JPH06348959A - Commodity sales register data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To speed up money transfer work by calculating change from a payment obtained by adding an advance received amount and a succeeding deposit amount, and a total amount related to sales register processing. CONSTITUTION:This processor is provided with advance received amount processing units (31 and 36), advance received amount display control means (11 and 12), payment calculating means (11 and 12) and final change calculating means (11 and 12), and is constituted so that a customer can insert small-amount coins or the like as prepaiment at any time and can visually confirm the reception as the advance received amount and change F is calculated as the total amount of this advance received amount and the succeeding deposit amount.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sales registration data processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In FIG. 9, an electronic cash register 10 type product sales registration data processing device is arranged downstream of a soccer table 1 on which a basket containing purchased products of a customer CST is placed and moved. . Electronic cash register 10
Includes a control unit (CPU, ROM, RAM), scanner, keyboard, display device, printer, drawer, and the like.

Product sales registration using the electronic cash register 10 is performed as follows. That is, when data (product code) is input using a scanner which is a data reading unit, product data (product name, unit price, etc.) is obtained by searching the product file,
Based on this, sales data including the total amount of money is calculated and sales are registered. This is done for all customer-purchased products. The sales registration data is displayed on a display device (for cashier and customer) and is printed on receipt paper by a printer. Then, the change amount is changed from the total amount calculated in advance by pressing the deposit / cash total key on the keyboard and performing the closing operation, and the deposit amount stored by keying in the currency equivalent amount received from the customer. Receipt is issued at the same time as the calculation, and the drawer is automatically opened. At this point, the cashier makes an account including money transfer and ends the product sales registration business with the customer.

Thus, in order to further improve the work efficiency of the product sales registration work, it is understood that the data input work and the money transfer work with the customer must be performed more quickly and accurately.

Therefore, a so-called two-person system in which a checker specialized in data input work is arranged in addition to a cashier for mainly giving and receiving money so that both parties carry out a merchandise sales registration operation for one transaction or A so-called self-scanning type has been proposed and used in which the data entry work is configured to be performed by the customer himself / herself.

According to the two-person type or the self-scanning type, the work efficiency can be certainly improved. This is because the data input work by the checker or the customer and the money transfer work by the cashier can be executed in parallel.

[0007]

However, although the data reading unit and the like have been constantly improved in the data input work, the money transfer work is concerned with the human relation between the cashier and the customer. I have to say that there is no idea and it is being executed in the same way as it was.

In addition, many customers read the total amount displayed on the display device after the tightening operation, then open their wallet and prepare to take out bills and coins. At times, for example, for the total amount of 980 yen, I handed 9 100-yen coins and 7 10-yen coins to the cashier, but since I did not have the remaining 1-yen coin, I requested to return those coins again. It may be paid with a thousand-yen bill. On the contrary, once I handed a 1,000-yen bill, there are coins worth 980 yen, so I may be paid with these coins. These reduce efficiency but cannot be rejected in terms of customer service.

[0009] Thus, even if the data input work is speeded up, the money transfer work is a factor that causes a delay in speed and a delay in checkout.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing device which can more rapidly perform money transfer work while satisfying customer wishes.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Considering the conventional money transfer work, many customers have a habit of paying from small coins in a wallet. This is a phenomenon that everyone can see. In fact, paying attention to the fact that this habit causes a slowdown of the money transfer work and a stagnation of the entire product sales registration work, the present invention allows the customer to insert a small coin etc. at any time and at the same time. The change is recognized as an advance payment, and the change is calculated from the payment amount obtained by adding the advance payment and the subsequent deposit amount and the total amount related to the sales registration process, thereby achieving the above object.

