JPH04262490A - Commodity sale data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a device, which simultaneously performs the register processing of sale data of two customers, with a low production cost without making the structure complicated neither large-sized. CONSTITUTION:The register processing of sale data is performed for each of sale data read means 4a and 4b based on read results of sale data read means 4a and 4b connected to an electronic cash register 3, and registered sale data is outputted to a display device, and this sale data is divided for sale data read means 4a and 4b and is displayed. The priority levels of depression timings of two close keys provided correspondingly to sale data read means 4a and 4b are discriminated, and the close processing for the higher priority level is preferentially performed based on the discrimination result, and sale data after the close processing is outputted to one printer in the order of priority level to issue receipts.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register or a POS system consisting of a host machine and its terminal.
The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device such as a system.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a conventional product sales data processing device is formed by a sales data reading means such as a touch scanner, and an electronic cash register or the like connected to the sales data reading means. This sales data reading means improves work efficiency when registering sales data by reading barcode data from barcode labels affixed to each product in advance.

[0003] In a different approach, the sales data reading device is placed a predetermined distance from the electronic cash register, so that cashier work and sales data input work are performed by different people. There is a two-person product sales data processing device. This is an attempt to improve processing capacity by adopting a two-person system.

[0004] In any case, these product sales data processing devices sequentially register sales data for each customer. For this reason, during busy times, the processing capacity is insufficient, resulting in a problem of longer waiting times for customers.

[0005] As a solution to this problem, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 100198/1998 is shown in FIG.
The explanation will be based on. This product sales data processing device is
As shown in the figure, at least input sections 1a and 2a for product sales data, display sections 1b and 2b for product sales data input from the input sections 1a and 2a, and a total key (
(not shown); first and second checker terminals 1 and 2;
, 2, and is installed separately from at least the first and second checker terminals 1, 2 to each input section 1a, 2a.
a first printer 3a that prints out the product sales data input from the input section 1a of the first checker terminal 1 onto a receipt;
, a cashier terminal equipped with a second printer 3b that prints out the product sales data input from the input section of the second checker terminal on a receipt, and a closing key (not shown) that instructs to close the registration for one customer. 3, this cashier terminal 3 determines which total key in the first and second checker terminals 1 and 2 has been input according to the input of the closing key, and then When it is determined that it is on the side of the second checker terminal 2, the receipt is issued from the first printer 3a, and when it is determined that it is on the second checker terminal 2 side, the receipt is issued from the second printer 3b.

[0006] That is, this product sales data processing device divides the checker operations by allowing the two checker terminals 1 and 2 to be controlled by one cashier terminal 3 to facilitate the checker operations. This prevents a drop in efficiency even at times.

[0007]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the case of such a product sales data processing device, in order to confirm the registered contents, the first
Display parts 1b and 2b on the second checker terminals 1 and 2
Further, printers 3a and 3b are provided at the cashier terminal 3 to issue receipts. For this reason, the structure of the device becomes complicated and large, and as a result, it becomes difficult to effectively utilize the arrangement space, and furthermore, there are problems in that the manufacturing cost increases.

[0008]

[Means for solving the problem] The invention according to claim 1 includes:
An electronic cash register equipped with a display, two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register, and a sales data reading means that registers sales data based on the reading results of these sales data reading means. and a sales data output means for outputting the sales data as a result of registration processing by the sales data registration means to the display and displaying the sales data separately for each sales data reading means. It was made up of more.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 provides an electronic cash register, one printer connected to the electronic cash register, and two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register. and two closing keys provided corresponding to each of these sales data reading means, and a sales system that performs sales data registration processing for each sales data reading means based on the reading results by the two sales data reading means. a data registration means; a priority determination means for determining the priority order of press timings of the two closing keys; and a sales data closing means for performing closing processing in descending order of priority based on the determination result by the priority determination means. and a sales data output means for outputting the sales data after closing processing by the sales data closing means to the printer in order of priority to issue a receipt.

