JPS6126710B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a POS terminal with a display section, and particularly to a POS terminal in which operational guidance for an operator is displayed on the display section.

The display section will be explained below using a plasma display as an example.

In large retail stores such as department stores, POS (Point, of Sales) terminals are installed in each sales floor so that the sales status of products in each sales floor can be grasped from moment to moment, and each POS terminal is used as a host processor. The sales data of products at each sales floor is sent to the host processor at regular intervals, for example, and the sales status of each product at each sales floor is managed based on this data.

A conventional POS terminal, as shown in Figure 1,
It includes a guidance section 1, a numeric display tube section 2, a mode key section 3, a control key section 4, a numeric keypad section 5, and the like. Here, the guidance section 1 instructs the operator about the next operation to be performed by selectively lighting the light emitting diode 1-0.

For example, as shown in the flowchart shown in Figure 2A,
When operating this POS terminal in the accounts receivable mode, the operator first presses the accounts receivable key from the mode key section 3. Next, as shown in the flowchart in Figure 2A, the operator enters the salesperson number indicating the salesperson from the numeric keypad 5, and operates either the taxation key or the discount key, and in the third step, the operator enters the salesperson number indicating the salesperson. Indicates the type of sale, ie, cash on delivery sale, credit sale, or credit sale. It is necessary to input the code shown in the type explanatory diagram in FIG.

However, in conventional POS terminals, when the Accounts Receivable key is pressed from the mode key section 3 as described above, the guidance section 1
Only the light emitting diode 1-0 of the salesperson number item lights up. Therefore, the operator may see this and only input the salesperson number from the numeric keypad section 5, and may forget that he must also operate either the taxation key or the discount key. Particularly in supermarkets and the like, POS terminals are sometimes used by part-time workers who are not familiar with operating them, so there are cases where they fail to operate the terminals for which they are not given direct guidance.
Therefore, as shown in Figure 3 (b), the abbreviations for salesperson numbers, taxation, and discounts include the initials ``sales/department/discount''.
When displaying a value, the operator must look at the initial letter to determine this, and if the number of displayed characters is limited, it may not be possible to display even the required initial letter. .
Next, in order to request the input of the receivable type in the third step, the light emitting diode 1 of the type shown in FIG.
-0 lights up, the operator must memorize the code in the type explanatory diagram as shown in FIG. For this reason, there are problems in that operation errors are likely to occur and the time required for operation becomes long.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the present invention uses a POS terminal with a display section, and provides a display section that displays operation guidance according to the mode step by step without omission. With
Its purpose is to provide POS terminals. For this purpose, in the POS terminal with a display section according to the present invention, a POS terminal having a keyboard and a guidance display section is provided with a display means and an identification control means for identifying the input operation mode, and according to the operation state in the operation mode. all the operation guidance items for the operator at that operation step are displayed on the display means, and when all the necessary operations at that operation step have been performed, all the operation guidance for the next operation step is displayed on the display means. It is characterized by being configured as follows.

Before explaining the present invention in detail based on one embodiment, the outline of the present invention will be explained in the flowchart shown in Fig. 2A and Fig. 4.
This will be explained based on the diagram.

In the present invention, the display device is, for example, a plasma display (hereinafter referred to as PDP) as shown in FIG.
use. This PDP can display approximately 8 lines, and can be used in place of the guidance section 1 and numeric display tube section 2 shown in Figure 1.
Line degrees can be used for operational guidance. Therefore, when the Accounts Receivable key is pressed for the first time in Figure 2A, the next operation step, ``Hanbaiin No.'', ``Kazei'', and ``Nebiki'' is displayed on the PDP 6, as shown in Figure 4A. Display is performed. When the operator performs an operation based on these display items, the PDP 6 displays the next operation item, ``Shubetsu Code'', the code of this type code, and the contents of that code, as shown in Figure 4B. Ru. Therefore, the operator can accurately input the corresponding code based on this display.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of its operation.

In the figure, 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a keyboard control section, 12 is a main control section, 13 is an application control section, 14 is a display file, 15 is a display buffer, 16 is a PDP control section, and 17 is a PDP. ，
This corresponds to the PDP6 of B.

