JPH04313188A - Sales data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To process sales data inputted from a plurarity of input means as data for one transaction or data for plural transactions. CONSTITUTION:In a plurarity of key board A and B, a common key DK designating a common mode making the sales data inputted from the keyboads A and B to one transaction data and an independent mode making it to data for plural transactions, are provided. When the common mode is designated by this common key DK, a CPU 11-1 processes the sales data inputted from the keyboads A and B as one transaction data. When the independent mode is designated, the sales data inputted from the keyboads A and B are processed as data for plural transactions.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to sales data processing devices such as electronic cash registers (ECR) and POS (point of sales) systems.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a two-person ECR system used in large stores is divided into a registration keyboard A and a closing keyboard B, as shown in FIG. CPU box) C, drawer D,
A printer E was connected, and the drawer was opened by operating the cash key on the closing keyboard B. In such a two-person ECR, closing operations cannot be performed from registration keyboard A, and it is not possible to perform registration operations for one transaction using closing keyboard B at the same time as registration keyboard A. . In this case, it was necessary to wait for the subtotal input from the registration keyboard A and then perform additional registration or closing operations using the closing keyboard B.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In this way, two-person EC
In R, the key input operations during one transaction are divided between two keyboards, which improves work efficiency compared to normal ECR, but if the number of items purchased during one transaction is extremely large, it will be difficult to use the registration keyboard A. There is a drawback that the closing keyboard B side has to wait for a long time until the registration operation is completed, which hinders work efficiency. By the way, in large stores such as supermarkets, two-person ECRs can be installed in tandem as checkout spaces, but in smaller stores, the counters are narrow and the counters are face-to-face, so regular ECRs cannot be used. Two machines have been installed to handle times of congestion. However, installing two ECRs was not a rational method in terms of space or cost. An object of the present invention is to enable sales data input from a plurality of input means to be processed as data for one transaction or as data for multiple transactions.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The means of the present invention are as follows. A plurality of input means 1 (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) is a keyboard or the like for inputting sales data. The mode designation means 2 is a specific key or the like for designating a common mode in which the sales data inputted from the plurality of input means 1 is data for one transaction, and an independent mode in which the sales data input from the plurality of input means 1 is data for a plurality of transactions. When the common mode is specified by the mode specifying means 2, the transaction processing means 3 processes the sales data input from the plurality of input means 1 as data for one transaction, and when the independent mode is specified, In this case, sales data input from a plurality of input means 1 is processed as data for a plurality of transactions.

[0005]

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. Now, when the independent mode is specified by the mode specifying means 2 and sales data is input from the plurality of input means 1, the transaction processing means 3 processes the sales data input from the plurality of input means 1 into multiple transactions. Processed as minute data. On the other hand, when the common mode is specified by the mode specifying means 2 and sales data is input from the plurality of input means 1, the transaction processing means 3 processes the sales data input from the plurality of input means 1 into one transaction. Processed as minute data. Therefore, sales data input from multiple input means can be processed as data for one transaction or as data for multiple transactions.

[0006]

