JPH0374797A - Commodity sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a compact data processor at a low cost by deciding an action mode from the data read by a bar code scanner and displaying this action mode on a mode display means. CONSTITUTION:When an action mode is designated, a bar code obtained by coding the action mode is read by a bar code scanner. Then the type of the action mode is decided from the data read by the bar code scanner. This action mode is displayed on a mode display means. At the same time, a due process can be carried out based on the action mode. For instance, either one of bar codes 9 shown on the bar code display matters 8A - 8E is read by a bar code scanner 2. Then the type of the action mode is decided from the read data of the scanner 2, and the decided action mode is displayed at a display part 5. At the same time, a process can be carried out based on the action mode. In such a constitution, a switch part, an input circuit, etc., can be omitted. As a result, the cost is reduced and the size of a data processor is reduced since no space is required for the switch part, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Use] The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device such as an electronic cash register or a POS (point of sales) terminal. Specifically, in a product sales data processing device having a barcode scanner, the operation mode can be specified using the barcode scanner.

[Prior art] Product sales data processing devices such as electronic cash registers and Pose terminals have multiple operating modes, such as "setting,""pause,""registration,""inspection," and "cashier minus."
When one of the operating modes, such as the "accounting" mode, is designated, processing based on the designated operating mode is executed.

Conventionally, as a configuration for specifying an operation mode, the sixth
The configuration shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 7 is adopted. In these figures, 31 is a key switch, 32 is a switch section arranged on the keyboard and switched by the key switch 31, and 33 is an input circuit that transmits a switching position signal of the switch section 32 to a CPU (not shown) via a data bus. It is.

When the key switch 31 is inserted into the switch section 32 and rotated to a desired operating mode position, a signal corresponding to the switching position of the switch section 32 is applied to the CPU through the input circuit 33. Then, the CPU executes processing based on the operation mode specified by the key switch 31.

Note that the above-mentioned "setting" refers to the task of setting the date, product name, etc. in the setting area in the storage unit.

In addition, "suspension" refers to a locked state in which all operations cannot be executed, and "registration" refers to storing the amount of sold products in the storage unit, and recording the results in receipts and journals. Incidentally, in this "registration", which refers to printing operations, product data is input using a barcode scanner that is normally equipped in a product sales data processing device.

In addition, 1. "Inspection" refers to the work of printing out the total sales amount, points, etc. stored cumulatively in the storage unit by "registration". This refers to the work of subtracting input data from the cumulatively stored total sales amount and points, and furthermore,
"Settlement" refers to a task that, for example, at the end of a day's work, prints out the total sales amount, points, etc. stored cumulatively in the storage section through "registration," and also clears the contents of the storage section.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Incidentally, as this type of product sales data processing device becomes more sophisticated, it is required to reduce costs and make it more compact.

However, the conventional configuration requires a key switch 31, a switch/gamma switch section 32, an input circuit 33, etc., resulting in a problem of high cost.

Moreover, since the switch g32 must be placed on the keyboard in consideration of operator operability, it is necessary to secure installation space for the switch section 32 on the keyboard, which limits the requirement for compactness. .

As described above, the conventional configurations are no longer able to meet the above-mentioned requirements, and changing the operating mode is not something that must be done all the time, so there is a need for a means of specifying a mode instead of a configuration such as a key switch. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales data processing device that can be made more compact and cost-effective in response to such demands.

[Means for Solving the Problems] Therefore, in the present invention, in a product sales data processing device that has a barcode scanner and executes processing based on an operation mode specified from among a plurality of operation modes, mode display means; and control means, wherein the control means determines the type of operation mode from the read data when the barcode scanner reads a barcode encoding each of the operation modes; The apparatus is characterized in that it includes means for displaying the operation mode determined by the determination means on the mode display means, and means for executing processing based on the operation mode determined by the determination means.

[For production]

When specifying an operation mode, a barcode encoding the operation mode is read by a barcode scanner. Then, the type of operation mode is determined from the data read by the barcode scanner, and the determined operation mode is displayed on the mode display means, and processing based on the operation mode becomes executable.

Therefore, a key switch, a switch section, an input circuit, etc., which are conventionally required, are not required, so the cost can be reduced, and the installation space for the switch section is also eliminated, so that it is possible to make the device more compact.

[Implementation? 4] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the electronic cash register of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a housing, and 2 is a barcode scanner that reads barcodes attached to products. The housing 1 has a storage recess 4 for storing a keyboard 3 and the barcode scanner 2 on the front side of the front face, and a display unit 5 such as a CRT, which constitutes a mode display means, and a printer 6 on the rear side of the front face. A drawer 7 is installed at the bottom.

