JPH06131565A - Commodity sale data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a file retireving time by preparing a bargain sale commodity file in which only the commodity information of bargain sale commodities is set up, and in the case of registering a commodity for bargain sale, registering the commodity only by retrieving the file. CONSTITUTION:When a single commodity code is inputted by a code input means, the bargain sale commodity file 22 is retrieved, whether the same single commodity code as the inputted single commodity code exists or not is checked, and at the time of confirming the existence of the same single commodity code, bargain sale unit price corresponding to the single commodity code is accessed from the file 22, and commodity sales data are registered based upon the bargain sale unit price. At the time of confirming the absence of the same single commodity code, normal unit price corresponding to the inputted single commodity code is accessed from a single article file 21 and commodity sales data are registered based upon the normal unit price.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sales data processing device such as a POS (point of sale information management) terminal having a single product registration function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional POS terminal having a single-item registration function internally or externally stores a single-item file in which a product name, a normal unit price, a special sale unit price, information indicating a special sale period, and the like are set in advance corresponding to the individual product code. In the storage device of
An input device such as a scanner or a keyboard for inputting a single product code of a sale product is provided, and when the single product code of the sale product is input from this input device, the input single product code is used as a search key to search the single product file. Then, first, based on the information indicating the special sale period corresponding to the input single item code, it is determined whether or not the sale item is in the special sale period, and if it is during the special sale period, the corresponding special sale unit price is called to perform sales registration processing, and the special sale period If it is not medium, the corresponding normal unit price is called to perform the sales registration process.

[0003]

However, since mass retailers such as supermarkets handle many kinds of products, the number of registrations in a single item file increases, and it takes time to search for a file when registering a product. was there.

In particular, it is general that the number of sales of the special sale product is larger than that of the normal sale product during the sale period, and shortening the file search time at the time of registering the special sale product leads to improvement of the processing efficiency of the entire terminal, which is convenient. Is.

In view of this, the present invention provides a special sale product file in which only product information of special sale products is set, and when registering a special sale product, registration can be performed by simply searching the special sale product file, thereby shortening the file search time. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales data processing device capable of improving the processing efficiency of the entire device.

[0006]

A commodity sales data processing device of the present invention includes a commodity file for storing at least information indicating a normal unit price, a bargain sale price, and a bargain period corresponding to a commodity code of each commodity, and each commodity. The information on the special sale product is extracted based on the special sale product file that stores at least the special sale unit price corresponding to the single sale item code and the information indicating the special sale period of each product stored in the single sale item file in the creation mode of this special sale product file. , Special sale item file creation means to write the corresponding single item code and special sale unit price to the special sale item file, code input means to input the single item code of the sale item, and the special sale item file when the single item code is input by this code input means Search for and check if the same single item code as the entered single item code exists. If the same single item code is confirmed by the file search means, the special sale unit price corresponding to that single item code is called from the special sale item file, and the sale item registration processing means for registering the item sale data based on the special sale item number and the special sale item When the file search means confirms that there is no same single product code, the normal product price corresponding to the entered single product code is called from the single product file, and the normal product registration processing means for registering the product sales data based on the normal product price is provided. It is a thing.

[0007]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, when the mode of creating the special sale product file is selected before the store is opened, the information on the special sale product is extracted based on the information indicating the special sale period of each product stored in the single item file. Then, the corresponding single item code and the special sale unit price are written in the special sale item file. This allows
A special sale item file in which a single sale item code and a special sale unit price are set is automatically created.

After that, when the customer inputs the single product code of the product to be purchased through the code input means, the special sale product file is searched using the input single product code as a search key, and when it is confirmed that the same single product code is present, the single product code is confirmed. The special sale unit price corresponding to is called and the product sales data is subjected to sales registration processing. On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the same single product code is absent, the single product file is searched, the normal unit price corresponding to the input single product code is called, and the product sales data is sales registered.

[0009] Therefore, when registering a special sale product whose sales quantity is larger than that of a commodity sold at a normal unit price, sales registration processing is performed only by searching a special sale commodity file having a small number of registrations. Time is reduced.

[0010]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with POS (point-of-sale information processing).
An embodiment applied to a terminal will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS (point of sale information processing) terminal in this embodiment.
The POS terminal has a CPU (central processing unit) 1 as a control unit main body. Further, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 2 and RA are provided as a main storage unit controlled by the CPU 1.
CPU (M) (random access memory) is provided
1, ROM 2 and RAM 3 are connected by a bus line 4. The RAM 3 is supplied with a backup power from the battery 3a, so that the stored data can be stably held even when the main power of the terminal is turned off.

