JP5339441B2 - POS terminal, accounting method, accounting program, and program recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS terminal, an accounting processing method, an accounting processing program, and a program recording medium, and in particular, a POS terminal that enables electronic processing of fractions at the time of accounting in a retail store or a restaurant, and accounting processing The present invention relates to a method, an accounting program, and a program recording medium.

  Since the introduction of the consumption tax, retail stores and restaurants have been set to fine digit positions in the sale price of products, and the number of small changes in fishing has increased. In particular, when the number of change coins increases, it is easy for a store clerk to mistake the number of coins in the change delivery.

  For this reason, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-178194 “Change Management System, Change Management Server, Change Management Method and Change Management Program” of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-178194, data relating to change and a person who should receive the change is used as change data as a server. When an instruction to make an investment is input from a POS terminal or the like, the change is received by accessing the investment management company's system and performing a predetermined investment process electronically. There has been a proposal to make an investment using electronic data corresponding to change.

JP 2003-178194 A (pages 5-7)

  However, the measure of applying change to investment as in Patent Document 1 cannot be applied to those who are not interested in investment at all, lacks generality, and is a mechanism that can be widely applied. Absent.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and at the time of accounting, by allowing the combined use of cash and point service, by making the fraction of the accounting amount a processing object of the point service, the coin of change An object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal, an accounting processing method, an accounting processing program, and a program recording medium that can reduce the delivery of information.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the POS terminal, accounting method, accounting program, and program recording medium according to the present invention employ the following characteristic configuration.

  (1) A POS terminal that uses cash and service points in combination to account for purchased goods, and pays a fraction of the total amount of purchased goods so that the number of coins delivered as change is reduced. A POS terminal that allocates points.

  According to the POS terminal, accounting method, accounting program, and program recording medium of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  By using cash and point card service points together at the time of POS terminal cash accounting, the service points will be applied to the payment of the fraction of the total amount, thereby reducing the delivery of change coins at the time of settlement of fractions, It is possible to reduce the trouble of the store clerk and the change error to be delivered.

It is a block block diagram which shows an example of the apparatus structure of the POS terminal which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the screen with the accounting process choice displayed on a customer display of the POS terminal of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the POS terminal of FIG. 1.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a POS terminal, an accounting processing method, an accounting processing program, and a program recording medium according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the POS terminal and accounting method according to the present invention will be described. However, the accounting method may be implemented as an accounting program that can be executed by a computer, or an accounting program. It goes without saying that may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

(Features of the present invention)
Prior to the description of the embodiments of the present invention, an outline of the features of the present invention will be described first. The present invention enables the combined use of cash and service points when performing settlement with cash at the time of accounting processing at a POS terminal, and enables electronic processing of fractions of the total amount by service points. It is characterized by reducing the possibility that coins will be included in change.

  In other words, at the POS terminal, when the purchase price is settled with cash, the customer can select the fraction processing method by the service point (in other words, the cash payment method) on the customer display. By displaying as processing options and allowing the customer to select one of them, it is characterized in that settlement is performed by using the selected cash and service points together.

  The fraction processing method using service points displayed as an accounting option on the customer's display (in other words, the cash payment method) is appropriately set according to the service points stored in the point card presented by the customer. Is done. That is, within the range of available service points stored in the point card, a fraction processing method that reduces the number of change coins is displayed as a plurality of accounting method candidates on a plurality of screens to allow the customer to select.

  Here, as a selection method for the customer to select one of the accounting processing options displayed on the customer display, the customer himself / herself may touch the touch panel of the customer display to make a selection. The clerk may be instructed verbally and operated by the clerk.

(Embodiment of the present invention)
FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an example of a device configuration of a POS terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the device configuration of the POS terminal according to the present invention is the same as the device configuration of the conventional POS terminal, and includes a control unit 1, a display unit 2, an operation unit 3, and a customer display 10 with a touch panel. It consists of and. Here, in the present invention, the operation of the control unit 1 is different from that of the conventional POS terminal, and at the time of accounting processing, for example, a screen with accounting processing options as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen with accounting process options displayed on the customer display 10 of the POS terminal of FIG. In FIG. 2, the screen with the accounting processing options is a subtotal frame 11 indicating the total accounting amount, a usable service point display frame 12 stored in a point card possessed by the customer, and an accounting processing option indicating the accounting processing options. It consists of a frame 13.

  In the screen display example of FIG. 2, as shown in the subtotal frame 11, the total amount to be paid by the customer is 4,874 yen, and as shown in the service point display frame 12, the point card owned by the customer can be used. A useful service point is 400P (points).

  For example, in such a case, a fraction processing method (in other words, a cash payment method) by a service point that can reduce the number of coins delivered as change according to the accounting processing program of the control unit 1 of the POS terminal. Extracted and displayed on the accounting processing option frame 13 as an accounting option.

In the display example of the accounting processing option frame 13 in FIG. 2, the following four options are displayed.
(1) Cash 4,870 yen, service point 4P
(2) Cash 4,800 yen, service point 74P
(3) Cash 4,500 yen, service point 374P
(4) Cash 4,874 yen, do not use service points

  Here, when the customer pays 5,000 yen cash, in the case of the accounting option (1), the change is 1 coin of 100 yen coins, 2 coins of 10 yen, and 1 coin of 5 yen coin. Will be handed over. In the case of the accounting option (2), two hundred-yen coins are delivered as change. In the case of the accounting option (3), one coin of 500 yen coin is handed over as change. In the case of the accounting option (4) that does not use service points in combination, there are 5 coins in total, including one hundred-yen coin, two ten-yen coins, one five-yen coin, and two one-yen coins. Will receive the coins.

