JP2005216016A - Pos system and pos device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a POS system allowing an easy check of an easily miscalculating responsible person or device. <P>SOLUTION: A store server is provide with: a responsible person number showing a responsible person; a POS number showing a POS device; a cash amount showing a cash total to be present; a change machine amount present in a change machine; a data storage file storing excess and deficiency showing a difference between the cash amount and the change machine amount; a display means displaying an excess and deficiency history in each the responsible person or the POS device; and an excess and deficiency history retrieval means retrieving the excess and deficiency history in each the responsible person or the POS device from the data storage file. The POS device is provided with a control means calculating cash amount information, and excess and deficiency information. The store server retrieves the excess and deficiency history information by the excess and deficiency history retrieval means with the responsible person number or the POS number as a retrieval key. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  In the POS (point of sales) device connected to an automatic change bill machine (hereinafter referred to as an automatic change machine), the present invention automatically records the amount in the automatic change machine for each transaction, and stores it in a store server as a transaction log. The present invention relates to a POS system and a POS device that allow a manager such as a store manager to easily check a POS device and a person in charge who are likely to transmit and easily calculate an error.

  The flow of a day in a conventional POS device to which an automatic change machine is connected will be described with reference to FIG.

  S1. At the beginning of the day, the POS device is turned on and opened.

  S2. In the automatic change machine, since the appropriate number of change bills (5,000 yen, 1000 yen, etc.) and coins are prepared as change reserves on the previous day, the change means is used to identify the change when the station is opened. The amount of change reserve is calculated and displayed on the display unit. The cashier sees this and touches a key called change reserve of the POS device, and inputs the displayed amount to send the change reserve in the automatic change machine to a store server (not shown). In this way, the process before opening the store is performed. Then move on to the business process. The amount of change reserve can be automatically input to the POS device.

  S3. When the merchandise is sold, the cashier inputs the sales amount and the amount received from the customer to the POS device, and inserts this money into the automatic change machine from the slot. As a result, the automatic change machine automatically sends out the change transmitted from the POS device through the payment port, and the cashier delivers it to the customer. At this time, the POS device sends the sales amount to the store server, and the store balance is updated in the store server. This stock amount update may be performed by a POS device.

  S4. Even if the cashier is changed, sales processing continues.

  S5. When there is a change shortage on the way, a deposit process is performed. This deposit amount is managed by the store server.

  S6. If the sales amount increases along the way, 10,000 yen bills are collected as intermediate collection. This collection amount is managed by the store server.

  S7. If the number of other denominations and coins increases more than necessary, not only the 10,000 yen bill, but also the collection process including the 10,000 yen bill is performed as a withdrawal process. This withdrawal processing amount is managed by the store server.

  S8. When such a thing is performed and the store is closed, a so-called closing process is performed. First, the denomination and number of cash in the automatic change machine are calculated and confirmed, and how much cash is available is keyed. As a result, the cash balance that should be calculated can be compared with the cash actually in the automatic change machine.

  S9. Then, set the amount of money left in the automatic change machine for the next day and check it.

  S10. In order to finalize the data after tightening, the POS apparatus performs a settlement process, sends a settlement log to the store server, and turns off the power.

  By the way, when you do sales processing, the cashier has entered the amount that the customer has inadvertently entered and made a change error, etc. There is a difference between the amount of cash in the automatic change machine.

  It is necessary to confirm this difference, that is, the amount of money that should be calculated and the actual amount of cash, but this confirmation takes time, so it can only be done when closing operations such as POS settlement. Reality. For this reason, in the POS device in which the person in charge changes many times, it is impossible to confirm which person in charge has caused the miscalculation.

  In addition, it is a time-consuming task to check the amount of money in a store that performs an operation of performing a tightening process every time a person in charge changes. Since it is difficult to check with the host system, it was not sufficient for managers such as store managers to check.

It is important to check the amount of money that should be in the calculation and the actual amount of money, and between the POS device and the automatic change machine, calculate the difference from the theoretical value by examining the amount of money for each transaction. The journal is printed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
JP 2001-143161 (see FIG. 6)

  In the above-described conventional technology, the amount of money is calculated for each transaction between the POS device and the automatic change machine, the difference from the theoretical value is calculated, and journal printing is performed. The difference is printed in the journal every transaction, but the person in charge does not check the journal every time in order to confirm which transaction caused the miscalculation, and it is a waste of paper.

