JPH02143124A - Electronic charging scale - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the electronic charging scale with high control efficiency by accumulating and registering control data on weight values obtained by weighing and calculated prices, etc., by both articles and departments independently. CONSTITUTION:A control part 1 inputs the counted value of a scale part 2 and calculates the weight value of an article set on the scale part 2 from the counted value. Further, the control part 1 calculates the price of the merchandise set on the scale part 2 from a unit price per unit weight which is set by preparatory processing and the weight value which is calculated by weight value calculation processing. Then the control part 1 reads article accumulation information out of an article accumulation memory 6b and departmental accumulation information out of a departmental accumulation memory 7 and accumulates the weight value and price which are calculated by the weight value calculation processing and price calculation processing to both pieces of information to update the article accumulation information and departmental accumulation information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic price scale for weighing weighed products to calculate prices.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in electronic price scales, when managing data such as price, weight, quantity, etc., this data management is performed using PL.
So-called single item management is performed for each U.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional electronic price scales described above, it is not possible to perform data management for each department (departmental management), so when performing departmental management, the department code is included in the PLU information and the single item management data is It is conceivable to obtain departmental management data by editing from , but in this case, it will no longer be possible to obtain departmental management data after the individual item management data has been settled.

The present invention was made in consideration of these circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an electronic fare scale with high manageability that allows data management to be performed independently for each item and for each department. It is about providing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The invention of claim (1) includes a single item information storage means that stores single item information (for example, FLU information) including at least department information (for example, department code) in association with product identification information (for example, PLU code); A registration area is determined for each department information stored in the unit, and at least one of a weight value and a price is associated with the product identification information of the product, and the department indicated by the department information stored in the single item information storage means is The system is equipped with means for registering cumulative totals by department for each division.

Further, the invention of claim (2) provides, in addition to the electronic rate scale of claim (1), when registering department information in the single item information storage means, the same department information as the registered department information to be registered is stored. It is determined whether the registered department information is set for the departmental cumulative total registration means, and only when the same department information as the registered department information is set for the departmental cumulative total registration means, the registered department information is set for the single item. It is now registered in the information storage means.

Further, the invention of claim (3) provides, in addition to the electronic fare scale of claim (1), when reading out the single item information from the single item information storage means, the invention provides the same information as the department information in the read single item information to be read out. determine whether or not the department information is set for the departmental cumulative total registration means, and if the same department information as the department information in the read single item information is set for the departmental cumulative total registration means. Only the read single item information is read from the single item information storage means.

[Effect]

According to the invention of claim ( ), since at least one of the weight value and the price can be registered independently and cumulatively for each item and each department, data management can be performed for both each item and each department.

Furthermore, if the invention is claimed in claim (2) and claim (3),
Furthermore, it is possible to prevent accurate data management from becoming impossible due to incorrect registration of department information in the single item information storage means or non-registration of department information in the single item information storage means.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electronic fare scale according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic fare scale.

In the figure, 1 is a control unit that controls the entire electronic fare scale.

The control unit 1 includes a weighing unit 2 for weighing products, an input unit 3 for an operator to input various instructions to the control unit 1, and a weighing unit 3 for inputting various instructions to the control unit 1. A display unit 4 for displaying product prices, etc., a printer 5 for issuing receipts, etc. are connected. Furthermore, the control unit 1 includes a PLU memory 6 as a single item information storage means, and a departmental cumulative total memory 7 as a departmental cumulative total registration means.
are connected. The PLU memory 6 stores a product name, a department code as department information, and other information in association with the FLU code as product identification information.
It consists of an LU information memory 6a and a single item cumulative memory 6b for cumulatively registering management data such as price and weight for each PLU.

By the way, the control section 1 has, for example, a microcomputer as a main control circuit, and in addition to the original control means of the electronic price scale including the price calculation means 1a, it also has an individual item accumulation control means 1b and a departmental accumulation control means 1c. , department code registration control means 1d as department information registration control means, PLU information readout control means 1e as single item information readout control means.
etc.

