JPH06274761A - Commodity sale register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a compact commodity sale register which can prevent the incorrect registration. CONSTITUTION:A check-out counter 42 includes a clerk operation space 18 and two customer operation spaces 19 secured counter to each other at both sides of the space 18. Then an automatic wrapping machine 28 is provided at one of both sides of each space 19, and each of spaces 19 includes an information input part 22 where the commodity information is registered by the operations of customers 21. Meanwhile a keyboard 23, a drawer 24 and an R/J printer 25 are operated by a clerk 20 in the space 18. Then the counter 42 is provided with at least two display parts 26 which output the information through the parts 22. Furthermore a screen 46 is added to open the place between the part 22 and a commodity throw-in hole 32 of the machine 28 for a fixed time only when the normal registration processing is carried out.

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 for carrying a shopping bag arranged near an information input section to a bag carry-out hole facing a customer moving area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-265997, a reading unit, a loading unit, a sorting conveyor, a discharging unit and a stocker are linearly arranged, and a bar code scanner is used in the reading unit. Enter the product information by the, and send the product to the distribution conveyor via the carry-in conveyor, and only when the read product information and the weight data stored in the PLU file match, carry out the product by the distribution conveyor. If the barcode scanner fails to read the product information correctly,
If the customer intentionally places the product information on the carry-in conveyor without reading it, or if the customer intentionally places a product other than the product read by the barcode scanner on the carry-in conveyor, the sorting conveyor Proposes a checkout device that distributes products to a stock conveyor different from the regular carry-out conveyor.

Next, FIG. 13 shows the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-128381. That is, in the illustrated checkout counter 1, an information input unit 5 including a keyboard 3 and an overhead scanner 4 is provided on the upper surface of the tip of a soccer table-shaped main body housing 2 having a support stand protruding from the end face. A product insertion hole 6 is formed on the upper surface of the main body housing 2 adjacent to the information input section 5. Further, a lift 7 which is a bag holding mechanism for holding a shopping bag (not shown) having an open upper surface in a vertically movable manner is provided in the product insertion hole 6, and the lowermost position of the lift 7 is provided. A belt conveyor 8 which is a bag conveying mechanism is provided at a position continuous with. That is, the belt conveyor 8 is built in the main body housing 2 of the checkout counter 1, and inside the end portion of the main body housing 2, there is a holding portion 9 on which the shopping bags conveyed by the belt conveyor 8 are loaded. It is provided. Here, the holding portion 9 is integrated with an opening / closing cover 10 provided at the end portion of the main body housing 2.
A bag unloading hole 11 is formed by the holding portion 9 and the holding portion 9. In addition,
In the checkout counter 1, the bag carry-out hole 11
An information input section 12 for a customer is provided on the upper surface of the main body housing 2 located above, and the information input section 12 includes a keyboard 13, a display 14 and a card reader 1.
It is formed of 5 or the like. In addition, the checkout counter 1 is provided with an openable / closable cover 16 which is openable / closable in the product insertion hole 6 and is opened at the start of the registration process for one customer and closed at the completion of the registration process. It has become.

Therefore, in this check-out counter 1, the clerk is located on the front side of the main body housing 2 in FIG. 13 and the customer moves on the back side.
The body housing 2 is elongated in parallel with the moving direction of the customer. Further, in the checkout counter 1, for example, a store clerk opens the open / close cover 16 of the product insertion hole 6 by manually operating the keyboard 3 in advance, and the like.
Set a shopping bag (not shown) on the lift 7 inside and open / close the cover 16 by manual operation of the keyboard 3 after the setting is completed.
Is closed to prevent fraud. It is also possible to set such a shopping bag at the start of the registration process.

