JP6507888B2 - Product sales processing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a commodity sales processing system.

A slip output system in which a POS register and a kitchen printer are connected is known.
Such a slip output system is provided, for example, in a restaurant or the like that adopts a prepaid self-service method. In the restaurant, a clerk who has received a menu (product) order from a customer inputs (registers) the ordered product into the POS terminal device, and performs an accounting process for the product ordered by the POS terminal device.
The POS register prints a receipt handed to the customer and instructs the kitchen printer to print a cooking instruction slip of the product in response to the end of the accounting process for the ordered product.
The kitchen printer is installed in the kitchen. The kitchen printer prints the cooking instruction slip in accordance with the print instruction. The clerk of the cook who is in the kitchen cooks the product printed in the cooking instruction slip.
According to such a slip output system, since the clerk who received the order does not have to, for example, verbally convey the contents of the order to the clerk of the cook, it is necessary to properly instruct the cooking according to the ordered product. Becomes possible.

In the slip output system as described above, for example, when a plurality of same products are purchased for each of the receipt and the cooking instruction slip, the product purchased for one product name representing a plurality of the same products It is known that the printing is performed in correspondence with the number of (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this way, if one product name and the number of products are made to correspond to a plurality of same products and printed, there is no need to print one by one corresponding to a plurality of the same products, for example. It is possible to reduce the number. This makes it possible, for example, to save paper used for printing receipts and cooking instruction slips.

Japanese Utility Model Publication 7-6835

  However, when one commodity name and the number of commodities are associated and printed together for a plurality of the same commodities, the number of commodities to be cooked is indicated by a number. For this reason, for example, the cook clerk needs to grasp the number of products that still have to be cooked by subtracting the number of products that have been cooked so far from the number of products printed on the cooking instruction slip . However, especially when busy, etc., there is a possibility that the calculation may be wrong because the calculation may be wrong or misunderstanding, and the number of products to be cooked may be wrong.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to make it difficult to make a mistake in the number of products to be prepared when preparing a necessary number of products by looking at a slip indicating a purchased product. I assume.

  One aspect of the present invention for solving the problems described above relates to a registration unit for registering a product, and a first slip corresponding to a settlement process of the product registered by the registration unit for a plurality of same products registered. The second form that outputs in the first format, which is summarized in one item by the combination of the product information and the number of registrations, and instructs the preparation of the products registered by the registration unit is one item for each of a plurality of the same registered products. And an output control means for outputting in the second format.

  According to the present invention, when preparing a necessary number of products by looking at a slip indicating a purchased product, it is possible to obtain an effect that an error in the number of products to be prepared hardly occurs.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the ordering system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a content of the accounting slip in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the content which was printed in a summary form about the cooking instruction | indication slip. It is a figure which shows the example of a content of the cooking instruction slip printed by the separate format in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS register in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of composition of a kitchen printer in a 1st embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a processing procedure which the POS register | resistor of 1st Embodiment performs regarding issuing of an accounting voucher and a cooking instruction voucher. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a processing procedure which the POS register | resistor of 2nd Embodiment performs regarding issuing of an accounting slip and a cooking instruction slip. It is a figure which shows the example of a content of the accounting information in one modification of this embodiment. In one modification of this embodiment, when there are two kitchen printers, it is a figure which shows the example of a content of the cooking instruction slip issued by one kitchen printer. In the modification of this embodiment, when there are two kitchen printers, it is a figure which shows the example of a content of the cooking instruction slip issued by the other kitchen printer.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First Embodiment
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an ordering system (an example of a commodity sales processing system) according to the present embodiment. The ordering system shown in the figure includes a POS register 10 and a kitchen printer 20 (an example of a slip output device). The POS register 10 is connected to be able to communicate with the kitchen printer 20.

  The ordering system shown in the figure is installed, for example, at a restaurant. The POS register 10 is installed at a predetermined place on the floor of the restaurant, and the kitchen printer 20 is installed at a predetermined place in the kitchen of the same restaurant.

The POS register 10 shown in the figure includes a touch panel 106, a key operation unit 108, a display unit for customer 110, and a slip issue port 113.
The touch panel 106 has, for example, a combination of a liquid crystal display device and a touch pad, and can perform an operation by touching an operation object such as a finger on the screen. Further, the touch panel 106 can display various information related to the menu order, such as a registered menu (an example of a product) and the amount of money relating to accounting, and a subtotal button (subtotal key) not shown. It has a storage button (storage key) and a total cost button (total key or closing key).
The key operation unit 108 is a portion provided with mechanical keys (for example, numeric keys from 0 to 9, subtotal key, storage key, actual key (closing key), etc.) in the POS register 10.
The customer display unit 110 is a display unit provided to display various information such as the ordered menu and the amount of money related to the account to the customer.
The slip issuing port 113 discharges an accounting slip (an example of a first slip) printed on a sheet by the built-in printing unit. That is, the POS register 10 of the present embodiment outputs the accounting slip in the form of printing on a sheet. The accounting slip is a slip corresponding to the settlement process and is also called a receipt.

The kitchen printer 20 has a slip issuing port 201. The slip issuing port 201 discharges a cooking instruction slip (an example of a second slip) printed on a sheet by a built-in printing unit. That is, the kitchen printer 20 of the present embodiment outputs the cooking instruction slip by printing on a sheet. In the present embodiment, the output of the cooking instruction slip by the kitchen printer 20 is performed according to the control of the POS register 10.
Hereinafter, printing on a sheet and discharging the printed sheet as a slip is also referred to as "issuing". Issuance is an aspect of outputting an accounting slip and a cooking instruction slip. Further, hereinafter, when there is no particular distinction between the accounting slip and the cooking instruction slip, it is simply described as "slip".