Here, the single item accumulation control means 1b is for accumulating management data such as price and weight for each individual item and registering it in the single item accumulation memory 6b. Further, the departmental cumulative total control means 1c accumulates management data such as price and weight for each department and registers it in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, and the departmental cumulative total control means and the departmental cumulative total memory 7 It constitutes a separate cumulative registration means. The department code registration control means 1d controls the registration of department codes in the PLU so that only department codes that meet predetermined conditions are registered. Furthermore, when reading PLU information from the FLU memory 6, the PLU information successive output control means 1e controls such that only the PLU information that meets a predetermined condition is permitted to be read.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map of the departmental cumulative memory 7. As shown in FIG. In this way, the departmental cumulative total memory 7 has a storage area reserved for storing cumulative total information for each department code set for the departmental cumulative total memory 7.

Next, control the operation of the electronic fare scale configured as described above.
The explanation will be given according to the processing procedure of part 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control section 1 first performs a preparation process in step 3a. This preparation process includes, for example, registering product names in the PLU information memory 6a, setting departments in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, reading specified PLU information, and setting the unit price per unit weight prior to weighing and price calculation. Various processes such as the following are performed.

Here, when preparations for weighing and price calculation are completed and the product is set on the weighing section 2, the control section 1 inputs the count value of the weighing section 2 in step 3b. First, the weight value of the product set on the weighing section 2 in step 3c is calculated. Furthermore, the control unit 1 performs step 3d.
In this step, the price of the product set in the weighing section 2 is calculated from the unit price per unit weight set in the preparation process (step 3a) and m1Iia calculated in the weight value calculation process (step 3c). Note that the ff1ffi value calculation process in step 3c and the price calculation process in step 3d are performed using the price calculation means 1a. Then, in step 3e, the control unit 1 reads out the single item cumulative information of the PLU stored in the tit product cumulative total memory 6b and the departmental cumulative information of the department stored in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, and then Step 3f
Then, the weight values and prices calculated in the weight value calculation process (step 3c) and the price calculation process (step 3d) are added to both the read single item cumulative information and departmental cumulative total information, and the single item cumulative information and departmental cumulative total information are added. Update the separate cumulative information. Then, in step 3g, the control unit 1 stores the single item cumulative information and departmental cumulative information updated in step 3f in predetermined storage areas of the single item cumulative total memory 6b and the departmental cumulative total memory 7 (assigned to the PLU and the department). storage area).

Next, an explanation will be given of operations related to the registration of department codes in the PLU in the preparation process (step 3a) and the reading of PLU information performed prior to weighing and price calculation.

First, in the preparation process (step 3a in FIG. 3), F
When the operator instructs the department code registration mode to the LU, the control unit 1 uses the department code registration control means 1d to perform control as shown in FIG. 4. That is, the controller] first selects the PL for setting the department code in step 4a.
After reading the PLU information of U from the PLU information memory 6a, the department code (registered department code) is input in step 4b. Then, in step 4C, the control unit 1 searches whether or not the same department code as the registered department code is set in the department cumulative total memory 7, and in step 4d, the control unit 1 searches if the same department code as the registered department code is set in the department cumulative total memory 7. It is determined whether or not it has already been set in the separate cumulative memory 7. Here, if the same department code as the registered department code has been set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, the control unit 1 stores PLU information with the registered department code as the department code in the PLU information memory 6a in step 4e. . After that, in step 4f, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the registration of the department code in the FLU is finished, and if there is an instruction to finish, moves to other processing, and also registers the department code in the PLO. If the process is to be continued, the process from step 4a onwards is repeated to register the department code in the PLU. - On the other hand, in step 4d, if the same department code as the registered department code is not set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, the control unit 1 determines that the registered department code is an incorrect department code, and in step 4g Error handling.

