JP2828641B2 - Storeless sales system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial application field The present invention enables an order to be placed by selecting an arbitrary product from the product information provided by an image, and the product is later provided to a customer. The present invention relates to a non-store sales system that enables delivery.

(B) Conventional technology In such a sales system, data such as the address of a customer must be registered in the system by some method in order to deliver the product later.

Therefore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 55-78376 discloses that a customer who has registered customer data in a central information processing device in advance has an ID.
2. Description of the Related Art There is disclosed a non-store sales system in which an orderer of a product can be specified by inserting a card into a terminal device.

Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 61-192364 discloses a system in which an orderer writes customer data in a communication slip and sends it to a center by facsimile.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the system for specifying the orderer using the ID card has a disadvantage that only the holder of the card can place an order. In a facsimile transmission system, it is necessary for the center to manually input the transmitted customer data to the central information processing device, which not only complicates the processing, but also makes it difficult to read input errors and facsimile characters. There is a drawback that customer data cannot be read if the characters are unique or have a characteristic character.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a non-store sales system in which an orderer can directly register customer data by hand when ordering a product.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, a non-store sales system according to the present invention connects a plurality of order receiving terminal devices to a center device, and the center device transmits a product to the order receiving terminal device. When an order is placed, order data is transmitted to the delivery-side management device. Each of the order receiving terminal devices has an image display unit that displays a product image that can be sold, and is displayed on the image display unit. An operation device for designating a product desired to be purchased from among the products, a handwritten character input device that enables handwritten input of customer data when the product is selected by the operation device, and a handwritten character input device. A recognition device for recognizing a character from the coordinate data of the handwritten character and encoding the coordinate data into a predetermined character code; And a transmission device for transmitting the type of the product selected to the container to the center device. The center device, upon receiving data from the order receiving terminal, creates order data indicating an orderer and a destination, and performs the delivery. And a database for storing the customer data received from each of the order receiving terminal devices.

(E) Function In the order receiving terminal device, when the orderer of the product selects the product displayed on the image display unit and places an order with the operating device, the customer data can be input to the handwritten character input device. When the orderer inputs the customer data by handwriting through the handwritten character input device, the recognition device recognizes the character from the coordinate data of the handwritten character, and the coordinate data is coded into a predetermined character code. The customer data is transmitted to the center device together with the selected product information.

When the center device receives the data from one order receiving terminal device, it stores the customer data in the database,
The order data indicating the orderer and the destination is created and given to the delivery-side management device.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a non-store sales system according to the present invention, wherein 100 is a center device and includes a database 104. Ten
Reference numeral 1 denotes an order receiving terminal device, which is connected to the center device 100 via a communication line. Reference numeral 102 denotes a credit processing device in a card company, which checks the credit of a card used in the order receiving terminal device 101 and performs a settlement process. The credit processing device 102 is connected to the center device 100 via a public line. Reference numeral 103 denotes a delivery-side management device which is connected to the center device 100 via a communication line, and when order data is given, performs processing so that delivery in accordance with the data is performed. This processing includes arranging ordered goods and arranging transportation.

FIG. 2 shows the external appearance of the order receiving terminal device 101. On the operation table, a handwritten character input device 6, a CRT display 31 for displaying an operation explanation and a product explanation screen, a card processing device 33, A receipt issuing device 34 and an operation device 35 are arranged. The operation device 35 includes a selection key for selecting a product displayed on the CRT display 31 for purchase.