0010

[Operation] The invention as set forth in claim 1 allows sales data registration processing to be performed for each sales data reading means based on the reading results by two sales data reading means connected to an electronic cash register equipped with a display. This is performed by the registration means, and the sales data as a result of this registration processing is output to the display, and the sales data is divided and displayed for each sales data reading means by the sales data output means.

[0011] Furthermore, the invention as claimed in claim 2 is such that the sales data registration process is performed by the sales data registration means for each sales data reading means based on the reading results by the two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register. Then, the priority determining means determines the priority of the pressing timing of the two closing keys provided corresponding to each of the sales data reading means, and based on the determination result, the closing processing is performed from the one with the highest priority to the sales data. The sales data after the closing process is outputted to one printer connected to the electronic cash register in descending order of priority by the sales data output means to issue a receipt.

0012

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14. As shown in FIG. 1, this product sales data processing device includes a store processor 1 connected to a plurality of electronic cash registers 3 via communication cables 2,
Two touch scanners 4a and an additional touch scanner 4b as sales data reading means are connected to these electronic cash registers 3 wirelessly.

However, the additional touch scanner 4b is equipped with a stand 4b2 on which a keyboard 4b1 is disposed on the front surface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic cash register 3 has a main keyboard 6, an operator display 7, a printer 8, and the touch scanner 4a disposed above the drawer 5. A customer display 9 is disposed on the back side of the display 7, and its hardware configuration includes a CPU 10, ROM 11, and RAM 12, as shown in FIG.
are connected to form a microcomputer, and further, a keyboard controller 6a to which the main keyboard 6 and mode key 13 are connected to the CPU 10.
and a clock drive circuit (TOD) to which the clock circuit 14 is connected.
14a, a scanner interface 4c of the touch scanner 4a, and a keyboard 4b1 built in the stand 4b2 of the additional touch scanner 4b.
an additional scanner interface 4d connected to a stand charger 4b3 connected to the prepaid interface 4d connected to the prepaid reader/writer 15;
RS-232C) 15a and IC card reader/writer 1
IC card interface (RS-2
32C) 16a and a magnetic card interface (RS-232C) 17a connected to the magnetic card reader 17.
, a LAN controller 18 , and a display controller (FI
a display controller (BIU-C) 9a connected to the customer display 9;
a printer controller 8a connected to the printer 8;
A drawer controller (PIO) 5a to which the drawer 5 and buzzer 19 are connected, an ISDN interface 20, etc. are connected.

However, the LAN controller 18 is connected to the communication cable 2 to which the store processor 1 and another electronic cash register 3 are connected. Further, the ISDN interface 20 includes an ISD
It is connected to a host computer (not shown) installed at another location via the N line 20a.

Further, the display devices include the operator display 7, the display controller 7a, the customer display 9, and the display controller 9.
It is formed by a.

On the other hand, the ROM 11 contains the CPU 1
The RAM 12 stores fixed data such as a program for controlling the sales data and registering the sales data, and as shown in FIG. The totalizer area 12b and the first printer buffer area 12c are connected to the touch scanner 4.
5, a second statement buffer area 12d, a second totalizer area 12e, and a second printer buffer area 12f are formed in accordance with the sales data inputted by a. Additional touch scanner 4b
It is formed in accordance with the sales data input by.

The main keyboard 6 is shown in FIG.
As shown in , a person in charge 1 who operates the touch scanner 4a
a common key section 6c used by both the person in charge 1 who operates the touch scanner 4a and the person in charge 2 who operates the touch scanner 4b, and the person in charge 1 key 6.
In addition, the keyboard 4b1 disposed on the stand 4b2 of the additional touch scanner 4b includes a numeric keypad 4b11, a customer key 4b12, and a closing key 4b1, as shown in FIG. It is formed by the registration/repeat key 4b13 as a key.

