JPH03100893A - Goods sale data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve workability by reducing a load on a clerk for an accounting job by print-outputting discount information corresponding to the registration of specific discount goods on the receipt of a customer, and automatically performing the discount processing of the goods based on the information. CONSTITUTION:The clerk in charge of the accounting job inputs the code of the goods purchased by the customer with a code input means 21. When code- inputted goods is the discount goods, discount goods information consisting of the code and the discount amount of the discount goods is print-outputted on the receipt of the customer, and the receipt is issued. The clerk, when receiv ing the presentation of the receipt from the customer, inputs the discount goods information on the receipt with the discount goods information input means 21, 22, and also, inputs the code of the goods purchased by the customer with the code input means 22. When the code-inputted goods is the one, for example, equivalent to information-inputted discount goods or the one relating to the goods, the sale data of the goods is discounted and registered. In such a way, the load for the accounting job on the clerk can be remarkably reduced, which improves the workability.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a PO5 (point of sale point of sale) system in which an electronic cash register used in a retail store or a plurality of electronic cash registers are centrally managed by a host controller. (information management) system and other product sales data processing devices.

[Conventional technology]

Some retail stores use a sales method in which they issue service coupons to customers who have purchased a specific product, and if the customer presents this service coupon on their next purchase, they will receive a discount on the specified product. However, there is. By adopting this method, you can expect repeat customers, which will have the effect of increasing the number of regular customers.

However, when this sales method is adopted, the clerk who performs accounting operations determines on his own whether or not the products purchased by the customer include a specific product, and if a specific product is found, he prepares the corresponding service coupon. It was a hassle to have to hand it to the customer along with the receipt.

On the other hand, conventional electronic cash registers are provided with a product discount function. This function subtracts the discount amount from the normal sales price of the discounted product by key-inputting the discount amount immediately after registering the discounted product. Therefore, when a store clerk receives a service coupon from a customer, it is necessary to enter the discount amount corresponding to the service coupon using a key immediately after registering the product to be discounted. This is because if you enter the discount amount immediately after registering a product that is not eligible for discount, the discount will be applied to the product that is not eligible for discount, and sales management will not be possible correctly. be. Therefore, when a store clerk receives a service coupon from a customer, he or she has to be aware of which product the service coupon corresponds to, which is a hassle.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the prior art, benefits are given to customers by exchanging service tickets between the store and the customer, which are processed by a human system and whether or not they can be issued and discounted. Because the company was trying to acquire customers by using the above methods, the accounting work for store clerks became complicated, resulting in a decline in work efficiency.

Therefore, in accordance with the registration of a specific discounted product, the discount information of the discounted product can be printed out on the customer's receipt, and later based on the discount information printed on this receipt, the discount information of the discounted product can be printed out. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales data processing device that can automatically process transaction requests, greatly reduce the burden on store clerks in accounting work, and improve work efficiency.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a code input means for inputting the code of a product sold to one customer, and cumulative product sales data obtained based on the product code input by the code input means. In a product sales data processing device comprising a registration means for registering, and a receipt issuing means for printing and issuing the product sales data for one customer registered by the registration means and the total data on a receipt, the value of the discounted product is A discount amount storage means for storing a discount amount; a discount product determination means for determining whether a product whose code is input by the code input means is a discount product; and at least one of the products determined to be a discount product by the determination means. discount product information printing means for printing out a code and discount amount on a receipt issued by the receipt issuing means; discount product information input means for inputting the discount product information printed on the receipt by the printing means; and discount processing means for discounting the sales data of the product whose code is input by the code input means based on the discount product information input by the information input means.

Here, the discount processing means processes the sales data of the same product or product belonging to the same department as the discounted product whose information is input by the discounted product information input means.

Further, it is preferable that a barcode reader is provided as the discounted product information input means, and that the discounted product information printed on the receipt is converted into a barcode and printed out in the discounted product information printing device.