When the card is inserted into the card processing device 33, the order receiving terminal device 101 reads the card information recorded on the card and transmits the card information to the center device 100. In the center device 100, the card information is further transferred to the credit processing device 1.
02, the credit of the inserted card is checked, and if it is determined that the card is valid, the center device 100
Gives an operation start command to the order receiving terminal device 101 into which this card is inserted. Then, the order receiving terminal device 101 first displays various products on the CRT display 31. Then, when the customer selects a desired product with the operation device 35, the purchased product can be registered in the terminal device. The purchased merchandise is later sent out from another distribution center, and the destination and name are directly input to the order receiving terminal device 101 by the handwritten character input device 6 by the customer. Then, the order receiving terminal device 101 converts the handwritten input character into a JIS character code and stores it. When the handwriting input is completed, the order receiving terminal device 101 transmits the card information and the credit information to the credit processing device 102 via the center device 100 and then returns it. In addition, the order receiving terminal device 101 transmits the customer data handwritten by the orderer via the handwritten character input device and the type of the product selected by the operation device 35 to the center device 100, and drives the receipt issuing device 34. Then, it issues a receipt printed with the product name, purchase price, and the input destination and name.

On the other hand, when customer data and selected product information are input,
The center device 100 creates order data indicating the orderer and the destination, and provides the order data to the delivery-side management device 103. As a result, the delivery center performs the delivery procedure of the ordered product by the processing of the delivery-side management device 103, and bills the card company for the product price.

The center device 100 stores the received customer data in a database. Thus, in the center device 100,
In order to instruct delivery work based on customer data directly input by the customer to each order receiving terminal device 101 and store this data in the database, the input customer data may be manually registered again in the middle of the system. In addition, the delivery of goods and the registration of data can be performed accurately.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration for controlling the order receiving terminal device 101, wherein 1 is a CPU, 2 is a RAM, 3 is a ROM,
4 are I / O interfaces, these are address buses 5
And a data bus 5A. The CRT display 31, the card processing device 33, the receipt issuing device 34, and the handwritten character input device 6 are connected to the CPU 1 via the I / O interface 4, and the CPU 1 performs these operations based on a program stored in the ROM 3. Control the operation of.

When a card is inserted, the card processing device 33 outputs a card insertion signal to the CPU 1 and performs predetermined processing on the card according to a control signal output from the CPU 1.

When a signal indicating product display is input from the CPU 1, the CRT display 31 displays a product image corresponding to the signal.

When the customer operates the selection key corresponding to the product desired to be purchased, the operating device 35 outputs a selection signal indicating the selected product to the CP.
Output to U1. When the selection signal is input, the CPU 1 registers the selected product in the RAM 2.

Receipt issuing device 34, when the customer specifies the product to be purchased and input the address and name to handwriting input device 6,
Under the control of the CPU 1, a receipt in which these data are printed is issued.

The handwritten character input device 6 includes a tablet 9 and a liquid crystal display module 11, and the tablet 9 further includes a fourth
As shown in the figure, the tablet body 12 connected to the I / O interface with the signal cable 20, the transparent electrode plate 10,
The tablet body 12 has the transparent electrode plate 10 and the liquid crystal display module 11 incorporated therein.

The transparent electrode plate 10 has 2096 dots vertically and horizontally and 311 dots each.
A transparent electromagnetic induction line for detecting 2-dot points is laid in a matrix, and the pen 13 is
When approaching 10, induction signals are generated in the X and Y electromagnetic induction lines corresponding to the point.
When the tablet body 12 captures the guidance signal, the tablet body 12 obtains X and Y coordinates. When inputting handwritten characters, the liquid crystal display module 11 displays a handwritten input display screen (FIG. 12) for designating a box for inputting characters and functions on the transparent electrode plate 10. This display screen includes a block 14 in which an arbitrary character is written by the pen 13 and a block 15 indicating a function at the end of writing. The pen 13 has a switch 21 that is activated when the pen is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10.

When the handwritten character input device 6 writes a character on the transparent electrode plate 10 with the pen 13 according to the input display screen of the liquid crystal display module 11, the tablet body 12 obtains X, Y coordinate data for each stroke constituting the character. Is output to CPU1. When receiving the X and Y coordinate data, the CPU 1 converts the data into X and Y coordinate data in a form
Output to 2.

When the X and Y coordinate data relating to all strokes for one character are input from the CPU 1, the recognition device 22 recognizes the character based on the data, and recognizes the character as a character code according to the JIS-C-6226 code system. Output the code to CPU1.

The operation of the terminal device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1, the CPU 1 controls the CRT display 31 to display the initial screen. In the next S2 step, it is determined whether a card has been inserted into the terminal device based on the presence or absence of a signal from the card processing device 33. And if the card is not inserted
Return to step S1. Therefore, in the standby state, the processing of steps S1 and S2 is repeated.

When the card is inserted, the process proceeds to step S3, and the validity of the card is determined based on the card information read by the card processing device. And if the card is invalid S4
Proceeding to a step, the CPU 1 controls the card processing device, returns the inserted card, and returns to the standby state.

When the CPU 1 determines that the input card is valid, the process proceeds to step S5, and outputs a control signal to the CRT display 31 to control the image display of the product. And the customer who saw the screen was the operating device
If it is detected in step S6 that the product desired to be purchased is selected in step S35, the process proceeds to step S7. In this step S7, customer data such as a destination and a name to be handwritten by the customer in the handwritten character input device 6 are registered in the RAM 2. next
In step S8, the merchandise price is settled, the card is returned, a receipt is issued, and then the system returns to the standby state.

The customer data and purchased merchandise data registered in the terminal device in this way are transmitted online to the center device 100 and accumulated in the database 104.

About the operation at the time of handwritten character input of S7 step,
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 and FIG.

FIG. 9 schematically shows a storage unit of the RAM 2 used for inputting handwritten characters. The RAM 2 stores stroke coordinate data storage areas M1, M2, M3,... For storing the coordinate data of each point for one stroke of the handwritten character. .. Mn and register bank 8 are included. The register bank 8 includes a buffer 2a for latching X coordinate data, and storage areas M1, M2, M3,.
A RAM bank register for sequentially switching and specifying a pointer 2b for specifying Mn, an X coordinate change flag 2c, a data capture flag 2d, a stroke end flag 2e, and storage areas M1, M2, M3. 2f and change flag 2
g and an entry end flag 2h are formed.

The CPU 1 normally operates in accordance with the flowchart of FIG. 6, but when the pen 13 approaches the transparent electrode plate 10 and the tablet body 12 outputs X and Y coordinate data indicating the point, the CPU 1 interrupts. The processing of the flowchart of FIG. 7 is performed. At this time, when the tablet body 12 receives an induction signal from the transparent electrode plate 10,
The data is output to the CPU 1 according to the format shown in FIG. This data consists of a 1-byte function display section F, a 2-byte X-coordinate data section XD, and a 2-byte Y-coordinate data section YD as one packet.
While the guide signal is being introduced from the transparent electrode plate 10, the code indicating the function at that time and the packet indicating the X and Y coordinate data are sequentially output. The function code indicates whether the pen 13 is touching the transparent electrode plate 10 or not. The function display section F, the X coordinate data section XD, and the Y coordinate data section YD have identification information added to the first two bits of each section so that the CPU 1 can identify them.

FIG. 10 shows a handwriting input display screen shown by the liquid crystal display module 11 on X and Y coordinate axes, and each block to which characters are input is defined by predetermined X and Y coordinates.
For example, when the character "10" is handwritten to the block B1, "1" is first input in the first stroke. At this time, when the pen 13 is brought close to the transparent electrode plate 10, the tablet
12 displays a code indicating that the pen 13 is not touching the transparent electrode plate 10 on the function display section, and displays X,
In the Y coordinate data portion, coordinate data corresponding to a point facing the tip of the pen 13 is displayed. And the pen 13 is a transparent electrode plate
When the switch 21 is turned on after being placed on the tablet 10, the tablet body 12
Indicates a code indicating that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 in the function display section, and X and Y coordinate data indicate the first point of the “one” stroke in the X and Y coordinate data. Is displayed. After that, the stroke of "one"
As the mouse moves, the tablet body 12 outputs to the CPU 1 a code indicating that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 and the coordinate data at that time.

