JP2999837B2 - Sales data processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales data processing apparatus in which a store controller, a file controller, and an electronic cash register are sequentially connected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional sales data processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. In this sales data processing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of file controllers 3 are connected to a store controller 2, and a plurality of electronic cash registers 4 are connected to each of the file controllers 3.
Are connected.

In such a sales data processing device 1, the sales data registered in the electronic cash register 4 is transmitted from the store controller 2 to the file controller 3.
After the file controller 3 receives the data collection command, the file controller 3 collects the sales data in the electronic cash register 4, and transfers the collection result to the store controller 2. Is collected by a process such that the store controller 2 stores in a predetermined storage unit.

[0004]

In the case of such a sales data processing apparatus 1, when a data collection instruction is output from the store controller 2, the sales data collection processing for all the electronic cash registers 4 is performed collectively. Therefore, the processing time is very long.

[0005] Further, the creation of various reports, such as a total report for each department, is performed by the store controller 2 based on the result of the collection after the above-described sales data collection processing is completed. For this reason, it takes a very long time to complete the report creation.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
And a store controller, and at least a single file controller connected to the store controller, the sales data processing apparatus further formed with an electronic cash register of the plurality connected to the file controller, sales data going on sale Collection time and sales
Before the data type of the sales data and the sales data are stored
Collection start data storage means for storing collection start data including the device number of the electronic cash register ; a clock circuit; clock reading means for reading the current time measured by the clock circuit; and reading by the clock reading means. A collection time determination unit that determines whether the issued current time matches the collection time stored by the collection activation data storage unit, and the current time and the collection time match by the collection time determination unit. Then de corresponding when it is determined
And sales data collecting means against over data type collects the sales data registered in the plurality of electronic cash registers, and collected data storage means for storing the collected results of the sales data collection means, said store controller And a collected data output means for outputting the stored content of the collected data storage means to the store controller based on a collection command from the file controller.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2 is a report creation means for creating a report based on the stored contents of the collected data storage means, a report storage means for storing a creation result by the report creation means, and a storage controller. A report output means for outputting the contents stored in the report storage means to the store controller based on a collection command is provided in the file controller.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the collection start data including a predetermined collection time is stored by the collection start data storage means, and the current time measured by the clock circuit is read by the clock reading means. The collection time determination unit determines whether or not the collection time stored by the start-up data storage unit matches, and when it is determined that the current time and the collection time match, a plurality of electronic cash registers are stored. The registered sales data is collected by the sales data collection means, the collection result by the sales data collection means is stored by the collection data storage means, and the storage contents of the collection data storage means are collected by the collection command from the store controller. Output to the store controller by the output means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a report is created by a report creating unit based on the storage contents of a collected data storage unit, the created result is stored in a report storage unit, and a report is generated based on a collection command from a store controller. The contents stored in the report storage means are output to the store controller by the report output means.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This sales data processing device has the same system configuration as the sales data processing device 1 shown in FIG. Therefore, the same portions as those described in FIG.

However, as shown in FIG. 2, the file controller 3 has a microcomputer formed by connecting a ROM 6 and a RAM 7 to a CPU 5, and further includes a clock circuit 8, two transmission control circuits 9, 10, and the like. It is connected to the CPU 5.

The transmission control circuit 9 is connected to the electronic cash register 4, and the transmission control circuit 10 is connected to the store controller 2.

The ROM 6 stores in advance fixed data such as a program for performing sales data collection processing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 7 stores the collection time of the sales data to be collected, the data type of the sales data, and the device number of the electronic cash register 4 in which the sales data is stored. An automatic collection setting file 7a as a collection start data storage unit for storing collection start data, a collection work file (not shown) as a collection data storage unit for storing sales data as a collection result, and a file controller 3 Electronic cash register 4 to be checked for connection
Various storage areas such as a check device number area (not shown) for storing the device numbers of the above are formed.

In such a configuration, first, the setting processing of the collection start data including the collection time, the data type, and the device number is performed on the automatic collection setting file 7a formed in the RAM 7 of the file controller 3 by the store controller. Perform by 2.

