JPH0519757B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates to electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as electronic cash registers).
(hereinafter referred to as ECR), and in particular relates to ECR such as, for example, specifying products to be registered using Alphabet's product name.

Description of Prior Art Conventionally, when specifying a product to be registered in ECR, there have been two methods: a so-called full key system and a method of inputting a product code using a numeric keypad. A full key system is a method in which a key is provided for specifying the product for each product, but with this method, as the number of product types increases, the number of keys provided also increases, resulting in a larger keyboard, which results in ECR The disadvantage was that it was large. On the other hand, the method of specifying a product by inputting the product code using a numeric keypad can reduce the number of keys, but if there are many types of products, the operator will have trouble remembering the product codes, and must be entered. Therefore, there was a drawback that operability deteriorated.

Purpose of the Invention This invention provides a system that can reduce the number of keys required even when the number of types of products increases, and that provides excellent operability.
The purpose is to provide ECR.

Structure and Effects of the Invention To summarize, the present invention has a numeric keypad for inputting numerical data, and a product name to be registered is specified by inputting a product name using character keys.
It is an ECR, and the storage means stores the product name represented by a character string of each product and the sales quantity of that product on the previous day, and the character string of the product name consisting of the characters of the product to be specified with the character key. When a part or all of the character string is input from the beginning, the means for searching for a product searches for the corresponding product from the storage means based on the input character string. As a result of this product search, if there are multiple corresponding products based on a part of the character string being input, the selection means selects the product with the largest sales quantity on the previous day stored in the storage means for each product. select. Furthermore, when the product selected by the selection means is different from the part to be registered, the selected product is cleared by the clearing means.

According to this invention, there is no need to provide a key for specifying a product for each type of product as in the past.
It is possible to prevent the ECR from becoming larger. Furthermore, when entering a product name using the character keys, it is not necessary to input the entire character string as long as at least enough character strings are entered to identify the designated product, so the product name input operation can be performed extremely quickly. Also, the corresponding product is searched based on the entered character string, but if multiple corresponding products are found in response to a part of the character string being input, the sales of each product on the previous day Since the product with the maximum quantity is identified as the specified product, even if there are multiple applicable products,
Further key input operations using character keys can be omitted to specify the specified product. This speeds up the process of entering product names. Furthermore, as mentioned above, if there are multiple applicable products, the product with the highest sales volume on the previous day will be selected, but if the selected product is different from the product that should be registered, the selected product will be cleared. Therefore, there is no mistake in specifying the product to be registered.

Hereinafter, this invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an ECR according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, this ECR 1 is provided with a printer 2 and a display 3 on the upper front surface thereof. Further, a keyboard 4 is provided at the lower part of the front surface so as to project forward.

FIG. 2 is a key arrangement diagram of the keyboard 4 shown in FIG. 1. As shown in the figure, this keyboard 4 is
Mode key 41, Alphabet key 42,
Subtotal key 43, department key 44, and total key 45
, a close key 46 , a clear key 47 , and a numeric keypad 48 . The mode key 41 is a key for switching the operation mode of the ECR 1. The alphabet key 42 is a key for inputting an alphabet, and is used, for example, to input a product name. The subtotal key 43 is a key used when it is desired to output the subtotal up to that point during a transaction. The department key 44 is a key for instructing a search for product names. The total key 45 is a key for instructing department registration of products. Tightening key 46
is a key for causing ECR1 to perform a tightening operation. The clear key 47 is a key for instructing clearing of various input information and clearing of the product name displayed on the display 3. The numeric keypad 48 is a key for inputting numerical information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the ECR 1 shown in FIG. In the figure, ECR1 includes CPU5. The aforementioned printer 2, display 3, and keyboard 4 are connected to this CPU 5. moreover,
A ROM 6 and a RAM 7 are connected to the CPU 5. The ROM 6 stores an operating program as shown in FIG. 6, which will be described later. The CPU 5 operates according to this operating program. RAM7 is
It stores processing data and calculation data of the CPU 5, and also includes a storage area as described below.