Therefore, when the customer places a shopping basket containing the products to be purchased on the support table at the tip of the main body housing 2, the clerk manually operates the keyboard 3 to input the start of the registration process and enter the product insertion hole. The opening / closing cover 16 of 6 is opened.
Therefore, this clerk takes out the product from the shopping basket and performs registration processing by manually operating the keyboard 3 of the information input unit 5 or reading the bar code of the overhead scanner 4, and the product for which this registration processing is completed is inserted into the product insertion hole 6. Will be done. By doing so, the product for which the product information has been registered is stored in the shopping bag located on the lift 7. Therefore, in the checkout counter 1, the weight in the product information input by the barcode is input. The value is compared with the weight value measured by the lift 7 to check the consistency of the product. Then, when such work is completed for all the products, the clerk inputs the completion of the registration process by manually operating the keyboard 3 and closes the open / close cover 16 of the product insertion hole 6.

Then, the shopping bag containing the products is lifted by the lift 7.
After moving to the bottom of the main body housing 2 by the belt conveyor 8, it is conveyed to the bag unloading hole 11 and placed on the holding portion 9. In this state, the opening / closing cover 10 integrated with the holding portion 9 is locked. Has been done. Therefore, this open / close cover 1
Since the total amount of money is displayed on the display 14 located above 0, when the customer who visually recognizes the total amount of money inserts a credit card (not shown) into the card reader 15 and inputs a personal identification number or the like using the keyboard 13. , Open / close cover 10
Can be opened and closed so that the customer can take out the shopping bag from the holder 9.

[0007]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-26599
In the invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7, the reading unit, the carry-in conveyor, the sorting conveyor, the carry-out conveyor, and the bagging unit must be linearly arranged in order to flow the product when the product information is correctly read. However, there is a drawback that the total length becomes long.

Further, in the checkout counter 1 shown in FIG. 13, since the shopping bag containing the commodities is conveyed to the bag unloading hole 11 by the lift 7 and the belt conveyor 8, the work load on the clerk is reduced and the work efficiency is improved. Will be improved. In the checkout counter 1, the opening / closing cover 16 of the product insertion hole 6 is opened / closed in synchronization with the start and completion of the registration process for one customer, so that the customer can shop before and after the registration process. It is designed to prevent fraud such as putting products in bags.

However, in practice, a clerk may move to another place during the registration process for one customer.
In this case, the clerk manually operates the keyboard 3 to close the opening / closing cover 16 and then moves to another place, and the returning clerk opens the opening / closing cover 16 by manually operating the keyboard 3 to restart the registration process. . However, this is not preferable because the operation of the store clerk is complicated and the work load increases and the work efficiency decreases.

In particular, at present, a self-scanning system has been proposed in which a customer registers product information and puts the product in a shopping bag. In this case, fraud is induced if the product can be freely put in the shopping bag. Is not desirable.

