes storage means for storing a product master 110, a store master 120, a member master 130, a shopping file 140, and the like. The product master 110, the store master 120, etc. stored in the host device 10 are updated based on the information of each master stored in the store controller 60 of the store.

The product master 110 stores product identification information unique to each product, and product information, store identification information, and the like linked to the product identification information. The sales data processing system 1 can specify product information from product identification information and product information handled at the store from store identification information, using information stored in the product master. Information stored in the product master 110 is not limited to the product information and store identification information described above.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the store master 120 includes store identification information (identification number), store name, location information such as GPS information of the store, and QR code (registered trademark) information indicating the store. are linked and stored.
The sales data processing system 1 can identify a nearby store from the information stored in the store master 120, for example, the location information.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the member master 130 stores member identification information and member information such as member name (name, address, credit card number, etc.) in association with each other.
The sales data processing system 1 can identify store information and credit card information used by a member from information stored in the member master 130, for example, member identification information.

Furthermore, in the member master 130, in association with the member identification information, the member's usage frequency of product registration using the mobile terminal 20 in the past and the number of times of deletion (cancellation) of the registered product at the time of product registration. Information such as the number of times may be stored, and a membership level determined by the frequency of use (number of times) and the frequency of erroneous operations (number of times) may be stored.

For example, the host device 10 sets levels such as a beginner level (L1) to an excellent member (L5) as member levels, and assigns each member a usage frequency (number of times) of product registration using the mobile terminal 20 and an erroneous operation frequency. The membership level may be determined based on (number of times) or the like and stored in the membership master 130 .

The shopping file 140 is a file that stores registration information registered by the member using the mobile terminal 20 when shopping. As shown in FIG. Registered product information (barcode information, product name, price, etc.) registered in the above is linked and stored as shopping information. The shopping identification information may be composed of, for example, a combination of store identification information, date, serial number, and the like.

In addition, the shopping file 140 may store information such as operations and actions performed by the member at the time of shopping in association with the shopping identification information.
The host device 10 associates information such as the operation performed by the member using the portable terminal 20 at the time of shopping with the shopping identification information and stores it in the shopping file 140 .

For example, the high-level device 10 stores, in the shopping file 140, as pending product information, information on products for which the member could not register products using the mobile terminal 20 when shopping, in association with the shopping identification information. good. Also, the host device 10 may store in the shopping file 140 information related to a product registration cancellation (cancellation) operation performed by a member at the time of shopping as cancellation operation information in association with the shopping identification information.

Furthermore, the high-level device 10 associates the operation history of the mobile terminal 20, such as product registration performed by the member at the time of shopping, failure of product registration processing, cancellation of product registration, etc., together with the operation time, with the shopping identification information, and stores them in a shopping file. 140 may be stored.
In addition, the host device 10 uses information indicating the travel route and travel time in the store when the member is shopping, and information indicating the usage status of the information shopping bag (whether the member's exclusive shopping bag was used when shopping, etc.) as shopping identification information. It may be linked and stored in the shopping file 140 .

The mobile terminal 20 transmits information such as the operation history and location data of the mobile terminal 20 to the host device 10 at predetermined time intervals, and the host device 10 links the received information such as the operation history and location data with the shopping identification information. stored in the shopping file.

The shopping information (registered product information) stored in the shopping file 140 is synchronized with the product registration information of the mobile terminal 20, and the member can change the quantity of the registered information registered using the mobile terminal 20 during shopping. By deleting the information, the host device 10 changes or deletes the shopping information stored in the shopping file 140 .

Also, at the time of payment, the member outputs the shopping identification information from the mobile terminal 20 to the POS terminal 70, and the POS terminal 70 stores the shopping identification information in the shopping file 140 linked to the shopping identification information for the host device 10. request the registered information, etc.
The host device 10 requested for the registration information outputs the product information linked to the shopping identification information to the POS terminal 70 .

When the settlement processing for one transaction is completed, the host device 10 stores the shopping information for the one transaction in the shopping file 140 as the shopping information for which settlement has been completed. The member can use the portable terminal 20 to access the shopping file 140 of the host device 10 and refer to the past shopping history.
The shopping file 140 is synchronized with the shopping file stored in the store controller 60 of the store, and shopping information that the member has made without using the mobile terminal 20 may also be stored.
By accessing the shopping file 140 of the host device 10, the member can refer to all past shopping histories at the store.

The shopping file 140 may have a separate storage area for storing the currently registered shopping information and a storage area for storing the past history. You may make it add to the memory|storage area which memorize|stores the past history.

The host device 10 also supplies the mobile terminal 20 with an application program (shopping application) that operates on the mobile terminal 20 . Note that the shopping application may be provided from a site on the Internet that provides applications for the mobile terminal 20 .

-Mobile terminal 20-
The mobile terminal 20 of the sales data processing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 and the drawings shown in FIGS. 11 to 15. FIG.
Note that the mobile terminal 20 will be described by exemplifying a smartphone in which a dedicated application supplied from the higher-level device 10 or the like is installed in a smart phone that is personally owned by a customer.

(Advance preparation)
In order to use the smartphone owned by the customer as the mobile terminal 20 capable of registering the store, the customer must register as a member (hereinafter referred to as "member") who can perform the registration process using the smartphone. I do.

When registering as a new member, the customer preferably registers information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. that can be used to verify the identity of the customer, and also registers credit card information.
Customers can complete the registration process either online or offline. For example, the customer may enter the necessary information on a registration form or tablet at the store, notify the registered email address of the download URL, etc., and download a dedicated application to complete the registration procedure. After downloading and installing a dedicated application from the device 10, the member registration screen may be launched and the registration procedure may be performed. Also, the customer may perform the registration procedure from a site on the Internet that provides the application for the mobile terminal 20 .

If the customer is already a card member of the store, the customer may register as a member by additionally registering, for example, only credit card information in the member registration process.
Information to be registered is not limited to the above information. For example, if the store is a chain store, the customer may register information such as the store that is always used. By registering a store or the like, the customer can acquire information unique to the store by distribution.
The host device 10 stores the registered member information in the member master 130 .

The store may give the customer a special shopping bag (my bag) to be used at the store when shopping by the customer downloading a dedicated application to a smartphone and registering as a member.
The My Bag can be easily attached to a shopping cart at a store and easily recognized by a smartphone, so that shopping using a smartphone, which will be described later, can be performed more smoothly. In addition, consumption of shopping bags can be reduced.

(Store specific processing)
When the member activates the dedicated application of the mobile terminal 20, the mobile terminal 20 executes processing for identifying the store in order to function as a registration device in the store (S201).

For example, the mobile terminal 20 may identify the store based on location information obtained from the GPS or the like of the mobile terminal 20 when the member activates a dedicated application of the mobile terminal 20 . Specifically, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the location information to the host device 10 , and the host device 10 that has received the location information sends the information of the store closest to the location information to the mobile terminal 20 based on the store master 120 . It is possible to specify the store where the shopping is done by transmitting the information.
If there are multiple applicable stores, the mobile terminal 20 may display a selection screen on the display unit 250 so that the member can select from among the multiple stores.

In addition, a QR code (registered trademark) containing the QR code (registered trademark) information stored in the shop master 120 is attached to the entrance of the shop, and the member sends the QR code (registered trademark) to the mobile terminal 20. By reading the .

The mobile terminal 20 may display, for example, "Please read the store's QR code (registered trademark)." Also, when a member enters the store, the mobile terminal 20 may identify the store using short-range wireless communication such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (registered trademark), and beacons in the store. Alternatively, the store may be specified using NFC or the like of the mobile terminal 20 .

Furthermore, the mobile terminal 20 may display a selection screen for selecting a store on the display unit 250, and the member selects the store from the selection screen, thereby specifying the store selected by the member as the store for shopping. .
The means by which the mobile terminal 20 identifies the store is not limited at all.

Note that the mobile terminal 20 may display on the display unit 250 a screen recommending the purchase of a personal bag to be used at the store when the dedicated application is first activated or when the store is specified for the first time.

By specifying the store, the host device 10 gives access permission to the product master of the store to the mobile terminal 20 and creates basket data (shopping file) linked to the mobile terminal 20 .

