JPH089832Y2 - Product data input device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Industrial Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product data input device including a stationary scanner and a keyboard.

Conventional technology A horizontally-long checker counter is installed on the front of a stationary scanner with a keyboard at the top, and products are taken out from the shopping basket placed on one side of this check counter and placed on the other side of the check counter. If the product cannot be affixed with a barcode, enter the product data such as the price of the product by passing the barcode of the product through the front of the scanning window of the scanner in this process. There is a product data input device in which the classification, price, etc. are input by a keyboard.

Also, when scanning data with a scan scanner, when applying the barcode of the product to the laser beam emitted slightly downward from the reading window, slow down the movement of the product until the product is moved to the front of the reading window as human psychology. However, after passing through the front of the reading window, the moving speed becomes faster and the moving locus tends to become rough. This is to move the product whose data has been read to the shopping basket quickly and to read the data of the next product quickly. For this reason, the center of the irradiation range of the laser beam from the reading window is set in the moving direction of the product from the front direction of the reading window so that the product data can be reliably read before the product is moved to the front of the reading window. Some are slightly tilted upstream.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such a case, it is more convenient for the operator to stand near the front side of the scanner in the upstream side in the moving direction of the product. In this case, the position of the shopping basket is also determined according to the position where the operator stands. However, since the keyboard is fixed to the upper part of the scanner body, when using the keyboard, if the operator moves to the one side from the front of the scanner body according to the position of the shopping basket, the operability of the keyboard will deteriorate and the operator will If the keyboard operability is prioritized and the user stands in front of the main body of the scanner, the workability of reading the product data and the workability of putting the product in and out of the shopping basket deteriorates. In any case, you have to work in an unnatural posture. In addition, as another cause, the operability of the keyboard may be deteriorated due to a difference in dominant hand or physique of the operator or a habit of the operator. Although this keyboard is rarely used, all the products such as radish and green onion are difficult to wrap because they are difficult to package.
Since it is about 20 to 30%, there is a problem that fatigue increases with use of the keyboard when working for a long time.

Means for Solving the Problems A scanning window for optically reading product data attached to a product is formed on the front surface, and a keyboard for keying in the product data is provided above the scanning window. The first placement surface on which the shopping basket containing the products for which product data has not been entered is placed and the second placement on which the shopping basket containing the products for which product data has already been entered is placed Product data that stands upright between the product and the product data of the product in the process of transferring the product from the shopping basket on the first placement surface to the shopping basket on the second placement surface. In the input device, the scanner body and the keyboard are provided with a support portion including an engagement protrusion and an engagement recess that slidably engage with each other along the moving direction of the product, and the keyboard is used as the reading window. The first from the top It is provided so that it can be moved toward the mounting surface.

Action Even if the position where the operator stands is determined according to the irradiation direction of the laser beam from the reading window and the arrangement relationship of the shopping basket,
The position of the keyboard can be adjusted according to this position.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 shown in FIG. 5 is a horizontally long check counter. A checker (not shown) is housed in the front of the check counter 1, a scan window 2 for the scanner is formed in the front face of the check counter 1, and a keyboard 3 and a display are provided on the upper side. A scantler main body 5 holding 4 and 4 is fixedly provided. The display 4 is tilted toward the customer side, and the display 6 provided on the keyboard 3 is tilted toward the operator side. Also, check counter 1
A shopping basket 7 in which products (not shown) are stored, and a shopping basket 8 into which the products of the shopping basket 7 are transferred are placed. That is, the check counter 1 includes a first placement surface A on which a shopping basket 7 for storing products for which product data has not been input is placed and a shopping basket 8 for storing products for which product data has already been input. Second mounting surface B to be mounted
The scanner body 5 is erected between the first mounting surface A and the second mounting surface B.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the scanner main body 5 has a support base 9 on an upper portion thereof, and the keyboard 3 is held on the support base 9. Thus, the support base 9 is provided with a support portion 10 for supporting the keyboard 3 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the check counter 1 and fixed at an arbitrary position. That is, on the back surface of the keyboard 3, two protruding pieces 11 that are engaging protrusions arranged in the left-right direction are formed in parallel, and the sliding plate 12 is fixed to the tips of these protruding pieces 11. The supporting portion 10 is formed so as to have an engaging recess for slidably slidingly holding the sliding plate 12 and fixing the sliding plate 12 at an arbitrary position with a predetermined frictional force, that is, a horizontally elongated groove shape of the opening. There is. Further, the scanner main body 5 is provided with a support portion 13 for supporting the keyboard 3 together with the support base 9 so as to be movable in the width direction (front-back direction) of the check counter 1 and fixed at an arbitrary position. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, two protrusions 14 are formed in parallel at the lower part of the support base 9 and serve as engaging protrusions having an L-shaped cross section that is long in the front-rear direction.
The supporting portion 13 is formed to have a rail-like shape that serves as an engaging concave portion that holds these projecting pieces 14 slidably and fixedly at an arbitrary position with a predetermined frictional force.