[0011]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A checkout counter having a clerk operating space for one clerk and two customer operating spaces adjacent to and facing each other on both sides of the clerk operating space is provided, and an automatic packaging machine is provided on each side of the customer operating space. Adjacent to each other, an information input unit is provided in each of the customer operation spaces for registering product information by the operation of the customer, and a sales accounting keyboard operated by the clerk in the clerk operation space. A drawer and an R / J printer that outputs information from the information input unit are arranged, and at least two display units that output information from the individual information input units are provided in the check counter.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, two product transport mechanisms are provided which pass from the vicinity of each customer operation space to the space between the opposing automatic packaging machines.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an information input section for registering product information by a customer's operation is provided, and a product insertion hole of an upper surface opening disposed near the information input section and this product insertion hole. A bag carrying-out hole separated from the bag, a bag holding mechanism for holding a shopping bag arranged below the product feeding hole and having an upper surface opened, and the shopping bag held by the bag holding mechanism for carrying the bag carrying-out hole. An automatic wrapping machine having a bag transport mechanism for transporting up to is provided, and a partition is provided which is driven by a partition drive section to open and close between the information input section and the product input hole, and the product is input based on the input from the information input section. A partition control unit is provided for controlling the operation of the partition drive unit so that the partition between the information input unit and the product insertion hole is closed for a certain time only when the information is properly registered.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the product information is registered by the customer operating the information input unit, and the product information is output from the display unit. In addition, when the store clerk operates the keyboard, the data is output from the display unit and the R / J printer based on the registered product information. Further, the product for which the product information is registered is sent to the automatic packaging machine by the customer himself, and the product is packaged there. In this case, the checkout counter is small in size because the store clerk operation space provided with a device such as a keyboard operated by the store clerk and the two customer operation spaces provided with the information input unit operated by the customer are arranged close to each other. Moreover, since the automatic packaging machine is adjacent to one side of the customer operation space, it is possible to shorten the transportation route of the product. Further, since the customer operation space is located close to and opposite each other on both sides of the clerk operation space, it is possible for one clerk to easily monitor unnatural movements of multiple customers. It is possible to prevent unnecessary registration processing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation according to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a product which is difficult to be packaged by an automatic packaging machine can be carried out by the product transport mechanism, or the product information is legitimate. The unreadable product can be re-registered by an input operation on the side of the store clerk and carried out by the product transport mechanism.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the product is properly registered, the partition is retracted from between the information input section and the product insertion hole, so that the bag is held by the bag holding mechanism so that the inside of the product insertion hole is retained. The product is allowed to be inserted into the shopping bag opened at, and the shopping bag in which the product has been inserted is carried out to the bag carry-out hole by the bag carrying mechanism. Further, since the information input unit and the product insertion hole are shielded by the screen until the product is registered, it is possible to prevent fraudulent insertion of the unregistered product by the customer into the product insertion hole. Moreover, since the opened partition is driven in the closing direction after a certain period of time, it is possible to omit the operation of closing the partition by the store clerk, which contributes to reducing the work load on the store clerk and improving the work efficiency.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 17 denotes a check-out counter. The check-out counter 17 has one clerk operation space 18 and two customer operation spaces 19 adjacent to each other on both sides of the clerk operation space 18 and facing each other. Although the clerk operating space 18 and the customer operating space 19 are continuously formed, the checkout counter 17 may be separated and arranged independently. That is, the checkout counter 17
Has a shape in which a clerk 20 located in the clerk operating space 18 and a customer 21 located in the customer operating space 19 are located at the corners of an isosceles triangle.

Each customer operation space 19 is provided with a bar code scanner 22 as an information input section for registering product information by the operation of the customer 21, and the salesclerk operation space 18 is operated by a salesclerk 20. R / J (receipt / journal) printer 2 for outputting information from a sales accounting keyboard 23, a drawer 24 opened upward, and individual bar code scanners 22
5 and 5 are located within the operating range of one clerk 20, and two sets are arranged. That is, the individual keyboard 23, drawer 24, R / J printer 25, and display 26 form an electronic cash register. Further, the checkout counter 17 is provided with a display 26 as two display units for outputting information from each bar code scanner 22. Since these displays 26 are directed to the clerk 20 and the customer 21 on one side, they can be shared by the clerk 20 and the customer 21. Of course, it may be provided separately for the clerk and the customer. Further, below the store clerk operation space 18, an electronic scale 27 located directly below the drawer 24 is provided. The electronic scale 27 is used by the clerk 20 to weigh the weight of a product without a bar code.

Further, automatic packaging machines 28 are opposed to and adjacent to each other on one side of the customer operation space 19, and a space on which a cart 29 is placed is formed on the opposite side. Inside each main body housing 30 of the automatic packaging machine 28, a hand scanner 31 for registering product information by the clerk 20 is detachably held. In addition, the main body housing 30 has a product insertion hole 3 whose upper surface is opened.
Two and two bag unloading holes 33 are formed, and a bag conveying mechanism 34 by a belt conveyor is provided between the lower part of the product input hole 32 and the lower part of the bag unloading hole 33. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
Bag holding mechanism 36 for holding 5 with its upper edge opened
Is provided. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the shopping bag 35 is wound in a roll shape as a continuous sheet body having perforations 37, which is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the main body housing 30 is sandwiched between a roller 38 and a belt 39 which can rotate in the forward and reverse directions. The bag holding mechanism 36 is composed of a forward and reverse rotatable belt 40 that holds both sides of the shopping bag 35 and a clamp arm 41 that holds both surfaces of the shopping bag 35.

