JP2014203101A - Payment processing device and payment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent occurrence of an illegal action that a customer carries away an article without implementing payment processing.SOLUTION: When paying for an article X held by an article holding part B, in the case where an amount of payment is received from a customer, in a payment processing device 30, a payment determination section 32 determines a magnitude relation between the amount of payment and an amount of selling in the article within the article holding part B holding the article and locked by lock means B1 after registration by an article registration processing device 20. When the payment determination section 32 determines that the amount of payment is matched with the amount of selling, an unlocking section 33 unlocks the lock means B1. By such a payment system 10 (or the payment processing device 30), an illegal action that a customer carries away the article X of which the registration processing has been completed without implementing payment processing, etc., can be prevented.

Description

  The present invention relates to a payment processing apparatus that individually executes a product registration process for a product and a payment process for the product, and a payment system that executes a payment process for the product for which the product registration process has been performed.

  POS (Point Of Sale) systems are widely used in merchandise sales sites such as supermarkets and convenience stores. The POS terminal includes a barcode scanner, scans the barcode attached to the product, and acquires the product code. Then, the POS terminal searches the product information file with the acquired product code, and acquires product information such as a product name and a sales price. The POS terminal receives payment for the product from the customer based on the product information such as the sales price and executes a payment process (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In recent years, a POS system in which the function of acquiring product information of such a POS terminal and the function of executing payment processing by a customer are separated (for example, see Patent Document 2). By using such a POS system, it is possible to shorten the time until payment by the customer.

JP 2012-243171 A JP 2012-248162 A

  However, in the POS system in which the function for acquiring product information and the function for executing payment processing are separated, the customer executes the payment process after the product information is acquired by the operator. It is possible to carry out frauds such as taking goods directly to the outside without doing so.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a payment processing apparatus and a payment system that allow a customer to pay for a product without fail.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a payment processing apparatus that executes product payment processing, a payment amount paid and a sales amount of the product in a product holding unit that holds the product and is locked by a locking means. There is provided a payment processing apparatus comprising: a payment determination unit that determines a magnitude relationship; and an unlocking unit that unlocks the locking means when the payment determination unit determines that the payment amount matches the sales amount. The

  Moreover, in order to achieve the said objective, the payment system provided with said payment processing apparatus is provided.

  With such a payment processing apparatus and payment system, it is possible to prevent an illegal occurrence in which a customer takes goods without performing payment processing.

It is the schematic for demonstrating the payment system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the store where the payment system in 2nd Embodiment was introduce | transduced. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the goods registration processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the payment processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the goods registration processing apparatus and payment processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the merchandise registration completed bag utilized with the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the opening-and-closing mechanism of the cover part of the merchandise registration completed bag utilized with the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the locking mechanism of the cover part of the merchandise registration completed bag utilized in the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the goods reception process performed with the goods registration processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods master used by the payment system in 2nd Embodiment, the registered goods list, the payment list, and a payment ticket. It is a flowchart (the 1) of the payment process performed with the payment processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) of the payment process performed with the payment processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the payment screen at the time of the payment process performed with the payment processing apparatus of the payment system in 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
In the payment system, when the product registration of the product to be traded is performed, the product is held in the product holding unit, and the product holding unit is locked. Subsequently, in the payment system, when the payment process for the product is completed, the product possession unit is unlocked.

Such a payment system will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a payment system according to the first embodiment.
The payment system 10 includes a product registration processing device 20 and a payment processing device 30. The merchandise registration processing device 20 and the payment processing device 30 are connected to be communicable via a network (not shown), for example.

  The product registration processing device 20 executes product registration processing for the product selected by the customer, and includes a product information holding unit 21, a product identification information acquisition unit 22, a product registration unit 23, and an information notification unit 24.

  The merchandise information holding unit 21 holds merchandise identification information for identifying merchandise and the sales amount of the merchandise set for each merchandise identification information. The merchandise information holding unit 21 holds such information related to the merchandise in advance.

  The product identification information acquisition unit 22 acquires product identification information of the product from the product. The product identification information acquisition unit 22 reads, for example, a barcode attached to a product by a barcode reader, and acquires product identification information of the product from the barcode.

The product registration unit 23 refers to the product information holding unit 21 based on the acquired product identification information, specifies the sales amount of the product, and registers the sales amount of the product.
The information notification unit 24 notifies information related to the sales amount of the product.

