JPH0793662A - Commodity sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the working efficiency of a commodity sales data processor such as an electronic cash register equipped with a bar code reading means such as a touch scanner. CONSTITUTION:A dedicated bar code 24 which inputs a closure command by the reading scan of the bar code reading means such as the touch scanner 11 is formed, and a command judging means which judges the input of the closure command to the bar code reading means 11 by the reading scan of the bar code 24 is formed with a CPU, etc., and a start-up means which starts up a data closure means when the input of the closure command is judged by the command judging means is formed with the CPU, and both registration processing and closure processing in one sales job can be executed by the reading scan of the bar codes 23, 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a commodity sales data processing device such as an electronic cash register has been used in order to execute sales operations with high efficiency. In such an electronic cash register, a product code or the like is input by a manual operation of a keyboard, but recently, this can be quickly and accurately performed by scanning a barcode by a barcode reading means such as a touch scanner. It is designed to be easily executed.

Therefore, such a merchandise sales data processing apparatus scans and scans a keyboard for inputting a merchandise code or the like by manually operating various arranged keys and a bar code formed on a merchandise by a label or printing. It is provided with bar code reading means such as a touch scanner for inputting a product code. Furthermore, in such a product sales data processing device,
A product storage means that stores in advance a large number of product data including at least a product code is a RAM (Random Access Mem).
ory) PLU (Price Look Up) table, etc., and data registration means for reading and registering the product data from the product storage means with the product code input by the bar code reading means or keyboard, and tightening by the keyboard When the command input is detected, the data closing means for executing the closing processing such as calculating the total amount of the product data registered by the data registration means is a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
And a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM. In addition, such a product sales data processing device is a display that outputs various data such as product data,
R / J (Recei) that prints out various data such as product data
It also has a pt / Journal) printer.

In such a product sales data processing device, a clerk who confirms the product the customer wants to purchase is
When the barcode of the product is read and scanned by the barcode reading means, the CPU or the like analyzes the barcode and the product code is input. Therefore, the data registration means such as the CPU that detects the input of the product code in this way detects the product data from the PLU table by searching the product code and stores the product data in the work area of the RAM for registration. Execute the process and display on the display or R /
Output by printing on a J printer.

Then, when the store clerk who has completed the above-described registration processing for all the products operates the subtotal key or the credit total key of the keyboard, the closing command is input based on this key code. . Therefore, the data tightening means such as the CPU that detects the input of the tightening command in this way executes the tightening processing by calculating the total amount of the product data registered by the data registration means such as the CPU. . And the result of such tightening process is
Since the data is output by printing on the R / J printer or displayed on the display, the sales operation is completed when the salesclerk receives the money paid by the customer who visually recognizes this display.

Here, a touch scanner in which a large number of light emitting elements and a large number of light receiving elements are arranged in series at the widened tip of a portable flat device body is used as the bar code reading means of the product sales data processing device. I illustrated using it,
As such a barcode reading means, a pen scanner in which one light emitting element and one light receiving element are provided at the tip of a portable elongated device main body, or a light in a transparent window of a box-shaped device main body for installation. A stationary scanner provided with a scanning device and a light receiving element has been put into practical use.

[0007]

In the product sales data processing apparatus as described above, the data processing of the sales operation can be executed with high efficiency by inputting the product code by scanning the bar code reading means. .

Here, in such a product sales data processing apparatus, as described above, in one sales operation, the registration processing is executed by the manual operation of the bar code reading means, but the closing processing is performed by the keyboard. It is designed to be executed manually. Therefore, in such a product sales data processing device, when executing the closing process after the completion of the registration process, it is necessary to finish the manual operation of the barcode reading means used in the registration process and then start the manual operation of the keyboard. Therefore, the manual operation of the store clerk becomes complicated and the work efficiency is reduced.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Product storing means for storing a large number of product data including at least product codes in advance, bar code reading means for inputting a product code by scanning a bar code, and this bar code reading means. The data registration means for reading out the product data from the product storage means by the product code input by the step 3 and performing the registration process, and the total amount of the product data registered by the data registration device when the input of the preset closing command is detected. In a product sales data processing device equipped with a data tightening means for executing tightening processing by calculation, etc., a tightening command is input to the bar code reading means by scanning a bar code set in advance for exclusive use in the closing processing. If a command judgment means for judging that the tightening command is judged is provided by the command judgment means, It provided clamping starting means for starting up the motor fastening means.