Next, the storage area of RAM 7 will be explained. This RAM 7 includes storage areas 71-75. The storage area 71 stores the input of numerical information from the numeric keypad 48 and the alphanumeric key 4.
This area is used to store a flag indicating that alpha betting information has been input from 2, ie, a key input flag (FKEY). Memory area 7
2 is used as a key input data save register (WREG) for storing numerical information input from the numeric keypad 48 and alpha alphabet information input from the alpha alphabet key 42. The storage area 73 is a first product number save area (DEPT#) that stores the product number (DEPT#) of the product name searched and selected by the CPU 5 when a product name is input using the alphanumeric keys 42. WDEPT#). The storage area 74 is used as a second product number save area (WDEPT#B) for storing the product number of the product name searched by the CPU 5 when a product name is input from the alphanumeric key 42. Note that there may be a plurality of product names searched by the CPU 5, and therefore the second product number save area is designed to be able to store a plurality of product numbers. Memory area 75
is product data for each type of product (data for selling products; in this example, it is the product name, total sales, number of units sold, and number of units sold on the previous day. Of course, the product data is limited to these. It is used as a product-specific registration area to store information (not a product). Registration area 7 for this product
5 includes areas 751 for product number 1 to area 75n for product number n.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a key sequence when registering a certain product, for example, coffee.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative diagram for explaining the product name search and selection operations performed by the CPU 5 when the product name is input using the key sequence shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the CPU 5 shown in FIG. 3.

The operation of the above-described embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

First, an explanation will be given of the operation when the department registration of a product is performed using the key sequence shown in FIG. In this case, the product to be registered is coffee, and therefore the alphabetic spelling of coffee is input using the alphanumeric key 24. By the way, in the ECR 1 of this embodiment, it is not necessary to input the full spelling of the product name, so in FIG. 4, only "CO" is input from the beginning of the spelling of the product name. At step S1 in FIG. 6, it is determined whether there is a key input, and at step S2, it is determined that the key input is from the alphanumeric keys 42. Then, proceed to step S3 and read the RAM
7 key input data save register (WREG)
Alphabet information entered in is stored.
Then, in step S4, a key input flag (FKEY) is set. When the input of the product name is completed, the department key 44 is pressed this time. This pressing of the department key 44 is determined in step S5.
In step S6, it is determined whether the key input flag is set. In this case, if the key input flag is not set, it means that the department key 44 has been pressed even though no product name has been input, so an error process is performed.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the key input flag is set, the key input data save register (WREG) is saved in steps S7 to S12.
The product names stored in the product name and the product names stored in the product-specific registration area 75 are sequentially compared, a matching product name is searched for, and if there are multiple product names searched, one product name is selected from among them. is selected. The operation at this time will be explained with reference to FIG. For example, if "CO" is entered as part of the product name as shown in Figure 4, the product names in the product registration area 75 are searched sequentially starting from DEPT #1 in order to retrieve the same product name as "CO". do. In this example, since DEPT#1 and DEPT#3 are the same, this product number is stored in the second product number save area (WDEPT#B). next,
For DEPT #1 and DEPT #3, select the one with the larger sales counter for the previous day. In this example, coffee is larger (300 pieces for coffee and 50 pieces for cocoa), so coffee is selected and DEPT is placed in the first product number save area (WDEPT#).
#1 is set. In addition, in such an ECR, a product sales report is generally issued every day after closing, and at the same time, a predetermined area of the RAM 7 is cleared (this process is generally referred to as Z settlement). At this time, before clearing the sales counter, the value is transferred to the previous day's sales counter. and,
In this Z settlement, the area of the sales counter for the previous day is not cleared.

