JPH05342481A - Sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output a character pattern by using either for display or print depending the situation only by preparing the required minimum number of character patterns even when output devices with different dot density are loaded. CONSTITUTION:A first character pattern set in accordance with every classification and a second character pattern set in accordance with only specific classification by which KANJI (Chinese character) notation can be performed are stored in set memory 17-1 classified by every transaction, set memory 17-2 classified by every PLU, and set memory 17-3 classified by every department. A CPU 11, when outputting a registration result, checks whether or not both the first and second character patterns are set making correspond to the classification. In such a case, when both characters are set, a first character is set as the one dedicated for display, and a second character as the one dedicated for print, and when only the first character is set, the character is outputted as the one for combination print and display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales data processing device such as an electronic cash register or a POS (point of sales) system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electronic cash register (EC
In R), the sales data is registered by classification (for example, department, PLU) based on the input sales data, and the registered contents are displayed and output from the customer display or the operator display, Print out on receipt paper or journal paper. In this case, along with the unit price of the product,
The character representing the product name is output, but one type of character pattern is used for both display and printing, for example, 5
It was output using a character pattern of × 7 dots.

[0003]

By the way, one character can be represented by 5 × 7 dots for alphanumeric or kana characters, and about 32 × 32 dots for kanji or special symbols. However, if only one type of character pattern of 5 × 7 dots is prepared, kanji printing is possible.
Even if a 2 x 32 dot printer is installed as an option, if the display (mostly a fluorescent display tube) can output only 5 x 7 dots per character, the printer will also express only 5 x 7 dots. There was a drawback that it was not possible to print the kanji clearly. Therefore, 32x32 dots for printing and 5x for display
A 7-dot character pattern may be stored in the ROM in advance and prepared, but preparing 2 types of character patterns according to the dot output density of the output device requires a huge memory capacity for character setting. It is a good thing and not a good idea. Also, the display is 32 as well as the printing.
If a CRT display device or the like is used so that a Chinese character can be displayed using a character pattern of x32 dots, the cost becomes high, and there is a problem in that it is not practical in any method. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to selectively output a character pattern for display and for printing even if output devices having different dot densities are mounted, by preparing the minimum necessary character pattern.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The classification-based character storage means 1 (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) is used for each department, transaction, and PL.
The first character pattern (for example, a 5 × 7 dot character pattern that represents alphanumeric characters and the like) that is set in correspondence with each classification such as U (price lookup), and set in correspondence with only a specific classification The second character pattern (for example, 32 × 3 expressing Kanji, etc.)
2 dot character pattern). When the registered content is output, the discrimination means 2 discriminates whether or not both the first and second character patterns are stored in the classified character storage means 1 in association with the classification. As a result of the discrimination by the discrimination means 2, the output control means 3 displays only the first character pattern when both character patterns are stored, and the second character pattern is displayed.
The character pattern is separately output only for printing, and when only the first character pattern is stored, this character pattern is output for both printing and display.

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. In the sales data processing device for registering the sales data for each classification based on the input sales data and displaying and printing the registration contents, when the registration contents are output, the first and the first by the discriminating means 2 When it is determined that both of the two character patterns are stored in the classified character storage means 1, the output control means 3 separates the first character pattern for display and the second character pattern for printing. Output. On the other hand, when the discriminating means 2 discriminates that only the first character pattern is stored, the output control means 3 outputs the first character pattern for both printing and display. Therefore, even if output devices having different dot densities are mounted, the character patterns can be selectively used for display and printing by preparing the minimum required character pattern.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the ECR.
The CPU 11 controls the entire operation of the ECR according to various programs stored in the ROM 12, and the CPU 11 is connected with a key input unit 13, a display unit 14, a printing unit 15, and a drawer 16 as its peripheral devices. Control their input / output operations. Key input part 1
3 is various keys that are usually provided, that is, department key A
K, PLU key BK, transaction key CK, numeric keypad DK, etc., and when sales data is input from the key input unit 13, C
The PU 11 registers the input sales data in various totalizers in the RAM 17, and causes the display unit 14 to display and output the registered contents and the printing unit 15 to print out the registered contents.

The display unit 14 outputs and outputs alphanumeric and kana characters in 5 × 7 dots per character according to the dot matrix method. Although not shown in the display unit 14, there are a customer display and an operator display. It is provided. The printing unit 15 is a dot printer capable of printing Chinese characters and the like with 32 × 32 dots per character, and prints sales data on receipt paper and journal paper. The performance of the display unit 14 and the printing unit 15, that is, the number of dots that can be output is selected by the user in consideration of the product cost.
A printer of 64 × 64 dots per character may be used as the printing unit 15, but in this embodiment, a printer of 32 × 32 dots per character will be described. RAM17
Is a transactional totalizer, a PLU-specific totalizer, a sector-specific totalizer, and the like. The transaction-specific totalizer has a transaction-specific setting memory 17-1, and the PLU-specific totalizer has a PLU-specific setting memory. 17-2, the division totalizer 17
-3 is provided.

