JP2004021483A - Clearing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clearing system capable of performing payment of each person and repayment work of a surplus fund simply and quickly in a no-host meeting or the like by a plurality of persons. <P>SOLUTION: This clearing system 10 is configured by a customer side input display device 20 connected to a reckoning terminal 30 having a store side input display device 34. When the total sum charged is calculated by the reckoning terminal 30, information on the number of persons and a divided unit sum can be inputted by the customer side input display device 20. The amount of payment and the change of each person is calculated based on the information, and exchange is performed beforehand to perform repayment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a settlement system, and more particularly, to a settlement system in which a group (a plurality of participants) pays a membership fee in advance and performs a banquet, a party, a class meeting, or the like, and accounts for the cost by a so-called “split bill”.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the gathering of the above-mentioned membership fee system (split bill), it is general that the secretary generally sets the date and time location, reserves the venue, determines the number of attendees, selects food and drink, collects the membership fee, adjusts the payment, and the like. If a surplus occurs in the collected dues, the surplus is divided by the number of persons, and change per person is calculated and returned. However, when the number of people is large (especially in the case of an odd number), calculation of change per person and return of the calculated amount generally require a lot of coins, which is troublesome.
[0003]
For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-112263, “Split Support Device and Communication Terminal Device”, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-155257, “Payment Settlement System”, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-25360. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-86137 discloses an "electronic cash register" and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-86137.
[0004]
The first prior art described above reduces the labor of settlement by making it possible to calculate the total cost, the number of persons to be settled, candidates for the amount to be paid evenly (not including fractions), and fractions. A support device is disclosed. Also, the last prior art described above discloses a split billing result output method that improves the service by eliminating the trouble of calculating the amount per person when a customer who eats and drinks in a group of a plurality of people settles in a split bill form. I have. That is, when calculating the total amount of money at the store, the amount per person obtained by dividing the total amount by the number of people is automatically calculated, and the amount information of one person is added to the receipt together with the total amount.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the prior art, even if the amount per person can be calculated, it is not easy for the secretary or representative to accurately collect the fee from each person or to return the surplus by calculating from the previously collected membership fee. There was a problem.
[0006]
[Object of the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and has as its object to provide a settlement system that enables a simple and quick settlement of a split bill.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To solve the above-mentioned problem, the settlement system according to the present invention employs the following characteristic configuration.
[0008]
(1) In a payment system that collects the membership fee in advance and pays for the cost of eating and drinking at the store by splitting and paying the surplus to each person as change,
An account settlement system in which the collected membership fee is once paid to an account settlement terminal of a store, a split bill calculation is performed by the account settlement terminal, and the change is settled based on the calculation result, and if there is a surplus, the surplus is returned.
[0009]
(2) The settlement system according to the above (1), wherein if the expenses at the store exceed the total of the collected dues, an appropriate approximate amount is additionally collected from each person and settled.
[0010]
(3) In a payment system in which a membership fee is collected in advance by a group, food and drinks are eaten at a store, the cost is paid by splitting and the surplus is refunded to each person as change, and the payment is made.
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are integrally or separately connected to the settlement terminal of the store, and when the payment is made by split billing, the collected membership fee is once deposited in the settlement terminal, and the customer An account settlement system in which the number of split persons is input using a side input display device and change and surplus are returned to each person.
[0011]
(4) The settlement system according to the above (3), wherein the customer can select a minimum unit of change to be returned to each person by using the customer-side input display device.
[0012]
(5) The settlement system according to (3) or (4), wherein the settlement terminal is instructed to input the number of split bills or the minimum unit of change from the settlement terminal to the customer input display device.
[0013]
(6) The account settlement terminal displays the change and surplus of each person on the customer-side input display device for each minimum change unit, and allows the customer to select the change and the surplus, according to the above (3), (4) or (5). Checkout system.
[0014]
(7) The settlement system according to the above (6), wherein if the change of each person can become an appropriate integer due to the payment of the additional charge as a result of the calculation, the change is recalculated by paying the additional charge.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of the settlement system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0016]
First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of a settlement system according to the present invention. The settlement system 10 according to the present invention includes a customer-side input display device 20 and a settlement terminal 30. The settlement terminal 30 is a device for performing actual settlement. The customer-side input display device 20 is a device for displaying the processing result of the customer's settlement terminal 30 to the customer or inputting necessary information.