That is, the store controller 2 outputs an automatic collection setting command and collection start data to the file controller 3 when an operation of setting collection start data in the automatic collection setting file 7a of the file controller 3 is performed.

On the other hand, when receiving any data, the file controller 3 determines whether the first data of the received data is an automatic collection setting command as shown in FIG. 4 (determination process 1).

If it is determined that the head data of the received data is an automatic collection setting command, a search for the collection time included in the received data is performed on the automatic collection setting file 7a, and then the collection is performed. It is determined whether or not a collection time that matches the time is stored in the automatic collection setting file 7a.

If it is determined that the collection time corresponding to the collection time is stored in the automatic collection setting file 7a, the processing is terminated after transmitting the error message display data to the store controller 2, and If it is determined that the collection time that matches the collection time is not stored in the automatic collection setting file 7a, the collection start data included in the received data, that is, the collection time, the data type, and the device number are set. The data is sorted in ascending order of the collection time, stored in the automatic collection setting file 7a, and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, when it is determined in the above-mentioned "determination process 1" that the head data of the received data is not the automatic collection setting command, it is further determined whether or not the head data is the time setting command. .

If it is determined that the head data is a time setting command, the process is terminated after setting the clock circuit 8 to the time included in the received data, and the head data is not a time setting command. Is determined, the top data is further stored in the store controller 2.
It is determined whether or not the command is a collection command as a collection command from.

If it is determined that the head data is not a collection command, the process proceeds to another process. If it is determined that the head data is a collection command, the stored contents of the collection work file are collected. The data is transmitted to the store controller 2 by the output means, and the process is terminated.

In this manner, the automatic collection setting file 7a
File controller 3 with collection start data set
Performs the data processing as shown in FIG. 1 repeatedly at predetermined time intervals. That is, first, the current time is read from the clock circuit 8 by the clock reading means, and the current time is searched for the automatic collection setting file 7a. Then, it is determined whether or not a collection time matching the current time is detected. It is determined by the collection time determination means.

If it is determined that no collection time coinciding with the current time has been detected, the processing is terminated, and if it is determined that a collection time coincident with the current time has been detected, the search result is returned. After setting the first device number stored corresponding to the collection time in the device number area for checking, after checking the connection state of the device number set in the device number area for checking, the device number It is determined whether or not the electronic cash register 4 corresponding to is connected to the file controller 3.

If it is determined that the electronic cash register 4 corresponding to the device number is not connected to the file controller 3, the process is terminated, and the electronic cash register 4 corresponding to the device number is stored in the file. When it is determined that the data is connected to the controller 3, the sales data collection means performs the collection processing of the sales data having the data type stored corresponding to the collection time by the electronic type corresponding to the device number. This is performed on the cash register 4, and after the sales data as the collection result is stored in the collection work file, it is determined whether there is a next device number stored corresponding to the device number.

If it is determined that there is no next device number stored corresponding to the device number, the process ends.
Further, when it is determined that there is a next device number stored corresponding to the device number, after setting the device number in the device number area for checking, after the above-described connection state check processing, Perform processing.

As described above, the process executed by the file controller 3 when receiving the collection command from the store controller 2 is only the process of outputting the storage contents of the collected work file to the store controller 2. Therefore, the time required for the store controller 2 to collect sales data can be significantly reduced.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This sales data processing device,
In the RAM 7 of the file controller 3 in the above-described first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, a time-based aggregation file 7b storing sales data including the number of customers for each collection time, and a device number storing sales data including the sales amount, the number of customers, and the number of customers for each device number as shown in FIG. A total file 7c is formed, and a predetermined process is added to a program for collecting sales data stored in the ROM 6 in advance. Therefore, the same portions as those described in FIGS. 2 and 3 and FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. However, the report storage means comprises the time slot-based totaling file 7b and the device number-based totaling file 7c.

In such a configuration, the file controller 3 in which the collection start data is set in the automatic collection setting file 7a by the same processing as the processing shown in FIG. 4 executes the data processing as shown in FIG. Repeat at intervals.

