KR19990001134A - How to promote a cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of publicizing a cash register to efficiently deliver useful information to a customer by displaying a promotional content to be delivered to a customer on a customer display unit.

Promotion method of the cash register of the present invention receives the promotional content and storing in the corresponding area of the RAM; Determining whether there is a key input for outputting the total amount of goods purchased by the customer in a registration mode for registering and processing various transaction information generated at the point of sale; And outputting the sum amount on the customer display unit for a predetermined period when there is the key input and outputting the promotional content on the customer display unit except for the outputting the sum amount.

Description

How to promote a cash register

The present invention relates to a method of promoting a cash register, and more particularly, to a method of promoting a cash register so that useful information can be efficiently delivered to a customer by displaying a promotional content to be delivered to a customer on a customer display unit.

In general, the cash register is a device that processes the cash register data generated at the point of sale and informs the user of the result, and is capable of managing the distribution economy comprehensively from being able to perform simple sales operations. Sales range). Hereinafter, in the present specification, the term electronic cash register (ECR), which means an electronic cash register controlled by a microcomputer, is used as a broad concept including a low-end cash register to a POS terminal.

As described above, the ECR is used in stores that sell products such as supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores. In such stores, public relations activities such as promotions about products to attract customers and sale information such as sale periods or discount rates are frequently performed. The existing methods of informing customers about such promotions include attaching placards and stickers to the inside and outside of the store, and promoting salesmen's desire to purchase by salespeople themselves. There is a way to run flyers with promotional contents.

However, even though it can be promoted by using the customer display unit of the cash registers provided in each store, there is a problem in that it does not use the cash register efficiently because it is just playing around without using a cash register in public relations activities. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, it is possible to display the product promotion or sale information, etc. on the customer display unit when not doing anything to promote the promotion and the cash register efficiently Its purpose is to provide a method of promoting a cash register so that it can be used.

Promotion method of the cash register of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of receiving the promotional content and storing in the corresponding area of the RAM; Determining whether there is a key input for outputting the total amount of goods purchased by the customer in a registration mode for registering and processing various transaction information generated at the point of sale; And outputting the sum amount on the customer display unit for a predetermined period when there is the key input and outputting the promotional content on the customer display unit except for the outputting the sum amount.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cash register to which the promotional method of the present invention is applied;

2 is a system block diagram of a cash register to which the promotional method of the present invention is applied;

3 is a key configuration diagram illustrating an example of a key input unit in FIG. 2;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a promotional content registration process of the publicity method of the cash register of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart for explaining a process of outputting promotional contents of the publicity method of the cash register of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

Keyboard, 13. Receipt slot,

15. customer display panel, 17. Cashier display panels,

19.cash drawer, 20. Central Processing Unit,

30. Key in, 40. Rom,

50. RAM, 60. Cashier display unit control unit,

61. clerk display unit, 70. customer display unit control unit,

71. Customer display unit, 80. printer,

90. Cash drawer drive, 100. Power supply

Hereinafter, a method of promoting a cash register according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cash register to which the method of the present invention is applied. As shown in this figure, the cash register is a keyboard 11 composed of various keys, such as numeric keys, item keys, and function keys, issuance receipts used for issuing various types of reports and receipts showing the customer's handling details. 9, a clerk display panel 17 used to display items such as a product name and a unit price of a merchandise, a total sales amount, a change amount, and a total amount and promotional contents of a product purchased by a customer. It is provided at the bottom of the customer display panel 15 and the main body 10, and has a cash drawer 19 for receiving cash paid to a customer. In the above-described configuration, the customer display panel 15 may display simple promotional contents such as a sale period or a discount rate, and preferably display characters.

