JPH1069580A - Portable pos terminal for parcel delivery - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve efficiency in parcel delivery sales jobs by performing a POS(point- of-sales information management) job such as the settlement of account on a parcel delivery destination card while saving labor and time for looking for the destination of parcel delivery by retrieving the information of a map for the destination of parcel delivery, displaying that information, registering the sales of merchandise at the destination of parcel delivery and settling the amount of sales. SOLUTION: A display device 2 can display the picture of an ordinary POS job such as sales registration and displays the address retrieval picture for the destination of parcel delivery and the retrieved map. An input device 3 enables operation required for the POS job such as the sales registration and enables the input of a retrieval keyword at the time of address retrieval and operation for selecting any name of a place displayed on the screen. A card reader 4 is used for reading the information of the card when a client requests the settlement of account with a credit card, etc., at the time of sales registration. A GPS control part 8 retrieves the destination of parcel delivery from current spot information from a GPS, a map file on a storage device 7 and the address of destination of parcel delivery inputted form the input device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable POS terminal for home delivery, and more particularly, to a home delivery portable POS terminal which realizes a movement guide to a home delivery clerk and a POS (point of sales) function at the home delivery destination. It relates to a POS terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, POS terminals are installed in retail stores such as supermarkets, and are widely used as data collection means for sales management and inventory management. However, anything that responds to the need to use it as a POS terminal outside a store has not been realized. In other words, in home delivery sales, a salesperson collects cash from a customer and returns to the store to register sales.

In the case of home delivery sales as described above,
Geographic guidance information is required to reach the delivery destination. As a system for providing such geographic guidance information, GP
There is a car navigation system using S (global positioning system, hereinafter referred to as GPS), but there is no one that can be freely carried and provided with a POS function.

[0004]

As described above, home delivery sales are limited to cash transactions since there is no POS terminal that can be freely carried and used, and the POS function cannot be used and the burden on sales staff increases. There is a disadvantage of doing so.

Further, in home delivery sales, it is required that an unspecified customer go to an unspecified place, but there is a disadvantage that there is no means for easily and accurately searching for the address of the customer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to reduce the time required for arriving at a home delivery destination in home delivery sales by shortening the time required to search for the home delivery destination. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable POS terminal for home delivery that makes home delivery sales work more efficient.

[0007]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A portable PO for home delivery according to the present invention.
The S terminal includes customer address guidance means for retrieving and displaying map information from the current location to the home delivery destination, and POS means for registering sales at the home delivery destination and making payment for sales.

Further, in the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the customer address guidance means is a GPS for searching a current location.
And a map file including a home delivery destination, and configured to search and display map information from the current location to the home delivery destination according to the input home delivery destination address.

In the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the POS means includes a card reader for reading a card for card settlement, a journal file for recording sales transactions, and a printer.

Further, in the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the POS means includes an external interface connected to a store or a POS center via a communication line.

Further, in the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the POS means includes a non-volatile recording medium as a journal file for recording the progress of the sales transaction.

Further, in the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the map file is held in a nonvolatile recording medium.

Further, in the portable POS terminal for home delivery according to the present invention, the POS means includes a bar code reader for inputting a product code.

That is, the portable POS for home delivery according to the present invention.
When the terminal is turned on, “1st: PO” is displayed on the display device.
S business "and" No. 2: home delivery destination search "are displayed. When No. 1 is selected from the input device, a detailed menu such as sales registration is displayed. When performing sales registration, sales registration may be selected from this state. The printing device is mainly used for issuing receipts, and the card reading device is used for card settlement. There is no journal printer to reduce the weight for portable use, and journal data is held in a nonvolatile recording medium.

When No. 2 is selected, a screen for inputting the home delivery address is displayed. The address is selected on the screen by inputting a search keyword from the input device. When the address is determined by the end key, the GPS control unit searches for a route from the current location to the home delivery destination and displays the route on the display device.

[0016]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention includes a display device 2 such as a liquid crystal display, an input device 3 such as a keyboard, a card reading device 4 for reading data of a magnetic card, and a transaction. Printing device 5 for printing details etc.
And nonvolatile storage devices 6 and 7 for storing information;
It includes a GPS control unit 8 for searching map information, a GPS antenna 10, an external interface 9 connected to the outside, a CPU unit 1 for controlling the entire configuration of these components, and a power supply unit 11.

The display device 2 is used for normal POS such as sales registration.
A business screen can be displayed, and based on the map information including the address included in the storage device 7, an address search screen for the home delivery destination, map information after the search, and the like are displayed.

The input device 3 enables operations required for POS operations such as sales registration, and also enables input of a search keyword at the time of address search and selection of a place name displayed on the screen.

The card reader 4 is used to read card information when a customer requests payment by credit card or the like at the time of sales registration.

The printing device 5 prints the result of the sales registration. It usually prints a receipt that is given to the customer as a copy of the transaction.