In such a structure, the bag holding mechanism 36
The method of setting the shopping bag 35 according to item 1 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. First, as illustrated in FIG. 1A, the flat shopping bag 35 wound in a sheet shape is delivered to the lower portion of the product insertion hole 32 by the rollers 38 and the belts 39 and 40, and in this state, the shopping bag 35 is delivered. After the upper end of the roller is caught by the clamp arm 41, the roller 38 and the belt 39 are reversed. By doing so, the first shopping bag 35 held by the clamp arm 41 is separated from the second and subsequent shopping bags 35 by the perforations 37, as illustrated in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6C, the clamp arm 41 moves to both sides in this state, so that the shopping bag 35 is held below the product insertion hole 32 in an opened state.

In the registration mode, the customer 21 uses the cart 2
The merchandise in 9 is individually taken out and the merchandise information is registered by the bar code scanner 22. The merchandise information input from the bar code scanner 22 and a PLU file (not shown)
The registration process of the product information of one product is completed when the product data retrieved from is matched. This product information is displayed on the display 26. The registered products are put into the shopping bag 35 in the product insertion hole 32. And
When the registration process for one customer 21 is completed, the clerk 20 presses the cash total key on the keyboard 23 to print a receipt by the R / J printer 25, issue a receipt, and open the drawer 24. Wait for the settlement of the customer 21. On the other hand, the shopping bag 35 is carried out to the bag carry-out hole 33 by the bag carrying mechanism 34. The shopping bag 35 carried out to the bag carry-out hole 33 is taken out by the customer 21 who has completed the settlement. Then, the shopping bag 35 for the next customer 21 is set below the product insertion hole 32 by the bag holding mechanism 36 as described above.

As described above, the clerk operation space 18 in which devices such as the keyboard 23, drawer 24, and R / J printer 25 operated by the clerk 20 are provided, and the bar code scanner 22 operated by the customer 21 are provided. Since the two customer operation spaces 19 are disposed close to each other, the checkout counter 17 can be downsized. In addition, since the automatic packaging machine 28 is adjacent to one side of the customer operation space 19, it is possible to shorten the product transportation route.
Furthermore, the customer operation space 19 is a store clerk operation space 18
Since they are placed close to each other and face each other, it is possible for one clerk 20 to easily monitor the unnatural movement of a plurality of customers 21, and thereby reduce the fraudulent registration by the customers 21. Is possible. The above is the operation corresponding to the invention of claim 1.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in the above-mentioned embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The checkout counter 42 of the present embodiment includes one clerk operation space 18,
Two customer operation spaces 19 are formed adjacent to each other on both sides of the clerk operation space 18 and face each other. The clerk 20 located in the clerk operation space 18 and the customer 21 located in the customer operation space 19 have shapes that are located at the corners of the isosceles triangle.

Each customer operation space 19 is provided with a bar code scanner 22 as an information input unit for registering product information by the operation of the customer 21.
3, a drawer 24, an R / J printer 25 that outputs information from each bar code scanner 22, and a hand scanner 31 are located within the operation range of one store clerk 20, and two sets are provided. There is. Here, the drawer 24 is opened and closed vertically, and is flat with respect to the plane of the checkout counter 42 in the closed state. Also, drawer 2
Reference numeral 4 also serves as a tray for the electronic scale 27. The weight of the drawer 24 changes depending on the amount of money in the drawer 24.
The tare used as the tray of No. 7 changes, but the zero adjustment will be described later.

An automatic wrapping machine 28 is adjacent to each side of the customer operation space 19, and further, the automatic wrapping machine 28 is opposed to the front of the clerk operation space 18 through the front of each customer operation space 19. Belt conveyors 43 are provided as two merchandise conveying mechanisms extending toward the. A stocker 44, which is formed by arranging a plurality of rollers in parallel, is provided at the tip of each of the belt conveyors 43.