In such a configuration, the scanning window 2 of the scan scanner is located slightly above the shopping baskets 7 and 8, so that the laser beam from the scanning window 2 is emitted slightly downward. Also,
The laser beam has a certain irradiation range in the left-right direction, but the center of the irradiation range is tilted slightly to the right from the front as described above. Correspondingly, the shopping basket 7 in which the products whose data can be read is stored is placed on the right side of the check counter 1, and the shopping basket 8 into which the products can be transferred from the shopping basket 7 is at the left end of the check counter 1. Instead, they are arranged near the front of the reading window 2. Therefore, the operator determines a standing position in the left-right direction by selecting a position suitable for facilitating the putting in and taking out of the product to and from the shopping baskets 7 and 8 and facilitating the facing of the product to the reading window 2. next,
Sliding plate with respect to the support portion 10 in accordance with the position in the left-right direction.
Slide 12 to determine the horizontal position of keyboard 3. Further, depending on the height and arm length of the operator or the standing position in the front-back direction, the protrusion 14 is slid on the support portion 13 to move the keyboard 3 together with the support base 9 in the front-back direction and fix it at an arbitrary position. To do.

In this state, the product taken out from the shopping basket 7 on the right side is transferred to the shopping basket 8 on the left side, and the barcode of the product is faced to the reading window 2 in this process, whereby the data of the product is registered. The data of the product to which the barcode cannot be attached is registered in the keyboard 3 by operation, but the position of the keyboard 3 in the left-right and front-back directions can be freely adjusted according to the standing position of the operator and the physique or habits of the operator. ,
It is possible to improve the operability of the keyboard 3 without impairing the workability of taking goods in and out of the shopping baskets 7 and 8 and the workability of reading merchandise data, thereby reducing operator fatigue.

Effect of the Invention As described above, in the present invention, the scanning window of the scanner for optically reading the product data attached to the product is formed on the front surface, and the keyboard for keying the product data is provided above the reading window. The shopping basket that stores the product for which product data has not been input is placed on the first scanned surface and the first placement surface and the shopping basket that stores the product for which product data has already been input is placed on the second The product data of the product is input in the process of transferring the product from the shopping basket on the first mounting surface to the shopping basket on the second mounting surface. In the product data input device described above, the keyboard body and the keyboard are provided with a support portion composed of an engaging convex portion and an engaging concave portion that slidably engage with each other along the moving direction of the commodity, and the keyboard is used. From the top of the reading window Since it is movably provided on the first placement surface, even if the position where the operator stands is determined according to the irradiation direction of the laser beam from the reading window and the arrangement relationship of the shopping basket, the keyboard is adjusted according to this position. The position of the keyboard can be adjusted, and therefore the operability of the keyboard can be improved without impairing the workability of taking goods in and out of the shopping basket and reading the product data, which reduces operator fatigue. There is an effect that can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a scanner body, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the scanner body showing a position adjustment state of a keyboard, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the scanner main body, FIG. 4 is a front view in which a part of the upper portion of the main body of the scanner is shown in section, and FIG.

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A scanner body for optically reading product data attached to a product, wherein a scanning window of the scanner is formed on the front surface and a keyboard for keying product data is provided above the scanning window. The first placement surface on which the shopping basket containing the products for which no data has been entered is placed and the second placement surface on which the shopping basket containing the items for which product data has already been entered are placed. In a product data input device that stands in the middle and inputs product data of the product in the process of transferring the product from the shopping basket on the first mounting surface to the shopping basket on the second mounting surface A supporting portion including an engaging convex portion and an engaging concave portion that slidably engage with each other along the moving direction of the product, is provided in the scanner body and the keyboard, and the keyboard is provided from the upper part of the reading window. Aim on the first mounting surface Product data input device, characterized in that provided movably.