JPH06266966A - Article sales registration data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To monitor conditions inside a shop from a cashier at any place while staying at that position without applying any sense of incompatibility to customers by displaying image pickup signals from a television camera installed inside the shop onto a display for cashier. CONSTITUTION:A shop inside pickup image display control means inputs the image pickup signals from a television camera 40 and displays the conditions only on a display 24A for cashier. When article sale registration work is not performed, the image pickup signals from the video camera 40 are displayed fully on the screen only of the display 24A for cashier. When the article sale registration work is started and a registered image presence signal is inputted, a reduced pickup image reducing the picked-up image from the video camera 40 is displayed only on the display 24A for cashier. When the sale registration work of the other customer is continuously performed later, the shop inside picked-up image is displayed while being compressed and when no sale registration is performed, on the other hand, the image is displayed so as to fill the screen. Therefore, the cashier can monitor the inside of the shop even during the article sale registration work without being noticed by customers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commodity sales registration data processing device capable of displaying an in-store image on a cashier display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A product sales registration data processing device is a CP
U, ROM, RAM, etc., control unit, scanner, keyboard, cashier display and customer display, printer, drawer, etc. are formed, and "setting", "registration", "settlement" by key switches, It is formed so that the "inspection" mode can be switched to perform various data processing.

In the registration mode, after the opening business process is executed, if a product code is entered using a keyboard or a scanner, sales can be registered by referring to the product data file. The sales data including the total amount is stored in the sales registration file, and the change amount and the like are calculated by the closing key operation. The registration image related to the product sales registration data including each of these amounts is displayed on the cashier display,
It is printed by the printer. Then, the drawer is opened and money is exchanged with the customer. A receipt will also be issued. Therefore, even one cashier can accurately and swiftly register sales of various products.

In a store in which such a product sales registration data processing device is installed, a TV camera is installed in the store and its monitor is installed in the office to prevent fraud such as shoplifting. In many cases, cashiers are able to monitor the inside of the store.

[0005]

By the way, there is no guarantee that clerks in the office are always monitoring the monitor.
Moreover, it is practically impossible for the cashier to leave the post and go to the office to watch the monitor.
Particularly when the store is busy, both the clerks and the cashier are busy, so even if the television camera and its monitor are provided, the effectiveness is low.

However, if the monitor is installed side by side with this device, not only the image of the store is deteriorated but also the customer is made uncomfortable and distrustful.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device which allows the cashier to monitor the inside of the store on the spot at any time without giving the customer an unpleasant feeling.

[0008]

A product sales registration data processing device according to the present invention has a cashier display device and is formed so as to be able to display a registration image related to product sales registration data including a total amount and the like. In the sales registration data processing device, an in-store shot image display control means for inputting an image pickup signal from a television camera arranged in the store and displaying the in-store shot image on the cashier display together with the registered image or independently. Is provided.

[0009]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the television camera constantly images the inside of the store. Then, the in-store shot image display control means displays the in-store shot image alone (for example, full screen) or together with the registered image (for example, partial screen) on the cashier display based on the input image pickup signal. To do. Therefore, the cashier can monitor the inside of the store without being noticed by the customer, a suspicious person, etc. at any time during the product sales registration work and while waiting.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the product sales registration data processing device has an electronic cash register 10 having a general basic configuration.
In addition, the in-store image display control means (30) shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided so that the state of the store based on the image pickup signal from the television camera 40 can be monitored at any time by the cashier display 24A. Has been done.

In FIG. 1, an electronic cash register 1
0 is connected to a control unit including a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a clock circuit 14 and the like via a scanner 15 (scanner circuit 16), a keyboard 17 (keyboard circuit 18), and an input / output port (I / O) 19. Printer 2
0 (printer drive circuit 21), a drawer 22 (drawer opening device 23), a display unit 24 (display control circuit 25), and the like, and switching to the registration mode enables merchandise sales registration work.

The registered image relating to the merchandise sales registration data including the total amount of money is displayed by the cashier display 24A and the customer display 2 which are CRTs by the superimpose function.
It is displayed simultaneously on 4B. Indicator for cashier 24A
The screen of is directed to the cashier side, and the screen of the customer display unit 24B is directed to the opposite customer side.

The television camera 40 captures an image of the inside of the store, and its monitor is the electronic cash register 10.
It is provided in an office different from the place where

The in-store image display control means receives the image pickup signal from the television camera and displays the state only on the cashier display 24A. In the case of this embodiment, the display shown in FIG. Control circuit 25 and display 24
(24A, 24B).

