JP2931171B2 - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic cash register for managing sales information of goods and managing cash.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a store using an electronic cash register, an accounting balance is generally checked when a store closes or when a cashier is replaced.

[0003] This accounting balance is calculated by accumulating all deposits and withdrawals entered into an electronic cash register (hereinafter abbreviated as a cash register) such as change reserves, withdrawals in progress, and sales of goods. By comparison between the balance in the drawer and the balance actually in the drawer, these balances should originally match.

[0004] Here, cash stored in a drawer for change before opening a store is called a change fund.
Generally, the amount of this change reserve is input to a cash register when the change reserve is prepared.

[0005] Further, since it is not preferable for security to store a large amount of cash in the drawer, the cash is collected from the drawer appropriately during business hours. At this time, the cash is collected from the drawer. Cash is called a withdrawal.
Generally, the amount of this withdrawal is input to a cash register when the withdrawal is withdrawn from the drawer.

[0006] Further, as for the actual balance in the drawer, bills and coins in the drawer are generally counted by a cashier at the time of checking the accounting balance, and the total is input to a cash register.

Here, an example of a conventional general cash register will be described. The cash register has operation modes such as registration, inspection, and settlement. In the registration mode, an input such as sales of a product is performed. In the inspection mode and the registration mode, the above-described change reserve and withdrawal in the middle of the transaction are performed. The input of the actual balance and the output of the input history in each mode are performed. When the history is output in the settlement mode, the memory of the cash register is initialized.

Further, in the check mode or the settlement mode, the calculated balance in the drawer is calculated based on deposit / withdrawal information input to a cash register, such as a change fund, a withdrawal in the middle of a transaction, and sales of goods. A slip describing the excess or deficiency (accounting balance) of the actual balance with respect to the balance is output, and the accounting balance can be checked.

[0009]

As described above, the actual balance must be input by the cashier by counting from the ten thousand to one yen coins in the drawer. For this reason, input errors due to counting errors or key operation errors have frequently occurred. If there is an input error, the actual balance of the calculated balance will be excessive or inadequate.Therefore, it is possible to find the input error by outputting and confirming the slip describing the excess or insufficiency. In some cases, the input of the actual balance and the output of the slip indicating the excess or deficiency had to be repeated, which was troublesome and time-consuming. For this reason, it took time to check the accounting balance.

[0010]

Means for calculating a balance in the drawer based on the input / output amount information;
Input of the balance actually in the drawer is input for each denomination number
Indeed inventory amount input means and, the actual inventory amount input means carried out by
Calculate the total amount of each denomination based on the input of the number of denominations
Means for calculating the total amount of denominations, and calculating means for calculating the excess or deficiency of the actual balance inputted by the input means with respect to the balance calculated by the balance calculating means each time the number of denominations is input. If, excess or deficiency of money calculated by the calculating means, input by the actual inventory amount input means
By the number of denominations and the denomination total amount calculation means
Display means for displaying the calculated total amount of each denomination on the same screen when the actual amount of money is input is provided.

[0011]

When the actual balance in the drawer is inputted by the actual money input means, the excess or deficiency of the actual balance inputted by the input means with respect to the calculated balance in the drawer calculated by the balance calculating means is calculated. The excess / deficiency calculated by the means and the actual balance input by the actual money input means are displayed on the same screen by the display means when the actual money is input.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The electronic cash register of the present embodiment is a terminal of a POS system formed by a host computer 1 and a plurality of terminals 2 connected to the host computer 1 as shown in FIG. As illustrated, the front left side of the upper surface of the main body housing 3 is a detachable printer cover 5 for shielding a printer 4 shown in FIG. 4 described later, and the printer cover 5 has a receipt issuing port 6 and a journal. A confirmation window 7 is formed. In this electronic cash register, a drawer 8 is integrally formed at the bottom of the main body housing 3, and a keyboard 9, a mode key 10, a large display 11, and the like are integrally provided on an upper surface thereof, and a touch scanner is provided. 12 and a handset 13 are held.