  The payment processing device 30 receives a payment amount from the customer for the product registered by the product registration processing device 20 and executes a payment process. The information processing unit 31, the payment determination unit 32, An unlocking part 33 is provided.

The information receiving unit 31 receives the sales amount of the product notified from the product registration processing device 20.
The payment determination unit 32 determines the magnitude relationship between the amount paid and the sales amount of the product in the product holding unit B that is held by the product registration processing device 20 and is locked by the locking means B1. .

When the payment determination unit 32 determines that the payment amount matches the sales amount, the unlocking unit 33 unlocks the locking means B1.
At least the product identification information acquisition unit 22, the product registration unit 23, and the information notification unit 24 of the product registration processing device 20 are executed by a product registration program executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) included in the product registration processing device 20. Thus, the processing function is realized.

  In addition, at least the information receiving unit 31, the payment determination unit 32, and the unlocking unit 33 of the payment processing device 30 realize their processing functions by executing a payment processing program by a CPU (not shown) included in the payment processing device 30. Is done.

A product registration method and a payment method performed in such a payment system 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the store, for example, the customer puts the desired product X into the product holding part A, which is a bag for putting the product.

When the customer puts all desired products X into the product holding unit A, the customer submits the product holding unit A to the operator who performs the product registration processing by the product registration processing device 20.
The operator holds the barcode reading device over the barcode attached to the product X held by the product holding unit A.

Then, the product identification information acquisition unit 22 acquires product identification information (for example, “aaa”: see FIG. 1) of the product X from the barcode read by the barcode reading device.
The product registration unit 23 refers to the product information holding unit 21 based on the acquired product identification information (“aaa”), specifies the sales price (“p”) of the product, and registers the sales price of the product. The operator causes the product holding unit B to hold the product X for which product registration has been completed.

  When the reading of the barcodes of all the products X held by the product holding unit A by the operator is completed in this way, the information notifying unit 24 performs payment processing on the information related to the sales amount of all the products X based on the operation of the operator. Notify device 30. Further, the operator locks the product holding part B holding the product X for which the product registration has been completed in this way by the locking means B1 so that the product X in the product holding part B cannot be taken out.

When all the product registrations are completed, the product registration processing device 20 issues a payment ticket with identification information associated with such product registration to the customer.
Next, the customer moves to the payment processing apparatus 30 with the payment ticket together with the product holding unit B locked by the locking means B1.

The customer causes the payment processing device 30 to directly input or read the identification information attached to the payment ticket.
The payment processing device 30 identifies the product registration corresponding to the identification information attached to the payment ticket based on the identification information attached to the payment ticket, and accepts payment of the payment amount from the customer.

  The payment determination unit 32 determines the magnitude relationship between the payment amount paid by the customer and the sales amount of the product in the product holding unit B that is held by the product registration processing device 20 and is locked by the locking means B1. judge.

When the payment determination unit 32 determines that the payment amount and the sales amount match, the unlocking unit 33 unlocks the locking means B1, and the payment process is completed normally.
The customer can take out the product X from the product holding unit B that has been unlocked upon completion of the payment process.

  As described above, in the payment system 10, in the product registration processing apparatus 20, the product identification information acquisition unit 22 acquires the product identification information of the product X from the product X, and the product registration unit 23 adds the acquired product identification information to the product identification information. Based on this, the product information holding unit 21 is inquired to identify the sales price of the product, and the sales price of the product is registered. After such product registration, the product holding unit B is locked by the operator by the locking means B1 of the product holding unit B that holds the product X so that the product X cannot be taken out from the product holding unit B.

  In the payment system 10, when the payment processing device 30 receives the payment amount from the customer when the product X held in the product holding unit B is paid, the payment determination unit 32 determines that the payment amount is After the registration by the merchandise registration processing apparatus 20, the merchandise is held, and the magnitude relationship with the sales amount of the merchandise in the merchandise holding section B locked by the locking means B1 is determined. When the payment determination unit 32 determines that the payment amount matches the sales amount, the unlocking unit 33 unlocks the locking means B1.

  Such a payment system 10 (or payment processing apparatus 30) can prevent fraud such as taking out the product X for which registration processing has been completed by a customer without performing payment processing.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the second embodiment will be described by taking a case where the first embodiment is more specific as an example.

First, an example of a store where a payment system is introduced will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a store in which the payment system according to the second embodiment is introduced. In addition, the place which looked at FIG. 2 from the upper direction of the shop 1000 is represented.

  Inside the store 1000 such as a supermarket, for example, merchandise is displayed, a merchandise display area (sales) where the customer can move and select the desired merchandise, and payment of the merchandise selected by the customer The payment system 100 is divided into the settlement areas in which the payment system 100 is installed (three sets in FIG. 2).

The payment system 100 includes a product registration processing device 200 and a payment processing device 300.
The product registration processing device 200 executes product registration processing in response to an operation by the operator Y. The customer X submits the shopping basket 400 containing the desired product to the operator Y. The product registration processing device 200 executes the product registration processing of the product put in the submitted shopping basket 400 in accordance with the operation input of the operator Y.

  Note that the operator Y transfers the product in the shopping basket 400 to the product registered basket 500 for each product registration. The operator Y performs all the product registration processing, and when the transfer of all the products from the shopping basket 400 to the product registered basket 500 is completed, the operator Y closes and locks the lid of the product registered basket 500. In addition, the product registration processing device 200 describes identification information (payment transaction identification information) for identifying the product registration for which the product registration processing is completed based on a predetermined operation input from the operator Y after completion of all the product registration processing. Issuing a payment ticket.

  The payment processing device 300 executes payment processing for the products in the locked product registered bag 500. The customer X moves from the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 to the payment processing apparatus 300 with the merchandise registration completed bag 500 together with the payment ticket. The payment processing apparatus 300 identifies the product registration to be paid from the payment ticket and accepts payment from the customer X. When the total sales amount corresponding to the identified product registration matches the acceptance money received from the customer X, the payment processing apparatus 300 unlocks the lid of the product registered bag 500.

Next, details of such a payment system 100 will be described.
First, the commodity registration processing device 200 of the payment system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of the commodity registration processing device of the payment system according to the second embodiment.

  The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 is an apparatus for performing a merchandise registration process for a merchandise by performing an input operation of a merchandise code attached to the merchandise. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 includes a lane table 201, a column 202, a fixed scanner 203, a speaker 204, a multi-item keyboard 205, a display 206, a customer display 207, and a touch panel 208.

  The lane stand 201 supports the column 202. Further, on the lane stand 201, a shopping basket 400 brought by the customer and a product put in the shopping basket 400 are placed. The column 202 supports the fixed scanner 203, the speaker 204, the multi-item keyboard 205, the display 206, the customer display 207, and the touch panel 208. The fixed scanner 203 is a device for reading a barcode attached to a product. The operator inputs the product code using the fixed scanner 203 as an input device by holding the barcode attached to the product toward the fixed scanner 203. The input result of the product code is displayed on the display 206, and the operator can confirm the input result of the product code.

  The touch panel 208 is an input device that selects a product without a barcode (for example, a fresh food product such as loosely sold vegetables or fish, or a side dish) from a product group displayed on the display 206. The customer display 207 is a display device that displays transaction information related to products registered on the customer side. For example, the customer display 207 displays the name, unit price, etc. of the product for which the product code is input. Also, the input result is notified by voice through the speaker 204. For example, the speaker 204 performs different types of audio output depending on the state such as when the input is made normally and when it is necessary to alert the operator about the input. More specifically, for example, a single sound “beep” is generated when normal, and a voice that can be easily distinguished by a continuous sound such as “beep” is output when calling attention. The multi-item keyboard 205 receives an operator's operation. For example, the multi-item keyboard 205 receives a correction operation by an operator who has recognized an operation error when alerted by voice output from the speaker 204.

Next, the payment processing apparatus 300 of the payment system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of a payment processing apparatus of the payment system according to the second embodiment.

  The payment processing apparatus 300 is an apparatus for a customer to pay for a product by himself / herself. The payment processing apparatus 300 includes a display 301, a touch panel 302, a monitoring camera 303, a plastic bag suspension unit 304, a coin deposit / withdrawal port 305, a merchandise registered bag mounting table 306, a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307, a lock unlocking unit 308, A barcode scanner 309, a printer output port (for receipt) 310, and a credit card insertion port 311 are provided.

