JPH11339124A - Merchandise sales register data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a merchandise sales register data processor easily confirmable the inputting quantity for every key. SOLUTION: At the keys 10a of the keyboard A for merchandise register obtained by laminating a light transmitting touch panel 9 on a display 7, merchandise information set by each key 10a and the inputting quantity (g) obtained by key operation of each key 10a are displayed together. Thus, it is easy to confirm the inputting quantity for every key 10a and it is easy to confirm the inputting number of each merchandise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a PO which is used in a convenience store or the like and uses a display with a touch panel as a keyboard for registering a product.
The present invention relates to a merchandise sales registration data processing device such as an S (Point of Sales) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, among POS terminals used in convenience stores and the like, those using a display with a touch panel as a keyboard for product registration have been developed. The display with a touch panel is formed, for example, by providing light-transmissive touch keys to which keys are assigned in a matrix on a liquid crystal display. That is, the display with a touch panel displays display data to which a desired input item is assigned in accordance with the position of the touch key, and enables input of the desired data by touching the touch key. .

When such a display with a touch panel is used as a product registration keyboard, several types of products can be assigned to one key by switching screens (pages). As a result, a large number of products can be registered with a small number of keys, which is effective particularly when there are many products to which a bar code cannot be directly attached, and the POS terminal can be downsized. Can be.

[0004]

However, in a conventional POS terminal using a display with a touch panel as a product registration keyboard, display data, which is an input item assigned according to the position of a touch key, is "product name". (Or product information indicating a product). " For this reason, for example, in the case of performing an operation of putting various types of "oden" in a container after key input in advance, such as selling "oden", the number of inputs of each product must be confirmed on a receipt or the like. Work is complicated.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise sales registration data processing apparatus which allows easy confirmation of the input quantity for each key.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A product registration keyboard in which a light-transmissive touch panel is stacked on a display device is provided, and at least for each key of the product registration keyboard, product information set for each key is displayed. In a product sales registration data processing device for inputting a quantity related to product information to be set, an input quantity obtained by a key operation of each key of the product registration keyboard is displayed together.

[0007] Therefore, since the input quantity is displayed together with the product information for each key of the product registration keyboard, it is easy to confirm the input number of each product.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product registration keyboard in which a light transmissive touch panel having a plurality of keys is stacked on a display device, and product information set for each key of the product registration keyboard. A product input quantity storage means for storing the input quantity relating to the product information inputted by operating each key in association with each other; an input quantity for each product information stored in the product input quantity storage means and the product information; And input quantity display means for displaying each key together.

Therefore, the input quantity relating to the product information input by operating each key of the product registration keyboard in which the product information is set for each key is associated with the product information by the product input quantity storage means. The stored merchandise information and the input quantity are displayed together for each key by the input quantity display means. This makes it easy to check the number of inputs for each product.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The merchandise sales registration data processing device of the present embodiment is used in a convenience store and is applied to a POS terminal 1 that uses a liquid crystal display with a touch panel as a merchandise registration keyboard. Here, FIG. 1 is an external perspective view schematically showing the POS terminal 1. The POS terminal 1 is mounted on a drawer 2 and controls opening and closing of a drawer 3 of the drawer 2. The POS terminal 1 has an area on its upper surface for receiving an operation by an operator. The operation area includes a keyboard 4 in which various keys are assembled, a control key 5 that is switched by a key (not shown), a receipt issuance for issuing a receipt. An opening 6a and a journal window 6b are provided. As viewed from the operator, the keyboard 4 and the control key 5 are arranged in a right area, and the receipt issuing port 6a and the journal window 6b are arranged in a left area. Although not shown in FIG. 1, a barcode scanner 22 for optically reading a barcode is connected to the POS terminal 1.
Further, a color liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
quid Crystal Display) 7) is arranged and this L
In the vicinity of the CD 7, a customer display unit 8 is provided upright.