The mobile terminal 20 may notify information such as "bargain sale information", "related/alternative products", "new products", and "out of stock information" at the store when the member enters the store. If it is a holiday such as a holiday, the effect may be displayed on the display unit 250 . Further, when the store is closed, transition to the registration screen may be prohibited. We will prohibit registration through the app at a predetermined time before the store closes, and notify customers who have registered when the store will close. However, customers who are registered can continue shopping, and registration does not have to be prohibited even when the store closes. It is possible to continue as long as it is within the specified location of the store. It is also possible to make a notification prompting the payment in stages.

The portable terminal 20 that has identified the store displays a start screen 800 for starting shopping on the display unit 250, as shown in FIG. 12(a).
On the start screen 800, member point information 800a, a key 800b linked to store information of the specified store, a key 800c linked to notices such as bargain information, and a key 800d linked to coupon information are arranged. In addition, a "start" key 800e for declaring the start of product registration in the store is arranged.

The member preferably uses the portable terminal 20 with the dedicated application activated, for example, by attaching it to the shopping cart 90 .
For example, as shown in FIG. 11, a store prepares dedicated shopping carts 90 equipped with portable terminal holders 91 for some of the shopping carts used in the store. The mobile terminal 20 is attached to the mobile terminal holder 91 to shop.
The member can make the mobile terminal 20 attached to the mobile terminal holder 91 read the bar code of the product and put it in the shopping cart of the shopping cart 90 as it is.

(Detects shopping bag attachment)
When the member operates the "start" key 800e on the start screen 800, the mobile terminal 20 attached to the mobile terminal holder 91 of the shopping cart 90 checks whether the shopping bag 95 is attached to the shopping basket 92 of the shopping cart 90. Detect whether or not (S202).

For example, the mobile terminal 20 can determine whether or not the mobile terminal 20 is attached to the mobile terminal holder of the shopping cart by comparing and analyzing the output values of a single sensor or a plurality of sensors such as a gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor. Note that when the output values of the sensors employed in the mobile terminal are different, processing according to the model may be performed. Specifically, the model may be detected or selected when the application is downloaded. The same is true for differences in OS.

The detection of the shopping bag 905 may be determined by comparing image data captured by the camera (input unit 260) of the mobile terminal 20 with a sample image of the shopping basket 92 in an unattached state. In the case of the bag 95, characters, marks, symbol codes, or the like that can be recognized by imaging processing by a camera are attached to the shopping bag 95, and the shopping bag 95 may be detected by recognition by the camera.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, a recognizable mark 90a, for example, identification information (bar code) is provided on a portion of the shopping cart 90 to which the shopping bag 95 is attached. Whether or not the shopping bag 95 is attached may be detected based on whether or not it can be recognized.
Moreover, the portable terminal 20 may determine that the shopping bag 95 is attached when the state in which the mark 90a is detected changes to the state in which the mark 90a is not detected.
In the above-described case, when the member attaches the shopping bag 95 to the shopping cart 90 and starts the application while holding the mobile terminal 20 in the mobile terminal holder 901, the mobile terminal 20 may be placed in the shopping bag. If it is not possible to determine whether the shopping bag 95 is attached, the portable terminal 20 may display a key such as "Do you want to start shopping? (OK)" to confirm whether the shopping bag 95 is attached.
In addition, the method of detecting the shopping bag 95 by the mobile terminal 20 is not limited at all.

When the mobile terminal 20 detects that the shopping bag 95 is attached to the shopping basket 92 of the shopping cart 90, the mobile terminal 20 displays a registration screen 810 as shown in FIG. 12(b).
On the other hand, when the portable terminal 20 detects that the shopping bag 95 is not attached to the shopping cart 90 (no in S202), as shown in FIG. is displayed (S203).

The portable terminal 20 displays a recommendation display 805a such as "Set a shopping bag in the shopping cart" on a screen 805 prompting the user to attach a shopping bag, as well as an "OK" key 805b and a "shopping bag" key 805c. are doing.
A "shopping bag" key 805c is operated when the member does not have a shopping bag (my bag) and wants a shopping bag.

The mobile terminal 20 displays a registration screen 810 shown in FIG. 12B when the member operates the "OK" key 805b or the "shopping bag" key 805c.
When the mobile terminal 20 detects that the shopping bag 95 has been attached to the shopping basket 92 of the shopping cart 90 while displaying the screen 805 prompting the customer to attach the shopping bag, the mobile terminal 20 does not wait for key operation by the member. A registration screen 810 may be displayed.

The mobile terminal 20 may display a screen 806 for selecting the number of shopping bags to be purchased, as shown in FIG. 13B, when the member operates the "plastic shopping bag" key 805c.
When the member chooses to purchase a shopping bag, the mobile terminal 20 may notify the store clerk of the member's desire to purchase a shopping bag via the host device 10 .

Moreover, the mobile terminal 20 may display a “purchase my bag” key or the like for accepting the purchase of the shopping bag 95 on the screen 805 prompting the user to attach the shopping bag 905 .
For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the store prepares a shopping bag (my bag) 95 suitable for product registration using the mobile terminal 20 in the store's cart space, and the member operates the "purchase my bag" key. By doing so, the purchase of my bag 95 may be made on the spot.
Further, when the member operates the "purchase my bag" key, the mobile terminal 20 may notify the clerk that the member wishes to purchase the my bag 95, and the notified clerk may 95 may be given to the member.

There are cases in which the member does not need a shopping bag, such as when the member wants to purchase only one item, or when purchasing large items such as toilet paper or beverages in a box.
Assuming such a case, the mobile terminal 20 may automatically display the registration screen 810 after a predetermined period of time has passed since the screen 805 prompting the user to attach the shopping bag. Further, the portable terminal 20 may have a key for skipping the screen 805 prompting the member to put on the shopping bag on the screen 805 prompting to put on the shopping bag.

In addition, there are cases where a member does shopping without using a shopping cart.
Assuming such a case, the mobile terminal 20 may detect that the shopping bag is being used even when the shopping cart is not used.

For example, when the mobile terminal 20 detects that it is not attached to the shopping cart 90 and the member operates the "start" key 800e on the start screen 800, the mobile terminal 20 displays "My bag is being used." (Yes/No) and other keys may be operably displayed to detect that the shopping bag is being used by the member's operation.
Whether or not the portable terminal 20 is attached to the shopping cart 90 may be detected by a built-in gyro sensor or the like.

That is, the mobile terminal 20 may detect whether or not the shopping bag 95 is being used by the member at the time of shopping through the process of detecting the shopping bag or the like by the camera of the mobile terminal 20 and the confirmation process with respect to the member. Not limited.

By specifying the store, the mobile terminal 20 may immediately detect whether or not a shopping bag is attached to the shopping basket of the shopping cart without displaying the start screen 800 .

(Reading operation detection process and product information acquisition process)
The registration screen 810 shown in FIG. 12B is divided into two upper and lower regions. 1 is set as the display area 811 .
The mobile terminal 20 displays a display 811a prompting an operation such as "Please read the product barcode" in the first display area 811 of the registration screen 810, and indicates the reading range for recognizing the barcode (product identification information). The mark 811b is visibly displayed.

The mobile terminal 20, which has completed preparations for product registration, detects that the member has read the barcode attached to the product (S204). Product identification information is obtained from the bar code (code information) obtained (S205).

For example, when a member takes out an item to be purchased from a display shelf and puts it in a shopping basket, the member takes an image of the item using the input unit 260 of the mobile terminal 20 and puts it in the shopping bag. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14A, the member places the barcode attached to the product within the mark 811b displayed in the first display area 811 of the registration screen 810 and takes an image.

When the image contained in the mark 811b displayed in the first display area 811 is a barcode, the mobile terminal 20 automatically recognizes it and acquires product identification information (code information). .

If the mobile terminal 20 is equipped with a distance sensor or the like, it is possible to detect that the member has read the bar code or the like by detecting that the input unit 260 of the mobile terminal 20 has been brought close to the article for a certain period of time. can.
When the mobile terminal 20 automatically recognizes barcodes repeatedly, even without a distance sensor or the like, the mobile terminal 20 can, for example, detect that the same image has been captured for a predetermined period of time. , the barcode reading operation by the member can be detected.

