JPH0474759B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application The present invention is used for a device etc. that can notify information in a formal form to a partner and inform an insider of information in a simplified symbol. This invention relates to an electronic cash register.

Conventional technology Conventionally, this type of electronic cash register is
Information on products ordered by customers (product name, product number,
A key section for inputting information (category, price, etc.), a subtotal key for calculating the total amount of orders received, a numeric key for inputting the received amount, and a key section for sending and receiving money.
The machine is equipped with an end key for ending the cash register operation for a customer, a printer for issuing a receipt with the contents of the customer's order, and a display section so that the cashier can grasp the order contents. The content printed by this printer and the content displayed by the cashier are in the same information form, and the cashier is configured to directly output product information input from the keyboard section.

Fig. 3 is an external view of a general electronic cash register, in which 1 is the housing, 2 is the keyboard section provided on the front of the housing 1, and 3 is the product information input from the keyboard section 2. A display section displays information for the cashier; 4 is a printer section that issues a receipt of the customer's order; and 5 is a cash drawer for storing money.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the flow of information in a conventional example, where 6 is a menu key corresponding to a product, 7 is a storage unit that stores various information about the product (product number, name, price, etc.), and 8 indicates the product number or category, 9 indicates the product name, and 10 indicates the price, and these pieces of information are stored in the storage section 7.

11 is the signal from menu key 6 (arrow 1
2), the CPU (central processing equipment).

Next, to explain the operation, first press the item ABC from menu key 6. Having received the information 12, the CPU 11 extracts ABC product information from each product information stored in the storage section 7.
If it is product A, the product number is 1, the name is A, and the price is 50 yen. This information is displayed on the display section 3 and the printer section 4 with the same contents.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the electronic cash register described above, since the same information is output to the display section 3 and the printer 4, for example, if the name of product A has many digits, the display section 3 side There was a problem that a lot of product information could not be displayed. Furthermore, in fast food restaurants and the like, people look at the display when arranging products, but there have been problems such as items with a large number of digits being difficult to read.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention displays a simplified product name on the display section and the official product name on the printer section, making it easy for cashiers to see and accurate for customers. The purpose of this invention is to provide an excellent cash register with which a receipt with a product name written on it can be handed over.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores information A as the official product name and its price in the storage section.
Information B is also stored as a simplified product name and its price, and information A is sent from the storage section to the printer section in correspondence with the product name specified with the menu key.
and information B is output to the display section.

Effects According to the above configuration, when the cashier inputs the name of the product ordered by the customer using the menu keys, information A is output from the storage unit to the printer unit, and the official product name and its price are issued as a receipt. . In addition, information B is output from the storage unit to the display unit, and a simplified product name and its price are displayed, making it possible to display a large amount of information in a limited space and making it easy for cashiers to see, so that items can be displayed efficiently. This means that you can align them.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 15 is a menu key corresponding to the product, 16
is a storage unit that stores various information about products (product number, name, price, etc.), and in the storage unit 16, there is information A17 that can be determined by the customer, and information B that can be determined by the cashier.
It stores 18. 19 is a product number, 20 is a product name, 21 is a price, and 22 is a simplified version of the product name 20. 23 is the signal 24 of the menu key 15
Then, the product information A and B in the storage section 16 are searched.
This CPU outputs the found information A17 to the printer section 26 and information B18 to the display section 25.

FIG. 2 shows details of the receipt 27 printed by the display section 25 and the printer section 26, and shows one embodiment.

On the receipt 27 side, the contents of the information A17 in the storage section 16 are printed as they are, and the product name 20 is printed in five digits as "AIUEO". Since this receipt is given to the customer, the customer can easily determine which product he or she has ordered. Reference numeral 28 indicates the screen of the cashier's display section 25, which displays information B18 from the storage section 16. The product name is usually "Aiueo", but here it is simplified to "a". In other words, 5 digits can be displayed with 1 digit. Therefore, the remaining four digits can be used effectively and more products can be displayed.

According to this embodiment, (1) the same product information is divided into official information and simplified information, and the simplified information is displayed on the cashier's display screen; Since it is organized (few digits), it is easy to see, and especially when you are arranging products by looking at the display, you can speed up the checkout process and eliminate mistakes in product assortment.

(2) Since simplified information is displayed on the cashier's display, many products can be displayed.

It has the advantage of

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiment, the present invention stores information A as the official product name and its price in the storage section, and information B as the simplified product name and its price, and Corresponding to the product name, information A is sent from the storage section to the printer section.
Since the display is configured to output information B to the display section, the display section displays a simplified product name to make it easier for cashiers to see, increasing the efficiency of product assortment, and for customers to see accurate product names. This has the effect of being able to hand out a sheet with a product name written on it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a receipt of this embodiment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a general electronic cash register, and FIG. The figure is a block diagram of a conventional electronic cash register. 15...Menu key, 16...Storage unit, 17...Information A, 18...Information B, 19...Product number, 20...Information A
Product name, 21...Price, 22...Product name of information B, 23
...CPU, 24...Signal flow, 25...Display section, 2
6...Printer section, 27...Receipt, 28...Display screen.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Information A in which the product number, official product name and its price are stored as a pair; information B in which the above product number, simplified product name and its price are stored as a pair; and the above information A and the above a memory unit that stores information B, a menu key that specifies the product number according to the activated switch, and a printer unit that prints the official product name and price of the information A specified by the menu key on the receipt. , the above information B specified with the above menu key
An electronic cash register comprising a display unit that displays the above-mentioned simplified products and their prices on a screen.