[0010]

When the command determining means determines that the tightening command has been input to the bar code reading means by scanning the bar code that has been set in advance for exclusive use of the tightening processing, the tightening activation means activates the data tightening means. Both the registration process and the closing process in one sales operation can be executed only by scanning the barcode by the barcode reading means.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the PO which is the product sales data processing device.
As shown in FIG. 1 in appearance, the S terminal 1 has displays 4, 5 and a keyboard 6 and R / R on the upper surface of a flat box-shaped device body 3 in which a drawer 2 is openably and closably mounted.
A J (Receipt / Journal) printer 7 and a card reader 8 are integrally provided, and a touch scanner 11 and a handset 12, which are bar code reading means, are attached / detached to / from the recesses 9 and 10 formed on the upper surface of the apparatus body 3. It has a structure that can be freely installed.

The touch scanner 11 has a light-transmissive reading window (not shown) formed on the lower surface of the expanded tip portion, and a large number of light-emitting elements and a large number of light-receiving elements (inside the reading window). (Both are not shown).

Further, in the POS terminal 1, as shown in FIG. 2 in terms of a circuit, various data such as an OS (Operating System) is fixed to a CPU 13 which executes various data processing such as registration processing. Preliminarily stored ROM 14, RAM 15 for temporarily storing various data such as application programs in an updatable manner, the drawer 2, the displays 4, 5, the keyboard 6, the R / J printer 7, the card reader 8, the touch scanner 11 , Clock circuit 16, speaker 17, LAN (Local Area Network) 18
It has a structure in which an interface 19 and the like for connection are connected by a bus 20.

Here, in this POS terminal 1, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a PLU table 21 as a product storage means is formed in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 15, and the PLU table 21 is used for each product. The product data stored in advance for each product code is the department code,
The product name, sales unit price, status, remarks, etc. are set.

Therefore, in this POS terminal 1, as shown in FIG. 1, the bar code reading means for inputting the product code by reading and scanning the bar code 23 formed on the product 22 by label or printing is the touch scanner. 11 or the CPU
13, the ROM 14, the RAM 15, and the like, and the code input means for manually inputting the product code is the keyboard 6, the CPU 13, or the ROM 1.
4 and the RAM 15 and the like.

In the POS terminal 1, the product data is read from the PLU table 21 by the product code input by the bar code reading means such as the touch scanner 11 or the code input means such as the keyboard 6 and is registered. The CPU 13, the ROM 14, the RAM 15, and the like form a data registration unit and a data closing unit that executes a closing process of the product data registered by the data registration unit when the input of the closing command is detected.

Further, in this POS terminal 1, a dedicated bar code 24 for inputting a closing command by the reading scan of the bar code reading means such as the touch scanner 11 is formed in a predetermined form as described later. Code 24
Command determining means for determining that a tightening command has been input to the bar code reading means such as the touch scanner 11 or the like by the scanning of scanning, and when the command determining means determines the input of the tightening command, the data tightening means is activated. Means are the CPU 13, the ROM 14, and the RAM
It is formed of fifteen or the like.

Then, in the POS terminal 1, various controls of the CPU 13 set as a control program of the ROM 14 and the RAM 15 will be described below with reference to a flowchart illustrated in FIG.

First, in the POS terminal 1, in the initial state in which the registration mode is set as the operation mode, input of the bar codes 23 and 24 by the touch scanner 11 and
It is formed so as to repeatedly wait for the input of the key code by the keyboard 6 (steps P1, 2). When these inputs are detected, the bar code 23, 24 or the key code is analyzed and the product code or the closing command is entered. It is formed so as to determine whether or not (steps P3 and P4). When the input code as described above is determined to be the product code, the product data is read from the PLU table 21 with this product code and the registration process is executed (step P5). When it is determined that the command is the close command, the close process of the registered product data is executed to return to the initial state (step P6).

