JPH0520545A - Commodity sales data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the service for customers by saving customers the trouble to pack commodities after adjustment. CONSTITUTION:A commodity throwing hole 4 to which commodities whose bar codes are read are thrown is provided in the vicinity of a bar code read part 6a of a device main body 1, and a bag taking-out hole 14 is provided in a position other than the commodity throwing hole 4 of the device main body 1. A bag supporting part which opens the aperture of the bag and directs it to the commodity throwing hole 4 and supports the bag in this state is provided under the commodity throwing hole 4. After the bag supporting state of the bag supporting part is released in accordance with the operation of a register end switch, the bag is carried to the bag taking-out hole 14 by a carrying conveyor 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reads a bar code attached to a product by a bar code reading unit, inputs product sales data, and performs settlement based on the input processed data and the data. The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing device for accumulatively processing items in a storage unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a registration unit for inputting and processing merchandise sales data, and a settlement unit for performing settlement based on the data input to the registration unit and accumulating the data in a storage unit are registered. In the department, the checker operates the input devices such as the keyboard and the bar code reader to register the products brought by the customer in the shopping basket one by one, and in the settlement department, the cashier registers with the customer based on the registration data. There was a product sales data processing device that settled payments between items and packed the products in bags.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional device, there is a problem that the settlement section has to pack the products, and the settlement process cannot be performed quickly, resulting in poor customer judgment. there were.

In view of the above, the present invention does not require a troublesome work such as packing a product after payment, and can quickly process registration and payment of the product, thereby facilitating customer service. It is intended to provide a device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a bar code attached to a product is read by a bar code reading unit, and product sales data is input, and settlement is performed based on the input processed data. In a product sales data processing device that cumulatively processes the data in a storage unit, a product insertion port provided in the vicinity of the bar code reading unit of the main body of the device for inserting a product for which the barcode reading is completed by the bar code reading unit And a bag outlet provided at a position different from the product inlet of the apparatus main body for taking out the bag filled with the products inserted from the product inlet, and the bag provided below the product inlet to the bag. A bag support part that supports the bag with its opening widened and facing the product inlet, a registration end switch, and a support solution that releases the bag support state by the bag support part in response to the operation of this end switch. And means, the bag is supported state is released by the releasing means is obtained by a conveying means for conveying to the bag outlet.

[0006]

According to the present invention having such a structure, the bag is supported below the product insertion port with its opening widened and facing the product insertion port. In this state, when the product for which the barcode has been read by the barcode reading unit is inserted from the product insertion port, the product falls into the bag. Further, the bar code reading unit reads the bar code to input the sales data of the product. Then, when the registration end switch is operated, settlement is performed based on the input-processed data, and the data is cumulatively processed in the storage unit. Further, the supporting state of the bag filled with the products inserted from the product insertion port is released, and the bag is conveyed to the bag unloading port provided at a position different from the product insertion port.

Therefore, the settlement process is completed by taking out the bag in which the products are loaded from the bag taking-out port, and the work of packing the products in the bag becomes unnecessary. Moreover, the product loading port and the bag unloading port are provided at different positions, and the bag filled with the products is conveyed from the product loading port to the bag unloading port in response to the operation of the registration end switch, so that the customer can load the product. Since the bag will be moved from the mouth side to the bag take-out side in a timely manner, the customer judgment will be good.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), a table 2 for placing a shopping basket containing products is provided on the right side surface of the apparatus main body 1, and in front of the right upper surface of the apparatus main body 1. A marker 3 for confirming the passage of the product, an insertion port 4 for inserting the product, and a registration unit display 5, a laser scanner 6, a start switch 7, are provided on the upper right rear side.
A registration unit end switch 8 and the like are provided. The marker 3 is composed of a red light emitting diode and a green light emitting diode. Further, a card insertion slot 9, a keyboard 10 for inputting an encryption number, a settlement section display 11, a settlement completion switch 12, a receipt issuing slot 13 and the like are provided on the upper left side of the apparatus body 1, and the left side surface of the apparatus body 1 A shopping bag outlet 14 is provided to be openable and closable.

