JPH09290813A - Label printer and pos terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label printer which can easily perform the analysis of sale data, and a POS terminal device which performs the tabulation of the sale data by issuing a label on which a bar code being equipped with flag data corresponding with the classification, is printed in order to further classify commodities of which the item codes are the same. SOLUTION: This printer reads (SA2) commodity data with input product numbers as the keys, and judges (SA3) whether the advertisement numbers are set or not. When the advertisement numbers are set, the advertisement data meeting the key is read (SA4), and the data of the flag part of JAN code in the commodity data being read at SA2, is converted (SA5) into the flag data being included in the advertisement data which is read at SA4, and is printed (SA8) on a label. By this method, the sale tabulations can be simultaneously performed for labels with the printed advertisement, and the labels without the printed advertisement.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printer which is used in a supermarket or the like and issues a label having a price and a bar code attached to a product, and a POS terminal device for reading the bar code for registration. In particular, it relates to a POS terminal device for analyzing sales of products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a bar code printed on a label attached to a product or the like uses a system called JAN in Japan. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a standard 13-digit JAN format.
It has a flag portion DP1 composed of digit digits, a data portion DP2 composed of 10-digit data, and a 1-digit check digit DP3. In the source marking preprinted by the manufacturer on the shipped product, the flag portion DP1 composed of two-digit data is used as the country code. Generally, when the first digit data F ₁ is “0”, it means that the barcode is in-store marking, and when the second digit data F ₂ is “4”, In-store marking and PLU barcode,
That is, it means that the data part DP2 is a bar code including information of only the item code indicating the product number. When the data F ₁ F ₂ of the flag portion DP1 is “02”, it is in-store marking and NONPL
It means a U barcode. In this case, the data section DP2 stores the item code of the product and the price information of the product.

At the store, the data F _{1 of the} flag portion DP1
As F ₂ , either one of the bar codes “02” and “04” is printed on a label by a label printer, and the issued label is attached to a normal fresh food or the like. further,
When a large quantity of the same product was purchased at a low price and it was set as a special sale, an advertisement such as "bargain product" was printed on the label to draw attention to the customer and increase sales.

[0004]

By the way, when investigating the sales effect of a product by printing the above-mentioned advertisement text, for example, a weekly sales of the product to which a label on which the advertisement text is not printed is attached. , Had to compare the weekly sales of the product with the label printed with the advertising text. In other words, if there are multiple attributes for the same product and you want to compare the differences in sales due to the differences in these attributes, the sales period of the products to be sold is divided for each attribute, and the sales of the products are totaled. Had to be compared, and there was a problem that it could not be done easily in the operation of the store. Also, when setting the same advertisement text for multiple types of products, the clerk will total the aggregated data for each product,
Further, there is a problem that the analysis work becomes difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a label printer that issues a label for facilitating the analysis of sales data, and a label issued by the label printer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a POS terminal device for reading the barcode of the above and totalizing the sales data.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention according to claim 1 provides at least one item data consisting of a bar code data of a bar code system including a flag and an item code, and an item name. In a label printer that stores two items, calls up product data related to a product, prints the product data and issues a label,
In order to further classify the products having the same item code, a label printed with a bar code having flag data corresponding to the classification is issued.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the label printer according to the first aspect, the flag data of the bar code when the advertisement is not set and the bar code flag corresponding to the type of the advertisement when the advertisement is set. If you memorize the data and decide that the product has an advertisement,
The bar code flag is characterized by comprising printing means for printing with flag data corresponding to the type of advertisement.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, at least one item of product data including a bar code data of a bar code system including a flag and an item code and an item name is stored and issued by the label printer according to the first aspect. By reading the bar code data of the label attached to the product with a bar code scanner, the corresponding product data is read and product registration and sales data aggregation are performed.
In the OS terminal device, a plurality of types of flag data are stored, and a sales data total area is provided for each type of flag,
When the bar code of the label is read, the bar code is totaled in the corresponding total area based on the flag data of the bar code.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A label printer and a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the label printer according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the label printer. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the label printer.
Inside the main body 1, the load cell control unit 2 shown in FIG.
1 is provided, and the scale 2 is connected to the load cell control unit 21. On the other hand, on the front surface of the main body 1, a label printing mechanism section 3 and an operation section 5 are provided. The label printing mechanism unit 3 has a thermal head for performing dot printing, a shift register that stores data for one dot line and supplies the data to the thermal head, and a stepping motor that moves the label one dot line at a time. In addition, arbitrary characters, numbers, and images can be printed.

