JP2002203279A - Sales managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remarkably reduce the burden of an information terminal and a host computer-side connected to the information terminal. SOLUTION: When information on a commodity 60 is supplied to a label printer 10 from a host computer 20, a label printer 10-side prints and writes information onto a non-contact IC label 50 where information can be printed, read and rewritten. An information terminal 30-side reads information printed in the printing face 52 of the non-contact IC label 50 stuck to the commodity 60 and information written onto the non-contact IC writing face 53 of the non- contact IC label 50 and manages sales. Thus, the retrieval and the output of information which is to be managed while being made to corresponding to the commodity 60 in advance can be eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales management system for managing sales of goods using a non-contact IC label capable of reading and rewriting data in a non-contact manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in stores, sales management is performed using a bar code of a label attached to a product.

In this case, a bar code on a label is read by a scanner, and information corresponding to the bar code is read from a storage device inside the information terminal or a host computer connected to the information terminal.

[0004] Incidentally, the bar code of the label contains information on the product name, color, material name, country of manufacture, and the like. On the other hand, the information read from the storage device inside the information terminal or the host computer connected to the information terminal includes a product code, a manufacturer name, a wholesaler name, a manufacturing date, a wholesale price, a wholesale date, and the like. Have been.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional sales management system, information corresponding to the bar code of the label is stored in a storage device inside the information terminal or a host computer connected to the information terminal. In addition, every time the barcode of the label is read by the scanner, it is necessary to read the information corresponding to the barcode of the label from the storage device inside the information terminal or the host computer. For this reason, the information terminal and the host computer connected to the information terminal are forced to search and output the managed information every time the barcode of the label is read by the management of the information or the scanner. There has been a problem that the information terminal and the host computer connected to the information terminal are burdened.

[0006] Further, in the case of a label with a bar code, the information to be printed is limited by the area of the printing surface, so that there is a problem that the amount of information given to the label cannot be increased. Was.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to alleviate the restriction on the amount of information to be attached to a label, and to reduce the information terminal and the host computer connected to the information terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a sales management system capable of greatly reducing a burden.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sales management system, comprising: a host computer for supplying information relating to a product; information printing, information reading and rewriting; A printer that prints information, reads and rewrites information based on information supplied from the host computer, and prints information on a label attached to a product and information on a label. And an information terminal for reading and managing the sales. The printer further includes a storage unit that separates information supplied from the host computer into information to be printed and information to be written, and stores the label based on the information to be printed stored in the storage unit. The information terminal includes a head for printing on a printing surface, and a non-contact IC reader / writer capable of writing data on a non-contact writing surface of the label based on information to be written stored in the storage means. And a non-contact IC reader / writer capable of reading the information on which the label is written. Further, the information terminal may include a sales data analysis unit that obtains various analysis data from the stored information when the information on which the label is printed and the information on which the label is written are stored. . In the sales management system according to the present invention, when information about a product is supplied from the host computer to the printer, the printer prints the information or prints the information on a label on which the information can be printed and the information can be read and rewritten. By performing writing, the information terminal reads the printed information of the label attached to the product and the written information of the label to perform sales management,
Search and output of information to be managed in advance corresponding to a product are omitted.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the sales management system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a non-contact IC label issued by the label printer of FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of a control unit of the label printer of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the information terminal of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a sales management method in the sales management system of FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the non-contact IC label of FIG.

The sales management system shown in FIG. 1 comprises a label printer 10, a host computer 20, an information terminal 3
0. The label printer 10 and the host computer 20 are connected by RS-232C or Centronics.

The label printer 10 includes a light reflection sensor 13, a thermal print head 14, a platen 15, and a cutter 11 which are provided in order from the feeding side to the discharge port side.
A and a non-contact IC reader / writer 16.
The operations of these units are controlled by the control unit 40.