Inside the apparatus main body 1, a weighing and bagging mechanism 15 and a carrying conveyor 16 as a carrying means for carrying a shopping bag sent out from the mechanism 15 to the taking-out port 14 are housed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the weighing and bagging mechanism 15 is movably provided up and down by a scale unit vertical motor 23 via a belt 24, and a scale 17 is installed at the bottom of the scale 17. The weighing section conveyor 18, which is the second container placing section, is placed on the upper portion. A shopping bag 25 is placed on the scale conveyor 18 from the side of the product inlet 4, and the shopping bag 25 is provided on the bag hook mechanism 19 as shown in FIG. The hole 26 provided is locked.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bag hooking mechanism 19 includes a hook portion 27 for locking the hole 26 of the shopping bag 25, a solenoid 28 for holding the hook portion 27 in a horizontal state as shown in the drawing, and It is composed of a seal portion 29 that seals against the shopping bag 25. Here, the bag hooking mechanism 19 is provided below the product insertion port 4 and has a bag support portion for suspending and supporting the shopping bag 25 with its opening widened and facing the product insertion port 4. Constitute.

In the vicinity of the bag hooking mechanism 19, FIG.
2, a bag set sensor 30 for detecting whether or not the shopping bag 25 has been set is provided, and whether or not the products put in the shopping bag 25 have overflowed slightly above, as shown in FIG. A bag up / down sensor 20 for detecting whether or not it is provided. Further, there is provided a scale sensor 33 which detects when the scale 17 descends to the lowest position when the maximum amount of commodities that can be sealed in the shopping bag is stored.

The product inlet 4 has a door 4a which is controlled to be opened and closed by a motor 31. The door 4a is closed when it is not used, and the door 4a is opened when the start switch 7 is operated. There is.

When the shopping cart is not used, it is stored in a recess 21 formed on the side surface of the apparatus main body 1, and when used, it is pulled out from the recess 21 and held horizontally as shown in the figure.

At the time of registration, the shopping bag outlet 14 is locked by the opening / closing lock mechanism 22 and is prevented from opening.
The lock can be unlocked at the end of settlement and can be released. Further, the shopping bag outlet 14 has a bag outlet sensor 32 for detecting whether a shopping bag is in the outlet.
Is provided.

The laser scanner 6 is erected in a tower shape in a state of being slightly inclined inward, and a bar code reading section 6a having a light emitting section and a light receiving section for laser light is provided at an upper end portion thereof, and the reading section is provided. The reading surface of 6a is the apparatus main body 1
It is directed diagonally downward with respect to the front.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the registration unit, and 41 is a CPU (central processing unit). This CPU4
1, a ROM (read only memory) 43, a RAM (random access memory) 44, a display interface 45, a transmission control circuit 4 via a bus line 42.
6 and multiple I / O ports 47, 48, 49, 50, 5
1, 52, 53 are connected. The ROM 43 stores program data for the CPU 41 to control each unit.

In the RAM 44, as shown in FIG. 8, an input buffer 441 for storing the bar code data read by the laser scanner 6, a counter 442 for counting the number of shopping bags of a customer, and the registration section display 5 are provided. Display buffer 443 for storing information to be displayed on the display, an output buffer 444 for storing data to be transmitted to the settlement section via the transmission control circuit 46, an A register 445 and a B register 446 used for processing the weight data of the product. , An area 447 for storing the item name and unit price of the barcode-entered product, an area 448 for storing the total price thereof, and an area 4 for storing the weight data of each product corresponding to the code.
49, ENDF for confirming the end of registration operation of the previous customer
(End flag) 450 and the like are formed.

