JPH09161154A - Merchandise sales registering data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the inspection of a candidate for illegal operation of an operator in a short time by retrieving data stored by an illegal objective data storing means to visibly output data of the same operating item by the same operator. SOLUTION: When operation which can be the illegal object of an operator among the various kinds of operation of a merchandise register memory and input parts such as a keyboard 15 and a scanner 18 is executed, an operation code identifying this operation item and data generated by this operation are accumulate-stored with an operator code identifying an operator in an illegal objective data storing means in an operation history file 5. Data stored by this illegal objective data storing means is retrieved from the operation history file 5 to visibly output data of the same operating item by the same operator on a display 16. Thereby the candidate of the illegal operation of the operator is inspected with ease and in a short time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commodity sales registration data processing device such as an electronic cash register or a POS (point of sale information management) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a product sales registration data processing device of this type inputs data related to a sales product such as a product code and the number of sales by operating an input unit such as a keyboard or a scanner, based on the input data. The commodity sales data is acquired by the printer, the commodity sales data is registered in the storage unit, and the printer prints out the receipt paper and the journal paper. Further, for example, when a correction operation for correcting data, a discount operation for discounting the product price, the total amount of money, etc., or a currency exchange operation for opening a drawer for currency exchange, etc., the data indicating the operation content is stored. Along with the registration processing for the copy, the printer printed at least on the journal paper.

By improperly performing the above-mentioned operations such as correction, discount, and currency exchange, it is possible to cheat the cash in the drawer and cheat the contents of transactions with acquaintances. Therefore, it was necessary for the store manager to verify the data printed on the journal paper at an appropriate time and investigate whether an unjust operation was performed.

[0004]

However, in the enormous amount of data printed on the journal paper, the work of verifying the unjust operation is very complicated, and much time and labor must be spent. Actually, it was not done.

The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to easily and quickly verify an operator's unjustified operation candidate, and more effectively the operator. The present invention aims to provide a commodity sales registration data processing device capable of preventing fraud.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a product sales registration data process for registering the sales data of each product in the storage unit based on the data related to the sales product input by the operation of the input unit. In the device, when an operation that can be an illegal target of the operator is performed among various operations of the input unit, the operation code for identifying this operation item and the data generated by this operation are stored together with the operator code for identifying the operator. The fraud target data storage means is provided, and the data stored in the fraud target data storage means is searched to visualize and output the data of the same operation item by the same operator.

In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, in the invention according to claim 1 of the application, the data stored in the fraudulent object data storage means is searched to extract the data of the same operation item by the same operator. According to the occurrence frequency and content of the extracted data, the presence / absence of possibility of fraud is determined for each operator, and the determination result is output.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the same product sales data processing apparatus, condition data of a fraud determination standard is stored in advance for each operation item to be fraudulent by the operator among various operations of the input section. When an operation item to be injustified by the operator is operated from the fraud prevention control table and the input unit, the operation code identifying this operation item and the data generated by this operation together with the operator code identifying the operator Fraud target data storage means for storing and storing, data extraction means for extracting data of the same operation item by the same operator from the data stored by the fraud target data storage means, and the same operation by the same operator extracted by this extraction means The data of the item is collated with the condition data of the fraud judgment standard of the corresponding operation item in the fraud prevention control table, and it is fraudulent for each operator. Determining means for determining probability status,
And output means for outputting the determination result of the determination means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a product sales registration data processing device according to this embodiment. This product sales registration data processing device is equipped with a CPU (central processing unit) 1 as a control unit main body, and a ROM (read only memory) is mounted on the CPU 1 via a bus line 2 such as an address bus and a data bus. Memory) 3, RAM (random access memory) 4, operation history file 5, clock circuit 6, communication interface 7, I / O port 8, keyboard controller 9, display controller 10, printer controller 11, scanner controller 12, etc. The respective parts are connected to form an internal circuit.

The I / O port 8 is inputted with a signal from a mode switch 13 for selectively switching various business modes such as "registration", "inspection", "payment" and "setting".
In addition, the drawer opening device 14 for automatically opening a drawer (not shown) for accommodating cash or the like is provided with the I / O port 8.
The drive signal is output from. Here, “registration” of the various business modes is a mode of business in which sales data of each product is registered in the product registration memory based on data related to the sales product input by operating the input unit. "Is the business of outputting the data in the product registration memory as an inspection report, and" settlement "is the business of outputting the data in the product registration memory as a report and then clearing the product registration memory as in the inspection work. Yes, “setting” is a mode of work in which data necessary for executing various works is set in the RAM 4 in advance.