The light reflection sensor 13 detects an identification mark 57 described below attached to the back surface of a non-contact IC label 50 which is a continuum described later. Thermal print head 14
Prints a bar code or the like on a printing surface 52 of a non-contact IC label 50 described later. The platen 15 conveys the non-contact IC label 50 to the discharge port in accordance with the printing operation of the thermal print head 14 while sandwiching the non-contact IC label 50 between the platen 15 and the thermal print head 14. Here, the platen 15 constitutes a label transport mechanism 11a described later. Cutter 11A
Has an upper cutter blade 11 that performs a descending operation and a lower cutter blade 12 that is fixed. Here, cutter 1
1A performs a cutting operation along a cutting line 56 between non-contact IC labels 50 which is a continuous body described later.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the non-contact IC label 50 has a printing surface 52 on which one surface is printed by the thermal printing head 14 and a non-contact IC label 50 on the other surface. A non-contact IC writing surface 53 from which information can be read or rewritten by the reader / writer 16 is provided.

Incidentally, the non-contact IC writing surface 53 includes:
A FeRAM (strong derivative nonvolatile memory), an analog circuit, a logic circuit, and the like are incorporated. Non-contact I
Reading and rewriting of information from the C writing surface 53 by the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 employs a microwave method or an optical method.

On the printing surface 52 of the non-contact IC label 50,
As shown in FIG. 2B, information such as a product name, a color, a material name, and a manufacturing country is printed. Further, on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50, information such as a product code, a manufacturer name, a wholesale company name, a manufacturing date, a wholesale price, and a wholesale date can be written.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 has a CPU
41, RAM 42, ROM 43, label transport control unit 4
4, a thermal print head controller 45, an identification mark detector 46, a non-contact IC reader / writer controller 47, and an interface 48. These are interconnected via a data bus / control bus 49.

The CPU 41 controls the operation of each section based on a control program or the like stored in the ROM 43. The CPU 41 also controls the label transport control unit 44, the thermal print head control unit 45, and the non-contact IC based on the printing position on the non-contact IC label 50 obtained by the optical reflection sensor 13 detecting an identification mark 57 described later. The reader / writer control unit 47 is controlled. Here, non-contact I
The C label 50 is a continuous body with the cutting line 56 interposed therebetween, as shown in FIG. Each non-contact IC label 5
0 includes a single IC 54 and an antenna unit 55. In addition, the identification mark 57 indicates that each non-contact I
It is attached to the back surface of the C label 50 near each cutting line 56.

Incidentally, the printing position and the like on the non-contact IC label 50 can be grasped based on data set in advance and the detection result of the light reflection sensor 13.

The RAM 42 as a storage means stores a flag, a work area, a print development buffer, and the like.
In the RAM 42, the print data on the above-mentioned product 60 sent from the host computer 20 and the write data by the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 are stored separately.

The ROM 43 stores control programs, various fixed data, control table data, and the like. The label transport controller 44 controls the driving of a pulse motor (not shown) that applies a driving force to the platen 15 and the like.

The thermal print head controller 45 has a RAM
The print operation of the thermal print head 14 is controlled by transferring the data in the print development buffer in the thermal print head 14. The identification mark detection unit 46 converts the detection result of the identification mark 57 detected by the light reflection sensor 13 into a signal.

The non-contact IC reader / writer control unit 47
The data in the print development buffer in the RAM 42 is
The transfer to the C reader / writer 16 controls the write operation of the non-contact IC reader / writer 16, and the read operation is controlled by giving a read instruction. The interface 48 exchanges information with the host computer 20.

The host computer 20 has a host-side data management unit 21. Host side data management unit 21
Manages the print data relating to the product 60 and the write data by the non-contact IC reader / writer 16,
These data are output to the label printer 10 when printing or writing data on the C label 50. here,
The print data is information printed on the print surface 52 of the non-contact IC label 50, and the write data is information written on the non-contact IC write surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50. .

Information terminal 3 used as POS system
0 is a personal computer terminal 32 having a display 31;
It includes a scanner 33, a non-contact IC reader / writer 34, and a host computer (not shown).

The personal computer terminal 32 manages the information on the printing surface 52 of the non-contact IC label 50 and the information on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50 by the set terminal data management unit 35.

The scanner 33 reads a bar code printed on the printing surface 52 of the non-contact IC label 50 attached to the product 60. Non-contact IC reader / writer 34
Reads or rewrites the information written on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50. Here, the reading and rewriting of information by the non-contact IC reader / writer 34 use radio waves in the short-wave band or the ultra-short wave band.