It should be noted that the portable terminal 20 executes time-out processing when the product identification information (code information) cannot be obtained even though it is detected that the same image has been captured for a predetermined period of time. Couldn't do it well. Would you like to buy it? (Yes/No)." That is, the mobile terminal 20 may confirm the purchase.

The mobile terminal 20 may read a barcode or the like captured by operating the shutter while the application is running instead of automatically recognizing the barcode or the like. In this case, the portable terminal 20 can detect the barcode acquisition operation by the member by detecting that the shutter operation has been performed on the application screen.

The mobile terminal 20 may detect the reading operation of the barcode or the like by the member by monitoring the state such as inclination of the mobile terminal using a gyro sensor or the like. Specifically, the mobile terminal 20 may make a determination by combining the inclination and movement state of the mobile terminal 20 .

When the barcode (product identification information) cannot be acquired by imaging, the mobile terminal 20 may store the image of the product for which the product identification information could not be acquired as a pending product. At that time, the mobile terminal 20 notifies the customer to put the product in a bag different from the shopping bag (reservation bag held in the shopping cart), and displays that the clerk will handle it at the time of payment. good. Details will be described later.

The member can put the product stored as a reserved product in the mobile terminal 20 into another bag different from the product for which product registration has been completed, and proceed with the registration processing of the next product. By leaving the image of the reserved product on the mobile terminal 20, it becomes easier to specify the product during the later checkout process, and it becomes easier for the store clerk to correct the registered product information.

Also, it is conceivable that the time-out process by the portable terminal 20 may not be executed. In that case, the customer needs to keep trying to register the product, which is inconvenient. The mobile terminal 20 may be configured so that it can be registered as a pending product instead of a normal product registration based on the member's operation.
Specifically, the mobile terminal 20 may display a "reserved product registration" key on the registration screen 810 or the like, for example. You may make it switch to.

The member releases the shutter at his/her own timing to capture an image of the package on the front of the product that could not be registered in the imaging mode, the barcode of the product, the price tag on the shelf, etc., and the portable terminal 20 captures the imaged product. It may be stored as a pending product. That is, it may be possible to switch to the manual imaging mode at the member's will.

It should be noted that the mobile terminal 20 may detect the barcode reading operation by any method, and the method is not particularly limited.

When the product identification information (code information) cannot be acquired in step S205, the portable terminal 20 determines that acquisition of the code information has failed, and proceeds to step S209 (no in S206).

For example, if the barcode attached to the product is damaged, or if the barcode is distorted due to the packaging of the product, the mobile terminal 20 reads part of the code information recorded in the barcode. Or there are cases where the entire product cannot be read (non-readable product).
Also, when the member takes an image of a part of the product that does not have a barcode, the mobile terminal 20 cannot acquire the code information.
In such a case, the portable terminal 20 cannot acquire the product identification information (code information) and cannot register the product.
In step S206, the portable terminal 20 detects a case where product identification information (code information) cannot be obtained due to the inability to read the barcode, and the product cannot be registered.

When it is detected in step S206 that the product identification information (code information) has been acquired, the mobile terminal 20 determines whether or not the product identification information exists in the product master 110 (S207).

In step S207, if the acquired product identification information does not exist in the product master 110, the portable terminal 20 determines that registration of product information has failed, and proceeds to step S209 (no in S207).

For example, when the mobile terminal 20 transmits the acquired product identification information to the host device 10, but the acquired product identification information is for a product not stored in the product master (non-file product), If there is a connection problem, product information cannot be obtained from the host device 10, and the product cannot be registered.
In step S207, the portable terminal 20 detects a case where the product cannot be registered because the product of the acquired product identification information is a non-file product or the like.

If the product master is downloaded after specifying the store, the mobile terminal 20 determines whether or not the product information can be acquired only by the mobile terminal 20, further acquires the product information, and stores the product information. It is also possible to register the registered product information of Alternatively, the mobile terminal 20 may make a decision based on the product master stored in the store controller 60 or the POS terminal 70 .

If the portable terminal 20 automatically repeats bar code recognition all the time and does not have a function for detecting a reading operation such as a distance sensor, step S204 of detecting the member's reading operation is performed. And the determination step S206, that is, the detection process when the product cannot be registered due to the code information being unreadable, may be omitted.

(Product registration processing, registered product cancellation processing)
In step S207, when the acquired product identification information exists in the product master and the product information linked to the product identification information can be acquired, the mobile terminal 20 registers the product as the registered product information of the product purchased by the customer. do. (Step S208)

Note that when the product identification information acquired by the mobile terminal 20 exists in the product master, the host device 10 stores product information based on the acquired registered product information in the shopping file 140 .

(Display processing)
When the product is registered based on the acquired product information, the mobile terminal 20 displays a second display area 812 for displaying the registered product information and the current product information in the lower area of the registration screen 810, as shown in FIG. 14(a). A third display area 813 is displayed to display the registration status in (S211).

The mobile terminal 20 displays product information 812a such as the product name, purchase quantity (manipulator) 812b, and product price 812c in the second display area 812, and displays the current registered points in the third display area 813. 813a, an approximate total 813b and a "checkout" key 813c for proceeding to checkout processing based on the registered information are displayed.

Also, the mobile terminal 20 displays the third display area 813 above the second display area 812 , that is, between the first display area 811 and the second display area 812 . This allows the member to smoothly see the change in the estimated total at the time of product registration.
As shown in FIG. 12(b), the mobile terminal 20 displays a third display area 813 displaying the registered score of 0 points and the approximate total of 0 yen prior to product registration. good too.

The mobile terminal 20 may arrange the third display area 813 independently of the first display area 811 and the second display area 812, but arranges the third display area 813 within the second display area 812. good too.
It is preferable that the portable terminal 20 displays the current exact total amount in the approximate total 813 b displayed in the third display area 813 . However, for example, when a sales data processing system is installed in an existing store with complex price determination logic, the registered product information must be output to the existing POS terminal or the like (settlement device) 70. Since an accurate subtotal calculation cannot be performed by the price determination logic, the mobile terminal 20 displays an approximate total amount calculated by totaling the list price of each product in the third display area 813 of the mobile terminal 20. may

By displaying the third display area 813 on the registration screen 810 of the mobile terminal 20, the member can grasp the current number of items purchased and the approximate total while registering the items.
The mobile terminal 20 according to this embodiment displays a third display area 813 above the second display area 812 , that is, between the first display area 811 and the second display area 812 . This allows the member to smoothly see the change in the estimated total at the time of product registration.

The member can change the purchase quantity 812b of the product displayed in the second display area 812, or delete the registered product information of the product.
For example, when the member operates (touches) the purchase quantity 812b displayed in the second display area 812, the portable terminal 20 changes the quantity of the product as shown in FIG. 15(a). A change screen (popup) 820 is displayed.

On the quantity change screen 820, the number of products purchased at the present time and the price are displayed, as well as a "+" key 820a and a "-" key 820b for changing the number of products, and "cancel product" for deleting registered product registration information. A key 820c is placed.

If the purchase quantity 812b of a product that does not correspond to a change in quantity, such as when the product registered by the member is a limited quantity product such as a closeout product or an irregular product, the mobile terminal 20 displays the screen shown in FIG. 15 ( As shown in b), a pop-up 821 without the "+" key 820a and "-" key 820b for changing the number of products may be displayed, and only deletion of products may be accepted.

When the member operates the "+" key 820a or the "-" key 820b on the quantity change screen 820 to change the quantity, etc. of the registered product information displayed on the registration screen 810, the mobile terminal 20 displays the registration screen. The purchase quantity 812b of the product displayed in 810 is changed.
Portable terminal 20 then outputs the changed registered product information to host device 10, and host device 10 updates the registered information stored in shopping file 140 based on the entered registered product information.

When the member deletes the registered product information displayed on the registration screen 810 by operating the "product cancellation" key 820c, the mobile terminal 20 cancels the registration of the registered product information displayed on the registration screen 810 ( Cancel).
Then, the portable terminal 20 outputs the registered merchandise information whose registration has been canceled (deleted) to the host device 10, and the host device 10 updates the registration information stored in the shopping file 140 based on the input information.

