JPH10134250A - Input system for terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To input data on a merchandise name and a price without preparing a printing medium in which a bar code symbol is printed by directly reading a bar code symbol displayed on a picture display by a reader. SOLUTION: The bar code symbol is generated as picture display data by a main program part developed on the main memory 102 of a POS terminal device 100 and displayed on a picture display device 130 through an internal data bus 110, a picture output interface 104 and a control line 120a. The optical characteristic of the bar code symbol at the time meets JIS. The bar code symbol is displayed by the picture magnified part of the device 130. The bar code symbol includes data is the merchandise name and the price and is optically read by a handy bar code reader 132. Read data is fetched as numerical data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise input system for a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal device in a distribution information system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional POS terminal of this type, in order to input a product name and a price of a product using a bar code reading device, a print medium (product) on which a bar code symbol is printed in advance. A method of scanning a ledger (printed portion printed on a ledger or a product) with this reading device and reading the same is generally used.

[0003]

As described above, a terminal device in a distribution information system centered on a conventional POS system is a bar code symbol for a common product code (referred to as a "bar code") defined in Japanese Industrial Standards. When using the product to import the product name and price data on the product into the terminal, it is necessary to prepare a print medium (printed part printed on the product ledger or product) on which the barcode symbol is printed in advance. It is necessary that the print medium be read by a bar code reading device when data is input. For this reason, the operator has no choice but to manually input data from the POS terminal, for example, by manual operation regarding the product name and price of the product that does not include the print medium on which the barcode symbol is printed. Also,
In the conventional method, man-hours increase (for example, an operation of attaching a print medium to a product) due to an increase in the number of products, a change in a product selling price, operability of a POS terminal operator, and customer service at a cash register. In terms of points, there are still points to be improved.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to input data of a product name and a price of a product without preparing a print medium on which a barcode symbol is printed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a product input method for a terminal device that particularly improves the work efficiency of a POS terminal operator.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a POS terminal in a distribution information system, wherein a bar code symbol for a common product code is optically displayed in a POS terminal in the distribution information system. A reading device for reading, and a screen display device for displaying the barcode symbol on a screen while satisfying predetermined optical characteristics, and directly reading the barcode symbol displayed on the screen display device by the reading device. By reading the bar code, a print medium on which the bar code symbol is printed is unnecessary when reading the bar code.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a POS terminal device in a distribution information system is provided with a bar code symbol for a common commodity code defined by Japanese Industrial Standards, preferably a hand-held bar code. It has a reading device (132 in FIG. 2) and a screen display device (130 in FIG. 2) that satisfies the optical characteristics of the barcode symbol specified in the Japanese Industrial Standards, and can perform a procedure for reading a barcode from the screen display device. It was done.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a bar code symbol of a product is generated as image display data by a main program portion developed on a main memory of a POS terminal device, and is displayed on a screen display device. By bar code reading device from screen display device,
Read the barcode of the selected product directly.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to explain the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention in more detail, an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a POS terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a POS terminal 100
Comprises a CPU 101 connected to a main memory 102 for storing a control program, and further comprises a hard disk device 103, a screen output interface 104, a keyboard interface 105, a printer interface 1
06, a customer amount display interface 109, a communication control device interface 107, and a cash drawer interface 108, which are connected to the CPU 101 via the internal data bus 110.

A screen output interface 104 interfaces with a screen display device 130, and a keyboard interface 105 includes a POS keyboard 131,
Further, the barcode reading device 1 is connected via the cable 121.
32. Printer interface 10
6 is connected to the printer 133, the customer amount display interface 109 is connected to the customer amount display device 134,
The communication control device interface 107 is connected to a communication control device 135 for controlling communication with a host computer, and the cash drawer interface 108 is connected to a cash drawer 136.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the POS terminal 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows appearances of the screen display device 130, the keyboard 131, the printer 133, the customer price display device 134, the barcode reader 132, and the cash drawer 136.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a commodity input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Bar code symbols 310a, 310b
Is generated as image display data by a main program part developed on the main memory 102 of the POS terminal device 100, and is displayed on the screen display device 130 via the internal data bus 110, the image output interface 104, and the control line 120a. Is done. At this time, the optical characteristics of the barcode symbol 310 satisfy the Japanese Industrial Standards.

Bar code symbols 310a, 310b
Is obtained by the screen enlargement portion 300 of the screen display device 130.
Is displayed. The barcode symbol contains data on the product name and price of the product, and is optically read by the hand-held barcode reader 132.

The read data is stored in control lines 121, P
Via the OS keyboard 131, the control line 120b, the keyboard interface 105, and the internal data bus 110,
Imported as numerical data.

The screen enlarged portion 300 shown in FIG.
The operator who operates the S terminal device is actually selecting the product A (barcode symbol 310a) or the product B (barcode symbol 310b).

As a POS terminal device in the distribution information system, it is used for inputting the quantity of merchandise.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a POS system capable of inputting product name and price data on a product without a print medium on which barcode symbols are printed in advance. To play. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of input operations by the operator and to reduce input errors in the input operation by the operator.

The reason is that, in the present invention, the POS terminal device has a hand-held bar code reader and a screen display device capable of satisfying the optical characteristics of bar code symbols defined in Japanese Industrial Standards. The barcode is read from the screen display device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a POS terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a product input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 POS terminal device 101 CPU 102 Main memory 103 Built-in hard disk 104 Image output interface 105 Keyboard interface 106 Printer interface 107 Communication control device interface 108 Cash drawer 109 Customer amount display device interface 110 Internal data bus 120a to 120f Control line 121 Control line 130 Image Display device 131 POS keyboard 132 Hand-held bar code reader 133 Printer 134 Customer amount display device 135 Communication control device 136 Cash drawer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A POS terminal in a distribution information system, comprising: a reading device for optically reading a barcode symbol for a common product code; and a screen for displaying the barcode symbol on a screen with predetermined optical characteristics. A display device, and by directly reading the barcode symbol displayed on the screen display device with the reading device, the barcode reading does not require a print medium on which the barcode symbol is printed. Characteristic product input method for terminal devices. 2. An operator optically reads a barcode symbol output and displayed as image display data on a screen of the screen display device using a hand-held barcode reading device. Item 1. The product input method of the terminal device according to Item 1.