JPH05242365A - Commodity sales register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stably operate an automatic power off function by providing a light source for illuminating a lower housing start sensor on the lower surface of an upper housing. CONSTITUTION:In a POS terminal 12, an aperture hole 14 is formed on the lower surface of the upper housing 13 and a lighting lamp 15 to be a light source is provided in the hole 14. When commodity information is inputted by the manual operation of keyboards 2, 3 in the POS terminal 6 or the reading scanning of a bar code scanner 4, data are printed out by a printer 8 or displayed on a display 9 to support selling work. The occupied area of the terminal 12 is contracted by distributing various functions to upper and lower-bisected housings 7, 10. The driving of the scanner 4 is controlled by the automatic power off function based upon the photodetecting status of a start sensor 5. Consequently durability is improved and power saving is realized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration device in which functions are assigned to upper and lower housings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, various commodity sales registration devices have been put into practical use in order to electrically manage sales operations and improve work efficiency. A bar code scanner is used to simplify input of commodity information. Those provided are common. Various types of bar code scanners have been put into practical use, and a stationary type bar code scanner has particularly good operability.

In this stationary bar code scanner, a reflecting surface of a scanning mirror, which is rotatably supported by a drive motor, is positioned on the optical axis of a laser light source, and the light is emitted from the laser light source. For example, a transparent window is formed in the main body housing for transmitting the read light deflected and scanned by the scanning mirror, and a light receiving part for reading the reflected light of the bar code incident through the transparent window of the main body housing is provided. ing.

Further, in the commodity sales registration apparatus provided with such a stationary bar code scanner, the emission of the reading light is automatically stopped when the standby state is long and the commodity with the bar code is automatically approached. In general, it has become common to provide an auto power-off function for restarting the emission of reading light. The product sales registration device equipped with such an auto power-off function has a structure in which a start sensor for detecting the presence or absence of incident light is provided near the light-transmitting window of the main body housing. The driving of the bar code scanner is stopped when the time exceeds a preset predetermined time, and the driving of the bar code scanner is started when the light detection state of the start sensor is interrupted.

By doing so, the drive of the bar code scanner is automatically stopped if the waiting state for the bar code reading and scanning is long, and the product to which the bar code is attached or the finger of the cashier approaches the start sensor. Since the barcode scanner automatically starts operating, it is possible to improve durability and reduce power consumption without lowering work efficiency.

However, since the stationary bar code scanner as described above has a complicated structure and inevitably becomes large in size, the main body housing of the product sales registration apparatus incorporating the stationary bar code scanner tends to occupy a larger area. Therefore, as a conventional example of a commodity sales registration apparatus that solves such a problem, a commodity sales registration apparatus disclosed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-84697 will be described with reference to FIG. This product sales registration device POS
The (Point of Sales) terminal 1 is provided with a lower housing 7 in which keyboards 2, 3 and a bar code scanner 4 and a start sensor 5 are formed on the upper surface and a drawer 6 is formed in the lower portion, and a receipt printer 8 and a display 9 are provided. There is provided an upper housing 10 in which is formed, and the upper housing 10 is supported above the lower housing 7 by columns 11.

In the POS terminal 1 having such a structure, when product information is input by manually operating the keyboards 2 and 3 or reading and scanning by the bar code scanner 4, it is output by printing on the receipt printer 8 or displaying on the display 9. It is designed to support sales operations. In this POS terminal 1, the upper housing 10 is arranged above the lower housing 7 containing the stationary bar code scanner 4, and various functions are distributed in the vertical direction to reduce the occupied area. Since the POS terminal 1 also has an auto power-off function, when the light detection state of the start sensor 5 exceeds a preset predetermined time, the driving of the barcode scanner 4 is stopped and the light detection of the start sensor 5 is stopped. Bar code scanner 4 when status is interrupted
It is designed to start driving.

[0008]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned POS terminal 1
Has improved durability and saved power by controlling the drive timing of the bar code scanner 4 with the auto power off function. By dividing it, the occupied area is also reduced.