The POS terminal receives a signal from a clock circuit 5 for measuring the current date and time, a signal from a mode switch 6, and sends a drive signal to a drawer opening device 7 for opening a drawer for accommodating cash or the like. Output I /
O port 8, a communication interface 9 for controlling data transmission / reception with a host computer connected through a transmission path, a keyboard controller 11 for fetching a key signal corresponding to an input key from a keyboard 10, and a display 12 are driven. It is optically read by a display controller 13 that controls and displays characters and numbers corresponding to the display data, a printer controller 15 that drives and controls the printer 14 to print data on receipt paper and journal paper, and a bar code scanner 16. A scanner interface 17 and the like to which bar code data is input is connected to the CPU 1 via the bus line 4.

The keyboard 10 is provided with a key for inputting a single item code attached to each product, a closing key for declaring completion of registration of a purchased product for one customer, and the like. Further, a barcode corresponding to a single item code is printed or attached to each product, and the barcode scanner 16 can read the barcode attached to this product. Here, the keyboard 10 and the bar code scanner 16 constitute a code input means for inputting a single item code of a sale product.

The mode switch 6 is a switch for selectively switching various business modes such as "registration", "settlement", and "setting", and is operated by a key. By the way,
The "registration" mode is such that when a single product code of a sales product is input through the code input means 10 and 16, the corresponding product sales data is registered in the sales registration memory and the closing key is keyed. In this mode, the printer 14 issues a receipt. The "settlement" mode is a job to clear the sales registration memory after printing the total data of the product sales data registered in the sales registration memory by "registration" on the recording paper by the printer 14 and outputting the report. is there. "Settings" mode is "Registration", "Settings"
RAM necessary for data required to execute various tasks such as
It is a task to set to 3.

Program data for the CPU 1 to execute a process corresponding to the business mode selected by the mode switch 6 is preset in the ROM 2. A sales registration memory for registering product sales data is formed in the RAM 3.

Further, in the RAM 3, as shown in FIG. 2, from the individual product code, the product name, the normal unit price, the special sale price, and the information on the special sale start date and the special sale end date as the information indicating the special sale period, as shown in FIG. A single item file 21 for setting and storing the single item record and a special sale item file 22 for setting and storing the special sale item record including the individual item code, item name, special sale unit price, special sale start date and special sale end date information of the special sale item are formed. ing.

Here, the single file 21 is appropriately created in the RAM 3 by a down line loading process from a host computer connected to the communication interface 9 via a transmission path.

Further, the special sale merchandise file 22 is, for example, 1
In the "setting" work performed before the opening of the day, when the creation mode of the special sale product file 22 is selected by operating a predetermined key of the keyboard 10, the CPU 1 executes the processing shown in FIG. Configured to form.

That is, the CPU 1 confirms that the creation mode of the special sale merchandise file 22 is selected by operating a predetermined key of the keyboard 10 while the "setting" mode is selected by the mode switch 6 (Y in ST1).
ES), the single item record is read in order from the beginning of the single item file 21, and it is determined whether or not the current date measured by the clock circuit 5 for each single item record is during the special sale period of the corresponding single item record.

When the current date is included in the period from the special sale start date to the special sale end date of the corresponding single item record, it is determined that the special sale period is in progress (YES in ST2), and the single item code of the corresponding single item record, The special sale item record including the item name, the special sale unit price, the special sale start date, and the special sale end date information is edited and sequentially written in the special sale item file 22.

When the current date is not included in the period from the special sale start date to the special sale end date of the corresponding single item record, it is determined that it is outside the special sale period (NO in ST2), and the next single item record is read. .

In this way, if all the single-item records set in the single-item file 21 are read and the above process is executed (YES in ST3), this process is terminated. Where C
The processing executed when the PU1 executes the special sale product file creation mode in the "setting" mode constitutes a special sale product file creating means.

Further, when the "register" mode is selected by the mode switch 6 as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 1 inputs the individual product code of the product to be sold by the code input means 10 and 16 (ST4: YES), using the input single item code as the search key, first, the special sale item file 2
2 is searched to check whether there is a special sale item record including the same single item code as the input single item code (ST5).

If there is a corresponding special sale item record (YES in ST6), the item name and the special sale unit price in the corresponding special sale item record are called, and the selling price is calculated by multiplying the special sale unit price by the number of sales points. , The sales amount and the number of sales points are registered in the sales registration memory of the RAM 3 (ST
7). Also, the product name and sales price of the sold product are displayed on the display unit 12, and the printer 14 prints detailed information such as the product name, the special sale unit price, the sales price, and the number of sales points on the receipt paper and the journal paper, and this processing ends. To do.

On the other hand, when the special sale item record corresponding to the input single item code does not exist in the special sale item file 22 (NO in ST6), the single item file 21 is also searched using the input single item code as a search key and input. It is checked whether or not there is a single product record including the same single product code as the single product code (ST8).

