JPH07334758A - Pos register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent misinput and improve the operability at the time of article registration by showing the name and price of an article with voice and displaying article information on a screen by the POS register. CONSTITUTION:An article bar code is scanned by a scanner part 11 and a control part 2 retrieves a voice storage means 3, an image storage means 4, and a character information storage means 5 with the read bar code character string, converts a voice code into voice data, and generates the article voice data by a voice generating means 6 in the form of 'ooo costs xx yen.' Further, an image code retrieved in the image storage means 4 is converted into image data and character information retrieved in the character information storage means is put together, so that the image display means 7 displays the article image, name, and price.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS register, and more particularly to a POS register of a type in which registered products are identified by scanning a barcode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of POS register reads a barcode of a product, searches for the name and price of the product, generates the product name and price as a voice, and displays the product name and price as characters on a screen. Used to display.

An example of a conventional POS register (reading device) is described in JP-A-2-24794. The POS register described in this publication is a system for performing product information search based on product barcode information input by a scanner, outputting product voice information by voice, and displaying product character string information on a screen. The input device includes a keyboard and a barcode scanner, a POS register control unit, a storage device including a disk file and a memory, and an output device including a receipt printer, a display, and a speaker. The bar code of the product is read by the bar code scanner, the storage device is searched by the character string of the bar code, and the price and quantity of the product are generated from the speaker as "XX En x Ko". At the same time, the product name, price, and quantity are displayed on the display. If the product is still registered, the above scanning process is repeated. When the registration is completed, a command for performing total calculation is input from the keyboard to generate "Goukeiha Endes". Enter the amount of money received from the customer from the keyboard and generate "Otsuriha XX Endes Arigo Togo Gozaimashita" to end the transaction with the customer.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned conventional POS
The register is inadvertently different from the actual product and the label attached to the product, and when the product name and price different from the actual product are displayed or the barcode of the product is difficult to read, it is necessary to scan many times. While reading, I read it twice, and I need to check the character string display section carefully.

[0005]

The POS register of the present invention comprises a scanner section for reading a bar code of a product, a key section for inputting a command, a voice storing means for storing voice data of the commodity, and image data of the commodity. Image storing means for storing the sound, a sound generating means for generating a sound of the product, an image displaying means for displaying the image of the product and transaction information, and a control section for controlling each of these elements. .

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The input device 1 includes a scanner unit 11 and a key unit 12, and the scanner unit 11 is used to read a bar code printed or attached to a product. The key unit 12 is used for directly inputting a barcode of a product or for inputting a command for calculating a total. The control unit 2 controls the input / output device, retrieves voice / image / character data of registered merchandise, and converts voice / image data. The voice storage means 3 is used to search the product voice data corresponding to the code by using the barcode of the product as a key. The image storage means 4 uses the barcode of the product as a key and is used to retrieve the product image data corresponding to the code. The character information storage means 5 is used to search the product character data corresponding to the code using the product barcode as a key. The voice generating means 6 generates voice by inputting voice data. Image display means 7
Displays a product image and product character data by inputting image data and character data.

The operation of this POS register per customer will be described. The products sold by the customer are scanned by the operator by the scanner unit 11 one by one. Every time one item is scanned, the control unit 2 uses the number string of the bar code output from the scanner unit 11 as the voice storage unit 3, the image storage unit 4,
The character information storage means 5 is searched. The control unit 2 refers to the product name and the price from the voice code retrieved from the voice storage unit 3 and converts it into voice data. Voice generating means 6
Converts into sound waves based on the input voice data,
The product name and price are generated as "○○○ XX EN". Further, the image code retrieved from the image storage means 4 is converted into image data, and the character information retrieved from the character information storage means 5 is combined with the image data. Image display means 7
Converts composite data of an image and characters into a video signal and displays it as a product image and character information on the screen.

When the above-mentioned scan processing is repeated for all the purchased products of one customer and the product registration is completed,
A command for total calculation is input from the key unit 12 to generate "Goukeiha ○○ Endes". The operator receives money from the customer and inputs the amount of money from the key unit 12. At this time, "Otsuriha XX Endes" is generated, and this ends the transaction with one customer.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the POS
By displaying the image of the product from the register and notifying the operator and the customer of the product name, price, etc. by voice, it is possible to prevent mistakes in entering the price and number of products and to increase the certainty of information confirmation. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Device 11 Scanner Section 12 Key Section 2 Control Section 3 Voice Storage Means 4 Image Storage Means 5 Character Information Storage Means 6 Voice Generation Means 7 Image Display Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A scanner unit for reading a bar code of a product, a key unit for inputting a command, a voice storage unit for storing voice data of the product, an image storage unit for storing image data of the product, and a voice of the product. A POS register, comprising: a sound generating means for generating an item, an image display means for displaying an image of a product and transaction information, and a control section for controlling each of these elements. 2. A scanner unit for reading a bar code printed or affixed to a product, a key unit for directly inputting a product bar code or a command for calculating a total, control of an input / output device, Used to search for voice / image / character data of registered products and to convert voice / image data, and to search for product voice data corresponding to the code using the product barcode as a key. An image storage means used to search the product image data corresponding to the code using the voice storage means and the product barcode as the key, and the product character data corresponding to the code using the product barcode as the key Character information storage means used for recording, voice generation means for generating voice by inputting voice data, image data and character data. By data is input,
A POS register, comprising: an image display means for displaying a product image and product character data. 3. Each time a customer's sales product is scanned by the scanner unit, the voice storage unit, the image storage unit, and the character information storage unit are searched for by the number string of the bar code output from the scanner unit. , Referring to the product name and price from the voice code retrieved from the voice storage means, converting to voice data, converting to sound waves based on the input voice data, generating a product name and price, The image code retrieved from the image storage means is converted into image data, the character information retrieved from the character information storage means is combined with the image data, and the combined data of the image and the character is converted into a video signal. ， Displayed as text information on the screen, repeat the scan process for all purchased products of one customer, and when the product registration is completed, a command for total calculation A method of operating a POS register, characterized in that a command is input from a key section, a calculation result is generated, and an amount of money received from a customer is input from the key section.