As shown in FIG. 1, the POS terminal 1 is installed on an upper surface 27 of a soccer table 26 on which a shopping basket 25 containing products 22 is placed. Then, the bar code 24 dedicated to the input of the tightening command is the upper surface 28 of the apparatus body 3, the bottom surface 29 of the recess 9 on which the touch scanner 11 is mounted, the upper surface 27 of the soccer table 26, and the rear surface of the soccer table 26. Three
0, the upper surface 31 of the outer edge of the shopping basket 25, the outer surface 32 of the shopping basket 25, and the data card 33 carried by the customer
It is formed on at least one place such as the surface 34 of the sheet by a label or printing.

Various operations in the case where the selling process is executed by the POS terminal 1 in such a configuration will be described in detail below.

First, in the POS terminal 1, a registration mode is set as an operation mode when executing a sales process. Then, in this state, the product 22
The customer puts the shopping basket 25 containing the
When placed on 7, the clerk who confirms this is the shopping basket 25
The bar code 23 of the product 22 taken out from is read and scanned by the touch scanner 11.

Then, the POS terminal 1 which has detected this input
Executes the registration process by analyzing the bar code 23 to determine that the product code is the product code and storing the product data read from the PLU table 21 with the product code in a work area (not shown) of the RAM 15. To do. Therefore,
This POS terminal 1 outputs various data corresponding to the processing contents every time the registration processing of one product data is performed as described above, by printing on the R / J printer 7 or displaying on the displays 4 and 5. Has become.

Then, the POS terminal 1 repeats the scanning operation of reading the bar code 23 by the touch scanner 11, thereby sequentially executing the registration processing of a large number of product data. Then, when the barcode 23 of the product 22 is read and scanned by the touch scanner 11 and the registration processing of all the products is completed, the barcode 24 is read and scanned by the touch scanner 11 and the closing command is input.

Then, the POS terminal 1 which has detected this input
Executes the closing process by analyzing the bar code 23, determining that the command is a closing command, calculating the total amount of the product data registered and stored in the work area of the RAM 15, and the like. Therefore, this POS terminal 1
When the closing process is executed as described above, various data corresponding to the contents of the process are output by printing on the R / J printer 7 or displayed on the displays 4 and 5, and the drawer 2 is opened.

Then, the clerk stores the money paid by the customer who visually recognizes the contents displayed on the display 5 in the drawer 2,
When the salesclerk hands the receipt (not shown) issued by the R / J printer 7 to the customer, the sales operation of the salesperson for the customer is completed.

As described above, in this POS terminal 1, both the registration processing and the closing processing in one sales operation are performed by the bar code 23 by the touch scanner 11,
Since the reading scan of 24 is performed, when the store clerk executes the closing process after the completion of the registration process, the manual operation of the keyboard 6 is performed after the manual operation of the touch scanner 11 used in the registration process is completed. There is no need to start it, and it is not necessary to use the touch scanner 11 and the keyboard 6 separately, and the manual operation is simple and can contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

Particularly, when the bar code 24 dedicated to the input of the tightening command is formed on the upper surface 31 or the outer side surface 32 of the shopping basket 25, the scanning for scanning the bar code 23 of the product 22 taken out from the shopping basket 25 is performed. Since it is easy to continue, its manual operation is extremely simple and can contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

Further, when the bar code 24 dedicated to the input of the tightening command is formed on the upper surface 28 of the apparatus main body 3, the upper surface 27 of the soccer table 26, or the rear surface 30, the reading position thereof is fixed to the optimum position for manual operation. Therefore, the manual operation is extremely simple and can contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

Further, when the bar code 24 dedicated to the input of the tightening command is formed on the bottom surface 29 of the concave portion 9 of the apparatus main body 3 facing the reading window of the touch scanner 11, the store clerk who has completed the registration process uses the touch scanner 11. Since the tightening process is automatically started when it is placed in the recess 9, it is possible to omit the manual operation dedicated to the tightening process and contribute to the improvement of the work efficiency.