On the surface of the LCD 7, a light transmissive resistive touch panel 9 having keys 10 allocated in a matrix is laminated, and the positional relationship between the display screen of the LCD 7 and the keys 10 of the touch panel 9 is synchronized. By doing so, the LCD 7 performs the same function as the keyboard 4. That is, the LCD 7 and the touch panel 9 function as the product registration keyboard A. Here, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of the screen display of the LCD 7. For example, FIG. 2 shows a registration screen in an unregistered state, showing a total of 12 rows of 3 rows and 4 columns per page.
A plurality of product keys 10a, a subtraction key 10b, a page scroll key 10c, and the like are displayed, and each has the same function as the keys of the keyboard 4.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents of the product key 10a. As shown in FIG.
The display screen of the LCD 7 for each “a” includes an “image image display area” a where an image is displayed, a “product name display area” b where a product name is displayed, and a “sale price display area” c where a sale price is displayed. And an "input quantity display area" d in which the input quantity is displayed. Here, the product name, image image, and selling price, which are product information, are stored and held in a product master file described later. That is, the product key 10a
Is a key for displaying a product name or the like, which is product information to be registered, in association with the input quantity of the product, and displaying the input quantity variably by the operation. In the initial setting display screen of the product key 10a, for example, the background color and the background outer peripheral color are white, and the input quantity is not displayed in the “input quantity display area” d. Also,
The subtraction key 10b is a key for subtracting the input quantity of a predetermined product, and the page scroll key 10c is a key for changing pages.

Next, the electrical connection of each part built in the POS terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. This POS terminal 1
Has a built-in microcomputer 11, and the microcomputer 11 drives and controls each unit. The microcomputer 11 has a CPU 14 for centrally controlling each unit, a ROM 14 for previously storing fixed data such as a startup program and a RAM 15 for rewritably storing various data via a bus line 13 such as an address bus and a data bus. And are connected. R
The AM 15 performs functions such as a work area such as an edit buffer and a print buffer and an image memory by utilizing a function of storing various data in a rewritable manner. Furthermore, CPU1
An HDD 16 is connected to a bus line 13 connected to the HDD 2. The HDD 16 has a control program, a product master file for storing and storing a product name, an image image, a selling price, etc., which are product information for each product code, and a sales amount. A sales file for storing sales data related to registration is stored.

The RAM 15 performs functions such as a work area, and is assigned a key input buffer B for temporarily storing key input data from the product key 10a. Here, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of the key input buffer B. The key input buffer B is configured to continuously have data of “product key No.” e, “product code” f, and “input quantity” g for each product key 10a. "Product key No." e is the product key 10a
A "product code" f is a code for specifying a product, which is one of product information set in the product key 10a input by a key operation by a clerk. The “input quantity” g is the input quantity of each product set in the product key 10a input by the key operation by the clerk. That is, the key input buffer B functions as a product input quantity storage unit.

Since the control program is stored in the HDD 16, when the POS terminal 1 is started, the control program stored in the HDD 16 is stored in the RAM together with the sales file and the like.
15 so that the microcomputer 11 can control the driving of each unit. The components that are driven and controlled by the microcomputer 11 will be described below.

The keyboard 4 includes a keyboard input circuit 17
A signal corresponding to the operated key is input to the microcomputer 11 by the operation of the keyboard input circuit 17.

The control key 5 is connected to the bus line 13 via a control key input circuit 18, and inputs a signal corresponding to the switching position to the microcomputer 11 by the operation of the control key input circuit 18. Microcomputer 11
Sets the operation mode of the POS terminal 1 to each business mode such as a registration mode, a setting mode, a payment mode, and an inspection mode in accordance with an output signal of the control key 5.

The LCD 7 is connected to the bus line 13 via the display control circuit 19, and when display data from the microcomputer 11 is input to the display control circuit 19, the display control circuit 1
9 to display predetermined items.

The customer side display unit 8 is connected to the bus line 13 via the customer side display control circuit 20 and
Is input to the customer-side display control circuit 20, and is driven by the customer-side display control circuit 20 to display predetermined items.

