Article processing device

Abstract

To allow a person in charge to easily select himself or herself on a selection screen on which a salesclerk who performs registration processing for a purchased article is selected.SOLUTION: An article processing device 20 comprises: a storage part 22 which stores attendance information on attendance of salesclerks; a display part 23 which displays various information; and a control part 25 which causes the display part 23 to display a selection screen for selecting a salesclerk who is to perform registration processing on a purchased article so as to enable the selection of a salesclerk who can perform the registration processing on the purchased article based upon the attendance information, when the display part 23 is caused to display the selection screen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a product processing device. [Background technology]

[0002] Currently, in product processing devices that function as a face-to-face electronic scale that sells products by weighing them according to customer orders, a preset key that identifies the person in charge (a store clerk who registers the purchased products) is operated to link the purchased products with the ID of the person in charge. Therefore, the display unit of the product processing device can display a preset key that indicates the person in charge on a selection screen for selecting the person in charge. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 58-21126 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in conventional product processing devices, preset keys corresponding to all store clerks, including full-time employees and part-time workers, who process the registration of purchased products are displayed. If the number of employees does not fit on one screen, it is necessary to switch display screens, which can be inconvenient and time-consuming to find the preset key representing the person in charge.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a product processing device that allows a store clerk to easily select a key that identifies himself / herself on a selection screen for selecting a store clerk who will perform the registration process for purchased products. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The gist of one embodiment of a product processing device comprises a memory unit that stores attendance information regarding store clerks' attendance, a display unit that displays various information, and a control unit that, when a selection screen for selecting a store clerk who will perform the registration process of purchased items is displayed on the display unit, causes the display unit to select store clerks who are able to register the purchased items based on the attendance information. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a product processing device that allows a salesperson to easily select a key that identifies himself / herself on a selection screen for selecting a salesperson who will perform registration processing of purchased products. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a product processing system 1 according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the external appearance of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of functional blocks of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed by the display unit 23 of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed by the display unit 23 of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed by the display unit 23 of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed by the display unit 23 of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are given the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and the ratios of the dimensions are different from the actual ones. Therefore, the specific dimensions should be determined with reference to the following description. In addition, the drawings may include parts with different dimensional relationships and ratios. In this specification and the drawings, elements having substantially the same functions and configurations are given the same reference numerals to avoid repeated explanations, and elements not directly related to the present invention are not illustrated.

[0010] (First embodiment) Hereinafter, a product processing system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 7. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the product processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of a product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of functional blocks of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment, and Figs. 4 to 7 are diagrams showing an example of a selection screen displayed by a display unit 23 of the product processing device 20 according to the first embodiment.

[0011] As shown in FIG. 1, a product processing system 1 according to this embodiment includes a predetermined device 10, and a plurality of product processing devices 20A-20C provided in a plurality of stores or deli sections A-C, respectively.

[0012] Predetermined device 10 is a device that manages sales of multiple stores and each prepared food corner belonging to the same company. For example, predetermined device 10 is a server device that can tally up sales information for each store or each prepared food corner based on sales information acquired from product processing devices 20A-20C installed in multiple stores or prepared food corners A-C. In addition, any one of product processing devices 20A-20C may be configured as a parent device, and the parent device may be configured to have the tallying function of predetermined device 10.

[0013] Since the multiple product processing devices 20A to 20C basically have the same functions, the functions of the product processing device 20 will be described below as a single device, as shown in FIG.

[0014] 3, the product processing device 20 includes an acquisition unit 21, a memory unit 22, a display unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a control unit 25. The product processing device 20 also includes a function 26 as an electronic scale that weighs products and calculates and displays their prices (see FIG. 2).

[0015] The acquisition unit 21 acquires attendance information on the attendance of all store clerks, including full-time employees and part-timers, from an external device online or offline. For example, such attendance information may be attendance data acquired from a time recorder when store clerks work in shifts. This allows the available store clerks to be reflected in real time, even if, for example, an early shift clerk leaves work midway or a late shift clerk starts work midway.

[0016] The storage unit 22 stores various information such as attendance information acquired by the acquisition unit 21. For example, the storage unit 22 is configured with a memory and a hard disk.

[0017] The display unit 23 displays various information such as a selection screen described later. For example, the display unit 23 may be configured with a touch panel as shown in Fig. 2, or may be configured with a display without an input function.

[0018] The operation unit 24 accepts operations by the store clerk. Specifically, the operation unit 24 accepts operations such as selecting a person in charge from a selection screen described later. For example, the operation unit 24 may be configured with a touch panel as shown in Fig. 2, or may be configured with an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

[0019] The control unit 25 controls other functions of the product processing device 20 and performs accounting processing for products, etc. Specifically, when the control unit 25 causes the display unit 23 to display a selection screen for selecting a store clerk (person in charge) who will perform the registration processing of purchased products, the control unit 25 causes the display unit 23 to display, in a selectable manner, only store clerks who are capable of registering purchased products, based on the attendance information described above.