The storage device 6 is a journal file for storing the same transaction contents as those printed by the printing device 5 described above. Further, the storage device 7 stores a map file including an address as information for enabling a home delivery destination search.

The GPS control unit 8 stores the current location information from the GPS, the map file on the storage device 7 and the input device 3
The home delivery address is searched based on the home delivery address input by the user.

The external interface 9 transfers information such as the result of sales registration at the home delivery destination to a higher-level device. That is, data is transferred from the home delivery destination by connecting to a telephone line or the like.

The CPU section 1 controls the above-mentioned components. That is, the data input from the input device 3 is displayed on the display device 2, the sales registration is calculated, and the result is displayed on the display device 2.
And printing on the printing device 5 is controlled. Further, it also controls the display of the map data retrieved by the GPS control unit on the display device 2 and the like.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable POS terminal for home delivery.

First, FIG. 2A shows a home delivery destination search process. When the home delivery destination input process is selected in S11, a screen for waiting for the input of the home delivery destination address is displayed.
(S12). When the input is completed and a predetermined key of the input device 3 is input, an address search is started (S).
13). The search is performed by software. The search result is displayed on the display device 2 in the form of a map (S1
4). Here, it is also possible to print out by a predetermined key input (S15).

FIG. 2B shows the POS business process. S2
When the POS operation is selected in step 1, a more detailed menu screen is displayed on the display device 2. When the sales registration is selected in S22, the product name, price, and the like of the product to be sold are displayed. Here, the merchandise sold to the customer is selected. When the selection is completed, the total amount of the transaction is displayed (S23), and thereafter, the user selects whether to make the payment by cash or by card. When the card payment is selected in S24, the card of the customer is read by the card reader 4, and the card inquiry is performed (S25, S26). Thus, the transaction is completed (S27), and the transaction result is printed by the printing device 5.
To print out (S28), and terminate the process.

If the card settlement is not selected in S24, cash settlement (S29) is performed, and if the transaction is established, a receipt is issued (S27, S28).

FIG. 3 shows a case where card settlement at a home delivery destination is performed using a mobile phone. At this time, by connecting the mobile phone 12 to the external interface 9, the inquiry of the card data is performed outside through the telephone line. That is, the card data read by the card reader 4 is sent to the store controller 31 of the store 30 via the telephone line.

The store controller 31 searches its own customer card negative file 32 and stores the result in the home delivery portable P
Reply to OS terminal. If there is no corresponding customer data in the customer card negative file and the inquiry cannot be made, the store controller 31 makes an inquiry to the credit company 40 and returns the result to the inquiry-source home delivery portable POS terminal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
The OS terminal is connected to a barcode hand scanner 13. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

By connecting the barcode hand scanner, the apparatus of the present invention can be used not only for home delivery but also as a small stationary POS for over-the-counter sales. By connecting the external interface 9 inline, it is possible to easily connect to other POS terminals and store controllers.

[0034]

As described above, according to the portable POS terminal for home delivery of the present invention, there is an effect that the location of the customer can be easily searched. That is, because the home delivery portable POS terminal of the present invention is equipped with the GPS function, the location can be displayed on the screen in a map format simply by inputting the address of the customer.

In addition, there is an effect that the same customer service as in store sales can be realized at the home delivery destination. That is,
This is because sales registration and card settlement can be performed at the home delivery destination by connecting a communication line and attaching a card reader.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU part 2 Display device 3 Input device 4 Card reading device 5 Printing device 6 Storage device (journal file) 7 Storage device (map file) 8 GPS control part 9 External interface 10 GPS antenna 11 Power supply part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A home delivery system comprising: customer address guidance means for searching and displaying map information from a current location to a home delivery destination; and POS means for registering sales at the home delivery destination and performing settlement of sales. Mobile POS terminal. 2. The portable POS terminal for home delivery according to claim 1, wherein said customer address guide means searches for a current location.
S and a map file including the home delivery destination, and searches and displays map information from the current location to the home delivery destination according to the input home delivery address, and displays the map information.
Terminal. 3. The portable PO for home delivery according to claim 1 or 2.
In the S terminal, the POS means includes a card reader for reading a card for card settlement, a journal file for recording sales transactions, and a printer. 4. The portable POS terminal for home delivery according to claim 1, wherein said POS means is a store or a P-type terminal.
A portable POS terminal for home delivery, comprising an external interface connected to an OS center via a communication line. 5. The portable POS terminal for home delivery according to claim 1, wherein said POS means includes a non-volatile recording medium as a journal file for recording a progress of a sales transaction. Mobile POS terminal for home delivery. 6. The portable POS terminal for home delivery according to claim 1, wherein the map file is stored in a non-volatile recording medium. 7. The portable POS terminal for home delivery according to claim 1, wherein said POS means includes a bar code reading device for inputting a product code. Mobile POS terminal.