The electronic cash register (hereinafter, abbreviated as a register) has a circuit as shown in FIG. 4 which executes various types of information processing by the CPU 14 (Cent).
ROM 15 (Read Only Memory) in which various information is fixedly stored in advance in a ral processing unit, and a RAM 16 (Random Acces) in which various information is temporarily and variably stored.
sMemory), the printer 4, the drawer 8, and the communication interface 1 connected to the host computer 1.
7, the keyboard 9 for inputting various information, the mode key 10 for freely setting an operation mode, the display 11 for displaying various information in kana, kanji, numbers, English characters, and the like, represented by barcodes. The touch scanner 12 for reading and inputting various information and the telephone circuit 18 connected to the handset 13 are connected by a bus 19 for transmitting various information.

As shown in FIG. 5, the RAM 16 has a cash register registration amount, a net cash register registration amount which is the total of all amounts input in the registration mode, a credit sales amount which is a total of the credit amount, and a gift. Gift and coupon sales, which is the cumulative sales of tickets and coupons; total expenses, which are the sum of the amount withdrawn from the drawer if necessary; cash, cash withdrawals, change reserves, actual cash, net cash Each area for storing the excess and deficiency of cash is provided.

The cash balance, net actual balance, and excess or deficiency of cash are calculated by the following equations. The actual money amount is the balance in the drawer 8 input by the cashier.

Cash Amount = Net Cash Registered Amount-Net Sales-Gift Coupon Sales-Total Expenses Net Actual Money = Actual Money + Withdrawal in Progress-Change Reserve Cash Insufficiency = Actual Money-(Cash In such a configuration, first, when a change fund is prepared in the drawer 8 before opening a store or the like, the mode key 10 is operated to switch the operation mode to the inspection mode. Then, according to the operation mode setting program shown in FIG.
4 operates, and a menu screen for selecting an operation mode is displayed on the display 11 (step 1). Here, when the change reserve input is selected and input, this input is determined (step 2), and the operation mode is set to the change reserve input mode (step 3). Then, a change reserve input screen is displayed on the display 11, and here, the drawer 8 is displayed.
Enter the amount of the change reserve prepared in the above.

Next, the input of the price of the product is performed in the registration mode by switching the operation mode. In this registration mode, when the bar code attached to the product is read by the touch scanner 12, the unit price and name of the product are retrieved from a file prepared in advance and displayed on the display 11 together with the product code. The unit prices of the read products are displayed one after another on the display 11,
When the total key of the keyboard 9 is input, the sum of these unit prices is displayed on the display 11 as a price. When the customer's deposit amount is input from the keyboard 9 and the closing key is input, the change from which the amount has been deducted is displayed on the display 11 and the drawer 8 is opened, so that the change is withdrawn and the deposit is deposited. It can be performed. Here, the price of the product is added to the area of the RAM 16 in which the registered amount of the net cash register is stored.
It is also added to the area where the sales amount of M16 is stored, and the area where the sales amount of the gift / coupon ticket is stored in the RAM 16 when the payment is made with the money right such as a gift voucher or a coupon. Is also added. If necessary, drawer 8
Is withdrawn as expenses by a predetermined operation. The amount input as the cost is added to the area of the RAM 16 where the net cash register amount is stored and the area where the total cost is stored.

Then, from the point of view of crime prevention, the drawer 8
The cash in the box is collected, and the input of the collected amount is performed in the inspection mode. When inputting the collected amount, the operation key is operated to temporarily switch the operation mode to the inspection mode. Then, the CPU 14 operates according to the operation mode setting program shown in FIG. 6 in the same manner as when the change reserve is input, and a menu screen for selecting an operation mode is displayed on the display 11 (step 1). If a withdrawal withdrawal input is selected and entered here, this input is determined (steps 2 and 4), and the operation mode is set to the withdrawal withdrawal input mode (step 5). Then
The screen for inputting the withdrawal in the middle is displayed on the display 11, and the amount of the withdrawal withdrawal collected from the drawer 8 is input here. When the withdrawal input is completed, the operation mode is switched to the registration mode again, and the input operation such as the price of the product is restarted.

Further, the balance of the transaction is checked when the cashier is changed or when the store is closed. The balance in the drawer 8 is input in the check mode. When inputting the balance in the drawer 8, the operation mode is temporarily switched to the inspection mode by operating the mode key 10. Then, the CPU 14 operates according to the operation mode setting program shown in FIG. 6 in the same manner as when the change reserve is input, and a menu screen for selecting an operation mode is displayed on the display 11 (step 1). Here, when the cash real money input is selected and input, this input is determined (steps 2, 4, and 6), and the operation mode is set to the actual money input mode (step 7). Then, the CPU 14 operates as the actual money input means in accordance with the actual money input program shown in FIG. 7, and the cash money input screen 20 shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on the display 11 (step 1). As shown in FIG. 1, the cash balance input screen 20 displays cash balance, withdrawal, change reserve, actual balance, net actual balance, and excess or deficiency of cash in the right half. (Step 2-4, Step 11,
12, 14). In addition, "Z" in FIG. 1 means the number subjected to zero suppression. On the other hand, the left half is a screen for inputting the balance in the drawer 8, and a field for inputting the number is provided for each denomination, and the input denomination is set by inputting a send key or a return key (steps 16 and 18). (Steps 17 and 1
9) is changed, and the number of the denomination can be input. And
Each time the number of coins of the set denomination is input (step 7), the number of coins and the amount calculated based on the number of coins are displayed for each denomination, and the number of coins is input by that time (step 9). , 10) The sum of the amount of money is summed up
(Denomination total amount calculation means) is displayed (Step 1)
1). Further, this total is displayed as the actual balance by the CPU 14 operating as the display means in accordance with step 12, and the net actual balance (= actual balance + intermediate withdrawal-change reserve) is calculated and displayed ( Step 13). Further, C that operates as a calculating means according to step 14
Calculated drawer 8 calculated by CPU 14 operating as balance calculating means according to step 5 by PU 14
Of the balance in the cash drawer (= cash balance + change reserve-intermediate withdrawal), that is, excess or deficiency of the balance in the drawer 8 up to the present input point (= actual balance− (cash balance) + Change reserve-halfway withdrawal)) is calculated. This excess or deficiency is displayed as cash excess or deficiency by the CPU 14 operating as a display unit according to step 14. When the end key is input, a slip describing the accounting balance is output (steps 20 and 21).

As described above, in this embodiment, the balance in the drawer and the excess or deficient cash input in the actual money input mode for inputting the balance in the drawer are displayed on the cash amount input screen 20. An input error can be found at the time of input, and reinput for correcting the error can be performed immediately.

Further, in this embodiment, since the change reserve and the withdrawal withdrawal are also displayed on the cash amount input screen 20, such input mistakes can be found. When the check of the accounting balance is completed, the operation mode is switched to the registration mode again to resume the input work such as the price of the product, or when the store is closed, the operation mode is switched to the settlement process and the cashier closes the day. I do.

In this embodiment, the input of the balance in the drawer, the input of the change reserve, and the input of the withdrawal in the middle are performed in the check mode. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may do so.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention , the balance calculating means for calculating the balance in the drawer based on the input / output amount information, and the input of the balance actually in the drawer is performed for each type of money.
Actual money input means by inputting numbers and this actual money input
Total money for each denomination based on the number of denominations entered
A denomination total amount calculating means for calculating the amount, and inputting the excess or deficiency of the actual balance input by the input means with respect to the balance calculated by the balance calculating means, inputting the number of each denomination number of sheets.
Calculation means for calculating each time, excess or deficiency of money calculated by the calculation means, the input by the actual inventory amount input means each gold type number and the denomination total amount calculating means
Display means for displaying the total amount of each denomination calculated on the same screen when the actual amount of money is input, so that the actual balance in the drawer and the actual balance with respect to the balance in the drawer calculated by the balance calculation means are provided. The excess or deficiency of the balance can be displayed on the same screen when the actual amount of money is input by the display means. Therefore, an input error of the actual balance can be easily found at the time of input, and the check of the accounting balance can be quickly performed. It has effects such as being able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a cash amount input screen according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a POS system.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing an electronic cash register.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit diagram.

FIG. 5 is a memory map.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation mode setting program.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a cash amount input program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Drawer 14 Balance calculation means, calculation means, display means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A balance calculating means for calculating a balance in a drawer based on input deposit / withdrawal amount information, and an actual money input means for inputting a balance actually in the drawer by inputting the number of denominations. , The number of each denomination of this actual money input means
Denomination total to calculate the total amount of each denomination based on the input
Amount calculating means, calculating means for calculating the excess or deficiency of the actual balance input by the input means with respect to the balance calculated by the balance calculating means , each time the number of denominations is input, Excess or deficiency of money, the number of denominations entered by the actual money input means and
And each gold calculated by the above-mentioned total amount calculation means.
An electronic cash register, comprising: display means for displaying the type total amount on the same screen when an actual amount of money is input.