The display interface 45 is connected to the registration display unit 5, the I / O port 47 is connected to the start switch 7 and the registration end switch 8, and the I / O port 48 is connected to the I / O port 48. Scale 17 is connected,
The marker 3 is connected to the I / O port 49. The I / O port 50 is connected to the laser scanner 6, the I / O port 51 is connected to the weigher unit vertical motor 23 and the weigher unit conveyor 18, and the I / O port 52 is connected to the I / O port 52. The bag set sensor 30, the bag up / down sensor 20, and the scale sensor 33 are connected, and
The solenoid 28 and the door opening / closing motor 31 are connected to the O port 53.

The CPU 41 controls each unit based on the program data stored in the ROM 43, and the control is performed according to the contents of the flow charts shown in FIGS. That is, first, when waiting for the input of the start switch 7 and the switch input is present in this state, ENDF =
Check 1. If ENDF ≠ 1, it is determined that the registration of the previous customer has not been completed yet, and an error occurs. If ENDF = 1, the door opening / closing monitor 31 is driven to open the entrance door 4a. Then reset ENDF,
Both the red and green light emitting diodes of the marker 3 are turned on. Further, a message such as "Please set the bag." Is displayed on the registration section display 5. In this state, it waits for a signal input from the bag sensor 30. Then, when a bag set detection signal is input from the bag sensor 30, a message such as "Please pass the bar code up and over the marker" is displayed on the registration section display 5.

Next, it is checked whether or not there is a bar code reading input from the laser scanner 6 by checking the contents of the input buffer 441.
It is checked by looking at the contents of the B register 446 whether or not it has been weighed in and is weighed by the scale 17, and if there is weighing, it is further checked whether the weight of the weighed product is correct. In the weight check at this time, the contents of the A register 445 storing the weight data up to the previous time are subtracted from the contents of the B register 446 storing the weight data from the balance 17. That is, the processing of the B register-A register is performed.

On the other hand, the bar code stored in the input buffer 441 is used to read out the predetermined weight data of the corresponding product from the weight data storage area 449. Then, it is checked whether the weight data obtained by the subtraction process and the weight data read from the memory match, and if they match, the barcode read product and the product put in the shopping bag are checked. Judge that they are the same. If they do not match at this time, the green light-emitting diode of the marker 3 is turned off, the marker 3 is turned red to indicate that there is an error, and the registration unit display 5 displays, for example, "mark the bar code up again. Please pass through. "Is displayed. When it is determined that the products are the same, the weight data of the B register 446 is transferred to the A register 445. Then, the red light emitting diode of the marker 3 is turned off, the marker 3 is changed to green, and "OK" is notified, and the item name and unit price of the product entered based on the barcode are stored in the area 447 and the total amount is summed up. The amount is stored in the amount storage area 448. Also,
The item name, unit price, and total price are displayed on the registration section display 5.

Next, it is checked whether or not the registration section end switch 8 has been operated, and if not, it is checked whether or not the bag up / down sensor 20 has detected the product in the shopping bag, and the detection is performed. Scale unit vertical motor 2 if known
3 is driven to lower the position of the scale 17. If the detection has not been performed, the scale sensor 33 checks whether the scale 17 is lowered to the lowest position where the product can be put in the shopping bag. If it has not descended to the lowest position, the processing routine is returned to the above-mentioned barcode reading confirmation processing. Further, if the lowermost position has been lowered, the message "Bag is full. Please wait for a while." Is displayed on the registration unit display 5 and the door opening / closing motor 31 is driven to turn on the inlet 4 The door 4a is closed. Then, the content of the counter 442 is incremented by one. In this state, the weighing unit up / down motor 23 is driven to further lower the weighing and bagging mechanism 15, and the upper end of the shopping bag 25 is sealed by the sealing unit 29. When the sealing is completed, the solenoid 28 is controlled to be released and the hook portion 2 is released.
7 is released from the locking state of the hole 26 of the shopping bag 25, the scale conveyor 18 is driven to transfer the shopping bag 25 to the conveyor 1.
6 and then the scale unit vertical motor 23 is driven to raise the weighing and bagging mechanism 15 to the original initial position. Then, the processing routine is returned to the opening control of the door 4a of the inlet 4.
At this time, the solenoid 28 is energized again and the hook 27
Hold the horizontal.