The internal configuration of the information terminal 30 is as shown in FIG.
0g, terminal side data management unit 35, sales data analysis unit 35
a. These are connected to each other via a data bus / control bus 30h.

The CPU 30a controls the operation of each unit based on a control program and the like stored in the ROM 30c. The RAM 30b stores a flag, a work area, a development buffer, and the like. The RAM 30b stores information of the non-contact IC label 50 read by the scanner 33 and the non-contact IC reader / writer 34.

The ROM 30c stores control programs, various fixed data, control table data, and the like. The display control unit 30d controls the display operation of the display 31. The key input control unit 30e includes a key input unit 35
The content of the key input from b is converted into a signal. The scanner control unit 30f controls a reading operation by the scanner 33. The non-contact IC reader / writer control unit 30g controls the operation of reading and rewriting information by the non-contact IC reader / writer 34.

The sales data analysis unit 35a stores the sales price and the non-contact I
Printing surface 52 of C label 50 and non-contact IC writing surface 53
Various pieces of analysis data are obtained from the information described above, and details thereof will be described later.

Next, a sales management method in the sales management system configured as described above will be described.

First, from the host computer 20 to the label printer 10, the print data on the product 60 managed by the host-side data management unit 21 and the non-contact I
The write data by the C reader / writer 16 is transferred (step 501).

On the label printer 10 side, the CPU 41 separates the print data relating to the product 60 and the write data by the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 into RA data.
It is stored in M42 (step 502).

Here, the print data relating to the product 60,
The write data by the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 has the contents described in FIG. 2B. Next, the non-contact IC is operated by the label transport mechanism 11a.
When the label 50 is conveyed to the thermal print head 14 side, an identification mark (not shown) is detected by the light reflection sensor 13 (step 503).

At this time, the CPU 41 operates the thermal printhead controller 4 based on the control program stored in the ROM 43 and the above-mentioned data set in advance.
5 to control the thermal print head 14 to print on the print surface 52 of the non-contact IC label 50 (step 504).

The CPU 41 controls the thermal print head control unit 45 and controls the label transport control unit 44.
And transports the non-contact IC label 50 in accordance with the printing operation by the thermal print head 14.

When the non-contact IC label 50 having been printed in this way is conveyed to the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 provided on the discharge port side, the non-contact IC reader / writer controller 47 controls the non-contact IC label. Under the control, the non-contact IC reader / writer 16 writes information on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50 (step 505).

When the above operation is repeated, the printing of the predetermined number of non-contact IC labels 50 on the printing surface 52 and the writing of the information to the terminal side data management unit 35 are completed (step 506). The non-contact IC labels 50 are attached to the surfaces of the individual products 60 (step 5).
07). Further, the product 60 to which the non-contact IC label 50 is attached is transported to a predetermined store (step 508).

At the predetermined store side, the key input section 3 of the information terminal 30 is used when the purchased product 60 is settled.
5b and input the selling price (step 5
09), non-contact I by the scanner 33 of the information terminal 30
The bar code attached to the print surface 52 of the C label 50 is read (step 510), and the non-contact IC label 5 is read by the non-contact IC reader / writer 34 of the information terminal 30.
The information written on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of 0 is read (step 511).

The selling price input by the key input unit 35b, the information of the bar code read by the scanner 33, and the information read by the non-contact IC reader / writer 34 are managed by the terminal side data management unit 35. (Step 512).

According to the above procedure, each time the product 60 is sold, its selling price and the non-contact IC label 50
The information on the printing surface 52 and the non-contact IC writing surface 53 is stored in the terminal-side data management unit 35.