  In the above prior art, it is necessary to collect the journal of each POS device and manually check where the difference has occurred.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured as follows (1) and (2).

  (1) In a POS system comprising a store server provided with a data storage file for storing transaction information, a POS device connected to the store server, and an automatic change machine connected to the POS device, , A person-in-charge number indicating the person in charge, a POS number indicating the POS device, a cash amount indicating the total amount of cash to be, a change amount in the change machine existing in the change machine, the amount in cash and the change amount in the change machine A data storage file storing excess / deficiency indicating the difference between them, display means for displaying excess / deficiency history by person in charge or POS device, and searching for excess / deficiency history by person in charge or by POS device from the data storage file The POS device is provided with control means for calculating the cash balance information and the excess / deficiency information, and the POS device when the transaction is performed. The store server is notified of cash balance information, change machine balance information, and difference information together with person-in-charge information, and the store server stores the information together with person-in-charge information, POS device information, time information, etc. in the data storage file. The shortage history information is stored, and the store server is characterized by outputting the excess / deficiency history information by searching the excess / deficiency history information using the person-in-charge number or the POS number as a search key.

  (2) The POS device includes cash balance information indicating the total amount of cash that the POS device should handle, change machine balance information indicating the balance in the connected change machine, cash balance, and change A log information holding means for holding excess / deficiency information indicating a difference from a cash balance, an input means for inputting a person in charge change, a cash balance information, and a control means for calculating excess / deficiency information; When the person in charge is detected, the excess / deficiency information read from the log information holding means is output.

  The present invention has the following effects.

  (1) According to the present invention, when an automatic change machine is connected, the amount in the automatic change machine is automatically recorded for each transaction, and the excess / deficiency information is classified by POS device by sending it to the store server as a transaction log. Since it is possible to easily output for each person in charge, it becomes possible for a manager such as a store manager to easily check a POS device and a person in charge who are likely to make a miscalculation. As a result, it is possible not only to accurately check a POS device and a person in charge who are easily miscalculated, but also to prevent the person in charge from being fraudulent. Moreover, since the amount of money in the automatic change machine can be easily confirmed, it is possible to speed up the store operations such as changing the person in charge, settlement, and setting of change reserves.

  (2) When the person in charge changes, the excess / deficiency amount is printed on the POS receipt, so that each person in charge can easily check how much he / she has calculated. In Patent Document 1, the difference is printed on the journal every transaction, but in the present invention, it is printed on the receipt and the journal only when the person in charge is changed. If the person in charge knows the amount of the difference when the person in charge changes, it is sufficient for the operation, and the manager of the store manager or other responsible person makes an error on the store server by giving the transaction information to the store server along with the transaction log. The person in charge and the POS device can be checked easily, and the searchability is high where the miscalculation occurs.

  In the store server, the person-in-charge number indicating the person in charge, the POS number indicating the POS device, the cash amount indicating the total amount of cash, the change amount in the automatic change machine, and the cash position A data storage file storing excess / deficiency indicating a difference in the amount of change in the change machine, display means for displaying an excess / deficiency history for each person in charge or for each POS device, and for each person in charge from the data storage file or for each POS device An excess / deficiency history search means for retrieving excess / deficiency history is provided.

  In the POS device, the cash amount information indicating the total amount of cash that should be handled by the POS device, the change amount information indicating the amount in the change machine, the difference between the cash amount and the change amount of the change machine are shown. There is provided log information holding means for holding the excess / deficiency information to be shown, the cash balance information, and control means for calculating the excess / deficiency information.

  When the transaction is performed, the POS device notifies the store server of cash balance information, change machine balance information, and difference information together with responsible person information, and the store server stores the information in the data storage file. , POS device information, time information, etc., are stored as excess / deficiency history information, and the store server searches the excess / deficiency history information by the excess / deficiency history search means using the person-in-charge number or POS number as a search key. Is output.

  When the person in charge changes, the excess / deficiency information read from the log information holding means is output.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic operation explanatory diagram of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram at the time of opening and sales processing of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of print output when the person in charge of the present invention is changed, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an excess / deficiency history output state for each person in charge and for each POS of the present invention.