The keyboard controller 9 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the numerical key k1, the multiplication key k2, the subtotal key k3, the deposit / current total key k4, the clear key k5, the sign key k6, the cancel key k7, the exchange key k8, the discount key k9, the correction key k10, A keyboard 15 provided with various keys such as a date key k11 is connected.

The display controller 10 is connected to a display 16 for displaying the name of the product registered for sale, the sales amount, the total amount of one transaction, and the like. The display 16 includes two units, one for the operator of the device and one for the customer. The printer controller 11 is connected to a printer 17 for printing product sales data and the like on receipt paper and journal paper. The printer 17 cuts the receipt paper for each transaction, issues it as a receipt, and winds the journal paper inside. The scanner controller 12 is connected to a scanner 18 that optically reads a barcode or the like attached to each product.

The ROM 3 stores in advance fixed data such as programs for the CPU 1 to execute various business processes. The RAM 4 is formed with various memory areas such as the product registration memory and a memory for temporarily storing input data from the input unit such as the keyboard 15 and the scanner 18. In the product sales registration data processing device of this embodiment, in particular, the fraud prevention control table 30 shown in FIG. 3 is formed in the RAM 4.

The fraud prevention control table 30 includes operation name data and fraud determination criteria for each operation code for identifying an operation item to be fraudulent by the operator among various operations of the input unit such as the keyboard 15 and the scanner 18. This is a memory area that stores the condition data of. Incidentally, in this embodiment, for the sake of convenience of description, as the operation items to be fraudulent, the discount operation of the operation code [0400], the correction operation of the operation code [0500], and the operation code [060
0] of the exchange operation, the discount operation of 500 yen or more is used as the condition data of the fraud determination standard in the discount operation, and the correction operation of 5 times or more a day is used as the condition data of the fraud determination standard in the correction operation. In the exchange operation, the exchange operation performed 10 times or more a day is used as the condition data of the fraud determination criterion.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation history file 5 is a file for accumulating and storing operation history data consisting of an operation code and operation data using date data and an operator number as keys. It is formed on a non-volatile storage medium such as a disk.

Here, the operator number is peculiar code data assigned to each operator, so-called cashier, who operates the commodity sales registration data processing device to register the sales commodity. Incidentally, each operator has a keyboard 15
It becomes possible to operate the merchandise sales registration data processing device for the first time by performing the sign-on operation of entering the operator's number and inputting the sign key K6 with the number key k1.

The operation code means the keyboard 15,
It is unique code data assigned to each of various operation items performed by the input unit of the scanner 18 or the like, and as described above, the operation code of the discount operation is [0400] and the operation code of the correction operation is [0500 ] And the operation code of the exchange operation is [0600]. Further, the operation data is data input by operating the corresponding operation code, data generated based on this input data, or the like. Here, the operation history file 5 constitutes fraudulent target data storage means.

The clock circuit 6 is a circuit for measuring the current date and time. The communication interface 7 controls transmission / reception of data to / from a host device connected via a communication line.

Therefore, in this commodity sales registration data processing device, in the state where the "registration" mode is selected by the mode switch 13, the CPU 1 executes a program so as to control the registration work particularly shown in the flowchart of FIG. I am configuring. That is, the CPU 1 waits for the keyboard 15 and the scanner 18 to be operated. And
When the key input operation of the keyboard 15 is confirmed by the input data to the keyboard controller 9, the key input processing according to the input data is executed, and the bar code reading operation of the scanner 18 is performed by the input data to the scanner controller 12. If it is confirmed, the scanning process according to the input data is executed. Since the key input process and the scanning process are the same as those of the conventionally known electronic cash register and POS terminal, the description thereof is omitted here.

When the CPU 1 completes the key input processing or the scanning processing, the CPU 1 responds to the sign-on operation with the operator number stored in the RAM 4 and the current date data clocked by the clock circuit 6. (S
T1). Then, the operation history file 5 is searched with the acquired operator number and date data (ST2), and it is determined whether or not a file using the operator number and date data as a key has already been created ( ST3). And
If it has not been created, a file is created with this operator number and date data as keys (ST4), and the corresponding operation code and operation data are stored in this file (ST5).

On the other hand, when a file having the operator number and the date data as keys is created in the operation history file 5, the operation code and the operation data corresponding to the file are added (ST5). CPU 1
Performs the processes of ST1 to ST5 each time the key input process or the scanning process is completed.

In addition, this product sale registration data processing device, when the "inspection" mode is selected by the mode switch 13, selects "9" by the numeric key k1.
When "9" is entered and the subtotal key k3 is entered, the CPU 1 is configured to control the search operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, CP
Upon starting this search operation, U1 waits for each data of the search period, operation code and operator number to be input. Here, for the search period, the start date of the search period is input by, for example, the numeric key k1 and the date key k11, and the operation code is the operation code of the fraud target to be searched, for example, the numeric key k.
1 and the multiplication key k2, and the operator number is input by, for example, the numeral key k1 and the sign key k6 which indicate the operator code of the operator to be searched. It is possible to omit the input of the same data as the previous search job.

In this way, when each data of the search period, the operation code and the operator number is input, and finally the deposit / cash total key k4 is input as the execution key, the CPU 1 searches the operation history file 6, Search for a file whose date code is after the start date of the search period and whose operator code matches the input data. When the corresponding file is detected, the data of the operation code to be searched is searched from the operation history data of the file. When the corresponding operation code is detected, the operation data corresponding to this operation code is extracted (data extraction means).

Thus, when the search of the operation history file 6 is completed, the screen data showing the details of the extracted operation data is edited and displayed on the display unit 16. Further, the fraudulent condition data corresponding to the operation code to be searched is fetched from the fraud prevention control table 30 and it is judged whether or not the extracted operation data satisfies this fraudulent condition data (judgment means). And if the fraudulent conditions are met,
A predetermined warning guidance is displayed on the display device 16 (output means), and one operator completes the search operation for one operation item.

In the commodity sales registration data processing apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above, each time the operator operates the keyboard 15 or the scanner 18 to perform registration work, an operation for identifying the operation item is performed. The code and the operation data generated by this operation, together with the operator code and date data for identifying the operator, the operation history file 5
Is stored and stored in.

Then, the store manager can easily find out fraud caused by an unjust operation by a specific operator based on the data accumulated and stored in the operation history file 5. That is, the store manager sets the commodity sales registration data processing device in the "check" mode, sets "99" in the number, and operates the subtotal key k3 to select the search operation. In this state, for example, if it is verified that the operator with the operator number “01” performed the correction operation from October 31, 1995 to today (November 4, 1995), the store The administrator first enters "19951031" and operates the date key k11 to input the start date of the search period. Next, the key "0500" is entered and the multiplication key k
2 is operated to input the correction operation code to be searched.
Further, the operator inputs the operator number of the operator who is the subject of the survey by entering "01" and operating the sign key k6. Then, the deposit / cash total key k4 is operated.

Then, the operation history file 5 is searched, and the file whose date data is equal to the input operator number after the search period start date is retrieved. Then, all the operation history data of the operation code “0500” is extracted from this extracted file. In addition, the operation code “050
Fraudulent condition data corresponding to "0""Correction 5 times / day or more"
Is taken out. Then, it is determined whether all the data extracted from the transaction history file 5 satisfy the fraud condition data retrieved from the fraud prevention control table 30. As a result, for example, the search operation screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 16, so that the store manager can confirm the possibility of an unjust operation by the corresponding operator from this screen.

For example, on the screen shown in FIG. 7, the operator having the operator number "01" makes a correction operation once on October 31, 1995 (the product name A during the transaction of transaction number 00123).
5 times on November 1 (corrected the price of commodity name B to 800 yen during the transaction of transaction number 00002, 1000 yen of the commodity name C during the transaction of transaction number 00002) Corrected the price of product name D to 100 yen during the transaction of transaction number 00011, and corrected the price of product name E to 2000 yen during the transaction of transaction number 00012, transaction number 0
The price of the product name F was corrected to 3000 yen during the transaction of 0012) and once on November 4 (the price of the product name G was corrected to 500 yen during the transaction of transaction number 00100), a total of 7 times. I can confirm that. Then, the correction operation on November 1 is satisfied five times or more a day, which is an illegal condition, and a warning message is displayed. Therefore, the store manager hears from the operator, for example, the situation in which there are many correction operations. It is possible to take measures that are useful for preventing fraud, etc., for good reason.

