JP2566300B2 - Product sales data processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention is a product sales data processing device suitable for use in a store where a POS (point of sale information management) system and a single cash register are used together. Regarding

[Prior Art] In recent years, a cash register (electronic cash register) installed in each sales floor and a store controller including a host computer are connected by an inline line,
Sales data of products registered for sale at each cash register is collected by the store controller via the inline line, and the collected sales data is aggregated by individual item, department, transaction, etc. The POS system designed to do is widely used in mass retailers such as department stores and supermarkets.

However, even if the POS system is introduced, if the sales floor is complicated, there will be a sales floor where the wiring of the in-line line is impossible, and the cash register at this sales floor will have to operate as a single unit. . Therefore, in such a store, the sales data of a single cash register is separately aggregated, and the operator must input the aggregated data into the store controller via the keyboard of the host computer to manage the sales of the entire store. There wasn't. In addition, in the sales floor where the layout is frequently changed, the wiring of the inline line has to be changed every time the layout is changed, which is complicated, and it is difficult to introduce the POS system into this sales floor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, even if a POS system is introduced in at least some cash register machines in a store where the sales floors are complicatedly involved or where the layout of the sales floors is changed frequently. There was no choice but to operate by itself, and it took time and effort to manage the sales floor of the entire store.

Therefore, the present invention can be applied to the first and second cash register machines even in a store in which the first cash register machine connected to the store controller by a wired line and the second cash register machine not connected thereto are used together. It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise sales data processing device in which each sales data can be automatically collected by the store controller and the sales management of the entire store can be performed easily and in a short time.

[Means for Solving the Problem] According to the present invention, the store controller is provided with means for transmitting a sales data collection command to the first cash register through a wired line, and the store controller is provided to the first cash register from the store controller. When the sales data collection command is received through the wired line, the collection command is transmitted to the second cash register through the wireless line, and when the sales data is received from the second cash register through the wireless line, the sales data is self-registered. A means for transmitting to the store controller through a wired line together with the sales data registered in the storage unit of
When the second money register receives a sales data collection command from the first money register through the wireless line, the sales data registered in its own memory is transmitted to the first money register through the wireless line. Means are provided.

A plurality of first money register machines connected to the store controller by a wired line, and a second money register machine connected to each of the first money register machines via wireless circuits having different radio frequencies. Also includes.

When a plurality of second money register machines are connected to the first money register machine by a wireless line, and the first money register machine receives the sales data collection command from the store controller through the wire line, the first money registration machine executes the collection command. The sales data of each second cash register, which is transmitted sequentially to each second cash register through the wireless line and finishes collecting sales data from each second cash register through the wireless line, is stored in its own storage unit. You may make it transmit to the store controller through a wired line with the sales data which carried out the registration process.

[Operation] In the present invention having such a configuration, the store controller sends a sales data collection command to the first cash register through a wired line. When the first cash register receives a sales data collection command from the store controller via a wired line, the first cash register sends the collection command to the second cash register via a wireless line. When the second cash register receives the sales data collection command from the first cash register through the wireless line, the second cash register sends the sales data registered in its storage unit to the first cash register through the wireless line. . When the first cash register receives sales data from the second cash register through the wireless line, the first cash register sends the sales data to the store controller through the wired line together with the sales data registered in its storage unit.

Thus, the store controller automatically collects not only the sales data of the first cash register connected by the wired line but also the sales data of the second cash register not connected by the wired line.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a store controller, and m (≧ 2) POs are connected to this store controller 1 via an inline line 2.
S terminals (first cash register) 31, 32, ... 3m are connected. Further, terminal side wireless units 41 to 4m are directly connected to the POS terminals 31 to 3m, respectively.

On the other hand, a plurality of electronic cash registers (second cash register) 511 independent of the store controller 1 are provided.
.About.5mn are provided, and register-side wireless units 611-6mn having the same configuration as the terminal-side wireless units 41-4m are directly connected to the electronic cash registers 511-5mn, respectively. Each electronic cash register 511-5mn is divided into the same number of grooves as the number of POS terminals 31-3m, and one POS terminal 31-3m and one electronic cash register group 511-51n, 5.
21 to 52n, ..., 5ml to 5mn are directly connected to each other via wireless units 71 to 7m to establish a plurality of wireless systems, and a wireless frequency (channel) used by each wireless system is established. = Ch) is different for each wireless system.

In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the POS terminal 31
The wireless system consisting of the electronic cash register group 511 to 51n is set to 1 channel, and the POS terminal is used.
The wireless system consisting of 32 and electronic cash register groups 521-5n has 2 channels, and the POS terminal
The channel used by the wireless system consisting of 3 m and electronic cash register groups 5 ml to 5 mn is mch.

The store controller 1 is connected to each POS terminal 31-
It controls 3m and collects sales data of each product registered for sale at these POS terminals 31-3m and each electronic cash register 511-5mn and issues a sales report. As shown, a CPU 11 as a control unit main body, a ROM 12 for storing fixed data such as a data collection program, and a RAM for storing other variable data.
13, a magnetic disk 14 having a sales totalizing file for totaling sales data of a store classified by individual item, department, transaction, etc., I / O port for inputting / outputting data to / from this magnetic disk 14 15, a clock circuit 16, an inline communication control circuit 17 for controlling data transmission / reception performed in a predetermined transmission procedure through the inline line 2, a keyboard 18 for inputting various data, and a key signal input from the keyboard 18. A keyboard circuit 19 for processing, a CRT disc play 20 for displaying data input by a key, a display control circuit 21 for driving and controlling the CRT disc play 20, a printer 22 for printing a sales report or the like on recording paper, A printer control circuit 23 that drives and controls the printer 22, a floppy disk driver (hereinafter abbreviated as FDD) 24, and an FDD that drives and controls this FDD 24. Control circuit 25,
Etc.

Each of the POS terminals 31 to 3m performs registration processing of sales data such as the number of sales items and sales amount of the input sales product in a memory and prints it on a receipt, and calculates a total according to the closing operation of the registration to generate a receipt. Is issued, as shown in FIG. 3, a CPU3 with a built-in arithmetic circuit, etc.
1, ROM32 that stores fixed data such as registered business programs, RAM33 that has memory for sales data registration, memory for total calculation, etc., and selection of various business modes such as "registration", "payment" and "setting" Mode switch 34 to perform, I / O port 3 to input the signal from this mode switch 34
5, an in-line communication control circuit 36 for controlling data transmission / reception performed in a predetermined transmission procedure through the in-line line 2, a printer 37 for printing a receipt or the like, a drawer 38 for storing cash etc., the printer 37 and A printer / drawer control circuit 39 that drives and controls the drawer 38, and a display device that displays sales data and totals of registered products
40, a display control circuit 41 for driving and controlling the display 40, a keyboard 42 provided with various keys such as product registration keys and registration closing keys, a keyboard circuit 43 for input processing of key signals from the keyboard 42, It is composed of a wired communication control circuit 45 for controlling data transmission / reception performed in a predetermined transmission procedure with the terminal side wireless units 41 to 4m directly connected via the signal cable 44.

The terminal side wireless units 41 to 4m are provided with a CPU 46 as a control unit main body, a ROM 47 for storing fixed data such as a communication program, a RAM 48 for storing channel information and transmission / reception data, and a predetermined signal cable 44. Wired control circuit 49 for controlling data transmission / reception performed in the transmission procedure, register side wireless unit 611 to the same channel
The wireless communication control circuit 50 controls wireless data transmission / reception performed in a predetermined transmission procedure with the wireless communication lines 71 to 7m.

On the other hand, the electronic cash registers 511 to 5mn are also used to register sales data such as the sales points and sales amounts of the input sales products in a memory and print them on a receipt.
In addition, the receipt is issued by calculating the total according to the closing operation of registration, and the POS terminal 31 shown in FIG.
It is the same as the configuration except the in-line control circuit 36 of 3 m, and the description thereof is omitted here. Although the register side wireless units 611 to 6mn are directly connected to the wired communication control circuits of the electronic cash registers 511 to 5mn via signal cables, the register side wireless units 611 to 6mn have the same configuration as the terminal side wireless units. It is the same as the units 41 to 4m.

As shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 13 of the store controller 1 corresponds to the terminal numbers (for example, P1, P2, ..., Pm) of the POS terminals 31 to 3m and is connected to the POS terminals directly. A wireless control table in which channels 1 to M (ch) used by the wireless units 41 to 4m, a wireless address of the POS terminal, and a wireless address of an electronic cash register group that transmits and receives wireless data to and from the POS terminal are set. 60 are formed.
And each data on this wireless control table 60 is
It is preset in RAM33 of terminals 31 to 3m, but each POS
Not all the data on the table 60 is set in the terminals 31 to 3m, but only the part corresponding to the terminal is set.

