JPH04233690A - Pos terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and surely input the visual information of a customer. CONSTITUTION:At the POS terminal equipment 1 to input information related to transaction in the case of the transaction, a CCD camera 2 is provided to photograph a visual object to be visually grasped, an image data processing circuit 4 is provided to process an image photographed by this camera into an image data, and a storage device 5 is provided to store the image data processed by the image data processing circuit. Thus, the information concerning the customer can be visually inputted.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS terminal device that allows transaction information to be entered at the time of transaction, and more particularly to a POS terminal device that allows customer management using images.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some POS terminal devices are equipped with a keyboard for inputting transaction-related information, such as customer information, and a storage device for storing input data input from the keyboard. In order to collect customer information in this POS terminal device, information such as customer type, clothing, age, etc. is inputted from a keyboard at the point of sale of an article, and the information is stored in a storage device as character data.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with this conventional POS terminal device, information that can be captured visually must be determined and input from the keyboard within a short time at the point of sale of the item. There is a problem that this information is likely to be inaccurate, and that the number of information items is limited because customers cannot be kept waiting by inputting this information. Furthermore, since there are differences in how salespeople (operators of POS terminal devices) perceive visual information, there is a problem in that the reliability of the information is low.

[0004]Also, it is possible to obtain visual information by photographing customers using a commercially available camera, but POS
There is a problem in that it becomes difficult to integrate customer management using terminal devices.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal device that allows visual information to be input easily and reliably.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the POS terminal device of the present invention photographs a visual object that can be grasped visually in a POS terminal device that can input transaction information at the time of transaction. The configuration includes a camera, an image data processing circuit that processes images taken by the camera into image data, and a storage device that stores the image data processed by the image data processing circuit.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the POS terminal device having the above configuration, when a visual object such as a customer is photographed with a camera, the image photographed by the camera is converted into image data by the image data processing circuit, and the image data is stored in the storage device. is accumulated in

[0008]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The POS terminal device 1 according to the embodiment includes a keyboard (not shown) for inputting transaction-related information in characters at the time of transaction, and a keyboard (not shown) provided in the housing 6 as a visual object to be grasped visually. CCD camera 2 that photographs customers and this CC
It includes an image data processing circuit 4 that processes images taken by the D camera 2 into image data, and a storage device 5 that stores the image data processed by the image data processing circuit 4.

[0010] The POS terminal device 1 also performs a predetermined editing process on the image data stored in the storage device 5 together with the character data input using the keyboard, and displays this on the display device 3 (FIG. 2) as customer information. It has the ability to display.

Therefore, according to the POS terminal device according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The video signal photographed by the D camera 2 is processed by the image data processing circuit 4 and stored in the storage device 5. The accumulated image data can be used by any program. That is, the image data is displayed as customer information on the display device 3 of the POS terminal 1 when necessary by the customer management program.

0012

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the POS terminal device of the present invention has a built-in image processing function so that visual objects such as the figure of a customer can be photographed and the visual information can be used for customer management. In addition to increasing the amount of information related to customer management, since images are taken using the built-in camera, accurate information can be easily collected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an image data processing process of the POS terminal device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 POS terminal 2 CCD camera 3 Display device 4 Image data processing circuit 5. Storage device

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A POS terminal device that can input information related to a transaction at the time of the transaction, including a camera that photographs a visual object that can be grasped visually, and image data that processes the image photographed by the camera into image data. A POS terminal device comprising a processing circuit and a storage device that stores image data processed by the image data processing circuit.