JPH08171675A - Commodity sale method and commodity sale registration data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a commodity sale method and its commodity sale registration data processor in order to prevent the customers from carrying the commodities in a selling place and also to prevent the unfair acts of customers. CONSTITUTION: A card reader part 28 reads the commodity information recorded on a card for each commodity 1 that is presented from among those cards for respective commodities which include the commodity information given previously to every commodity and are prepared in number equal to the number of commodities to be sold. A registration processing means 4 registers the commodity to which the card 1 is assigned based on the commodity information read out of the card 1. Then a stamp 34 gives the adjustment processed information to the card 1 that undergone the commodity registration processing. The corresponding commodity is presented based on the card 1 containing the adjustment processed information. Thus the card 1 is continuously used as a substitute up to the adjustment processing and only the card 1 that contains the adjustment processed information can be exchanged for the corresponding commodity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a general product sales form in a store such as a supermarket or various retail stores will be described. On the store side, a salesclerk displays the products for sale on a display shelf in the sales floor, and the products are sold. On the shopper's side, for example, while looking around each product displayed in the sales floor while holding a shopping basket equipped with the store, put the desired products in the shopping basket one after another, and when all the shopping is over,
Carry the shopping basket to the cashier and settle it. At the cash register, the cashier carries out product registration processing while taking out each product from the shopping basket and reading it with a barcode scanner, etc., calculates the total purchase price, etc., receives payment from the shopper, and issues a receipt. The settlement process is performed.

[0003]

However, in the case of such a general product sales form, there are the following problems.

First, on the store side, since the quantity of goods to be sold must be displayed, a large space is required as a sales floor area. In particular, it is necessary to display in a good appearance so that the shopper can easily purchase it, and to inspire the purchaser. For example, it is not possible to pile up the ceiling surface, so a large space is required for the display. . It is conceivable to reduce the number of products displayed here and supplement the shortage that decreases due to purchase by replenishing from the warehouse one after another, but it gives the shopper the impression that there are few products for sale, and frequently It is annoying because it is necessary to do a supply display.

Further, even if the purchaser purchases a heavy product or a large product, the shopper is required to carry the product all the time during the shopping in the sales floor, which is a heavy burden. To reduce this burden, an increasing number of stores are using shopping carts to carry purchased items to the cash register, but this may cause problems such as congestion in the aisles in the sales floor (especially in the sales floor). Since the shopper's moving directions are irregular, congestion is inevitable).

Further, in the cashier, it is necessary to take out the products brought by the shopper to the cash register one by one from the shopping basket or the shopping cart and perform the registration process. Since the products of (1) and (2) can be mixed in irregularly, it becomes a cash register work with a heavy work load.

[0007]

According to the method for selling goods of the invention described in claim 1, the commodity information is recorded in advance for each commodity, and the commodity card prepared for the sales quantity is recorded on the presented commodity card. The merchandise information is read by the information reading means, and the merchandise registration processing of the merchandise to which the merchandise-specific card is assigned is performed by the registration processing means based on the merchandise information read, and the payment processing is performed on the merchandise-specific card that has received this merchandise registration processing. The payment completion information is added by the payment information adding means, and the product is provided based on the product-specific card to which the payment completion information is added.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity sales registration data processing device, wherein each commodity is individually allocated and a commodity-specific card used for exchange with a commodity recorded with commodity information attached to the commodity, Information reading means for reading the product information recorded on the product-specific card, registration processing means for performing product registration processing of the product to which the product-specific card is assigned based on the read product information, and the product-based product that has undergone the product registration processing The card is configured to include a payment-processed information adding unit that adds the payment-processed information to the card.

[0009]

In the product selling method according to the first aspect of the present invention, first, for each product, a product-specific card to be exchanged for a product in which the product information attached to the product is recorded is prepared by the sales quantity. For example, it is displayed together with each sample product, and the shopper is brought to the cashier with a product-specific card corresponding to the product desired to be purchased. At the cash register, the product information recorded on the product card presented by the shopper is read by the information reading means to obtain information necessary for price calculation, etc., and the registration processing means stores the product information assigned to the product card. Perform the registration process. Upon receiving this registration processing, settlement processing such as payment of the price is performed with the shopper. After that, the payment-processed information is added to the payment-processed product-specific card by the payment-processed information adding means. The shopper submits the product-specific card with the settlement-processed information to the product delivery office to receive the product. In this case, the product can be exchanged only for the product-specific card to which the payment-processed information is added, and the exchange with the product can be refused even if a simple product-based card without the payment-processed information is submitted. .