Then, when the sales data collection command is sent from the store controller 1 to each of the POS terminals 31 to 3m through the in-line line 2, each of the POS terminals 31 to 3m and each of the electronic data is sent in accordance with the transmission procedure shown in FIG. Sales data of the expression cash registers 511 to 5mn is collected.
That is, the POS terminal 3i of the channel I (1 ≦ I ≦ M) that receives the data collection command COM from the store controller 1 returns a normal response ACK to the store controller 1 and the terminal side wireless unit directly connected.
The start request character ENQ is transmitted to 4i. Then, when a normal response ACK is received from the wireless unit 4i, as shown in FIG. 6, among the electronic cash register groups 5i1 to 5in that construct the wireless system by referring to the wireless control table data set in the RAM 33. The data collection command COM incorporating the wireless address of one electronic cash register 5ij (1≤j≤n) is transmitted to the wireless unit 4i, and when the normal response ACK is received, the transmission end character EOT is transmitted.

Transmission end character E from the directly connected POS terminal 3i
The terminal side wireless unit 4i receiving the OT transmits the activation request character ENQ via the wireless circuit 7i to the electronic cash register 5ij of the wireless address incorporated in the received data collection command COM. At this time, ENQ
As shown in FIG. 7, the sequence includes the source address, that is, the wireless address of the POS terminal 3i and the destination address, that is, the wireless address incorporated in the data collection command COM. Only the register-side wireless unit 6ij directly connected to the expression cash register 5ij can receive the activation request character ENQ. Then, the register-side wireless unit 6ij that has normally received this activation request character ENQ
Since the normal response ACK is sent back from the wireless communication line 7i, the terminal side wireless unit 4i which has received this normal response ACK sends the data collection command COM to the register side wireless unit 6ij via the wireless line 7i. , Normal response ACK
When is received, the transmission end character EOT is wirelessly transmitted.

The register side wireless unit 6ij receiving the transmission end character EOT returns the transmission end character EOT to the terminal side wireless unit 4i via the wireless line 7i, and at the same time sends the activation request command ENQ to the directly connected electronic cash register 5ij. When the normal response ACK is received, the data collection command COM is transmitted, and when the normal response ACK is received, the transmission end character EOT is transmitted.

Electronic cash register 5ij that received the transmission end character EOT from the directly connected register-side wireless unit 6ij
Reads the sales data of the sales product registered in the RAM and sends the activation request command ENQ to the register-side wireless unit 6ij directly connected. Then, the wireless unit 6ij
When the normal response ACK is received from, the read sales data DAT
When A is transmitted to the wireless unit 6ij and the normal response ACK is received, the transmission end character EOT is transmitted.

Register-side wireless unit 6ij that received the transmission end character EOT from the directly connected electronic cash register 5ij
Sends the activation request character ENQ via the wireless line 7i. In this ENQ sequence, the transmission source address, that is, the wireless address of the electronic cash register 5ij, and the destination address, that is, the POS terminal 3i that has transmitted the data collection command COM are transmitted. Since the wireless address is included, the terminal side wireless unit 4i directly connected to the POS terminal 3i having the destination address as a wireless address can receive the activation request character ENQ. And
When the terminal side wireless unit 4i has received this activation request character ENQ normally, it responds normally via the wireless line 7i.
Since the ACK is returned, the register-side wireless unit 6ij that receives this normal response ACK sends sales data DATA to the terminal-side wireless unit 4i via the wireless line 7i, and when the normal response ACK is received, the transmission end character EOT Wirelessly.

Upon receiving the transmission end character EOT, the terminal side wireless unit 4i returns the transmission end character EOT to the register side wireless unit 6ij via the wireless line 7i, and also activates the start request command E to the directly connected POS terminal 3i.
When NQ is transmitted and the normal response ACK is received, the wirelessly received collected data DATA is transmitted to the POS terminal 3i, and when the normal response ACK is received, the transmission end character EOT is transmitted.

With the above, POS terminal 3i builds a wireless system 1
Since the sales data can be collected from the electronic cash register 5ij of each unit, the wireless control table data in the RAM 33 is referred to again to execute the data collection command COM including the wireless address of the next electronic cash register to the wireless unit 4i. Send to.

In this way, the same processing is repeated until the sales data is collected from all the electronic cash registers 5il to 5in that construct the wireless system, and when the collection is completed, the POS terminal 3i collects the sales data together with the sales data registered in its own RAM 33. The sales data DATA collected by the store controller 1 is transmitted to the store controller 1 via the inline line 2.
When the normal response ACK is received from, the process ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by outputting the data collection command COM from the store controller 1 to each of the POS terminals 31 to 3m through the inline line 2, each P
Not only sales data at OS terminals 31-3m, but also for each P
Sales data in the OS terminal 31 to 3m and electronic cash register group for constructing the wireless system, respectively, register side wireless unit 611 to 6mn, wireless line 71 to 7m, terminal side wireless unit 41 to 4m, POS terminal 31 to 3m and It can be collected via the inline line 2. Therefore, POS
In a store that uses both the system and a single electronic cash register, the sales data of the entire store can be automatically collected by the store controller 1 by applying this embodiment, so that the sales management work can be simplified. obtain. The wireless system of the present embodiment can be realized by simply connecting the wireless unit to the conventional POS terminal and the electronic cash register, respectively, so that it is easy to put into practical use.

Also, with respect to a plurality of wireless systems consisting of one POS terminal and one group of electronic cash register groups, the channels used are different for each wireless system, so that each POS terminal 31 to 3m corresponds. Data can be collected in parallel from the electronic cash register group, and the time required for data collection is significantly shortened. Moreover, when a certain wireless system fails, the channel of another wireless system is changed and the channel of the failed wireless system is selected to collect data from the electronic cash register group in the failed system. .

In the above embodiment, the store controller 1 has each POS.
Although the case of collecting data from the terminals 31 to 3n and the electronic cash registers 511 to 5mn has been illustrated, it goes without saying that the same applies when setting data from the store controller 1. In the above embodiment,
The case where there are multiple POS terminals and multiple electronic cash registers for building a wireless system with each terminal was shown, but when there is only one POS terminal,
Alternatively, the present embodiment is applicable even when the POS terminal and the electronic cash register are both one.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a store where a first cash register machine connected to a store controller by a wired line and a second cash register machine not connected to the store controller are used together. Even if there is, the sales data of the first and second cash register machines can be automatically collected by the store controller, and it is possible to provide a product sales data processing device that can easily and quickly manage the sales of the entire store.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration, FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of a store controller, FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of a POS terminal, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a wireless control table, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a transmission procedure of sales data collection, FIG. 6 is a data collection command format diagram, and FIG. 7 is an ENQ sequence format diagram. 1 ... Store controller, 2 ... Inline line, 3
1-3m …… POS terminal (first cash register) 41-4
m: wireless unit on the terminal side, 511-5mn ... electronic cash register (second cash register), 611-6mn
...... Register side wireless unit, 71 to 7m …… Wireless line, 6
0 ... Wireless control table.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A store controller for collecting sales data of a store, and first and second cash register machines for registering sales data of customer-purchased products in a storage unit. The store controller and the first cash register. Of the first cash register through a wired line, and the first cash register and the second cash register through a wireless line, and the first cash through the wired line to the store controller. A means for transmitting a sales data collection command is provided to the registration machine, and when the first money registration machine receives the sales data collection command from the store controller through the wired line, the collection command is transmitted through the wireless line. When the sales data is received from the second cash register through the wireless line, the sales data is registered in its own storage unit. A means for transmitting the processed sales data to the store controller through the wired line is provided, and when the second cash register receives a sales data collection command from the first cash register through the wireless line, the self-registering unit A product sales data processing device comprising means for transmitting sales data registered in a storage unit to the first cash register through the wireless line. 2. The commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of first cash register machines are connected to the store controller by a wired line, and each first cash register machine has a different radio frequency. A product sales data processing device, wherein a second cash register is connected via a wireless line. 3. The commodity sales data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second cash register is connected to the first cash register by a wireless line.
There are a plurality of cash register machines, and the first cash register machine is
When a sales data collection command is received from the store controller through the wired line, the collection command is sequentially transmitted to the second cash register through the wireless line, and the sales data is sent from each second cash register through the wireless line. A product sales data processing device, which transmits the sales data of each second cash register together with the sales data registered in its own storage unit to the store controller through the wired line when the collection is completed.