When such data is input from the tablet body 12, the CPU 1 is interrupted, and determines in step S100 whether the data is data of the function display unit. If the data is the function display section, the process of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S101, and it is determined whether the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 based on the code shown on the display section. At the stage where the pen 13 was brought close to the transparent electrode plate 10 for the purpose of writing characters, the switch 21 was not turned on yet, and a code indicating that the pen 13 was placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 was output from the tablet body 12. Not done. Accordingly, the process of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S102, and determines whether the data fetch flag is set. As will become clear later, the data capture flag is not set when the pen 13 is approached for the first time to write a character on the transparent electrode plate 10. Therefore CP
U1 gets out of interrupt processing. The tablet body 12 outputs data one by one as long as the pen 13 is not in contact with the transparent electrode plate 10 even if it is not in contact with the transparent electrode plate 10, but the CPU 1 sends S100 each time this data is input and interrupted.
The processing from step to step S102 is performed.

Then, when the pen 13 touches the transparent electrode plate 10, the tablet body 12 outputs a code indicating that the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10, and the X and Y coordinate data at this time. This interrupts the processing of the CPU 1 and determines in step S100 that the input data is a function code. In the next step S101, this code indicates that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10. If it is determined that the code is a code, the process proceeds to step S106. In this step, the CPU 1 determines whether the pen 13 has been turned on from off. When the pen 13 is approached for the first time to write characters on the transparent electrode plate 10, the pen 13 has been switched from off to on, and the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to the next step S107. In this step, the CPU 1 sets the data capture flag 2d, and in the next S108 step, sets data for addressing the start address of the storage area M1 for storing the X and Y coordinate data in the RAM 2 in the pointer 2b,
Exit from interrupt processing.

The tablet body 12 outputs the X coordinate data following the function code. When an interrupt occurs, the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds from step S100 to step S109.
Proceed to step. When the CPU 1 determines in this step that the data is X coordinate data, the process proceeds to S110.
In step S110, it is determined whether the pen 13 has been turned on.Since the function code that has already been input is a code indicating that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10, the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S111. move on. In step S111, the CPU 1 determines whether the X coordinate data has changed to the coordinate range of the next block. The operation so far is the stage where the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10. There is no change in the block for the X coordinate, and the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S115.
Then, the CPU 1 writes the X coordinate data in the buffer 2a, and then exits the interrupt processing.

After outputting the X-coordinate data, the tablet body 12 outputs the Y-coordinate data. When an interrupt occurs, the processing of the CPU 1 changes from the processing of steps S100 and S108 to the processing of step S117. In step S117, it is determined whether the pen 13 has been turned on. As described above, since the already input function code is a code indicating that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10, the following is performed. Proceed to step S118. In step S118, the CPU 1 determines whether the Y coordinate data has changed to the coordinate range of the next block. The operation so far is the stage where the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10, there is no change in the block for the Y coordinate, and the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S119. S119
In step S1, the CPU 1 determines whether the X coordinate change flag 2c is set. In this case, the X coordinate change flag is not set in the RAM 2, and the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S123. In step S123, the stroke coordinate data storage area M1 of the RAM 2 is stored based on the contents of the RAM bank register 2f.
And the first address of the storage area M1 is specified by the contents of the pointer 2b. Then, the CPU 1 stores the X coordinate data latched in the buffer 2a in the storage area M1 in step S124, stores the sent Y coordinate data in the storage area M1 in the next step S125, and further stores the transmitted Y coordinate data in step S121. The data for designating the address used to store the X and Y coordinate data to be input next to the area M1 is set in the pointer 2b, and the process exits from the interrupt.

While the “one” stroke continues, the tablet body 12 outputs a function code indicating that the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 and the X and Y coordinate data at that time. Therefore, the CPU 1 repeats the above-described steps each time data is input by “one” handwriting input from the tablet body 12 and interrupt is applied.
The X and Y coordinate data are sequentially stored in the storage area M1 of the RAM2.

After the stroke of “one” is completed, the pen 13 is once moved to the transparent electrode plate to input “1” by handwriting.
10 away. Therefore, pen 13 is connected to the transparent electrode plate.
Because the switch 21 is turned off when the pen is separated from the tablet 10, the tablet body 12 outputs to the CPU 1 a function code indicating that the pen 13 is separated from the transparent electrode plate 10 and the X and Y coordinate data at that time.

Accordingly, when an interrupt is applied, the CPU 1 proceeds to step S101 from step S100, and determines that the function code input here is a code indicating that the pen 13 is separated from the transparent electrode plate 10, and furthermore,
Proceed to step S102. When it is determined in step S102 that the data capture flag 2d is set, the next
Proceed to step S103. In this S103 step, the CPU 1
The contents of the M bank register 2f are incremented, so that X, X occurring in the next stroke (“|” in this example) is generated.
The Y coordinate data is stored in the storage area M2.
Then, the CPU 1 sets the stroke end flag 2e in the RAM 2 in the next step S104, and then sets the RA in step S105.
After resetting the data capture flag 2d of M2, exit the interrupt processing.

And pen 13 is used to input handwriting “|”
When placed on the tablet 10, the tablet body 12
Code and X, Y indicating that
Outputs coordinate data. An interrupt is applied according to this data, a function code input is detected in step S100, and if it is determined in step S101 that the function code is a code indicating that the pen 13 has been placed on the transparent electrode plate 10, the CPU 1 The process proceeds to step S106. At this time, since the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 for writing “|”, the processing of the CPU 1 further proceeds from step S106.
Proceed to step S107. In this S107 step, the CP
U1 sets the data capture flag 2d in RAM2 and sets the next S1
Proceeding to step 08, in step S108, the pointer 2b is set to initial, and then the interrupt processing is exited.

While the “|” stroke continues, the tablet body 12 outputs a code indicating that the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 and the X and Y coordinate data at that time. Therefore, the CPU 1 sequentially stores the X and Y coordinate data as in the case where "1" is input by handwriting. At this time, the storage area M2 is specified and stored by the RAM bank register 2f. When this stroke ends and the pen 13 moves away from the transparent electrode plate 10, the tablet body 12
A function code indicating that the pen 13 has left from 10 and the X and Y coordinate data at that time are output.
CPU5 switches off these X and Y
Ignore the coordinate data. In this process, the RAM bank register 2f is incremented to the content designating the storage area M3.

When the character “10” is input by handwriting in this manner, next, the character is input by handwriting in blocks other than B1 or the pen 13 is touched on the “end” block. .

Therefore, a case where a character is handwritten in block B2 will be described. When the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 and moves,
The tablet body 12 outputs X and Y coordinate data corresponding to the stroke together with a function code indicating that the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10. Therefore CPU1
When an interrupt occurs, the function code is detected in step S100, the pen 13 is detected to be on in step S101, and when the pen 13 is switched from off to on in step S106, the RA is detected in step S107.
The data capture flag is set in M2, the pointer 2b is initially set, and then the interrupt processing is exited. Therefore, the X and Y coordinate data outputted thereafter are stored in the storage area M3.

The tablet body 12 outputs the X coordinate data following the function code. When an interrupt occurs, the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds from step S100 to step S109.
Proceed to step. When the CPU 1 determines in this step that the data is X coordinate data, the process proceeds to S110.
When detecting that the pen 13 is turned on in step S110, the CPU 1 determines whether the X coordinate data has changed to the coordinate range of another block in the next step S111. In this case, the input X-coordinate data deviates from the coordinate range of the block B1 because “10” is input to the block B1 and then the stroke of a character input to the block B2.
The process of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S112.

The processing in steps S112 and S113 will be clarified later, but it is to determine whether the function for which entry has been completed has been selected. In this case, since the character is input to the block B2, the CPU 1 proceeds to the next step S114. CPU1
In step S115, the X coordinate change flag is stored in RAM2.
Set 2c. Then, in step S115, the CPU 1 stores the X coordinate data in the buffer 2a of the RAM 2, and then exits the interrupt processing.

After outputting the X-coordinate data, the tablet body 12 outputs the Y-coordinate data. When an interrupt occurs, the processing of the CPU 1 changes from the processing of steps S100 and S109 to the processing of step S117. When the CPU 1 detects that the pen 13 is turned on in step S117, the CPU 1
In step S118, it is determined whether the Y coordinate data has changed to the coordinate range of another block. In this case, since the Y coordinate data at the time of handwriting input to the block B2 is in the coordinate range of the block B1, the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S119. In step S119, the CPU 1 determines whether or not the X coordinate change flag 2c has been set in the RAM 2.
Since the X-coordinate change flag is set by the change of the X-coordinate due to the rewriting, the process proceeds to step S120. CP
U1 resets the X coordinate change flag 2c in this S120 step, sets initials to the pointer 2b in the next S121 step, and sets the block change flag 2g in the RAM 2 in the next S122 step. CPU1 has the following
In step S123, the RAM is stored in RAM bank register 2f.
The second stroke coordinate data storage area M3 is specified, and the first address of the storage area M3 is specified by the contents of the pointer 2b. Then, in step S124, the CPU 1 stores the X coordinate data latched in the buffer 2a in the storage area M3,
In the next step S125, the sent Y coordinate data is stored in the storage area M3.
The data for designating the address to be used by the M3 to store the next input X and Y coordinate data is set in the pointer 2b, and the interrupt processing is exited. X and Y output by the tablet body 12 while this stroke is continued
The coordinate data is stored in the storage area M3.

Then, each X, Y coordinate data generated in each stroke of the handwritten character input to the block B2 is stored in the storage area M3,
Stored in M4, M5 ...

The case where the character input is changed from the block B1 to the block B3 will be described. In this case, the X coordinate data output from the tablet body 12 is in the coordinate range of the block B1, but the Y coordinate data is outside the coordinate range of the block B1. is there. Therefore, in the case of this character input, when the CPU 1 detects that there is no change in the X coordinate range in step S111, the process proceeds to step S115 without setting the X coordinate change flag 2c. When it is detected in step S118 that the Y coordinate data is outside the coordinate range of the block B1, the process proceeds to step S121.

When the pen 13 is placed in the “end of writing” block by the end of the handwriting input, the tablet body 12 outputs a function code indicating that the pen 13 is placed on the transparent electrode plate 10 and the X and Y coordinates at that time. Output data. CPU
In step S111, if it is determined in step S111 that the X coordinate is different from the coordinate range of the block previously input, the process proceeds to step S111.
The process proceeds from step S112 to step S112. Then, in step S112, it is checked whether or not the X coordinate data is within the coordinate range of the “end of entry” block. If it is detected in step S113 that the X coordinate data is within the coordinate range, it is determined that the end function has been selected and the process proceeds to step S116. After setting the entry end flag 2h in the RAM 2 in step S116, the process exits the interrupt process.

When data is input from the tablet body 12, the CPU 1 interrupts and performs the above-described processing. Next, the processing of the main flow will be described.

In the flowchart of FIG. 6, the CPU 1 outputs a character start signal to the recognition device 22 in step S10. In the next S11 step, the presence or absence of response data from the recognition device 22 is determined. The response data means that the CPU 1 outputs the X or Y coordinate data of all the strokes of the handwritten character written in one block of the transparent electrode plate 10 so that the character or the character returned by the recognition device 22 is returned. The X and Y coordinate data, which is character data representing a symbol and will become clear later, is obtained by packet-editing the X and Y coordinate data introduced from the tablet body 12.
When there is a response to the character data, the CPU 1 proceeds to step S12, and outputs font data for the character indicated by the character data to the CRT display and the liquid crystal display module 11. As a result, these displays display the corresponding characters.

In the next S13 step, the CPU 1 checks whether the stroke end flag 2e is set in the RAM 2 to determine whether one stroke of the handwriting input has been completed,
If the processing has been completed, the processing of the CPU 1 proceeds to step S17.

In step S17, the CPU 1 specifies the storage areas M1... Mn of the RAM 2 storing the X and Y coordinate data of this stroke, and in the next step S18, all the X and Y stored in this storage area Edit the coordinate data by packet. The packet editing is to edit each stroke of a character input to each block having different coordinates on a common coordinate axis (FIG. 11). Then, the CPU 1 sends S1 to the recognition device 22.
The stroke start signal is output in step 9, the X and Y coordinate data after packet editing is output in step S20, the stroke end signal is output in step S21, and R is output in step S22.
The stroke end flag 2e of AM2 is reset, and the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the CPU 1 checks whether the change flag 2g is set in the RAM 2 to determine whether the block to be handwritten has been changed. The change in the block means that one character is completely written in one block, and the CPU 1 recognizes the character end signal indicating the input of one character by the recognition device 22.
Output to After resetting the change flag 2c in the next step S24, the process returns to step S10.

When the character end signal is input, the recognizing device 22 recognizes the character written in the block based on the respective X and Y coordinate data of all the strokes input after receiving the character start signal. And recognition device
When 22 sends character data indicating this character to CPU1,
The CPU 1 detects this in step S11. When CPU1 receives the character data, it sends this data to the CRT in step S12.
The character is sent to the display 31 and the liquid crystal display module 11, and the display device displays the corresponding character, so that the input user can confirm whether the character input by handwriting is correctly recognized. In particular, in the liquid crystal display module 11, since the input is displayed through the transparent electrode plate 10, the input can be confirmed almost as if the user were writing.

In step S15, the CPU 1 checks whether the entry end flag 2h is set in the RAM 2 to determine whether the handwriting input is completed. When detecting that the handwriting input has ended, the CPU 1 resets the entry end flag in step S16, and ends the handwritten character input mode.
However, if the handwriting input has not been completed,
It returns to step S11 and repeats this processing.

In the above non-store sales system, the center device 10
0 may have the functions of the credit processing device 102 and the delivery-side management device 103, and may be installed in a card company or a delivery center as needed.

(G) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, direct delivery can be instructed to the distribution center by customer data handwritten by the customer on the order receiving terminal device, so that not only the delivery process is reliable but also accurate customer data can be obtained. Stored in the database.

In particular, since the handwritten input character is coded into a predetermined character code on the order receiving terminal device side based on the coordinate data and the data is transmitted, the amount of information is reduced as compared with, for example, transmitting the character as image data. The transmission time can be shortened, and the capacity of the database can be reduced.

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FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a storeless sales system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of an order receiving terminal device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control configuration, FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the order receiving terminal device, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a handwritten character input operation, FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an interrupt operation of a CPU at the time of handwritten character input, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a format of data output from the tablet body to the CPU,
FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a storage format of a RAM, FIG.
Figure 0 is a diagram showing the blocks of the handwriting input screen with X, Y coordinates,
FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining packet editing, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a handwriting input screen. 1 CPU, 2 RAM, 6 Handwritten character input device, 22
... Recognition device, 100, Center device, 101, Order receiving terminal device, 103, Delivery-side management device, 104, Database.

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(57) [Claims] A plurality of order receiving terminal devices connected to a center device, wherein the center device transmits order data to a delivery-side management device when a product is ordered from the order receiving terminal device; Each of the terminal devices has an image display unit that displays a product image that can be sold, an operation device for designating a product desired to be purchased from the products displayed on the image display unit, and an operation device. A handwritten character input device that enables handwritten input of customer data when a product is selected, and recognizes characters from coordinate data of characters handwritten on the handwritten character input device and converts the coordinate data into a predetermined character code. A recognition device for encoding, and a transmission device for transmitting the customer data indicated by the code generated in the recognition device and the type of product selected by the operation device to the center device, The center device, upon receiving data from the order receiving terminal, creates order data indicating an orderer and a destination and provides the processing data to the delivery-side management device, and accumulates the customer data received from each of the order receiving terminal devices. A non-store sales system comprising a database.