JPH04319797A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make efficient the sales business by advertizing automatically the merchandise whose number of sales at the prescribed time does not reach the desired number of sales, with a display. CONSTITUTION:The desired sales data including the time data and the desired sale number data are stored classified by the merchandise by a desired sales data storing means, and based on the input data from an input means, for the sales data, the sales number data are accumulated and stored classified by the merchandise by a sales number data storing means. When the number of the sales is lower than the desired sales number, the message data stored in a message data input 11h in a message data record 11i in which the same message number as the message number stored in a message number part 11d in a desired sales data record 11e is stored in a message number part 11g are read. The message data are outputted through a display interface to a display for a commercial message and the commercial displaying is performed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention can be applied to a single device or
The present invention relates to an electronic cash register used as a terminal in a POS system.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, stores that sell seafood, fried foods, and other products that are subject to significant deterioration in freshness sell all of those products on the same day.

[0003] For this reason, store clerks constantly check the sales status of products and, depending on the sales status, perform tasks such as advertising products that are not selling well.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The work of checking the sales status and advertising the products to customers is troublesome and requires manpower.

[0005] In addition, as a means of advertising products to customers, advertising display devices using LCDs, LEDs, etc. can be cited, but even when such display devices are used, it is difficult to sell products. The situation still needs to be confirmed, and furthermore, the displayed content must be set in advance using a keyboard or the like, which takes time and effort.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Desired sales data storage means for storing desired sales data including predetermined time data and predetermined desired sales item data for each product, and desired sales stored in the desired sales data storage means. a message data storage means for storing message data corresponding to each piece of data; a sales number data storage means for cumulatively storing sales number data for each product based on input data from the input means; and a current time measured by a clock means. time data determining means for determining whether or not there is any time data stored in the desired sales data storage means having a value less than or equal to the current time data based on the time data; When it is determined that there is time data having a value equal to or less than the time data, the desired sales number data for a predetermined product stored in the desired sales data storage means corresponding to the time data and the sales number data storage means are stored. Desired sales number achievement determination means for determining whether or not the number of sales of the product has reached the desired number of sales based on a comparison with the sales number data of the same product as the product among the stored sales number data. When the desired sales number achievement determination means determines that the sales number of the product has not reached the desired sales number, the message data stored in the message data storage means corresponding to the product is The message data output means is configured to output message data to a display means for displaying the message data.

[0007]

[Operation] Desired sales data including predetermined time data and predetermined desired sales quantity data is stored by the desired sales data storage means for each product, and message data corresponding to each of the desired sales data is stored by the message data storage means. Based on the input data from the input means, the sales data storage means cumulatively stores the sales data for each product, and the time stored in the desired sales data storage means based on the current time data measured by the clock means. A time data determining means determines whether or not there is any data having a value less than or equal to the current time data, and when it is determined that there is time data having a value less than or equal to the current time data, the time data Desired sales number data for a predetermined product stored in the desired sales data storage means corresponding to the sales number data, and sales number data for the same product as the said product among the sales number data stored in the sales number data storage means. Based on the comparison, whether or not the number of sales of the product has reached the desired sales number is determined by means for determining whether or not the number of sales of the product has reached the desired number of sales, and it is determined that the number of sales of the product has not reached the desired number of sales. When it is determined, the message data stored in the message data storage means corresponding to the product is outputted to the display means by the message data output means to be displayed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. This electronic cash register 1 is shown in Figure 2.
As shown in the figure, a keyboard 2 as an input means for inputting various data such as sales data is disposed on the top surface of the keyboard 2, and various data processing results based on the input data from the keyboard are displayed at the end near the back side of the keyboard 2. A cashier display 3 for displaying input guidance, etc. is rotatably arranged, and various peripheral devices (not shown) are mounted on the front.
a memory card insertion slot 5 for setting a memory card (not shown) used for storing data, transferring data to other electronic cash registers 1, etc.; A mode key switch 6 for selecting various business modes such as setting, registration, and settlement is provided.

Furthermore, this electronic cash register 1
As shown in FIG. 3, a commercial message display 8 serving as a display means is connected to the display unit 8, which is disposed at a place in the store where advertising is highly effective, such as the upper part of the product display shelf 7.

On the other hand, the electronic cash register 1 has a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. That is, the CPU 9 is connected to the ROM 10 and the RAM 11 to form a microcomputer, and the CPU 9 is further connected to the display interface 3a connected to the cashier display 3 and the commercial message display 8. a display interface 8a, the keyboard 2, the printer interface 12, the drawer interface 13, and a memory card reader/writer that reads/writes various data to the memory card inserted through the memory card insertion slot 5. 14, a clock circuit 15 as a clock means,
An inline interface 16 used for connection with another electronic cash register 1 and the connector section 4
An RS-232C interface 17 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the peripheral devices connected via the RS-232C interface 17 is connected.

[0011] However, the ROM 10 stores in advance fixed data such as business programs for executing business such as setting, registration, and settlement.

[0012] The RAM 11 also includes a PLU that stores product data such as names and unit prices of sales products by product code.
In addition to conventional data areas such as a table and a registration buffer area that stores registration data for one sale product, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, a desired sales data table 11f as a desired sales data storage means is formed of a large number of desired sales data records 11e consisting of a score data section 11c and a message number section 11d, and a message number section 11g as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
A sales item data table 11n as a sales item data storage means is formed in which a large number of sales item data records 11m each including a product code section 11k and a sales item data section 11l are formed.

Note that this electronic cash register 1 is equipped with a receipt/journal printer (not shown) and a drawer (not shown) independently provided outside, and the printer interface 12 has /
A journal printer is connected, and the drawer is connected to the drawer interface 13.

In such a configuration, first, RAM1
In the desired sales data table 11f of 1, desired sales data consisting of time data, desired sales quantity data, and message numbers are set for each product code, and further, message data corresponding to the message numbers set in this desired sales data table 11f is set. Message data table 11j
Set to . This desired sales data and message data setting process is performed using a conventional setting business program (generally,
(Executed when the mode key switch 6 is set to "setting") can be easily implemented using the same technique, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

[0015] After performing these setting processes, select the registration job and use the keyboard 2 to enter the product code,
When registering sales data such as sales item data, the process of referencing the PLU table based on the input data at that time, and storing the sales data in the registration buffer area based on the reference results, etc. A similar sales data registration process is performed, and furthermore, among the many sales data records 11m formed in the sales data table 11n, the product code is stored in the product code section 11k in the sales data record 11m. The sales number data is stored in the sales number data section 11l.

On the other hand, this electronic cash register 1 repeatedly executes a commercial task as shown in FIG.

That is, first, the current time data is read from the clock circuit 15, and based on the current time data, it is determined whether there is any time data stored in the desired sales data table 11f that has a value less than or equal to the current time data. The time data determining means determines whether the
).

If it is determined that there is no time data having a value less than or equal to the current time data, message data from the message data table 11j is randomly read and the message data is displayed on the display interface 8a.
output to the commercial message display 8 via
After performing commercial message random display processing such as displaying the commercial message, the display contents are cleared after 30 seconds have elapsed, and the processing is terminated.

Further, in the above-described determination process 1, if it is determined that there is time data having a value less than or equal to the current time data, that time data is stored in the time data section 11b.
The desired sales item data stored in the desired sales item data section 11c in the desired sales data record 11e stored in the desired sales data record 11e is the same as the product code stored in the product code section 11a in the desired sales data record 11e. Based on the comparison with the sales number data stored in the sales number data section 11l in the sales number data record 11m whose code is stored in the product code section 11k, whether the number of sales of the product has reached the desired sales number? Whether or not the desired sales number has been achieved is determined by means for determining whether or not the desired sales number has been achieved (determination process 2).

[0020] If it is determined that the number of sales items has reached the desired number of sales items, the process is terminated after the above-described commercial message random display process and subsequent processes are performed.

Further, if it is determined that the number of sales items has not reached the desired number of sales items, the message number that is the same as the message number stored in the message number section 11d of the desired sales data record 11e is set as the message number. The message data stored in the message data section 11h of the message data record 11i stored in the section 11g is read out, and the message data is outputted to the commercial message display 8 via the display interface 8a to display the message data. After the message data output means performs a commercial message display process such as a commercial message display process, the display contents are cleared after 30 seconds have elapsed, and time data having a value less than or equal to the time data is stored in the time data section 11b. Desired sales data record 1 different from the above
1e is present.