If the corresponding single-item record exists (YES in ST9), the item name and the normal unit price in the corresponding single-item record are called, the normal unit price is multiplied by the number of sales points to calculate the sales amount, and the sale is performed. RA and sales amount
Registration processing is performed in the sales registration memory of M3 (ST10).
Further, the product name and sales price of the sold product are displayed on the display unit 12, and the printer 14 prints detailed information such as the product name, normal unit price, sales price, and sales points on the receipt paper and the journal paper, and this processing ends. To do.

If there is no single item record corresponding to the input single item code in the single item file 21 (ST9
No), it is determined that the single product code has been entered incorrectly, resulting in an error. This error state is released by operating the error release key provided on the keyboard 10, and returns to the state before the input of the single item code.

Here, the processing of ST5 and ST6 executed by the CPU 1 in the "registration" mode constitutes a special sale commodity file searching means, the processing of ST7 constitutes a special sale commodity registration processing means, and the processing of ST8 to ST10 is normally performed. It constitutes a commodity registration processing means.

In the POS terminal of this embodiment having the above-mentioned structure, the single-item file 21 of the RAM 3 includes a single-item record from the host computer, the single-item record including information indicating the item name, the normal unit price, the special sale unit price, and the special sale period of each product. It is preset by the down line loading process.

In this state, for example, in the "setting" mode before opening of the store, when the creation mode of the special sale commodity file 22 is selected by operating a predetermined key of the keyboard 10, the special sale period of each commodity set in the single commodity file 21 is shown. Based on the information, information indicating a single-item code, a product name, a special-sale unit price, and a special-sale period of a product for which the special sale period is today is automatically extracted and written in the special-sale product file 22.

After that, in the "registration" mode, when the customer inputs the single product code of the product to be purchased using the keyboard 10 or the bar code scanner 16, the special sale product file 22 is searched using the input single product code as a search key. Then, when it is confirmed that the same single product code as the input single product code is present, the special sale unit price corresponding to the single product code is called and the product sales data is registered for sales.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in the special sale product file 22 that there is no single product code that is the same as the input single product code, the normal unit price corresponding to the input single product code is called from the single product file 21 and the product sales data is registered for sales. To be done.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the sale registration of the sale commodity is carried out, the sale sale data is processed only by searching the sale sale commodity file 22 having a relatively small number of record registrations. , Processing time required for file search is short.

It is general that the number of sales of the special sale product is larger than that of the product which is usually sold at a unit price, and the reduction of the file search time for the special sale product leads to the improvement of the processing efficiency of the POS terminal as a whole, and the number of the sale is increased in a short time. You will be able to handle the accounting of your customers.

Further, since the special sale product file 22 is automatically created by setting the special sale product file creation mode in the "setting" mode before opening the store, the special sale item data 22 is created. There is also an advantage that no special effort is required to create the file 22.

In the above embodiment, the single item file 21 and the special sale item file 22 are provided in the RAM 3 inside the POS terminal, but the single item file 21 and the special sale item file 22 are provided.
Both or only the single item file 21 is provided in the host computer connected via the transmission line, and the single item record is inquired to the host computer each time the single item code of the sale item is input by the code input means. The same effects as those of the present invention can be obtained.
The present invention can also be applied to a single electronic cash register that is not connected to the host computer.

In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications such as the format of the special sale item record set in the special sale item file 22 can be implemented without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when a special sale product having a larger number of sales than a normal commodity is registered, the product can be obtained by simply searching for a special sale product file having a relatively small number of record registrations. Since the sales data can be subjected to sales registration processing, it is possible to provide a merchandise sales data processing device that can shorten the file search time and improve the processing efficiency of the entire device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a POS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a single item file and a special sale item file formed in a RAM of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a sale-for-sale product file creation process executed by the CPU of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a single product sales registration process executed by the CPU of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 5 ... Clock circuit, 6 ... Mode switch, 10 ... Keyboard (code input means), 16 ... Bar code scanner (code input means), 21 ... Single file, 22 ... Special sale Product file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A single item file storing at least information indicating a normal unit price, a special sale unit price, and a special sale period corresponding to a single item code of each product, and a special sale storing at least a special sale unit price corresponding to the single item code of each special sale product. The product file and the information of the special sale product are extracted based on the information indicating the special sale period of each product stored in the single product file in the creation mode of the special sale product file, and the corresponding single product code and the special sale unit price are set in the special sale product file. The special product file creation means to be written to, the code input means for entering the single product code of the sold product, and the single product code is searched by this code input means, the special product file is searched and the same single product code as the input single product code The special product file search means for checking whether the code exists and the same single product code by this special product file search means If it is confirmed that there is a code, the special sale unit price corresponding to the single item code is called from the special sale item file, and the sale item registration processing means for registering the sale data of the sale item based on the sale item price is the same as the sale item file searching means. When it is confirmed that there is no single product code, the normal product price corresponding to the input single product code is called from the single product file, and normal product registration processing means for registering product sales data based on the normal product price is provided. Characteristic product sales data processing device.