The main key section 6b for the person in charge 1 on the main keyboard 6 has the same key arrangement as the keyboard 4b1, and the common key section 6c has the same key arrangement for the person in charge 1 key. By pressing the key and performing the corresponding operation, it functions as the operator's keyboard for the touch scanner 4a, and by pressing the manager 2 key and performing the corresponding operation, it functions as the operator's keyboard for the additional touch scanner 4b. That is, the common key section 6c is used after it is occupied by pressing either the manager 1 key or the manager 2 key.

Furthermore, the display formats on the operator display 7 and the customer display 9 are automatically switched depending on whether or not a responsible person number is registered for the responsible person 1 key and the responsible person 2 key, respectively, as shown in Table 1. (A two-person system is established only when the person in charge number corresponding to the person in charge 2 key is registered).

[0021]

[Table 1]

In such a configuration, the mode key 13
When the registration task is selected, the system enters a data entry standby state. When a barcode reading operation is performed by the touch scanner 4a or the additional touch scanner 4b and barcode data is input, data processing as shown in FIG. 8 is performed based on the barcode data as the reading result. will be carried out. That is, first, it is determined whether the input barcode data is transmitted from the touch scanner 4a.

If it is determined that the barcode data is transmitted from the touch scanner 4a, the sales data registration means stores the sales data in the first detailed buffer area 12a based on the barcode data. After registering the sales data, the sales data is outputted to the display controller 7a and the display controller 9a by the sales data output means, and the sales data is displayed separately on the operator display 7 and the customer display 9, moreover,
After storing the sales data in the first printer buffer area 12c, the process returns to the data input standby state described above.

[0024] Furthermore, if it is determined that the barcode data is not transmitted from the touch scanner 4a, that is, if it is transmitted from the additional touch scanner 4b, the sales data is After registering the sales data by storing the sales data in the second detailed buffer area 12d by the registration means, the sales data is outputted to the display controller 7a and the display controller 9a by the sales data output means to be displayed on the operator display. 7 and customer display 9, and after storing the sales data in the second printer buffer area 12f, the printer returns to the data input standby state described above.

Furthermore, in the above-described data input standby state, if the input data is the key data of the closing key, the input key data is displayed on the main keyboard 6 for the person in charge 1, as shown in FIG. The priority order determining means determines whether the key data is the registration/repeat key of the key section 6b.

If it is determined that the input key data is the key data of the registration/repeat key of the main key section 6b for person in charge 1, the first total is calculated based on the stored contents of the first detailed buffer area 12a. After updating the storage contents of the container area 12b, data such as the deposited amount and change amount are outputted to the display controller 7a and the display controller 9a by the sales data output means, and the deposited amount and the change amount are outputted to the display controller 7a and the display controller 9a. The amount of money, the amount of change, etc. are displayed separately, and the contents stored in the first printer buffer area 12c are output to the printer controller 8a, and the touch scanner 4
Printer 8 issues receipts for registered products by a.
After this, the process returns to the data input standby state described above.

Furthermore, if it is determined that the input key data is not the key data of the registration/repeat key of the main key section 6b for the person in charge 1, that is, the keyboard 4b1 disposed on the stand 4b2 of the additional touch scanner 4b. If the key data is the registration/repeat key, after updating the storage contents of the second totalizer area 12e based on the storage contents of the second detailed buffer area 12d,
The sales data output means outputs data such as the amount deposited and the amount of change to the display controller 7a and the display controller 9a, and displays the data on the operator display 7.
The deposited amount, change amount, etc. are displayed separately on the and customer display 9, and the contents stored in the second printer buffer area 12f are displayed on the printer controller 8a.
After the printer 8 issues a receipt for the registered product using the additional touch scanner 4b, the process returns to the data input standby state described above.