When the bar code 24 dedicated to the input of the tightening command is formed on the surface 34 of the data card 33 carried by the customer, for example, the reading scanning is performed by using the bar code (not shown) of the customer identification data. Since it is easy to continue reading and scanning, the manual operation can be simplified and the work efficiency can be improved. As such a data card 33, there are a prepaid card, a credit card, a members card and the like.

Further, in the POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment, it is assumed that one type of closing command is set in the bar code 24. However, in the current product sales data processing device, the closing command is cash closing or credit closing. It is common to support multiple types of tightening processing, such as tightening and loan closing. Therefore, in response to such multiple types of tightening processing, multiple types of barcodes (not shown) are formed, and these barcodes are continuously installed in one place, or each is distributed and arranged at appropriate positions. It is also possible to do so. As an example of such a distributed arrangement, the bar code for cash tightening is arranged near the drawer 2, and the bar code for credit tightening is the data card 33.
It is feasible to form the bar code on the surface 34 of the receipt and the bar code for closing the sale on the surface of the receipt (not shown).

When the scanning of the barcodes 23 and 24 cannot be executed, the POS terminal 1 complements this by manual operation of the keyboard 6, as in the existing product sales data processing apparatus. ing. However, such a reading failure of the bar codes 23 and 24 is extremely rare, and does not substantially occur particularly in the bar code 24 which is formed on the plane of the apparatus body 3 or the soccer table 26 and does not involve the customer. That is, in the POS terminal 1, the registration process is complemented by the keyboard 6 while being executed by the touch scanner 11, but the tightening process can be executed almost certainly by the touch scanner 11 alone.

Further, in the POS terminal 1 of the present embodiment, the bar code reading means is formed by the touch scanner 11 or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and such a bar is used. It is also possible to form the code reading means by a pen scanner or a stationary scanner (not shown).

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the product storage means for storing a large number of product data including at least the product code in advance, the bar code reading means for inputting the product code by scanning the bar code, A data registration unit that reads out product data from the product storage unit by the product code input by the bar code reading unit and performs registration processing, and product data registered by the data registration unit when an input of a preset closing command is detected. In the product sales data processing device equipped with a data closing means for executing the closing processing such as calculation of the total amount of money, the bar code reading means scans the closing command by scanning the bar code set only for inputting the closing processing in advance. Is provided with a command judging means for judging that the command has been inputted, and this command judging means judges the input of the closing command. By providing the tightening activation means for activating the data tightening means, both the registration processing and the closing processing in one sales business can be executed only by scanning the barcode by the barcode reading means. The manual operation is simple and contributes to the improvement of work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a POS terminal, which is an embodiment of a product sales data processing device according to the present invention, together with peripheral devices.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a POS terminal.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a storage structure of a PLU table that is a product storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating control of registration processing and closing processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Product Sales Data Processing Device 11, 13-15 Bar Code Reading Means 13-15 Data Registration Means, Data Closing Means, Command Judging Means, Closing Activating Means 21 Merchandise Storage Means 23, 24 Bar Codes

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage means for storing a large number of product data including at least a product code in advance, a bar code reading means for inputting a product code by scanning a bar code, and a bar code reading means for inputting the product code. A data registration unit that reads out product data from the product storage unit by a product code and performs registration processing, and when input of a preset closing command is detected, the data registration unit closes by calculating the total amount of the product data registered and processed. In a product sales data processing device having a data tightening means for executing a process, it is determined that a tightening command has been input to the bar code reading means by reading and scanning a bar code set in advance exclusively for inputting the tightening processing. A command judging means is provided, and when the command judging means judges the input of the tightening command, the data tightening means is activated. A product sales data processing device, characterized in that a tightening starting means for starting is provided.