Here, the start sensor 5 for the auto power-off function as described above is adapted to detect the illumination light of a store using the POS terminal 1.
Since the large-sized upper housing 10 is located above the start sensor 5 in the terminal 1, the illumination light may be blocked by the upper housing 10 and the auto power-off function may be disabled.

[0010]

A lower housing having at least a keyboard, a bar code scanner and a start sensor formed on an upper surface thereof is provided, and an upper housing having at least a receipt printer and a display is provided. Supporting by a column above the lower housing, when the light detection state of the start sensor exceeds a preset predetermined time, the driving of the barcode scanner is stopped and the light detection state of the start sensor is interrupted. In a commodity sales registration device that realizes an automatic power-off function for starting driving of a barcode scanner, a light source for illuminating a start sensor of the lower housing is provided on a lower surface of the upper housing.

[0011]

Since the light source on the lower surface of the upper housing illuminates the start sensor, the auto power-off function can be stably operated even if the illumination light of the store reaching the start sensor is blocked by the large upper housing. .

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, the POS terminal 12, which is the product sales registration device, is the same as the POS terminal 1 described above as a conventional example.
The lower housing 7 having the keyboards 2, 3 and the bar code scanner 4 and the start sensor 5 formed on the upper surface and the drawer 6 formed at the lower portion is provided, and the receipt printer 8 is provided.
An upper housing 13 having a display 9 and a display 9 is provided, and the upper housing 13 is supported above the lower housing 7 by columns 11. In the POS terminal 12, an opening hole 14 is formed in the lower surface of the upper housing 13, and an illumination lamp 15 as a light source is provided in the opening hole 14.

In this structure, when the POS terminal 12 inputs product information by manually operating the keyboards 2 and 3 or reading and scanning by the bar code scanner 4, this is output by printing on the receipt printer 8 or displaying on the display 9. It is designed to support sales operations.
Like the above-mentioned POS terminal 1, the POS terminal 12 also reduces the occupied area by allocating various functions to the upper and lower housings 7 and 10 in the vertical direction, thereby reducing the light detection state of the start sensor 5. By controlling the driving of the bar code scanner 4 by the auto power off function based on the above, the durability is improved and the power saving is realized.

In the POS terminal 12, since the start sensor 5 is illuminated by the illumination lamp 15 on the lower surface of the upper housing 13, the illumination light of the store reaching the start sensor 5 is blocked by the large upper housing 13. Also, the auto power off function works stably. Since the illumination lamp 15 of the upper housing 13 also illuminates the keyboard 3 of the lower housing 7, the visibility and operability of the keyboard 3 are good even when the illumination light of the store is shielded by the large upper housing 13. Is.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention includes the lower housing having at least the keyboard, the bar code scanner and the start sensor formed on the upper surface thereof, and the upper housing having at least the receipt printer and the display. The upper housing is supported by a column above the lower housing, and when the light detection state of the start sensor exceeds a preset predetermined time, the driving of the bar code scanner is stopped and the light detection state of the start sensor is interrupted. In the product sales registration device that realizes the automatic power-off function of starting the driving of the bar code scanner, a light source for illuminating the start sensor of the lower housing is provided on the lower surface of the upper housing. The start sensor is illuminated by the light source on the bottom. Because, those having the effect of such even illumination of the store leading to the start sensor through a large upper housing is shielded can activate the automatic power-off function stably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2, 3 keyboard 4 bar code scanner 5 start sensor 7 lower housing 8 receipt printer 9 display 11 support 12 product sales registration device 13 upper housing 15 light source

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lower housing having at least a keyboard, a bar code scanner and a start sensor formed on an upper surface thereof, and an upper housing having at least a receipt printer and a display formed thereon, the upper housing being above the lower housing. When the light detection state of the start sensor exceeds a preset predetermined time, the driving of the bar code scanner is stopped and the light detection state of the start sensor is interrupted. A product sales registration device that realizes an automatic power-off function for starting driving, wherein a light source that illuminates a start sensor of the lower housing is provided on a lower surface of the upper housing.