  In the figure, 1 is a store server, 2 is a store server processing unit, 3 is a data storage file, 4 is a display unit, 5 is a storage processing unit, 6 is an excess / deficiency history search unit, 7 is a main control unit 10, 11, 12 is a POS device, 15 is a control unit, 16 is an input / output control unit, 17 is a print processing unit, 18 is a log information holding unit, 19 is a display unit, 20, 21 and 22 are automatic change machines, 25 is a control unit, Reference numeral 26 denotes an identification unit, and 27 denotes a display unit.

  The store server 1 manages sales information of a large number of POS devices 10, 11, 12,... Arranged in the store, and records the surplus / shortage history for each POS device or each person in charge as will be described later. To display.

  The store server processing unit 2 controls the store server 1, stores transaction log information in the data storage file 3, reads necessary data from the data storage file 3, and stores the read data in the display unit 4. Or is displayed by a CPU.

  The data storage file 3 stores data related to sales processing in the POS devices 10, 11, 12,..., For example, POS number, person-in-charge code, person-in-charge name, start time, end time, cash balance The change amount of the change machine, the excess / deficiency amount, and the like are stored.

  The display unit 4 displays excess / deficiency history data read from the data storage file 3, for example. When the excess / deficiency history data is displayed, the initial screen is a display screen for each person in charge as shown in FIG.

  The storage processing means 5 uses the transaction log information output from the POS devices 10, 11, 12,... As the POS number, the person in charge code, the person in charge name, the start time, the end time, the cash balance, the change machine presence, for example. They are stored in the order of high and shortage.

  The excess / deficiency history search means 6 searches the data storage file 3 based on the name of the person in charge operating the POS devices 10, 11, 12,... Or based on the POS numbers of the POS devices 10, 11, 12,. Thus, necessary data is read out.

  The main control unit 7 controls the store server processing unit 2. For example, when the store manager inputs an excess / deficiency history search instruction for each POS number, the main control unit 7 decodes this and controls the excess / deficiency history search means 6. Necessary data is read from the data storage file 3, and as shown in FIG. 6 (B), for each POS number, the name of the person in charge, start time, end time, cash amount, change amount, excess / deficiency, etc. Is displayed on the display unit 4.

  The POS device 10 inputs and outputs data relating to the fact that a customer has made a transaction, and is connected to an automatic change machine 20. Then, the transaction log information obtained as a result of this transaction is output to the store server 1 via, for example, a LAN. As transaction log information, for example, cash balance information, change machine balance information, and excess and deficiency amounts are output.

  Since the POS devices 11, 12... Are configured in the same manner as the POS device 10, the POS device 10 will be described representatively.

  The control unit 15 controls the POS device 10. For example, the control unit 15 controls the automatic change machine 20 to input change amount information, and sends the received change amount information to the store server 1 as a transaction log. When the control or the change of person in charge is input, the printout of the receipt and the journal as shown in FIG. 5 is controlled. In addition, the automatic change machine 20 is controlled so as to return the stock amount to the POS device 10.

  The input / output control unit 16 inputs a product code, inputs paid money, and displays the sales amount and change on the display unit 16 when dealing with a customer.

  The print processing means 17 prints a receipt or a journal in the case of a transaction with a customer. In the case of changing the person in charge, when the key for changing the person in charge is operated, the receipt shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B). The journal is printed.

  The log information holding unit 18 holds transaction log information generated at the time of sales processing, that is, cash balance, change machine balance, excess / deficiency amount, and the like, and is constituted by a register, for example.

  The display unit 19 displays the unit price of the product, the amount paid by the customer, the change to be paid to the customer, and the like when dealing with the customer.

  When the amount of money to be paid is input to the automatic change machine 20, the money to be paid instructed as change from the POS device 10 is automatically selected and output. Payment can be made automatically and is connected to the POS device 10 by a cable.

  Since the automatic change machines 21, 22... Are configured in the same manner as the automatic change machine 20, the automatic change machine 20 will be described representatively.

  The control unit 25 controls the automatic change machine 20, and when receiving an acquisition request for the amount in the automatic change machine 21 from the POS device 10, the control unit 25 controls the identification unit 26 to exist in the automatic change machine 20. The type and number of bills and coins to be recognized are identified, and the total amount is obtained as the amount in stock, or the amount in stock is displayed on the display unit 27 to notify the operator of the POS device 20. When the control unit 25 receives a mere balance acquisition request from the POS device 10, it displays only the balance or notifies the POS device 10, but when it receives a change machine inspection request, the denomination read from the automatic change machine And the number information.

  The identification unit 26 recognizes the type and number of bills and coins stored and held in the automatic change machine 20, and obtains the total amount.

  The display unit 27 displays the amount of money in the automatic change machine 20 by displaying the total amount, for example.

  The daily flow of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

A. Opening of the station At the beginning of the day, the POS device is turned on to open the station. Thereby, the process of S11-S15 shown to FIG. 3 (A) is performed.

  S11. Thereby, the control unit 15 of the POS device 10 shown in FIG. 1 outputs a command to the automatic change machine 20 and requests acquisition of the stock amount stored at the end of the previous day as a change reserve in the automatic change machine 20. . The control unit 25 of the automatic change machine 20 receives this command, controls the identification unit 26, detects the stock amount, and returns this to the POS device. As described above, the POS device 10 automatically acquires the amount in the automatic change machine 20 when the station is opened. Needless to say, the cash amount can be displayed on the display unit 27 of the automatic change machine 20 and the cashier can input a key to the POS device 10.

  S12. The POS device 10 obtains the stock amount in this way, and obtains and confirms the difference from the remaining registration amount of the previous day held in the storage means (not shown).

  S13. Then, the acquired balance is registered as a change reserve.

  S14. The POS device 10 transmits the difference, that is, the excess / deficiency and change reserve to the store server 1. This is done as a transaction log even if the difference is zero (normally zero). The store server 1 stores this as station opening information. In this way, the POS device 10 automatically obtains the amount in the automatic change machine 20 at the time of opening of the station, checks whether there is a difference from the memory amount registered in the previous day, and obtains it from the automatic change machine 20. The amount in stock is automatically registered as a change reserve, and this content is transmitted to the store server 1.

  S15. Then, the POS device 10 prints the difference on the receipt even if it is zero.

B. Sales Processing When a customer buys a product, the processing of S21 to S23 shown in FIG.

  S21. When the sales transaction with the customer is completed, the POS device 10 outputs a command to the automatic change machine 20 and is necessary for calculating a new amount in the automatic change machine 20 based on the purchase price or change payment of the customer based on the transaction. In the change machine up to that point, make a request for acquisition of cash. Thereby, in the automatic change machine 20, the identification part 26 is controlled, a stock amount is detected, and this is returned to the POS apparatus 10.

  S22. The POS device 10 obtains the total amount of cash that should be newly calculated according to the increase in sales, that is, the difference between the logical value amount and the acquired amount returned from the automatic change machine 20 (zero if accurate).

  S23. The POS device 10 adds to the store server 1 transaction log information such as the name of the product sold, unit price, quantity, total amount, etc., and stores the POS number, person-in-charge code, person-in-person name in the excess / deficiency check result storage area. , Start time, end time, cash balance (total cash to be), change machine balance, excess / shortage (cash balance-change machine balance), etc. are added as transaction log information. Thereby, transaction log information, excess / deficiency information, and the like are stored in the store server 1.

C. Change of person in charge When the cashier operating the POS device is changed, the processing shown in FIG. 4A is performed, and the receipt and the journal shown in FIG. 5 are printed out.

  S31. When the cashier that operates the POS device 10 is changed, for example, a person-in-charge change key is touched to input a new person-in-charge number. Then, the POS device 10 outputs a command to the automatic change machine 20, and makes a request for acquiring the amount of money held in the automatic change machine 20, that is, in the change machine. Thereby, in the automatic change machine 20, the identification part 26 is controlled, a stock amount is detected, and this is returned to the POS apparatus 10.

  S32. The POS device 10 obtains the difference between the logical value stock held by itself and the acquired stock returned from the automatic change machine 20.

  S33. Then, the POS device 10 transmits this difference, that is, excess / deficiency information and person-in-charge information to the store server 1.

  S34. In the POS apparatus 10, the print processing means 17 thereby prints a receipt and a journal with reference to the cash amount held by the log information holding unit 18, as shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B). . Then, two receipts are printed and handed over to the former cashier who is the person in charge up to that point and to the newly assigned rear cashier for self-declaration. The previous cashier confirms whether there is any change in excess or deficiency compared to the receipt received when he / she newly changed first, and self-reports.