[Operation] With the present invention having such a configuration, the clerk at the checkout service inputs the code of the product purchased by the customer using the code input means. Here, if the product for which the code has been input is a discount product, discount product information consisting of the code of the discount product and the discount amount is printed on the customer's receipt, and the receipt is issued. At this time, the discounted product is registered for sale at the regular selling price.

Later, when the clerk receives the receipt from the customer,
The discount product information on the receipt is input by the discount product information input means, and the code of the product purchased by the customer is input by the code input means. As a result, if the product for which the code has been input is the same as or related to the discounted product for which the information has been input, the sales data of the product is registered with a discount.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a POS system shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 3, numeral 1 is a POS terminal consisting of an electronic cash register, and the plurality of terminals 1
and one file controller 2 and an inline line 3
A POS system is constructed by connecting in a closed loop via.

The above file controller 2 is for each POS terminal 1
It centrally manages and analyzes sales at each POS terminal 1, and also controls the PLU (Price Look Up) file 4.

The PLU file 4 is for storing the product name, link department, unit price, discount flag, and discount amount in correspondence with the PLU code attached to each product, as shown in Figure 4. . Here, the link category is information that categorizes each product into related products and is attached to the product group. In addition, when the product is a specific discount product, the discount flag is set to "
1" is set, and is reset to "0" when the product is sold at the regular price. Further, the discount amount can be arbitrarily set only for specific discounted products. That is, the PLU file 4 functions as a discount amount storage means. The setting/resetting of the discount flag and the setting of the discount amount can be done in the same way as the conventional unit price setting, etc.
This is done using the keyboard.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the POS terminal 1. As shown in FIG. CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 as the main body of the control unit
It has a built-in arithmetic circuit, a memory control circuit, etc., and according to the program stored in the ROM (read-only memory) 12, the RAM (random access memory) 1
3. Scanner control circuit 14, transmission control circuit 15, keyboard circuit 16, display control circuit 17 and I10 board 1
8. Control each part of 19 respectively. In addition, the above CPU
II and each part are connected via a pass line 20.

As shown in FIG. 6, the RAM 13 contains the POS
Product registration memory R for cumulatively processing the sales data of each product registered for sale in terminal 1, for example, by department.
1. Price totalizer R2 for calculating the total price of products sold to one customer, PLU code area, product name area,
Discount product table R3 consisting of a link department area, a discount amount area, a PLU code area, and a link department area.

A discount target table R4 consisting of a discount amount area, a processed flag area, etc. is formed. Here, the discount product table R3 and the discount target table R4 are created by the CPU 11.
Under the control of , desired information is stored in order from the first address as necessary.

A barcode scanner 21 is connected to the scanner control circuit 14 for reading the product barcode attached to each product and the discount barcode M1, M2゜M3 printed on the issued receipt as shown in FIG. has been done. Here, if the product barcode is the JAN code source marking,
As shown in Figure M2 (a), it consists of a 13-digit code system, the first two digits indicate the country code (49 in the case of Japan), the next five digits indicate the manufacturer code, and the next five digits indicate the PLU code. The last digit is used as a check digit. Therefore, in this embodiment, the discount barcode is also 13 digits in the same system as the product barcode, and as shown in Figure 2 (b-), the first two digits are used to distinguish the discount barcode. discount code (e.g. 99) and the next 5
The digits indicate the PLU code, the next two digits indicate the link department code, and the remaining four digits are used as the discount amount.

The transmission control circuit 15 controls data exchange with the file controller 2 via the inline line 3. The keyboard circuit 16 inputs key signals from a keyboard 22, and the keyboard 22 includes a numeric key for inputting numerical data, a multiplication key for inputting a multiplier, and a subtotal for calculating a subtotal amount. In addition to a discount key for inputting a discount amount, as shown in FIG. 5, there is provided a cash total key K for instructing registration by cash transaction. The display control circuit 17 drives and controls a display 23 for electronically displaying the product name, price, total price, etc. of the product for sale. Said I
The boat 18 has a mode switch 24 for selecting various business modes such as "registration", "payment", "setting", etc.
is connected, and a selection signal from this switch 24 is input. The I10 port 19 is connected to a printer drive circuit 26 of a dot printer 25 for printing on receipts, etc., and a drawer opening device 28 of a drawer 27 for storing cash etc., and a drive signal is sent to each of them. It is intended to be output.