[0020] As shown in Fig. 4, preset keys indicating clerks who can be registered (e.g., clerks who are on duty) are displayed on the selection screen displayed by the display unit 23. On the selection screen shown in Fig. 4, preset keys indicating 12 clerks who can be registered, namely "Suzuki", "Sato", "Tanaka", "Takahashi", "Matsui", "Ito", "Kitamura", "Nomura", "Nakata", "Nakayama", "Inoue", and "Ota", are displayed.

[0021] For example, as shown in Fig. 5, the selection screen displayed by the display unit 23 displays preset keys indicating clerks who are on duty, and does not display preset keys indicating clerks who are not on duty (for example, "Sato", "Ito", "Kitamura", "Nakayama"). In this case, only clerks who are on duty may be displayed together on one screen. Also, some clerks may remember the location of their own preset keys, and if the location is changed, it may take more time to find their own preset keys. Therefore, in Fig. 6, the location is not changed and only the preset keys of clerks who are on duty are displayed so that they can be seen.

[0022] According to this configuration, since only the preset keys representing employees who are at work are displayed, the person in charge can quickly find the preset key representing himself / herself.

[0023] Here, the display unit 23 may not display preset keys indicating store clerks who are not at work, as in the selection screen shown in Figure 5, or may make it impossible to select preset keys indicating store clerks who are not at work, as shown in Figures 6(a) and 6(b).

[0024] In the examples of FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b), the preset keys indicating employees who are not at work are marked with diagonal lines and cannot be selected.

[0025] According to the configuration shown in FIG. 6, the position of the preset key representing each employee on the selection screen described above does not change, so that even an employee who remembers the position of the preset key representing himself / herself on the selection screen can easily find the preset key representing himself / herself without confusion.

[0026] In addition, when a sales clerk who is not usually registered in a preset key comes to help out and serves customers, it is necessary to provide a new preset key for that sales clerk. In such a case, when an operation to specify a first sales clerk to be newly registered is performed on the selection screen displayed by the display unit 23, for example, after inputting the employee number of the first sales clerk, and then a preset key indicating a second sales clerk that is not currently in use is touched, the preset key indicating the second sales clerk is switched to the preset key indicating the first sales clerk.

[0027] Here, an example of switching the preset key indicating "Nakata (first employee)" to the preset key indicating "Nakamura (second employee)" will be described with reference to Figs. 7(a) and 7(b).

[0028] First, a user who performs such a switching operation touches "Edit Person in Charge Key Assignment" on the selection screen shown in FIG. 7(a) and then inputs the employee number of "Nakamura."

[0029] Secondly, when the user touches the preset key indicating "Nakata" on the selection screen shown in FIG. 7(b), the preset key indicating "Nakata (first employee)" changes to the preset key indicating "Nakamura (second employee)."

[0030] According to this configuration, even if the screen is not a screen for editing the preset keys, the assignment of the preset keys can be easily changed on the above-mentioned selection screen.

[0031] According to this embodiment, on the selection screen for selecting the store clerk who will perform the registration process of the purchased item, the store clerk can easily select a preset key that identifies himself / herself.

[0032] Although the present invention has been described in detail using the above-mentioned embodiment, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in the present specification. The present invention can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention defined by the description of the claims. Therefore, the description in this specification is intended to be illustrative and does not have any limiting meaning on the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0033] 1. Product processing system 2, 2A, 2B, 2C... Clerk (worker) 3…Customer 5, 5A, 5B, 5C…product A, B, C...Stores 10...Predetermined device 20, 20A, 20B, 20C...Product processing equipment 21…Acquisition part 22...Storage section 23...Display section 24...Operation unit 25...Control section

Claims

1. A product processing device, A storage unit that stores attendance information regarding attendance of store clerks; A display unit that displays various information; A product processing device comprising: a control unit that, when displaying a selection screen on the display unit to select a store clerk who will perform the registration process of the purchased products, causes the display unit to select store clerks who are able to register the purchased products based on the attendance information.

2. The product processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the selection screen displays preset keys indicating store clerks who can carry out the registration process.

3. The product processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the selection screen displays preset keys indicating store clerks who are on duty, and does not display preset keys indicating store clerks who are not on duty.

4. The product processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an acquisition unit (21) for acquiring the attendance information from an external device online or offline.

5. 3. The product processing device according to claim 2, wherein when a preset key indicating an unused second clerk is touched after an operation to identify a first clerk is performed on the selection screen, the preset key indicating the second clerk is switched to the preset key indicating the first clerk.

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