[0017]
The customer-side input display device 20 includes a display unit 21 and an input unit 22. On the other hand, the payment terminal 30 includes a payment processing unit 31, a slip printing unit 32, a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 33, and a store-side input display device. The store-side input display unit 34 includes a display unit 35 and an input unit 36, similarly to the customer-side input display device 20.
[0018]
In the customer-side input display device 20, the display unit 21 displays information such as payment price and change. Further, the input unit 22 performs a currency exchange process and inputs the number of payouts. On the other hand, in the settlement terminal 30, the settlement processing unit 31 performs an actual settlement process corresponding to the basic processing unit. The slip printing unit 32 prints out the settlement result by the settlement processing unit 31. The depositing / dispensing processing section 33 corresponds to a so-called cash drawer section. Further, the store-side input display device 34 is a device for a store clerk to operate the settlement terminal 30, and has a display unit 35 and an input unit 36 similar to the customer-side input display device 20.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the settlement system 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing the operations (or operations) of the customer-side input display device 20, the settlement terminal 30, and the store-side input display device 34 in FIG.
[0020]
First, the customer hands over the order slip to the store clerk and requests a payment (step S1), and after the sales clerk accepts it, starts the payment process (step S2). The settlement terminal 30 performs the slip number reception (step S3) and the settlement process (step S4), and presents the customer with the total amount (including tax) as the settlement information based on the reception data (step S5). Furthermore, it is confirmed whether or not the change of the change (= change of money) is necessary (step S6).
[0021]
The customer inputs the presence / absence of division (whether or not to pay for the split) on the customer-side input display device 20 (step S7). If division is necessary (step S8), the user is prompted to enter information for division. When the customer inputs the number of people, the settlement terminal 30 confirms the number of people, that is, inquires about the number of people to the input display device 20 on the customer side (step S9). In response to this number confirmation inquiry, the number of persons (that is, the number of divisions) is input from the customer-side input display device 20 (step S10). At the same time, the unit of the split amount is input (step S11). This is a process for confirming which banknote / coin unit is to be divided and the remaining portion is to be processed as a surplus because the total amount cannot always be equally divided by the number of people (that is, a surplus or a fraction is generated). . For example, at the time of setting, it is possible to select such as 1000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen or 10 yen. On the other hand, when there is no setting, the unit is one yen unit.
[0022]
Thereafter, the customer pays (step S12). The store-side input display device 34 receives the payment from the customer (the full amount of the collected dues) and inputs the received money to the settlement terminal 30 (step S13). Then, the settlement terminal 30 performs change calculation / display on the customer-side input display device 20 (step S14). At the same time, change calculation / display is also performed on the store-side input display device 34 (step S15).
[0023]
Next, a case where the budget is exceeded, that is, a case where the billed amount exceeds the collected amount (step S16) will be described. The settlement terminal 30 temporarily requests the customer-side input display device 20 for an additional amount for currency exchange (step S17). On the other hand, the customer collects an appropriate amount from each person and makes a final additional payment (step S18). When the additional payment is received, a payment is input from the store-side input display device 34 to the settlement terminal 30 (step S19). The payment terminal sends the total order amount / tax, the customer payment amount, and the total refund amount (and the quantity for each coin bill and the quantity at the time of distribution) to the customer side and the store side from the customer side and the store side. (Step S20 / Step S21).
[0024]
Receiving the information, the settlement terminal 30 pays out the change (step S22), and prints a slip (step S23). Then, the clerk hands the printing slip and the change to the customer (step S24). Thereafter, the customer completes the settlement by distributing the change to each person based on the distribution quantity described in the receipt slip.
[0025]
Next, the settlement system of the present invention will be described based on a specific example with reference to FIG. In this specific example, a group of 17 people collects a membership fee of 4000 yen (total of 68000 yen) and eats and drinks at a store. Assuming that the bill amount of this store is 56700 yen including tax, a surplus of 11300 yen is generated.