Examples of the display screen of the operator display 7 and the display screen of the customer display 9 as a result of such data processing are shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, and further, the receipt issued by the printer 8 An example is shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 10 shows the display screen of the operator display during the sales data registration process using the one-person system, FIG. 11 shows the display screen of the customer display during the sales data registration process using the one-person system, and FIG. FIG. 13 shows the display screen of the operator display during sales data registration processing using a one-person system. FIG. 13 shows the display screen of the customer display during sales data registration processing using a two-person system.

In this way, it is possible to implement a device that simultaneously registers sales data for two customers at a low manufacturing cost without complicating the structure or increasing the size of the device. It also becomes possible to make effective use of

Furthermore, a stand 4 for the additional touch scanner 4b is provided.
b2 is provided with a registration/repeat key 4b13 as a closing key, and closing processing can be directly executed based on the pressing of this registration/repeat key 4b13, so that customer service can be carried out quickly.

In this embodiment, there are a plurality of electronic cash registers 3 connected to the store processor 1, and a touch scanner 4 wirelessly connected to each of the electronic cash registers 3.
Although the description has been made of a device consisting of a and an additional touch scanner 4b, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same can be implemented in an electronic cash register used as a standalone device.

[0032]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the invention according to claim 1 performs the registration process of sales data based on the reading results of two sales data reading means connected to an electronic cash register equipped with a display. This is performed by the sales data registration means for each reading means, and the sales data as a result of this registration processing is outputted to a display, and the sales data is dividedly displayed for each sales data reading means by the sales data output means. That is, the contents registered by the two sales data reading means can be respectively displayed using the display provided in the conventional electronic cash register. Further, as described above, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the sales data registration means performs sales data registration processing for each sales data reading means based on the reading results by the two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register. The priority determination means determines the priority of the pressing timing of the two closing keys provided corresponding to each of the sales data reading means, and the closing processing is performed from the one with the highest priority based on this determination result. The data closing means outputs the sales data after the closing process to one printer connected to the electronic cash register in descending order of priority to issue a receipt. That is, the contents registered by two sales data reading means can be printed independently by one printer. As a result, it is possible to implement a device that simultaneously registers sales data for two customers at a low manufacturing cost without complicating or increasing the size of the device structure, and also makes effective use of installation space. It becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an electronic cash register.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an overview of its hardware configuration.

FIG. 4 is a memory map showing various storage areas formed in correspondence with a touch scanner.

FIG. 5 is a memory map showing various storage areas formed in correspondence with an additional touch scanner.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the key arrangement on the keyboard of the electronic cash register.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the arrangement of keys on a keyboard provided on the stand of the additional touch scanner.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing data processing when inputting barcode data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing data processing when a closing key is pressed.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing an example of a display screen of an operator display during sales data registration processing in a one-person system.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing an example of a display screen of a customer display during sales data registration processing in a one-person system.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing an example of a display screen of an operator display during sales data registration processing in a two-person system.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing an example of a display screen of a customer display during sales data registration processing using a two-person system.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing an example of a printed receipt.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional product sales data processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Electronic cash register 4a, 4b
Sales data reading means 7, 7a, 9, 9a Display device

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: An electronic cash register equipped with a display, two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register, and sales data registration processing based on the reading results by these sales data reading means. sales data registration means for each sales data reading means, and outputting the sales data as a result of registration processing by the sales data registration means to the display, and displaying the sales data separately for each sales data reading means. A product sales data processing device comprising a sales data output means. 2. An electronic cash register, one printer connected to the electronic cash register, two sales data reading means connected to the electronic cash register, and these sales data reading means. two closing keys provided corresponding to each of the two sales data reading means, a sales data registration means for performing sales data registration processing for each sales data reading means based on the reading results by the two sales data reading means; A priority determining means that determines the priority of the pressing timing of the closing key; a sales data closing means that performs closing processing in descending order of priority based on the determination result of the priority determining means; A product sales data processing device comprising a sales data output means for outputting processed sales data to the printer in order of priority to issue a receipt.