JPH11174958A - Label with code, label issuing device, and article processor and article processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the discounting of a bargain article from being forgot at a counter by including information on the article before the discounting and information regarding the price after the discounting in a code that can be read by a code reader. SOLUTION: On an original sale label L1 is a bar code is represented in addition to an article name, a consumption time limit, and a price. The bar code includes a flag F1, an article code Mc, a check price C1, an original sale price P1, and check digits C2 in order from the left end. A label L2 after discounting has a code display part 1 where a bar code is represented and a view part 2 which allows consumers to view information regarding information on a discount and a discounted price. The code display part 1 represents pieces of code information before and after discounting with a two-stage bar code and OCR characters. The left-side information-before-discounting display part A and right-side information-after-discounting display part B of the code display part 1 display the code information of the same number of digits.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label with a code, a label issuing device, and the like, which are attached to food products such as supermarkets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in supermarkets and the like, a bar code printed on a label or a package attached to a product is read by a bar code reader of a register, so that purchases are settled and used for managing sales. In the case of products such as fresh foods, the price is reduced when the expiration date is approaching. In this case, a price reduction display label 101 different from the label 100 with a bar code is attached to the product M as shown in FIG. To promote sales. For a reduced price product (hereinafter referred to as a "discontinued product"), for example, at the time of purchase, by pressing a price reduction amount key, the bar code reader of the register reads the original selling price of the label 100 with bar code before the price reduction. , Has been liquidating the purchase.

[0003]

However, in this conventional system, the cashier operator sometimes forgets to operate the price reduction key. In this case, this may cause trouble or reduce the trust of the shop. .

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and has as its main object to provide a label with a code which can prevent forgetting to discount a cash-out product at a cash register.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a coded label according to the present invention is provided with a code which can be read by a code reader, information on a product before the price reduction and a price after the price reduction (hereinafter, referred to as a price). This information includes both information on “close-up price.”

According to the present invention, since the information on the closing price is included in the code, by reading the code, the closing price is input to the register, so that it is possible to prevent forgetting to discount at the cash register.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment. In the first embodiment, the NON PLU used in the store
A label with a barcode according to a 13-digit barcode system will be described. Note that an adhesive is provided on the back surface of the label described below, and the label is issued from the label issuing device in a state where the label is arranged on a peeling mount.

A bar code is displayed on the original selling price label L1 in FIG. 1A in addition to the product name, expiration date and price. The bar code includes a flag F1, a product code Mc, and a check price C in order from the left end of the bar code.
1, Price (original price) P1 and check digit C2
It is included. Among these information, the product code Mc
The price (original selling price) P1 constitutes “information before price reduction of a product” in the present invention. OCR characters are also written below the barcode.

FIG. 2B shows the label L2 after parting according to the present invention. The label L2 after closing includes a code display unit 1 displaying a barcode, and a visual recognition unit 2 for allowing a consumer to visually recognize information on the price reduction and information on the price after the price reduction. The code display unit 1 displays, for example, a two-stage barcode in which the code information before and after the price reduction is divided into two lines or two levels, and an OCR character. In the code display section 1, the left-side information display section A before price reduction and the right-side information display section B after price reduction display code information of the same number of digits.

The information display section A before the price reduction displays substantially the same contents as the original selling price label L1, such as the product code and the original selling price.
A flag F2 different from the original selling price label L1 in (a) is displayed so that it can be distinguished from the original selling price label L1 when read by a barcode reader. On the other hand, the information display section B after the price cut shows the number-of-partitions information N and the part-time form information K
And post-closing price information P2 relating to the closing price.

As a method of displaying the post-closing price information P2, a method of displaying a closing width (a width of reduction in price) as shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 2 (b) and a method of displaying the closing price as shown in FIGS. (C),
As shown in (d), there is a method of displaying the price after closing (the price itself after price reduction).

The closing form information K of the post-price-reduction information display section B in FIG. 1B includes information on the mode of price reduction and information on the display mode of the price reduction price. For example, as shown in FIG.
Is displayed, “1” is displayed as the parting mode information K. In the case of displaying the “price after closing” and “the price after closing” as shown in FIG. 2A, “2” is displayed as the closing form information K. As shown in FIG. 2B, when “% discount” and “partition width” are displayed, “3” is displayed as parting form information K. As shown in FIG. 2C, when “% discount” and “price after closing” itself are displayed, “4” is displayed as closing form information K. As shown in FIG. 2D, when “just-price discount” and “post-closing price” itself are displayed, “5” is displayed as the closing form information K. That is, the “price reduction mode” includes “yen discount” and “% discount”, and the “price reduction price display mode” includes a method of displaying “the width of price reduction (discretionary width)” and the method of “price reduction”. There is a method of displaying the "commercial item price (after closing price)" itself.

A cut line such as a perforation 3 that can separate the code display unit 1 and the visual recognition unit 2 from each other is provided on the label L2 after the closing in FIG. 1B.
Between and prepare. The backyard operator separates the label L2 after closing off into two at the perforation 3, and
As shown in (c), the code display unit 1 is attached on the barcode of the original selling price label L1, and the visual recognition unit 2 is attached on another prominent part of the product M. The cashier operator reads the code display section 1 of the product M, and the product price after closing is input to the register. For example, FIG.
In the case of (c), the register recognizes that the barcode is a two-stage barcode by the flag F2 of the information display section A before the price reduction, and the “circle discount” and “ Recognizing that it is displaying "cut off width",
"1098" which subtracted "200 yen" from the original selling price "1298 yen"
Yen "can be recognized as the product price. Therefore, since the operator can also perform the discount at the same time simply by reading the barcode at the cash register, it is possible to prevent forgetting to discount at the cash register. Moreover, since it is possible to know the information about the product before the price reduction, it is possible to manage the sales and display the product name according to the product code.

In this embodiment, a perforation 3 is provided on the closed label L2 in FIG.
Since the code display unit 1 and the visual recognition unit 2 can be separated from each other, the code display unit 1 can be affixed on the original price label L1 and the visual recognition unit 2 can be affixed to a prominent portion of the product M, which is convenient.
For example, in a product packed in a paper pack such as "coffee milk", a barcode is displayed on the back side of the paper pack, and even if the visual recognition unit 2 is attached to the back side, the product is not consumed by the consumer. You can't appeal to them as a close-up. On the other hand, if the visual recognition unit 2 can be separated from the code display unit 1 as in the present embodiment, the visual recognition unit 2 is attached to the upper front side of the paper pack, and the code display unit 1 is attached to the back side of the paper pack. Can be affixed on the barcode.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent forgetting to discount and appeal for price reduction.

In the above-described embodiment, since the closing number information N is displayed, by reading the closing number information N and the closing price and closing form, it is possible to analyze the sales situation of the closing goods. For example, in the case of fresh food, the more the number of closeouts, the more unsold the product,
Consumers tend to give a bad impression that a product is low in freshness. Therefore, it is often desired to set an appropriate price that can be sold out at the first closing. In such a case, if the number of closeouts is included as information on the product, it is possible to use the analysis of the selling condition to help sales promotion.

Further, as described below, information about the timing of the price reduction may be displayed on the information display section B after the price reduction. FIG. 3 shows the bar code of the in-store marking in numerical form.
A timing display section T, and the timing display section T
In addition, a date from "00" to "31" and the distinction between morning and afternoon are displayed using "0" and "1" as the closing timing. For example, when the price is reduced at 5:00 pm on November 29, “291” is displayed on the timing display section T. By displaying the closing timing in this way, by knowing the relationship between the closing timing and the expiration date, it is possible to analyze an appropriate closing timing, which can be used for sales promotion as in the case of the closing count.

If the number of digits of the bar code increases, both the date and the time can be accurately displayed as the closing timing. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the part before the number-of-partitions information N may be set as the erroneous reading prevention flag F3.

In the above embodiment, the NON PUL 13
Although described in accordance with the digit bar code system, the present invention can also be applied to the PLU 13 digit bar code system shown in FIG. 4 or a bar code system having a country code. Note that the PL in FIG.
U In the case of 13 digits, the JAN code (information about the product) is displayed on the product before the price reduction and the price itself is not displayed, but the system stores the price etc. corresponding to the JAN code. Thus, the present invention can be used in the same manner as in the case of the 13-digit NON PUL. If the PLU has 13 digits, the lower three digits of the JAN code in the information display section A before the price reduction are replaced by the third to fifth digits of the information display section B after the price reduction.
The post-price-reduction information display section B may be used as an appropriate information display section, such as being displayed as the AN code display section J3. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the OCR character is described together with the barcode is described. However, the case where the OCR character is not described together is also included in the scope of the present invention.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the code is displayed as a bar code has been described. However, information which is a graphic representation of a code corresponding to the price of a product and which can be read by a code reading device is described. The present invention can be applied to a label with a code on which a code including the code is printed. That is, in addition to the above-described two-stage or two-stage barcode divided into two rows, a barcode in which code information before and after the price reduction is arranged in one column, and FIGS. 5A and 5B are shown. The present invention is also applicable to a two-dimensional code in which code information is expanded vertically and horizontally, and a bar code in which a bar code is displayed in a matrix form superposed in two orthogonal directions (for example, see FIG. 1B of Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 5-64967). Can be applied. Further, the present invention is applied to a case where the coded information is printed only with OCR characters.

Next, a label issuing apparatus for issuing the original selling price label L1 and the closed label L2 will be described. 6, in the label issuing device 4, an input operation unit 41, a display unit 42, a label issuing unit 43, and a barcode reader 44 are connected to the microcomputer 40 via an interface (not shown). The label issuing section 43 generally includes a thermal head and prints on a label made of thermal paper. The microcomputer 40 is a CPU 4
5 and a memory 46, and stores various programs such as label issuance, product names and product codes for each product.

As shown in FIG. 7, the memory 46 includes a closing history storage section 46a for storing a history of price reduction (closing history) for each product code. The closing history storage unit 46a stores the number of closings, the closing timing, the closing width, and the number of labels issued for each product code. Note that the date and time read from the clock circuit of the microcomputer 40 when the label is issued are stored as the closing timing.

The bar code reader 44 has a former selling price label L1.
And read the barcode of label L2 after closing
Of the code information read by the barcode reader 44, the product code Mc and the price P1 in FIG. 1A are stored in the memory 46 in FIG. The parting mode K and parting width P2 in FIG.
And is printed on the label L2 after the closing. The “number of closes” in the second and subsequent closes is shown in FIG.
The number-of-partitions information N of the code display unit 1 of the label issuing device 4
(FIG. 6) is read, and C
The PU 45 adds “1” and calculates. In addition, the label L2 after the closing whose "number of closings" is 2 or more is used by being superimposed on the label L2 after the previous closing.

Next, the label L2 after closing in FIG.
Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After entering the key processing routine in step S0, when a password is input in step S1, step S1 is executed.
Proceed to 2. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the cut-off value and the cut-off value such as the cut-off width are fixed. If the cut-off value is not fixed, the process proceeds to step S3, and the original selling price label L1 in FIG. (C) The bar code of the bar code display section 1 is read by the bar code reader 44 in FIG. 6, and the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. 8 to input the closing mode, and further proceeds to step S5 to input the closing value. Proceed to S7. When the issuance operation is performed in step S7, a predetermined number of labels L2 after the closing are issued in step S8, and the issuance contents of the labels L2 after the closing are stored in the closing history storage unit 4 in FIG.
6a. On the other hand, when the hold operation for fixing the parting mode and the parting width is performed in step S2, the process proceeds to step S10, where the parting mode is input, and after the parting numerical value is input in the next step S11, the next step S12 is performed. Then, the same scanning as in step S3 is performed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to steps S13 and S14 and proceeds to steps S7 and S14.
A label is issued as in S8. After the execution of step S14, the process returns to step S12, and the input of the parting mode and the numerical value can be omitted.

Incidentally, if the code display section 1 shown in FIG. 1C is read and stored by a cash register, it is possible to analyze a close-out product. However, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, there is a case where detailed closing timing cannot be displayed on a 13-digit bar code label. Further, when closing is performed a plurality of times, the closing information before the previous time is registered. Since no information can be read on the side, detailed information cannot be obtained. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the closing history storage unit 46 shown in FIG.
Since “a” is provided in the label issuing device 4, by outputting the detailed storage contents of the closing history storage unit 46a as the closing history, it is possible to accurately analyze the closing products.

The present invention is also applied to a commodity processing apparatus in which a weighing device, a packaging machine, and the like are integrated with the label issuing device 4. Further, the present invention provides the label L
The present invention is also applied to a merchandise processing system having a register with a barcode reader using 2 as an information medium.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since information on the closing price is included in the code, by reading the code, the closing price is input to the register, so that forgetting to discount at the cash register can be prevented, and the information about the product before the price reduction is stored in the code. , The product name corresponding to the product code can be displayed or printed at the cash register, or the sales can be managed.

Further, if information on the number of times of closing and the closing timing is included in the label with a code, it is possible to use the information read by the cash register to analyze the selling condition of the closing product, which can be used for sales promotion. .

Further, if the code display portion and the visual recognition portion can be separated from each other by a cutting line, the code display portion can be pasted on the original sale label or the like, and the visual recognition portion can be pasted on a prominent portion of the product. By promoting that the product is a close-out product, it is possible to promote sales.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a general original selling price label, FIG. 1 (b) is a code-labeled label showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (c).
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a product form after closing.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a modified example of a label with a code.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing another embodiment of a label with a code.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing still another embodiment of a label with a code.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a two-dimensional code.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a label issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a table showing storage contents of a close-out history storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure for issuing a label with a code after parting.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display form of a conventional close-up product.

[Explanation of symbols]

 L2: Label after closing P1: Original selling price P2: Price information after closing N: Number of closing times information K: Closing form information 1: Code display section 2: Viewing section 3: Perforation

Claims (13)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A label with a code printed thereon, which is coded information corresponding to a price of a product and includes information readable by a code reading device, wherein the information on the product before and after the price reduction is provided. A label with a code, characterized in that information on the price of the code is included in the code. 2. The coded label according to claim 1, wherein the code includes information on the original selling price before the price reduction as a part or all of the information about the product before the price reduction. 3. The label according to claim 1, wherein the code includes information on a mode of price reduction and information on a display mode of a price reduction. 4. The label with a code according to claim 1, wherein the code includes information on the number of times of price reduction. 5. The label with a code according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the code includes information on a timing at which the price is reduced. 6. The code according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the code-attached label includes a code display portion displaying the code and a visual recognition portion for allowing a consumer to visually recognize information on the price after the price reduction. With label. 7. The label with a code according to claim 6, wherein a cut line is provided so that the code display unit and the visual recognition unit can be separated from each other. 8. The bar code according to claim 1, wherein the code information before and after the price cut is divided into two rows or two lines, and the code information before and after the price cut is reduced. 2D code with information expanded horizontally and vertically,
Alternatively, a coded label that is a barcode in which code information before and after the price reduction is arranged in a line. 9. A label issuing apparatus for printing and issuing the coded label according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. The label issuing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a storage unit for storing a history of price reduction for each type of product. 11. The label issuing device according to claim 9, further comprising: a code reading device that reads code information of the label before the price reduction, wherein the code information read by the code reading device;
A label issuing device that issues the code-added label based on information about a price reduction input from an input operation unit of the label issuing device. 12. A merchandise processing apparatus provided with the label issuing device according to claim 9, 10, or 11. 13. A commodity processing system using the label with a code according to claim 1 as an information medium.