[Embodiment] An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 9. FIG. 2 is an external view of the ECR. This ECR has a configuration in which the main parts are separated into independent and separate units, and in addition to one CPU box 11 that controls the entire ECR, there are two units each to enable simultaneous operation by two operators. input display devices 12A, 12B, receipt/journal printers 13A, 13B, customer display devices 14A, 1
4B, and drawers 15A and 15B. In addition,
Although there may be one receipt/journal printer or drawer, in this embodiment, two of each are provided. Note that the counter table 16 on which the ECR is installed is
The whole is formed into a substantially V-shape, and on the right side there is an input display device 12A, a receipt/receipt display device 12A corresponding to one operator.
A journal printer 13A, a customer display device 14A, and a drawer 15A are assembled, and on the left side, an input display device 12B, a receipt/journal printer 13B, a customer display device 14B, and a drawer 15B are installed corresponding to other operators.
are gathered together, and the CPU box 11 is installed at the bottom of the V-shaped apex. Further, the direction of the arrow in the figure indicates the flow of customers, and the counter is facing each other.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the entire ECR. The CPU box 11 has a CPU 11-1 and a ROM 11-
2. With a configuration having a RAM 11-3, the CPU 11-1 executes this E according to various programs in the ROM 11-2.
Controls the overall operation of CR. The CPU 11-1 has input display devices 12A and 12B as its peripheral devices.
, receipt/journal printers 13A, 13B, customer display devices 14A, 14B, and drawers 15A, 15B are connected, and their input/output operations are controlled. Note that the input display device 12A includes a keyboard A and a cashier display device 17.
The input display device 12B is composed of a keyboard B and a cashier display device 17B.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of keyboard A. Note that keyboard B is also configured in the same manner as keyboard A, so a description thereof will be omitted. In addition to various keys normally provided on the keyboard A, ie, a numeric key AK, a closing key BK, and a department key CK, in this embodiment, a common key DK is provided. Here, the common key DK specifies a common mode in which sales data input from keyboard A and keyboard B are processed in parallel as data for one transaction, and when the common mode is not set by this common key DK, , an independent mode in which sales data input from keyboard A and keyboard B are processed separately and independently as data for two transactions. The mode switch MS on the keyboard A can be set to ``Settings'', ``Registration'', or ``OFF'' depending on its switching position.
”, “Inspection”, and “Payment” modes.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the RAM 11-3.
M11-3 has keyboard A subtotal register STA, keyboard A data area DA, keyboard A totalizer TA corresponding to keyboard A, and keyboard B subtotal register STB, keyboard B data area DB, keyboard B corresponding to keyboard B. A totalizer TB is provided. Here, in the independent mode, the subtotal registers STA and STB store the subtotal data for one transaction input from the corresponding keyboards A and B, and the data areas DA and DB store the subtotal data for one transaction input from the corresponding keyboards A and B. The totalizers TA and TB constitute a department file, a file for each person in charge, etc., and the contents of the files are updated based on the sales data input from the corresponding keyboards A and B. In addition, RAM11-3 has a common data area D.
C, a common totalizer TC, a common flag register FC, and a keyboard number register KC. Here, in the common mode, the common flag register FC stores a common flag indicating that the common mode is set, and the keyboard number register KC declares the common mode when the common key DK of keyboards A and B is operated. Memorize the keyboard number you entered. In addition, the common data area DC stores sales data for one transaction entered from keyboard A and keyboard B, and the totalizer TC constitutes department files, files for each person in charge, etc., and stores sales data entered from keyboard A and keyboard B. The file contents are updated based on the data.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. Figure 6 is a diagram showing the timing at which the common mode can be set.
When the values of TA and STB are both "0", that is, when no registration operation has been performed on either keyboard, the common mode can be set from either keyboard A or B. Next, the value of the subtotal register STA on keyboard A is “0”.
Then, when the value of the subtotal register STB of keyboard B is not "0", that is, when registering from keyboard A because there are many products while registering with keyboard B, you can enter the common mode from both keyboards. However, at this time, keyboard B switches from independent mode to common mode halfway through. Also, on the contrary, the value of the subtotal register STA of keyboard A is "0".
Instead, the value of keyboard B's subtotal register STB is "
0'' is also the same as the above case. Furthermore, the values of the subtotal registers STA and STB of keyboards A and B are both "0".
”, that is, when both are in the process of registering,
Common mode cannot be set from either keyboard.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation when the mode switch MS sets the registration mode. First, it is checked whether or not a key input has been made from keyboard A (step A1). If there is no key input from keyboard A, the process proceeds to keyboard B (described later) (step A2); if there is no key input from keyboard B, the process proceeds to Return to step A1 and press Keyboard A or Keyboard B.
Waits for key input. Here, if there is a key input from keyboard A, the process moves to execution of the following keyboard A process.