Therefore, it is sufficient to handle the product only at the final stage of the product delivery place, and until then, a sales method can be realized in which the product to be purchased is specified by substituting the product-specific card and the product registration and settlement processing is performed. Since the shopper and the cashier do not have to handle the goods on the way, the burden on the shopper and the cashier can be reduced. Also, since only the product-specific card with the payment-processed information attached can receive the product,
It is possible to prevent fraud in which the product is unpaid and is exchanged for the product, and it becomes a highly secure sales method using a product-specific card. Furthermore, on the store side, for example, it suffices if there is a sales floor area where sample products can be displayed together with a product-specific card, and the required area can be greatly reduced. In addition, as the number of products displayed can be reduced, crimes such as shoplifting at the sales floor can be effectively reduced.

In the commodity sales registration data processing device according to the second aspect, a commodity-specific card which is individually allocated to each commodity and which is used for exchange with a commodity in which the commodity information attached to the commodity is recorded is prepared. In addition, by providing the information reading means, the registration processing means, and the settlement-processed information adding means, it is possible to provide the product sales registration data processing device for realizing the above-described sales method using the product-specific card.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The product sales registration data processing device of the present embodiment is roughly classified into a bar code printer 2 installed in a backyard of a store to create and issue a product-specific card 1, and a sample product displayed together with the product-specific card 1 in a sales floor. (Not shown) and a card reading device 3 are connected to the POS terminal 4 having an electronic cash register (ECR) configuration installed at a cash register.
And a product delivery place located near the exit of the store, and a large number of products (not shown) stored in a warehouse or the like immediately after the product delivery place.

First, the production of the product-specific card 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The product-specific card 1 has a size of a telephone card in which the sales quantity is displayed instead of the actual product in the sales floor, and product information such as a product code indicating the product is recorded as a bar code. The recording of the barcode 5 is performed by printing with the barcode printer 2 in the backyard. In order to perform this printing, a barcode scanner 6 is connected to the barcode printer 2 as shown in FIG.

When the product-specific card 1 is created / issued, the bar code attached to the product is read by the bar code scanner 6 to create print data (step S1 shown in FIG. 4). Based on this print data, the bar code printer 2 prints the bar code 5 on the label-shaped card 8 on the mount 7 for the required sales quantity, and creates the product-specific card 1 for the sales quantity (S2). FIG. 3 shows an example of several product-specific cards 1 created in this way. The large number of product-specific cards 1 created in this manner are freely placed in front of individual sample products displayed in the sales floor. This completes the sales system.

Therefore, the shopper looks around each sample product in the sales floor, and when there is a product that he / she wants to purchase, he takes out the required number of product-specific cards 1 corresponding to the sample product, for example, a shopping basket. Carry it in. Once you have acquired the product-specific card 1 for the item you want to purchase, go to the cash register and receive the payment.

In order to perform the settlement process using the product-specific card 1, the card reading device 3 is connected to the POS terminal 4 of this embodiment. Therefore, the POS including the card reading device 3
Configuration and operation of terminal 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5 to 7.
Will be described with reference to.

First, as usual, the POS terminal 4 is for performing registration / settlement processing of sold products, and functions as registration processing means. As shown in FIG. 1A, the POS terminal 4 has a drawer 12 in a lower portion of a main body 11, and a keyboard 13 and a cashier display 14 are provided on an upper surface of the main body 11. . Also, the main body 11
Above the table, the customer-side display 1 that has the same structure as the cashier display 14 and is instructed to project toward the rear side.
5 is also provided. Further, in the main body 11, a receipt / journal printer (R / J printer ... see FIG. 5) 1
6 is built in. A receipt issuing port 17 and a journal monitoring window 18 are formed on the upper surface of the main body 11 corresponding to the R / J printer 16. Furthermore, a touch scanner 19 for reading a barcode is also prepared.

These units 12 to 16 and 19 are connected to the CPU 2 via the input / output interface 20 as shown in FIG.
Connected to 1. The CPU 21 integrally includes a ROM 22 and a RAM 23, and is responsible for operation control of the units 12 to 16 and 19. Fixed data such as program data is stored in the ROM 22. R
Various data are stored in the AM 23. As one of them, the unit price and the product name of the product are set and stored as a PLU file corresponding to the product code (PLU code) attached to each product. ing.