FIG. 3 is a diagram specifically showing the contents of the transaction-specific setting memory 17-1, the PLU-specific setting memory 17-2, and the department-specific setting memory 17-3 for character patterns, which are provided in the RAM 17. Setting memory 17-1, 17-2,
Reference numeral 17-3 is configured to have a first character pattern storage area, a second character pattern storage area, and other data storage areas corresponding to each classification. Here, the first character pattern is a 5 × 7 dot character pattern in which a transaction name or a product name is written in alphanumeric or kana characters, and is set in a one-to-one correspondence with each classification. The second character pattern is a 32 × 32 dot character pattern in which a transaction name or a product name is written in Chinese characters or special symbols, and is set in correspondence with only a specific classification in which Chinese characters are printed. That is, the first character pattern is set to correspond to all the classifications, but the second character pattern is set to only the classification that requires the kanji notation.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation when the sales data is registered. First, in the key input waiting state (step S1), the department-by-department registration operation is performed, and when the department key AK is operated (step S2), the second operation is performed corresponding to the department.
It is checked whether or not the character pattern is set in the departmental setting memory 17-3 (step S3). Now
As shown in FIG. 3, since it is not necessary to write the department “coffee” in Kanji, only the first character pattern is set, but the department “Kisetsuryori” can be written in Kanji, so the first character pattern is set. In addition to the character pattern of
The second character pattern is also set. here,
When only the first character pattern is set, the display unit 1 is used for printing and displaying the first character pattern together with the unit price amount of the product registered for each department.
4. Output from the printing unit 15 (step S4). On the other hand, when it is determined in step S3 that the second character pattern is also set in addition to the first character pattern, the first character pattern is exclusively used for display and the second character pattern is exclusively used for printing. The display unit 14 and the printing unit 15 output the unit price amounts of the commodities that are properly used and registered (steps S5 and S6). Then, the process proceeds to step S7, other departmental registration processing is performed, and the total sales by department is updated.

Such an operation is executed every time a departmental registration operation is performed. 5A and 5B show a display state and a printing state associated with this departmental registration operation, and FIG. 5A shows a case where only the first character in kana character notation is set. Display and printing are performed using this character. FIG. 5B shows a case where the first character in Kana character notation and the second character in Kanji character are set, and the first character is output for display only and the second character is output for printing only. It

Next, when the PLU-by-PLU registration operation is performed, the fact is detected in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9, and thereafter, the same processing as the above case is performed. That is,
If the second character pattern is not set, the first character pattern is also used for displaying and printing, and P
It is output together with the unit price set in the other data storage area of the LU-specific setting memory 17-2 (step S1).
0). On the other hand, if the second character pattern is set, the first character pattern is output only for display and the second character pattern is output for printing only together with the unit price (steps S11 and S12). Then, step S1
Then, the process proceeds to 3 to perform other PLU-specific registration processing. Figure 5
(C) shows the display state and the print state associated with the PLU-specific registration operation, and is the case where the second character pattern is not set.

When a transaction-specific registration operation is performed to complete the registration of one transaction, that fact is detected in step S14, and the process proceeds to step S15. Thereafter, the same processing as that described above is performed, The character pattern is selectively used for display and printing depending on whether or not the second character pattern is set (step S15) and output (step S1).
6, S17, S18). In this case, the processing for obtaining the total amount of money for one transaction is performed, and the character is output together with the amount of processing. After that, the process proceeds to step S19, and other transaction-specific registration processing is performed. FIG. 5D shows a display state diagram and a print state diagram when the cash key is operated as the transaction key CK. The display is performed with the first character of the kana character and the printing is performed with the second character of the kanji character. .. In addition,
In step S20, if other key operation is performed instead of registration operation for each PLU and transaction for each department,
The processing corresponding to the operation key is performed.

In the above embodiment, the transaction-specific setting memory 17 is used.
-1, the PLU-specific setting memory 17-2 and the department-specific setting memory 17-3 are configured to check whether or not the second character pattern is stored in addition to the first character pattern. Instead of checking the presence / absence of data, a flag indicating the presence / absence of the setting of the second character pattern is prepared, and the presence / absence of the setting of the second character pattern may be checked by referring to this flag. Good.

[0014]

According to the present invention, even if output devices having different dot densities are mounted, the character patterns can be selectively used for display and printing by preparing a minimum required character pattern. Therefore, it is possible to suppress enormous memory capacity and cost, print kanji characters, issue easy-to-read receipts, etc., and improve service to customers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an ECR according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial configuration diagram of a RAM 17, specifically showing characters set in a transaction-specific setting memory 17-1, a PLU-specific setting memory 17-2, and a department-specific setting memory 17-3.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display state and a printing state associated with a registration operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 Key input unit 14 Display unit 15 Printing unit 17 RAM 17-1 Transaction-specific setting memory 17-2 PLU-specific setting memory 17-3 Department-specific setting memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sales data processing device for registering sales data for each classification based on the input sales data, and displaying and printing out the registered contents in correspondence with each classification. The second that is set in correspondence only with the character pattern of 1 and the specific classification
Character storage means for storing the character pattern and the first and second character patterns are stored in the character storage means for classification corresponding to the classification when the registered contents are output. Determination means for determining whether or not the first character pattern is displayed and the second character pattern is used for printing when both character patterns are stored. And output control means for outputting the first character pattern for both printing and displaying when only the first character pattern is stored, and sales data processing. apparatus.