The CPU II is program-controlled to execute the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 when the "registration" task is selected by the mode switch 24. That is, when it is detected that a barcode has been read by the barcode scanner 21 before a key signal is input from the keyboard 22, it is determined whether the barcode information is a product barcode or a discount barcode. to decide. This determination can be made depending on whether the first two digits of the barcode information are a country code or a discount code. When it is confirmed that the barcode is a discount barcode, the PLU code, department code, and discount amount included in the barcode information are stored in the empty area of the discount target table R4 in address order (discount product information input means). Further, the corresponding processed flag is set to "0" and this processing is ended.

On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the barcode information read by the barcode scanner 21 is a product barcode, the product registration process shown in FIG. 8 is executed. That is, a makeshift message of the PLU code included in the barcode information is created and sent to the file controller 2 via the inline line 3 by the transmission control circuit 15. Then, the file controller 2 searches the PLU file 4 and reads out the product name, link department, unit price, discount flag, and discount amount corresponding to the inquired PLU code, and sends this PLU data to the POS terminal 1.
Since the PLU data is sent back, the CPU 11 receives this PLU data via the transmission control circuit 15 (code input means). Next, the amount obtained by multiplying the unit price in the PLU data by the number of items sold is set as the sales amount, and product sales data consisting of this sales amount and number of items sold is cumulatively registered in the product registration memory R1 for each ring department in the PLU data (registration). means). Also, the sales amount is added to the amount totalizer R2. Furthermore, the product name and sales amount in the PLU data are displayed on the display 23, and the printer 25 is driven to print out the product name, unit price, number of items sold, sales amount, etc. on a receipt. Note that the above-mentioned sales number is set to be the multiplier if the multiplier has been input using the multiplication key on the keyboard 22 immediately before reading the product barcode, and is set to "1" if not.

Next, the discount flag in the PLO data is checked (discount product determination means). Then, if the discount flag is "1", that is, it is a specific discount product, the corresponding PLU code,
Discount product table R3 with product name, link department, and discount amount
are stored in the empty area in address order. The discount flag is “
0'', that is, the above process is not performed in the case of a regular product.

Next, the discount target table R4 is searched to determine whether or not the same PLU code as the PLU code input as the product barcode is stored.

Then, if the same barcode is not stored, this process ends. On the other hand, if the same barcode is stored, the processed flag corresponding to the same barcode in the discount target table R4 is checked. Then, if the flag is set to "1", this process ends.

On the other hand, if the flag has been reset to "0", it is set to "1" and the corresponding link department and discount amount are read out. And product registration memory R
The discount amount is subtracted from the cumulative sales amount corresponding to the relevant linked department in item 1. The discount amount is also subtracted from the amount totalizer R2 (discount processing means). Furthermore, the product name and discount amount in the PLU data are displayed on the display 23 and printed out on a receipt by the printer 25, and this processing is completed.

On the other hand, if a key signal is input from the keyboard 22 before the barcode scanner 21 reads the barcode information, the type of input key signal is checked and the corresponding key process is executed. Here, when it is confirmed that the input key signal is due to an input operation on the cash total key, a change calculation is performed to subtract the total amount stored in the amount totalizer R2 from the deposit amount, and the calculated change amount is calculated. The display 23
to be displayed. Further, the total amount, deposited amount, and change amount are sequentially printed out on a receipt by the printer 25.

The person in charge number and time are also printed.

If numerical data has been input using the numeric keys immediately before inputting it to the cash total key, the deposited amount is taken as that numerical data, and if it has not been inputted, it is taken as the total amount in the amount totalizer R2.