The card reading device 3 is a small device that is used in parallel with the POS terminal 4, for example, as shown in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a part of the housing 26 is provided with a card insertion slot 27 into which a number of the individual product cards 1 are inserted in a stacked state. That is, the opening area of the card insertion slot 27 is set to be approximately the same as the size of the product-specific card 1. The card insertion slot 27 is for inserting the product-specific card 1 so that the printing surface side of the bar code 5 faces downward, and an optical reading system functioning as information reading means is provided on the lower side of the card insertion slot 27. A card reading unit 28 is provided. Further, a pair of card pushing rollers 29a and 29b are provided in front of and behind the card reading unit 28, and are configured to be able to sequentially feed the lowest grade product cards 1 one by one. Further, for example, in the vicinity of the card reading section 28, an optical reflection type card sensor 30 for detecting whether or not the article-specific card 1 is present in the card insertion slot 27 is arranged upward. A card carry-out port 31 is formed in a slit-like shape in the housing 26 in the delivery direction of the product-specific card 1, and a concave card receiving portion 3 is further provided outside thereof.
2 is formed. A notch 33 is formed in a part of the card receiving portion 32 to improve the take-out property of the product-specific card 1. Further, a stamp 34 is provided to face the card transport path between the card pushing roller 30 and the card carry-out port 31 and above the card transport path 31 to stamp a stamp on the back surface (upper surface) of the product-specific card 1. . This stamp 3
The CPU 4 functions as a settlement-processed information providing unit, and the CPU 2
In response to the control signal from the 1st side, the information indicating the settlement processing completed such as "payment completed" is stamped on the product-specific card 1. Further, outside the housing 26, a start button 35 and a stop button 36 are provided.

Therefore, at the cash register, the cashier receives the product-specific card 1 brought by the shopper, and sets the product-specific card 1 in the card insertion slot 27 so that the printed surface of the bar code 5 faces downward. Start button 3
When it is detected that 5 is pressed (step S shown in FIG.
11), it is checked by the card sensor 30 whether or not the article-specific card 1 is present in the card insertion slot 27 (S12).
If the product-specific card 1 is present, the CPU 21 reads the card reading unit 28.
The product information recorded on the product-specific card 1, here,
The reading operation of the barcode 5 is executed (S13). The card reading unit 28 transmits the read bar code information to the POS terminal 4 side, that is, the CPU 21 side, and uses it for product registration processing. That is, the CPU 21 side searches the PLU file in the RAM 23 based on the transmitted bar code information (product code) (S14), confirms whether the corresponding product code exists (S15), and if there is, registers the product. The process is executed (S16). That is, the unit price of the product is called from the PLU file to calculate the price, and the price is displayed on the displays 14 and 15, and the registration process is performed.

When the POS terminal 4 (CPU 21) outputs a signal indicating that registration processing has been completed to the card reading device 3 side for the product (product-specific card 1) on which such registration processing has been performed, the card pushing roller 29a, 29b is driven to convey the product-specific card 1 partway to be positioned below the stamp 34 (S17), and the stamp 34 is driven to imprint "payment completed" on the back surface of the product-specific card 1 (S18). After the stamping, the card pushing rollers 29a and 29b are driven again to carry out the product-specific card 1 from the card carry-out port 31 (S).
19).

Then, it is checked whether or not the article-specific card 1 is still in the card insertion slot 27 (S12), and if there is, the steps S13 to S19 are repeated. On the other hand, when the product-specific card 1 is lost in the card insertion slot 27, it is checked whether or not the stop button 36 has been pressed (S20). If not, the process waits and the subsequent product-specific card 1 is set. It is possible. When all the item-by-item cards 1 are lost and the stop button 36 is pressed, the registration process is completed for all the item-by-item cards 1, and the normal settlement process using the keyboard 13 and the touch scanner 19 is performed ( S21), upon receipt of payment for the total purchase price, the stamped product-specific card 1 is delivered to the shopper along with the receipt.

The shopper who receives such a product-specific card 1 goes to a product delivery place installed near the exit of the store or the like, and hands these stamped product-based product cards 1 to the store clerk in exchange for the product. To receive. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the product-specific card 1 is submitted at the product delivery place, it is installed at this product delivery place after checking whether there is a “payment completed” seal or not. By reading the bar code 5 recorded on each product-specific card 1 with a bar code scanner (not shown) (S2
1) Identify the product assigned to the product-specific card 1, bring the product from a warehouse or the like, and deliver it to the shopper.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, until the final delivery of the product at the product delivery place, from the identification of the product desired to be purchased to the settlement processing thereof, the individual product card 1
Can be done using. In this case, only the product-specific card 1 that has been stamped with “payment completed” will be subject to product delivery, so it is possible to prevent fraud in which the product is exchanged for unpaid products, and You can build a high sales method or sales system.

As a result, according to this embodiment, the following advantages can be obtained.