The customer selects the menu and then orders the selected menu from the floor clerk.
The floor clerk operates the touch panel 106 and the key operation unit 108 in the POS register 10 to register the ordered menu in the POS register 10 in response to receiving a menu order from the customer.
When the floor clerk confirms that all the menus ordered by the customer have been registered, the closing process (payment settlement) for the registered menu and the closing operation according to the closing (closing process) of the accounting process And a touch on the touch panel 106 and the key operation unit 108.
When the accounting process (payment settlement) of the menu input as described above is performed, and the closing process for ending the accounting process is executed according to the pressing (closing operation) of the total key (closing key) , POS register 10 issue accounting documents for customers.

FIG. 2 shows an example of print (output) contents of an accounting slip issued by the POS register 10 of this embodiment.
For example, in the accounting slip shown in the figure, the accounting completion date and time and the slip number are shown.
Further, in the accounting slip 30, as the contents of the accounting process, the breakdown of the menu on which the customer places an order (an example of the aspect of purchase) is shown as a menu list including items for each menu.
In the figure, two “Terikiki burger”, two “big burger”, two “potato M (M size)”, two “potato L (L size)”, “Cafe au ・An example of the printed contents of the accounting slip corresponding to the case where two “Les” and two “melon soda floats” are purchased is shown.

For example, in the item of "Teriyaki Burger" in the first line of the menu list, characters indicating the corresponding product name, the number of orders (an example of the number of purchases), the unit price, and the amount of money of the number statement are displayed. That is, in this case, the order number “2”, which is the number of orders, is associated with the name (menu name) of the menu “Teriyaki Burger” that two “Teriyaki Burgers” have been ordered. In the accounting document, this is represented by one item.
In the present embodiment, in the slip, a format in which a plurality of identical menus are combined into one item by combining the menu name and the number of orders as described above is referred to as a "summarized format".

And for the second and subsequent lines of the menu list, also for “Big Burger”, “Potato M”, “Potato L”, “Café o les”, and “melon soda float” with the number of orders being two each. Each is printed in a summary form.
As described above, by printing in the form of a summary, the number of menu items in the accounting slip can be reduced to the number of menu types, regardless of how many the same menu is purchased. This can save paper used for accounting documents.
Further, a serial number ("42") is printed on the lower side of the accounting slip in FIG. The reference number is used, for example, to check whether the correspondence between the cooked menu and the customer is correct when cooking the ordered menu after the accounting process and handing it over to the customer.

Here, according to the example of FIG. 2, an example in which the cooking instruction slip is also printed in a summarized form is shown in FIG. 3. In the figure, print contents corresponding to the order contents of the menu shown in the accounting slip of FIG. 2 are shown.
That is, for example, in the item "Teriki burger" at the top of the ordered menu list, the letter indicating the corresponding product name is combined with "2" which is the number of orders on the right side of the letter. Two “Teriyaki Burgers” are grouped into one item.
Similarly, for the second and subsequent lines of the menu list, also for "Big Burger", "Potato M", "Potato L", "Café o les", and "melon soda float" for which the order number is two each Each is printed in a summary form.
In each menu item, a square box printed on the right of the order number is used to write a check using, for example, a writing instrument when the store clerk at the cooking clerk removes the menu that has been cooked from the cooking instruction slip. It is a check box used.
Further, on the lower side of the cooking instruction slip of the same drawing, a reference number indicating the same "42" as that of the accounting slip of FIG. 2 is printed. For example, when delivering the prepared menu to the customer, the store clerk compares the number of the reference number printed on the cooking instruction slip with the number of the reference number printed on the accounting slip held by the customer, You can check if you are the customer who ordered the selected menu.

If the cooking instruction slip is also printed in a collective format as described above, it is possible to save, for example, a sheet for printing the cooking instruction slip.
However, when printed in the form of a summary, the number of orders is shown in association with one menu name. In this case, it is easy to make a mistake that the clerk of the cooking section cooks the menu by mistaking the number of orders.
Specifically, in the cooking instruction slip in the form of a summary, one check box is attached to the number of orders per menu. For this purpose, the store clerk of the cook will carry out the work of putting out a check mark on the cooking instruction slip and finishing the cooking after finishing the cooking according to the number of orders. At this time, for example, if the number of orders is large, misinterpretation of the number of orders is likely to occur during cooking, and there is a high possibility that an error may occur such as cooking a larger number of menus than the actual number of orders.

So, in this embodiment, even if a plurality of same menus are ordered for the cooking instruction slip, printing is performed so that each of the plurality of same menus is shown as one item in the menu list. Do.
In the present embodiment, when a plurality of identical menus are ordered in this manner, a form in which each of the plurality of identical menus is shown as one item is called an "individual form" to distinguish it from the form.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the contents of the cooking instruction slip printed in the individual format. In the figure, print contents corresponding to the order contents of the menu shown in the accounting slip of FIG. 2 are shown.
First, for "Teriyaki Burger", the number of orders is "2" according to the accounting slip of FIG. Therefore, in the cooking instruction slip of FIG. 4, as shown as the first line and the second line of the ordered menu list, items of “Teriyaki Burger” for which the number of orders is “1” are printed one by one. There is. That is, "Teriyaki Burger", for which a plurality of items are ordered, is printed in an individual format shown as one item one by one.
Thereafter, similarly, according to the accounting slip in FIG. 2, about "Big Burger", "Potato M", "Potato L", "Café o Re", "Merlon Soda Float", each having the number of orders of "2" Are also printed in the individual format in the menu list of FIG.

  In this manner, the cook clerk can print out the cooking instruction slip in an individual format, so that even if a plurality of menus of the same type are ordered, the store clerk of the cooking clerk may, for example, start one cooking instruction slip for each cooking. You can delete the menu one by one. This makes it difficult for the cook clerk to make a mistake in the number of orders.

In the present embodiment, the cooking instruction slip may be fixedly printed in an individual format.
However, for example, even if a plurality of menus of the same type are ordered, if the number of orders is small, such as two or three, for example, an error in the number of orders hardly occurs. Also, there may be cases where it is found that excellent cook clerks are working, and that even if a large number of menus of the same type are ordered, it is unlikely that the wrong order number will occur.
It is not efficient, for example, in terms of saving paper, to issue the cooking instruction slip of the individual format up to the above-mentioned case.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the format of the cooking instruction slip issued from the kitchen printer 20 can be switched between the individual format and the summary format by the operation of the store clerk operating the POS register 10.

For example, the touch panel 106 of the POS register 10 is operated until registration of the menu in the POS register 10 is started in response to the operation of the store clerk and an operation for registering the accounting processing is performed in response to the total key operation. In accordance with the flow of the operation, an order processing screen such as a menu registration screen used for menu registration operation and an accounting screen corresponding to the accounting process is appropriately displayed.
Then, on the order processing screen, a format switching button for performing an operation of switching the individual format, the summary format, and the setting for the format of the cooking instruction slip is disposed. Further, for example, a format display unit is disposed in the vicinity of the format switching button to display whether the currently set format is an individual format or a combined format.

  In the ordering system of the present embodiment, the default (initial value) of the setting of the format of the cooking instruction slip at the start of menu registration is an individual format.

As described above, when the menu registration is started, the individual format is set as a default, and the format display unit in the order processing screen indicates that the individual format is set. Then, the format switching button on the order processing screen is operated at an arbitrary timing, for example, between the start of menu registration and the time the total key is operated (that is, while the order processing screen is displayed). Is possible.
Therefore, when registering the menu, the store clerk determines whether the cooking instruction slip should be issued in the individual format or the summary format. In the determination, the clerk takes into consideration, for example, the breakdown of the ordered menu and the level of the cook clerk.
As an example, as in the breakdown of the menu shown in the accounting slip illustrated in FIG. 2, when there are many types of the same menu ordered, or at least the type of the same menu ordered is a specific menu If the order content is complex, such as a large number of orders, there is a high possibility of an error in the number of orders. Therefore, in such a case, the store clerk can determine that the cooking instruction slip should be issued in an individual format.
On the other hand, for example, if the order content is not complicated, or if the cook clerk is excellent even if the order content is somewhat complicated, it is unlikely that an error will occur in the number of orders. Therefore, in such a case, the store clerk can determine that the cooking instruction slip should be issued in a collective form.

When the store clerk determines that the cooking instruction slip should be issued in the individual format, the store clerk leaves the setting of the default individual format without operating the format switching button.
On the other hand, when the store clerk determines that the cooking instruction slip should be issued in a collective format, the store clerk operates the format switching button to switch the setting from the individual format to the collective format. At this time, the format display unit changes from the individual format to a display indicating that the grouping format has been set.

  In addition, the user can repeatedly switch the setting between the individual format and the summary format by repeatedly operating the format switching button until the current key is operated. Therefore, for example, the clerk once determines that the summary format is good and operates the format switching button once to set the summary format, but the order content is complicated by, for example, the customer adding an order etc. In such a case, the setting can be returned to the individual format by operating the format switching button again.

Then, when the total key is operated and the tightening process is executed, the POS register 10 prints an accounting slip in a summary form and discharges it from the slip issuing port 113.
Furthermore, the POS register 10 controls the kitchen printer 20 to issue a cooking instruction slip in the format which has been set when, for example, the total key is operated. That is, the POS register 10 causes the kitchen printer 20 to issue the cooking instruction slip printed in the individual format, if the individual format is set when the present key is operated. On the other hand, the POS register 10 causes the kitchen printer 20 to issue a cooking instruction slip printed in the form of a summary, if the summary form is set when the current key is operated.
In order to issue the cooking instruction slip printed in the individual format, the POS register 10 outputs, for example, print data of the cooking instruction slip in the individual format to the kitchen printer 20 and instructs the kitchen printer 20 to print.
Further, the POS register 10 outputs, for example, print data of the cooking instruction slip in the form of a summary to the kitchen printer 20 and instructs the kitchen printer 20 to print the cooking instruction slip printed in the form of a summary.

Subsequently, a configuration example of the POS register 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted here.
The POS register 10 shown in the figure includes a central processing unit (CPU) 100, a storage unit 102, a random access memory (RAM) 104, a touch panel 106, a key operation unit 108, a display unit for customer 110, a printing unit 112 and a communication unit 114. Equipped with These units are connected by a system bus 118 so that data can be input / output.

  The CPU 100 executes control for realizing the function as the POS register 10. The CPU 100 realizes the function as the POS register 10 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 102, for example.

The CPU 100 according to this embodiment includes a registration unit, an output control unit, and a switching unit as functional units realized by executing a program.
The registration means registers the menu.
The output control means outputs the accounting slip corresponding to the settlement process of the goods registered by the registration means in a summarized form in which the plurality of same goods registered are combined into one item by the combination of the goods information and the number of registrations. A cooking instruction slip instructing cooking of a product registered by the registration means is output in an individual format in which each of a plurality of registered products is made into one item.
The switching means switches the output of the cooking instruction slip between the individual format and the summary format without switching between the individual format and the summary format for the output of the accounting slip.

  The storage unit 102 is an example of an auxiliary storage device corresponding to the CPU 100, and stores various types of information used by the CPU 100. For example, the storage unit 102 stores menu registration information, accounting history information, and the like in addition to programs executed by the CPU 100.

  The RAM 104 is a main storage device corresponding to the CPU 100, and is used as a work area when the CPU 100 executes a process.

  The touch panel 106 is, for example, a device in which a display device using liquid crystal and a touch pad are combined, and can perform display of an image and an operation by contacting an operation object such as a finger on the screen.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, the key operation unit 108 is a part provided with mechanical keys (for example, numeric keys, subtotal keys, storage keys, current total keys (close keys), etc.) operated by the store clerk.
The customer display unit 110 is a display unit provided to display various information for the customer to the customer as described in FIG. 1.

Under the control of the CPU 100, the printing unit 112 prints predetermined items on the loaded paper, and discharges the printed paper from the slip issue port 113 (FIG. 1).
In the present embodiment, under the control of the CPU 100, the printing unit 112 prints the accounting slip in the form of a summary as described above according to the end of the accounting process.

  The communication unit 114 communicates with the kitchen printer 20. Communication with the kitchen printer 20 by the communication unit 114 may be wired or wireless.

  Next, a configuration example of the kitchen printer 20 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The kitchen printer 20 in the present embodiment includes a CPU 200, a storage unit 202, a RAM 204, an operation unit 206, a display unit 208, a printing unit 210, and a communication unit 212.

  The CPU 200 executes control for realizing the function as the kitchen printer 20. The CPU 200 realizes a function as the kitchen printer 20 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 202, for example.

The storage unit 202 is an example of an auxiliary storage device corresponding to the CPU 200, and stores various types of information used by the CPU 200. For example, the storage unit 202 stores a program that the CPU 200 executes.
The RAM 204 is a main storage device corresponding to the CPU 200, and is used as a work area when the CPU 200 executes a process.

The operation unit 206 is, for example, a part that collectively shows the operators provided in the kitchen printer 20 including the power key and the like.
The display unit 208 is a part on which a display indicating, for example, the state of the kitchen printer 20 (for example, the state of printing or waiting, the state of communication with the POS register 10) and the like is performed. The display unit 208 may be, for example, a predetermined number of LEDs (Light Emitted Diodes) emitting light in a predetermined color, a liquid crystal display device or the like, or both of these LEDs and the liquid crystal display device It may be of such a configuration.

The printing unit 210 is a part that issues a cooking instruction slip. That is, the printing instruction of the cooking instruction slip is transmitted from the POS register 10 to the kitchen printer 20 together with the print data of the cooking instruction slip.
The transmitted print instruction is received by the communication unit 212 and transmitted to the CPU 200. The CPU 200 transmits the print data received together with the print instruction to the print unit 210 according to the print instruction, and causes the print unit 210 to execute printing. As a result, the printing unit 210 issues a cooking instruction slip.
Here, when the print data has the print content corresponding to the individual format, the printing instruction slip in which the list of the order content is printed in the individual format is issued from the printing unit 210. On the other hand, when the print data has the print contents corresponding to the batch format, the printing instruction slip in which the list of the order contents is printed in the batch format is issued from the printing unit 210.
Even in the summary format, when the number of orders for each ordered menu is “1” as the order content, there is no menu that can be summarized, and as a result, the same printing as the individual format It becomes the contents.

  The communication unit 212 communicates with the kitchen printer 20.

An example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 10 of the present embodiment regarding issuance of an accounting slip and a cooking instruction slip will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.
In the following description, the functional units (registration means, output control means, switching means) realized by the CPU 100 of the POS register 10 executing a program will be mainly described.

Step S101: The registration means is waiting for the menu registration to be started. For example, the clerk performs an operation of registering the first of the ordered menus in response to a new order from the customer. As described above, in response to the detection that the operation related to the registration of the first menu has been performed, the registration unit determines that the registration of the menu has been started.
After the registration of the menu is started, the registration unit can sequentially register the menu according to the operation of registering the second and subsequent menus.

  Step S102: If it is determined that the registration of the menu has been started, the switching means continues until it is determined that the accounting process is finished in step S104 described later, that is, until the total key operation is performed. It is determined whether the operation on the format switching button has been performed. As described above, the format switching button is arranged at a predetermined position on the order processing screen (menu registration screen, accounting screen) displayed on the touch panel 106.

Step S103: If it is determined in step S102 that the operation on the format switching button has been performed, the switching unit switches the format of the cooking instruction slip set up to this point to the other format.
Specifically, when the individual format has been set up to this point, the switching means switches the setting to the summary format. On the other hand, when the summary format has been set up to this point, the switching means switches the setting to the individual format. As described above, when the default setting at the time of menu registration start is the individual format, in the process of step S103 according to the operation of the format switching button performed first, the setting change from the individual format to the summary format is To be done.

Step S104: If it is determined in step S102 that the operation on the format switching button has not been performed, or after the process of step S103 is completed, for example, the output control means determines whether or not the accounting process is completed. .
If it is determined that the accounting process has not been completed, the process returns to step S102.
As described above, by returning the process to step S102, it is possible to operate the format switching button any number of times from the start of menu registration to the end of the accounting process. Then, each time the format switching button is operated, the setting is switched between the individual format and the grouping format.

  Step S105: When the total key operation is performed, menu registration is completed, and accounting processing is performed for the menu registered so far. Then, when it is determined in step S104 that the accounting process has ended, the output control means controls the printing unit 112 so that an accounting slip on which items of the ordered menu list are printed in a summarized form is issued. Do. By control of step S105, the accounting slip on which the items of the menu list are printed in a summary form is discharged from the slip issuance port 113.

Step S106: Next, for example, the output control means determines whether or not the format of the cooking instruction slip currently set is an individual format.
Step S107: When it is determined in step S106 that the format is the individual format, the output control means controls the kitchen printer 20 to output the cooking instruction slip on which the items of the menu list are printed in the individual format.
Step S108: On the other hand, when it is determined in step S106 that the form is in the form of a summary, the output control means controls the kitchen printer 20 to output the cooking instruction slip on which the items of the menu list are printed in the form of a summary. .

Second Embodiment
Subsequently, a second embodiment will be described.
In the first embodiment, the switching between the individual printing and the summary printing of the cooking instruction slip is performed according to the operation of the store clerk. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the POS register 10 determines which of the individual format and the summary format should be used according to the details of the number of registered menus, and the cooking instruction according to the determination result The slip is configured to be issued in one of an individual format and a summary format.

  According to the above configuration, even if the store clerk determines and does not perform the operation, either the individual format or the summary format is appropriately set according to the breakdown regarding the number of ordered menus. As a result, for example, a clerk operating the POS register 10 can concentrate on menu registration operation and accounting operation.

An example of a processing procedure executed by the POS register 10 in the present embodiment regarding issuance of an accounting slip and a cooking instruction slip will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8.
Step S201: The registration means is waiting for the menu registration to be started.
Step S202: If it is determined that the registration of the menu is started, the first output control means waits for the end of the accounting process. The registration unit sequentially registers the menu according to the operation of registering the second and subsequent menus after the registration of the menu is started and the accounting key is operated and the accounting process is performed. You can go.

  Step S203: If it is determined in step S202 that the accounting process has ended, the output control means controls the printing unit 112 so that an accounting slip in which items of the ordered menu list are printed in a summarized form is issued Do.

Step S204: At the stage where the accounting process is finished corresponding to step S202, the breakdown regarding the number of registered menus is decided. Therefore, the output control means determines whether or not the breakdown regarding the number of registered menus satisfies the condition of the individual format.
Although the conditions of the individual format in the present embodiment are not particularly limited, it is highly likely that the cook clerk is likely to make a mistake in the number of orders regarding the breakdown regarding the number of registered menus (ie, ordered menus). It can be set based on
As a specific example, it is conceivable to set, as a condition of the individual format, that among the registered menu types, the number of menu types having two or more orders is a predetermined number or more. Also, it is conceivable to set, as one of the conditions of the individual format, that the number of orders for at least one type of menu is a predetermined number or more.

  Step S205: If it is determined in step S204 that the condition of the individual format is satisfied, the output control means outputs from the kitchen printer 20 a cooking instruction slip on which the items of the menu list are printed in the individual format. Control.

  Step S206: On the other hand, when it is determined that the condition of the individual format is not satisfied in step S204, the output control means outputs from the kitchen printer 20 the cooking instruction slip on which the items of the menu list are printed in a summary format. To control.

<Modification>
Hereinafter, modifications of the present embodiment will be described.

[First Modification]
In each of the above embodiments, in the case of the individual format, all of the plurality of ordered menu types among the registered menu types are printed in the individual format. However, for example, in one cooking instruction slip, among a plurality of ordered menu types, some are output in an individual format, while others are output in a summary format. The output and the output in the form of summary may be mixed.
FIG. 9 shows an example of the content of the accounting information corresponding to such a configuration. The accounting information is information indicating a menu registered in the POS register 10 corresponding to one customer. The one line (one record) in the figure is menu type unit information corresponding to the type of one menu registered. The menu type unit information corresponding to one menu includes, for example, information of menu ID, menu name, number, and format flag.
The menu ID is an identifier indicating the corresponding menu. The menu name is the name of the corresponding menu. The number indicates the number ordered (purchased) of the corresponding menu. The format flag is a flag indicating whether the corresponding menu is to be printed on the cooking instruction slip as a format for grouping or individual format. The format flag in this case indicates the format in summary by "0" and indicates the individual format by "1".

When such a first modification is applied to the first embodiment, the clerk operating the POS register 10 summarizes the format output in the cooking instruction slip for each type of menu registered. Decide whether it should be or individual format. Then, the store clerk performs an operation to designate which of the grouping format and the individual format should be made for each type of the registered menu. As described above, when the first modified example is applied to the first embodiment, the POS register 10 is illustrated in FIG. 9 by the store clerk performing an operation of designating a format for each type of menu when registering a menu. It is possible to create accounting information of
When the first modification is applied to the second embodiment, for example, for each type of menu, a threshold value corresponding to the number to be switched from the summary form to the individual form is determined and stored in the POS register 10. Keep it. Then, for example, when the subtotal operation is performed and the registered menu is determined, the POS register 10 compares the number of registered menu types for each type with the corresponding threshold value. For each type, decide whether it should be a summary form or an individual form. As described above, in the second embodiment, the accounting information of the contents illustrated in FIG. 9 is obtained by determining the grouping format and the individual format according to the number of menus for which the POS register 10 is registered. Can be generated.
Then, the POS register 10 causes the kitchen printer 20 to output the cooking instruction slip using the accounting information created as described above. That is, in the POS register 10, the information in the format of the accounting information is summarized and printed in a summary format for the type of menu indicating the format, and the format information is printed in the individual format for the type of menu indicating the individual format. Print data in which the prepared cooking instruction slip is output is output to the kitchen printer 20.

Second Modified Example
In the second embodiment described above, it is determined whether to output the cooking instruction slip in the individual format or the summary format based on the breakdown of the number of registered menus.
However, for example, the determination of whether to output the cooking instruction slip in the individual format or the summary format may be based on the busy situation of the menu preparation place such as the place of the kitchen or the server of drinks, for example. That is, when the menu preparation place is busy, there is a high possibility that the number of orders is mistaken in the summary form, so the cooking instruction slip is output in the individual form. On the other hand, when the menu preparation place is not busy, the cooking instruction slip is output in the form of a summary because it is less likely to be mistaken for the number of orders without being separate format.
For this purpose, for example, the POS register 10 monitors the total number of menus registered corresponding to one or more customers in a period from the current time to a predetermined time ago, and the total number of monitored menus is predetermined. It is judged about whether it is more than the threshold value.
If the total number of menus being monitored is less than the threshold, it can be said that the menu preparation location is not busy. In this case, the POS register 10 controls so that the cooking instruction slip is output in a summary form. On the other hand, it can be said that the menu preparation place becomes busy when the total number of monitored menus is equal to or more than the threshold. Therefore, the POS register 10 in this case is controlled to output the cooking instruction slip in an individual format.

