JPH06149815A - Stock controller for mail vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically process the payment of necessary amounts of postage stamps and post cards, the adjustment of postal charges, the issue of recipts, the output of daily sales reports, the stock control, etc. CONSTITUTION:The operating contents of a display device 8 containing a touch panel show the purchase of the postage stamps or post cards, the charge is announced through a voice output device 5 and at the same time displayed. Then the requested number of sheets of postage stamps or post cards are discharged through a discharging port 10 after detection of a fact that a user paid the due charge. Then a receipt is issued from a receipt issuing machine 3. When the device 8 shows the operation of a mail, the charge is announced based on the weight, the type and the handling type of the mail. At the same time, the postal charge is displayed at a prescribed part. Then the equivalent postage stamps are discharged through the port 10 after the user paid the due charge. Then a receipt is also issued by the machine 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic mail sale management apparatus for automatically managing sales and inventory of stamps, which is a window service of a post office.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, post offices have generally dealt with users by using a system in which a staff member sells stamps at the counter according to the user's request, and the staff member also handles sales, tabulation, and inventory management. ing.

[0003]

However, since such stamps are sold by the sheet system, the clerk must cut out a necessary number of the stamps for sale, and the receipt must be issued by the clerk each time. did not become. In addition, it is necessary to make a request, check, etc. for sales, the number of stocks, etc. every time the staff is changed, and the staff also manages inventory and totalizes the sales, and it takes time and labor for the contact work.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and automatically processes necessary amount of stamps and postcards to be paid out, fee settlement, receipt issuance, sales total daily report output, inventory management and the like. It was done.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a plurality of stamp dispensing magazines in which various stamps in roll form are accommodated in roll form,
A postcard payout magazine, a data processing / inventory management device that manages the number of postage stamps or postcards that are paid out based on input information on a touch panel display device, inventory management, a receipt issuing machine that issues a receipt of the paid out amount, and a mail It is provided with a weighing device for weighing the weight of an object, a fee adjusting device for performing fee adjustment, a voice output device for performing predetermined operation guidance, and a form output device for recording sales.

[0006]

[Operation] When the operation content of the display device with a touch panel is the purchase of stamps or postcards, the data processing / inventory management device announces the predetermined amount by the voice output device and displays the charge, and the user pays the charge. After detecting that the predetermined fee has been charged to the machine, a predetermined number of stamps or postcards are paid out from the stamp payout magazine or the postcard payout magazine to the payout port, and a receipt of the amount is issued from the receipt issuing machine. When the operation of the display device with a touch panel is to send out a postal item, a voice output device announces the weight of the postal item placed on the weighing device and the amount of postal item operated by the display device with a touch panel and the handling type. In addition, after displaying a predetermined charge on a predetermined portion of the display device with a touch panel and detecting that the user has charged the predetermined charge into the charge adjustment machine, the stamp payout slot from the stamp payout magazine corresponding to the amount of money is detected. And issue a receipt for that amount from the receipt issuing machine.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus to which the present invention is applied. Stamp dispensing magazines 1 ₁ to 1 _n for storing stamps stored in a roll, postcard dispensing magazine 2, receipt issuing machine 3, charge adjustment machine 4, voice output device 5, weighing device 6, output device 7, with touch panel Each display device 8 is connected to a data processing / inventory management device 9.

The display device 8 with a touch panel is a portion for interfacing with the user, and is used for identifying the shape of a regular or non-standard mail or postcard, the handling type of ordinary mail or express mail, the quantity, etc. Each part that the person needs to operate is displayed in the frame, and when the user touches the desired part, the information is transmitted to the data processing / inventory management device 9, and the data processing is performed there. The predetermined information is displayed by. Moreover, what is purchased by operating this device is output from the payout port 10.

In the device thus configured, when the user first touches a desired portion of the display device 8 with a touch panel and performs a necessary operation, the voice output device 5 notifies the user of the charge by voice, and The charge is displayed on the display unit of the display device 8 with a touch panel. In the case of an envelope, when the mail is placed on the weighing device 6, a charge corresponding to the weight is displayed on the display and at the same time the charge is notified by voice.

In this case, since the stamps are accommodated in a roll shape, when the stamp payout magazine detects that the necessary number of sheets have been pulled out, the stamps are cut off by the cutter provided in the stamp payout magazine.

Next, when the corresponding amount of money is put into the charge adjusting machine 4 and the charge is adjusted, the corresponding stamp or postcard is paid out, and at the same time, the receipt is issued by the receipt issuing machine 3.
This is an example of operation by the user, but the same applies to reception by a clerk.Since the required number of sheets is paid out simply by selecting the type and entering the quantity, the clerk cuts off the sheet or calculates the number of postcards. The operation for performing is unnecessary.

Further, since it is always managed by data processing such as sales amount, payout quantity, inventory quantity, etc. and inventory management, it can be output by the form output device as needed. As for the ordering instruction due to the reduction of the stock quantity, if the stock quantity corresponding to the order is input in advance, it is possible to automatically announce the ordering instruction when the stock quantity is reached. If two rolls of stamps are stored in the payout magazine, more efficient replacement is possible.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the stamps are accommodated in the form of a roll, it is sufficient to take out the required number of sheets and then cut with a cutter, and it is not necessary for the staff to count the number of required sheets even if they are attached to the postcard. Therefore, there is an effect that sales can be performed efficiently, the staff can concentrate on office work that requires manual intervention, and the quality of service to users can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Stamp payout magazine 2 Postcard payout magazine 3 Receipt issuing machine 4 Charge adjustment machine 5 Voice output device 6 Weighing device 7 Output device 8 Touch panel display device 9 Data processing / stock management device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A payout magazine accommodating postcards and various stamps in a roll shape, a display device with a touch panel for selecting the purchase of stamps or postcards, and a predetermined fee amount is output according to the selection contents. A voice output device for storing the predetermined charge amount, a data processing device / inventory management device for counting the remaining amount after paying out a predetermined amount of the product from the charge amount and the selected contents. Automatic postal inventory management system composed of