Next, the process proceeds to step S13, where the product name corresponding to the product number stored in the first product number save area is displayed on the display 3. and,
Proceeding to step S14, the key input flag 71 is reset. Here, if the product name displayed on the display 3 is different from the product name desired by the operator, the clear key 47 is pressed. Pressing this clear key 47 causes steps S1, S2, S5, S1
After step 7, a decision is made in step S15. and,
Proceeding to step S16, the display contents on the display 3 are cleared. Furthermore, the process advances to step S14 and the key input flag is reset. Note that this difference in selection occurs because the number of spellings of the product name to be input is small. Therefore, when entering the product name again, it is only necessary to enter a greater number of spellings than the number of spellings of the product name entered this time. Alternatively, the full spelling of the product name may be entered. If you enter the full spelling of the product name, you will be sure to select the desired product.

Next, the operator inputs the price of the product using the numeric keypad 48 as shown in FIG. This operation of the numeric keypad 48 is judged in steps S1 and S2, and the amount information inputted in step S3 is stored in the key input data save register. Then, in step S4, a key input flag is set. Then step S1 again
Return to operation.

Next, the operator presses the total key 45 as shown in FIG. Pressing this total key 45 is
After steps S1, S2, and S5, a determination is made in step S17. Then, the process advances to step S18, and it is determined whether the stored content of the first product number save area is 0 or not. If the stored content of the first product number save area is 0, it means that the total key 45 was pressed even though there is no product corresponding to the input product name, so an error process is performed. On the other hand, if the stored content is not 0, the process advances to step S19, where it is determined whether the key input flag is set. If the key input flag is not set, it means that the total key 45 has been pressed even though the price of the product has not been input, and an error process will be performed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the key input flag is set, the process advances to step S20, where the product name in the product-specific registration area corresponding to the product number stored in the first product number save area and the key input data are saved. The amount of the product stored in the register is displayed on the display 3. Then, the process advances to step S11, and the same content as that displayed in step S20 is printed on the printer 2. Subsequently, the process advances to step S22, where the sales total and product counter in the product-specific registration area corresponding to the product number stored in the first product number save area are updated.
Next, the process advances to step S23, where the key input flag is reset and the first product number save area is cleared. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

Next, although not shown in Figure 4, ECR1
The closing operation, that is, the closing operation of one transaction will be explained.
In this case, the operator presses the tightening key 46 to cause the ECR 1 to perform the tightening operation. Pressing of the close key 46 is determined in step S24, and the process proceeds to step S25, where the total sales amount for the transaction at that time is displayed on the display 3. Further, the process advances to step S26, and the same content as that displayed in step S25 is displayed on the printer 2. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1.

Although the operations that are of interest to the present invention have been described above, other operations may be the same as those of a general ECR, and their explanation will be omitted.

As described above, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, the product name to be registered is specified by inputting the product name using the alphanumeric keys. can be prevented from increasing in size. Further, even if the full spelling of the product name is not input, the desired product can be effectively searched and selected within the range of the number of spellings entered, so the input operation of the product name can be performed extremely quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an ECR according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 shows the keyboard 4 shown in Figure 1.
FIG. Figure 3 is shown in Figure 1.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of ECR1. Figure 4 is the first
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a key sequence for causing the ECR 1 shown in the figure to perform a registration operation for a certain product. FIG. 5 is an illustrative diagram for explaining the product name search and selection operations performed by the CPU 5 when the product name is input using the key sequence shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the CPU 5 shown in FIG. 3. In the figure, 1 is ECR, 2 is printer, 3 is display, 4 is keyboard, 5 is CPU, 6 is
ROM, 7 is RAM, 42 is alpha key,
Reference numeral 75 indicates a product-specific registration area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An electronic cash register that has a numeric keypad for inputting numerical data and that specifies products to be registered using a product name consisting of characters, means for storing the displayed product name and the sales quantity of the product on the previous day; a character key for inputting the product name; When input from the beginning of the character string, means is provided for searching the corresponding product from the storage means based on the input character string, and the means for searching the product responds to inputting a part of the character string. means for selecting the product with the largest sales quantity on the previous day stored in the storage means for each product when there is a plurality of said corresponding products; and the product selected by the product selection means is the product to be registered. and a means for clearing selected items at different times.