The belt conveyors 43 facing each other are partitioned by a partition plate 45. Further, a partition 46 is openably and closably provided between each bar code scanner 22 and the product insertion hole 32, and a partition 47 is opened and closed between the front surface of each customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43. It is provided freely. These partitions 4
As shown in FIG. 7, each of 6, 6 and 47 is screwed to a disc 50 directly connected to the stepping motors 51 and 52, and these stepping motors 51 and 52 are screwed to the lower surface of the top plate of the checkout counter 42. It is fixed by. That is, the partitions 46 and 47 are supported so as to be projected and retracted through a gap between the customer operation space 19 and the automatic packaging machine 28, or a gap between the customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43.

Next, FIG. 8 shows an electronic circuit. The keyboard 23, the drawer 24, and the R / J printer 25
The display 26 and the display 26 form an electronic cash register 52. This is the same in the above embodiment. That is, the electronic cash register 52
The electronic circuit of the CPU 53 includes a CPU 23, a keyboard 23, a drawer 24, an R / J printer 25, a display 26, a ROM 54 in which fixed data such as a program is written, a RAM 55 in which variable data is written, and a timing clock 5.
6. It has a structure in which the transmission connector 57 and the like are wired.
To the transmission connector 57, the bar code scanner 22, the electronic scale 27, the automatic packaging machine 28, the hand scanner 31, a partition control circuit 58 as a partition drive unit, etc. are connected.
The partition control circuit 58 includes the stepping motor 4
8, 49 are connected. The drawer opening / closing device 24a of the drawer 24 is connected to the CPU 53 on the bus line.

As shown in FIG. 9, the RAM 55 has various files. FIG. 9A shows the main item Isafile 5 that stores the total amount of data for each customer.
9, (b) is a current total file 60 that stores the total amount of sales within a certain period, and (c) is a PLU (Price Look Up) file 61 that stores product information. The product information stored in the PLU file 61 is information such as a product code 62, a product name 63, a unit price 64, a score 65, and an amount 66.

The CPU 53 uses the bar code scanner 2
Only when the product information is properly registered based on the input from 2, the partition between the barcode scanner 22 and the product insertion hole 32 is closed for a certain period of time with the partition 46, and the space between the customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43. It also has a function as a partition control means for controlling the operation of the partition control circuit 58 so that the partition 47 is closed for a predetermined time.

In such a configuration, the registration process of the product information is performed by the customer 21 as in the above embodiment,
Also in this embodiment, the keyboard 2 operated by the clerk 20
The checkout counter 42 is miniaturized because the store clerk operation space 18 provided with devices such as 3 and the two customer operation spaces 19 provided with the bar code scanner 22 operated by the customer 21 are arranged close to each other. be able to. In addition, since the automatic packaging machine 28 is adjacent to one side of the customer operation space 19, it is possible to shorten the product transportation route. Further, since the customer operation space 19 is closely arranged on both sides of the clerk operation space 18 so as to face each other, an unnatural movement of a plurality of customers 21 is caused by one clerk 20.
Therefore, it is possible to easily monitor, and it is possible to reduce illegal registration by the customer. This is also the operation according to the invention of claim 1. Further, since the electronic scale 27 can be used as a tray for the drawer 24 and the drawer 24 in the closed state can be used as a part of the checkout counter 42, it is possible to further contribute to downsizing of the device.

Further, a product which is difficult to be packaged by the automatic packaging machine 28 can be carried out by the belt conveyor 43, or the clerk 20 uses the hand scanner 27 or the keyboard 23 to obtain the information of the product whose product information could not be properly read. It can be re-registered and carried out by the belt conveyor 43. This is an action corresponding to the invention of claim 2.

Next, a specific registration process of the product information in this embodiment will be described. In the registration mode, the scanner input operation is performed while the power is turned on and the belt conveyor 43 is driven. That is, the product information is input by the bar code scanner 22 and put into the shopping bag 35 of the product insertion hole 32 of the automatic packaging machine 28. In the present embodiment, a product that is not suitable for automatic packaging or a large product is belted. It is placed on the conveyor 43.

Now, the scanner input process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the registration mode, when the product code read by the barcode scanner 22 matches the corresponding code in the PLU file 61, the points, the amount of money, etc. of the product corresponding to the corresponding code are added, and the main item iser file 59 is added. The amount of money is added, and subsequently, the R / J printer 25 and the display 26 output the product name and amount of the product. That is, printing and display are performed. In this way, when the product information is properly registered, the partition control circuit 58 causes the stepping motors 48, 4 to receive a command from the CPU 53.
In order to drive 9 in the forward direction by a predetermined step, partitions 46, 4
7 rotates downward. As a result, the partition 46 opens the space between the barcode scanner 22 and the product insertion hole 32, and the partition 4
7 opens the space between the customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43. As a result, it is possible to insert the product for which the product information is correctly registered into the product insertion hole 32 or to place it on the belt conveyor 43. When a fixed time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses, a counter (not shown) that counts the elapsed time is timed up, so that C
The partition control circuit 58 drives the stepping motors 48, 49 in the opposite direction by a predetermined step in response to a command from the PU 53, so that the partitions 46, 47 rotate upward. As a result, the partition 46 closes the space between the barcode scanner 22 and the product insertion hole 32, and the partition 47 closes the space between the customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43.

Therefore, a product whose product information is not registered, a product which cannot be read by the bar code scanner 22 or a product which does not have the corresponding code in the PLU file 61 can be put into the product insertion hole 32 or placed on the conveyor 43. prohibited. It is not always impossible to deliberately insert the products whose product information is not registered into the product insertion hole 32 over the partitions 46 and 47 or to put them on the belt conveyor 43, but in this case, the customer 21
Is extremely unnatural and large, and the clerk 20 who does not need to operate the key until the current key is operated is
Since it is possible to monitor the customer 21 at a position that is extremely close and easy to see, it is possible to very effectively prevent fraud of the customer 21. Further, after a certain period of time commensurate with the registration process of one item of product information, the partitions 46 and 47 are automatically closed, so that it is possible to omit the operation of closing the partitions 46 and 47 by the store clerk 20. It is possible to contribute to the reduction of the work load of 20 and the improvement of work efficiency. Thus, the action by opening and closing the partition 46 is the action according to the invention of claim 3.

By setting a program for driving the belt conveyor 43 only when the regular registration processing by the bar code scanner 22 is performed, the goods not subjected to the registration processing are conveyed by the belt conveyor 43 to the bag unloading hole 33.
Since carrying out to the stocker 44 on the side is prohibited, the partition 47 between the customer operation space 19 and the belt conveyor 43 can be omitted.

If the registration of the product information by the customer 21 using the bar code scanner 22 is unsuccessful, the product is handed to the store clerk 20, and the store clerk 20 inputs the product information using the hand scanner 31 or the keyboard 23. By doing so, it is possible to select the usage pattern in which the belt conveyor 43 is driven and the product whose product information has been read by the clerk 20 is placed on the belt conveyor 43.

When the registration process of the product information for each customer is completed, the clerk 20 executes the total key process of the keyboard 23. The operation is shown in FIG. After determining that the mode is the registration mode, the contents of the main item iser file 59 (total sales amount of one customer 21, deposit, change, etc.) are printed by the R / J printer 25, as described above. At the same time, it is displayed on the display 26. Further, the contents of the main item iser file 59 are added to the current totalizer, and the drawer 24 is opened by the drawer opening / closing device 24a. After this operation, a product end command is input to the automatic packaging machine 28 under the control of the CPU 52. Thereafter, the contents of the main item iser file 59 are cleared, and the drawer 24 is closed by the drawer opening / closing device 24a. The drawer closing signal is input from the drawer opening / closing device 24a to the CPU 53, and the CPU 53 sends a zero setting command to the electronic scale 27. As described above, the electronic scale 27 uses the drawer 24 in which the tare is changed as a tray, but the tare is adjusted to zero by receiving the zero setting command.

Next, the operation of the automatic packaging machine 28 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After the power is turned on, the presence or absence of the shopping bag 35 in the product insertion hole 32 is detected by a sensor (not shown), and when it is determined that there is no shopping bag 35, the shopping bag 35 is set by the method described in the above embodiment. It Then, as the registration process of the product progresses, the product is loaded into the shopping bag 35, and the CPU
When the product end command is sent from 53, the shopping bag 35 is set on the bag transport mechanism 34, and the bag transport mechanism 34 is driven. As a result, the shopping bag 35 is sent to the bag unloading hole 33.

[0039]

The invention according to claim 1 is as described above.
Since the store clerk operation space provided with a device such as a keyboard operated by the store clerk and the two customer operation spaces provided with the information input section operated by the customer are arranged close to each other,
The checkout counter can be downsized, and since the automatic packaging machine is adjacent to one side of the customer operation space, the product transportation route can be shortened. Since they are placed close to each other and face each other, it is possible to easily monitor unnatural movements of a plurality of customers by one store clerk, and thereby prevent illegal registration processing by the customers. And so on.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, since two product transporting mechanisms are provided which pass between the vicinity of each individual customer operation space and the opposing automatic packaging machine, In addition to the effects of the configuration of the invention described in 1,
Products that are difficult to package with automatic packaging machines can be carried out by the product transport mechanism, or products for which the product information could not be read legitimately can be reregistered by the store clerk's input operation and carried out by the product transport mechanism. Have the effect of.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as described above, a partition is provided which is driven by the partition driving section to open and close between the information input section and the product insertion hole of the automatic packaging machine, and the input from the information input section is provided. The partition control means is provided to control the operation of the partition drive unit so that the partition between the information input section and the product insertion hole is closed for a certain period of time only when the product information is properly registered. When the product is registered, the screen can be retracted from between the information input section and the product insertion hole, so that it is possible to allow the product to be inserted into the shopping bag opened in the product insertion hole. Until the product is registered, the information input part and the product insertion hole are blocked by the screen,
It is possible to prevent fraud in which an unregistered product is inserted by the customer into the product insertion hole. Moreover, since the opened partition is driven in the closing direction after a certain period of time, the operation of closing the partition by the store clerk can be omitted. This makes it possible to reduce the work load on the store clerk and contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a side view conceptually showing the structure of a bag holding mechanism of the automatic packaging machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a shopping bag is separated from a sheet body and an upper edge thereof is opened.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a structure for opening and closing a partition.

FIG. 8 is an electronic circuit diagram.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing RAM areas.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing scanner input processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a current total key process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic packaging machine.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17 Checkout counter 18 Salesclerk operation space 19 Customer operation space 20 Salesclerk 21 Customer 22 Information input section 23 Keyboard 24 Drawer 25 R / J printer 26 Display section 28 Automatic packing machine 32 Product input hole 33 Bag unloading hole 34 Bag transport mechanism 35 Shopping Bag 36 Bag holding mechanism 42 Checkout counter 43 Commodity transport mechanism 46 Partition 53 Partition control means 58 Partition drive unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A checkout counter having a clerk operating space for one clerk and two customer operating spaces adjacent to and facing each other on both sides of the clerk operating space, one side of each of the customer operating spaces. Automatic packing machines are adjacent to each other, and each of the customer operation spaces is provided with an information input unit that performs registration processing of product information by the operation of the customer, and sales performed by the clerk in the clerk operation space. A checkout keyboard, a drawer, and an R / J printer for outputting information from the information input unit are provided, and at least two display units for outputting information from the individual information input units are provided on the check counter. A product sales registration device characterized by being provided. 2. The product sales registration apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising two product transport mechanisms which pass from the vicinity of each customer operation space to the opposing automatic packaging machine. 3. An information input section for registering product information by a customer's operation is provided, and a product insertion hole of an upper surface opening arranged near the information input section and a bag unloading separated from the product insertion hole. A hole, a bag holding mechanism that holds a shopping bag that is arranged below the product insertion hole and has an upper surface opened, and a bag conveying mechanism that conveys the shopping bag held by the bag holding mechanism to the bag unloading hole. An automatic wrapping machine having a and a partition drive that is driven by a partition drive section to open and close between the information input section and the product input hole is provided, and the product information is properly registered based on the input from the information input section. The product sales registration device is provided with a partition control unit for controlling the operation of the partition drive unit so that the partition between the information input unit and the product insertion hole is closed for a certain period of time only when .