JP2008090717A - Both-sided sales register - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a both-sided sales register where a customer himself (or herself) can purchase a food ticket or the like together with general commodities by using a POS terminal. <P>SOLUTION: In the sales register allowing a customer himself (or herself) to purchase a ticket by using the back side, the front side is provided with a CRT screen 1, an operation keyboard 2, a cash storing drawer 3, and a receipt printing part 4 to register the sales of general commodities and the back side is provided with a CRT screen 5, a bill receiving/paying part 6, a coin receiving part 7, a change paying part 8, and a ticket printing part 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a front-side register that can be operated by a store clerk and a double-sided sales registration machine that has a CRT screen on the opposite side (back side) for a customer to operate and purchase a ticket.

  At stores of various service facilities such as a hot spring bath facility or a store providing a food and drink menu such as a restaurant, a POS terminal is introduced to register sales for general products. However, there are many cases where specific facility use tickets and menu meal tickets are sold at unmanned ticket machines.

  For example, a ticket vending machine for food tickets generally has a plurality of item buttons for selecting items arranged vertically and horizontally on the operation panel in front of the ticket vending machine, and each item button has an item label on which the item and the amount are printed. It is pasted. A ticket purchaser can purchase an item ticket by inserting banknotes or coins and pressing an item button with a desired item label.

By the way, the following problems are caused by installing a ticket vending machine separately from the POS terminal installed at the counter for selling general merchandise.
(1) Ticket vending machines are very expensive, and installation costs are high by installing them separately from POS terminals.
(2) By installing both a ticket vending machine and a POS terminal, a separate installation space is required, and the installation location may not be available in a narrow store where the space is limited.
(3) Since the ticket vending machine and the POS terminal are separate devices, the management of change reserves and sales cash is troublesome and complicated.
(4) In ticket vending machines, it is not easy to modify the unit price of service menus and food menus and to renovate and abolish products.
The “ticket vending machine” according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-310049 is configured so that the item label attached to the item button can be easily changed in response to the change in the item and amount allocation to the item button. It is.
(5) In a ticket vending machine, if a customer makes a mistake in pressing a button, the ticket is issued immediately and cannot be corrected.
(6) Point vending machines and various membership cards cannot be added or discounted at ticket machines.
(7) Since the installation location of the ticket vending machine is far from the place where the store clerk is located, it is not possible to respond immediately if the ticket vending machine itself fails or cannot be operated by the customer.
"Ticket machine" according to JP-A-2005-310049

  As described above, when a ticket vending machine such as a food ticket is separately installed in addition to the POS terminal used for sales registration of general merchandise, there are problems as described above. The problems to be solved by the present invention are these problems, and provide a double-sided sales registration machine having a ticket vending machine function on the back side of a POS terminal or the like.

  The double-sided sales registration machine according to the present invention has a conventional function on the front side (store clerk side) and a function to issue a food ticket etc. on the back side (customer side), that is, a function as a ticket vending machine. . Therefore, the front side has a CRT screen, an operation keyboard for inputting product codes and unit prices, a receipt printing unit, and a cash storage drawer. On the back side, a CRT screen, a ticket printing unit, a bill insertion unit, a coin insertion unit, and a change dispensing unit are provided.

  By the way, the CRT screen provided on the back side is a touch-input type CRT screen so that a customer can input information such as desired menus, items, and purchase quantities. And the customer pays the price, and when a change occurs, the customer has a built-in automatic payment device that can receive the change. In addition, this apparatus has a function of storing cash in denominations as in the case of the cash storage drawer on the front side.

  If you enter menu items and insert cash, a ticket ticket will be issued from the ticket printing department along with change. By the way, a guide message is displayed on the CRT screen so that the operation can be easily performed so that the customer can perform the above-described work flow. A “confirmation” message and a “cancel” message are prepared after data input necessary to prevent a customer from making an input error.

  For general merchandise, the store clerk at the front side registers sales by the conventional method, and the back side can also register sales at the same time, such as food ticket tickets. By the way, the clerk uses the data input function on the front side to control the entire system, and it is centrally managed as one system while operating both the front side and the back side separately, and the function to display the back side screen on the front side as well. It has.

  Therefore, menus, product names, unit prices, calculation methods, etc. sold on the back side can be set on the front side, and sales information on tickets purchased by customers on the back side can be tabulated, printed, midway check, checkout, etc. Can be done. For example, sales, sales volume, sales by time zone, number of customers, etc. can be immediately aggregated on the front side.

  Drive-ins, inns, hotels, roadside stations, etc. have cafeterias and dining corners in their facilities, and there are many places where ticket vouchers are issued by ticket vending machines. In some hot spring bath facilities and various entertainment facilities, admission tickets are issued by ticket machines. In such facilities, it is normal to sell general products on the same floor, but the single-sided sales registration machine of the present invention can be used for both general product sales and issuance of tickets such as meal tickets. I can do it.

  And the space of a store can be expanded because the conventional ticket vending machine becomes unnecessary. In addition, since sales of general products and sales of tickets such as meal tickets are automatically performed with a single unit, even beginners can manage it accurately and easily. Side sales status can be displayed on the CRT screen.

  On the other hand, it is possible to easily replace the food and drink menu and the service menu. That is, it is possible to correct the menus and items displayed on the CRT screen on the back side, the unit price, etc. Furthermore, it is easier for customers to use than conventional ticket vending machines, does not issue wrong food ticket tickets, and there are no restrictions on the CRT screen even if the number of menu items increases and the service menus are diverse. Can be displayed.

  On the other hand, since the back-side CRT screen of the present invention can be operated integrally with the POS terminal, service tickets, membership cards, and time services provided for the purpose of promoting sales are temporarily implemented. Can be easily done. This is not possible with conventional ticket machines. In addition, the conventional ticket vending machine installed away from the store clerk has a security problem because a large amount of cash is accommodated, but the double-sided sales registration machine of the present invention is always safe because it has a store clerk attached. It is.

  FIG. 1 is an embodiment showing a double-sided sales registration machine according to the present invention, and shows a front side appearance and a back side appearance. Here, the front side is the side operated by the store clerk, and the back side is the side that can be operated by the customer coming to the store facing the front side. The front side is a conventional POS terminal, which has a CRT screen 1, an operation keyboard 2, a cash storage drawer 3, and a receipt printing unit 4. When a customer sells general merchandise, the sales are registered by operating the front side. Since the operation is the same as the conventional one, a detailed description is omitted.

  By the way, the sales registration machine of the present invention has a CRT screen 5 on the back side, and by touching this CRT screen 5, a meal ticket or the like can be purchased. Of course, this is a system in which a food ticket is purchased in advance, and it is taken to the counter and exchanged for a product. In the present invention, the customer purchases a food ticket or the like by using one POS terminal. It is configured to be able to. Therefore, on the back side, in addition to the CRT screen 5, a bill deposit / withdrawal unit 6, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 7, a change coin / withdrawal unit 8, and a ticket printing unit 9 are provided.

Hereinafter, the case where a meal ticket is purchased will be described as a specific example.
The screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the CRT on the back side. On this screen, menus such as curry and rice, fried rice, udon, bowl, Chinese soba, etc. are displayed, and the message “Please touch the desired menu” is displayed in the center of the screen.

  FIG. 3 shows a case where “Udon” is touched in the menu displayed on the screen. If it does so, it will change to the screen shown in FIG. 4, and "Kitsune udon" 380 yen and "Tempura udon" 680 yen will be displayed. Of course, other items such as “Udon udon”, “Meat udon”, and “Tsukimi udon” are also displayed as menus.

  A message such as “Please touch the desired menu” is displayed at the top of the screen. Therefore, if “Tempura Udon” is touched, the screen shown in FIG. 5 appears. In this screen, “Please touch Confirm and pay the money if the order is correct” and “Touch Cancel to cancel the order” are displayed.

  Therefore, according to the above message, “Confirm” is touched, and an amount of 680 yen is inserted into the coin depositing unit. The screen shown in the figure is a state where a 500 yen coin is inserted, and the difference is displayed as 180 yen. By the way, when ordering two “tempura udon”, a predetermined amount of 1360 yen is inserted with a quantity of 2.

  In FIG. 6, if a 1000-yen banknote is inserted into the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 6 for the amount of “tempura udon” of 680 yen, a change of 320 yen comes out from the change coin dispensing unit 8. At the same time, a “tempura udon” ticket shown in FIG. 7 is printed out from the ticket printing unit 9. This ticket has a receipt in the lower half.

  As shown in the screen of FIG. 5, when it is not “tempura udon” that is desired to be ordered, that is, when an operation error is made, touch “Cancel” to return to the first screen. It is possible to start over from the beginning, so that the wrong ticket is not issued.

The double-sided sales registration machine according to the present invention. Screen displayed on back CRT. When touching "Udon" on the back CRT screen. “Kitsune Udon” and “Tempura Udon” are displayed when “Udon” is touched. When confirming to order "tempura udon". To receive change by inserting 1000 yen. Tickets for “Tempura Udon” printed out from the printer.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CRT screen 2 Operation keyboard 3 Cash accommodation drawer 4 Receipt printing part 5 CRT screen 6 Banknote depositing / withdrawing part 7 Coin depositing part 8 Change coin dispensing part 9 Ticket printing part

Claims (3)

The front side is equipped with a CRT screen, operation keyboard, cash storage drawer, and a receipt printing section to register sales of general products. On the back side is a CRT screen that allows customers to input data by touch operation. A double-sided sales registration machine comprising a bill deposit / withdrawal unit, a coin deposit / dispense unit, a change coin / withdrawal unit, and a ticket printing unit for printing meal tickets and use tickets. The double-sided sales registration machine according to claim 1, wherein menus, product names, prices, etc. displayed on the front and back CRT screens can be changed on the front side. 3. The double-sided sales registration machine according to claim 1, wherein the front side and the back side business status can be aggregated and printed on the front side.

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