JPS59184965A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the automatic discount registration and to reduce the load of an operator by reading the information on the corresponding discount out of a discount information memory means when the number of registered articles of one transaction reaches a prescribed level. CONSTITUTION:An operator supplies a PLU (price look-up) code ''1'' by means of digit keys 41 and then operates a PLU key 43. The data corresponding to the input code ''1'' is read out of the register table of an RAM3, and it is discriminated whether the collective sale is permitted for the corresponding article or not. If the collective sale is permitted, it is discriminated whether or not the contents of a cumulative area of added unit number reach the number of units to which the discount is allowed. When the contents is reached to the number of units, the price on a collective sale processing table of an RAM3 is applied to the articles. Then both the name and the price of the article are displayed at a display device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as ECRs), and more particularly to ECRs that can register discounts on products, for example.

Description of Prior Art When selling products, there are cases in which the products are sold at a discount to customers who have purchased a predetermined number or more of the same Rob A product. When registering such discounted products in the conventional ECR, the operator selects the same type of products from among the products brought in by the customer and checks whether the number of products has reached the number that can be discounted. If the number of items that can be discounted has been reached, the number of items sold after the discount must be calculated and registered, for example, by mental arithmetic. As described above, in the conventional ECR, operations for registering discounts are extremely troublesome, and all discount calculations must be performed by the operator, which places a heavy burden on the operator. Therefore, there was a drawback that the operator's processing time was delayed.Also, the operator could unknowingly remove the product once.
If you register each item individually, the total amount will be different than if you register all at once, which will cause complaints from customers. As a result, the store lost credibility.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide an ECR that can automatically register discounts, reduce the burden on the operator, and speed up the registration process.

Structure and effect of the invention This list of inventions - 1. By providing means for storing information for discounting predetermined products according to the number of products sold in advance, the number of products registered during one transaction can be reduced. When the predetermined number of items is reached, information for the corresponding discount is read from the discount information storage means, and the product is registered for discount based on the information for the successive discounts.

According to the present invention, since discount registration of products is automatically performed, the burden on the operator can be significantly reduced. Therefore, the processing speed of the operator becomes faster, and the service to customers can be improved. In addition, (3rd base record can be accurately recorded, customer complaints are eliminated,
It is possible to prevent the reputation of the store from decreasing.

Hereinafter, this light will be explained in more detail with reference to an actual example shown in the drawings.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an ECR according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the CPU 1, there is a ROM 2 ij
3 and RAM 3 are vertically connected. ROM2 contains 'A
An operation program as shown in 16G is stored. '
The CPU 1 executes an operation program IJ stored in the ROM 2.
Therefore, perform the operation. RA, M3 is, for example, the third
It has 11 areas as shown in the figure.

The CPU also includes a keyboard 49, display 5, and printer 6. Continued.

FIG. 2 is a key arrangement diagram of the keyboard 4 shown in FIG. 1. In the figure, the keyboard 4 has numeric keys 41 for inputting numerical information, a payment key 42 for instructing the ECR to perform a tightening operation, and a PLU (price lookup) code for the numerical information input immediately before the operation. (7) PLU key 713 and ECR (
7) A mode key 44 for switching modes.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram showing the area of the RAM 3 shown in FIG. 1. In the figure, RAM3 has a storage area of 3:1.
-34 included. Storage area 31 is used as a registration table. This registration table 31 contains the product name, unit price, number of units sold, total sales amount, information on whether the product is permitted to be sold in bulk, and a summary described below for each PL (J code). Sell processing table 32 link -
Memorize the table number of death. Here, the information as to whether bulk sales are permitted is information indicating whether or not it is permitted to sell the corresponding products at a discount when a certain number or more are sold. On the other hand, storage area 3
2 is used as a bulk sale processing table. This madome sale processing table 32 has table number 1. which is linked to each product in the registration table 31. ...1.・・・
・Separately, the unit price of the product @1 and the number of units allowed for discount in the first stage (
XN) and the price of bulk sales in the first stage (y+
-+), the number of discounts allowed for the 82nd stage city (xi2), and the second
At the stage (pull bulk sale price (Vi2>), the cumulative number of registered products (ci), and the cumulative total of the registered product price (T)
i). In addition, the above-mentioned number of permitted discounts is as follows:
This is a set number of items that will be discounted if you purchase that number of compatible products in bulk. In this saturated example, the number of items that can be sold in bulk is divided into two levels, and the discount rate is different for each level. For example, if we look at number @1 in the bulk sale processing table,
The unit price of the product is 35 yen, but if you buy 3 pieces at once, the price will be 100 yen, and if you buy 10 pieces, the price will be 35 yen.
It will be 20 yen.

