JP2006190045A - Accounting method, accounting device, and account processing program for pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an accounting method and an accounting device capable of performing individual accounting of an optional commodity selected from commodities related to orders collected as one transaction in customer units while facilitating selection of an accounting object for individual accounting, and rapidly performing the accounting work. <P>SOLUTION: The accounting method for POS system comprises calling, from an order storage part 8 storing commodities ordered by customers in association with data for specifying the customers, unpaid commodities for a specified customer as a unpaid commodity group; forming an individual account slip 20 printing the name 26 of each commodity in the unpaid commodity group and a code 25 corresponding to this commodity; accepting input of the code 25 of the individual account slip 20 through an input means 15; performing selective accounting processing of a commodity specified by the code 25 as an accounting object; and updating data for the commodity that is subjected to account processing as a paid commodity in the order storage part 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an accounting method, an accounting apparatus, and an accounting processing program capable of individually selecting and processing an arbitrary product from products ordered by a specific customer in a POS system. In particular, the present invention relates to an accounting method and an accounting apparatus capable of selecting a product ordered by each person from among products ordered by the group and individually accounting.

  In this application, the term “customer” refers to a person whose orders are collected as a single transaction, that is, a person who has placed an order that is accounted for once if it is collectively accounted. When a person places an order in a group consisting of a plurality of persons, the group is called a “customer”.

  In recent years, various stores such as restaurants, retail stores, and mass merchandisers use the POS system (Point of Sales System) to collect and store information on orders or products related to sales at the time of order receipt or product sales. It is generally done to manage.

  Here, an example of a POS system used in a restaurant such as a restaurant or a coffee shop will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 4. Each employee in charge of customer service is a handy terminal or PDA for inputting orders received from customers. The order of the product and the number of items input from the input terminal 4 etc. specifies the customer, for example, the table number where the customer is seated or the slip number of the customer slip described later. And wirelessly transmitted to the station 2 to which the wireless modem 3 is connected, and stored in association with the data specifying the customer in the order storage unit 8 provided in the station 2 and the like. To the kitchen printer 5 installed in the kitchen and the customer printer 6 installed in a counter or the like communicating with the kitchen. It is.

  The kitchen printer 5 receives the order and issues a cooking slip for each customer, and an employee in charge of cooking starts cooking based on the cooking slip. The customer printer 6 issues a customer slip based on the order, and each employee in charge of customer service confirms the order based on the customer slip and provides food and the like to the customer.

  The customer who has finished the meal moves to the accounting location equipped with the POS register 1, which is an accounting device, and the employee in charge of accounting specifies the customer such as the table number or the slip number described in the customer slip of the customer. The product ordered by the customer is called into the POS register 1 using the data to be processed, and the POS register 1 performs accounting processing such as summation, taxation, change calculation and the like for the product.

  In restaurants where such a POS system is introduced, orders placed by specific customers are usually handled as one transaction, and the accounting process is performed for each customer.

  That is, when a group consisting of a plurality of people eats, an order is input in the group unit with the entire group as one customer, and these orders are combined with data specifying the group such as the table number and slip number. Since it is stored in the order storage unit, all products related to orders placed by the group are called out at the time of accounting.

  In this case, since the products ordered by each person in the group are mixed in the products related to the order of the group, only the products ordered by each person at the time of accounting are selected and individually accounted. This is difficult, and the total amount of all the products ordered by the group is calculated and collectively accounted for. Therefore, if you want to make an individual account, each person confirms the products he ordered and collects the food and beverage charges before the accounting, or pays his / her own food and beverages to the person who accounted for the account after the accounting, etc. And had to settle.

  Therefore, in addition to lump sum accounting for each customer in the group, each person in the group selects the product ordered by the customer from among the products related to the order collected as one transaction in the customer unit. An accounting apparatus capable of individual accounting has been proposed.

  As such an accounting device, all products ordered by customers in the group are displayed in a list on the screen, products specified by any person in the group are selected from this product list, and the product of that person is selected. At the end of the period, individual accounting is possible by calculating and accounting for the total amount and taxation.

  Further, in the accounting apparatus, in the product list displayed on the screen, the selected product is configured to be displayed in reverse video on the screen. However, the unselected product and the selected product are discriminated. As an accounting device that facilitates the display, the display screen is divided into two, the product list is displayed on one side, the selected product is displayed on the other side, and the selected product is deleted from the product list, so that it is not selected. Some products display only products as the order list (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior art of the present invention includes the following.
Japanese Patent No. 2999656

  According to the accounting apparatus as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, even a group consisting of a plurality of persons can select and process only an arbitrary product from among products related to the order of the group. Therefore, it becomes possible for each person in the group to individually account for the products ordered by him / her.

  However, in the conventional accounting device, a list of products for selecting products for individual accounting is to be displayed on a screen such as a display provided in the accounting device. Since it is arranged toward the accounting staff who operates the accounting apparatus, it is difficult for the customer to confirm the product list.

  Therefore, when performing individual accounting, each person in the group who is a customer confirms the product ordered by the customer slip and points the oral or the customer slip to the accounting staff. In addition, the employee needs to check and select the products designated in this way on the screen one by one. Therefore, the task of selecting the target of individual accounting becomes complicated and the time required for the operation becomes longer, which reduces the accounting efficiency, and even if such an individual accounting function is provided, it is not actually used. There was a problem.

Further, in the accounting apparatus described in Patent Document 1, all the products ordered by the group that is the customer are taken out as accounting objects, and the products that are individually accounted for are further selected and accounted for. Accordingly, the accounting of the group is completed on the condition that all the products taken out as accounting objects are selected and accounted for. (Accounting ends when the count value Ni becomes equal to the number Ns of data in one transaction. “0009” column, “0023” column of Patent Document 1.)
For this reason, when individual accounting is performed by the accounting device, accounting cannot be completed until accounting processing is completed for all the members in the group that is the customer.

