JPS61144514A - Electronic weighing instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a weighing instrument having a function to form quickly a bin card as necessary by providing an operation means for instructing the formation of the bin card, an imaging device and control means. CONSTITUTION:The operator sets a paper cassette to an electronic weighing machine body and sets an imaging mode for the bin card by operating a prescribed function key. The operator pushes down a preset key and assigns an article number, then a CPU18 reads out the article number corresponding to the key number from a preset key area and recognizes the assigned article number. On the other hand, the CPU reads out the unit price, article name and advertisement phrase number corresponding to the article number from a price up look area and sets the same to the prescribed area of a RAM20. The CPU18 writes successively the character pattern of each data into an imaging screen memory according to the assignment of a format register when all the data to be imaged on the bin card are ready. The CPU18 supplies the imaging pattern of the bin card to a printer part 11 when said imaging pattern is formed. The imaging on the bin card is then executed by the printer part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic weighing device that is capable of printing on shelf labels.

[Prior Art J] As is well known, shelf tags displaying the names, prices, unit prices, etc. of the products on the shelves are installed on product display shelves in supermarkets and the like. Conventionally, these shelf labels have been created by hand by a store clerk, or by specially requesting printing. In addition, some shelf label devices are used in which the number holes from rOJ to "9" can be replaced as needed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the display of shelf labels, especially the price display, is often changed due to temporary price reductions during service hours, closings just before closing, etc., and each time the display changes, the display of shelf labels must be recreated.

However, it is very time-consuming for store staff to manually recreate the shelf labels each time the display is changed, lacks linearity, and is prone to writing errors.

Furthermore, it is not aesthetically pleasing. Furthermore, requesting an outside company to print and remaking shelf labels increases the price of the shelf labels and takes time. In this respect, even when the above-mentioned shelf label device was used, the operator had to manually replace the number holes one by one, making the work complicated and extremely inefficient.

On the other hand, the preset memory of an electronic weighing device stores settings such as unit price, unit weight, product name, code number, etc. It also has the function of printing labels and receipts using a printer, but conventionally, these data And printers have only been used within the scope of the original functions of the electronic weighing device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an electronic weighing device having a function of quickly creating shelf labels as needed.

[Means for Solving the Problem] This invention focuses on the fact that all the information necessary for creating shelf labels (item name, unit price, etc.) is stored in the memory of an electronic weighing device, as shown in FIG. The device includes an operating means for instructing shelf label creation, a printing device, and when the operating means is operated, reads product information in the memory and supplies the read product information to the printing device. and υ control means for printing on the shelf label.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 2 to 4, 1 is a weighing pan, and a load cell 2 (FIG. 4) is connected to this weighing pan 1. Further, 3 is a display section, 4 is a keyboard, and the keyboard 4
consists of a preset key 5, a numeric keypad 6 and a function key 7. Here, the preset key 5 is a key for calling up preset data such as the unit price and product name that have been set in advance for each product, the numeric keypad 6 is a key for inputting various numerical data, and the function key 7 is for making corrections and inputting items. This is a key for specifying, switching print modes, etc.

A paper cassette 10 is detachably inserted into the side of the main body 8 of this electronic scale. This m paper cassette 10 is the third
It has an appearance as shown in Figure (a), and supplies paper to the printer section 11 shown in Figure 4, which stores receipt paper 11a (Figure 3(b)) and label paper. 11
There are two types available, one that stores b (FIG. 3 (0)), and one of them can be set as appropriate. And in the predetermined position of the label cassette,
A through hole 10a for automatic paper type determination is provided, and the presence or absence of this through hole is detected by a sensor 16 shown in FIG. The printer type is determined, and the print control mode of the printer is automatically switched to label printing or receipt printing. The details of the paper cassette can be found, for example, in the patent application filed in 1982 by the present applicant. -39846.

The printer section 11 includes a pulse motor 12 that drives the paper in the paper cassette 10, a thermal head 13 consisting of heat generating resistors r, ~rn for 128 dots, a drive circuit 14 that drives the thermal head 13, and a drive circuit 14 that shifts print data. It consists of a shift register 15 for storing data and a printer interface 17 for exchanging data with the CPU 18.

In this case, the printer interface 17
Based on the control data No. 8, a drive pulse MCP for driving the pulse motor, a print pulse DP to the drive circuit 14, a clock pulse CP to the shift register 15, and print data DATA are output.

Next, the ROM 19 in FIG. 4 stores various control programs and data for the character generator, as shown in FIG. 5(a). Contains 1tlJlll programs for printing, shelf label printing, receipt printing, etc.

Further, the RAM 20 stores the reference positions X, YP! of each print block as shown in FIG. 5(b). There is a print format register area 21 in which parameters indicating i marks and character serrations are stored, a print screen memory area 22 consisting of bits corresponding one-to-one to each dot in the print area, and a print screen memory area 22, which will be described in detail later. It has a brilet data memory 1 rear 23 for storing data, and a total data memory area 24 for storing various types of total data.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the preset data memory 1 area 2.3.
[Ii, PL that stores product name, advertisement number, etc. for each item
U (Price Lookup) Area 25 and “Special Price”
, an advertisement text area 26 for storing advertisement texts such as "bargain items" in the form of character codes, and a preset key area 27 for setting and storing the correspondence between the key number of the preset key 5 and the product number, The sealing hole 28 is printed on the label paper or receipt paper based on the data extracted from each of these areas 25 to 27.