FIG. 4 <a> or In> is a diagram showing an example of key operations on the keyboard 4 for product registration in one transaction. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of sheets 1 to 1 outputted from the printer 6 when registration is performed using the keys shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart 17 for explaining the operation of the CPU 1.

The operation of the above-described embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

First, CP LJ 1 stores the cumulative quantity area (area for storing the cumulative S1 of product registrations 1I2a) and cumulative price of the C1 bulk sale processing table 32 in step 1 of Fig. 6 (abbreviated as S in Fig. 6). Clear all glJLia (area that stores the cumulative total of direct delivery registration amounts). Then, proceed to slot 2 and set the number buffer (BF>33).
2 number flag (FKN) 34 is cleared.

Here, the A operator is, as shown in Figure 4(a),
Using the numeric keys 41, input the P L tJ code "1". This key manual power is determined in step 3, and in step 4, the operation of the numeric keys 41 is determined. Then, the process proceeds to step 5, where the input PUT code is stored in the number buffer 33.

Subsequently, in step 6, the number 7 lag 34 is reset. 1e1 returns to step 3 again.

Next, as shown in Figure 4 Ca>, A Perez
Operate 1,000-43. This 'PL tJ primary key 43
The operation of is determined in step 7 after step 3.4. Then, at step 8, it is determined whether the numeric flag 34 is set or not. If the -niss flag 3 is not set to zero, it is determined 411 that there are six errors in the key sweeping procedure, and an error process is performed. On the other hand, if the ill gi Mitsuragu 3 has been set to Sera 1~, the process proceeds to step 9. In this step 9, the data corresponding to the input PLU code "1" is
It is read from table 31. Then, in step 10, it is determined whether bulk sales are permitted for the product.

This determination is made based on the data read out from the registration table 3'1. If the bulk sale is not fraudulent, 1m is processed. On the other hand, if bulk selling is permitted, the process proceeds to step 11. In this step 11, the total number area (C1 in this case) of the bulk sale processing table 32 is incremented by 1. Then, proceed to step 12.

In this step 12, it is determined whether the contents of the cumulative number area added in step 11 have reached the second stage discount permitted number (10 in this case). If the number of permitted discounts in the second stage has not been reached, the process proceeds to step 13. In this step 13, the storage contents of the 2-piece count cumulative area are divided by the second-stage discount-permitted number. Then, the process proceeds to step 14, where it is determined whether or not there is a surplus in the warehouse removal results. Initially, the content of the number cumulative area is one, so a remainder occurs. Therefore, the process proceeds to step 16, and the price at one round of the bulk sale processing table 32 (in this case, 35 yen) is used for the fllI stage of the current product. Then, the process proceeds to step 17, where the product name and the current product price (35 yen) are displayed as J on the display 5. Furthermore, in step 18, the product name and the price of the current product are similarly printed on the printer 6 as J:. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step 19, where the price t of the current product is added to the cumulative amount 1rea in the bulk sale processing table 32. Then, proceed to step 20 and register table 3.
-1 is updated (updated) C, registered daple 3'! The counter corresponding to the PLU code "1" is incremented by 1, and the price t of the current product is added to the corresponding sum fi: a. Then return to Step 2.

