JPH10160559A - Fee scale - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a customer to easily understand discounted unit cost by setting the unit cost allowable range for discount and target discounted price, back-calculating the unit cost, and printing the unit cost, weight, and price on a label. SOLUTION: The unit cost, target price, and unit cost tolerance are inputted via an operation key section 7. The unit cost is calculated from the weight and target price of an article mounted on a mount, and the unit cost is displayed if it is within the unit cost allowable range. The calculated unit cost, price, and weight value are displayed on a display section 5, and these values are printed on a label or roll paper by a printer 10. When the target discounted price and target unit cost allowable range are set, the unit cost is back- calculated from the target price and weight. If it is the unit cost desired by a seller, the discounted price and discounted unit cost and others are printed on the label to allow a customer to easily understand the discount.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A price scale for calculating a product price based on a unit price and a weighed weight value and displaying each value and a price scale with a function of issuing a label printed with each value described above. And a method of calculating a unit price and a unit price.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of price scale, a unit price is set in advance according to an item, and when a product is put on a measuring instrument, the price is calculated and each value is expressed. When these values are printed by a label printer, the labels are often attached to products. As a special case, there is a function in which after setting a unit price, a function of calculating and displaying a weight value in order to obtain a price desired by a customer is added. This is the unit price when selling roses such as meat and boiled beans face-to-face.
This is a convenient function that allows you to immediately understand how much you should pay for the amount of money when you want to buy a yen product for $ 1. There is a face-to-face sales method in which sales are performed using such fee scales, and a pre-pack method in which sales are performed in supermarkets and the like. In particular, in the pre-pack method, a function of calculating and displaying a weight value for making a product a fixed price is effective. Some products, such as fish and fruits, are extremely difficult to adjust to their weight values, and it is also possible to replace and fit other items, but this requires a great deal of labor. Become.

[0003] In addition, there is a case where a discount service is provided for fresh food such as fish in a supermarket or the like depending on the time zone. This is often seen in handwriting. An invention in which these discount labels are issued by an electronic cash register is disclosed in JP-A-8-202965. The present invention affixes a barcode indicating that the product is a price-reduced product, and executes the process if the price-reduction time comes, or selects the timing to attach the price-reduction barcode, so that the price can be reduced at any time. The weight factor is not included here because of the register. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-202954 discloses an invention for providing a price reduction service to fixed customers who visit the store frequently. The present invention stores the customer number and the visit date in association with each other,
On the other hand, the store visit interval and the discount data are also stored in correspondence with each other, and by entering the visitor's visitor number, the last visit date can be found,
Therefore, since the store visit interval is known, the store data is used to increase the price reduction for customers who frequently visit the store, and to reduce the price reduction for customers who visit the store less frequently to differentiate them. Again, the weight element is not included for the register.

[0004]

In the prior art as described above, it has been described that it takes much effort to adjust the product to the target weight or the target price. Although it has been used,
There is a problem that it is difficult to purchase at a small retail store because it is expensive. In addition, since there is no unit price display for products prepacked to a certain weight value, there is a problem that it is difficult for consumers to know what quality level the product has, and there is a movement to require unit price display. However, conventional technology cannot cope. Therefore, the present invention provides a discount processing for a price that a seller wants to sell when a discount is to be carried out and a unit price after the discount is within an allowable unit price range of the product. Display the actual weight and discounted price. Also, the unit price, actual weight and price by the above discount are printed on the label, and the unit price printed by the above processing will be slightly different even for the same product. In order to provide customers with a sense of cheapness, it is intended to provide a method that can realize these functions with a price scale with a printer, and to provide a weight allowable range instead of a unit price allowable range for discounts and It is intended to provide a method that can achieve the same purpose.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a charge scale with a printer.
The information input from the operation key unit and the weighed weight value are read into the arithmetic and control unit, and the target price and the allowable unit price or the target unit price and the allowable weight range are stored in the arithmetic and control unit, and whether or not the target price is set is determined. If the target price is set, the unit price is calculated backward by the target price and weight, and if the target price is set, the unit price is set in advance. If it is within the range, the back calculated unit price, target price, weight, etc. are displayed, and if necessary, the displayed contents are printed on printing paper such as a label. When it is outside, the unit price is set to be blank, displayed by a symbol, or displayed and printed in the margin to distinguish it from the target product. Further, when the weight allowable range and the target unit price corresponding to the target price are set in place of the unit price allowable range, the assumed weight is calculated back by the target price and the target unit price, and the assumed weight is set in the set weight allowable range. If it is within the above, the unit price, target price, weight, etc., calculated earlier are displayed and printed. If the assumed weight is out of the allowable weight range, the unit price calculated back is blanked or displayed with a symbol. Or, it was configured to be displayed and printed on the margin.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, a seller intends to limit a day or a time to discount, for example, a pre-packed product as a service to a customer, and to attach a label so that the customer can know the discount well. If you set the target price and the target price permissible range when the price is discounted, the unit price is calculated back from the target price and weight, and if the seller has the desired unit price, the price is immediately reduced to the discounted price. The unit price and other data are printed on a label, and the label is affixed to the product so that the customer can easily understand that the discount has been made, thereby promoting sales.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a printer-equipped charge scale according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of calculating a price / unit price. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the printer-equipped charge scale. FIG.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a weighing unit having a table on which a product is placed, 2 denotes an A / D converter for converting an analog output from the weighing unit into a digital weighing signal, and 3 denotes a reading dedicated storing a program. The arithmetic control unit includes a memory ROM, a readable and writable memory RAM used for arithmetic operations and the like, and an arithmetic unit CPU having input / output I / Os and executing various arithmetic processes according to programs. The weight signal transmitted from the A / D converter 2 is input to the arithmetic and control unit 3, while a key controller 6 is operated by operating the operation key unit 7.
, The unit price, the target price, and the unit price allowable range are input to the arithmetic and control unit 3. Now, when the unit price is input from the operation key unit 7, the price of the product is calculated based on the weight of the product. When the unit price, the target price, and the allowable unit price are input in the same manner as described above, the unit price is calculated based on the weight of the product placed on the mounting table and the target price, and if the unit price is within the allowable unit price range, the unit price is displayed. The unit price, price, weight value calculated in this way, the set value previously set by the operation key unit 7, and the like are displayed on the display unit 5 via the display controller 4. In this display section, unit price 11, weight 12, 1
3, the price is displayed. At the same time, these values are printed on a label or roll paper by a printer 10 by a printer control unit 9 which drives and controls the printer. Reference numeral 14 denotes an outlet from which the printed paper is issued. Reference numeral 8 denotes a power supply unit that supplies necessary power to each element.

Next, a method of calculating the price / unit price will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S1, the information from the operation key unit 7 and the weight signal transmitted from the weighing unit 1 via the A / D converter 2 are read into the arithmetic and control unit 3 and processed into weight value data for display. Then, it is determined whether or not various operation keys have been pressed, and if YES, the process proceeds to various key processes in step S3. This key processing is processing related to weight such as tare subtraction, zero reset, and the like, and if a unit price, it is stored in the unit price memory in the arithmetic and control unit 3 by input from the ten keys, and if it is a target price, it is similarly stored in the target price memory. Is done. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the original price calculation process is performed. If YES, the price is calculated in step S5 by the product of the unit price of the product previously stored in step S3 and the weight value read in step S1. Is calculated. The selection in step S4 is automatically determined based on whether a target price has been set,
When it is not set, the process proceeds to step S5. When the calculation processing in step S5 is completed, the unit price, weight and price are displayed on the display unit 5 by the display controller 4 in step S11. Step S
In step 13, whether or not to print is selected. When printing is to be performed, YES is performed. In step S14, various data are printed. In the printer control unit 9, printing is performed in the printer 10, and the process returns to step S1. If printing is unnecessary in step S13, the process returns to step S1. Here, as described above, if the seller wants to sell for the purpose of discounting or the like, the unit price is calculated backward, and if the price falls within the allowable unit price range, the discounted price and the discounted unit price are displayed simultaneously. If the weight of the product falls within the allowable weight range instead of the permissible unit price range, it is displayed as described above. This method is described in detail below because of the main requirement of the present invention. If the target price is set, step S4 is NO and if the allowable unit price is set in step S6, step S7.
Is calculated in step S8 to determine whether or not the unit price is within the allowable unit price range. If the unit price is within the allowable unit price range, YES is determined and the process proceeds to step S11, where the unit price, weight, and price are displayed.
In this case, the unit price is the value calculated in step S7, and the true weight is displayed as the weight. If NO in step S8, the process proceeds to step S12, in which the unit price display is blanked or displayed with a symbol or displayed outside the margin, and only the weight and the price are displayed in the prescribed frame to be distinguished from the products within the allowable unit price range. I do. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S13. If a weight allowable range is set instead of the unit price allowable range, step S6 becomes N
The result is O, the process proceeds to step S9, and the assumed weight is calculated based on the target price and the target unit price. If it is within the allowable weight range in step S10, the result is YES and the process proceeds to step S11. The display in this case is the weight determined by the target unit price and the target price desired by the customer. If step S10 is NO, the process proceeds to step S12, and a display similar to the above display is displayed.

