JPH0581562A - POS system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention detects the temperature of a product at the same time as reading the product code, and automatically determines whether the product is warm or chilled in a store by a POS terminal. The purpose is to be useful for sales promotion of products by reflecting them in sales data. According to the present invention, a temperature sensor is attached to a reading port of a handy scanner, the handy scanner detects the temperature of the product at the same time as reading the product code, and the product is warmed in a store or cooled. Whether or not the product is sold is automatically determined by the POS terminal, and the POS terminal uses the PLU file and the sales data file to process the sales of the product.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS system used for sales processing in a store that sells a product after the product is warmed or cooled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Food products, etc., whose value is increased by warming or cooling the products in a store, are the products that have been subjected to the heat treatment when sold at a POS terminal. It is very important to enter the sales information into the POS terminal if it is not,
Conventionally, the input of the information is performed by using the keyboard of the POS terminal, and the determination of the information is performed by a human.

[0003]

However, in order to input the product temperature information as sales data into the POS terminal, it is necessary to input the information from the keyboard of the POS terminal. This complicates the input operation of the POS terminal and requires time for input. Therefore, it is an issue to simplify the input operation.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a POS system capable of easily managing temperature information of products as sales information.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a POS system of the present invention comprises a handy type scanner, a temperature sensor attaching means for attaching a temperature sensor to a reading port of the handy type scanner, and the handy type scanner. At the same time as reading the product code, the product temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the product by the temperature sensor, and whether the product code and the product temperature data read by the handy scanner are heat-treated at the POS terminal. Consists of product temperature management means for managing the product temperature data as sales information.

[0006]

With the above configuration, when the reading port of the scanner is brought into contact with the product, the temperature sensor also comes into contact with the product, and the product code and the product temperature can be detected at the same time, and the data can be collectively stored as one data.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the POS system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a POS system according to the present invention, which comprises a POS terminal 1 and a handy scanner 4.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the handy type scanner 4, in which a temperature sensor 8 is attached to the lower part of the reading port 7.

When selling the product, when the reading port 7 of the scanner is brought into contact with the product, the temperature sensor 8 also comes into contact with the product, and the product code and the product temperature can be detected at the same time.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the POS system of FIG. In the figure, the POS terminal 1 is C
PU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, keyboard 2, display device 3, PLU file 9, sales data file 1
0, a serial data receiving circuit 14, a handy scanner 4 includes a CPU 15, a ROM 16, and a RAM.
17, a reading port 7, a temperature sensor 8, and a serial data transmission circuit 18.

The processing flow of the POS system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a sales processing flow chart showing the processing flow of the POS system.

First, the product code and temperature are read by the handy scanner 4 (step 1).

Next, using the read product code, the corresponding product name, unit price and predetermined temperatures XL, XH are retrieved from the PLU file 9 as shown in FIG. XL is the maximum temperature when the product is cooled, and XH is the minimum temperature when the product is warmed.

After the information about the product is retrieved, FLAG is set to 1 when the product temperature is lower than the first predetermined temperature (XL) (step 3), and FLAG is set when it is higher than the second predetermined temperature (XH). 2 (step 4), otherwise FLAG is set to 0 (step 5). As a result, when FLAG is 1, the product is chilled and F
When LAG is 2, it is determined that the product is warmed up, and when FLAG is 0, it is sold at room temperature.

Next, after inputting the sales quantity (step 6), sales data is created using the product code, the value of the FLAG, the sales price and the quantity as the sales data (step 7).

Further, after confirming whether or not the sale is completed (step 8), a receipt is issued (step 9), and the sales data is registered in the sales data file for each receipt (step 10).

The details of the sales data file 10 are as shown in FIG. 6 for the yen customer, and it is possible to store the number of products sold at the time of sale, the selling price, and the temperature of the product for each product.

[0019]

[Effects of the Invention] In a store that handles products whose sales are affected by warming or cooling the products, it is not possible to use the product temperature information as sales information when the products are sold. According to the POS system of the present invention, when the product code is read by the handy type scanner, the product temperature is detected at the same time, and it is complicated to input the product temperature from the keyboard. It is possible to reduce the input processing time without the need for operation.

Further, the fact that the temperature information of the product is included in the sales data makes it possible to grasp the sales when the product is warmed and when it is cooled, which is useful for sales promotion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a POS system.

[Figure 2] Schematic diagram of a handy scanner

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a POS system.

[Figure 4] Sales process flow chart of POS terminal

[Figure 5] PLU file

[Figure 6] Sales data file

[Explanation of symbols] 1 POS terminal main body 2 Keyboard 3 Display device 4 Handy scanner 5 Transmission cable 6 Cash drawer 7 Bar code reading port 8 Temperature sensor 9 PLU file 10 Sales data file 11 POS terminal CPU 12 POS terminal ROM 13 RAM of POS terminal 14 Serial data reception circuit 15 Scanner CPU 16 Scanner ROM 17 Scanner RAM 18 Serial data transmission circuit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshio Maekawa 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Naomi Nishihata 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Within

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A handy scanner, and a temperature sensor at a reading port of the handy scanner,
A POS system, wherein the temperature of the product is detected by the temperature sensor at the same time when the product code of the product is read, and the temperature information is managed as sales information.