Thus, the terminal-side data management unit 35
When the above information is accumulated in the sales data analysis unit 35
a, various analytical data can be obtained (step 51).
3). Incidentally, as the analysis data obtained by the sales data analysis unit 35a, a merchandise sales analysis table by wholesaler that can determine a selling item for each information terminal 30, or a selling item for each manufacturing country is determined. It can be a sales analysis table by manufacturing country that can be used, a sales analysis table by manufacturing date that can perform product sales analysis by manufacturing date, or a wholesale date that can perform product sales analysis by wholesale date (year and month) A sales analysis table,
It is a gross profit management table for managing gross profit for each product.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the product 60
Is supplied from the host computer 20 to the label printer 10, the label printer 10 prints information and writes information on the non-contact IC label 50, which is capable of printing information, reading and rewriting information. Then, on the information terminal 30 side, the non-contact I
The information printed on the printing surface 52 of the C label 50 and the non-contact I
By reading the information written on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the C label 50 and performing sales management, the search and output of information to be managed in advance corresponding to the product 60 can be omitted. And the burden on the host computer connected to the information terminal 30 can be greatly reduced.

In addition, since information is printed and information is written on the non-contact IC label 50, more information can be given as compared with a label which is normally printed only.

Further, the information terminal 30 can read the information written on the non-contact IC writing surface 53 of the non-contact IC label 50. More detailed sales management can be performed.

Further, the sales data analysis unit 35a is a merchandise sales analysis table for each wholesaler who can determine the best selling products for each information terminal 30, and the best selling products for each manufacturing country. A sales analysis table, a sales analysis table by manufacturing date that can perform product sales analysis by manufacturing date, a wholesale date sales analysis table that can perform product sales analysis by wholesale date (year and month), and gross profit for each product can be managed Not only can detailed analysis data such as a gross profit management table be obtained, but by displaying those analysis data on the display 31, it is possible to easily confirm sales analysis.

[0048]

As described above, according to the sales management system according to the present invention, when the information on the merchandise is supplied from the host computer to the printer, the printer can print the information, read the information, and rewrite the label. Against
The information terminal prints and writes information, and the information terminal reads the printed information on the label attached to the product and the information with the label written on it, and manages the sales to make it correspond to the product in advance. The search and output of information to be managed can be omitted, so that restrictions on the amount of information given to labels can be eased and the burden on the information terminal and the host computer connected to the information terminal can be reduced. Can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a sales management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a non-contact IC label issued by the label printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating details of a control unit of the label printer in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the information terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a sales management method in the sales management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining details of the non-contact IC label of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 label printer 11 upper cutter blade 11A cutter 11a label transport mechanism 12 lower cutter blade 13 light reflection sensor 14 thermal print head 15 platen 16 non-contact IC reader / writer 20 host computer 21 host-side data management unit 30 information terminal 30a CPU 30b RAM 30c ROM 30d display control unit 30e key input control unit 30f scanner control unit 30g non-contact IC reader / writer control unit 30h data bus / control bus 31 display 32 personal computer terminal 33 scanner 34 non-contact IC reader / writer 35 terminal side data management unit 35a Sales data analysis unit 35b Key input unit 40 Control unit 41 CPU 42 RAM 43 ROM 44 Label transport control unit 45 Thermal print head control unit 46 Identification mark Detection unit 47 non-contact IC reader / writer control unit 48 interface 49 data bus / control bus 50 non-contact IC label 52 printing surface 53 non-contact IC writing surface 54 IC 55 antenna unit 56 cutting line 57 identification mark 60 product

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Claims (3)

[Claims] A host computer for supplying information relating to a product; a computer capable of printing information, reading and rewriting information, and applying a label attached to the product to information supplied from the host computer. A printer that prints the information and reads and rewrites the information based on the information, and information that performs sales management by reading the printed information of the label attached to the product and the written information of the label. A sales management system comprising a terminal. 2. The printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit configured to store the information supplied from the host computer separately into information to be printed and information to be written, and to store the information stored in the storage unit. A head for performing printing on the printing surface of the label based on information; and a non-contact IC reader / writer capable of writing data on a non-contact writing surface of the label based on information to be written stored in the storage unit. A scanner for reading the information on which the label is printed, and a non-contact I which can read the information on which the label is written.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a C reader / writer.
Sales management system described in. 3. The information terminal includes a sales data analysis unit that obtains various analysis data from the accumulated information when the information on which the label is printed and the information on which the label is written are accumulated. The sales management system according to claim 1, further comprising: