JPH0256716B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The classification summary data corresponding to the products included in one transaction is read out from the classification summary data stored in the data file and saved in the save storage means, and based on the transaction data. update the corresponding classification summary data in the data file, delete the classification summary data that was saved in the save storage means when the transaction is completed, and restore it to the data file when the transaction is cancelled, thereby updating the storage in the save storage means. Capacity can be reduced,
Transaction processing time can be reduced.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention provides point-of-sale management.
Sales (hereinafter referred to as POS) system related to transaction data processing devices such as electronic registers, especially 1
The present invention relates to a transaction data processing device that performs classification aggregation and update processing while saving only classification and aggregation data corresponding to products included in a transaction.

Recently, with the spread of computer network systems, department stores, supermarkets, etc.
POS systems are becoming widely adopted. The electronic register used as a terminal for this system is operated by an operator such as a store clerk, registers the products presented by the customer, issues a receipt with transaction details and total amount printed, and records the journal at the same time. .

In addition to this register function, sales information by product is sent online one by one to the computer center.
Responsible for the input function of an information management system that comprehensively performs product management such as sales aggregation, inventory management, and purchase management.

The electronic register performs data processing such as categorizing and aggregating transaction data for each transaction according to predetermined product classifications, stores the data, and transmits the data to a terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as T/C).

Therefore, as such classification and aggregation processing is involved in transaction processing, the transaction processing time becomes long, and therefore, an apparatus that can shorten the processing time is desired.

[Conventional technology]

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic register 1 is composed of a display 2, a printer section 3, a control section 4, a keyboard section 5, and a cash drawer 6. Above and behind the cash drawer 6, the printer section 3, the control section 4, A keyboard section 5 is arranged at the upper front part, and a display 2 is arranged in contact with the rear of the keyboard section 5. The printer section 3 is provided with a receipt issuing port 3a and a slip insertion port 3b. A slip issued in the case of a credit transaction is inserted into the slip insertion slot 3b.

The electronic register 1 is connected to a T/C (not shown). The T/C is connected by line to a host computer (not shown).

With such a configuration, transaction data,
That is, the code number and quantity of the transaction product are registered and input. Then, the T/C will be contacted and the product name,
The price is responded and displayed on display 2.

If there are multiple products in one transaction, they will be registered and entered one by one.
displayed on display 2.

As the input of transaction data progresses, the printer section 3
A receipt and a journal (not shown) are printed by , and finally the total amount is displayed and printed, and change is also displayed and printed. Then, a receipt is issued from the receipt issuing port 3a, and cash is disbursed and paid.

When the transaction is completed, the transaction end button 5a is pressed, the transaction data for each transaction is sent to the T/C, and in the electronic receipt 1, the classification summary data stored according to the predetermined product classification, as will be described later. , the input transaction data is added and updated.

In order to obtain appropriate sales information, department stores, supermarkets, etc. classify the products they handle into many categories and compile daily sales results.

Next, a method for updating the above-mentioned classification and total data of input transaction data will be explained in detail with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the file section 7 includes a storage area for storing transaction data and a storage area (hard total area) for storing classification and total data.

The file control section 8 accesses the transaction data and classification total data to the file section 7, and includes a storage pointer 8a and an output pointer 8b.

The storage pointer 8a specifies in which area and in which position of the file section 7 transaction data and classification summary data are to be stored, and the output pointer 8b specifies in which position and in which area of the file section 7 the data is stored. Specify whether to output.

The main control section 4a includes a storage section 4b and a calculation section 4, and the storage capacity of the storage section 4b is equivalent to the storage capacity of the classification and total data storage area of the file section 7. Then, at the start of a transaction, all classified and aggregated data is loaded from the file section 7 to the storage section 4b, and the arithmetic section 4
The transaction data of products included in one transaction is classified and aggregated in this classified aggregate data by b, and when the processing is completed, all the categorized aggregate data is stored in the file section 7.
and immediately store the classified and aggregated data in the storage unit 4b.
Load to.

The printer control section 9 controls the print output of the printer section 3.

With such a configuration and function, when the input of transaction data begins, the transaction data is sequentially stored in the designated position of the area designated by the storage pointer 8a, and the calculation section 4b stores the transaction data in the respective sections 4b. The classification summary data is updated by adding it to the corresponding classification summary data already stored in the .

On the other hand, the transaction data is totaled for one transaction and is printed out on the receipt and journal by the printer section 3 as described above.

When the classification and aggregation processing for one transaction is completed, all the classification and aggregation data in the storage section 4b are sent to the file section 7 to update the classification and aggregation data. The classification summary data in the storage unit 4b is stored as is.

If the transaction is canceled during the transaction,
The transaction stop button 5b on the keyboard section 5 is pressed, and the updating of the classification and total data stored in the storage section 4b is interrupted and deleted.

In this way, classification and aggregation are performed each time a transaction is made.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As explained above, according to the conventional method, the amount of classified and aggregated data that is aggregated in the file section 7 is small immediately after the start of business, but as the number of transactions increases, the amount of data increases, and the amount of categorized and aggregated data that is aggregated in the file section 7 increases as the number of transactions increases. All the classified data from section 7 is stored in storage section 4b.
In addition, at the end of the transaction, all classification and summary data is transferred from the storage section 4b to the file section 7, and a large amount of data is transferred, including classification and summary data that is not necessary for the classification and aggregation of products in one transaction. This transfer takes time, which increases transaction processing time, and when there are many customers, processing cannot be completed in time. Furthermore, the storage section 4b needs to have a large memory with the same capacity as the storage area for the classified and aggregated data in the file section 7, which is uneconomical.

On the other hand, when the classification and aggregation processing for one transaction is completed and the data is sent from the storage section 4b to the file section 7, the data is retained in the storage section 4b and used for the classification and aggregation of the next transaction. It is also conceivable to delete the classified data only when the transaction is canceled and transfer the classified and aggregated data from the file section 7 for the next transaction.

With this method, except when a transaction is canceled, the data is only transferred in one direction from the storage section 4b to the file section 7, and the transaction processing time is slightly improved. Since data is sometimes transferred from the file section 7 to the storage section 4b, the control becomes complicated, and there are problems in that the storage section 4b requires a large capacity memory.

The present invention provides a transaction data processing device that can shorten transaction processing time and reduce the storage capacity of classified and aggregated data by transferring only the categorized and aggregated data of products included in one transaction. It is intended to.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention includes an operation section for registering and inputting commodity transaction data, a processing section that performs transaction processing based on the registered and inputted commodity transaction data and product classification aggregation of the commodity transaction data, and a processing section for registering and inputting commodity transaction data from the operation section. A data file section stores the product classification aggregate data compiled by the data and processing section, and product transaction data included in one transaction registered and input from the operation section is stored in the data file section. and an evacuation storage means for storing classification summary data corresponding to the corresponding product read out from the product classification summary data, and included in one transaction inputted from the operation unit by the processing unit and stored in the data file unit. In addition to executing transaction processing based on the commodity transaction data, 1 stored in the data file section
Product classification aggregation is performed based on the product transaction data included in the transaction and the classification aggregation data corresponding to the applicable products, and after the classification aggregation data stored in the data file section is updated, the classification aggregation is stored in the evacuation storage means. This transaction data processing device is characterized in that when data is erased and a transaction is canceled, the classification and total data stored in the save storage means is restored to the data file section. In this way, the above object can be achieved.

[Effect]

When transaction data is registered and input, classification and total data including the products of the transaction data is read out from the data file section and stored in the save storage means.

Then, the classified and aggregated data in the data file section is added and updated based on the transaction data. 1
When transaction data within a transaction is input sequentially, the classified and aggregated data is similarly stored in the evacuation storage means,
The classification summary data in the data file section is updated.

When all the data of one transaction is registered in this manner and the classification and total data in the data file section is updated, the classification and total data in the save storage means is deleted. Furthermore, when a transaction is canceled, by restoring the classification and total data in the save storage means to the data file section, it is possible to return to the classification and total data immediately before the transaction.

In this way, the transfer of classified and aggregated data is limited to the transaction product, so the transfer time is short.
Therefore, the transaction processing time can be shortened, the operating efficiency of the device and customer service can be improved, and the storage capacity of the save storage means is also small, making it economical.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

In FIG. 3, the evacuation data buffer 10 is
It stores classification summary data in the file section 7 corresponding to product classifications included in one transaction.As shown in FIG. 4, when transaction data is input, the corresponding classification summary data storage area of the file section 7 is stored. The classified aggregate data of the products is saved and stored in the save data buffer 10. The reason for saving the classified and aggregated data from the file section 7 to the saved data buffer 10 is that the categorized and aggregated data before starting one transaction is held in the saved data buffer 10 until the transaction ends, and when the transaction is cancelled, it is saved in the file section. 7, the classification summary data in the file section 7 is restored to the state before the transaction, and the classification of the product classification corresponding to the input transaction data is not performed. It is sufficient to save only the aggregated data. Therefore, the memory has a much smaller capacity than the classification and total data storage area of the file section 7, since it stores the same number of classification and total data as the number of product categories included in one transaction.

The file control unit 18 has the functions of the file control unit 8 described in the conventional example, and further corresponds to products included in one transaction data between the file unit 7 and the save data buffer 10 according to instructions from the main control unit 14. Control the transfer of classification summary data.

The main control unit 14 is the main control unit 4 described in the conventional example.
The storage section 4b is omitted from a, and the corresponding classification and totaling data from the file section 7 is read out based on the transaction data, and the classification and totaling is performed by the calculation section 4c.

With such a configuration and function, when one piece of transaction data is input from the keyboard section 5, as shown in FIG. 8a is stored in the transaction data storage area of the file unit 7, and the output pointer 8b causes the classification and total data corresponding to the transaction data to be output from the classification and total data storage area of the file unit 7, and is saved. It is stored in the data buffer 10.

Next, the transaction data and classification total data stored in the file section 7 are read out by the output pointer 8b, are totaled by the calculation section 4c, and are transferred to the storage pointer 8.
a, the data is stored in the original location of the file section 7 again to update the classification and total data.

The transaction data input sequentially in this manner is stored in the file section 7, and the classified and aggregated data corresponding to the transaction data is saved in the save data buffer 10, and the classified and aggregated data in the file section 7 is updated.

If transaction data of the same classification group as the previously saved classification summary data is input within one transaction, the updated classification summary data from the file section 7 is not saved to the save data buffer 10, and the data is stored in the file section 7. The updated classification summary data and input transaction data are aggregated and updated.

When the transaction is completed and the transaction end button 5a is pressed, all the transaction data in the file section 7 is output, summed up in the calculation section 4c, and printed out, while the save data buffer 10 is cleared and the transaction data in the file section 7 is
The updated classification summary data will be retained as is.

In addition, if the transaction is canceled during the transaction,
When the transaction cancel button 5b is pressed, the storage pointer 8a
As a result, the classification and total data immediately before the transaction, which had been saved in the save data buffer 10, is returned to its original position in the file section 7, and the state before the transaction is restored. The save data buffer 10 is then cleared.

In this way, one
Since the classification summary data included in the transaction is saved and the classification summary data in the file section 7 is updated, the save data buffer 10 only requires a small memory capacity, and there is no need to transfer all the classification summary data before and after the transaction. If the transaction is cancelled, the data in the saved data buffer 10 is simply returned to the file section 7.

Therefore, it is possible to shorten transaction data processing time, increase the operating efficiency of electronic receipts, and improve customer service.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, in the transaction data classification and aggregation processing performed for each transaction,
Only the data immediately before the transaction of the classified aggregated data corresponding to the products included in one transaction is saved from the data file, and the classified aggregated data in the data file is used to perform classification aggregation and update processing, so all categorized aggregated data This eliminates the need to transfer information, reduces transaction processing time, improves the efficiency of equipment operation, improves customer service, and allows for handling even in busy situations.

It is economical because the memory capacity of data to be saved from the data file can be reduced.

There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional example, FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. The explanatory diagram, FIG. 5, is a flowchart of the embodiment. In the figure, 1 is an electronic register, 3 is a printer section, 4a and 14 are main control sections, 4b is a storage section, and 4c
is the calculation section, 5 is the keyboard section, 7 is the file section,
8 and 18 are file control units, 8a is a storage pointer, 8b is an output pointer, 9 is a printer control unit,
10 indicates a save data buffer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An operating unit for registering and inputting product transaction data; a processing unit that performs transaction processing based on the registered and input product transaction data and aggregating product classifications of the product transaction data; and a processing unit that performs registration from the operating unit. A data file section that stores the input commodity transaction data and the commodity classification aggregated data classified and aggregated by the processing section; a save storage means for storing classification summary data corresponding to a corresponding product read out from the product classification summary data stored in the data file unit, and the processing unit stores the classification summary data input from the operation unit into the data file. Perform transaction processing based on the commodity transaction data included in the one transaction stored in the data file section, and correspond to the commodity transaction data included in the one transaction stored in the data file section and the corresponding product. When product classification and aggregation is performed based on the classification and aggregation data, and after updating the category and aggregation data stored in the data file section, the classification and aggregation data stored in the evacuation storage means are deleted and the transaction is cancelled. The transaction data processing device is characterized in that the classification and total data stored in the evacuation storage means is returned to the data file section.