Further, in the above description, the registration section end switch 8
If there is an input of, the settlement department checks whether or not the settlement of the previous customer has been completed. If it is not finished, wait until it is finished. When the payment of the previous customer is completed, the total amount of money is displayed again on the registration unit display unit 5. Next, the door 4 of the inlet 4
It is checked whether or not a is open, and if it is open, the door 4a is closed and the content of the counter 442 is incremented by one. If it is already blocked, this count-up process is passed. Then, the scale vertical motor 23 is driven to lower the weighing and bagging mechanism 15, and the upper end of the shopping bag 25 is sealed by the seal 29. When the sealing is completed, the solenoid 28 is controlled to be released and the hook portion 2 is released.
7 and the hole 26 of the shopping bag 25 are released from the locked state. (Support release means). The item name and unit price storage area 44
7. The data of the total amount storage area 448 and the counter 442 are set in the output buffer 444, and then output to the settlement unit via the transmission control circuit 46. Further, ENDF is set to "1", and each storage area 447, 44
8 and counter 442, A register 445, B register 446 data is cleared. Further, the balance section conveyor 18
To move the shopping bag 25 onto the conveyor 16,
Then, the scale vertical motor 23 is driven to raise the weighing and bagging mechanism 15 to the original initial position.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the settlement section, and 61 is a CPU (central processing unit). This CPU6
1, a ROM (read only memory) 63, a RAM (random access memory) 64, a display interface 65, a keyboard interface 66, a printer interface 67, a transmission control circuit 68, and a plurality of I / Os via a bus line 62. O port 69, 70, 7
1, 72 are connected. The ROM 63 has the C
Program data for the PU 61 to control each unit is stored.

In the RAM 64, as shown in FIG. 9, an input buffer 641 for storing card data, encryption number, etc.,
A display buffer 642 for storing information to be displayed on the settlement section display 11, a print buffer 643 for storing data to be printed out on a receipt, a counter 644 for counting the number of shopping bags taken out from the outlet 14 for a customer, An item name of a product input from the registration unit via the transmission control circuit 68, an area 645 for storing a unit price, an area 646 for storing the total price, and the sales of the product input from the registration unit for each product, Departmental,
A registration memory 647 and the like are formed, which are divided by transaction and accumulated.

The display interface 65 is connected to the settlement section display 11, the keyboard interface 66 is connected to the keyboard 10 and the settlement completion switch 12, and the printer interface 67 is a printer 73 for issuing receipts. Are connected. Further, the bag take-out port sensor 32 is connected to the I / O port 69, the transport conveyor 16 is connected to the I / O port 70, and the I / O port 71 is connected.
Is connected to the bag outlet opening / closing lock solenoid 22, and the I / O port 72 is connected to a card reader 74 for reading and inputting data of a card inserted from the card insertion port 9.

The CPU 61 controls each part based on the program data stored in the ROM 63, and the control is performed according to the contents of the flowchart shown in FIG.
That is, first, the total amount of the data input from the registration unit via the transmission control circuit 68 is displayed in the display buffer 64.
It is displayed on the settlement section display 11 via 2. The item name and unit price of the data input from the registration unit are stored in the storage area 646, the total amount of money is stored in the storage area 647, and the count content N is stored in the counter 644. At the same time, the message "Please insert the card" is also displayed. In this state, a card input is awaited for the card insertion slot 9. When a credit card is inserted into the card insertion slot 9, the data of the card is read by the card reader 74 and it is checked whether or not the card is correct. If there is something wrong with the card, it will be judged as an error. If it is normal, the payment section display 11 will be followed by "Enter your PIN."
Is displayed, and the input of the personal identification number from the keyboard 10 is awaited. In this state, if an encryption number is input from the keyboard 10, it is checked whether or not the encryption number is correct in relation to the card, and if it is incorrect, an error occurs. If the code number is correct, a message such as "please check the total amount of money. Please press the settlement completion switch." Is displayed on the settlement unit display 11.

In this state, the operation waits for the input of the settlement end switch 12. When the switch 12 is input, the item name, unit price storage area 646 and total amount storage area 6 are first displayed.
The data of 47 are cumulatively registered in the registration memory 648, and are sequentially output to the print buffer 643 to be printed out on the receipt paper by the printer 73 and the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing port 13. Then, a message "Please take the card." Is displayed on the settlement unit display 11. Next, the input from the bag outlet sensor 32 is checked to determine whether the shopping bag outlet 14 has a shopping bag. And if it has already arrived, the bag outlet opening / closing lock solenoid 22 is controlled to be released and the outlet 1
Unlock 4 If not, the conveyor 16 is driven to move to the shopping bag outlet 14 and then the unlocking control of the outlet 14 is performed. Then, the message "Please take the product." Is displayed on the settlement unit display 11. After that, the signal from the bag outlet sensor 32 is checked to check whether the shopping bag is taken out from the outlet 14, each time the shopping bag is taken out, the content N of the counter 644 is decremented by one, and When the content N becomes zero, it is judged that all the shopping bags for the customer have been taken out. Then, the message "Please close the shopping bag outlet 14" is displayed on the settlement unit display 11 and the system waits for a predetermined time. After that, erase the total amount displayed on the display 11 and say "Thank you very much."
Is displayed.

In the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention thus constructed, the customer first places the shopping basket containing the goods on the table 2 and operates the start switch 7. As a result, the charging port 4 is opened. Therefore, the shopping bag 25 is set in the bag hook mechanism 19 provided on the lower side of the input port 4. Then, the shopping bag 25 is suspended and supported with its opening widened and facing the input port 4. In this state, the product is taken out of the shopping basket and passed over the marker 3, and the barcode attached to the product is passed toward the barcode reading surface of the laser scanner 6. Then, the product for which the reading of the bar code is completed is inserted from the insertion port 4. Then the product will fall into the shopping bag. At this time, the weight of the product is changed by being put in the shopping bag, and it is determined whether or not the change in the weight matches the preset weight of the product corresponding to the barcode read by the laser scanner 6. By checking with the data from 17, the barcode read product and the product actually put in the shopping bag are matched, and fraud is prevented.

In this way, the product whose bar code has been read by the laser scanner 6 is surely put into the shopping bag placed on the scale 17 in the input port 4. This kind of work is performed for all the products in the shopping basket. At this time, if the shopping bag becomes full during the process, it is detected by the bag up / down sensor 20, so that the door 4a is once closed and the shopping bag is sealed and sent to the conveyor 16. After that, the door 4a of the charging port 4 is opened again. In this way, the customer again sets the shopping bag, passes the products in the shopping basket through the marker 3 and the laser scanner 6, and puts them in the shopping bag.

When all the products in the shopping basket have been put into the shopping bag in this way, the registration section end switch 8 is operated next. As a result, the total amount of money is displayed on the registration unit display 5 and the slot 4 is closed. In addition, the upper end of the shopping bag is automatically sealed while the weighing and bagging mechanism 15 descends inside. Then, when the weighing and bagging mechanism 15 descends to the lowest position, the hanging support state of the shopping bag 25 by the bag hooking mechanism 19 is released, and the weighing section conveyor 18 operates to convey the shopping bag on the conveyor 16 Move to.

Therefore, when one customer's shopping product is divided into a plurality of shopping bags and put therein, the plurality of shopping bags are placed on the conveyor 16. In addition, data of the item name, unit price and total amount of each commodity, and the count number N indicating the number of shopping bags are sent from the registration section to the settlement section. In the settlement section, the total amount sent from the registration section is the settlement section display 1
It is displayed in 1. Then, the customer goes to the settlement section, inserts the credit card into the card insertion slot 9, and inputs the encryption number from the keyboard 10. In this way, the inquiry about the card number and the encryption number is made, and if the inquiry is correct, the receipt issuance port 13 issues a receipt on which the input data is printed. Further, the data is cumulatively registered in the registration memory 648. Further, the opening / closing lock mechanism 22 is released, and the shopping bag outlet 14 can be opened. Thus, the customer finally opens the shopping bag outlet 14 and takes out the shopping bag. The number of shopping bags taken out at this time is counted by the counter 644, and when the number of shopping bags corresponding to the customer is taken out, the counter 644 becomes zero, and the lock is applied as soon as the taking-out port 14 is closed.

As described above, in the registration section, the customer scans the commodity purchased by himself / herself with the laser scanner 6 and inserts it into the shopping bag set in the insertion slot 4. With this, it is possible to input product sales data and pack products in a shopping bag without employees. Since the items are sequentially packed in the shopping bag while scanning the barcode, it is possible to avoid the trouble that it takes time for bagging after the settlement.

After the customer completes the registration of the purchased product and ends the payment at the settlement section, the customer receives the shopping bag containing the purchased product from the shopping bag outlet 14. Therefore, the customer sequentially moves from the registration section side provided with the product inlet 4 to the settlement section side provided with the shopping bag outlet 14 so that the processing in each section can be performed quickly, even when the store is crowded. However, it is less likely that a customer jam will occur on the registration department side or the settlement department side, and the customer judgment can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the customer automatically pays by credit card in the settlement section, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the settlement section is a cash payment process with an employee such as a cashier. May be performed. Even if you do this, employees do not have to do the troublesome work of packing products,
The settlement process can be done quickly.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a merchandise sales data processing device that can eliminate the troublesome work of packing the merchandise after the settlement and can quickly process the registration and the settlement of the merchandise and can make a good customer decision.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing the external appearance and internal configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the internal structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view showing a set state of the shopping bag with respect to the bag hooking mechanism of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bag hook mechanism of the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a registration unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a settlement unit of the embodiment.

8 is a diagram showing a main memory configuration of a RAM shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a main memory configuration of a RAM shown in FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing the processing of the CPU in FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing the processing of the CPU in FIG.

12 is a flowchart showing the processing of the CPU in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Device main body, 4 ... Commodity input port, 6 ... Laser scanner, 6a ... Bar code reading part, 8 ... Registration part end switch, 14 ... Shopping bag unloading port, 15 ... Weighing and bag filling mechanism, 16 ... Conveyor conveyor , 17 ... Scale, 19 ... Bag hook mechanism, 27 ... Hook part, 28 ... Solenoid, 41, 6
1 ... CPU (central processing unit), 43, 63 ... ROM (read only memory), 44, 64 ... RAM (random access memory).

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Ikuko Kawakami Inventor Ikuko 1-14-10 Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Head Office Office (72) Inventor Settsuko Hashimoto 1-14 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 10 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Head Office Office (72) Inventor Atsushi Shimomura 1-14-10 Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Head Office Office (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Saito Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Uchikanda 1-14-10 Tokyu Denki Co., Ltd. Head Office

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. The barcode attached to the product is read by the barcode reading unit, and the product sales data is input, and the data is settled based on the input processed data, and the data is also processed. In the product sales data processing device for cumulatively processing the storage unit in the storage unit, a product insertion port is provided in the vicinity of the bar code reading unit of the main body of the device for inserting a product for which the barcode reading by the bar code reading unit is finished. , A bag take-out port provided at a position different from the merchandise input port of the apparatus main body for taking out a bag filled with merchandise loaded from the merchandise input port, and a bag ejection port provided below the merchandise input port, A bag support part for supporting the bag with its opening widened and facing the product insertion port, a registration end switch, and bag support by the bag support part in response to the operation of the end switch. A release mechanism for releasing the status, merchandise sales data processing apparatus, characterized in that the bag support state is released by the releasing means is provided with conveying means for conveying to the bag outlet.