First, on the store side, for example, one sample product for each product may be displayed together with the product-specific card 1 on the sales floor, so that the required sales floor area can be greatly reduced. . By the way, the store itself needs products for the sales quantity, and it is necessary to stock the products when only the sample products are displayed,
It doesn't require the appearance like the display at the sales floor and can be stored in piles so that it reaches the ceiling surface in warehouses, so it is clear that the required space can be reduced even if the storage space is taken into consideration. Is. At the same time, since the number of products required for display is reduced, the labor required for displaying the products can be reduced. Further, although only the sample products are displayed in the store, the sales quantity is supported by the number of the product-specific cards 1, so that the shopper does not have an impression that the sales products are few. Furthermore, since there is no movement of merchandise in the sales floor, congestion in the sales floor can be alleviated. In addition, the product-only card 1 that has not been settled is not worth exchanging with the product, and the products displayed in the sales floor (sample products) can be reduced to the necessary minimum. Therefore, crimes such as shoplifting in the sales floor Occurrence of can be reduced as much as possible.

Further, in the cashier, all the cash can be processed by the product-specific card 1 in the checkout work, and it is not necessary to handle the actual products, so that the work load of the checkout work, particularly the physical labor, is reduced. At the same time, the cashier's flow will be smooth, and the time required for product registration and settlement can be shortened.

Further, the shopper does not have to actually carry the product he / she wants to buy when he looks around the sales floor,
Since the small and light product-specific card 1 can be used as a substitute, there is no heavy weight when shopping. In addition, the already-settled product-by-product card 1 is distinguished from the unsettled product-by-product card 1, so even if there is a product that you forgot to buy after it has been settled, it will be settled before you receive the product. It is also possible to carry out another shopping at the sales floor while holding the item-specific card 1.

In the present embodiment, the product-specific card 1 on which the bar code 5 is printed by the bar code printer 2 is used, but the present invention is not limited to such a product, and, for example, a product-specific card having a magnetic card structure may be used. The information may be recorded as magnetic information. In this case, a card reading unit that can read magnetic information may be used. Also, the settlement-processed information to be given to such an item-based card does not have to be the character “settlement completed”, and some symbol (mark) may be used. Further, the stamp 34 is not limited to being visible, such as a stamp, and may be provided as magnetic information so that the information can be reproduced and confirmed at a product delivery place. Furthermore, if the product-specific card itself is recorded with a picture that shows the assigned product, it is possible to display only the product-specific card without using a sample product, and at the product delivery point. It will be easy to exchange with other products.

[0030]

According to the product selling method of the invention described in claim 1, the product information is recorded in advance for each product and recorded on the presented product-specific card from the product-specific cards prepared for the sales quantity. The merchandise information is read by the information reading means, the merchandise registration processing of the merchandise to which the merchandise-specific card is assigned is performed by the registration processing means based on the read merchandise information, and the settlement-processed information is applied to the merchandise-specific card that has undergone the merchandise registration processing. Since the payment processing information is added by the adding means and the product is provided based on the product-specific card to which the payment processing-completed information is added, the product-specific card to which the payment processing-completed information is added is presented. It is possible to realize a highly secure sales method that does not cause fraud even if you substitute all the processing until it is exchanged with the product-specific card. In the side it can reduce the floor space significantly, in the shopper and the cashier can be released from the weight burden by the actual carry such items.

According to the merchandise sales registration data processing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, a product-specific card that is individually allocated to each product and is used for exchange with a product in which the product information attached to the product is recorded. And an information reading means for reading the product information recorded on the product-specific card, a registration processing means for performing product registration processing of the product to which the product-specific card is assigned based on the read product information, and a product registration processing The product sales registration data that can be easily realized as the product sales method that substitutes the product-based card as described above, since the product-based card is provided with the payment-processed information adding means for adding the payment-processed information to the received product-based card. A processing device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is an external perspective view of a POS terminal, and (b) is a vertical side view of a card reading device.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a barcode printer.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a created product-specific card.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a creation process and procedure of a product-specific card.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical system configuration of a POS terminal.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing a card reading device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing product registration / settlement processing and procedure.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a product delivery process and procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Product-Specific Card 4 Registration Processing Means 5 Product Information 28 Information Reading Means 34 Settlement Processed Information Providing Means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The product information recorded on the product-specific card presented from the product-specific cards prepared for each product by recording the product information in advance for each product, and reading the read product information. The registration processing means performs the product registration processing of the product to which the product-specific card is allocated, and the payment-processing-completed information is added to the product-specific card that has received the product registration processing by the payment-processing-completed information adding means. A product selling method characterized in that a product is provided based on a product-specific card provided with completion information. 2. An item-by-item card that is individually assigned to each item and is used for exchanging the item information attached to the item, and information reading for reading the item information recorded on the item-by-item card. Means, registration processing means for performing product registration processing of the product to which the product-specific card is assigned based on the read product information, and payment-processed information for providing the payment-processed information to the product-specific card subjected to the product registration process. An article sales registration data processing device, characterized by comprising: a giving unit.