The touch panel 9 is connected to the bus line 13 via the touch panel input circuit 21. The operation of the touch panel input circuit 21 recognizes the position of the XY coordinates on the panel touched by the operator and obtains coordinate data. A signal corresponding to the acquired coordinate data is output to the microcomputer 11. When a signal is input to the microcomputer 11,
The microcomputer 11 executes a predetermined process based on the signal.

The bar code scanner 22 is connected to the bus line 13 via the scanner input circuit 23, and transmits the product code data read by the operation of the scanner input circuit 23 to the microcomputer 11.

The POS terminal 1 has a built-in R / J printer 24, which is connected to the bus line 13 via a printer control circuit 25 and is driven and controlled by the microcomputer 11. Thus, the R / J printer 24 prints the necessary items as a receipt on receipt paper, which is a long sheet of paper (not shown), and cuts or cuts this partly or completely, and issues it as a receipt from the receipt issuing port 6a. Demonstrate function. Further, the R / J printer 24 also performs a journal printer function, performs journal printing related to sales registration on long paper (not shown), and retains this as an internal record. The journal paper is partially exposed to the outside in the journal window 6b to accept writing by the operator.

The POS terminal 1 has a communication I / F 26 connected to a host computer for transmitting and receiving data.
Are connected to the bus line 13 and driven and controlled by the microcomputer 11.

The drawer 2 provided separately from the POS terminal 1 is also driven and controlled by the microcomputer 11. The drawer 2 is connected to the bus line 13 via a drawer control circuit 27, and the drawer control circuit 27 is driven in response to an opening signal from the microcomputer 11 to open the drawer 3 of the drawer 2.

In the POS terminal 1 having such a configuration,
The function executed by the microcomputer 11 by the control program stored in the HDD 16 of the POS terminal 1 will be described. In the POS terminal 1 after activation, an operation mode is selected according to the switching position of the control key 5. That is, the microcomputer 11 sets the operation mode of the POS terminal 1 to a registration mode, a setting mode, a settlement mode, an inspection mode, or the like according to an output signal generated by a switching position of the control key 5. In the present embodiment, the description of the same processing as that performed by the conventional POS terminal in each mode is omitted. Next, the flow of the input quantity display processing on the product registration keyboard A in the registration mode, which is a feature of the present embodiment, will be described below.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically showing the flow of the input quantity display processing, FIG. 7A is a front view showing an example of a display screen of the LCD 7, and FIG. 6B is a front view showing another example. It is. The input quantity display process used on the product registration keyboard A is executed on condition that the registration mode is set by switching the control key 5. In this input quantity display processing, first, when it is determined that the product code set to the product key 10a has been input by the key operation of the product key 10a (Y in step S1), the key input buffer B of the RAM 15 is used. It is determined whether the “input quantity” g corresponding to the same “product code” f as the searched and input product code is “1” or more (step S2). For example, when the key operation of the product key 10a is performed for the first time, the “input quantity” g corresponding to the “product code” f is always “0”. Therefore, in this case, the “input quantity” g is “1”.
It is determined that this is not the case (N in step S2), and the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the background color of the product key 10a on the LCD 7 is changed to, for example, yellow and displayed. This is the operated product key 1 in one transaction
This is for specifying 0a. In addition, the following step S4
Then, among all the product keys 10a, the product key 10a
Only the background color of the LCD 7 is changed to, for example, red and displayed. This is for specifying the product key 10a that has been operated most recently.

Next, in step S5, the "input quantity" g corresponding to the "product code" f of the product key 10a in the key input buffer B is incremented by "1".
Then, in the following step S6, the product key 10
The "input quantity" g corresponding to the commodity key 10a is displayed in the "input quantity display area" d of the LCD 7 of "a". Here, as shown in FIG. 7A, for example, when the product key 10a of “radish” is operated first, “1” is displayed as the input quantity only in the product key 10a of “radish”. Will be. Here, the function of the input quantity display means is realized.