It should be noted that when the member cancels the registered product information, the mobile terminal 20 may notify that the product will be returned to the display shelf or the like.
At this time, if the position of the member in the store can be specified, the portable terminal 20 detects whether or not the product for which the registered product information has been canceled is at least a certain distance away from the shelf to be returned, and returns it to the shelf. A screen may be displayed to select either the process or the process of moving to the holding basket.

When the registration of the registered product information is canceled by the member, the mobile terminal 20 associates the product information of the deleted product with the information indicating that the cancel operation has been performed, and stores it as canceled product information. You can In particular, when a product for which registered product information has been canceled is moved to a holding basket, the portable terminal 20 preferably stores the product as canceled product information.

In addition, the mobile terminal 20 may delete the registered product information whose registration has been canceled without displaying it on the registration screen 810. You may display so that you can see that it has been canceled by, for example,

Further, the portable terminal 20 may output information indicating that the member has performed a cancellation operation to the host device 10, and the host device 10 may store the cancellation operation information in the shopping file 140. FIG.
Furthermore, the host device 10 may store in the member master 130 the number of operations for canceling (cancelling) the registered product information performed by the member in the shopping after the settlement process for the shopping is completed.

While the member is performing product registration processing, the mobile terminal 20 recognizes the products put in the shopping bag with the camera, compares the registered product information with the products put in the shopping bag, You may make it detect whether merchandise registration is correctly carried out.
Then, if there is a discrepancy between the registered product information and the products put in the shopping bag at the time of checkout, it may be notified to the store clerk or the like.

(Notification process)
If it is determined in step S206 that the product cannot be registered because the product cannot be read, or if it is determined in step S207 that the product cannot be registered because the product is a non-file product, etc. , the portable terminal 20 notifies the member that the product cannot be registered (S209).

For example, the mobile terminal 20 displays, on the registration screen 810, a notice (pop-up) 830 to the effect that a product that cannot be registered is a pending product, as shown in FIG. 14(b). At this time, a message indicating that both products will be handled differently is provided, such as a display 830a prompting the user to place the normally registered product and the unregistered product in a different basket (or a specific area within the basket). good too.
Note that the notification that the product cannot be registered is not limited to pop-up display such as a message.

If a product that cannot be registered is a non-readable product and the barcode of the product is displayed on the display shelf of the product, the mobile terminal 20 notifies the user to read the barcode attached to the display shelf. You may

(Reserved product information generation processing)
The mobile terminal 20 generates pending product information for products that cannot be registered (S210). The reserved product information includes, for example, member identification information, shopping identification information, reading time, etc. It is preferable to also store information on whether the reserved product is a non-file product or an unreadable product. , and may further include imaging data when the code information is imaged.
The mobile terminal 20 stores the generated reserved product information.

(Display processing)
As shown in FIG. 16A, the portable terminal 20 that has generated the pending product information displays the pending product information indicating that there is a pending product in the second display area 812 of the registration screen 810 in accordance with the registered product information 812d. 812e is displayed (S211).

It is preferable that the mobile terminal 20 displays the pending product information 812e displayed in the second display area 812 in a display form different from that of the registered product information 812d.
In the example shown in FIG. 16(a), the mobile terminal 20 displays two pieces of registered product information 812d together with reserved product information 812e. It makes it different from the background.

In the second display area 812, the mobile terminal 20 displays the number of reserved products in the display column 812g, and displays the reserved product information 812e as normal registered products such as "Please put in a dedicated basket". A display 812f prompting to perform different processing may be displayed to inform the member that there is a reserved product and that the reserved product will be handled differently.
When displaying, the mobile terminal 20 preferably also displays whether the reserved product is a "non-file product" or a "non-readable product". By displaying this display, the store clerk can provide a quicker response to the customer.

Further, it is preferable that the reserved product information 812e displayed in the second display area 812 can be changed in quantity or deleted in the same manner as the normal registered product information.
For example, if the member repeatedly reads the bar code of a product that cannot be registered, a plurality of reserved product information 812e may be generated. , the mobile terminal 20 may delete the reserved product information 812e.
It should be noted that the mobile terminal 20 may output the pending product information and the information related to the cancellation operation of the pending product information to the host device 10 in the same manner as the registered product information.
Then, the host device 10 may store the input pending product information and the like in the shopping file 140 .

(Output registration information)
The mobile terminal 20 displaying the registration information detects whether or not the member has instructed to proceed to checkout (S212).
When the mobile terminal 20 detects that the member has instructed to proceed to checkout (Yes in S212), the portable terminal 20 outputs the instruction to proceed to checkout or the registration information together with the instruction to proceed to checkout (S213), and completes the process. do.

The registration information output by the mobile terminal 20 may be shopping identification information.
Further, the registration information may include registered product information for which product registration was successful, pending product information for which product registration was not possible, and the like, and may further include canceled product information for canceling product registration.

When the mobile terminal 20 detects the use of the shopping bag 95 at the time of product registration, the mobile terminal 20 outputs the registration information registered by the registration process to enable the POS terminal 70 to perform the settlement process. may include information indicating the usage state of the shopping bag detected by the mobile terminal 20 in the registration information and output it to the POS terminal 70 .
Examples of the information indicating the usage state of the shopping bag include "used my bag", "not used my bag", and "purchased shopping bag".

Specifically, the mobile terminal 20 detects whether or not the member has instructed to proceed to checkout by detecting that the member has operated the "checkout" key 813c displayed on the registration screen 810 of the display unit 250. Detecting.
Then, when detecting that the member has operated the "checkout" key 813c, the mobile terminal 20 displays an output screen 840, for example, based on the shopping identification information, as shown in FIG. display (output) the QR code (registered trademark) 840a. Note that the mobile terminal 20 may display (output) a QR code (registered trademark) 840 a generated based on the registration information stored in the shopping file on the output screen 840 .

The member causes the input unit 760 of the POS terminal 70 to read the QR code (registered trademark) 840a displayed on the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20, and the POS terminal 70 associates the product identification information with the host device 10. It is possible to obtain the registered information.

Symbol code information such as a QR code (registered trademark) may store registered information including registered product information and owned product information. Identification information may be stored. For example, the shopping identification information may be path information such as a URL stored in a shopping file, or if the search destination for shopping information is common, any information such as a store identifier, member identifier, date and time may be combined. , and sequence No. etc., as long as it can be identified. There is no problem if the search destination is grasped on the settlement device side.

In addition, the mobile terminal 20 does not output the symbol code information storing the information, but by selecting the POS terminal 70, the selected POS terminal 70 outputs the registered information stored in a place other than the mobile terminal 20. may be obtained.

For example, when the member causes the mobile terminal 20 to read a QR code (registered trademark) that identifies a given POS terminal 70 generated on the screen of the POS terminal 70, the mobile terminal 20 causes the given POS terminal 70 to identify the purchase. Send accounting instructions with information. The POS terminal 70 that has received the payment instruction may acquire registration information linked to the shopping identification information.
By setting the Felica (registered trademark) or NFC identifier of the mobile terminal in advance, the registration information may be acquired by the IC reader.

On the other hand, if the customer does not give an instruction to proceed to checkout (No in S212) and the barcode of another product is read, etc., the product selection from step S204 to step S211 is performed until the customer gives an instruction to proceed to checkout. Repeat registration.
The flow of processing in the mobile terminal 20 has been described above.

- POS terminal 70 -
Next, the POS terminal (settlement device) 70 of the sales data processing system 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 and FIGS. 17 to 24. FIG.

(input processing)
The POS terminal (settlement device) 70 inputs the registration information (such as shopping identification information) output by the portable terminal 20 (S701).

For example, when the member causes the input unit 760 of the POS terminal 70 to read the QR code (registered trademark) 840a displayed (output) on the display unit 250 of the mobile terminal 20, the POS terminal 70 reads the QR code (registered trademark) Enter the registration information (such as shopping identification information) stored in 840a.

(Notification process)
The POS terminal 70 that has received the registration information (shopping identification information) requests the host device 10 for the shopping information linked to the shopping identification information. After inputting the shopping information (registered information) from the host device 10, the POS terminal 70 determines whether or not the input shopping information includes pending product information or canceled product information (S702).

If the input registration information includes information indicating the usage status of the shopping bag, and if the information indicating the usage status of the shopping bag is "not using my bag", the POS terminal 70 may display a screen or the like prompting the use of my bag.