[0026]
Therefore, when the settlement is settled by the settlement terminal 30, the total amount of the membership fee of 68,000 yen is temporarily paid to the settlement terminal 30. Then, the customer operates the input unit 22 of the customer-side input display device 20 to input the number of groups to be split (= 17). As a result, the settlement terminal 30 calculates the change and the surplus, and displays the calculation result in a list, for example, as shown in FIG. 3 on the display unit of the customer-side input display device 20. That is, when the division unit is 500 yen, the change per person is 500 yen, and the remainder is 2800 yen. When the unit of division is 100 yen, they are 600 yen and 1100 yen, respectively. When the division unit is 50 yen, they are 650 yen and 250 yen, respectively. Further, when the division unit is 10 yen, they are 660 yen and 80 yen, respectively.
[0027]
Based on this calculation result, the customer inputs and selects the optimal division unit from the customer-side input display device 20, and the settlement terminal 30 prints a slip according to an instruction from the store-side input display device 34 by a clerk, and Return the change to the person, and if there is a surplus, return the surplus to the secretary. The secretary can either use the surplus returned for the cost of the communication expenses, or use it as a carryover for the next meeting.
[0028]
Next, another embodiment of the settlement system according to the present invention will be described. In the preferred embodiment described above, it is assumed that the total amount is simply divided equally by the number of people. However, when accepting the change of the change, it is not a simple division, but the remaining part may be divided except for a part. One example is a case where a boss, a senior, or the like pays extra dues. In this case, the balance is settled and the change is distributed. The settlement terminal 30 responds by receiving not only the information on the number of persons but also information on partial payment of the payment.
[0029]
For example, if you pay a small additional amount and each person's change is a good amount such as 500 yen or 1000 yen, the above boss or senior will bear the above and it is possible to calculate the change again It is.
[0030]
The configuration and operation of the embodiment of the settlement system according to the present invention have been described above in detail. However, it should be noted that such embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention in any way. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made in accordance with the particular application without departing from the spirit of the invention.
[0031]
[Explanation of effect]
As is clear from the above description, according to the settlement system of the present invention, the following remarkable practical effects can be obtained. First, the store-side settlement process does not require multiple processes such as split billing. As a result, it is possible to reduce the processing time for each customer and the cost of receipt slips.
[0032]
Secondly, by performing the change at the same time when the change is paid, there is no need to receive the individual change from the customer, and the use of the settlement terminal is not wasted. Third, since the customer can distribute change corresponding to the split bill in one settlement process, the service on the store side is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a preferred embodiment of a settlement system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram of a settlement operation by a split bill by the settlement system shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a specific example for explaining the operation of the settlement system of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Account settlement system 20 Customer-side input display device 21, 35 Display unit 22, 36 Input unit 30 Payment terminal 31 Payment processing unit 32 Slip printing unit 33 Deposit / withdraw processing unit 34 Store-side input display device

Claims (7)

In a payment system that collects the membership fee in advance and pays for the cost of eating and drinking at the store by splitting the fee and returning the surplus to each person as change,
The collected membership fee is once paid to a settlement terminal of a store, a split bill calculation is performed by the settlement terminal, and the change is settled based on the calculation result, and if there is a surplus, the surplus is returned. Checkout system. 2. The settlement system according to claim 1, wherein when the expenses at the store exceed the total of the collected dues, an appropriate approximate amount is additionally collected from each person and settled. In a settlement system that collects the membership fee in advance in the group, eats and drinks at the store, pays the fee by splitting it, and repays the surplus to each person as change,
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are integrally or separately connected to the settlement terminal of the store, and when the payment is made by split billing, the collected membership fee is once deposited in the settlement terminal, and the customer A settlement system characterized by inputting the number of split persons by a side input display device and returning change and surplus for each person. 4. The settlement system according to claim 3, wherein the customer can select a minimum unit of change to be returned to each person by using the customer-side input display device. 5. The settlement system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the settlement terminal is instructed to input the number of split bills or the minimum unit of the change to the customer input display device. 6. The settlement according to claim 3, wherein the settlement terminal displays the change and surplus of each person on the customer side input display device for each minimum unit of change so that the customer can select the change. system. 7. The settlement system according to claim 6, wherein, if the result of the calculation is that the change of each person can become an appropriate integer due to the payment of the amount of the extra charge, the extra charge is paid to recalculate the change.

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