  So, for example, a group that has been accounted for, and another customer is waiting for the account, and the group that has been accounted for has not yet been accounted for. If they were equal, they had to wait for the group while interrupting the group's accounting work, and could not account for another customer behind the group first.

  Also, if one person in the group has to leave the store first during a group meal, only the individual account for that person should be done first, and the remaining persons in the group should I couldn't make a separate account when someone left the store.

  Therefore, the present invention can be accounted for in a lump sum on a per-customer basis, and can perform individual accounting by selecting only an arbitrary product from among commodities related to orders collected as a single transaction per customer. It is an object of the present invention to provide an accounting method and an accounting apparatus capable of easily selecting a product and performing an accounting operation quickly in individual accounting.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide an accounting method and an accounting apparatus capable of temporarily ending accounting work relating to a customer even when individual accounting processing is completed for only some of the products ordered by the customer. To do.

In order to solve the above problems, an accounting method in the POS system of the present invention is as follows.
For example, an order storage unit 8 that stores data specifying a customer, such as a table number and a slip number, in association with a product ordered by the customer, and an accounting process for accounting for the product stored in the order storage unit 8 In a POS system comprising the device 1,
When data for specifying the customer is input to the accounting apparatus 1 in the standby state (ST0) via the input means 15 such as a keyboard or a barcode reader (ST1), the order storage unit 8 specifies Call processing of an unaccounted product group for calling an unaccounted product related to the ordered customer as an unaccounted product group (ST2),
When an instruction to create an individual accounting slip is input via the input means 15 after the unaccounted commodity group calling process (ST2), the commodity name 26 is set for each commodity constituting the unaccounted commodity group. And data for specifying the product related to the customer's order in the order storage unit 8, that is, data specifying the product such as a product code or a number assigned to the product, and a table, for example. The individual accounting slip 20 printed with a code 25 such as a barcode including data specifying the customer who ordered the product such as a number and a slip number is printed, and the standby state (ST0) is entered. Processing to create individual accounting slips to return (ST3),
In the standby state (ST0), when the code 25 printed on the individual accounting slip 20 is input from the input means 15 (ST1), the product related to the customer order specified by the code 25 Is selected as an accounting object from the order storage unit 8 and when an accounting instruction is received from the input means, one or two or more products selected as the accounting object are collectively accounted for until the accounting instruction is received. Individual accounting (ST6, ST7), and
After the individual accounting process (ST7), the order storage unit 8 is updated with data indicating that the merchandise related to the customer's order that has been accounted for has been accounted for, and returns to the standby state (ST0). Data update process (ST8),
Each processing of the above is caused to be performed by the accounting apparatus 1 (claim 1).

In the accounting method,
In the individual accounting slip creation process (ST3), the individual accounting slip 20 is divided into one product name 26 and the code 25 including data specifying the product and the customer who ordered the product. It is good also as making it possible to cut | disconnect in strip shape as a group (Claim 2).

  In addition, when a plurality of the same products are included in the unaccounted product group because a plurality of the same products are ordered or the same product is ordered a plurality of times, ST3) The individual accounting slip 20 in which the name 26 of the product and the code 25 including data specifying the product and the customer who ordered the product are individually described for the number of orders of the product. (Claim 3). In particular, in the case where the individual accounting slip 20 is configured to be detachable into a strip shape as described above, it is preferable to individually describe the same product by the number of orders.

Furthermore, in the accounting method,
Collective accounting process for collectively accounting the products included in the called unaccounted product group when receiving a collective accounting instruction via the input means 15 after the unaccounted product group calling process (ST2) (ST4) and
After the collective accounting process, the data update process for causing the product related to the customer's order to be accounted for to be updated in the order storage unit 8 and returning to the standby state (ST0) (ST5),
It is possible to allow the accounting apparatus 1 to perform each of the above processes (Claim 4). In this case, the collective accounting process (ST4) can be performed in addition to the individual accounting process (ST6).

The accounting apparatus 1 of the present invention for realizing the accounting method includes:
For example, in a POS system including an order storage unit 8 that stores data specifying a customer such as a table number and a slip number in association with a product ordered by the customer, the product stored in the order storage unit 8 is accounted for. An accounting device 1 that performs accounting processing as
When data specifying the customer is input to the accounting apparatus 1 in the standby state via the input means 15 such as a keyboard or a barcode reader, the order storage unit 8 relates to the specified customer order. Calling means 101 for calling an unaccounted product as an unaccounted product group;
When an instruction to create an individual accounting slip is input via the input unit 15 after the calling unit 101 calls the unaccounted product group, the name of the product for each product constituting the unaccounted product group 26 and a bar code including data specifying the product such as a product code and a number assigned to each product, and data specifying the customer who ordered the product such as a table number and a slip number A separate accounting slip creating unit 102 for printing the individual accounting slip with the code 25 and the like printed on the printing unit 12 such as a receipt printer and returning to the standby state;
In the standby state, when the code 25 printed on the individual accounting slip 20 is input from the input unit 15, the product related to the customer order specified by the code 25 is stored in the order storage unit 8. An individual accounting unit 103 that receives an instruction from the input unit 15 and collectively accounts for one or more of the products selected as an accounting object until the accounting instruction is received;
After the accounting process by the individual accounting unit 103, the order storage unit 8 performs the data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for, and the data update returns to the standby state. Means 105 is provided (claim 5).

  In the accounting apparatus 1, the individual accounting slip creation unit 102 specifies the name of one product, the product, and the customer who ordered the product to the printing unit 12 including the dividing unit 13 such as a cutter. It is also possible to print the individual accounting slip 20 that can be separated into a strip shape as a set including a code including the above (Claim 6).

  In addition, when the same product is ordered a plurality of times or the same product is ordered a plurality of times, and when the same product is included in the unaccounted product group, the individual accounting slip creation means 102 includes: The individual name in which the name of the product 26 and the code 25 including data specifying the product and the customer who ordered the product are individually described in the printing unit 12 by the number of the order of the product. The accounting slip 20 may be printed (claim 7). In particular, when the individual accounting slip 20 is configured to be detachable into a strip shape as described above, the individual accounting slip creation means 102 has a function of individually describing the same product by the number of orders as described above. It is preferable.

  Further, when the accounting device 1 receives a collective accounting instruction via the input unit 15 after the calling unit 101 calls the unaccounted product group, the accounting device 1 collectively accounts for the products in the unaccounted product group. It is good also as providing the package accounting means 104 to process in addition to the said structure (Claim 8). In this case, in addition to the accounting process by the individual accounting unit 103, the accounting process by the collective accounting unit 104 can be performed.

  Moreover, the accounting processing program in the POS system of the present invention causes the accounting apparatus 1 to perform each processing described in the accounting method of the present invention described above (claims 9 to 12).

  According to the accounting method and accounting apparatus 1 of the present invention, since the individual accounting slip 20 is created by printing a list of unaccounted products related to a specific customer, the customer places an order by confirming the individual accounting slip 20. In particular, when the customer is a group of a plurality of people, each person in the group can easily check the products ordered by the customer.

  The individual accounting slip 20 is printed with a code 25 such as a barcode corresponding to each ordered product, and the code 25 is input by reading the barcode 25 with a barcode reader 15 or the like. Thus, it is possible to select a product to be accounted for.

  Accordingly, when each person selects his / her own order in the individual account, as in the prior art, the work of searching again for the goods designated by each person from among the products listed on the screen of the accounting apparatus 1 is performed. There is no need, and the product selection operation can be facilitated, and individual accounting can be performed quickly. In addition, the accounting process can be performed with a simple operation as in the normal accounting process without being conscious of the individual accounting process.

  In addition, by enabling the individual accounting slip 20 to be separated into strips for each product, the strips 22 for each separated product can be grouped for each unit to be individually accounted. When the individual accounting form 20 that can be separated is received, each person has a strip 22 corresponding to the product ordered by the person, and the individual accounting can be performed by performing accounting processing on the strip 22. Sometimes it is not necessary to select a product to be accounted for from the individual accounting slip 20, and the individual accounting can be performed more quickly.

  Further, in the present invention, since the individual accounting slip 20 is created by printing, the accounting apparatus 1 that has completed printing of the individual accounting slip 20 is once returned to the standby state (ST0) waiting for input. be able to.

  Only when the code 25 described in the individual accounting slip 20 is read, the product corresponding to the code 25 is selected as an accounting object (ST6).

  Therefore, since the individual accounting process is not started when the individual accounting slip 20 is created, for example, after the individual accounting slip 20 of a certain customer is created, the customer confirms the contents of the individual accounting slip 20. While the individual accounting slip 20 is cut into strips and each customer within the customer is holding the strip 22 of the product he ordered, the individual accounting slip 20 is created for another customer. Can be accounted for.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, every time when performing individual accounting processing, the order storage unit 8 performs data updating for processing the product that has been accounted for as accounted (ST8), By returning to the standby state (ST0), even for products ordered by the same customer, it is possible to perform processing independent of products for which individual accounting has already been completed and products that have not yet been accounted for.

  Therefore, for example, when a customer who is a group accounts, if an unaccounted person in the group leaves the accounting place during the accounting of the group, the accounting processing of the group is interrupted. Thus, it is possible to perform the accounting process first for another customer who is waiting for the accounting, without waiting for the person who has left the accounting location to return or performing the process of holding the accounting process.

  In addition, when some of the customers in the group leave the store first, it is possible to perform only individual accounting for that person first.

  In addition, when the present invention has a configuration that enables collective accounting processing, it is possible to collectively account for all products ordered by a specific customer as in the past.

  Furthermore, in this case, for example, after performing individual accounting for some of the customers in the group, it is possible to collectively account for the remaining products ordered by the customer (ST4). Accounts corresponding to requests can be made.

  Further, in the present invention, since the order storage unit 8 updates the data for the product that has been accounted for as described above (ST8), the product for which accounting processing has been completed is subject to accounting again. And can prevent double accounting from taking place.

  It is also possible to create a new individual accounting slip 20 when individual accounting is completed for some of the products ordered by a customer. In this case, for products that have already been accounted for Since the data is updated in the order storage unit 8, it is not called as an unaccounted commodity group, and an individual accounting slip consisting only of unaccounted commodities is created at that time. Can be performed more easily.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, an accounting apparatus 1 in a POS system used in a restaurant will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the present embodiment, the accounting device 1 is a POS register corresponding to a POS terminal, and the POS system including the accounting device 1 of the present invention as part of its configuration is shown in FIG. In addition, the above-described known configurations such as a handy terminal or an input terminal 4 such as a PDA, a station 2, a kitchen printer 5, a customer printer 6, etc. carried by each employee in charge of customer service are provided.

  The POS system has an order storage unit 8 that stores orders input from the input terminal 4 carried by each employee in charge of customer service. The order includes order contents such as a product (menu) related to the order and the number of orders, and may include data such as an order reception time and the name of the employee who received the order as necessary. The order is stored in the order storage unit 8 in association with data for specifying the customer who has placed the order.

  As an example of data for specifying a customer, a table number or a slip number of a customer slip can be cited. That is, for example, a group seated on the same table is treated as one customer, and the table number of the customer is input at the time of receiving an order, whereby the input order is associated with the table number and stored in the order storage unit 8. be able to. In addition, a specific slip number can be automatically given to orders received at one time, and the order can be stored in the order storage unit 8 in association with the slip number. An order may be stored in association with both the table number and the slip number.

  As described above, since each order is stored in the order storage unit 8 in association with a table number or a slip number, the product ordered by the customer can be called by the table number or the slip number of the customer slip. .

  When orders are received multiple times from the same customer, a plurality of slip numbers may be given to the same customer. In this case, the correspondence between the customer and the order may be specified by the table number common to all orders, or the customer and the order using a plurality of slip numbers assigned to the customer slip. You may specify correspondence with. When the slip number is unified for the same customer, and branch numbers are sequentially added to the slip numbers for additional orders, the customer and the order are handled by the slip number excluding the branch number. It can also be specified.

  In this embodiment, the case where the correspondence between the customer and the order is specified by the table number or the slip number as described above is described as an example. However, the order can be specified for each customer, Any other method may be used as long as the products related to the order can be called on a customer basis, and there is no particular limitation.

[Accounting equipment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an accounting apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  The accounting device 1 selects items displayed on the screen of the display means 14 such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display for displaying various screens necessary for accounting processing such as a slip list and an accounting screen, An input means 15 such as a keyboard is provided for performing various instructions such as a screen switching operation of the display means 14 and an accounting instruction upon determination. The display means 14 may be a touch panel display so that the items can be selected and determined directly on the screen of the display means 14, and the display means 14 may also have the input means 15.

  In addition to having a drawer 16 for storing money under the display means 14, there is also a receipt printer 12 for issuing a receipt after payment. Reference numeral 17 denotes a communication means for communicating with other devices such as a station constituting the POS system.

  In addition to the above configuration, the accounting apparatus 1 according to the present invention can provide the order provided in the station 2 in the present embodiment when data specifying the customer is input via the input unit 15. For each product constituting the unaccounted product group called by the calling unit 101, the calling unit 101 for calling an unaccounted product related to the customer order corresponding to the data as an unaccounted product group from the storage unit 8, Individual accounting slip creation means 102 for creating an individual accounting slip 20 which is printed in a list display format together with a code 25 such as a barcode for identifying the name of the product and the product in the order storage unit 8, the individual accounting slip The product specified in the order storage unit 8 is selected as an accounting object by reading the code 25 corresponding to an arbitrary product from 20 and inputting it. The order storage unit 8 updates the data so that it can be seen that the individual accounting unit 103 that performs accounting processing for the selected product and the product accounted for by the individual accounting unit have been accounted for. Each means such as the data updating means 105 is configured to be realized when a CPU 10 such as a microprocessor provided in the accounting apparatus 1 executes a predetermined program. In the present embodiment, the order storage unit 8 is provided in the station 2. For example, the order storage unit 8 is provided in the server provided in the backyard of the POS system or the storage unit 18 of the accounting apparatus 1. It is also possible to configure the POS system so long as the data specifying the customer and the product ordered by the customer are associated with each other and stored so that the accounting device 1 can call the unaccounted product group. Is not particularly limited.

(1) Calling means The calling means 101 is activated when data specifying a customer to be accounted for is input via the input means 15 to the accounting apparatus 1 in a standby state waiting for input. In response to the input of the data, unordered products related to the customer are collectively called up as an unaccounted product group from the orders stored in the order storage unit 8. In this embodiment, an unaccounted-for merchandise group related to a customer can be called by inputting a table number or a slip number based on the description of the customer slip.

  The table number and the slip number for calling the unaccounted commodity group can be input by key-inputting these numbers using the keyboard 15 which is an input means.

  Further, a bar code reader is provided as the input means 15, for example, a bar code obtained by converting the table number or voucher number is printed on the customer voucher, and the bar code is read by the bar code reader 15. It is good also as inputting. The bar code reader 15 is also used for reading a code 25 of an individual accounting slip 20 described later.

  In addition, a list of table numbers or slip numbers is displayed on the screen of the display means 14 by the calling means 101, and the cursor is moved from the list displayed numbers using the keyboard 15 or the touch panel and selected. The number may be input.

  When the calling unit 101 calls an unaccounted commodity group, when the calling screen on which the list of table numbers or slip numbers is displayed on the display unit 14, the order associated with these numbers is displayed. In addition, “not accounted” may be displayed when the accounted product is not included, and “partially accounted” may be displayed when the accounted product is partially included. Although it is possible to display “accounted” for the table numbers or voucher numbers for which products related to all orders have been accounted for, they may be deleted from the list displayed on the screen.

(2) Individual accounting slip creation means The above-described individual accounting slip creation means 102 is realized by instructing the creation of the individual accounting slip 20 in a state where the calling means 101 calls the unaccounted commodity group. When the instruction to print the individual accounting slip 20 is received from the input means 15, the printing means 12 such as a receipt printer is sent to the printing means 12 such as a receipt printer based on the unaccounted commodity group called by the calling means 101. Print data constituting the individual accounting slip 20 is generated and output, and the printing means 12 is made to print the individual accounting slip 20 and, after the printing data is output, the accounting apparatus 1 is put into a standby state waiting for input as described above. Return.

  The printing unit 12 for printing the individual accounting slip 20 is provided with a bar code 25 (described later) output from the individual accounting slip creation unit 102 as print data, a product name 26, and the like in the accounting apparatus 1. Any printer can be used as long as it can print to a level that can be read by the barcode reader 15 or the like, and is not limited to the above-described receipt printer.

  The above-mentioned individual accounting slip 20 printed by the printing means 12 by the output of the print data from the individual accounting slip creation means 102 is the product ordered by each person in the group that is the customer at the time of individual accounting. It is used for confirmation and selection, and the name 26 of each product included in the unaccounted-for merchandise group of the customer is displayed in a list, and each product is stored in the order storage unit 8 as a list of products. A code 25 for identifying from the inside is printed in a state where it is written together with the name 26 of each product.

  The code 25 includes, in addition to data specifying the product, the customer who ordered the product in order to specify each product in the unaccounted product group as a product related to the order of the specific customer in the order storage unit 8. Contains data to identify.

  The data for specifying the product includes, for example, a product code (menu code) assigned to each product, a detail number (order number) in the slip, and the like for each product to specify the product in the slip. The number etc. which were given to can be mentioned. The detail number (order number) is a number assigned to each product in order to specify one product from the slip specified by the slip number and the slip branch number, and is sequentially given at the time of ordering, for example. About the same goods ordered at the time of one order, it is good also as giving the same number even when it is a case where two or more said goods are ordered.

  The data specifying the customer who ordered the product includes data such as a table number and a slip number associated with the order so as to specify the correspondence between the order and the customer when the order is received. . In addition, when a branch number is given to a slip number at the time of an additional order, the branch number can be included as data for specifying the customer.

  As an example, the code 25 can be constructed based on 13-digit JAN as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the first two digits are a slip search barcode identification number, followed by a spare 1 digit, a slip number 5 digits, a slip branch number 2 digits, a detail number 2 digits, and finally Is set to 1 digit of the check digit.

  It should be noted that the slip search barcode identification number is a code used for slip search, that is, a code used for specifying the product ordered by the customer from the product stored in the order storage unit. It is a number (identifier) assigned, and the check digit is assigned to prevent misreading of the code.

  By inputting the code 25 printed on the individual accounting slip 20 by the input means 15, it is possible to specify a product corresponding to the code 25 from among the products stored in the order storage unit 8. .

  The code 25 is preferably configured as a bar code. In this embodiment, the code 25 is printed on the individual accounting slip 20 in the form of the bar code 25. As a result, the barcode 25 can be read by the barcode reader 15 so that the code can be easily input without passing through the keyboard.

  In the individual accounting slip 20 shown in FIG. 3, in order to make it easier to grasp that the product corresponding to the code 25 is entered as an accounting object by inputting the code 25, a check column 27 is provided in front of the product name. Provided.

  The individual accounting slip 20 may be configured as a series of the entire unaccounted commodity group, but the name 26 of one product described in the individual accounting slip 20 and the barcode 25 corresponding to the product. Can be separated into strips for each order that constitutes the unaccounted commodity group, for example, when printing the individual accounting slip 20, the name 26 of one commodity and the Each time the barcode 25 corresponding to the product is printed, a cut line 21 for cutting it into a strip shape can be formed, or it can be cut every time it is printed and created as a strip 22 for each order.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the individual accounting slip 20 can be separated into strips for each product, with each product name 26 and a barcode 25 corresponding to the product as a set. Preferably, the printing unit 12 includes a dividing unit 13 such as a cutter, and when the individual accounting form creation unit 102 causes the printing unit 12 to print the individual accounting form 20, a product and a bar corresponding to the product are displayed. Each time the code is printed, the dividing means 13 is operated to form the dotted cut line 21.

  In the present embodiment, the individual accounting slip 20 is formed so that the dividing means 13 forms a dotted cut line 21 on the individual accounting slip 20 and then can be cut into strips along the cutting line 21. However, instead of forming the cut line 21, the individual accounting slip 20 may be directly cut into strips by the dividing means 13. For example, the individual accounting slip may be cut by the printing means 12. Each time one of the 20 products and the bar code 25 corresponding to the product are printed, the individual accounting slip 20 can be provided in a strip shape by cutting by the dividing means 13.

  Further, whether or not the individual accounting slip 20 is formed so as to be separable by the dividing unit 13 can be appropriately changed by setting.

  When the individual accounting slip 20 is configured to be separable into strips, it is preferable that the same product among the unaccounted product groups described in the individual accounting slip 20 is individually described for the number of orders. .

  This is because when the same product is ordered a plurality of times or the same product is ordered a plurality of times and the same product is included in the unaccounted product group, the order for this product is, for example, “ If it is displayed as “product name × n” (where n is the number of orders), this product is not divided into individual strips 22. For example, if a group of customers is ordering the same product, This is because a problem arises that a strip of this product cannot be assigned to each person.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the same product is included in the unaccounted product group for creating the individual accounting slip 20, the name 26 of the product and the code corresponding to the product 25, the individual accounting slip 20 in which the number of items ordered is printed on the printing means 12 so that each person in the group can have all the strips 22 for the products ordered by the user. is doing.

  Even when the individual accounting slip 20 is not configured to be separable into strips and is created as a series, if the same product is included in the unaccounted product group, The name 26 and the code 25 corresponding to the product can be associated with each other by a pattern in which the product is individually written for the number of orders of the product.

(3) Individual Accounting Unit The individual accounting unit 103 is activated when there is an input for the code 25 printed on the individual accounting form 20 from the input unit 15 in the accounting apparatus 1 in the standby state. The product selected as an accounting object is selected for the order corresponding to the code 25 and is selected until the selection is completed by receiving an accounting instruction from the input means 15 after the selection is completed. The individual goods are processed together as a group.

  In the present embodiment, the barcode 25 described on the individual accounting slip 20 is read by the barcode reader 15 as an input means, so that the product corresponding to the barcode 25 is stored in the order storage unit 8. And the product is selected as an accounting object. In addition, when the reading of the barcode 25 by the barcode reader 15 causes an error, the code 25 can be input by key input using the keyboard 15.

  In this embodiment, the bar code 25 includes a slip number or table number as data for specifying a product related to a customer's order, or a product for specifying a product from the customer's slip. Since the assigned item number and the like are included, the individual accounting unit 103 can select a product corresponding to the barcode from the order storage unit 8 as an accounting object using these data.

  When the individual accounting unit 103 selects a product corresponding to the barcode 25 as an accounting object, the price of the product is read from a price table in which each product and its price are stored in association with each other in the POS system. For example, data necessary for accounting the product is also extracted.

  In addition, when a plurality of identical products are included in the group of unaccounted items related to the customer's order, for example, by giving the same item number (order number) for the same product ordered at the time of one order, When there are a plurality of products having the same item number in one slip, the barcode 25 for the product is also the same. Any one product may be selected as an accounting target. Assuming that the product selected in the input of one barcode 25 is 1, the remaining same product to which the same barcode 25 is assigned is held in the unaccounted product group as an unaccounted product.

  Thus, only by reading the barcode 25 written on the individual accounting slip 20, the product corresponding to the barcode is selected as an accounting object and displayed on the screen of the display means 14 as an accounting object. By repeating this, all the accounting objects to be collectively accounted for are selected.

  When the selection of the accounting object is completed and an accounting instruction is input via the input unit 15, the individual accounting unit 103 calculates the total amount, taxation, and change from the deposit amount for the product selected as the accounting target. Perform general accounting processing such as calculating the receipt and issue a receipt.

(4) Data update means The data update means 105 is activated when the individual account processing by the individual account means 103 is completed, and the data update is performed to process the accounted product as already accounted in the order storage unit 8. For example, a station that manages the order storage unit 8 in the POS system and the accounting apparatus 1 is returned to the standby state.

  Since the product that has been accounted for is specified to which customer's order in the order storage unit 8 at the time of selection of the accounting target by the individual accounting means 103, the data of the product is updated. Can be done.

  As the data update method, for example, identification data that makes it possible to identify that the product has been accounted for by the individual accounting unit 103 can be identified. In the POS system, the order storage unit 8 stores only unaccounted orders, and in the case where the ordered orders are stored in a separately provided server or the like. The data can be updated by deleting the order for the product for which the accounting by the individual accounting means 103 has been completed from the order storage unit 8.

  In the accounting apparatus 1 of the present invention, an order for a product for which accounting has been performed is processed as having been accounted for each time individual accounting processing is completed once, and data in the order storage unit 8 is updated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a double-accounting from being performed because an already-ordered order is again selected as an accounting object. Further, when an unaccounted commodity group is called by the calling means 101 after data update, since the account that has been accounted for is not included in the unaccounted commodity group, the individual accounting slip 20 is printed again. Display items can be reduced.

  In addition, it is a case where a plurality of unaccounted product groups of the customer who ordered the product are included in the accounting object, and only a part of the number is accounted for In this case, data is updated so that the product has been accounted for by the number for which accounting processing has been performed, and the remaining number is stored in the order storage unit 8 as an unaccounted product.

(5) Collective Accounting Unit With the above configuration, the accounting apparatus 1 of the present invention can select an arbitrary product from an unaccounted product group related to a specific customer and perform individual accounting processing. In this case, in addition to the above-described configuration, a collective accounting unit 104 is also provided so that collective accounting can be performed by selection in addition to individual accounting.

  The collective accounting unit 104 receives all instructions in the unaccounted product group by inputting an instruction to perform the collective accounting for the unaccounted product group called by the calling unit 101 through the input unit 15. The accounting process is performed as a whole. For all the products in the unaccounted commodity group, general accounting processes such as calculation of the total amount, taxation, and change from the deposit amount are performed, and a receipt is issued.

  The collective accounting unit 104 has a function of equally dividing the total amount by a predetermined number (for example, when dividing by 4 people, the total amount is divided into four), or dividing the total amount by a predetermined ratio (for example, It may be equipped with a function that one person pays 1,000 yen and the rest is divided by three).

  In addition, the product that has been accounted for by the collective accounting unit 104 is also accounted for by the data updating unit 105, and data is updated in the order storage unit 8.

[Accounting method]
A method of performing accounting for a customer who is a group of a plurality of persons using the accounting apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(1) When performing individual accounting (1-1) Creation of individual accounting slip When performing individual accounting, first, the individual accounting slip 20 is prepared. In addition to starting a new accounting for a certain customer (when the individual accounting slip 20 has not been created) or when reprinting the individual accounting slip 20 (new individual accounting slips excluding already accounted products) Individual accounting slips can also be created.

  When creating the individual accounting slip 20, data specifying a customer, such as a customer table number or a slip number of a customer slip, is input to the accounting apparatus 1 in an input waiting state (standby state) (ST1). The calling unit 101 calls an unchecked product group for the customer from the order storage unit 8 (ST2). Thereafter, when the input unit 15 instructs the input unit 15 to create an individual accounting form 20 for the unaccounted commodity group, the individual accounting form creation unit 102 is activated and causes the printing unit 12 to print the individual accounting form 20 (ST3). ).

  The individual accounting slip 20 may be formed as a whole, or may be formed by forming the cut line 21 or cutting it into strips by the dividing means 13 so that it can be cut into strips for each order. . These can be switched by setting.

  When the individual accounting slips 20 are arranged in series, the first person in the group that is the customer has the individual accounting slip 20 to perform the individual accounting for the products ordered by the customer, and then the next person By turning to, each person in the group can confirm the product ordered by himself / herself and select the accounting object.

  In this case, the individual accounting slip 20 may be reprinted again when some members in the group finish accounting (ST3). In this case, since the individual accounting slip 20 from which the account that has been accounted for is deleted is reprinted, it becomes easier for those who perform individual accounting thereafter to confirm their own orders.

  In addition, when the individual accounting slip 20 is configured to be detachable into strips, each person has a strip 22 regarding his / her order and reads the barcode 25 described in the strip 22 to confirm the order. You can make a selection and account separately.

  In this case, the employee is informed that he / she wants to perform accounting before moving to the accounting location, and the individual accounting slip 20 is carried to the table. You can also have In this case, since the individual accounting can be started immediately after moving to the accounting location (ST1 → ST6), the accounting operation can be performed more quickly.

  It should be noted that at the stage of printing the individual accounting slip 20 by the individual accounting slip creating means 102 (ST3), the order in the unaccounted commodity group for the customer has not yet been selected as the accounting object, Since the accounting apparatus 1 returns to the standby state waiting for input (ST0), after the creation of the individual accounting slip, accounting for another customer (ST4, ST6) or creation of the individual accounting slip 20 (ST3) Processing can be performed.

  After the individual accounting slip 20 is created, when the barcode 25 printed on the individual accounting slip 20 is read by the barcode reader 15 of the accounting apparatus 1 in the standby state (ST0) (ST1), the barcode 25 The accounting device 1 recognizes that this code is a product selection for individual accounting, and the individual accounting means 103 is activated. The individual accounting unit 103 identifies the product corresponding to the barcode 25 from the order storage unit 8 using the barcode, and selects the product as an accounting object (ST7).

  The bar code 25 is read from the individual accounting slip 20 (ST1, ST6) by an accounting employee using the bar code reader 15 in response to an instruction from the customer. It is good also as reading by reading the barcode 25 corresponding to the goods which concern on an order with the barcode reader 15. FIG.

  Of the group of unaccounted products of the customer group, the selection of the accounting object to be accounted for in one individual accounting process (ST6) is repeated. Individual accounting processing is performed for the selected product (ST7).

  When the one individual accounting process is performed (ST7), the product for which accounting has been performed is processed as being accounted for by the data updating means 105, and the data in the order storage unit 8 is updated (ST8). Returns to the standby state (ST0) waiting for input again.

  Thus, when one individual accounting process is completed, the accounting apparatus 1 returns to the standby state (ST0), so that individual accounting processes for each person in the customer can be performed independently.

  In order to continue the individual accounting process for another person in the group, the barcode 25 of the individual accounting form 20 is input again to the accounting apparatus 1 in the standby state (ST0) (ST1), and the individual accounting is performed. What is necessary is just to transfer to a process (ST6).

  In addition, after the individual accounting of a part of the group is completed and the stand-by state (ST0) is entered, it is possible to perform accounting for a customer other than the group.

  In this case, since the individual account slip 20 is already provided when the individual account is subsequently resumed for other members of the group that had previously accounted, the barcode 25 of the individual account slip 20 is input. (ST1 → ST6).

  In addition, it is possible for some members of the group to complete individual accounting first, and the remaining members to account with a time difference.

  In the case where the group places an additional order after a part of the individual accounting is completed, this order is newly included in the unaccounted commodity group. Must be created (ST3).

(2) When performing collective accounting When performing collective accounting, input data that identifies the customer, such as the customer's table number or the slip number of the customer slip, to the accounting device 1 that is waiting for input (standby state). (ST1), calling the customer's unaccounted commodity group by the calling means 101 (ST2), and then inputting an instruction to perform batch accounting for the unaccounted commodity group via the input means 15 or the like, All the products in the unaccounted product group are collectively selected as an accounting object, and the collective accounting process is performed (ST4).

  When the collective accounting process (ST4) is performed in this way, the product subject to accounting is updated in the order storage unit 8 as being accounted for (ST5), and the accounting apparatus 1 is in a standby state waiting for input ( Return to ST0).

  In the present invention, every time one individual accounting process is completed, the process returns to the standby state (ST0). Therefore, after the individual accounting process is completed for some persons in the group, the remaining persons are It is also possible to perform the batch accounting process.

  In the said embodiment, although the accounting apparatus used in a restaurant was demonstrated, the accounting apparatus provided with the individual accounting method and the individual accounting function of this invention is not limited to a restaurant, but deals with a plurality of products. It can be widely used when it is necessary to separately account for some products in the transaction.

  Further, in the above embodiment, a case is described in which a customer is a group consisting of a plurality of people, and each person in the group performs individual accounting for products ordered by the customer. It can also be used when accounting is divided for some of the products ordered by the customer.

Schematic which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the accounting apparatus of this invention. The flowchart which shows one Embodiment of the accounting process procedure of this invention. The figure which showed an example of the separate accounting slip 20 used by this invention. Schematic which shows an example of a structure of the POS system used for this invention. The figure which showed an example of the code | cord | chord 25 used with the individual accounting slip 20 of this invention.

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1 Accounting device 10 CPU
101 Calling means 102 Individual accounting slip creation means 103 Individual accounting means 104 Collective accounting means 105 Data updating means 12 Printing means (receipt printer)
13 Dividing means (cutter)
14 Display means 15 Input means (keyboard, bar code reader)
16 drawer 17 communication means 18 storage means 19 accounting object storage section 2 station 3 wireless modem 4 input terminal (handy terminal, PDA)
5 Kitchen printer 6 Customer printer 8 Order storage section 20 Individual accounting slip 21 Cut line 22 Strip 25 Bar code 26 Product name 27 Check box

Claims (12)

In a POS system comprising an order storage unit that stores data specifying a customer in association with a product ordered by the customer, and an accounting device that performs accounting for the product stored in the order storage unit,
When there is input of data specifying the customer via the input means to the accounting device in the standby state, an unaccounted product related to the specified customer order is displayed as an unaccounted product group from the order storage unit. Call processing of unaccounted goods group, called as
After the call processing of the unaccounted product group, when an instruction to create an individual accounting slip is input via the input means, the name of the product, the product, Creating an individual accounting slip printed together with a code including data specifying the customer who ordered the product, and creating an individual accounting slip that returns to the standby state;
In the standby state, when the code printed on the individual accounting slip is input from the input means, the product related to the customer order specified by the code is selected as an accounting object from the order storage unit And an individual accounting process that collectively accounts for one or more of the products selected as the accounting object before receiving an accounting instruction from the input means, and
A data update process for causing the order storage unit to perform data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for after the individual accounting process, and returning to the standby state,
An accounting method in a POS system, which causes the accounting apparatus to perform each of the above processes.   In the process of creating the individual accounting slip, the individual accounting slip can be separated into strips as a set of the name of one product and a code including data specifying the product and the customer who ordered the product. The accounting method in the POS system according to claim 1, wherein:   In the case where a plurality of identical products are included in the unaccounted product group, the product includes a name of the product and data for specifying the product and a customer who ordered the product in the process of creating the individual accounting slip 3. The accounting method in the POS system according to claim 1, wherein the individual accounting slip is described in which the codes are individually described for the number of orders of the product. A collective accounting process for collectively accounting the products included in the called unaccounted product group when receiving a collective accounting instruction via the input means after the unaccounted product group call process; and
After the batch accounting process, a data update process for causing the order storage unit to perform data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for and returning to the standby state,
The accounting method in the POS system according to claim 1, wherein each of the processes is performed by the accounting apparatus. In an POS system including an order storage unit that stores data specifying a customer and a product ordered by the customer in association with each other, an accounting device that performs accounting for the product stored in the order storage unit as an accounting target,
When there is input of data for identifying a customer via the input means to the accounting apparatus in the standby state, unaccounted products related to the identified customer order are defined as an unaccounted product group from the order storage unit. Calling means to call; and
After invoking the unaccounted commodity group by the calling means, when an instruction to create an individual accounting slip is input through the input means, the name of the commodity for each commodity constituting the unaccounted commodity group, Individual accounting slip creation means for causing the printing means to print the individual accounting slip on which the product and the code including data specifying the customer who ordered the product are written, and to return the accounting apparatus to the standby state;
In the standby state, when the code printed on the individual accounting slip is input from the input means, the product related to the customer order specified by the code is selected as an accounting object from the order storage unit Individual accounting processing means for collectively accounting one or more of the products selected as the accounting object until receiving an accounting instruction from the input means, and
Data that causes the order storage unit to perform data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for, after accounting processing by the individual accounting means, and to return the accounting device to a standby state An accounting device in a POS system, comprising an update means.   The individual accounting slip creation means can make the printing means detachable into a strip shape as a set of a name of one product and a code including data specifying the product and a customer who ordered the product. 6. The accounting apparatus in the POS system according to claim 5, wherein the individual accounting slip is printed.   In the case where a plurality of identical products are included in the unaccounted product group called by the calling unit, the individual accounting slip creation unit sends the name of the product, the product, and the product to the printing unit. 7. The accounting in the POS system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the individual accounting slip in which the code including the data for specifying the customer who ordered the item is individually described for the number of orders of the product is printed. apparatus.   A collective accounting unit that collectively accounts for products in the unaccounted product group when a collective accounting instruction is received through the input unit after the calling unit calls the unaccounted product group. The accounting apparatus in the POS system according to claim 5. In a POS system comprising an order storage unit that stores data specifying a customer in association with a product ordered by the customer, and an accounting device that performs accounting for the product stored in the order storage unit,
When there is input of data for identifying a customer via the input means to the accounting apparatus in the standby state, unaccounted products related to the identified customer order are defined as an unaccounted product group from the order storage unit. Call processing of unaccounted goods group to call,
After the call processing of the unaccounted product group, when an instruction to create an individual accounting slip is input via the input means, the name of the product, the product, Creating an individual accounting slip printed together with a code including data specifying the customer who ordered the product, and creating an individual accounting slip that returns to the standby state;
In the standby state, when the code printed on the individual accounting slip is input from the input means, the product related to the customer order specified by the code is selected as an accounting object from the order storage unit And an individual accounting process that collectively accounts for one or more of the products selected as the accounting object before receiving an accounting instruction from the input means, and
A data update process for causing the order storage unit to perform data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for after the individual accounting process, and returning to the standby state,
An accounting processing program in a POS system that causes the accounting apparatus to perform each of the above processes.   In the process of creating the individual accounting slip, the individual accounting slip can be separated into strips as a set of the name of one product and a code including data specifying the product and the customer who ordered the product. The accounting processing program in the POS system according to claim 9, wherein:   In the case where a plurality of identical products are included in the unaccounted product group, the product includes a name of the product and data for specifying the product and a customer who ordered the product in the process of creating the individual accounting slip 11. The accounting processing program in the POS system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the individual accounting slip in which codes are individually described for the number of orders of the product is created. A collective accounting process for collectively accounting the products included in the called unaccounted product group when receiving a collective accounting instruction via the input means after the unaccounted product group call process; and
After the batch accounting process, a data update process for causing the order storage unit to perform data update for accounting for the product related to the customer's order that has been accounted for, and returning to the standby state,
The accounting processing program in the POS system according to claim 9, wherein the accounting apparatus performs each of the processes.

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