First, in the keyboard A processing, if the common key DK is set to the independent mode in which it is not operated, this is detected in step A3 and the process proceeds to step A11, where the product is registered by the product registration operation from keyboard A. Check whether the required product data has been input. Here, if the product data is input, the process proceeds to step A12, but since the independent mode is now set, the common flag in the common flag register FC is turned off. Therefore, in this case, the product data input from the keyboard A is stored in the keyboard A data area DA in the RAM 11-3 (step A13). A customer display device 14A, a cashier display device 17A, and a receipt/journal printer 13A correspond to the keyboard A.
The product data is output from (step A14). Then, return to step A1, and hereafter, in the independent mode,
The entered product data is sequentially displayed on the keyboard A data area D
It is written to A.

[0013] In the independent mode, when the close key BK is operated to close the registration of one transaction, this is detected in step A17 and the process proceeds to step A18, where it is determined whether the common flag is turned on or not. However, since it is currently in independent mode, the keyboard A data area DA
A registration process for updating the contents of the keyboard A totalizer TA based on the sales data in the transaction and a closing process for closing the registration of one transaction are executed (step A19). Then, a receipt is issued from the receipt/journal printer 13A corresponding to the keyboard A (step A20), and the drawer 15
A is opened (step A21). Next, the process advances to step A22 to clear the data in the keyboard A data area DA, and then returns to the first step A1.

On the other hand, when the common key DK on the keyboard A is operated (step A3), it is checked whether the value of the keyboard B subtotal register STB is "0" (step A4),
If it is not "0", it is checked whether the value of the keyboard A subtotal register STA is "0" (step A8). Here, if the value of keyboard B subtotal register STB is "0",
In other words, if keyboard B is not being registered, regardless of whether keyboard A is being registered, the number of keyboard A is set in the keyboard number register KC in order to switch from independent mode to common mode (step A5). ,
The flag in the common flag register FC is turned on (step A6), and furthermore, a guidance display indicating that the mode has been switched to the common mode is displayed (step A7).

Further, when the value of the keyboard B subtotal register STB is not "0", that is, when the keyboard B is being registered and the value of the keyboard A subtotal register STA is "0", the process advances to step A9, and until then the program is in the independent mode. Sales data input from keyboard B in keyboard B data area DB is also written to common data area DC. After clearing the keyboard B subtotal register STB and the keyboard B data area DB (step A10), the common flag is turned on (step A6), and a guidance display indicating that the mode has been switched to the common mode is displayed (step A7).

With the common mode set in this way, when product data is input from keyboard A, this is detected in steps A11 and A12, and the process proceeds to step A15, where the product data input from keyboard A is input. is stored in the common data area DC. Then, product data is output from the display device and printer corresponding to the keyboard number stored in the keyboard number register KC, that is, the keyboard declared in the common mode (step A16). In this way, the product data input from keyboard A in the common mode is stored in the common data area DC.
is written in. However, when the closing key BK is operated to close the registration of one transaction, steps A17 and A
This is detected in step A23, and the process proceeds to step A23, where the content of the corresponding common totalizer TC is updated based on the sales data in the common data area DC, and a closing process is performed. Then, the keyboard N in the keyboard number register KC
A receipt is issued from the receipt/journal printer corresponding to o (step A24), and a drawer corresponding to the keyboard number is opened (step A2).
5). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step A26, and after clearing the keyboard number register KC, keyboard A subtotal register STA, and common data area DC, the process returns to step A1. Note that if any other key is operated, key input processing corresponding to that key is performed (step A27).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the keyboard B processing shown in step A2 of FIG. Note that this keyboard B processing is substantially the same as the keyboard A processing described above, so only its outline will be briefly described. First, when product data is input from keyboard B in independent mode, steps B1, B2, B10, and B11 are performed.
When this is detected, the process proceeds to step B12, where the input product data is written into the keyboard B data area DB, and the customer display device 1 corresponding to the keyboard B is written.
4B, the cashier display device 17B, and the receipt/journal printer 13B (step B13).
. Then, in the independent mode, when the closing key BK is operated (steps B16 and B17), the contents of the keyboard B totalizer TB are updated based on the sales data in the keyboard B data area DB, and the closing process is executed ( Step B18). Then, a receipt is issued from the receipt/journal printer 13B corresponding to the keyboard B (step B19), and the drawer 15B is opened (step B20). Then, proceed to step B21,
After clearing the keyboard B data area DB, the process returns to step B1.

On the other hand, on the keyboard B, the common key DK
is operated (step B2), keyboard A
The mode is switched to the common mode depending on whether the values of the subtotal registers STA and STB are "0" or not. That is, if the keyboard A subtotal register STA is "0" (step B3), the number of the keyboard B is set in the keyboard number register KC (step B4), and the common flag is turned on (
Step B5), common mode display is performed (Step B6)
). Furthermore, when the keyboard A subtotal register STA is not "0" and the keyboard A subtotal register STB is "0" (step B7), the value of the keyboard A subtotal register STA is added to the keyboard A subtotal register STB, and the keyboard A data Data in area DA is written to common data area DC (step B8). Then, the keyboard A subtotal register STA and keyboard A data area DA are cleared (step B9), the common flag is turned on (step B5), and the common mode is displayed (step B6).

With the common mode set in this manner, when product data is input from the keyboard B (steps B10 and B11), the input product data is written to the common data area DC (step B14). , product data is output from the display device and printer corresponding to the keyboard number set in the keyboard number register KC (step B15). When the closing key BK is operated in the common mode (steps B16 and B17), the contents of the corresponding common totalizer TC are updated based on the sales data in the common data area DC, and closing processing is performed (step B22). Then, a receipt is issued from the receipt/journal printer corresponding to the keyboard number in the keyboard number register KC (step B23), and the drawer corresponding to the keyboard number is opened (step B24). after that,
Proceeding to step B25, the keyboard number register KC,
Keyboard B subtotal register STB, common data area DC
After clearing, return to step A1. Note that if any other key is operated, key input processing corresponding to that key is performed (step B26).

[0020] As described above, in this embodiment, in the case of a counter-face-to-face store in a small store, when a line of customers forms, it is necessary to quickly perform product registration operations, exchange of fees, bagging, etc. In such a case, the common mode is declared from either keyboard A or keyboard B, and two operators perform product registration operations from keyboard A or keyboard B in parallel. At this time, the subtotal is displayed on the display device corresponding to the keyboard that has declared the common mode, and the keyboard that has declared the common mode has priority in closing operations, and issues receipts and the like. Here, in journal printing, Fig. 9
As shown in the figure, the keyboard number is printed in correspondence with the product data in order to make it possible to identify from which keyboard the product data was input.

In the above embodiment, the independent mode and the common mode are switched by operating the common key, but the mode switch (control lock) is used to switch between the common mode and the independent mode. Good too.

[0022]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, sales data input from multiple input means can be processed as data for one transaction or as data for multiple transactions, so registration operations can be performed efficiently. In addition, it is extremely advantageous in terms of cost and space compared to installing two sales data processing devices separately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a sales data processing device showing an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the sales data processing device shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of keyboard A and keyboard B shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the RAM 11-3 shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the timing at which the common mode can be set in the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining keyboard B processing shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of journal printing in the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

11-1 CPU 11-2 ROM 12A Input display device 12B Input display device DA Keyboard A data area DB Keyboard B data area TA Keyboard A totalizer TB Keyboard B totalizer TC common totalizer DC common data area

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A plurality of input means for inputting sales data;
A mode specifying means for specifying a common mode in which the sales data input from the plurality of input means is treated as data for one transaction and an independent mode in which the sales data input from the plurality of input means is treated as data for multiple transactions, and a common mode is specified by this mode specifying means. If the independent mode is specified, the sales data input from the plurality of input means is processed as data for one transaction, and if the independent mode is specified, the sales data input from the plurality of input means is processed as data for one transaction. 1. A sales data processing device comprising: transaction processing means for processing data as data.