The operation panel of the operation unit 5 has a bellows 6 for angle adjustment.
It is attached to the main body by and the angle can be adjusted. The operation unit 5 includes a numeric keypad 7, a product number key 8, a label feed switch 9, a zero reset switch 10 of the balance 2, a power switch 11, and an operation / display unit 1.
2 are provided. Here, the product number key 8 is used together with the numeric keypad 7 when inputting a product number described later.
The operation / display unit 12 has a structure in which a touch panel 12a (see FIG. 3) is laminated on the upper surface of a liquid crystal display 12b (see FIG. 3) so that data can be displayed and input on the same surface. Has become.

Reference numeral 20 in FIG. 3 is a CP for controlling each part of the apparatus.
U (central processing unit). A random access memory (RAM) 30 is provided with a working area used for various processes, a product file (see FIG. 4), an advertisement file (see FIG. 5), and the like. RAM3
Of 0, the area where the product file and the advertisement file are stored is backed up by a battery,
Even if the power of the main body 1 is turned off, the contents of the product file and the advertisement file are not lost. 40
Is a ROM (read only memory) in which various programs such as a weighing processing program, a printing processing program, a display processing program, and character font data are stored. In addition, as shown in FIG.
The label printing mechanism unit 3 via the load cell control unit 21.
Through the print control unit 22, the touch panel 12a and various keys and switches 7 to 11 through the operation control unit 24,
The liquid crystal display 12b is connected to the CPU 20 via the display controller 25.

FIG. 4 is a table showing the contents of the product file stored in the RAM 30. As shown in the table in FIG.
In the product file, product data including a plurality of fields such as a product number, a JAN code, a product name, a unit price, an advertisement number, and a JAN format is registered for each of a plurality of products. In FIG. 4, “0200012300000” is illustrated in the JAN code field, but the first two digits of this JAN code are
That is, "02" is the flag part, and the next 5-digit data "0"
"00123" is the product item code, and the last five-digit data "00000" is the price and check digit of the product.

When the JAN code is related to a NONPLU product, even if the item code is the same, the price is not the same because of the difference in weight, so the price of the JAN code and the check digit field are not the same. Zero is stored. In the unit price field, the unit price per piece is stored for a constant product to be weighed, and 10 for a non-constant product, that is, a product to be weighed.
The unit price per 0 [g] weight is stored. The advertisement number field stores the advertisement number of the advertisement file, and if no advertisement is set, "0" is stored as the value. The JAN format field stores data that determines the JAN code format.

As shown in FIG. 5, the advertisement file stored in the RAM 30 is composed of a plurality of advertisement data, and each advertisement data is a field and a flag of advertisement text data displayed as an advertisement for each advertisement number. Data fields and are set. Flag data corresponding to the JAN code data F ₂ is stored in the flag data field. For example, “1” is assigned as the advertisement number to the advertisement text data “Bargain”,
The flag data is set to "5".

FIG. 6 is an example of a label issued by the label printer according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 6, the product name is "beef shoulder" on the left side of the label.
Is printed, and the JAN code of the product file is printed below the product name in a barcode format and a number format. In addition, "good value" is printed as an advertisement on the right side, and the unit price and price of the product are printed.
The name of the store is printed below the label.

The operation of the label printer having the above structure according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an operation of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention when a label is issued.
The operator operates the ten-key pad 7, the product number key 8, and the operation / display unit 12 in advance to set a product file, an advertisement file and the like and store them in the RAM 30. When issuing a label, the operator first operates the operation / display unit 12 to switch the operation of the main body 1 to the label issuing mode for weighing. The operator operates the product number key 8 and the ten key 7 to input the product number of the target product. For example,
The product number "123" is input (step SA1).

In step SA2, the field of the product file stored in the RAM 30 is searched using the product number input in step SA1 as a key, and if the fields match, the product data is read out. When the product data corresponding to the product number is searched and read from the product file, the process proceeds to step SA3. In step SA3, it is determined whether or not the advertisement number in the product data read in step SA2 is a valid number of "1" or more, that is, whether or not the advertisement number is set. If this determination result is “YES”, that is, if the advertisement number is set, the process proceeds to step SA4. In step SA4, the advertisement number field in the advertisement file is searched using the advertisement number of the product data read in step SA2 as a key, and the advertisement data matching the key is read.

In step SA5, the portion of the F ₂ flag data of the JAN code field in the product data read in step SA2, that is, the data from the second digit from the higher order is included in the advertisement data read in step SA4. Is changed to the data stored in the field of the flag data of. When the process of step SA5 is completed and when the result of the determination in step SA3 is “NO”,
The process proceeds to step SA6. In step SA6, the JAN format field in the product file is inspected, it is determined that the product corresponding to the product number input in step SA1 is a NONPLU product, and weighing is possible. When weighing is possible, the product data such as the product name corresponding to the product number input in step SA1 is operated.
It is displayed on the display unit 12.