2 is a system block diagram of a cash register according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the ECR system to which the present invention is applied includes a central processing unit 20 for controlling the overall operation of the system, a key input unit 30 for inputting various data and commands according to sales, and a program for operating the system. Clerk displaying various data processing results and system status according to merchandise sales under the control of the built-in ROM 40, the promotional contents, the RAM 50 storing the money transaction information and data, and the central processing unit 20. Under the control of the display unit 61 and the central processing unit 20, the total amount of the goods purchased by the customer is displayed, and other than that, the display unit 71 and the central processing unit 20 It supplies power to the printer 80 which issues receipts and various reports under control, the drawer drive unit 90 which draws out a cash storage drawer when there is a predetermined key operation, and the entire system. , A power failure is provided with a power source unit 100 that enables to store various data generated during processing by the system powered by the backup battery to the ram (50). The clerk display unit 61 and the customer display unit 71 are connected to the clerk display unit control unit 60 and the customer display unit control unit 70 for controlling each display unit.

3 is a key configuration diagram illustrating an example of the key input unit illustrated in FIG. 2. As shown in the figure, the key configuration of the key input unit 20 of the ECR to which the present invention is applied is a mode switch 31 used to designate a desired operation mode among various operation modes of the ECR, and various functions provided in the ECR. A function key group 33 used to execute a desired function among the items, a numeric key group 35 used to input a price or a corresponding numeric code of various items, and an item key group 37 used to designate a desired item. Is done. The function key group 37 may include subtotal keys and clear keys.

Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the promotional content registration process of the promotional method of the cash register of the present invention.

First, in order to change the contents of the promotional program, the user needs to switch the operation mode of the ECR to the program mode by operating the mode switch 31. In step S10, it is determined whether the current operation mode of the ECR is the program mode. do. If the operation mode of the ECR is not the program mode in step S10, if the operating mode is the program mode, the operation proceeds to step S12 and sets a predetermined promotional setting for inputting the promotion contents. Determine whether there is a key input. If there is no input of the promotional setting key in step S12, a corresponding program mode is performed, and if there is an input of the promotional setting key, the process proceeds to step S14 to receive the promotional contents. The promotional content may be related to the sale, for example, sale 4.16 ~ 4.25. In the next step S16 stores the promotional content input in step S14 in the corresponding area of the RAM (50).

Hereinafter will be described a process of outputting the promotional content registered in the above process on the customer display unit.

5 is a flowchart for explaining a process of outputting promotional contents of the publicity method of the cash register of the present invention.

First, in step S20, it is determined whether the current operation mode of the ECR is a registration mode. If the operation mode of the ECR is not the registration mode in step S20, the corresponding mode is performed. If the operation mode is the registration mode, the customer proceeds to step S22 to register the customer's product. It is determined whether a predetermined key, for example, a subtotal key, for displaying the total amount of the purchased item is input. If there is an input of the subtotal key in step S22, the flow advances to step S24 to output the total amount of the goods purchased by the customer to the customer display unit 71 and display the total amount on the customer display panel 15. . If there is no input of the subtotal key in step S22, the process proceeds to step S28 to display promotional contents, for example, sales 4.16 to 4.25, on the customer display panel 15. In the next step S26, it is determined whether a key for erasing the total amount displayed on the customer display panel 15, for example, a clear key, has been input. If there is an input of the clear key in step S26, the process proceeds to step S26 to display the promotional contents on the display panel 15 again. If there is no input of the clear key, the user continues to operate as in step S24. The total amount of money is displayed on the display panel 15.

In the above-described embodiment, a predetermined key input has been received in order to erase the sum amount and display the promotional contents again, and the promotional contents can be displayed on the customer display unit in synchronization with the receipt output. It can be operated differently depending on the model such as displaying the contents. In addition, even when the user converts the operation mode of the ECR into the inspection mode or the program mode, the promotional contents stored in the RAM may be output on the customer display unit as described above.

The publicity method of the cash register of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the publicity method of the cash register according to the present invention as described above, by promoting the advertisement contents to be delivered to the customer on the customer display unit during the time the customer does not display the total amount of the purchased goods to promote effectively This can inform the customers and effectively use the cash register.

Claims (2)

Receiving the promotion contents and storing them in a corresponding area of the RAM; Determining whether there is a key input for outputting the total amount of goods purchased by the customer in a registration mode for registering and processing various transaction information generated at the point of sale; And If the key is input, outputting the total amount on the customer display unit for a predetermined period of time and outputting the promotion contents on the customer display unit except for outputting the total amount of money. Way. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined period is from the input of the total price output keycode to the input of the keycode defined for display output switching.