The keyboard 3 includes a numeric key, a department key, a subtotal key,
In addition to the current count key (not shown), mode change key 3
A is provided. Furthermore, on the bottom surface of the storage recess 4, a barcode display body 8 is attached/removed, and each operation mode such as "registration", "pause", etc. mentioned above is encoded and represented as a barcode 9 on a rectangular paper surface. It is set freely.

As shown in FIG. 2, the barcode display body 8 includes a first barcode display body 8A in which "registration" and "pause j mode" are coded and expressed as two barcodes, and "inspection".
A second barcode display 8B encodes the mode and represents it as a barcode 9, and a third barcode display 8B encodes the "setting" mode and represents it as a barcode 9.
C, a fourth barcode display 8D that encodes the "register minus" mode and represents it as a barcode 9, and a fifth barcode display 8E that encodes the "checkout" mode and represents it as a barcode 9. and are available. Generally, except for "pause" and "registered J mode", the store manager handles them, so here too, the first barcode display 8A
It is assumed that each operator carries the bar code display bodies 8B to 8E, and the store manager carries the second to fifth bar code display bodies 8B to 8E.

In addition, as shown in Fig. 3, the barcode 9 has a two-digit round code "49" and a five-digit manufacturer code M.
1~Ms, 5-digit mode designation code It~I, and 1
It consists of a check digit C. Codes for each operation mode are arranged in the five-digit mode designation codes Il to Is. By the way, the standard JAN code is 5.
The digit mode designation code I, ~I is the item code.

Next, the circuit configuration is shown in FIG. 4. In the figure, 11 is a CPU. The CPU 1 has an R memory that stores programs for each operating mode via an address/data bus 12.
OM 13, RAM 14, clock Fa 115, scanner control circuit 16, keyboard control circuit 17, display control circuit 18 and l 1019 are connected, respectively.

The barcode scanner 2 is connected to the scanner control circuit 16, the keyboard 3 is connected to the keyboard control circuit 17, and the display section 5 is connected to the display section control circuit 18. Furthermore, the printer 6 is connected to the 11019 via the printer drive circuit 20, and the drawer 7 is also connected via the drawer opening device 21.

Further, the CPU II executes processing according to the program stored in the ROM 13, but in the "pause" mode, only the operation of mode change -1r-3A is accepted, and on the condition that the mode change key 3A is operated. After processing the input from the barcode scanner 2 as a mode change code, processing based on the operating mode is executed. That is, the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is executed.

Here, the CPU II and the ROM 13 constitute the control means of this embodiment. The control means determines the type of operation mode from the read data when a barcode 9 encoding each of the operation modes, that is, any barcode 9 of the barcode display body 8 is read by the barcode scanner 2. Discrimination means for discriminating (5T11. in FIG. 5)
5T21.5T311 Means for displaying the operation mode discriminated by this discriminating means on the display section 5 (5T21.5T311 in Fig. 5)
T12.15, 5T22, 25, 5T32.35) and means for executing processing based on the operation mode determined by the determination means (5T16.5T26,
5T36), etc.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the power is turned on, the CPUI 1 executes processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as ST) 1, "pause" is displayed on the upper right corner of the display section 5 (see FIG. 1), and then the process proceeds to ST2, where it is determined whether the mode change key 3A has been pressed. Mode change key 3A
If is not pressed, the processes of STI and ST2 are repeated.

In ST2, when it is recognized that the mode change key 3A has been pressed, the process advances to ST3 and the "" displayed on the display section 5 is pressed.
After flashing "Pause", the process proceeds to ST4 and it is determined whether there is any input from the barcode scanner 2. If there is no input from the barcode scanner 2, the processes of ST3 and ST4 are repeated.

In ST4, when it is recognized that there is an input from barcode scanner 2, 5T11.5T21...
・In ST31 and ST41, whether the input data is in registration mode, inspection mode, etc. (setting mode, register minus mode is omitted), payment mode, or rest mode. Judgment is made in order.

At 5TII, if it is the registration mode, the process advances to 5T12, where "registration" is displayed blinking on the display section 5, and then the process advances to 5T13, where it is determined whether the mode change key 3A has been pressed. If the mode change key 3A is not pressed, the process advances to 5T14 and it is determined whether there is an input from the barcode scanner 2. If there is no input from the barcode scanner 2, the process returns to 5T12. Therefore, if the mode change key 3A is not pressed and there is no input from the barcode scanner 2, "Register" is displayed blinking on the display section 5. On the other hand, if there is an input from barcode scanner 2, 5T11.5T21,5
Returning to the judgments at T31 and 5T41, the process proceeds to the corresponding mode.

At 5T13, when it is recognized that the mode change key 3A has been pressed, the process advances to 5T15, and after continuing to display "Registration" on the display section 5, the process advances to 5T16, where work in the registration mode is performed. Each time the registration mode operation for a customer is completed, the process advances to 5T17 and it is determined whether the mode change key 3A has been pressed. If the mode change key 3A is not pressed, the process returns to 5T16 and the registration mode work is performed for the next customer; however, if the mode change key 3A is pressed, the process advances to 5T14, and therefore the registration mode work is performed. In the process of pressing the mode change key 3A, the barcode scanner 2 scans the barcode 9 of another mode.
If you read it, it will change to pond mode.

Also, in ST21, if it is the inspection mode, 5T2
2, after flashing “Inspection 7” on the display unit 5, 5T23
On the condition that the mode change key 3A is pressed, "Inspection" is continuously displayed on the display section 5, and then the process advances to 5T26 to carry out work in the inspection mode.In this case, too, 5T
At step 24, if there is an input from the barcode scanner 2, the mode is changed to the input mode. Further, during work in inspection mode, if the barcode scanner 2 reads the barcode 9 of another mode after pressing the mode change key 3A, the mode will be changed to another mode (ST2
7,5T24).

Also, in ST31, if it is the payment mode, 5T3
After flashing “Payment” on the display unit 5 at step 2, 5T33
On the condition that the mode change key 3A is pressed, "Payment" is continuously displayed on the display section 5, and then, ST 36
Proceed to ``Settlement Mode'' and perform operations in payment mode.In this case, too,
At 5T34, if there is an input from the barcode scanner 2, the mode is changed to the input mode. Further, during business in the payment mode, if the barcode scanner 2 reads the barcode 9 of another mode after pressing the mode change key 3A, the mode can be changed to another mode. (
ST37.5T34) Also, if it is determined in S741 that the mode is in hibernation mode, the process ends. If it is not in hibernation mode, it will be treated as an error.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, barcode display bodies 8A to 8
When any of the barcodes 9 shown in E is read by the barcode scanner 2, the type of operation mode is determined from the read data, and the determined operation mode is displayed on the display unit 5, and the operation mode is Since it is now possible to execute processing based on , the conventional key switch, switch section, input circuit, etc. can be eliminated, resulting in lower costs, and the installation space for the switch section is also eliminated, making it possible to be more compact. be.

In addition, when one of the operating modes is blinking on the display unit 5, the blinking state continues until the mode change key 3A is pressed again, thereby prompting the operator to confirm the specified operating mode. I can do it.

Moreover, even if the wrong operation mode is specified through this confirmation, the operation mode can be changed to the read operation mode by reading one of the barcodes 9 again with the barcode scanner 2, making it easy to change the operation mode. be.

Further, even while executing each mode, the mode can be changed to another mode by pressing the mode change key 3A and then reading the barcode 9 of the other mode with the barcode scanner 2.

In the above embodiment, the data from the barcode scanner 2 is recognized as a mode change code on the condition that the mode change key 3A is pressed. However, when encoding each operation mode, the barcode is If the code is configured so that it can be distinguished from the barcode of the product code, there is no need to operate the mode change key 3A each time.
It is only necessary to make it possible to distinguish between a mode change code and a product code using any of the bits constituting the barcode.

Further, in the above embodiment, the mode display means is displayed on the display section 5 (
Although the system is configured using a CRT (CRT), for example, lamps may be provided corresponding to each operation mode such as "registration", "inspection", etc., and only the corresponding lamps may be turned on.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to an electronic cash register has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a PO8 terminal or the like.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when a barcode encoding an operation mode is read by a barcode scanner, the type of operation mode is determined from the read data read by the barcode scanner. The determined operation mode is displayed on the mode display means, and processing based on the operation mode can be executed. Therefore, a key switch, a switch section, an input circuit, etc., which are conventionally required, are not required, so the cost can be reduced, and the installation space for the switch section is also eliminated, so that it is possible to make the device more compact.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a switch section and an input circuit.

2...Barcode scanner, 5...Display unit (mode display means), 8.8A to 8E...Barcode display body, 9...Barcode, 11.13...CPU and ROM ( control means).

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A product sales data processing device that has a barcode scanner and executes processing based on an operation mode specified from among multiple types of operation modes, comprising a mode display means and a control means, The control means includes a determination means for determining the type of operation mode from the read data when the barcode scanner reads a barcode encoding each of the operation modes; A product sales data processing device comprising: means for displaying on a display means; and means for executing processing based on the operation mode determined by the determining means.