In addition, the POS terminal 70 displays a screen for confirming the purchase of a personal bag or a paid shopping bag based on the information indicating the usage status of the shopping bag. It may be possible to detect the use of such as and enable the settlement process. If the information indicating the usage status of the shopping bag is "use of my bag" or the like, the POS terminal 70 may allow settlement processing without displaying a confirmation screen display or the like.

If the information indicating the shopping bag usage status included in the input registration information is "not using my bag," etc., and if it cannot be determined whether the member is registering the product while using his/her own bag, the POS terminal 70 If you do not scan the information for purchasing a paid shopping bag, such as purchasing your own bag or a paid shopping bag, you may prohibit the checkout process. A screen may be displayed again to confirm that the customer has his/her own bag, and the state of "using my bag" may be set before the settlement process is performed.
Furthermore, if it is not possible to determine whether the member is registering the product while using his/her own bag, such as "not using my bag", the POS terminal 70 does not permit the checkout process using the self-checkout device, and does You may prompt the settlement with a POS device.

It should be noted that in the portable terminal 20, if shopping (checkout processing) is prohibited by, for example, prohibiting product registration processing when the use of the shopping bag 95 is not detected, the registration information does not necessarily include the shopping bag. The information indicating the usage state may not be included, but in that case, since the use of the shopping bag 95 is confirmed on the mobile terminal 20, the POS terminal 70 may be caused to perform self-checkout processing. good.

If the POS terminal 70 determines in step S702 that the registered information includes pending product information, the POS terminal 70 notifies a salesclerk to be called (S703).

The POS terminal 70 makes a notification to call a salesclerk by blinking a light (Patlight (registered trademark)) or the like that gives a visual notification from the POS terminal. The method of notifying the clerk to call is not limited to PATLITE (registered trademark). Any method such as notification to a device or notification to a portable device held by a store clerk may be used.
Then, as shown in FIG. 17, the POS terminal 70 displays a pop-up 910 on the display unit 750 indicating that there is a pending product among the registered products and that the clerk is being called.

Also, if the POS terminal 70 determines that the registered information includes the canceled product information, it may notify the clerk of calling (S703).
That is, in step S702, the POS terminal 70 determines whether or not the registered information includes pending product information or canceled product information. , a notification to call a clerk may be performed.

(Settlement process)
On the other hand, if the POS terminal 70 determines in step S702 that the registered information does not include the pending product information or the canceled product information, it proceeds to the settlement process.
Specifically, the POS terminal 70 displays a registration confirmation screen 900 on the display unit 750 as shown in FIG. 18 (S709).

A list 900a of registered product information is displayed on the registration confirmation screen 900 shown in FIG. 18, and an arrow 900i is displayed at a predetermined position on the registration confirmation screen 900. The member can access the registered product information by operating the arrow 900i. can scroll the display of the list 900a.
At the upper position of the registration confirmation screen 900, along with the display of "total", a total display column 900m displaying the number of purchased items 900k and the total amount of the items purchased in the shopping is arranged. A key 900b is arranged.

Further, at the lower position of the registration confirmation screen 900, a price range registration number display 900d indicating the registration quantity for each price range of the product is arranged. In the example shown in FIG. 18, for the price ranges of "1,000 yen or more", "500 yen to 999 yen", "300 yen to 499 yen", and "300 yen or less", the number of products is "3". , "4", "9", and "12" are displayed.

Note that the POS terminal 70 may highlight the corresponding product in the registered product information list 900a by the store clerk operating each column of the price range registration number display 900d. For example, when the store clerk presses the "1,000 yen or more" key, the POS terminal 70 highlights products priced at 1,000 yen or more.

By displaying the registered quantity for each price range on the registration confirmation screen 900, the store clerk can grasp the outline of the product purchased by the member.
The POS terminal 70 may notify a light (Patlight (registered trademark)), other devices (monitoring devices), a service manager, etc., when a high-priced item is purchased, and a store clerk may check the packaging of the high-priced item. can help you.
When displaying the product information on the registration confirmation screen 900, the POS terminal 70 does not display the product information in the order in which it was registered by the mobile terminal 20, but displays the product information in descending order of price, that is, based on the degree of interest. is preferred.

When the member operates the "checkout" key 900b arranged on the registration confirmation screen 900, the POS terminal 70 executes settlement processing according to the registration information displayed on the registration confirmation screen 900 (S709), and completes the transaction. complete.
In this way, if there are no reserved items among the items to be purchased, the member can complete the checkout without the intervention of a store clerk.

(Display processing of registered product information and pending product information)
On the other hand, the POS terminal 70 that performed the notification process in step S703 displayed a list of the input registration information (registered product information and pending product information) when the "OK" key 910a of the popup 910 was operated by the member. The registration confirmation screen 920 is displayed on the display unit 750 (S704).

A list of registered product information 920a is displayed on the registration confirmation screen 920 shown in FIG. 920a list display can be scrolled.
At the upper position of the registration confirmation screen 920, a total display field 920m is arranged in which "approximate" is displayed and the number of purchased items 920k of the registered products and an approximate total amount are displayed.

On the registration confirmation screen 920, together with a list of registered product information 920a, two items of pending product information 920b and 920c that could not be registered and one item of canceled product information 920d whose registration was canceled are also displayed.
Furthermore, on the registration confirmation screen 920, items such as "medicine" 920e, "item subject to security tag" 920f, and "age confirmation item" 920g such as liquor, etc., which require intervention by a clerk are also displayed. good too.

The POS terminal 70 displays registered product information 920a, reserved product information 920b and 920c, canceled product information 920d, etc. shown in FIG. Display in form.
For example, the POS terminal 70 displays the registration confirmation screen 920 including the pending product information 920b, 920c and the canceled product information 920d with different screen colors such as the background color, or with different character colors and fonts. or

Normally, when the POS terminal 70 displays the product information on the registration confirmation screen 920, it is preferable not to display the product information in the order registered by the mobile terminal 20, but to display the products in order of the highest price.
Also, the POS terminal 70 preferably arranges the reserved product information 920b, 920c, the canceled product information 920d, etc. at the head position of the list of the registered product information 920a.
That is, it is preferable that the POS terminal 70 displays a list of the alert information and product information on the registration confirmation screen 920 based on the degree of interest in the transaction.

By arranging and displaying the pending product information on the registration confirmation screen 920 at the top and by arranging and displaying the expensive products first, the store clerk recognizes at a glance which product should be handled with priority. It is possible to prevent forgetting to perform processing such as age confirmation.
Note that the POS terminal 70 may set and change the order of priority of product information to be displayed on the registration confirmation screen 920 according to the operation of the store clerk.

The display of the reserved product information 920b, 920c, the canceled product information 920d, etc. is not limited to the example shown in FIG. For example, the POS terminal 70 may arrange the reserved product information 920b, 920c, the canceled product information 920d, etc. in the left area of the registration confirmation screen 920, and display the registered product information 920a in the right area.
By these displays, the member or the store clerk can easily grasp the presence of reserved products and canceled products among the products displayed in the list display, as well as the reserved products and canceled products.

Further, the POS terminal 70 has a column for displaying the number of pending products (including canceled products) in addition to the price range registration number display 900d indicating the registration quantity for each price range of products at the lower position of the registration confirmation screen 920. Display 920j. In the example shown in FIG. 19, the POS terminal 70 displays "6" in the column 920j for displaying the number of pending products (including products in which the clerk is involved).
Note that the POS terminal 70 may highlight only the reserved products by operating the field 920j for displaying the number of reserved products by the store clerk.

(prohibited processing)
If the entered registration information includes pending product information 920b, 920c, canceled product information 920d, etc., the POS terminal 70, following step S704, stores the suspended product information 920b, 920c, canceled product information 920d, etc. Settlement processing based on the included registration information is prohibited (S705).

For example, the POS terminal 70, as shown in FIG. By not displaying 900b, execution of the settlement process is prohibited.
Also, the POS terminal 70 may not accept any operation on the registration confirmation screen 920 .