The processing in steps S1 to S6 is performed when the transaction end by the operation of the "close key" (not shown) on the keyboard 4 is not determined (N in step S7), and it is not determined that the key operation of the subtraction key 10b is performed. (Step S
8N), each time it is determined that a product code set in the product key 10a has been input by a key operation of the product key 10a (Y in step S1). However, when the key operation is performed a plurality of times for the same product key 10a, and it is determined that the “input quantity” g corresponding to the “product code” f of the product key 10a is “1” or more (Y in step S2). ), The process proceeds to step S4. In this case, the background color has already been changed and displayed. Here, as shown in FIG. 7B, for example, after the commodity key 10a of “radish” is operated twice successively,
When the product key 10a of “potato” is operated, “2” is input to the product key 10a of “radish” as the input quantity.
Is displayed, and "1" is displayed as the input quantity on the product key 10a of "Potato", and the background outer peripheral color is changed and displayed.

If it is determined that the key operation of the subtraction key 10b has been performed (N in step S8), the process proceeds to step S9, and the product code set in the product key 10a by the key operation of the product key 10a. And waits until it is determined that the user has input.

When it is determined that the product code set in the product key 10a has been input by the key operation of the product key 10a (Y in step S9), the key input buffer B is searched and the input product code is searched. It is determined whether or not the “input quantity” g corresponding to the same “product code” f is “1” or more (step S10). "Input quantity" g corresponding to "product code" f of the product key 10a
Is determined to be “1” or more (Y in step S10)
, Since the quantity can be subtracted, the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S11, all the product keys 10
The background color of the LCD 7 is changed to, for example, red for only the product key 10a in the item a.

Next, in step S12, the "input quantity" g corresponding to the "product code" f of the product key 10a in the key input buffer B is decremented by "1".
Then, in the subsequent step S13, it is determined whether or not the “input quantity” g corresponding to the same “product code” f as the product code searched and input in the key input buffer B is “0”. When the “input quantity” g corresponding to the “product code” f of the product key 10a is determined to be “0” (Y in step S13), the screen display of the product key 10a on the LCD 7 changes the background outer peripheral color. Otherwise, the display is changed to the initial setting and displayed (step S14), and the process returns to step S1. On the other hand, if the "input quantity" g corresponding to the "product code" f of the product key 10a is not determined to be "0" (N in step S13), the product key 10a
The "input quantity" g corresponding to the commodity key 10a is displayed in the "input quantity display area" d of the LCD 7a (step S15), and the process returns to step S1.

If the "input quantity" g corresponding to the "product code" f of the product key 10a identical to the product code searched and entered in the key input buffer B is not determined to be "1" or more (step S10). In N), since the quantity cannot be subtracted, the process returns to step S1 after error processing in step S16.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, with regard to a key of a product registration keyboard in which a light transmissive touch panel is stacked on a display device, product information set for each key and a key for each key By displaying the input quantity obtained by the operation together, the input quantity for each key can be easily confirmed, and the input quantity for each product can be easily confirmed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the input quantity relating to the product information input by operating each key of the product registration keyboard in which the product information is set for each key is stored in association with the product information. By displaying the product information and the input quantity together for each key, it is possible to easily check the input quantity for each key and to easily check the number of inputs of each product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view schematically showing a POS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of an LCD screen display.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents of a product key.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each unit built in the POS terminal.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of a key input buffer.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically showing a flow of an input quantity display process.

FIG. 7A is a front view showing an example of a display screen of an LCD, and FIG. 7B is a front view showing another example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 display device 9 touch panel 10a key A product registration keyboard B product input quantity storage means g input quantity

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A product registration keyboard in which a light transmissive touch panel is laminated on a display device, and product information set at least for each key of the product registration keyboard is displayed. In a product sales registration data processing device for inputting a quantity related to product information set to the key by an operation, the input quantity obtained by the key operation is also displayed for each key of the product registration keyboard. Characteristic product sales registration data processing device. 2. A merchandise registration keyboard in which a light transmissive touch panel having a plurality of keys is stacked on a display device, merchandise information set for each key of the merchandise registration keyboard, and input by operating each key. Product input quantity storage means for storing the input quantity relating to the product information in association with the input quantity, and the input quantity for each piece of product information stored in the product input quantity storage means and the product information for each key. A product sales registration data processing device comprising: