JPH05166063A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it clear whether the registration under processing is equal to the normal or interrupted registration. CONSTITUTION:The commodity data inputted through the input parts 5 and 10 are registered. If the execution of the interrupted registration is declared by an interruption declaring part before the end of the registration of a single transaction and then the commodity data are inputted through the parts 5 and 10, the interrupted registration is carried out independently of the normal registration. Then the different types of input confirming tones are produced between the normal registration and the interrupted registration right after the commody data are inputted through the parts 5 and 10. Thus a fact whether the normal or interrupted registration is carried out is shown to a cashier or a customer in the different tones. As a result, the confusion of transactions can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an electronic cash machine configured as a stand-alone device or a POS terminal or the like, which performs a product sales registration operation when product data regarding a product purchased by an input unit is input. Regarding registers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a device called an electronic cash register (hereinafter, abbreviated as ECR) having a structure for performing product sales registration work and the like. In this ECR,
When the product data regarding the purchased product is input by the input unit such as the keyboard or the barcode scanner,
The registration process is performed based on the product data. That is, in this registration process, the price of the purchased product is calculated from the product of the unit price and the quantity of the purchased product, and such a process is performed for all the products in one transaction to obtain the total purchase price. The purchase total amount is displayed on the display unit or printed on a receipt and issued. In the ECR having such a structure, a buzzer or the like is emitted immediately after the product data is input by the input unit, so that the cashier and the customer are informed that the product data has been input. Is common.

On the other hand, in an actual transaction such as a supermarket or a convenience store where ECR is used, the registration process may be interrupted during the registration process in one transaction. In this case, if the interruption time becomes long, the registration process of the product for the next customer cannot be performed, and the smoothness of the transaction is impaired. Therefore, conventionally, an ECR having a structure capable of performing an interrupt registration process has been developed and is widely used. With such a structure, if the execution of interrupt registration processing is declared before the registration processing of one transaction is completed, it will be similar to this registration processing independent of the normal registration processing that has been performed up to now. Is registered. After that, the process returns to the processing mode in which the unfinished registration process is performed again. In addition, even in such an interrupt registration process, a buzzer sound or the like is generally sounded immediately after the product data is input by the input unit.

[0004]

However, the input confirmation sound emitted when the product data is input by the input unit is the same sound during the normal registration processing and the interrupt registration processing. Therefore, there is a drawback that it is not possible to indicate from the input confirmation sound whether the registration process currently being performed is a normal registration process or an interrupt registration process. For this reason, it is easy to cause confusion during transactions, which is inconvenient.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an input section for inputting merchandise data on purchased merchandise, and merchandise registration means for performing registration processing when merchandise data is inputted by this input section. The interrupt declaration section that declares the execution of interrupt registration processing, and the registration processing when the declaration by this interrupt declaration section is made before the end of the registration processing of one transaction and the product data is input by the input section after the declaration. Is provided with an interrupt registration means for performing independent interrupt registration processing, and a confirmation sound generation means for generating a different input confirmation sound immediately after the product data is input by the input section during the registration processing and during the interrupt registration processing. Was established.

[0006]

Therefore, when the product data relating to the purchased product is input by the input unit, the confirmation sound generating unit emits an input confirmation sound, and the product registration unit performs the registration processing. That is, the price of the purchased product is calculated from the product of the unit price and the quantity of the purchased product, and the total purchase price is obtained by performing such processing for all the products in one transaction. On the other hand, when the execution of the interrupt registration process is declared by the interrupt declaration unit before the registration process of one transaction is completed, the interrupt registration process is performed by the interrupt registration means. That is, the same processing as this registration processing is performed independently of the normal registration processing. Then, at this time, every time the product data is input, the input confirmation sound is emitted by the confirmation sound generating means. The input confirmation sound at this time is the input confirmation sound at the time of inputting the product data during the normal registration processing. Different sounds. As a result, whether the normal registration process or the interrupt registration process is performed is indicated by a sound, and the confusion of the transaction can be prevented.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment shows an example configured as a POS terminal. First, FIG. 2 shows the overall appearance. A drawer 2 in the shape of a flat housing, in which the money case 1 is freely drawn, is provided, and a body case 3 is provided on the drawer 2.
Is placed. In this main body case 3, a control key 4 operated by a key (not shown), a keyboard 5 as an input section in which a plurality of types of key sections are gathered, a display section 6 facing the cashier side, a customer side facing the customer side A display unit 7 and a receipt issuing port 8 are provided, a receipt journal printer 9 (hereinafter abbreviated as R / J printer) that communicates with the receipt issuing port 8 is built in, and a barcode scanner 10 as an input unit is provided. It is connected.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the keyboard 5. The keyboard 5 includes various function keys 11, number keys 12, customer level number keys 13, account number keys 14, PLU number designation keys 1 to 100, deposit / cash total keys 16, and interrupt declaration. An interrupt key 17 as a part is included.

Next, the electrical connection of each part is shown in FIG.
First, a CPU 18 that intensively performs various processes is provided, and the CPU 18 has an inline interface 1
9 is connected. The inline interface 19 is an interface for inline connection to a host computer (not shown). Also, the CP
A ROM 20 for storing fixed data such as an operation program and a RAM 21 for storing variable data such as a PLU file (not shown) are connected to the U 18, and the drawer 2, the control key 4, the keyboard 5, the display unit 6, The customer side display unit 7, the R / J printer 9, and the bar code scanner 10 are connected via a controller or the like. Further, a speaker 22 is connected to the CPU 18 via a buzzer sound synthesis LSI 23. The buzzer sound synthesis LSI 23 has a structure that synthesizes a buzzer sound signal corresponding to a signal from the CPU 18 and outputs the buzzer sound signal to the speaker 22.

In such a structure, the RAM 21 is operated by switching the control key 4, a registration mode in which product sales registration work is performed, a payment mode in which a sales report is issued based on sales data in a predetermined period, and the RAM 21.
The operation mode is set to the setting mode or the like in which the unit price is set or changed in the PLU file stored in. The operation in the registration mode will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in the registration mode, when the interrupt key 17 is not pressed, it is possible to see whether or not the product data regarding the purchased product has been input. As means for inputting product data, there are means for using only the keyboard 5 and means for using the keyboard 5 and the barcode scanner 10 together. By means of only the keyboard 5, the corresponding PLU
The number designation key 15 is pressed to input the product number of the purchased product, and the purchase quantity of the product is input using the number key 12. One keyboard 5 and barcode scanner 10
In the means of using both and, the bar code symbol attached to the product is scanned by the bar code scanner 10 to input the product number of the purchased product, and the purchase quantity of the product is input by the numeric keypad 12.

When the product data is thus input, the CPU 18 issues a command to the buzzer sound synthesis LSI 23 to sound an input confirmation sound, and this buzzer sound synthesis L
The speaker 22 is driven by the SI 23, and the input confirmation sound is emitted from the speaker 22. The input confirmation sound is, for example, a sound such as "beep". Here, a part of the confirmation sound generating means is configured.

After that, registration processing is performed based on the input product data. That is, the entered product number is R
The PLU file stored in AM21 is queried,
The unit price corresponding to the corresponding item number is called. Then, the price of the purchased product is calculated for each product by the product of the called unit price and the input purchase quantity, and such a process is repeated for all purchased products. Then, when the deposit / cash total key 16 is pressed and the execution of the closing process is declared, the total purchase amount is obtained from the calculated sum of the prices of the products, and the total purchase amount is displayed on the display unit 6. Then, the R / J printer 9 prints a journal and issues a receipt, and the money case 1 of the drawer 2 is opened. This makes it possible to transfer money between the cashier and the customer. The product registration means is configured here.

On the other hand, when the interrupt key 17 is pressed before the deposit / cash total key 16 is pressed and execution of the interrupt registration process is declared, the product data input in the registration process up to now is saved. As it is, an interrupt registration process independent of the normal registration process is performed. That is, the parameter for changing the frequency is set in the register for determining the frequency of the input confirmation sound in the CPU 18, and the buzzer sound synthesis LS is correspondingly set.
The process of changing the frequency of the input confirmation sound is performed on I23, and the process of changing the input confirmation sound is performed. Then, the same operation as the registration process is performed, that is, the input confirmation sound is emitted after the product data is input to perform the registration process, and the closing / depositing key 16 is pressed to perform the closing process.
After that, the processing of returning the input confirmation sound to the original sound is performed, the interrupt registration processing ends, and the processing mode returns to the normal registration processing before the interrupt registration processing. An interrupt registration means is configured here. Note that FIG. 5 exemplifies one mode of display on the display unit 6 during interrupt registration processing.

Since the input confirmation sound is changed during the interrupt registration processing, the registration confirmation sound emitted from the speaker 22 is different from that during the normal registration processing.
Here, another part of the confirmation sound generating means is configured.
In this way, the difference in the input confirmation sound between the registration process and the interrupt registration process indicates whether the current registration process is a normal registration process or an interrupt registration process. The confusion of is prevented.

[0016]

According to the present invention, when the product data is input by the input unit, the product registration means performs the registration process, and the interrupt declaration unit executes the interrupt registration process before the end of the registration process of one transaction. When the product data is input by the input section after it is declared, the interrupt registration means performs the interrupt registration processing independent of the registration processing, and the confirmation sound generation means performs the registration processing immediately after the input of the product data by the input section. Since it is configured to generate different input confirmation sounds at the time of interruption registration processing, immediately after the input of product data by the input section, different input confirmation sounds are generated at the time of registration processing and interruption registration processing. , It is possible to indicate to the cashier and the customer by sound whether normal registration processing or interrupt registration processing is being carried out, and therefore which registration processing is being carried out. Has an effect such as making it possible to prevent the confusion of the transaction made clear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electrical connection showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of merchandise sales registration processing.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of display contents of a display unit during interrupt processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5,10 Input section 17 Interrupt declaration section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting product data relating to a purchased product, a product registration unit for performing registration processing when product data is input by this input unit, and a declaration for executing execution of interrupt registration processing. The interrupt declaration section and the declaration by this interrupt declaration section are performed before the end of the registration processing of one transaction, and when the product data is input by the input section after the declaration, the interrupt registration processing independent of the registration processing is performed. An electronic device comprising an interrupt registration means and a confirmation sound generation means for generating a different input confirmation sound during registration processing and interrupt registration processing immediately after product data is input by the input unit. Expression cash register.