Returning to FIG. 4, 31 is a load cell interface for connecting the load cell 2 to the CPU 18, and 32 is an external aI for exchanging data between the external linear type and the CPU 18.
dexterity interface, 33 is a communication interface that controls data communication with other electronic scales, 34 is a real-time clock that outputs date and time data consisting of date data of September 0, 2017 and time data of 0 minutes and 3 seconds. be.

As this real-time clock 34, a commercially available clock FC can be used. The CPIJ 18 accesses this real-time clock 34 at regular intervals (for example, every 6 seconds) to read date and time data.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

The operator first sets the paper cassette 10 in the electronic scale main body 8 and operates a predetermined function key 7 to set the shelf label printing mode. For this setting, a dedicated function key for shelf label printing may be provided, but it is also possible to give meaning to a conventionally provided key combination. In this case, the paper cassette 10 may be used for receipts or labels, and this determination is made by the sensor 16 as described above.
This is done automatically by cpuis according to the signal from.

Now, once the shelf label printing mode is set, CP (J1
8 sets the shelf label printing flag to 1'' and waits for the next input (step 5P1), and when the operator depresses the preset key 5 to specify the product number (step SP
2>, the CPU 18 reads the product number corresponding to the pressed key number from the preset key area 27 shown in FIG. 1, and recognizes the designated product number (step 5P3
).

Further, when a product number is specified by operating the numeric keypad 6 and the product number key in the function key 7, this is read and the specified product number is recognized (step 5P4). Next, the CPU 18 reads out the unit price, product name, and advertisement number corresponding to the product number from the PLU area 25 in FIG. (Step 5P5) For example, in the example shown in FIG.
If 5 is specified, the unit price is 1,640 yen, the product name ``Beef (for shabu shabu)'' and the advertisement number ``06'' are read out and set. (In addition, in the above example,
It is important to note that many advertising texts are commonly used for each product number.
:11, only the advertising text numbers are stored in the PLU area 25 in correspondence with each product number, and the advertising text character codes are collectively stored in the advertising text area 26 in correspondence with each advertising text number. Because the configuration is adopted, the PLU area 25
From the advertisement number "06" read out, the corresponding character code "Special Price" is further read out and set. ) In this way, when the data to be printed on the shelf label 28 is completed, the CPU 18 writes the format register 21
The character patterns of each of the above data are read into the print screen memory 22 according to the specifications. That is, according to the position and character size specified by the format register 21 (regular characters, double-width characters, etc.), the above-mentioned product name and unit price are converted into a character pattern by the character generator and stored in the print screen memory 22. At the same time, the character pattern of the advertisement text is subtracted from the advertisement text number and stored in the print screen memory 22. In addition, predetermined printing items (for example, rloogJ of shelf label 28)
is converted into a character pattern and stored in the print screen memory 22 (step 5P6). When the print pattern of the shelf tag 28 is thus formed in the print screen memory 22, the CPIJ 28 supplies it to the printer section 11, and prints the tag 28 (step 5P7).

In this way, according to this embodiment, shelf labels can be easily issued whenever necessary.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the Toden shelf label can be changed to 1 when necessary.
In the above case, shelf labels are issued one by one, but if it is necessary to create winter shelf labels with different unit prices periodically during service time, etc., the following configuration can be considered. For example, as shown in Fig. 7<a), in addition to each data shown in Fig. 1 as PLU data, there is also a flag (SB) (for example, "1") indicating whether the item is subject to unit price change during service time. In this case, the unit price is changed at the service time.In the case of rOJ, it is not done) and the flag (SB) is set to "
1", the service time unit price (SK) is stored and set. Then, in a predetermined area of the preset data area of the RAM 20, a register (as shown in FIGS. 7(b) and 7(c)) for setting the shelf label release time for service time (
STR1), a register for setting the service time start time (STR2A), and a register for setting the service time end time (STR2A).
TR2B), for example, 15:0 respectively.
0.16:00 and 18:00 are stored and set (if the service time is 16:00-18:00 and the shelf label creation is 1 hour before, at 15:00).

Then, the CPU 18 stores the date and time data read from the real-time clock 34 mentioned above in the register 5TR1.
If it matches the time set in , that is, at 15:00, the process shown in FIG. 8 is performed.