[0022] Desired sales data record 1 different from the above
If it is determined that there is 1e, the process returns to the above-mentioned determination process 2, and the desired sales data record 11 different from the above is set.
If it is determined that e does not exist, the process ends.

[0023] In this way, the desired sales data table 11f stores the predetermined time and the number of products to be sold by that time.
By setting this in advance, you can advertise products whose sales do not reach the desired sales number by a predetermined time without having to check the sales status or set the display content based on the results of the check. This can be done automatically by the display, thereby making sales operations more efficient.

[0024] In this embodiment, for all the products in the desired sales data record 11e for which time data having a value less than or equal to the current time data is set, the process of determining whether or not the desired number of sales items has been achieved, and the Although we have described a method that performs a commercial message display process based on the determination result, the present invention is not limited to this, but it has a value that is less than or equal to the current time data and a value that is greater than the time data that is a predetermined time before the current time data. It is also possible to carry out the processing after the process of determining whether or not the desired sales number has been achieved only for the desired sales data record 11e in which time data is set.
Even if the desired sales data record 11e is set with time data having a value less than or equal to the current time data, if the time data is not within a predetermined time from the current time (if the number of sales items does not reach the desired sales number) The electronic cash register has a totalizer table that stores sales data such as the number of products sold and sales amount by product code. In this case, it is also possible to determine whether or not the desired number of sales points has been achieved by referring to the number of sales items stored in the totalizer table. In this case, the number of sales data storage means Therefore, there is no need to provide a new storage section.

[0025]

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention stores desired sales data including predetermined time data and predetermined desired sales item data for each product by a desired sales data storage means, and stores each desired sales data in a manner corresponding to each of the desired sales data. The message data is stored in the message data storage means, the sales number data is cumulatively stored for each product in the sales number data storage means based on the input data from the input means, and the desired time is stored based on the current time data clocked by the clock means. The time data determination means determines whether or not there is any time data stored in the sales data storage means that has a value less than or equal to the current time data, and thereby, the time data that has a value less than or equal to the current time data is determined. When it is determined that there is, the desired sales quantity data for the predetermined product stored in the desired sales data storage means corresponding to the time data and the sales quantity data stored in the sales quantity data storage means are selected. Based on the comparison with sales data for the same product, the desired sales number achievement determination means determines whether the sales number of the product has reached the desired sales number, and thereby the sales of the product are determined. When it is determined that the number of items has not reached the desired number of sales items, the message data stored in the message data storage means corresponding to the product is outputted to the display means by the message data output means for displaying the message data. Therefore, by storing a predetermined time and the number of products to be sold by that time in the desired sales data storage means as time data and desired sales number data, it is possible to confirm the sales status and confirm the same. It is now possible to have the display automatically advertise products for which the number of sales at a predetermined time does not reach the desired number of sales, without having to configure display content based on the results, thereby reducing sales operations. can be made more efficient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a commercial task in one embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the commercial message display and its attached state.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an overview of the hardware configuration.

FIG. 5 is a memory map showing a desired sales data table formed in RAM.

FIG. 6 is a memory map showing a message data table formed in RAM.

FIG. 7 is a memory map showing a sales data table formed in RAM.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Electronic cash register 2
Input means 8 Display means 11f Desired sales data storage means 11j
Message data storage means 11n Sales point data storage means 15 Clock means

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims 1. Desired sales data storage means for storing desired sales data including predetermined time data and predetermined desired sales quantity data for each product; and each of the desired sales data stored in the desired sales data storage means. Message data storage means for storing message data correspondingly; sales number data storage means for cumulatively storing sales number data for each product based on the input data from the input means; and based on current time data measured by the clock means. a time data determining means for determining whether or not there is time data stored in the desired sales data storage means that has a value less than or equal to the current time data; When it is determined that there is time data having a value, the desired sales number data for a predetermined product stored in the desired sales data storage means corresponding to the time data and the desired sales number data stored in the sales number data storage means. means for determining whether or not the desired sales number has been achieved, which determines whether or not the number of sales of the product has reached the desired number of sales based on a comparison with the sales number data of the same product as the product out of the sales number data; When the sales number achievement determination means determines that the sales number of the product has not reached the desired sales number, outputting the message data stored in the message data storage means corresponding to the product to the display means. What is claimed is: 1. An electronic cash register comprising: message data output means for displaying message data.