  A screen with accounting processing options is displayed on the customer display 10 to prompt the customer to select one of the accounting options. The customer who has confirmed the screen display touches the touch panel on any of the accounting options displayed on the customer display 10, or verbally transmits the selection result of any of the accounting options to the store clerk. As a result of the selection operation being performed by the store clerk, the settlement process is performed.

(Description of operation of embodiment)
Next, an example of the operation of the POS terminal of FIG. 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the POS terminal of FIG. 1, and shows the operation of the accounting process using a combination of cash and a point card.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the clerk of the POS terminal sequentially registers the purchased products by reading the barcode of the products purchased by the customer with the barcode reader (step S1), and all the purchased products. Is completed (YES in step S2), the subtotal button is operated. By operating the subtotal button, the POS terminal calculates the total price of the purchased product and displays it on the subtotal frame 11 of the customer display 10 as shown in FIG.

  Next, the store clerk confirms with the customer whether or not the customer has a point card. If the customer has a point card (YES in step S3), the store clerk reads the point card from the card reader and stores it in the point card. Read service points. By performing this reading operation, the POS terminal displays available service points on the service point display frame 12 of the customer display 10 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the user does not have a point card (NO in step S3), the process proceeds to step S6 assuming that the total amount is paid by cash or a credit card.

  When the service points on the point card are read, the POS terminal recognizes the number of available service points and uses a fraction processing method that reduces the number of change coins within the range of available service points. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of accounting processing method candidates are extracted and displayed on the accounting processing option frame 13 of the customer display 10 to prompt the customer to select one of the accounting options (step S4).

  When one of the accounting options displayed in the accounting option frame 13 is selected (step S5), the payment amount to be paid as cash and the number of points using the service points are summed up based on the selected result. This is displayed on the display 10 (step S6).

  Based on the result of the customer confirming the total displayed on the customer display 10, the settlement process is performed (step S7), and all the accounting processes are completed.

(Explanation of effect of embodiment)
By using point card service points in combination with point card service points at the POS terminal for cash accounting, the point card is applied to all or part of the fractional processing, so that the number of coins that the clerk delivers to customers as change It becomes possible to reduce, and it is possible to reduce the trouble of handing over change and changing the change.

The configuration of the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, it should be noted that such examples are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention in any way. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the embodiment of the present invention can be expressed as the following configuration in addition to the configuration (1) in the means for solving the problems.
(2) Within the range of available service points, a plurality of candidates for the method of allocating the service points to the fraction of the total amount where the number of change coins is reduced are extracted as accounting options, and are displayed on the customer display The POS terminal according to (1), which is displayed on a screen and prompts a customer to select one of the plurality of accounting options.
(3) The POS terminal according to (2), wherein the number of available service points is displayed on the screen together with the accounting options on the customer display.
(4) A method of accounting at a POS terminal that uses cash and service points together to account for purchased goods, and is a fraction of the total amount of purchased goods so that the number of coins delivered as change is reduced. An accounting method for appropriating the service points for payment.
(5) Within the range of available service points, a plurality of candidates for the method of allocating the service points to the fraction of the total amount where the number of change coins is reduced are extracted as accounting options, and are displayed on the customer display The accounting processing method according to (4), which is displayed on a screen and prompts the customer to select one of the plurality of accounting options.
(6) The accounting method according to (5), wherein the number of available service points is displayed together with the accounting option on the customer display.
(7) An accounting processing program that implements the accounting processing method according to any one of (4) to (6) as a program executable by a computer.
(8) A program recording medium in which the accounting program of (7) is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Display part 3 Operation part 10 Display for customer 11 Subtotal frame 12 Service point display frame 13 Accounting processing option frame

Claims (6)

A POS terminal that uses cash and service points together to account for purchased products, and allocates the service points to the fraction of the total amount of purchased products so that the number of coins delivered as change is reduced And
Within the range of available service points, a plurality of candidates for the method of allocating the service points to the fraction of the total amount that reduces the number of change coins are extracted as accounting options and displayed on the customer display. A POS terminal that prompts the customer to select one of the plurality of accounting options. 2. The POS terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the number of available service points is displayed together with the accounting option on the customer display. A method of accounting in a POS terminal that uses cash and service points in combination to account for purchased goods, and is used to pay a fraction of the total amount of purchased goods so that the number of coins delivered as change is reduced. Allocate service points ,
Within the range of available service points, a plurality of candidates for the method of allocating the service points to the fraction of the total amount that reduces the number of change coins are extracted as accounting options and displayed on the customer display. An accounting method for prompting a customer to select any accounting option from among the plurality of accounting options. The accounting processing method according to claim 3 , wherein the number of available service points is displayed together with the accounting options on the display for customer.   To a computer that accounts for purchased goods using cash and service points together,
  A process of applying the service points to the payment of a fraction of the total amount of purchased products so that the number of coins delivered as change is reduced,
  A process of extracting a plurality of candidates for the method of allocating the service points to the fraction of the total amount that reduces the number of change coins within the range of available service points as an accounting option and displaying the screen on a display Execute
  Accounting program. 6. A program recording medium, wherein the accounting processing program according to claim 5 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

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