  The merchandise registered bag mounting table 306 is a table on which the merchandise registered bag 500 on which the customer puts a product before payment is loaded. The barcode scanner 309 irradiates a payment ticket with a laser scanning line and reads a barcode attached to the payment ticket. The payment processing apparatus 300 identifies a transaction to be paid based on the read barcode. If the barcode of the payment ticket cannot be read normally by the barcode scanner 309, the customer can directly input the payment transaction identification number corresponding to the barcode on the touch panel 302.

  The display 301 displays information such as the product name of the product to be paid, the product unit price, and the price to be paid based on the read barcode. In addition, the display 301 displays the payment amount paid by the customer through the insertion of the credit card into the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305, the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307, and the credit card insertion port 311. Further, when there is a change in the payment amount paid by the customer, the change is paid to the customer from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307. The monitoring camera 303 captures a hand paid by the customer, and displays a captured image on a display of a monitoring terminal device in a service counter or the like, for example, separately from the payment processing apparatus 300. The captured image is used for fraud countermeasures and for operation guidance to customers who do not know the operation method.

  The lock unlocking unit 308 unlocks the lid of the product registered bag 500. When the payment processing is completed and the product registered bag 500 is placed on the lock unlocking unit 308 by the customer, the lock unlocking unit 308 unlocks the lid of the product registered bag 500 and displays the payment details. Printing is performed by the printer and a receipt is output from the printer output port 310.

Next, a hardware configuration included in the product registration processing device 200 and the payment processing device 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the commodity registration processing device and the payment processing device of the payment system according to the second embodiment.

In FIG. 5, a hardware configuration provided in common for the commodity registration processing device 200 and the payment processing device 300 is described.
The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 and the payment processing apparatus 300 include control units 210/320 that control processes executed by the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 and the payment processing apparatus 300.

  The control unit 210/320 includes a CPU 211/321, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 212/322, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 213/323, a communication interface 214/324, a graphic processing unit 215/325, an input / output interface 216 / 326, and these components are connected to each other via a bus 217/327.

  The CPU 211/321 comprehensively controls the entire product registration processing device 200 and the payment processing device 300 by executing various programs stored in a storage medium such as the HDD 213/323.

  The RAM 212/322 temporarily stores at least a part of the OS and programs to be executed by the CPU 211/321. The RAM 212/322 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 211/321.

  The HDD 213/323 stores the OS and application programs on the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 and the payment processing apparatus 300. The HDD 213/323 stores various information necessary for processing by the CPU 211/321.

The communication interface 214/324 transmits and receives signals by connecting the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 and the payment processing apparatus 300 to each other via the network 600 so that they can communicate with each other.
The graphic processor 215/325 is connected with a display 206, a customer display 207 (FIG. 3), and a display 301 (FIG. 4). The graphic processing unit 215/325 displays a predetermined screen on the display 206, the customer display 207 (FIG. 3), and the display 301 (FIG. 4) in accordance with a command from the CPU 211/321.

  External devices are connected to the input / output interfaces 216/326, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, at least a fixed scanner 203, a speaker 204, a multi-item keyboard 205, and a touch panel 208 are connected to the input / output interface 216, respectively. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the input / output interface 326 includes at least a touch panel 302, a monitoring camera 303, a bill depositing / withdrawing port 305, a bill depositing / dispensing port 307, a bill processing unit, a lock unlocking unit 308, A barcode scanner 309, a printer output port 310, a printer for printing, a credit card insertion port 311, and a credit card processing unit for reading and writing to the credit card are connected to each other.

  Further, the input / output interface 216/326 can be connected to a portable recording medium interface capable of writing information to the portable recording medium 218/328 and reading information to the portable recording medium 218/328. Yes. The input / output interface 216/326 notifies each device of a control signal from the CPU 211/321 via the bus 217/327, and similarly notifies the CPU 211/321 of a signal from each device.

Next, the commodity registration completed bag 500 used in the payment system 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of a commodity registered bag used in the payment system according to the second embodiment.

  Moreover, FIG. 7 is a figure which shows an example of the opening / closing mechanism of the cover part of the merchandise registered bowl used with the payment system in 2nd Embodiment. 7A shows a cross section in the vicinity of the hinge portion when the lid portion is opened with respect to the opening of the housing portion, and FIG. 7B shows a cross section near the hinge portion when the lid portion is closed. .

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the lock mechanism for the lid of the commodity registration bag used in the payment system according to the second embodiment.
8A shows the state of movement up to the position where the lid is locked with respect to the housing portion, and FIG. 8B shows the lock portion when the lid is locked with respect to the housing portion. Each cross section in the vicinity is shown.

The product registered bag 500 includes a storage unit 510 that stores a product, and a lid 520 installed in the storage unit 510.
For example, the accommodation unit 510 is formed in a mesh shape to form an accommodation area, and stores and stores products from the opening 511 and can take out the stored products. The accommodating portion 510 is provided with a pair of handles 512. It should be noted that the shopping basket 400 can be configured by only the housing portion 510, for example.

  The lid portion 520 is changed from the opened state (FIG. 7 (A)) to the closed state (FIG. 7 (B)) with respect to the opening 511 of the accommodating portion 510 via the hinge portion 521, or vice versa. It is installed so that it can rotate freely.

  In addition, the lid portion 520 is provided with a lock portion 522 that locks the housing portion 510 with the opening 511 of the housing portion 510 closed. When the opening 511 of the housing portion 510 is closed with the lid portion 520, the lock portion 522 is fitted into the frame portion of the housing portion 510 (FIG. 8A). In this state, the locking portion 523 is moved by the operator's operation in the lock portion 522 (FIG. 8B). Thereby, the lock part 522 is locked with respect to the frame part of the accommodating part 510, and the opening 511 of the accommodating part 510 is closed by the lid part 520. Moreover, such a lock part 522 is electromagnetically unlocked. The lock part 522 unlocks the lock by moving the locking part 523 to the original position by electromagnetic waves from the outside, for example.

Note that such a locking mechanism of the lid portion 520 with respect to the accommodating portion 510 is an example, and another locking mechanism can be applied.
Next, processing executed by such a payment system 100 will be described.

First, the product acceptance process executed by the product registration processing device 200 of the payment system 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of merchandise acceptance processing executed by the merchandise registration processing apparatus of the payment system according to the second embodiment.

9A shows a product acceptance process, FIG. 9B shows a product registration process, and FIG. 9C shows a payment list creation process.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product master, a registered product list, a payment list, and a payment ticket used in the payment system according to the second embodiment.

10A shows a product master, FIG. 10B shows a registered product list, FIG. 10C shows a payment list, and FIG. 10D shows an example of a payment ticket.
As shown in FIG. 2, the customer moves to the product registration processing apparatus 200 with the shopping basket 400 containing the desired product, and submits the shopping basket 400 to the operator. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 performs the following process (FIG. 9A) by the operation of the operator Y, receives the merchandise, and inputs the merchandise code of the merchandise.

  [Step S11] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 initializes a storage area for storing shopping unit data of the fixed scanner 203. The initialization of the fixed scanner 203 is performed based on, for example, an operation input to the multi-item keyboard 205 or the touch panel 208 by the operator. Specifically, the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 initializes a registered merchandise list (see FIG. 10B described later) every time a customer makes a purchase.

  [Step S12] The product registration processing apparatus 200 determines whether or not to end the input of the product code. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 determines whether to end the input of the merchandise code by receiving an operation input on the multi-item keyboard 205 or the touch panel 208 by the operator.

  If the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 determines to end the input of the merchandise code, the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 ends the input of the merchandise code and proceeds to step S15. On the other hand, if the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 determines not to end the input of the merchandise code, the process proceeds to step S13.

  For example, when the operator finishes reading the product codes from all products, the operator touches a button corresponding to the end of the product code input on the multi-item keyboard 205 or the touch panel 208. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 determines the end of the merchandise code input by receiving such a touch operation input from the operator.

  [Step S13] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 reads the barcode attached to the merchandise from the fixed scanner 203. Note that, for a product to which no barcode is attached, the product registration processing apparatus 200 receives the product type, quantity, etc. from the multi-item keyboard 205 or the touch panel 208 by the operator.

  [Step S14] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 selects a merchandise to be paid to be stored in the shopping unit based on the input data (the barcode read from the fixed scanner 203 or the input data from the multi-item keyboard 205 and the touch panel 208). Execute product registration processing to be registered as a list.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10 (B), as a list of commodities subject to payment stored in the shopping unit by the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200, the merchandise name, merchandise unit price, and quantity for the merchandise product code. The total price representing the total amount is registered.

The operator transfers the product for which the product registration process has been completed from the shopping basket 400 to the product registered basket 500.
Details of the product registration process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  [Step S15] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 creates a payment list related to a payment transaction by associating payment transaction identification information (payment transaction ID) for each shopping, based on the registered merchandise list created in step S14. . For example, as shown in FIG. 10 (C), the payment transaction identification information is associated with the registered product list created in step S14, and the number of products, the total sales amount, and (product registered 籠 500) Create a payment list consisting of information on the number of items, the lane on which the product transaction process was executed, and the date and time.

Details of the process in step S15 will be described later.
[Step S16] The product registration processing device 200 notifies the payment processing device 300 of the payment list created in step S15 together with the registered product list created in step S14.

[Step S17] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 issues a payment ticket on which the information of the payment list created in Step S15 is printed together with the barcode corresponding to the payment identification information.
For example, based on the payment list (FIG. 10C) created in step S15, the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 displays a bar corresponding to the payment object identification information (“1000111101”) as shown in FIG. 10D. A ticket is printed with a code, the number of products (“3 points”), the total sales amount (“¥ 2827”), the date and time, and the like.

With the above flowchart, the product acceptance process executed by the product registration processing device 200 is completed.
Moreover, the process of step S14 performed by the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

[Step S14a] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 acquires a merchandise code from the barcode read in step S13, and inquires the merchandise master.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10A, the merchandise master stores information such as a merchandise name, a unit price of the merchandise, a display area where the merchandise is displayed, and the like with respect to the merchandise code. The product registration processing device 200 holds product master information in advance.

  [Step S14b] Based on the product code corresponding to the barcode read in step S13, the product registration processing apparatus 200 acquires information on the product name and unit price corresponding to the product code from the inquired product master.

The product registration processing device 200 adds the acquired product name, unit price, and quantity to the registered product list for the product code.
At this time, if the product code corresponding to the read barcode is a product code already registered, the product registration processing device 200 adds 1 to the quantity for the product code and updates it.

[Step S14c] The product registration processing device 200 calculates the price of the product from the product unit price and quantity for the product code.
[Step S14d] The product registration processing device 200 adds the price calculated in step S14c to the registered product list registered in step S14d, for example, as shown in FIG. The product registration process for is completed.

With the above flowchart, the product registration processing executed by the product registration processing device 200 is completed, and the product registration processing device 200 executes the process of step S12 again.
Moreover, the process of step S15 performed by the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

  [Step S15a] When the product registration processing apparatus 200 determines the end of the input of the product code in step S12, the product registration processing device 200 receives from the operator the number of product registration completed bags 500 in which the product for which the product registration processing has been completed is placed.

  The operator uses the multi-item keyboard 205 or the touch panel 208 to input the number of product registered baskets 500 to which all products for which product registration processing has been performed have been transferred. Thereby, the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 accepts the number of merchandise registered baskets 500.

  For example, if two product registered bags are used, the product registration processing device 200 accepts 2 as the number of bags by the operator. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 associates the payment transaction identification information with each purchase and adds the acquired number of bags to the payment list.

[Step S15b] The commodity registration processing device 200 acquires at least information regarding the lane and date / time at which the commodity registration processing apparatus 200 is located.
For example, when “No. 2” lane is associated with the product registration processing device 200, the product registration processing device 200 acquires the date and time of the reception together with “2” as the lane number. The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 further adds the acquired lane number and date / time to the payment list added in step S15a.

[Step S15c] The merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 refers to the registered merchandise list created in step S14 and calculates the total sales amount of all the merchandise.
For example, the product registration processing device 200 refers to the registered product list and calculates the total sales amount by adding all the prices.

  [Step S15d] The product registration processing apparatus 200 further adds the number of products based on the registered product list together with the total sales amount calculated in Step S15c to the payment list added in Step S15b. Thereby, for example, a payment list as shown in FIG. 10C is created.

Thus, the payment list creation process is completed, and the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 executes the process of step S16.
When such a product acceptance process is completed, the operator closes the openings 511 of the storage units 510 of all the product-registered bags 500 to which the registered products are transferred by the lid 520. In addition, the operator operates the lock unit 522 to lock the cover unit 520 with respect to the storage unit 510.

Next, payment processing executed by the payment processing apparatus 300 of the payment system 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
11 and 12 are flowcharts of payment processing executed by the payment processing device of the payment system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a payment screen at the time of payment processing executed by the payment processing device of the payment system according to the second embodiment.
The customer moves to the payment processing apparatus 300 with the merchandise registered bag 500 and the payment ticket locked by the operation of the operator. The customer places the commodity registered basket 500 on the commodity registered bowl mounting table 306 of the payment processing apparatus 300 and holds the barcode of the payment ticket over the barcode scanner 309. Alternatively, when the customer does not read the barcode of the payment ticket normally, the customer directly inputs the payment transaction identification information (described in the lower part of the barcode (FIG. 10D)) on the touch panel 302 of the payment processing device 300. input. When the payment processing device 300 reads the held barcode (inputting payment transaction identification information), the payment processing device 300 executes the following processing.

  [Step S <b> 21] The payment processing apparatus 300 initializes an area for holding a payment, and inquires the payment list notified from the commodity registration processing apparatus 200 based on the payment transaction identification information for the read barcode.

[Step S22] The payment processing apparatus 300 determines whether or not there is payment transaction identification information in the payment list, that is, whether or not there is a transaction to be paid.
When the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that there is payment transaction identification information in the payment list, that is, there is a transaction to be paid, the process proceeds to step S23. On the other hand, when the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that there is no payment transaction identification information in the payment list, that is, there is no transaction to be paid, the payment processing is terminated.

[Step S23] The payment processing apparatus 300 receives a payment method from a customer.
For example, in the example of the payment screen shown in FIG. 13, a button for selecting a payment method is displayed on the display 301 along with the payment details. After confirming the payment details, the customer touches a button on the touch panel 302 corresponding to “cash” when paying with cash or “card (credit card)” when paying with a credit card.

  [Step S24] The payment processing apparatus 300 proceeds to step S27 when cash is accepted as a payment method, and proceeds to step S25 when a credit card is accepted.

[Step S25] The payment processing apparatus 300 waits for acceptance of a credit card.
When the payment processing apparatus 300 detects that a credit card is inserted into the credit card insertion slot 311, the process proceeds to step S26.

[Step S26] The payment processing apparatus 300 inquires of the credit card company server (not shown) about the information of the card read from the accepted credit card.
The payment processing apparatus 300 waits for the inquiry completion response, and proceeds to step S32 when the inquiry is completed by the response from the server.

[Step S27] The payment processing apparatus 300 accepts payment from a customer.
For example, the payment processing apparatus 300 displays a cash insertion guidance screen (not shown) on the display 301 from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307 after the process of step S24. The customer inputs coins and bills into the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305 and the bill deposit / withdrawal port 307, respectively.

[Step S28] The payment processing apparatus 300 determines whether or not the payment received from the customer is equal to or greater than the total purchase amount.
If the payment is greater than or equal to the total purchase amount, the payment processing apparatus 300 proceeds to the process of step S29. If the payment is less than the total purchase amount, the payment processing apparatus 300 proceeds to the process of step S27 again.

  [Step S29] If the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that the payment received in step S27 is larger than the total purchase amount, that is, that a change occurs, the process proceeds to step S30.

Further, when the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that the payment received in step S27 is equal to the total purchase amount, that is, no change occurs, the process proceeds to step S32.
[Step S30] The payment processing apparatus 300 withdraws the difference obtained by subtracting the total purchase amount from the payment from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307.

[Step S31] The payment processing apparatus 300 determines whether or not the return of the change to the customer has been completed.
For example, the payment processing apparatus 300 can determine the return of the change by detecting that the changed change has been taken out from the coin deposit / withdrawal port 305 and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 307.

The payment processing apparatus 300 waits for the change to be returned and determines that the change is to be returned, the process proceeds to step S32.
[Step S <b> 32] The payment processing apparatus 300 outputs a receipt printed based on the registered commodity list notified from the commodity registration processing apparatus 200 from the printer output port 310.

  [Step S <b> 33] When the customer moves the product registration completed bag 500 from the product registered bag mounting table 306 onto the lock unlocking unit 308 by the customer, the payment processing apparatus 300 drives the lock unlocking unit 308 to register the product. The lock of the lock part 522 of the finished bag 500 is unlocked.