In addition, the days (weekdays, holidays, etc.) and time zones when the menu preparation place becomes busy due to the concentration of menu orders are often determined to some extent. Therefore, it is possible to designate in advance the date or time zone when the menu preparation place becomes busy for the POS register 10. Then, the POS register 10 may output the cooking instruction slip in a summarized form on a day other than the designated day or time zone, and may output the cooking instruction slip in an individual form on the designated day or time zone.
Third Modified Example
In FIG. 1, as a ordering system of this embodiment, a configuration example in which one kitchen printer 20 is connected to the POS register 10 is shown. However, in the present embodiment, a plurality of kitchen printers 20 may be connected to the POS register 10.
When a plurality of kitchen printers 20 are provided as described above, for example, when the kitchen is wide, the cook clerk takes a cooking instruction slip by installing the kitchen printers 20 at appropriate locations. The distance to move to is reduced, and cooking can be performed efficiently.

Moreover, when the several kitchen printer 20 is installed in a kitchen as mentioned above, the kind of menu which can be cooked may be divided for every place where each kitchen printer 20 is installed.
In such a case, if all the ordered menus are printed on the cooking instruction slip in each kitchen printer 20, the following problems occur. That is, in the area of the corresponding cooking area for each installation location of each kitchen printer 20, even menus which can not be cooked in the area of the cooking area will be printed on the menu list. In this way, even a menu that can not be cooked may be printed as a menu list depending on the area of the kitchen, which may cause a cook clerk to make an order mistake.

  Therefore, as a modification of the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of kitchen printers 20, each kitchen printer 20 prints the menu list of the menu ordered from among the menus for which the association is set in advance. The instruction slip is configured to be issued.

FIGS. 10 and 11 each show an example of the contents of the cooking instruction slip issued by each kitchen printer 20 when there are two kitchen printers 20. FIGS. 10 and 11 show an example in which the cooking instruction slip is issued from each of the two kitchen printers 20, corresponding to the breakdown of the menu exemplified in the accounting slip of FIG. 2, for example.
In FIG. 10, the menu shown in the menu list of the accounting slip in FIG. 2 ("Teriyaki Burger", "Big Burger", "Potato M", "Potato L", "Café o Le", "Merlon Soda Float" Among them, “Teriyaki Burger”, “Big Burger”, “Potato M” and “Potato L”, which are menus other than drinks, are shown examples of cooking instruction slips printed in the individual format.
FIG. 11 shows an example in which the menu of drinks, “Cafe o les” and “melon soda” are printed in the individual format among the menus shown in the menu list of the accounting slip in FIG. .
Since the cooking instruction slip of FIG. 10 and the cooking instruction slip of FIG. 11 correspond to the same customer's order, the same reference number ("42") is printed in each case.
In the example of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the kitchen printer 20 which issues the cooking instruction slip of FIG. 10, for example, is installed corresponding to the place which cooks the menu which needs cooking. Moreover, the kitchen printer 20 which issues the cooking instruction slip of FIG. 11 is installed corresponding to the place which prepares a drink.

As described above, when the cooking instruction slip is issued, the storage unit 102 stores information (menu correspondence information) in which a predetermined menu is associated with each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20, for example, in the POS register 10. The menu correspondence information may be created, for example, in response to a menu correspondence operation in which a store clerk registers a menu in association with each of the kitchen printers 20. Specifically, as an example of the menu corresponding operation, the sales clerk causes the POS register 10 to display a list of menus handled in the store, and one kitchen printer 20 out of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 is displayed for the displayed menu. The aspect which performs operation to match can be mentioned.
Also, the menu is classified into, for example, “drinks”, “burgers”, “desserts”, etc. However, the menu distributed to each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 is collectively performed by classification. There are many. Therefore, in such a case, the salesclerk displays a screen on which the classification of the menu to be handled in the store is presented, and an operation of correlating one kitchen printer 20 among the plurality of kitchen printers 20 for the displayed classification. May be performed.
Further, the menu correspondence information created as described above is stored, for example, in a management apparatus such as a server above the POS register 10, and then the POS register 10 accesses the management apparatus and the menu correspondence information May be acquired.

Then, when making the cooking instruction slip issue according to the end of the accounting process, the POS register 10 creates a plurality of print data in which the ordered menu is distributed to each kitchen printer 20 based on the menu correspondence information. .
For example, when the present modification corresponds to the first embodiment, each print data created in this manner has contents according to either the individual format or the summary format according to the user's operation on the format switching button. Have.
In this case, upon switching the format of the cooking instruction slip, the format of the cooking instruction slip corresponding to each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 can be collectively set in an individual format and a collective format by, for example, an operation on one format switching button. It can be configured as follows.

  Alternatively, the format switching button of the cooking instruction slip corresponding to each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 is disposed, and the user operates the format switching button to individually correspond the format of the cooking instruction slip to each kitchen printer 20. It can also be configured to be switched.

In addition, when the present modification corresponds to the second embodiment, the generated print data has the individual format and the summary format according to whether or not the breakdown of the ordered menu satisfies the condition of the individual format. And content with either.
In this case, when switching the format of the cooking instruction slip, the format of the cooking instruction slip corresponding to each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 is selected according to whether or not the breakdown of all ordered menus satisfies the conditions of the individual format. , It can be set collectively in the individual format and the summary format.

  Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the POS register 10 satisfies the condition of the individual format for each of the menu items corresponding to each of the plurality of kitchen printers 20 among the ordered menus. Then, the POS register 10 may set either the individual format or the grouping format individually corresponding to each kitchen printer 20 based on the determination result.

Fourth Modified Example
If any failure occurs in the kitchen printer 20 or a failure occurs in communication between the POS register 10 and the kitchen printer 20, the kitchen printer 20 can not issue a cooking instruction slip.
Further, for example, in a small-scale store, there may be a configuration in which only the POS register 10 is installed as an ordering system and the kitchen printer 20 is not installed for cost reduction. Also in this case, the kitchen printer 20 can not issue the cooking instruction slip.

  In the present modification, the POS register 10 is configured to be able to issue the cooking instruction slip together with the accounting slip in response to the situation where the kitchen printer 20 can not issue the cooking instruction slip as described above. In this case, the clerk operating the POS register 10 hands over the cooking instruction slip issued from the POS register 10 to the cook clerk.

When the present modification corresponds to the first embodiment, in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the output control unit causes the printing unit 112 of the POS register 10 to print the cooking instruction slip in the individual format in the process of step S107. Take control. Similarly, in the process of step S108, the output control means performs control so that the printing unit 112 of the POS register 10 prints the cooking instruction slip in the form of a summary.
Further, when the present modification corresponds to the second embodiment, in the process of step S205 in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the output control unit causes the printing unit 112 of the POS register 10 to print the cooking instruction slip in the individual format. To do control. Similarly, in the process of step S206, the output control means controls the printing unit 112 of the POS register 10 to print the cooking instruction slip in the form of a summary.
When the accounting slip and the cooking instruction slip are issued from the POS register 10 as described above, according to the flowchart of FIG. 7 or 8, the cooking instruction slip is output following the accounting slip. However, the cooking instruction slip may be output first, and then the accounting slip may be output.

[Other modifications]
In addition, in a store or the like corresponding to both in-store eating and drinking of the menu such as fast food, there is a possibility that the in-store eating and drinking menu and the take-out menu may be mixed in the order of the menu of one customer . Therefore, in such a store, it is preferable that a store clerk can identify whether each menu is in-store eating and drinking or takeaway in a cooking instruction slip printed in an individual format. In this way, the clerk prepares the ordered menu, for example, when a part of a plurality of menus of the same type (for example, in the case of five cheese hamburgers) is partially taken away by in-store eating and drinking Also, the number of each can be accurately grasped, and the preparation corresponding to in-store eating and drinking and the preparation corresponding to take-out can be accurately performed.
In this case, in the cooking instruction slip, for example, the following three examples can be mentioned as an aspect that enables the store clerk to identify whether each menu is in-store eating and drinking or taking home.
In the first example, for example, in the cooking instruction slip, first, items in the in-store eating and drinking menu are printed sequentially from the first line, and then sorting is performed such that items in the take-away menu are sequentially printed.
At this time, on the first item of the in-store eating and drinking menu, for example, a title indicating that it is for in-store eating and drinking such as "Eat-in" is printed, and on the first item of the take-away menu. Prints a title indicating that it is for take-away, for example, "take-out". Furthermore, a horizontal line etc. are printed between the last menu item for in-store eating and drinking and the title indicating that it is for take-away, and the in-store eating and drinking menu and take-away menu items It divides with the mark which shows the boundary with and.
The second example is to print a mark indicating whether it is for in-store eating or taking out, at a position corresponding to the item of each menu displayed in the individual format. In this case, sorting may not be performed between the in-store eating and drinking menu and the take-out menu as in the first example.
The third example is to individually output two cooking instruction slips including a cooking instruction slip on which a menu for eating and drinking in the store is printed and a cooking instruction slip on which a menu for taking home is printed. Also in this case, the cooking instruction slip on which the menu for eating and drinking in the store is printed is printed with a title indicating that it is for eating and drinking in the store, and the cooking instruction slip on which the menu for taking home is printed By printing a title indicating that there is, it is possible to identify each cooking instruction slip. Also, in this case, for the cooking instruction slip for the in-store eating and drinking menu and the cooking instruction slip for return, corresponding to the same customer, the same reference number is printed to identify the corresponding common customer. it can.

  As described above, in order to make it possible to identify whether each menu is for in-store eating and drinking or taking home with respect to the cooking instruction slip, when the store clerk of the floor clerk receives an order, it is ordered to the POS register 10 An operation is performed to specify whether the menu is for take-out or in-store eating and drinking. In the case of the present modification, although a specific illustration is omitted, in the accounting information illustrated in FIG. 9, a take-out flag indicating whether it is take-out or in-store eating and drinking is associated with each type of menu. The POS register 10 can issue a cooking instruction slip so as to be able to identify whether each ordered menu is in-store eating and drinking or take-out, with reference to the take-back flag.

  Further, the POS register 10 may transmit print data to a higher management apparatus such as a server, for example, and the management apparatus may transmit the print data of the cooking instruction slip to the kitchen printer 20.

In addition, the device where the operation of registering the ordered menu is performed is not limited to the stationary type such as the POS register 10, for example, a handy terminal carried by a floor clerk for registration of the ordered menu. (Portable terminal) may be used.
In this case, for example, print data of the accounting slip and the cooking instruction slip may be created by the handy terminal, and the print data of the cooking instruction slip may be transmitted from the handy terminal to the kitchen printer 20.
Alternatively, the handy terminal transmits the information of the registered menu to a management device such as a higher server, and the management device creates the print data of the cooking instruction slip based on the received information of the menu, and the created printing Data may be sent to the kitchen printer 20.
Also, for example, when a store clerk at a cook is carrying out a cooking operation while carrying a portable printer (handy printer), print data is sent from the handy terminal or management device to the handy printer. You may

  Further, for example, menu information indicating a registered menu is transmitted from the POS register 10 to the kitchen printer 20. Then, the kitchen printer 20 may be configured to create print data of the cooking instruction slip based on the received menu information, and to print the cooking instruction slip based on the created print data.

  Further, as an aspect of the output of the accounting slip and the cooking instruction slip, other than printing on a sheet and issuing, for example, display on a screen, transmission to a terminal via a network, or the like may be performed.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case has been described by way of example where the default of the format of the cooking instruction slip at the start of menu registration is the individual format.
However, as a default of the format of the cooking instruction slip at the start of menu registration, which one of the individual format and the summary format is to be set may be arbitrarily set by, for example, a setting operation on the POS register 10. In this case, for example, the individual format may be set as a default when priority is given to preventing mistake in the number of orders by the cook clerk, and the summary format may be set when priority is given to saving paper.

  As described above, one aspect of this embodiment is a registration unit that registers a product (for example, a menu), and a first slip (for example, an accounting slip) that corresponds to the settlement process of the product registered by the registration unit. Is output in a first format (for example, a summary format) in which a plurality of the same registered products are combined into one item by a combination of product information and the number of registration, and preparation of the products registered by the registration unit (for example, Merchandise sales comprising: output control means for outputting a second slip (for example, cooking instruction slip) instructing cooking) in a second format (for example, an individual format) having one item for each of a plurality of registered products registered A processing system (e.g., an ordering system).

According to the above configuration, the first slip is output in the first format shown collectively in one item by combining the names of the products and the number of purchases for the same plurality of purchased products. On the other hand, with regard to the second slip, a plurality of the same purchased products are output in a second format shown as one item.
As a result, when preparing a necessary number of products by looking at a slip indicating the purchased products, it is possible to make it difficult to make an error in the number of products to be prepared.

  Moreover, one aspect of the present embodiment is the commodity sales processing system described above, further comprising switching means for switching the output of the second slip in the second format and the first format.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to switch the format from the second format to the first format and output the second slip. Thus, for example, when the possibility of making a mistake in the number of products to be prepared is low, it is possible to output the second slip in the first format. In this case, if, for example, the output form of the second slip is printing on a sheet, the number of printed items can be reduced by combining a plurality of identical menus into one item, thereby saving the sheet. Can.

  Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the commodity sales processing system, wherein the switching means does not switch between the second format and the first format with respect to the output of the first slip. 2) Switch between the second form and the first form for the output of the slip.

  According to the above configuration, switching between the second format and the first format is performed only for the second slip, and switching to the second format for the first slip, which is less useful for the second format Will not be done.

  Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the above-mentioned commodity sales processing system, wherein the switching unit switches between the second format and the first format based on the breakdown of the commodity registered by the registration unit. Do.

  According to the above configuration, the second slip is output in an appropriate format out of the second format and the first format according to the contents of the breakdown of the registered product even if the store clerk does not perform the switching operation. Is possible. Thus, it is possible to prevent the number of articles to be prepared from being mistaken while considering the saving of the sheet when the second slip is printed and output on the sheet.

  Further, one aspect of the present embodiment is the commodity sales processing system described above, further comprising a slip output device (for example, a kitchen printer 20) to which the second slip is output, and each of the plurality of slip output devices A predetermined product is associated with the second slip in the second format or the first format for each slip output device based on switching by the switching means corresponding to the slip output device. Output

According to the above configuration, from the slip output device installed at the place where the clerk in charge of preparing the ordered product is arranged to output the first slip from the device which receives the order of the product from the customer and performs registration. The second slip can be output. As a result, since the first slip and the second slip are output at different appropriate places, it is possible to efficiently perform the accounting operation and the operation for preparing the product in the store.
In addition, depending on the configuration described above, each of the plurality of kitchen printers outputs a second slip in which products among the purchased products are associated with each other. In addition, the second slips output from the plurality of slip output devices can be individually output in an appropriate format out of the first format and the second format.

  Note that a program for realizing the functions as the POS register 10 and the kitchen printer 20 described above is recorded in a computer readable recording medium, and the computer system reads the program recorded in the recording medium and executes it. The processing as the POS register 10 and the kitchen printer 20 described above may be performed by the above. Here, "to read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium into the computer system" includes installing the program on the computer system. The “computer system” mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Also, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including communication lines such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated lines. The term "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a storage medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a portable medium such as a ROM or a CD-ROM, or a hard disk built in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes a recording medium provided internally or externally accessible from the distribution server for distributing the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program executable in the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server does not matter as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. Note that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, and the configuration may be such that the terminal device integrates after being downloaded at different timings, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, "computer-readable recording medium" holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system serving as a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. We shall include things. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, it may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-described functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

10 POS register, 20 kitchen printer, 30 accounting slip, 100 CPU, 102 storage unit, 104 RAM, 106 touch panel, 108 key operation unit, 110 customer display unit, 112 printing unit, 113 slip issue port, 114 communication unit, 118 System bus, 200 CPU, 201 slip issue port, 202 storage unit, 204 RAM, 206 operation unit, 208 display unit, 210 printing unit, 212 communication unit

Claims (4)

Registration means for registering a product;
The first slip corresponding to the settlement process of the product registered by the registration means is output in a first format in which the plurality of same products registered are combined into one item by the combination of the product information and the number of registrations;
A product sales processing system comprising: output control means for outputting a second form for instructing preparation of goods registered by the registration means in a second format in which each of a plurality of the same goods registered is made into one item. The commodity sales processing system according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for switching between the second format and the first format for the output of the second slip. The switching unit switches the output of the second slip in the second format and the first format without switching between the second format and the first format for the output of the first slip.
The commodity sales processing system according to claim 2. It further comprises a slip output device for outputting the second slip,
A predetermined product is associated with each of the plurality of slip output devices,
The output control means
The article according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second slip is output in the second format or the first format for each of the slip output devices based on switching by the switching unit corresponding to each of the slip output devices. Sales processing system.

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