In the case of subsequently verifying the discounting operation and the exchange operation within the same period by the operator, the discount operation code or the exchange operation code may be input as the operation code. At this time, the input of the search period start date and the operator number can be omitted. On the other hand, subsequently, when verifying the correction operation of another operator, the operator code of the operator may be input. In this case, the input of the search period start date and the operation code can be omitted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when various operations of the keyboard 15 and the scanner 18 are performed,
The operation code for identifying this operation item and the operation data generated by this operation are accumulated and stored in the operation history file 5 together with the operator code for identifying the operator, and the data stored in this operation history file 5 are searched and the same. Since the operation data of the same fraudulent operation item by the operator is visualized and output, it is possible to verify the possibility of the operator's unjust operation more easily and in a shorter time than when visually verifying the journal paper. Like As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent fraudulent operations that the operator may illegally perform such as correction operations, discount operations, and currency exchange operations. Further, for example, it can be considered that correction operations concentrate not only on fraud, but also on incorrect operations due to immature operations, which is useful for operator education and optimization.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the operating frequency of the operation data of the same fraud target operation item by the same operator obtained as a result of searching the data stored in the operation history file 5, the contents, etc. Since it is determined whether or not there is a possibility of fraud and the determination result is output, the work of verifying the possibility of an unjust operation by the operator can be performed very easily.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned one embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, when various operations of the keyboard 15 and the scanner 18 are performed,
The operation code for identifying this operation item and the operation data generated by this operation are stored and stored in the operation history file 5 together with the operator code for identifying the operator. When an operation to be fraudulent is performed, that is, when an operation code set in the fraud prevention condition table 30 is performed, the operator is identified with the operation code identifying this operation item and the data generated by this operation. You may make it accumulate | store and memorize with the operator code to perform. By doing so, the storage capacity of the operation history file 5 can be reduced. Also in the above-described embodiment, the file size of the operation history file 5 can be reduced by timely performing the file maintenance work of automatically deleting the data whose date data has passed a certain period from the operation history file 5. Is possible.

Further, in the above embodiment, the fraud determination criteria may be set for each rank (skill level, years of employment, etc.) of the operator. Further, in the above-described embodiment, when data is extracted from the operation history file 5, the operator code may be used as a search key to search the data, and the data may be visualized and output. Similarly, the operation code or the date data may be used as a search key to search for the data, and the data may be visualized and output.

In addition to the above, it is needless to say that various modifications such as operation procedures of various input items in the search work, operation items to be fraudulent and fraudulent condition data thereof can be implemented without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0035]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a product sales registration data processing device capable of easily and quickly verifying an operator's unjustified operation candidate and effectively preventing the operator's fraud.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing a main part of a product sales registration data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a keyboard of the product sale registration data processing device.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a fraud prevention control table formed in a RAM of the product sale registration data processing device.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an operation history file provided in the product sale registration data processing device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing main control when a registration operation of the CPU of the product sale registration data processing device is selected.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing main control when a search operation of the CPU of the product sale registration data processing device is selected.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in a search operation of the product sale registration data processing device.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 ... CPU 5 ... Operation history file 6 ... Clock circuit 15 ... Keyboard 16 ... Display device 17 ... Printer 18 ... Scanner 30 ... Fraud prevention control table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A product sales registration data processing device for registering sales data of each product in a storage unit on the basis of data on a sales product input by operating an input unit, wherein an operator among various operations of the input unit When an operation that can be an illegal target is performed, an illegal code data storage means for accumulating and storing the operation code for identifying this operation item and the data generated by this operation together with the operator code for identifying the operator is provided. A merchandise sales registration data processing device, characterized in that the data stored in the data storage means is searched and the data of the same operation item by the same operator is visualized and output. 2. A product sales registration data processing device for registering sales data of each product in a storage unit on the basis of data on a sales product input by operating an input unit, wherein an operator among various operations of the input unit When an operation that can be an illegal target is performed, an illegal code data storage means for accumulating and storing the operation code for identifying this operation item and the data generated by this operation together with the operator code for identifying the operator is provided. The data stored in the data storage means is searched to extract the data of the same operation item by the same operator, and it is determined whether or not there is a possibility of fraud for each operator based on the frequency of occurrence and the content of the extracted data. A product sales registration data processing device characterized by being output. 3. A merchandise sales registration data processing device for registering sales data of each merchandise item in a storage unit on the basis of data on a merchandise item that is input by operating an input unit, wherein an operator among various operations of the input unit Fraud prevention control table that stores in advance the fraud determination criteria condition data for each fraudulent operation item, and when the operation of the fraudulent operation item of the operator is performed from the input unit A fraudulent target data storage means for accumulating and storing the operation code for identification and the data generated by this operation together with the operator code for identifying the operator, and the same operation item by the same operator from the data stored by this fraudulent target data storage means. Data extracting means for extracting data and data of the same operation item by the same operator extracted by this extracting means The tampering prevention control table includes a deciding means for deciding whether or not there is a possibility of dishonesty for each operator by comparing with the condition data of the illegitimate decision standard of the corresponding operation item, and an output means for outputting a decision result by this deciding means. A product sales registration data processing device characterized by the above.