That is, the merchandise sales registration data processing device according to the present invention uses the total amount of one transaction that has undergone the sales registration process and the deposit amount stored by key-inputting the currency equivalent amount received from the customer. In the merchandise sales registration data processing device formed to calculate, a down payment processing unit in which the customer himself can enter the currency and stores the amount of the inserted currency as the down payment, and the down payment stored in the down payment processing unit. The amount of money to be displayed is displayed and displayed, the amount of money to be paid by the customer is calculated by adding the amount of money to be received and the amount of money to be deposited, and the calculated amount of money and the total amount of money are calculated. And a final change calculation means for calculating change by using the final change calculation means.

[0013]

In the case of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the customer himself puts in an appropriate amount of currency into the advance payment processing unit, the amount of money is stored as advance payment and the amount is displayed by the advance payment amount display control means. The customer can know the amount of money put in and can confirm that the deposit has been received. Therefore, the customer can sort out small coins in the wallet in advance. The cashier's burden of handling coins during accounting can be greatly reduced.

[0014] The sales registration process proceeds and the total amount of money is calculated.
When displayed and the deposit amount received from the customer is entered,
The payment amount calculation means calculates the total payment amount of the customer, that is, the payment amount by adding the previous received amount and the subsequent deposited amount. Then, the final change calculation means calculates the change using the payment amount calculated instead of the conventional deposit amount.

Therefore, the customer can take out small coins and the like in the wallet at any time and pay in advance, so that it is possible to save the time for taking out the currency equivalent to the advance payment at the time of accounting and save the trouble of handling the coins of the customer and the cashier. Therefore, it is possible to quickly perform the money transfer work while satisfying the customer's desire, and smoothly perform the product sales registration work without delay.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the product sales registration data processing device has a basic structure as a general electronic cash register 10 and has a down payment processing unit (31, 35) and a down payment display control means (11, 12). ), A payment amount calculation means (11, 12) and a final change calculation means (11, 12) are provided so that the customer himself or herself can insert a small coin or the like at any time, and this is recognized as advance payment B, and this advance payment The change amount F is calculated from the payment amount E obtained by adding B and the deposit amount D after that and the total amount A related to the sales registration process, and the money transfer work is further speeded while satisfying the customer's desire. And it is formed so that it can be performed accurately.

In FIG. 2, electronic cash register 1
0 is a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a card reader / writer 14, a scanner 19 (scanner circuit 15),
Keyboard 20 (keyboard circuit 16), display device 21
(Display control circuit 17) and printer 22 (printer drive circuit 2) connected via an input / output port (I / O) 18.
4) and the drawer 23 (drawer opening device 25) and the like, and can perform product sales registration work.

The electronic cash register 10 is mounted on the cash register 2 shown in FIG. 1 as a whole, but the card reader / writer 14 is a separate frame. Further, the scanner 19 is of a fixed type and is attached to the soccer table 1 at substantially the center thereof. The display device 21 is a cashier display device 21.
It is formed from S and the customer display 21T, and the customer display 21
T is attached to the soccer table 1 with the screen facing the customer.

On the upstream side of the soccer table 1, a basket G1 in which customer-purchased products are stored is placed, and on the downstream side, an empty basket G2 into which data-inputted products are put is placed. A deposit / withdrawal device 30 is arranged on the opposite side of the soccer table 1 from the cashier table 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the depositing / dispensing apparatus 30 includes a control unit (11, 1) of the electronic cash register 10.
2, 13) connected to the control unit 31 (CPU 32, ROM 33, RAM 3) via an input / output port (I / O) 26.
4) and the deposit mechanism 35 having the deposit port 35P shown in FIG.
And a money storage unit 3 that sorts and stores each banknote / coin
6 and the withdrawal mechanism 37 having the withdrawal port 37P shown in FIG. Specifically, it is a down payment processing function, a change processing function, and a currency exchange function.

That is, the advance deposit processing function is to deposit coins (or bills) inserted by the customer into the deposit port 35P into the deposit mechanism 35.
And accept the assortment in the money storage unit 36,
Confirm that advance payment was received (YE at ST40 in Fig. 5)
S) and the amount of advance payment (B) are temporarily stored in the RAM 34 (ST41), and are executed by the control unit 31.

In the change processing function, when the change payment withdrawal output from the electronic cash register 10 for which the sales registration processing for one transaction is completed (YES in ST42), the withdrawal mechanism 37 is activated to operate the money storage section 36. This is a function of selecting a currency equivalent to the change amount from among the money stored in and paying out (ST43) from the dispensing port 37P.

Further, the exchange function receives an exchange withdrawal output input by using, for example, the exchange key and the numeral key of the keyboard 20 on the electronic cash register 10 side (ST4
4 YES), the currency equivalent to the specified amount is withdrawn 37P
Is a withdrawal function (YES in ST45).

Now, the down payment processing unit allows the customer himself to enter the currency and receives the amount of the inserted currency in the down payment B.
In this embodiment, the control unit 31 for executing the advance payment processing function of the deposit / withdrawal device 30 is stored as
(32, 33, 34) and a deposit mechanism 35.

Next, the advance payment amount display control means is a control means for displaying the advance payment amount B stored in the RAM 34 of the advance payment processing unit (31, 35). In this embodiment, the advance payment amount display control means is connected to the CPU 11 in the electronic cash register 10. ROM12
And ST17S and 17T in FIG.

That is, the CPU 11 uses the input / output port 2
When the advance receipt processing unit (31) is inquired via 6 to confirm that the advance receipt B is present (YES in ST14), the advance receipt B is read from the RAM 34 (ST15) and is temporarily stored in the work area of the RAM 13 (step ST15). ST1
Along with 6), a signal is sent to the display control circuit 17 to display the advance payment amount (B) on the customer display 21T on the soccer table 1 (ST17T). Therefore, it is safe for the customer to immediately confirm the amount of currency (advance payment amount B) that he / she has put in and that it has been received as advance payment. This advance payment B is
It is also displayed on the cashier display 21S (ST17
From S), the cashier can also confirm this.

Next, the payment amount calculation means adds the advance payment amount B and the deposit amount D to obtain the total payment amount of the customer, that is, the payment amount E.
The CPU 11 and the ROM 1 are means for calculating (= B + D).
2 and is executed in ST24 of FIG. That is,
When the deposit amount D is input by key operation or using the card reader / writer 14 (ST22), the CPU 11
Displays this on the cashier display 21S (ST2
3) After that, find the payment amount E (total amount) (ST2
4). The payment amount E is displayed on the cashier display 21S (ST25S) and the customer display 21T is displayed.
Is also displayed (ST25T). For customers, advance payment B
The payment amount E including is displayed collectively.

When it is confirmed that the advance deposit B is present, the final change calculation means compares the payment amount E used in place of the conventional deposit amount D with the total amount A, and the payment amount E is the total amount A. Change F when above (YES in ST26)
The CPU 11 and the ROM 1 are means for calculating (= EA).
2 and is executed in ST28 of FIG.

If there is no advance payment B (B = 0),
Since the payment amount E (= B + D) is the same as the deposit amount D, this final change calculation means is also used as a normal and general change calculation means. If the payment amount is less than the total amount A (NO in ST26), the shortage C is further calculated (ST27), and the process returns to ST21S for inputting the payment.

This change amount F is simultaneously displayed on both display devices 21S and 21T by the CPU 11 (ST29S,
29T). Further, the CPU 11 outputs a fishing payment withdrawal output to the deposit / withdrawal device 30 (ST30). Receiving this, the change processing function of the deposit / withdrawal device 30 side executes this (ST42, 43 in FIG. 5).

Further, the tightening operation (YE of ST18 in FIG. 3)
The shortfall C (= A−B) after S) is calculated from the total amount A and the advance payment B (ST19 in FIG. 4) and displayed on both display devices 21S and 21T (ST21S and 21T).
If there is no shortage C (NO in ST20), the process proceeds to ST24.