That is, the in-store image display control means is
As shown in FIG. 2, the image selection switching circuit 30 includes an image expansion / contraction circuit 32 which also serves as a video circuit and a registered image confirmation circuit 31.

The registered image confirmation circuit 31 is the display control circuit 2
A function for confirming whether or not the registration image data related to the merchandise sales registration data is input from 5 and transferring the input registration image to the cashier display unit 24A and the customer display unit 24B to display the registration image. When the registered image data is input, the registered image present signal is output to the image expansion / contraction circuit 32.

On the other hand, the image enlarging / reducing circuit 32 functions as a mere video circuit when the registered image existence signal is not input from the registered image confirmation circuit 31, and the captured image based on the imaged signal from the television camera 40 is displayed only on the cashier display 24A. To display. However, when the registered image signal is input, the taken image is reduced to a preset magnification and is displayed on the cashier display 24A.

In the embodiment having such a configuration, since there is no registered image when the merchandise sales registration work is not performed, the image enlarging / reducing circuit 32 forming the in-store imaged image display control means outputs an image pickup signal from the video camera 40. Based on the enlarged magnification, the captured image (39L) is displayed on the full screen of only the cashier display unit 24A as shown in FIG. 3B.
Therefore, the cashier can monitor the inside of the store in a waiting posture without being noticed by the customer, a suspicious person, or the like.

When the product sales registration work for a certain customer is started, the CPU 11 causes a registration image relating to the product sales registration data, for example, "Cola ... 100 yen" shown in FIG. 3 (A),
"Bread ... 200 yen" and "Subtotal ... 300 yen" are input to the display control circuit 25. Then, the registered image confirmation circuit 31 forming the in-store shot image display control circuit means displays the registered image on the cashier display 24A and the customer display 24B.
And the registered image present signal is output.

When the registered image signal is input, the image enlarging / reducing circuit 32 displays the reduced captured image 39S obtained by reducing the captured image from the video camera 40 as shown in FIG. Only displayed on 24A. Therefore, the cashier can monitor the inside of the store even during the product sales registration work without being noticed by the customer or the like.

Further, a payment corresponding to the subtotal is received from the customer, and one transaction is completed by the change calculation and the receipt issuance. After this, if another customer's sales registration work continues, the in-store image is displayed in a compressed state,
On the other hand, if there is no sales registration, the screen is displayed so that it fills the screen.

However, according to this embodiment, the image pickup signal from the television camera 40 disposed in the store is used as an input to display the in-store image on the cashier display 24A together with the registered image and independently. Since the in-store photographed image display control means (30) is provided, the cashier can easily monitor the inside of the store on the spot at any time without giving the customer an unpleasant feeling.

Further, the in-store shot image display control means is formed of an image selection switching circuit 30 including an image enlargement / reduction circuit 32 for reducing the taken image and displaying it on the cashier display 24A when there is a registered image. Therefore, the cashier can monitor the inside of the store while executing the original product sales registration work, which is highly practical.

Further, since the image selection switching circuit 30 receives the registered image data and the image data from the video camera 40 as an input and performs image selection switching by hardware, CP
Since no processing burden can be imposed on U11, the processing of merchandise sales registration will not be hindered from this point of view.

[0025]

According to the present invention, in-store shooting for displaying an in-store shot image together with a registered image or independently on a cashier display using an image pickup signal from a television camera arranged in the store as an input. Since the image display control means is provided, the cashier can easily monitor the inside of the store on the spot at any time without giving the customer an unpleasant feeling.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining in-store imaged image display control means.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a display state of an in-store shot image.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Electronic Cash Register (Product Sales Registration Data Processing Device) 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 15 Scanner 17 Keyboard 20 Printer 22 Drawer 24 Display 24A Cashier Display 24B Customer Display 25 Display Control Circuit 30 Image Selection Switching Circuit (Store) Internal image display control means) 31 Registered image confirmation circuit 32 Image enlargement / reduction circuit 40 TV camera

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product sales registration data processing device having a cashier indicator and capable of displaying a registration image related to product sales registration data including a total price, etc., and a television camera installed in a store. An article-in-store shot image display control means for displaying an in-store shot image together with the registered image or independently on the cashier display as an input from an image pickup signal from the product sale registration data processing apparatus.