Looking at this display, when the operator places the product on the scale 2, the load cell control section 21 outputs the weight data of the product, and the CPU 20 obtains this weight data. Next, in step SA7, the price of the product placed on the scale 2 is determined based on the weight data obtained in step SA6 and the data stored in the unit price field in the product data read in step SA2. calculate. In step SA8, the CPU 20 sends the data and the like obtained in steps SA2 to SA7 to the print control section 22 to print the label shown in FIG. 6 by the label printing mechanism section 3, and issues the printed label. To do. CPU2
When the label is issued, 0 counts the issued label and totals the label issue results for each product or each type of advertisement. When the label is issued, the operator attaches the issued label to the upper surface of the product and arranges it on the display shelf of the store.

The label printer according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Hereinafter, the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 7
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external configuration example of a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, the customer side display 50
The clerk-side display unit 51 is composed of a liquid crystal display unit as an example, and displays a subtotal amount or the like at the time of product registration processing. Also,
A touch panel 52 is provided on the clerk-side display 51. The touch panel 52 is operated when preset keys are registered, various files are set, reports are created, and maintenance is performed.

The keyboard 53 is used for inputting numbers and characters, the printer 54 prints / issues receipts and prints a journal, and the drawer 55 stores bills and coins. The mode switching key 56 is for switching the operation mode of the apparatus to a "setting mode" for performing various settings and a "registration mode" for performing product registration. Reference numeral 57 is a bar code scanner that reads a bar code, and the information of the read bar code is output to the POS device main body.

FIG. 8 shows a POS according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration example of the terminal device, and FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the portions corresponding to the respective portions, and the description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 60 is a CPU (central processing unit) that controls each part of the apparatus, and 61 is a ROM (read only memory) that stores control programs and character patterns used in the CPU 60.

RAM (random access memory)
A PLU file as shown in the table in FIG. 9 and an advertisement totalizing file as shown in the table in FIG. 10 are stored in 62. The PLU file has a plurality of PLU data including fields such as a JAN code, a product name, a unit price, a sales number, and a sales amount. The JAN code has the same format as the JAN code used in the label printer described above. That is, the label printer and the POS
The meaning of each digit of the JAN code used is the same as that of the terminal device. Further, for the NONPLU product, the unit price field is not stored because the data read by the barcode scanner 57 at the time of registration is stored. The sales number and sales amount fields are total areas in which the sales results of products are stored.

The above-mentioned advertisement totalizing file corresponds to the above-mentioned advertisement file of the label printer, and has a plurality of advertisement totaling data consisting of fields of flag data, advertisement number, advertisement name, number of sales, and sales amount. The advertisement name field does not have to be the same data as the advertisement text of the label printer, in which data for advertisements is stored for the sake of clarity when outputting a performance report when totaling sales. Further, in the fields of the number of sales and the amount of sales, the sales performance data of the product to which the advertisement is attached is stored.

Further, in FIG. 8, the touch panel 52 and the keyboard 53 are connected to the CPU via a key control unit 63.
It is connected to 60. The bar code scanner 57 scans the bar code printed portion of the product,
The code data corresponding to this bar code is read. When the communication device 64 uses this device as a master device, the communication device 64
A master / satellite system is formed by communicating with the slave unit connected to the Token Ring system.

Next, the operation of the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of registration of the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the operator operates the mode switching key 56 to preset the "registration mode" in which product registration is performed. When the product purchased by the customer is carried into the position of the POS terminal, the operator moves the bar code scanner 57 to the vicinity of the label (for example, the label shown in FIG. 6) attached to the product, and the label is attached. The barcode information printed on the barcode is read by the barcode scanner 57 (step SB).
1).

In step SB2, it is determined whether or not the highest-order data F ₁ in the read barcode information is "0", that is, whether or not it is an in-store marking product. When this determination result is “YES”, that is, when the product is an in-store marking product, the process proceeds to step SB3. In step SB3, the second digit data F ₂ of the read bar code information is used as a key for C
The PU 60 searches the flag data field in the advertisement totalization file stored in the RAM 61 and determines whether or not the corresponding data exists. The result of this determination is “YE
If “S”, the process proceeds to step SB5.

On the other hand, step SB2 or step SB3
If the result of the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step SB4. In step SB4, the CPU 60 searches the JAN code field in the PLU file using the barcode information read in step SB1 as a key to find and read the same data.

In step SB5, the CPU 60 creates data in which the flag portion of the bar code information read in step SB1 and the price and check digit are set to zero. That is, a part of the barcode information is masked. In step SB6, the JAN code field of the PLU file is searched using the data created in step SB5 as a key, and if they are the same, the PLU data is read from the PLU file. In step SB7,
Using the second digit data F ₂ of the barcode information read in step SB1 as a key, the field of flag data in the advertisement tabulation file is searched to find the same advertisement tabulation data.