The keyboard 10 is a first keyboard operated by an operator.
In the figure, a mode key 3, a control key section 4, a numeric keypad section 5, etc. are provided, and when a key on this keyboard 10 is operated, the keyboard control section 11 identifies the operated key. A corresponding operation key control signal is output to the main control section 12.

The main control section 12 identifies the operation key control signal transmitted from the keyboard control section 11, and when recognizing that this is a mode operation key control signal based on the mode key, outputs it to the application control section 13. .

The application control unit 13 accesses a display file containing various display items to be displayed on the PDP 17 based on each flow of mode and key operations, selects and reads display items to be displayed, and stores them in the display buffer 15. let The application control unit 13 also sends the display items held in the display buffer 15 to the PDP control unit 16.
It also controls what should be displayed on the PDP 17.

Next, the operation shown in FIG. 5 will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, and an example of the operation mode shown in FIG. 2A will be explained.

(1) First, the operator presses the accounts receivable key from the transaction mode key on the keyboard 10. The keyboard control section 11 transmits a corresponding operation key control signal to the main control section 12.

(2) The main control unit 12 is controlled based on its management program at this time, but when this operation key control signal is transmitted, the transaction mode key 1
It recognizes that the button has been pressed and outputs this to the application control section 13 that controls the transaction mode.

(3) Based on the output from the main control unit 12, the application control unit 13 determines that the transaction mode is receivable, and first displays the display file 14 such as “Hanbaiin No.”, “Kazei”, etc. The display items "Nebiki" are extracted and sent to the display buffer 15. In addition, the PDP control unit 16
It also instructs the display position of the display items held in the display buffer 15. When this display item is held in the display buffer 15, the application control unit 13 is controlled according to a program for data expansion, and the PDP control unit 1
When display items held in the display buffer 15 are read out from the PDP 17 and displayed at a predetermined position on the PDP 17, the PDP control section 16 is controlled based on a PDP display program. In this way, a display as shown in FIG. 4A is first displayed on the PDP 17.

(4) The operator sees this display and presses keyboard 1.
First, enter the salesperson number starting from 0, and then press, for example, the taxation key. These input signals are sent to the application control unit 1 via the keyboard control unit 11 and main control unit 12 in the same manner as described above.
3. Application control section 13
recognizes that the operator has performed the required operation, and then displays the following from the display file 14:
Extract the type code and the code explanation that shows its specific content and display it.
Send on 5th. In this way, a display as shown in FIG. 4B will be displayed on the PDP 17. Based on this, for example, in the case of cash-on-delivery sales, the operator inputs the item code "00" using the ten keys on the keyboard 10.

In this way, according to the present invention, the guidance that the operator should operate on the display section is specifically shown.
Moreover, all of them will be displayed. Therefore, the operator only has to input the necessary data according to this guidance. Therefore, unlike in the past, multiple guidance items may only be indicated with representative guidance, or may be indicated using abbreviations.
Furthermore, even when there are multiple type codes, accurate operation is possible. Moreover, all necessary items are displayed, so even those with little experience can accurately
Can be easily operated. Further, the next display guidance will not be provided until all necessary inputs are made at that operation stage, making it possible to prevent input errors.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams of a conventional POS terminal, Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the display state of the present invention, Figure 5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram of its operation. be. In the figure, 1 is the guidance section, 2 is the numerical display tube section,
3 is a mode key section, 4 is a control section key section, 5 is a numeric keypad section, 6 is a plasma display, 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a keyboard control section, 12 is a main control section, 13 is an application control section, 14 is a Display file, 15 is display buffer, 16 is PDP
Control unit 17 indicates a plasma display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 POS with keyboard and guidance display
The terminal is provided with a display means and an identification control means for identifying the input operation mode, and displays all operation guidance items to the operator at the operation stage on the display means according to the operation state in the operation mode. With a display unit, characterized in that when all necessary operations in an operation stage have been performed, all operation guidance for the next operation stage is displayed on the display means.
POS terminal.