KR20010037445A - Method for supporting location information of product in pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: The method for providing position information of a product in a POS system is provided to enable a consumer to rapidly find goods which the consumer wants to buy, to efficiently go shopping by displaying position information of goods equipped in a store market from a terminal device of a POS system equipped at every floor to a printer or a screen. CONSTITUTION: When a power is approved to a terminal device(S301), a control unit downloads position information of a store from a host computer through an interface unit(S302). The information is stored in a RAM. In addition, position information data of goods is updated(S303). The control unit performs a normal selling mode(S304). It is confirmed whether a goods position key is inputted through a key input unit(S305). The control unit displays a goods select screen to an indication unit(S306). The fixed goods selected by a clerk of the store is inputted through the key input unit(S307). The position information relevant to the selected goods is detected from the RAM(S308). The control unit displays the position information detected(S309). A key for printing the position information of the goods is inputted through the key input unit(S310). The position information is printed through a printer unit(S311).

Description

How to provide product location information in POS system {METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION INFORMATION OF PRODUCT IN POS SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a method for providing location information of a product in a POS system, and more particularly, is installed in department stores, supermarkets, retail stores, etc., and stores location information on products in a POS system, a system for managing sales points, and a preset key. The present invention relates to a method of providing location information of a product in a POS system that enables a consumer to quickly and accurately find a desired product by outputting location information of a predetermined product to a display unit or a printer.

In general, POS system is an abbreviation of Point Of Sale system, which refers to a point of sale information management system, which automatically and immediately collects data on sales management by electronic cash register function and computer function when selling a product. Refers to a terminal device for recording.

In other words, it is installed in department stores, supermarkets, retail stores, etc. and automatically collects and records data to be used for single item sales management, inventory management, customer management, and sales management at the point of sale. It refers to a terminal device having a file function for recording and an online function for transmitting data at the point of sale to a host device (head office host computer, etc.) and the like.

Input method of product code (manufacturer code, item code, etc.) is input by automatic reading device by fixed scanner or handheld scanner as well as key input, using OCR (Optical Character Reader) character or barcode By automatically reading the printed product code, information about product movement (receipt, sales, etc.) is created at the point of sale and sent online to the host device.

The POS system is rapidly spreading to the necessity of quick and accurate grasp of consumer trends (product management, customer management) according to the fierce competition among companies and changes in the market environment such as diversification of goods and services due to structural changes of consumers. In recent years, it has evolved from a simple force system to a store automation (SA) system.

As shown in FIG. 1 illustrating a general configuration of such a force system, at least one terminal device is connected to a network in a force system, and each terminal device connected to the network is set with a unique terminal number to generate sales for each terminal device. Used to communicate with the current status or terminal equipment.

By the way, such a force system used in department stores or large marts provides a lot of convenience and speed in managing products from the seller's point of view, but not at all from the consumer's point of view.

In other words, due to the increase of department stores and large marts, the number of products that consumers can choose has increased, resulting in multi-storey and large-sized stores. However, the consumer is not only difficult to remember the location of the product because the store is multi-layered and the number of products, as well as the cumbersome to find the desired product does not plan shopping and takes a lot of shopping time occurs.

In order to solve such inconveniences in department stores and large marts, signs (for example, stationery / men's clothing) indicating products sold on each floor may be used at the entrance of each floor by escalator or elevator. It was. Therefore, the consumer can confirm the location of the desired product by checking the signs provided at the entrance of each floor while moving by escalator or elevator, but this method must also move while the customer checks the signs provided on each floor, and the consumer signs If you do not check correctly, you can go up and down each floor several times, which leads to a problem of inadvertent shopping.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a product of the store equipped in the terminal device of the POS system provided on each floor so that consumers can quickly find the desired product and perform efficient shopping Location information (for example, the number of floors and blocks in which the product is located) is displayed on a printer or a screen.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a general force system,

2 is a block diagram schematically showing a terminal device of a force system applied to the present invention;

3 is an operation flowchart for providing location information of a product according to the present invention;

4 is a view showing a display screen for selecting a product to check the location information,

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a display screen providing location information of a product selected in FIG. 4;

6 is a view showing a result of printing the position information of the product of Figure 5 with a printer,

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10 control unit 11 ROM

12: RAM 13: Key input unit

14: display unit 15: printer unit

16 interface unit

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is to interface with the host computer, the product location information of the product in the POS system that manages data on sales management by electronic cash register function and computer function when selling the product In the providing method: when the terminal device of the POS system is powered on, performing a general sales management mode, confirming that the product location key for checking the location of the product is selected, and if the product location key is selected, the consumer Displaying a product selection screen indicating an item of a product provided in a store to select a predetermined product, detecting location information corresponding to a predetermined product selected from the displayed product selection screen, and detecting the detected product Informing the consumer of the location information.

Preferably, the consumer notification step displays the detected location information of the predetermined product on the screen of the terminal device.

Preferably, the consumer notification step prints the location information of the detected product on the recording sheet through the printer and outputs it.

Here, the location information of the predetermined product preferably includes at least floor information in which the predetermined product is located, block information in which the predetermined product is located in the number of floors, and a simple map of the number of floors in which the predetermined product is located. Do.

Preferably, further comprising the step of requesting the location information of the product provided in the store to the host computer when power is applied to the terminal device of the force system; The location information of the product received from the host computer is stored in the memory of the terminal device to periodically update the location information of the product.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a terminal device of a force system applied to the present invention, FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart for providing location information of a product according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display screen for selecting a product for which information is to be checked. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display screen providing location information of a product selected in FIG. 4, and FIG. The figure which shows the result of printing the location information of a product with a printer is shown.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 10 of the terminal device of the POS system applied to the present invention generally controls the system according to a set operation program, and in particular, a preset unit for checking the position of a product provided in a store. Each component is controlled to display location information of a predetermined product, that is, information on the number of floors and blocks provided with the product through a screen or a printer according to a key input.