Next, the operator performs the key operation shown in FIG. 4(b), but in this case, the same operation as in FIG. 4(a) is performed.

Next, the operator performs the key operation shown in factor 4 (0). In this case, since the content of the number 1 cumulative number area of the bulk sale processing table is 3, it is determined in step 14 that there is no remainder. Therefore, proceed to step 15,
The following equation is calculated based on the current installation.

- quotient (division result)) lil-Ti This time, the quotient is -1, yil = 100 yen, and Ti
= 70 yen, so it becomes [-30 yen.

When the operation of step 15 described above is completed, the operations of step 17 and subsequent steps are repeated again.

Next, the operator performs key operations tj as shown in FIG. 4(d). In this case, this is determined in step 14, and the operations from step 16 to step 1 are performed.

Next, the operator performs key operations as shown in FIG. 4(e). In this case, as stored in the registration table 3'1, bulk sales are not permitted for the products corresponding to the PLU code "2".

Therefore, it is determined in step C1 10, and other registration processing is performed.

Next, the operator performs the key operations shown in FIG.
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Next, the operator performs the key operation shown in FIG. 4(g). In this case, the cumulative number of registrations (C1) for the PLU code "1" is six, so no remainder occurs in the division formula in step 13. It is determined in step 14 that the result is ``I,'' and the calculation in step 15 is performed again. Note that the number of ribs at this time is 2.

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This is determined in step 21, and the process proceeds to step 21. In step 21, the price of the current product is set to t, and -(, Jt is calculated using the following equation.

t = -yi2- i i This time, Vi 2 = 320 yen, and -ri
= 3OO yen, so t = 20 yen.

After the operation in step 21 of above 14:, the process proceeds to step 22. In this step 22, the product name and the product price (this time σ) are displayed on the display 5.

Then 1. In step 23, the similar product name and +fi stage t of the current product are printed by the printer 6. Continuing (', the process proceeds to step 24, where the corresponding area of the registration table 31 is updated. That is, PLtJ
The multiplier corresponding to the code "1" is incremented by 1, and the price of the current product is added to the corresponding totalizer. Then, the process proceeds to step 25, where the cumulative quantity area and amount area of table number 1 of the bulk sale processing table 32 are cleared.

Next, the operator operates the payment key 42 as shown in FIG. 4 (1fl). The operation of the payment key 42 is judged in step 26, and the transaction completion process is carried out using the steering knob 27. Thereafter, the process returns to step 1 again.

As explained above, according to the above-described embodiment, discount registration of products can be automatically performed, so that the burden on the operator can be significantly reduced. In addition, we have made it possible to register different discount rates depending on the number of products sold.
It is possible to provide excellent service to customers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an ECR according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a key arrangement diagram of the cJ-:, H-board 4 shown in FIG. Figure) RA shown in Figure 1
IVj3 is a diagram without diagrammatically showing the area. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of key operation for key number 4, which is related to product registration. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the register 1 outputted from the blink 6 when the key operation shown in FIG. 11 is performed. pi Figure 6 is based on Figure 1 CF) U'
Flowchart +7-1 to explain the operation of i. In the figure, 1 is CPtj, 2 is ROM, 3 is RAM
, 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a display, 6 is a printer, 41 (
Numeric keys, 42 is payment key, 43 is PLU key, 44
indicates the mode switching key. Figure 1 Figure 13 Figure 21, 3 @ Figure 4 Figure S

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An electronic cash register that automatically registers discounts according to the number of products sold f171, a counting means for counting the number of products registered during one transaction by product type; Discount information storage means for storing information for discounting the product according to the number of units sold; means for determining that the counting result of the counting means has reached a predetermined value; In response to the determination output, discount registration means reads out corresponding discount information from the discount information storage means, and registers the corresponding product at a discount based on the successive discount information. Equipped with an electronic cash register. (2) The electronic cash register according to claim 1, wherein the discount information storage means stores amount information of discount rates that vary in stages according to the number of products sold.