Next, discount product table R3 and discount target table R
It is determined whether data is stored in 4. If data is not stored in both tables R3 and R4, a receipt is immediately issued (receipt issuing means). Further, even if data is stored only in the discount target table R4, but the processed flag of the data is set to "1", a receipt is immediately issued. Thereafter, the discount target table R4 and amount totalizer R2 are cleared, and this process is ended.

On the other hand, if data is stored in the discount product table R3, the PLU code, link department, and discount amount in the data are converted into a discount barcode in the format shown in Figure 2 (b), and the printer 25, the above-mentioned discount barcode is printed out on the receipt together with the product name in the data and a predetermined message (for example, "Discount will be given next time", etc.) (discount product information printing means). Further, even when data whose processed flag is rOJ is stored in the discount target table R4, a discount barcode corresponding to the data is printed out in the same manner as described above. After that, issue this receipt, discount product table R3, discount target table R4
and clears the amount totalizer R2, and ends this process.

In this embodiment configured as described above, it is assumed that the data shown in FIG. 4 is now set in the PLO file 4. In this state, the customer sells the products rAAAJ, rBBB
Assuming that one item each of J, rCCCJ, and rDDDJ is purchased, a store clerk operating the POS terminal 1 uses the barcode scanner 21 to sequentially read the product barcodes attached to each product. Then, the total amount R2 stores the customer's total amount r10,000 yen. Also, since products rAAAJ and rDDDJ are discount products, product rAAAJ is included in the discount product table R3.
and rDDDJ's PLU code, product name, link department, and discount amount, respectively. After that, when the clerk enters the cash total key k to complete the registration, the product rAAAJ and "D D D" are displayed at the end of the customer's receipt.
A discount barcode for J is printed and a receipt is issued. An example of issuing a receipt at this time is shown in FIG. 1(a). In the figure, Ml is a discount barcode for product rAAAJ, and M2 is a discount barcode for product rDDDJ. In other words, the customer uses this issued receipt to confirm that he/she will be able to receive discount benefits when purchasing the products rAAAJ and "D D DJ" on his/her next shopping trip. For this purpose, the discount barcode M1 and M2 portions can be separated from this issued receipt and presented to the store.

Now, at a later date, the customer will also purchase the products rAAAJ~rDD.
It is assumed that the product rDDDJ is not offered a discount service. ),
If the discount barcodes Ml and M2 for products rAAAJ and rDDDJ are presented at the time of checkout, the clerk uses the barcode scanner 21 to scan the discount barcodes Ml and M2.
are read sequentially. Then, the PLU codes, link departments, and discount amounts of the products rAAAJ and rDDDJ recorded in the discount barcodes are stored in the discount target table R4. At this time, the processed flags are both "
0". After that, the store clerk first reads the product barcode of product rAAAJ with the barcode scanner 21. Then, since the PLU code of this product rAAAJ is stored in the discount target table R4, the price is discounted by the corresponding discount amount and the registration process is performed. Further, the name of the product rAAAJ and the discount amount are printed on the receipt. Note that this product rAAAJ is also a specific discount product this time, so the PLU code, product name, link department, and discount amount are stored in the discount product table R3.

Next, the store clerk receives and reads the product barcodes of the products rBBBJ and rcccJ. Since these products are not eligible for discounts, they will be registered at regular prices. Finally, the store clerk reads the product barcode of the product rDDDJ. Then, since the PLU code of this product rD DJ is also stored in the discount target table R4, the price is discounted by the corresponding discount amount and the registration process is performed. Also, the product r on the receipt
The product name and discount amount of D D DJ are printed. Note that since this product rDDDJ is not a discounted product this time, the required data is not stored in the discounted product table R3.

When the clerk inputs the cash total key k to complete the registration, the receipt shown in FIG. 1(b) is issued.

In the same figure, M3 is a discount barcode for the product rAAAJ, and the customer can check the product rAAAJ from this issued receipt.
Confirm that you can receive discount benefits when purchasing J on your next shopping trip.