(editing process)
The store clerk called by the notification process causes the POS terminal 70 to read the store clerk code or the like, so that the POS terminal 70, which has been prohibited from executing the settlement process, can edit the pending product information.
For example, when the clerk causes the POS terminal 70 to read the clerk code or the like, the POS terminal 70 displays a comment such as "The clerk ID card has been read. Please register the pending product." At the same time, a management screen 940 having the same layout as the registration confirmation screen 920 shown in FIG. 19 is displayed.

Compared to the registration confirmation screen 920, the display of the management screen 940 is different from that of the registration confirmation screen 920; Please." display 940n is displayed, and the "Clerk call" key is not displayed.

In the management screen 940 (see FIG. 19) displayed on the display unit 750 of the POS terminal 70, when the store clerk operates the pending product information (holding product NON file) 940b, the POS terminal 70 displays the screen shown in FIG. , an edit screen 960 is displayed.
Even if the member operates the reserved product information 920b, 920c and the canceled product information 920d on the registration confirmation screen 920 of FIG. do not move to
As a result, it is possible to prevent the member from performing the editing processing without the help of the store clerk.

An edit screen 960 shown in FIG. 23(a) is popped up on the management screen 940, and has a product information input field 961 for entering products, a number key 962, a product cancel key 963, and an enter key 964. there is

The POS terminal 70 has a product information input field 961 on a NON file product editing screen 960, with a product information field 961a, a PLU field 961b, a quantity field 961c, a minus key 961d, and a plus key 961e. The read information is displayed, and the product information column 961a is blank.

The store clerk selects a "price" key such as the number key 962, enters a number using the numeric keys, and allocates an amount corresponding to the number. is entered. Similarly, by selecting the "sub-category" key and entering a number with the numeric keys, a sub-category corresponding to the numerical value is assigned. The file product is compiled (confirmed) as tradeable information.

Another method is to select a "money" key such as the number key 962, enter a number using the numeric keys to allocate an amount corresponding to the number, and operate the confirmation key 964 to display the small classification selection screen. pops up. If you select the target small category on the small category selection screen, the NON file product will be edited (confirmed) as information that can be traded. , each item of information may be displayed in each column of the edit screen 960 , and the product may be registered by the store clerk operating the enter key 964 .

In addition, when the clerk operates the pending product information (unscanned pending product) 940c on the management screen 940 (see FIG. 20) displayed on the display unit 750, the POS terminal 70 displays the edit screen shown in FIG. 960 is displayed.
The editing screen 960 of the POS terminal 70 shown in FIG. 23(b) is popped up on the management screen 940, and includes a product information input field 961 for entering products, a number key 962, a product cancel key 963, and an enter key. 964 is provided.

By selecting a "price" key such as the number key 962 and entering a number with the numeric keys, an amount corresponding to the number is assigned, and the confirmation key 964 is operated to enter the price in the product information column 961a. be. Similarly, by selecting the "sub-category" key and entering a number with the numeric keys, a sub-category corresponding to the numerical value is assigned. The file product is compiled (confirmed) as tradeable information.

Another method is to select a "money" key such as the number key 962, enter a number using the numeric keys to allocate an amount corresponding to the number, and operate the confirmation key 964 to display the small classification selection screen. pops up. When the target small category is selected on the small category selection screen, the NON file product is edited (confirmed) as information that can be traded. By operating the scan key 965, the unscanned products may be displayed.

In addition, the POS terminal 70 displays a cancellation confirmation screen 970 for canceled products shown in FIG. indicate.
A cancellation confirmation screen 970 is popped up on the management screen 940 and has a canceled product display field 971 for displaying canceled products, a number field 972 , a registration key 973 and a product cancellation key 974 .

The POS terminal 70 displays the canceled product in the canceled product display column 971 and issues a notification 975 such as "Are there any products left in the basket?" When the clerk confirms the basket and operates the product cancellation key 974, the POS terminal 70 confirms the cancellation of the product.
If the product remains in the basket, the store clerk can newly register the product by operating the registration key 973 .

The POS terminal 70 has a product name column 971a, a PLU column 971b, a quantity column 971c, a minus key 971d, and a plus key 971e in the canceled product display column 971, and "1" is entered in advance in the quantity column 971c. You can enter it.
When the store clerk operates the product cancellation key 974, the numerical value in the quantity column 971c becomes "0", confirming the cancellation of the product.
Note that the POS terminal 70 may input "0" in advance in the number column 971c.

In addition, the POS terminal 70 may display a screen for confirming the registration of the product when the store clerk operates the columns 940e to 940g of the product requiring the intervention of the store clerk on the management screen 940. FIG. The POS terminal 70 displays a screen for confirming product registration, for example, "Please remove the tag.", "Please check your age." The transaction number is 〇〇〇."

The POS terminal 70 may transmit the pending product information and the like corrected on the editing screen by the sales clerk to the host device 10, and the host device 10 may reflect the information in the product master and the like.
For example, in the case of a new product to be handled, a product from a new customer, or a barcode that has been forgotten to be updated, even if the barcode attached to the special sale product is read, it does not exist in the product master and becomes a non-file product. There is

In such a case, the POS terminal 70 can prevent the product from becoming a reserved product after that by reflecting the correction of the reserved product information in the product master. Only the items necessary for product registration and payment processing can be edited here. For example, product name, unit price, bar code (product identification information), tax category (reduced tax rate, tax included, tax excluded, non-taxable, etc.).

In addition, the POS terminal 70 may be configured to be able to make provisional corrections by editing the department and amount of items for which the price of the product is unclear.

20, the POS terminal 70 corrects the pending product information 940b on the management screen 940 as shown in FIG. to display. Specifically, the display of "pending product" in the display column of the reserved product information 940b is changed to the display of "confirmed".

The POS terminal 70 may display the corrected reserved product information 940b at the head position of the list of the registered product information 940a without moving the display position, but by correcting it, the display order of the other registered product information 940a is changed. You may follow and move and display.
Also, when the reserved product information 940b, 940c and the canceled product information 940d are arranged in the left area of the management screen 940, the POS terminal 70 moves the corrected reserved product information 940b to the right area and displays it. may

Then, the POS terminal 70 changes the number of pending products 940j displayed at the lower position of the management screen 940 to "5".

The POS terminal 70 that corrected the pending product information 940b determines whether or not the registered information includes pending product information (including canceled product information), that is, whether or not all of the pending product information has been corrected (S707). If it is determined that all of the pending product information has been corrected, the prohibition of the settlement process is lifted (S708).
Then, as shown in FIG. 21, the POS terminal 70 displays a management screen 940 on which all of the reserved product information has been corrected (S709).

In the management screen 940 shown in FIG. 21, the correct product information is entered and registered for the two pending product information items 920b and 920c that could not be registered, and one canceled product item that was canceled at the time of registration is registered. Cancellation of registration is confirmed for information 920d. In addition, items 920e to 920g that require the intervention of a store clerk are confirmed by the store clerk.

The display indicating that the pending product information has been corrected is not limited to displaying "confirmed" in the display column of the pending product information 940b, as shown in FIG.
For example, the POS terminal 70 may change only the display color and background color of the pending product information before and after the correction, and the reason why the pending product information was a pending product may be changed even after the correction. You may display it so that it can be grasped.

By confirming the reserved product information 940b, 940c, the canceled product information 940d, and the like, the POS terminal 70 updates the total number of products 940k and the total price 940m.
Furthermore, by confirming all of the pending product information, etc., the POS terminal 70 changes the display of "estimate" displayed in the upper position of the management screen 940 to the display of "total", and the display of the management screen 940 "0" is displayed in the number 940j of reserved products displayed in the lower position.

In addition, the POS terminal 70 changes the background color of the management screen 940 to a normal background color, and displays a “checkout” key 920 q above the management screen 940 .
When the member or store clerk operates the "checkout" key 940q, the POS terminal 70 completes the product registration/correction process and shifts to the checkout screen shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if the POS terminal 70 determines in step S707 that all of the pending product information has not been corrected, it returns to step S706 and repeats the correction process until all of the pending product information is corrected.
That is, in the example shown in FIG. 20, the POS terminal 70 prohibits the execution of the settlement process until the pending product information 940c and the canceled product information 940d are corrected.

A "cash" key 950a and a "credit card" key 950b for selecting the payment amount and accounting method are displayed on the settlement screen 950 shown in FIG. (S710) to complete the transaction.
The flow of processing in the POS terminal 70 has been described above.

－Functional block diagram－
An example of a functional block diagram of the sales data processing system of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
The mobile terminal 20 of the sales data processing system of this embodiment has a control section 200, a display section 250 such as a touch panel, and an input section 260 such as a camera.

The control unit 200 includes control means 201 for controlling the mobile terminal 20 as a whole, store specifying means 202 for specifying a shop where shopping is performed, acquisition means 203 for acquiring product identification information of the product to be purchased, and product A detecting means 204 for detecting an operation for acquiring identification information, a product registration means 205 for specifying and registering product information based on the acquired product identification information, and generating and storing information on products for which product information cannot be registered. Reserved product registration means 206; display means 207 for displaying registered product information registered by the product registration means 205 and reserved product information generated and stored by the reserved product registration means 206 on a display unit 250; , an output means 209 for outputting registered product information and reserved product information, and a registered product canceling means 210 for canceling member's registered product information.

The control means 201 controls the mobile terminal 20 as a whole, for example, inputs (receiving) information input by the member by operating the input unit 260 (receiving means), or detects information by the input unit 260. (Detecting means), each acquired information is appropriately stored in a storage device such as a memory, each information is read out from the storage device and displayed on the display unit 250, information is input to other devices, and output or (notification means).

Further, the control means 201 executes various determination processes as necessary.
For example, in step S206 of the flow shown in FIG. 9, it is determined whether or not product identification information could be acquired, and in step S207, it is determined whether or not product information could be specified based on the acquired product identification information. , and in step S211, it is determined whether or not the member has issued an accounting instruction.

The store specifying means (specifying means) 202 executes store specifying processing.
For example, the store specifying means 202 outputs the location information of the mobile terminal 20 to the host device 10, and inputs the information of the store to shop from the store master of the host device 10, thereby specifying the store to shop. do.

The acquisition means 203 executes product information acquisition processing.
For example, the acquisition unit 203 acquires the product identification information of the product imaged using the input unit 260 of the portable terminal 20 based on the code information attached to the product. In the sales data processing system of the above embodiment, the product identification information is acquired by reading the barcode attached to the product. It is not limited to reading.

For example, product identification information can be acquired by the mobile terminal 20 by non-contact detection using an RFID tag or by imaging a QR code. , color, material, etc.) may be used to identify the product.
In addition, the image captured by the customer at the time of product registration may be accumulated on the server and AI learning may be performed to improve the recognition rate of the image recognition.

The detection means 204 executes a reading operation detection process.
For example, the detection means 204 detects that the input unit 260 of the portable terminal 20 has performed an operation of capturing an image of the code information attached to the product.

The product registration means (registration means) 205 executes product registration processing.
For example, the product registration unit 205 identifies a product based on the product identification information acquired by the acquisition process and information stored in the product master, acquires product information, and registers the product as registered product information.

The reserved product registration unit 206 executes reserved product information generation processing.
For example, when the product identification information cannot be acquired by the acquisition process, or when the product identification information acquired by the acquisition process is not stored in the product master, the pending product registration means 206 generates information about the product as the pending product information. ,Remember.

The display means 207 executes display processing.
For example, the display unit 207 displays the registered product information registered by the product registration unit 205 and the reserved product information generated by the reserved product registration unit 206 on the display unit 250 .

The notification means 208 executes notification processing.
For example, the notification means 208 notifies the display unit 250 or the like when there is a product that cannot be registered due to the member's product registration operation. In addition, the notification means 208 notifies the trouble by, for example, displaying on the display unit 250 that no shopping bag is set in the shopping cart.
The output unit 209 outputs the registered product information registered by the product registration unit 205, the reserved product information generated by the reserved product registration unit 206, and the like.

The registered product cancellation means 210 executes registered product cancellation processing.
For example, the registered product canceling means 210 detects that a member has performed a product registration canceling operation, creates registration deletion information, and outputs information related to the operation of canceling the registered product information to the host device 10. .

The POS terminal 70 of the sales data processing system of this embodiment includes a control section 700, a display section 750 such as a touch panel, an input section 760 such as a camera, a printing section 770 such as a printer, and the like.

The control unit 700 includes control means 701 for controlling the POS terminal 70 as a whole, input means 702 for inputting product registration information, display means 703 for displaying the input registration information on the display unit 750, registration Settlement means 704 that settles merchandise based on information; Notifying means 705 that notifies a store clerk or the like when pending merchandise information is input; Editing means 706 that corrects pending merchandise information; A prohibiting means 707 or the like is provided for prohibiting the settlement processing by the settlement means 704 when the information is included.

The control means 701 controls the POS terminal 70 as a whole, for example, stores input (obtained) or detected information in a storage device such as a memory as appropriate, reads out each information from the storage device, and displays it on the display section 750. display or exchange information with other devices.
Further, the control means 701 executes various determination processes and the like as necessary.
For example, in step S702 of the flow shown in FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not there is pending product information in the registered information, and in step S707, it is determined whether or not uncorrected pending product information exists. do.

The input means 702 executes input processing.
For example, the input means 702 inputs registration information output by the output means 209 of the portable terminal 20 .
The display means 703 executes display processing of registration information.
For example, the display means 703 displays the input registration information (product information and reserved products) on the display section 750 . In addition, the displayed registration information (product information and pending products) is displayed in different forms as necessary.

The settlement means 704 executes settlement processing.
For example, the settlement means 704 performs settlement processing for products based on the registration information. Acquire the accounting method used by the customer for settlement prior to the settlement process.

The notification means 705 executes notification processing.
For example, if the input registration information includes pending product information or canceled product information, the notification means 705 displays on the display unit 750 that there is a pending product (cancelled product), A calling process for calling the terminal 70 is executed. In addition, call processing for calling a store clerk is executed as necessary, such as the status of the member.

The editing means 706 executes editing processing.
For example, the editing means 706 displays an editing screen for correcting pending product information or the like input by the input means 702 . A store clerk or the like confirms the registered information by editing the reserved product information on the edit screen. Note that the correction screen may be displayed by inputting a store clerk code or the like.

The prohibition means 707 executes prohibition processing.
For example, if the registration information includes pending product information or canceled product information, the prohibiting means 707 prohibits settlement processing until the pending product information is corrected by the editing means 706 and registered as registered information. do.

Next, an example of a block diagram of the mobile terminal 20 of the sales data processing system will be described with reference to FIG. 26(a).
The sales data processing system of this embodiment has, as a control section, a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a memory 24, a network I/F 25, an input section I/F 26, a display section I/F 27, and the like. there is

The CPU 21 constitutes a computer and executes instructions of software programs. The ROM 22 pre-stores programs and the like for the CPU 21 to operate. The program and the like may be stored in a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM and read by an external device such as a CD-ROM drive.

The RAM 23 is used as a work storage area necessary for storing programs and operating software.
The memory 24 is composed of a hard disk device or the like, and stores information such as a product master.
The network I/F 25 is a circuit for exchanging data with means connected on the network.
The input section I/F 26 is a circuit for performing input/output with the input section 260 .
The display unit I/F 27 is a circuit for performing input/output with a display unit 250 such as a touch panel.

Next, an example of a block diagram of the POS terminal 70 of the sales data processing system will be described with reference to FIG. 26(b).
The sales data processing system of this embodiment includes, as a control unit, a CPU 71, a ROM 72, a RAM 73, a memory 74, a network I/F 75, an input unit I/F 76, a display unit I/F 77, a printing unit I /F78, etc.

The CPU 71 constitutes a computer and executes instructions of software programs. The ROM 72 pre-stores programs and the like for the CPU 71 to operate. The program and the like may be stored in a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM and read by an external device such as a CD-ROM drive.

The RAM 73 is used as a work storage area necessary for storing programs and operating software.
The memory 74 is composed of a hard disk device or the like, and stores information such as a product master.
The network I/F 75 is a circuit for exchanging data with means connected on the network.
The input section I/F 76 is a circuit for performing input/output with the input section 760 .
The display unit I/F 77 is a circuit for performing input/output with a display unit 750 such as a touch panel.
A printing unit I/F 78 is a circuit for inputting/outputting data to/from a printing unit 770 such as a printer.