The above operation will be described below by taking an example.
The product is pre-packed and the unit price is 500 per 100g
Assuming that there are three types of pre-packed products A to C in the form of a circle, the usual charge calculation is as follows. Price of A = unit price (500 yen / 100 g) × weight 500 g = 2,500 yen. Price of B =
Unit price (500 yen / 100g) x weight 510g = 2550
Circle. Price of C = unit price (500 yen / 100g) x weight 48
0g = 2400 yen. Therefore, the seller decides to discount the day or time, and all of the above-mentioned products are uniformly 220
If you sell at 0 yen, the discounted unit price is 10
When it is desired to be within a range of 450 yen ± 10 yen per 0 g, the respective calculations are performed as follows. Unit price per 100g of A = Target price (2200 yen) / 500g x 100 = 44
0 yen. Unit price per 100 g of B = Target price (2200
Yen) ¥ 510g x 100 = 431 yen. Unit price per 100g of C = Target price (2200 yen) / 480g x 100 =
458 yen. Since the products A and C are within the permissible unit price range, the calculated unit price, weight and uniform price are displayed, and when re-attaching the label, the label is printed and the label is attached first, and the label is attached instead of the label Is done. Therefore, customers can easily understand the state of the discount. For B-products that have fallen out of the permissible unit price range and are too cheap, the label printing of the unit price display will be blank, symbolic or marginal display, so it will be distinguished from discounted products that are going to be sold now. It will be easier. Further, if the seller sets the limit of the discount not to the unit price but to the allowable weight range and the discount unit price per 100 g to 450 yen, the standard of the target weight is the target price (22
00 yen) ÷ Unit price (450 yen / 100 g) ≒ 489 g. Thus, if the upper and lower ranges are ± 15 g, the allowable weight range is 474 g to 504 g. Therefore, since the merchandise A and the merchandise C fall within the allowable weight range, the merchandise is printed at the specified position on the label. The values are the same as when the unit price allowable range is set, and the respective unit prices, weights, and prices are 440 for the A product.
¥ 100 / g, weight 500g, and price ¥ 2200.
Since the product B is out of the allowable weight range and is too heavy, the unit price display label is blank, displayed as a symbol, or displayed outside the margin as in the above, and is distinguished from discounted products to be sold now.

[0010]

As described above, there are times when it is desired to pre-pack products for a limited time or day and to sell them at a discount as a sales promotion and a service to customers. At this time, by setting the discount target price and simultaneously setting the unit price allowable range or weight allowable range when the price is reduced, the unit price is calculated back to the label indicating that the seller wants the price reduction, unit price, weight , Prices, etc., can be displayed and printed, and in particular, the reduced unit price can be easily understood by customers, and sales are promoted. In addition, there are times when it is desired to provide fixed-price prepackaged products, not just discounts, but only products within the unit price allowable range or weight allowable range, which are the limits desired by the seller, are displayed and printed at specified locations, so yield Is also effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a charge scale with a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of calculating a price / unit price in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a toll balance with a printer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Measuring part 2 A / D converter 3 Operation / control part 4 Display controller 5 Display part 6 Key controller 7 Operation key part 8 Power supply part 9 Printer control part 10 Printer 11 Unit price display part 12 Weight display part 13 Price display part 14 Printing Paper exit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A step of reading information input from an operation key unit and a weighed weight value into an operation control unit, storing a target price and a permissible unit price range in the operation control unit, and When there is no setting, the normal charge calculation is performed.When the target price is set, the unit price corresponding to the price is calculated backward, and when the unit price is within the set unit price allowable range, the calculation is performed backward. Displaying and printing the unit price, the target price, the weight, and the like, and, when the back calculated unit price is outside the allowable unit price range, the unit price is blanked or displayed as a symbol or displayed and printed outside the margin to distinguish it. Depending on the stage, the price desired by the seller,
A price scale characterized in that the unit price is displayed and printed together with various data. 2. A step in which an assumed weight is calculated back by the target price and the target unit price by setting a weight allowable range and a target unit price corresponding to the target price instead of setting the unit price allowable range. Displaying and printing the target unit price and the target price and weight calculated back when the assumed weight is within the allowable weight range, and setting the unit price calculated back to blank when the assumed weight is outside the allowable weight range. 2. A toll scale according to claim 1, further comprising a step of displaying a symbol or displaying and printing the margin to distinguish it.