In this way, for customers who purchased specific discounted products,
At the end of the receipt issued to that customer, mark the name of the discounted product.
A discount barcode recording the LU code, discount amount, etc. is printed out. When the customer purchases the same discounted product in his or her next shopping trip, he or she can receive the discount by presenting the corresponding discount barcode. That is, by using the discount barcode on the receipt, a sales method similar to conventional service tickets can be realized, and repeat customer visits can be fully expected, leading to the acquisition of regular customers.

In this embodiment, the POS terminal 1 determines whether or not a discount barcode is issued and whether or not a discount can be applied to the discount barcode.

Therefore, the clerk who performs accounting work no longer has to worry about determining whether the products purchased by the customer include a specific discounted product and preparing a service ticket.

In addition, when a customer presents a discount barcode, all that is required is to read the barcode information with the barcode scanner 21, and the user is aware of which products the customer has purchased that are eligible for the discount. There is no need to do so. Therefore, the burden on store staff can be significantly reduced, and work efficiency can be improved. Further, since the reading operation of the discount barcode can be performed all at once before the customer registers the product, the operability is also excellent.

In addition, since discounts are automatically applied when you purchase a discounted product, there is no need to worry about inputting discount data at the wrong time and discounting another product, as was the case in the past. This also has the effect of making it easier to achieve the desired results.

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

For example, in the above embodiment, a discount is given only when the same product as the discounted product is purchased later, but a discount is also given when a product belonging to the same department as the discounted product is purchased. It may be possible to do so. This is the discount target table R4
This is possible by determining whether the same department as the linked department in the PLO data is stored in the table R4 during the search. In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made to the code system of the discount barcode, the printing format of the discount barcode, etc. without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effect of the Invention J As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in response to the registration of a specific discounted product, the discount information of the discounted product can be printed out on the customer's receipt, and later printed on this receipt. To provide a product sales data processing device that can automatically process discounts for corresponding products based on the discount information provided, and can greatly reduce the burden on store staff for accounting work and improve work efficiency.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1(a)
, (b) is a diagram showing an example of issuing a receipt with a discount barcode printed on it, Figure 2 (a) is a diagram showing the code system for JAN code source marking, and Figure 2 (b) is a diagram showing a discount code. Figure 3 is the overall configuration diagram of the POS system, Figure 4 is the configuration diagram of the PLU file, Figure 5 is the block diagram of the POS terminal, and Figure 6 is the block diagram of the POS terminal.
Main memory configuration diagram of RAM in OS terminal,
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the main registration process of the CPU in the POS terminal, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the product registration process in the same process. Ml, M2. M3...discount barcode, 1...PO
S terminal, 2...File controller, 4...
・PLU file, 21... Barcode scanner, 2
2...Keyboard, 25...Printer, R1...
Memory for product registration, R2... Amount totalizer, R3...
Discount product table, R4...discount target table.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Code input means for inputting the code of a product sold to one customer; registration means for cumulatively registering product sales data obtained based on the product code input by this code input means; registration by this registration means; A product sales data processing device comprising a receipt issuing means for printing and issuing the product sales data for one customer and the total data on a receipt, a discount amount storage means for storing the discount amount of the discounted product; Discount product determining means for determining whether a product whose code has been input by the code input means is a discount product; and receipt issuing means for transmitting at least the code and discount amount of the product determined to be a discount product by the determination means. discount product information printing means for printing out the discount product information on the receipt issued by the printer; discount product information input means for inputting the discount product information printed on the receipt by the printing means; 1. A product sales data processing device comprising: discount processing means for discounting sales data of a product whose code is input by the code input device based on the discounted product information. (2) The discount processing means performs discount processing on sales data of the same product or product belonging to the same department as the discount product information input by the discount product information input device. The product sales data processing device described. (3) A barcode reader is provided as the discounted product information input means, and the discounted product information printing means converts the discounted product information printed on the receipt into a barcode and prints it out. 1. The product sales data processing device described in 1.