  S35. The store server 1 receives the difference (excess / deficiency) information and the person-in-charge information received in S33 and stores them in the data storage file 3. In the transmission data at this time, the POS number, the person-in-charge code, the person-in-charge name, the start time, the end time, the cash balance, the change machine balance, and the excess / deficiency amount are entered, for example, stored in this order.

  S36. Then, for example, when the store manager starts a report for obtaining an excess / deficiency history, the following processing is performed.

  S37. In the store server 1, the excess / deficiency history search means 6 searches the data storage file 3 using the person name or person number instructed in the report as a key.

  S38. Then, an excess / deficiency list display screen for each person in charge shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display unit 4 as an initial screen.

  Next, when a POS-specific display screen is presented, for example, if a POS number item is selected on the display screen of FIG. 6A, an excess / shortage history display by POS number as shown in FIG. 6B is performed. be able to.

D. Remaining registration Remaining registration is to set the amount of money to be retained the next day for change in the automatic change machine at the end of the day and register it in the store server. For this reason, processing as shown in FIG. 4B is performed.

  S41. When the transaction for one day is over, the registration is made. First, the POS device 10 outputs a command to the automatic change machine 20 and makes a request for acquisition of the amount of money held in the automatic change machine 20, that is, in the change machine. In response to this, the automatic change machine 20 returns the amount in possession to the POS device 10.

  S42. The POS device 10 obtains the difference between the logical value stock held by itself and the acquired stock returned from the automatic change machine 20.

  S43. In the POS device 10, an amount necessary for the change fund for the next day is registered in a memory (not shown). And the amount of money in the automatic change machine is adjusted to this.

  S44. In the POS device 10, the difference (excess or deficiency) obtained in S42 and the change reserve registered in S43 are transmitted to the store server 1. The store server 1 receives and stores these remaining information.

  S45. The POS device 10 prints the difference and change reserve on the receipt. In this way, the excess or deficiency with the logical value balance should be checked, the amount to be turned the next day is set and retained, the money matching this is left in the automatic change machine, and these contents are sent to the store server 1 Prepare for the next day's transaction.

1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic operation explanatory view of the present invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of opening of a station and sales processing of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the person in charge change of this invention, and a remaining registration. It is a print output explanatory view at the time of changing the person in charge of the present invention. It is an excess and deficiency history output state explanatory drawing according to the person in charge and the POS of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Store server 2 Store server processing part 3 Data storage file 4 Display part 5 Storage processing means 6 Excess / deficiency history search means 7 Main control part 10, 11, 12 POS apparatus 15 Control part 16 Input / output control part 17 Print processing means 18 Log Information holding means 19 Display unit 20, 21, 22 Automatic change machine 25 Control unit 26 Identification unit 27 Display unit

Claims (2)

In a POS system comprising a store server provided with a data storage file for storing transaction information, a POS device connected to the store server, and an automatic change machine connected to the POS device,
The store server
A person-in-charge number indicating a person in charge, a POS number indicating a POS device, a cash amount indicating the total amount of cash to be, a change amount in a change machine existing in a change machine, and the cash position and the change amount in the change machine A data storage file that stores excess and deficiency indicating the difference,
Display means for displaying excess / deficiency history by person in charge or by POS device;
An excess / deficiency history search means for retrieving an excess / deficiency history for each person in charge or for each POS device from the data storage file is provided,
For POS devices,
A control means for calculating the cash balance information and the excess / deficiency information is provided,
When the transaction is performed, the POS device notifies the store server of cash balance information, change machine balance information, and difference information together with responsible person information, and the store server stores the information in the data storage file. , POS device information, time information, etc., are stored as excess / deficiency history information, and the store server searches the excess / deficiency history information by the excess / deficiency history search means using the person-in-charge number or POS number as a search key. Is a POS system characterized by outputting. Cash balance information indicating the total amount of cash that should be handled, change machine balance information indicating the balance in the connected change machine, and excess / shortage information indicating the difference between the cash balance and the change machine balance Log information holding means for holding
An input means for inputting the person in charge;
Control means to calculate cash balance information and excess / deficiency information,
A POS device that outputs excess / deficiency information read from the log information holding means when the control unit detects a change in person in charge.

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