In step SB8, "1" is stored in the data stored in the sales number field of the advertisement data found in step SB7, and the price in the price column of the read bar code is stored in the data stored in the sales amount field. Add each data. When the process of step SB8 is completed and when the process of step SB4 is completed, the process proceeds to step SB9. In step SB9, the data obtained in steps SB1 to SB6 is displayed and printed, and product registration is performed. In SB10,
The addition processing similar to the processing of step SB8 is performed for each of the sales number and sales amount fields of the PLU file.

By the above processing, the number of sales and the amount of sales are separately tabulated for each type of bar code printed on the label. In the above-described embodiment, even if the same product is used, the label F and the label on which the advertisement text is not printed differ from the label on which the advertisement text is not printed, because the data F ₂ of the flag portion of the barcode is different. Since it is classified as a code, it is possible to aggregate each sales at the same time. In addition, since sales are performed for each type of advertisement text, it is possible to easily determine which advertisement text is most suitable for sales.

Although the label printer and the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described above, as described above, since the sales data for each advertisement is totaled by the advertisement totaling file, the sales data for each advertisement will be reported later. The output will show what kind of advertisement is effective.

In this embodiment, only the digit of F _{2 in} the flag portion is set as the partition data, but the partition data may be set for all the digits of the flag portion. Also, the present invention
It is not limited to the sales totalization of the advertising text as described above, and it is not possible to classify by the message text or guide text printed on the label, that is, the item code alone, and the flag part of the barcode can be controlled to the classification data. In some cases, it can be applied to any sales total. further,
In the present embodiment, in the case of the NONPLU product, the data F ₂ stored in the JAN code field in the PLU file of the POS terminal device is set to “0”, but this data F ₂ is generally used. If a basic JAN code is set as “2” and the PLU data is searched, this part can be masked and searched, and the conventional JAN code can be used as it is. Further, the present invention is not limited to the NONPLU product, and can be applied to a PLU product or a constant product as long as the product has in-store marking.

The JAN code data of the PLU file may be set with flags for each type of flag to be divided. In this case, the JA in the PLU file is set.
Since the results can be aggregated for each N code, the advertisement aggregation file can be eliminated.

[0035]

As described above, in the label printer according to the first aspect of the present invention, the label printer that prints the bar code prints the flag portion of the bar code as the product classification data. There is an effect that can be freely divided. Further, in the label printer according to the second aspect, there is an effect that the product to which the label with the advertisement data printed is attached can be classified according to the type of advertisement. Furthermore, the PO according to claim 3
In the S terminal device, if the flag part of the bar code printed on the label attached to the product issued by the label printer according to claim 1 or 2 is printed as the classification data, the product is registered. At the same time, sales data can be aggregated for each category, and there is an effect that analysis for each category can be aggregated based on the sales data. In particular, when the advertisement data is printed on the label, the sales promotion effect of the advertisement data can be easily known.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention when a label is issued.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the label printer according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the label printer.

FIG. 4 is a table showing the contents of a product file stored in RAM 30.

FIG. 5 is a table showing contents of advertisement files stored in RAM 30.

FIG. 6 is an example of a label issued by the label printer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an external configuration example of a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration example of the POS terminal device according to the same embodiment.

9 is a table showing the contents of a PLU file stored in RAM 30. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a table showing the contents of an advertisement tabulation file stored in RAM 30.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of registration of the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a standard 13-digit JAN format.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Label printing mechanism unit 20,60 CPU 30,62 RAM 40,61 ROM 57 Bar code scanner

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. At least one product data consisting of bar code data of a bar code system including at least a flag and an item code and a product name is stored, product data relating to a product is called, the product data is printed and a label is displayed. In the issuing label printer, in order to further classify products having the same item code, a label is printed with a bar code having flag data corresponding to the classification. 2. A bar code flag data when an advertisement is not set and a bar code flag data corresponding to an advertisement type when an advertisement is set are stored, and when an advertisement is set on a product. 2. The label printer according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit for printing the flag of the barcode when the judgment is made, with flag data corresponding to the type of the advertisement. 3. A label, which is issued by the label printer according to claim 1 and is affixed to a product, which stores at least one product data including a bar code data of a bar code system including at least a flag and an item code, and a product name. In a POS terminal device that reads the corresponding product data by reading the bar code data of the item with a bar code scanner and performs product registration and totalization of the sales data, a plurality of types of flag data are stored, and sales data for each type of flag is stored. A total area is provided, and when the bar code on the label is read, the total area is totaled based on the flag data of the bar code.
OS terminal device.