The ROM 11 includes an operation program of the control unit 10, a general control program, and various system operation programs.

The RAM 12 stores and manages data necessary for program execution embedded in the ROM 11 and data generated according to program execution. In particular, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention stores the location information of the product in a one-to-one correspondence to each product provided in the store, the location information of the product (floor) on which the product is located (floor), the block in which the product is located ( block) information, a brief drawing of the layer, and the like. In addition, the store's location that is regularly changed is downloaded from the host computer to update the location information of the product. Here, the manager of the store has to input the location information of the product provided in the store where the change occurs regularly in the host computer.

The key input unit 13 includes a plurality of keys for inputting various transaction data and commands, and in particular, a product location key for retrieving location information of a product provided in a store according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. have.

The display unit 14 displays the data input from the key input unit 13 and the data processed according to the command, and in particular, a product capable of selecting a desired product by the consumer according to the input of the product location key provided in the key input unit 13. A selection screen is displayed, and location information of a predetermined product selected by the consumer is displayed.

The printer unit 15 outputs receipts or various data, and in particular, records location information of a predetermined product selected by the consumer on paper and outputs it.

The interface unit 16 is a part connecting the terminal device of the POS system and the host computer, and downloads the location information of the store where the change is periodically performed from the host computer.

An operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

Referring to FIG. 3, when power is applied to the terminal device (S301), the controller 10 downloads location information of a store regularly updated from the host computer through the interface unit 16 (S302), and the downloaded store. The location information of the product is stored in the RAM 12 to update the location information data of the product (S303).

Thereafter, the control unit 10 performs a normal sales mode (S304), and checks whether a product location key for confirming a location of a predetermined product desired by the consumer is input through the key input unit 13 (S305).

If the product location key is not confirmed, the normal sales mode is performed. If the product location key is input, the control unit 10 displays a product selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 so that a consumer can select a desired product. Displayed at 14 (S306).

When the product selection screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, the store clerk selects a desired product from the location information item using a key provided in the key input unit 13. That is, the store clerk moves the cursor to a desired product by the arrow key provided in the key input unit 13, and selects using the enter key when the cursor is moved to a desired product. do.

When the predetermined product selected by the clerk of the store is input through the key input unit 13 in the same manner as described above (S307), the controller 10 detects the position information corresponding to the selected product in the RAM 12 (S308).

Here, the location information of the product includes a layer on which the product is located, block information on which the product is located on the floor, and a simple map of the floor. The location information of these products is prestored in one-to-one correspondence with the product names displayed on the product selection screen, and the location information of the regularly changing products is downloaded from the host computer and updated.

When the location information of the predetermined product selected by the consumer is detected in the RAM 12, the controller 10 displays the detected location information of the predetermined product on the display unit 14 as illustrated in FIG. 5 (S309).

Here, when the location information of the desired product desired by the consumer is displayed on the display unit 14 of the terminal device of the POS system, as shown in FIG. 5, the consumer can easily confirm the location of the predetermined product by visually confirming it.

In addition, when a consumer wants to print it on paper, the store clerk inputs a key for printing the position information of the product displayed on the display unit 14 as shown in FIG. 5 through the key input unit 13. .

When the key for printing the position information of the product displayed on the display unit 14 is input through the key input unit 13 as shown in FIG. 5 (S310), the controller 10 selects the user through the printer unit 15. The location information of the predetermined product is printed (S311).

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the recorded location information of the predetermined product including the predetermined product name selected by the consumer, the location (floor and block) where the predetermined product is located, and a simple map of the number of floors where the predetermined product is located is printed. It is recorded in the output.

The consumer confirms the location information of the predetermined product output through the printer unit 15 in advance, thereby further reducing shopping time and enabling efficient shopping.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As described above, according to the method for providing location information of the product in the POS system according to the present invention, the consumer can confirm the position of a desired product in advance in the terminal device of the POS system provided on each floor, thereby reducing shopping time. There is an advantage that can be an efficient shopping, such as to eliminate the inconvenience of looking for a product.

Claims (5)

In a method of providing location information of a product in a POS system that can interface with a host computer and manages sales management data by an electronic cash register function and a computer function when selling a product: Confirming whether a product location key for checking a location of a product is selected while performing a general sales management mode when power is applied to a terminal device of the POS system; If the product location key is selected, displaying a product selection screen indicating an item of a product provided in a store so that a consumer can select a predetermined product; Detecting location information corresponding to the selected predetermined product when a predetermined product is selected from the displayed product selection screen; And informing the consumer of the detected location information of the predetermined product. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer notification step, And displaying the detected location information of the predetermined product on the screen of the terminal device. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer notification step, And the terminal device prints the detected position information of the predetermined product on a recording sheet through a printer and outputs the position information of the product. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the location information, At least floor information in which the predetermined product is located, block information in which the predetermined product is located in the number of floors, and a simple map of the number of floors in which the predetermined product is located. How to provide location information of the product. The method of claim 1, Requesting location information of a product provided in the store to the host computer when power is applied to a terminal device of the POS system; When the location information of the product is received from the host computer, the location information of the product in the POS system characterized in that the location information of the product is periodically updated by storing the received location information of the product in the memory of the terminal device. How to Provide.