As described above, the sales data processing system of the present embodiment detects whether or not a shopping bag is set in the shopping cart prior to product registration processing using the mobile terminal owned by the customer. If the shopping bag is not set, the user is prompted to set the shopping bag, so the registered products can be put directly into the shopping bag set in the shopping cart, eliminating the need for bagging (sucking) after checkout, and smoothing the process. can do shopping.

By setting the shopping bag, smooth shopping becomes possible, so it is possible to encourage customers to use their own bags, refrain from using plastic shopping bags, and reduce the generation of garbage.

The sales data processing system of this embodiment detects whether or not a shopping bag is set in the shopping cart, and if the setting of the shopping bag is not detected, the setting of the shopping bag is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal. Display a screen prompting the user, prohibit the display of the product registration screen, etc. When the set of shopping bags is detected, display the registration screen on the display of the mobile terminal to enable shopping. However, if the use of shopping bags (or non-use, use of shopping bags, etc.) is detected, shopping can be done (checkout can be processed). And means for enabling shopping are not limited at all.
Also, the sales data processing system may detect the use of the shopping bag or the like at any timing.

Also, the mobile terminal 20 can be provided with various additional functions.
When the mobile terminal 20 identifies a store by identification information or the like, detects a case in which product registration is not performed for a predetermined time period, or a case in which payment is not performed, the mobile terminal 20 cancels the display of the registration screen or cancels the registration. Product data may be deleted.

In addition, when the store is specified by the position information, the mobile terminal 20 detects when the mobile terminal 20 leaves a predetermined range, cancels the display of the registration screen, or deletes the registered product data. You can
As a result, it is possible to prevent only the product price information and the like from being taken out of the store.

In addition, if there is a product that is being registered and the payment has not been made, the mobile terminal 20 may carry out a pre-registered non-cash withdrawal or the like. In addition, the member in good standing may be notified of the next payment by e-mail, or a screen for repayment may be displayed when the dedicated application is activated at the next visit.
The timing of the screen display for re-settlement is the function of the settlement device, such as when entering the store or at the time of settlement, adding up multiple transaction data, separating receipt issuing for each transaction, and performing settlement collectively. may

In addition, the mobile terminal 20 may notify that items that do not fit in the shopping cart and items that do not fit in the shopping cart should not be put in the bag during shopping. For example, when the product identification information is read for toilet paper, a case containing six 2-liter bottles, etc., a message such as "please place at the bottom of the shopping cart" may be displayed.
Further, when the product is registered, the POS terminal 70 may issue the required number of labels indicating that the product has been purchased. A transaction number, a membership code, a product name, etc. may be written on the label.

In addition, shopping bags (my bags) and shopping bags may be placed at appropriate locations in the store, and when the shopping bags become full during shopping, the customer can identify their own bags or checkout bags. Purchasing may be made possible by reading information (a so-called bar code). In this case, the portable terminal 20 does not have to notify the customer to wear the shopping bag.

Further, the mobile terminal 20 may display a screen 805 for prompting the member to attach the shopping bag shown in FIG. 12(a) when the shopping bag is no longer detected while the member is shopping.
For example, the mobile terminal 20 can recognize the identification information 90a of the shopping cart 90 during shopping, such as when the member moves the shopping bag from the top of the shopping cart 90 to the bottom. If the identification information 90a is not recognized again after recognizing that the bag has been changed, or if the time during which the identification information 90a is not recognized has passed a predetermined period of time, a display requesting the attachment of a shopping bag or the purchase of a shopping bag is displayed. may

Further, when detecting that the shopping bag is not attached, the mobile terminal 20 may display the screen 805 prompting the user to attach the shopping bag and not start product registration until the shopping bag is attached.

Moreover, the portable terminal 20 may arrange a key indicating a purchase request for a shopping bag or a plastic shopping bag at an appropriate position on the registration screen.
When a key indicating a desired purchase of a shopping bag is operated, the mobile terminal 20 transmits information such as the type, size, and quantity of the desired shopping bag to the management server, etc. It may be sent to a register, an information processing device, or an attendant terminal of a full self-service POS lane.
At this time, the portable terminal 20 may prompt the user to move the shopping bag from the upper level of the shopping cart to the lower level, and then notify the installation guidance.

The store clerk who receives the information may specify the member from the location information of the mobile terminal 20 and the product information read by the member before and after, and hand over the shopping bag or the like. The display unit 250 may be notified that a shopping bag or the like is to be handed over.
Then, the mobile terminal 20 may register the purchase of the shopping bag by scanning the barcode of the pay shopping bag brought by the store clerk.

In addition, when a member operates a key indicating a purchase request for a shopping bag or the like, the mobile terminal 20 notifies the store clerk when the customer starts the checkout process. ), and the store clerk may hand it over to the member, or the store clerk may register the purchase of the shopping bag by reading the bar code of the shopping bag on the checkout device.

Furthermore, the mobile terminal 20 may acquire product information by referring to the product master of the host device 10 or the like. good too.
In addition, although the mobile terminal 20 acquires the product identification information from the imaged data, the mobile terminal 20 only acquires the imaged data, and the process after the step of acquiring the product identification information from the obtained imaged data is performed. It may be performed in a host system.

In addition, the store may set a member-only POS terminal 70 for a member who has registered a product using the mobile terminal 20 among the plurality of POS terminals 70, and the mobile terminal 20 guides the member to the dedicated POS terminal 20. You can guide

In addition, the sales data processing system may be able to omit the settlement process for each purchase by registering customers who settle accounts at a certain time such as the end of the month. In this case, the QR code (registered trademark) 840a displayed on the output screen 840 of the portable terminal 20 may be read by the POS terminal 70, thereby completing the shopping without performing the checkout process.

Each process carried out in this embodiment may be carried out in any of the host device 10, the mobile terminal 20, the store controller 60, the POS terminal 70, etc. Unless there is a contradiction, in which device it is carried out is not limited.

It goes without saying that the above-described embodiments do not limit the invention described in the claims, but are treated as examples.

1: sales data processing system 10: host device 20: portable terminal 200: control unit 201: control means (detection means, reception means, notification means)
202: store identification means (specification means)
203: Acquisition means 204: Detection means 205: Product registration means (registration means)
206: Reserved product registration means 207: Display means 208: Notification means 209: Output means 210: Registered product cancellation means 70: POS terminal 90: Shopping cart 91: Portable terminal holder 92: Shopping basket 95: Shopping bag 95a: My bag

Claims (6)

In a sales data processing system that registers products to be purchased on a mobile terminal,
registration means for performing registration processing of the product to be purchased;
imaging means for performing imaging processing;
detection means for detecting whether or not a shopping bag is attached to the shopping basket of the shopping cart based on the image captured by the imaging means ;
When the detection means detects that the shopping bag is attached , the registration means displays a registration screen for performing product registration processing , and the detection means indicates that the shopping bag is attached. a display means for displaying a screen prompting the wearing of a shopping bag when it is detected that there is no shopping bag ;
A sales data processing system characterized by: 2. The sales data according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays an operation key for purchasing a shopping bag when said detecting means detects that said shopping bag is not attached. processing system. Having a specifying means for specifying a store when the registration process is performed by the registration means ,
3. The sales data according to claim 1, wherein the identifying means identifies the store based on location information, or identifies the store by reading code information for identifying the store. processing system. 3. The display means, when a predetermined time elapses after displaying the screen prompting the user to attach the shopping bag, shifts the screen from the screen prompting the user to attach the shopping bag to the registration screen. Item 4. The sales data processing system according to any one of items 3. Equipped with a means to confirm that the customer uses my back,
When the detection means detects that the shopping bag is not attached and the use of the personal bag is not confirmed by the confirmation means, a clerk's intervention is encouraged to settle the account. 5. The sales data processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A program for controlling a sales data processing system for registering products to be purchased on a mobile terminal,
a procedure for performing imaging processing;
a procedure for detecting whether or not a shopping bag is attached to the shopping basket of the shopping cart based on the image captured in the procedure for performing the imaging process;
When it is detected that the shopping bag is attached in the detecting procedure, a registration screen for performing product registration processing is displayed, and the shopping bag is not attached in the detecting procedure. Execute a procedure for displaying a screen prompting the user to attach a shopping bag when detected.
A program characterized by

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