In addition, in the preparation process (step 3g in FIG. 3), when the FLU is specified (product specified) by operating the PLU key in the input section 3 prior to weighing and price calculation,
The control section 1 performs control as shown in FIG. 5 using the PLU information readout control means 1e. That is, the controller] receives the input of the FLU code in step 5a, and reads out the PLU information of the PLU code input in step 5a from the PLU information memory 6a in step 5b. Then, in step 5C, the control unit 1 searches whether or not the same department code as the department code in the PLU information read out in step 5b is set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, and in step 5d, the control unit 1 searches for the same department code as the department code in the PLU information read in step 5b. In PLU
It is determined whether the same department code as the department code in the information has been set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7. Here, if the same department code as the department code in the PLU information has been set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, the control unit 1 in step 4e reads out the PLU information read out in step 5b and stores it in the readout buffer (in FIG. (omitted)), necessary information such as the product name of this PLU information is displayed on the display unit 4 in step 5f. on the other hand,
If the same department code as the department code in the PLO information is not set in the departmental cumulative total memory 7, the control unit 1
The department code is not registered in the U information, or the P
It is determined that the department code in the LU information is a department code that has already been deleted (currently not in use), and the process proceeds to step 5g.
Error handling is performed in this case.

Also, in the '$ preparation process (step 3g in Figure 3),
When the inspection or settlement mode is specified, the control unit 1 stores the single item cumulative information and departmental cumulative total information stored in the single item cumulative total memory 6b and the departmental cumulative total memory 7 as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, for example. The printer 5 outputs the data in the following format. Here, Figure 6 shows the inspection of single item cumulative information, and Figure 7 shows the
The figure shows the settlement of the single item cumulative information, FIG. 8 shows the inspection of the departmental cumulative information, and FIG. 9 shows the settlement of the departmental cumulative information.

In this way, with this electronic price scale, management data such as weight values obtained from weighing and calculated prices are registered independently and cumulatively for each item and each department, allowing for detailed data management. becomes possible.

In addition, when registering a department code to the PLU, registration of department codes other than the department code set in the departmental cumulative memory 7 is not permitted, and department codes are not included in the PLU information read when reading the PLU information. If the code is not registered or the registered department code is a department code that has already been deleted, reading of the relevant PLU information is prohibited, so an incorrect department code may be registered for the PLU. This can prevent departmental management from becoming inaccurate.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, in this embodiment, both the department information registration control means and the single item information readout control means are provided, but only one or both may be provided, or both may be provided. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

In this way, according to the invention of claim (1), data management can be performed independently for each item and for each department,
It becomes an electronic fare scale with high management efficiency.

Furthermore, according to the inventions of claims (2) and (3),
Furthermore, the electronic charge scale can prevent accurate departmental management from becoming impossible due to incorrect departmental information being registered in the single item information storage means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a memory map of departmental cumulative memory, and FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the control unit;
9 to 9 are diagrams showing examples of output at the time of inspection and payment, respectively. l...Control unit, 1a...Price calculation means, 1b...
Single item cumulative control means, IC... departmental cumulative total control means, 1
d...Department code registration control means, 1e...PLU information readout control means, 2...Weighing section, 3...Input section, 4.
...Display unit, 5...Printer, 6...PLU memory, 6a...PLU information memory, 6b...Single item cumulative memory, 7...Sectional cumulative total memory. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Go to Figure 3 for processing Figure 8 Figure 2'u! :Go to 4 Figure 5 Figure 9

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Calculate the price of the product from the weight value obtained by weighing the product and the unit price per unit weight of the product, and register the cumulative total of at least either the weight value or the price for each item. In an electronic rate scale, the unit information storage means stores unit information including at least department information in association with product identification information, and a registration area is defined for each department information set in advance, and the weight value or At least one of the above prices,
An electronic price scale characterized by comprising: cumulative total registration means for each department for registering cumulative totals for each department indicated by department information stored in the single item information storage means in association with product identification information of the product. (2) In the electronic rate scale according to claim (1), when registering department information in the single item information storage means, the same department information as the registered department information to be registered is stored in the department cumulative registration means. A department that registers the registered department information in the single item information storage means only when the same department information as the registered department information is set in the departmental cumulative total registration means. An electronic fare scale characterized by comprising information registration control means. (3) In the electronic price scale according to claim (1), when reading out the single item information from the single item information storage means, the same department information as the department information in the read out single item information is added to the cumulative total by department. Only when the same department information as the department information in the read single item information is set for the departmental cumulative total registration means, the read single item information is An electronic price scale characterized by comprising a single item information reading control means for reading out single item information from a single item information storage means.