[Step S <b> 34] The payment processing apparatus 300 reduces the number of baskets acquired from the payment list notified from the merchandise registration processing apparatus 200 by one.
[Step S35] The payment processing apparatus 300 determines the presence or absence of the remaining unregistered merchandise that has not been unlocked based on the number of jars reduced by one in step S34.

  When the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that the number of bags reduced by 1 in step S34 is not 0, that is, there are remaining unregistered product registered bags, the process proceeds to step S36. . On the other hand, when the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that the number of bags reduced by 1 in step S34 is 0, that is, there is no remaining product registered bag that is not unlocked, the payment processing is performed. finish.

  [Step S36] The payment processing apparatus 300 notifies the display 301 of a guidance guidance screen (not shown) for placing another product registered bag 500 on the product registered bag mounting table 306.

Thus, the payment process by the payment processing apparatus 300 ends.
As described above, in the payment system 100, the product registration processing apparatus 200 acquires the product code of the product from the product, specifies the unit price of the product from the product list based on the acquired product code, and based on the quantity of the product. Register the price. After such product registration by the product registration processing device 200, the operator locks the lid 520 on the product registered bag 500 with the lock unit 522 of the product registered bag 500 holding the product, and the product has been registered. The product cannot be taken out from the bag 500.

  Further, in the payment system 100, when paying for a product stored in the product registration bag 500, the payment processing apparatus 300 receives the payment from the customer, and the received money and all of the items in the product registration bag 500 are received. Determine the size relationship with the total sales amount of the product. When the payment processing apparatus 300 determines that the received money matches the total sales amount, the payment processing apparatus 300 unlocks the lock unit 522.

  Such a payment system 100 (or payment processing apparatus 300) can prevent fraud such as taking out a product for which registration processing has been completed by a customer without performing payment processing.

  Further, the payment processing device 300 returns the change to the customer when the received money received from the customer is larger than the total sales amount of all the products in the product registration bag 500. At this time, the payment processing apparatus 300 unlocks the lock unit 522 after the change is taken out by the customer and the change is returned to the customer. For this reason, it becomes possible to reliably prevent the customer from forgetting to change the fishing.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions that the computer should have is provided. When the computer executes the program, the above processing functions are realized on the computer.

  The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Magnetic recording devices include HDDs, flexible disks (FD), magnetic tapes (MT) and the like. Optical discs include DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM, CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), and the like. Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk). Semiconductor memory includes flash memory such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory.

  When the program is distributed, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  Also, part or all of the processing described by the program can be replaced with an electronic circuit. For example, at least a part of the above processing functions may be realized by an electronic circuit such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a PLD (Programmable Logic Device).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Payment system 20 Merchandise registration processing apparatus 21 Merchandise information holding part 22 Commodity identification information acquisition part 23 Commodity registration part 24 Information notification part 30 Payment processing apparatus 31 Information reception part 32 Payment determination part 33 Unlocking part A, B Merchandise holding part B1 Locking means

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In a payment processing apparatus that executes payment processing for goods,
A payment determination unit that determines the magnitude relationship between the paid amount of money and the sales amount of the product in the product holding unit that is locked by the locking means holding the product;
When the payment determination unit determines that the payment amount matches the sales amount, an unlocking unit that unlocks the locking means;
A payment processing apparatus. The payment processing apparatus includes:
When the payment determination unit determines that the payment amount is larger than the sales amount, the change amount is withdrawn,
When detecting that the change has been acquired,
Unlocking the unlocking part,
The payment processing apparatus according to claim 1. The product holding part is electromagnetically locked by the locking means,
The unlocking part electromagnetically unlocks the locking means;
The payment processing apparatus according to claim 1. A product information holding unit for holding product identification information for identifying a product and a sales amount of the product set for each of the product identification information;
A product identification information acquisition unit for acquiring product identification information of the product from the product;
Based on the acquired product identification information, the product information holding unit is referred to identify the sales price of the product, and a product registration unit that registers the sales price of the product,
An information notification unit for notifying information on the sales amount of the product;
A product registration processing device having
An information receiving unit that receives the sales amount of the product notified from the product registration processing device;
A payment determination unit that determines the magnitude relationship between the paid amount paid and the sales amount of the product in the product holding unit that is held by the locking unit after being registered by the product registration processing device;
When the payment determination unit determines that the payment amount matches the sales amount, an unlocking unit that unlocks the locking means;
A payment processing apparatus having
A payment system comprising:

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