Incidentally, ST10 to ST13 in FIG.
S and ST13T are the same as those in the conventional example.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. A customer places the basket G1 containing the self-purchased product on the upstream side of the soccer table 1 in FIG. Then, the cashier takes out the products one by one and registers the sales by using the scanner 19 (ST10 in FIG. 3). After the sales registration, the products are put into the empty basket G2 on the downstream side.

Amount a (unit price 355) of the product (ΔΔΔ)
(Circle) indicates both indicators 21 as shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B).
Displayed on S, 21T (ST11S, 11 in FIG. 3)
T). The total amount A at this time is the amount a (355 yen) (ST12). The cashier display 21S shown in FIG. 6 (A) is displayed as "total" (ST13S), and the customer display 21T shown in FIG. 6 (B) is displayed as "purchase amount" (ST13T). It

This sales registration is carried out for all of the customer-purchased products (for example, ΔΔΔ, XXX, XX), but the customer has already inserted a small coin or the like into the advance payment processing unit (31, 35). Since there is a possibility that it is doing ST14 ~
ST17S and 17T are performed.

That is, when a customer inserts a small coin (for example, 10 yen × 9 coins or 1 yen × 7 coins) from the deposit port 35P shown in FIG. 1, the deposit mechanism 35 of FIG. When the control section 31 confirms this (YES in ST40 of FIG. 5), the advance payment B is received.
It is stored in the RAM 34 as (97 yen) (ST41).

Then, the advance amount display control means (11, 1)
2) reads the advance payment B from the RAM 34 to read the RAM 13
Is temporarily stored in (ST14 to ST16) and the advance payment B is displayed on both the display devices 21S and 21T (ST17).
S, 17T). Specifically, the cashier display 21S shown in FIG. 6 (A) displays it as "advance payment B (97 yen)" as it is, but the customer display 21T shown in FIG. 6 (B) shows "payment amount ( 97 yen) ”is displayed. This is because even if the customer is not informed of the concept of advance payment B, it is possible to obtain sufficient understanding if the customer is informed that the payment amount (B) is received. Moreover, since the screen of the customer display 21T is small, the display is simple.

Indicators for cashier 21S at this stage
In addition, the deposit amount (0 yen), total payment (97 yen ... equal to advance payment), shortfall (258 yen), and change (0 yen) are also displayed.

Now, all the customer-purchased products (△△△, XX
When the sales registration of (×, ○○○) is completed and the tightening operation is performed using the deposit / current total key on the keyboard 20 (YES in ST18 of FIG. 3), the CPU 11 causes the shortage C [1].
600 yen = total amount A (1697 yen) -advance payment (97
Yen)] is calculated (ST19 in FIG. 4). If this shortage C is a positive number (YES in ST20), both display devices 2
Shortage C (1600 yen) is displayed on 1S and 21T (S
T21S, 21T). The display contents at this stage are as shown in FIG. 7 (A) for the cashier display 21S and as shown in FIG. 7 (B) for the customer display 21T.

When the customer who sees this display pays two thousand-yen bills to the cashier, the cashier inputs the deposit amount D (2000 yen) by key operation (ST2 in FIG. 4).
2). The CPU 11 displays this on the cashier display 21S shown in FIG. 8A (ST23). The cashier can confirm that the input is correct.

Here, the payment amount calculation means (11,
12) Add the deposit amount D (2000 yen) and the advance deposit B (97 yen) to obtain the total payment amount, that is, the payment amount E.
(= 2097 = D + B) is calculated (ST24). This payment amount E (2097 yen) is the total payment (2097 yen) on the cashier display 21S in FIG. 8A, and the payment amount 20% on the customer display 21T in FIG. 8B.
It is displayed as (97 yen) (ST25S, 25T).