First, the operator is notified that the current time has reached the time set in the register STR1 (step 5P8). This is done by displaying the image on the display unit or by sounding a warning sound. This notification continues until the operator presses a predetermined numeric keypad (step 5P9). If the operator needs to create a shelf label, press "1" on the numeric keypad.
If you do not need to create one, press rOJ on the numeric keypad.
Press step 10). When the numeric keypad "1" is pressed, the CPU 18 sets the flag SB of the PLU data to "1".
Shelving labels for all items listed in "" are continuously issued (step 11). Of course, in this case, what is printed on the shelf label is the single 1i11isK at the service time. If the numeric keypad "0" is pressed, the CPU 18 does not perform shelf label creation processing. FIG. 9 shows an example of a service time shelf label printed in this manner. In addition,
As in this example, as PLLI data, the pitch hSB indicating whether or not to change the unit price at the service time, and the unit tillisK at the service time are set in f1, and are also set in registers 5TR2'A and 5TR2B. If the service time start time and end time are stored and set, the service time single 1i1jSK is automatically called as PLtJ data at the service time. That is, when the product number data is input by operating the pre-hit key 5 or numeric keypad 6, the CPU 18 determines whether or not the current time is the service time, as shown in FIG. 10 (step 12).

If it is not service time, the normal Qi price (here referred to as unit price FK for distinction) is read out and written to the unit price data register of RAM 20 (step 15).If it is service time, flag SB is determined and step 13) When SS is "0", that is, when no single song is to be changed, the process of step 15 above is performed. Further, when SB is "1", when changing the size, that is, the unit price, the service unit price SK is read out as the unit price and written δ into the unit price register in the RAM 20 (step 14). therefore,
The unit price read from the PLU data is automatically switched to the service unit price during the service time without the operator being particularly aware that it is the service time.

In the above case, when changing the unit price, the time is set, but the same applies to the case of service day, service day of the week, etc. In this case, the date or day of the week is set.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and, for example, embodiments such as those described below can be considered.

(1) In the above embodiment, the printer section 11 is built into the electronic scale main body 8, but there is no problem even if the printer is provided separately.

(2) Preset data memory area 23-6 Although it is assumed that the preset data memory area 23-6 is built in the electronic scale main body 8, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to a case where Bricht data is supplied from outside. For example, if the master unit has preset data and the slave units connected to it have printers, and if the totalizer has preset data and each electronic scale connected to it has a printer, then the central This can be implemented in various situations, such as when the processing system has preset data and each terminal connected to it via a communication line has a printer.

(3) Shelf labels may be printed on either label paper (labels pasted on a mount) or receipt paper. In the case of receipt paper, it can be cut out as shown in Figure 11 (a). The frame 28'a may also be printed.

(4) When applied to a counting scale, it is also possible to print shelf labels for indicating the classification of articles on storage racks, as shown in FIG. 11(b).

(5) There are no limitations on the data printed on the shelf label and its printing format. For example, when using a printing device with 7J La 1 printing function, it is possible to display 1-data that you want to draw attention to, such as price or advertising text (1?1Iitli, etc.) in red. .

In addition, for shelf labels used when the price is temporarily changed due to service time, etc., the net price and the price after 1 direct pull are printed with 01 added, as shown in Figure 11 (c). It is also possible to clearly inform customers of the amount of discount by removing the double line. Of course, Figure 11 (
It is also conceivable to print the net price, service time, and service price all on one label as shown in d).

(6) In addition, when creating shelf labels for all products in a department at the same time, and if shelf position information is set and stored in the PLU data, the order of the shelf labels to be printed can be set in the order of the product lineup. It may be made to be the same as. By punching out the shelves in this manner, the work of pasting the shelf labels can be done in order, improving work efficiency.

(7) In the above first embodiment, the product to be labeled on the shelf was specified by inputting the product code or JAN code, but other product data such as the product name or shelf position data It is also possible to do this by specifying .

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the electronic weighing device according to the present invention can automatically create shelf labels. As a result, compared to creating them by hand, shelf labels can be created more easily and in a shorter time, and it is extremely easy to create new ones, reissue them due to damage, make partial changes, etc., and can provide detailed services. becomes. In addition, the created shelf tags are also aesthetically superior. In addition, since the shelf labels are automatically created using the product information in the electronic weighing device, there is no display error in the created shelf labels, and therefore, there is an advantage that the trouble of checking the display can be saved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a perspective view showing the outside of the electronic weighing device according to the above embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the paper cassette 10.
) does not show the external view; (b) shows the configuration of the receipt cassette; (a) shows the rear view; (r:
(c) shows the configuration of the label cassette, (a) is a rear view, (
B) is a sectional view taken along line A-A in (A), FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the above actual flN'A, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of ROM 19 and RAM 20 (7). 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the above embodiment, and FIGS. 7 to 11 are diagrams for explaining the present invention in detail. c)
is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the RAM 20 in another embodiment,
8 and 10 are charts 70-11 for explaining the movement 1p of another embodiment, FIG. 9 is an example of a shelf label in another embodiment, and FIGS. 11(a) (b) )(c)
(d) shows other examples of shelf labels. 4...Keyboard (operation means), 11...
...Printer section (printing device), 18...CPU
, 1... river ROM (u on 1 B, 19 ha f+1III means), 20---... RAM (memory). Figure 5 (o) (b) Figure 7 (b) (c) Figure 8 Figure 11 (b) (c)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An electronic weighing device having a memory in which product information is stored, comprising: (a) an operating means for instructing shelf label creation; (b) a printing device; and (c) an operating means operated by the operating means. An electronic weighing device characterized by comprising: control means for reading product information in the memory and supplying the read product information to the printing device to print the shelf label when the product information is read out from the memory.