Thus, since the payment amount E becomes equal to or more than the total amount A (YES in ST26), the final change calculating means (11, 12) operates, and the payment amount E (2097 yen).
The change amount F (400 yen) is calculated by subtracting the total amount A (1697 yen) of all products from (ST28). The change amount F is also displayed by the CPU 11 on both display devices 21S and 21T (ST29S and 29T).

Thereafter, the CPU 11 causes the change amount (40
The payment payment of 0 yen) is output (ST30). On the deposit / withdrawal device 30 side that receives this output (YES in ST42 of FIG. 5), the change processing function is activated, and 4
One 100-yen coin is discharged (ST43).

According to this embodiment, however, the down payment processing unit (31, 35) and the down payment amount display control means (1
1, 12), payment amount calculation means (11, 12) and final change calculation means (11, 12) are provided, and the customer can always insert small coins etc. as advance payment and visually confirm that it has been received as advance payment B. It is possible to confirm and use the total amount (E) of the advance payment B and the deposit amount D after that, the change F.
Since it is configured to calculate, the customer can sort out the change, and both the customer and the cashier can largely omit the handling of change at the time of accounting. Therefore, it is possible to further speed up not only the money transfer work but also the entire product sales registration work while satisfying the customer's desire, and it is possible to perform the work smoothly with high efficiency while eliminating the checkout delay.

The advance payment processing unit (31, 35)
Can be constructed by using a part of the depositing / dispensing device 30 for a money changer, so that it is economical and easy to realize.

Further, since the change amount E calculated by the final change calculation means (11, 12) is output as the withdrawal output, the cashier's handling of small change at the time of checkout is greatly reduced. Can be reduced to From this point, it is possible to further speed up the work.

[0047]

According to the present invention, the down payment processing unit, the down payment amount display control means, the payment amount calculation means, and the final change calculation means are provided so that the customer can always insert a small coin or the like as the advance payment and receive it as the down payment. The change can be visually confirmed, and the change amount is calculated using the total payment amount of the advance payment and the deposit amount thereafter, so that the customer can sort out the change and both the customer and the cashier. The handling of coins at the time of accounting can be largely omitted. Therefore, it is possible to further speed up not only the money transfer work but also the entire product sales registration work while satisfying the customer's desire, and it is possible to perform the work smoothly with high efficiency while eliminating the checkout delay.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is likewise a block diagram for explaining a detailed configuration.

FIG. 3 is likewise a flow chart (1) for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is likewise a flowchart (2) for explaining the operation.

FIG. 5 is likewise a flowchart for explaining the operation of the advance payment processing unit side.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining display contents at the time of data input.

FIG. 7 is also a diagram for explaining the display content after the tightening operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining display contents after inputting the deposit amount.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Soccer Table 2 Cash Register 10 Electronic Cash Register (Merchandise Sales Registration Data Processing Device) 11 CPU (Advance Payment Display Control Means, Payment Amount Calculation Means, Final Change Calculation Means) 12 ROM (Advance Payment Display Control Means, Payment Amount Calculation Means) , Final change calculation means) 13 RAM 19 scanner 20 keyboard 21 display device 21S cashier display 21T customer display 22 printer 23 drawer 30 deposit / withdrawal device 31 control unit (advance payment processing unit) 35 deposit mechanism (advance payment processing unit) 35P Deposit port 36 Cash accommodation unit 37 Withdrawal mechanism 37P Withdrawal port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Merchandise sales registration data formed to calculate change using the total amount of one transaction that has undergone sales registration processing and the deposit amount stored by key-inputting the currency equivalent amount received from the customer. In the processing device, a down payment processing unit in which the customer himself can enter the currency and stores the amount of the inserted currency as a down payment, and a down payment display control means for reading and displaying the down payment stored in the down payment processing unit A payment amount calculation means for calculating the payment amount of the customer by adding the deposit amount and the deposit amount, and a final change calculation means for calculating a change using the calculated payment amount and the total amount. A product sales registration data processing device characterized by being provided.