That is, in this data processing, after executing the processing of storing the sales data in the collection work file in FIG. 1, the processing of creating / storing the sales data in the time-slot-based totaling file 7b and the processing of storing the sales data in the apparatus-numbering totaling file 7c After the sales data creation / storing process is sequentially performed, a process of determining the presence or absence of the next device number is performed.

However, these time-slot-based aggregation files 7
b, and the process of creating the sales data in the device number-based totaling file 7c is executed by the report creating means based on the stored contents of the collected work file.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the file controller 3 receives some data and it is determined that the first data of the received data is a collection command from the store controller 2, the collected data output is performed. After executing the process of transmitting the storage contents of the collected work file to the store controller 2 by the means, the storage contents of the time-based total file 7b and the device-number total file 7c are further added.
Is transmitted to the store controller 2 by the report output means, and then the processing is terminated.

As described above, since the file controller 3 creates a report and outputs the created result to the store controller 2, the store controller 2 does not need to create a report. Therefore, the time required for the report creation process after the sales data collection process by the store controller 2 can be greatly reduced.

[0034]

Effects of the Invention Claim 1 the described invention as described above, sales
The collection time of the sales data to be sold and the sales data
The electronic key in which the data type and its sales data are stored
The collection start data including the device number of the cache register is stored by the collection start data storage means, and the current time measured by the clock circuit is read by the clock read means, and the current time and the collection time stored by the collection start data storage means are stored. Is determined by the collection time determination unit to determine whether the current time and the collection time match. When it is determined that the current time and the collection time match, the corresponding data type is registered in a plurality of electronic cash registers. The collection of sales data is performed by the sales data collection means, the collection result by the sales data collection means is stored by the collection data storage means, and the storage contents of the collection data storage means are collected by the collection data output means based on the collection command from the store controller. Output to store controller. That is, the process executed by the file controller when receiving the collection command from the store controller is only the process of outputting the sales data stored in the collected data storage means to the store controller. For this reason, the time required for the store controller to collect sales data can be significantly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as described above, a report is created by the report creating unit based on the storage contents of the collected data storage unit, and the created result is stored by the report storage unit, and the report is sent from the store controller. The contents stored in the report storage unit are output to the store controller by the report output unit based on the collection command. That is, the file controller creates a report and outputs the created result to the store controller. This eliminates the need for the store controller to create a report. Therefore, the time required for the report creation process after the sales data collection process by the store controller can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing sales data collection processing executed by a file controller according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a hardware configuration of a file controller.

FIG. 3 is a memory map showing an automatic collection setting file formed in a RAM of a file controller.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing data processing executed by a file controller when data is received from the outside.

FIG. 5 is a memory map showing a time-slot-based aggregation file formed in the RAM of the file controller according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a memory map showing a totaling file for each device number formed in a RAM of the file controller.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing sales data collection processing executed by the file controller.

FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional sales data processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Store controller 3 File controller 4 Electronic cash register 7a Collection / startup data storage means 7b, 7c Report storage means 8 Clock circuit

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A and the store controller, and at least a single file controller connected to the store controller, the sales data processing apparatus further formed with an electronic cash register of the plurality connected to the file controller, sales Collection time of the target sales data, data type of the sales data, and the sales data
Of the electronic cash register in which is stored
And collecting launch data storing means for storing the collected starting data including bets, a clock circuit, a clock reading means for reading the timed current time by the clock circuit, the collection and the current time read by the timer reading means start the data storage acquisition time stored by means and collection time determination means for determining whether a match, data corresponding when the is determined that the current time and said collection time coincides with the collection time determination means Sales data collection means for collecting sales data registered in the plurality of electronic cash registers with respect to type, collected data storage means for storing the collection results by the sales data collection means, Collected data output for outputting the stored contents of the collected data storage means to the store controller based on a collection command Sales data processing apparatus characterized by comprising a stage in the file controller. 2. A report creating means for creating a report based on the storage contents of a collected data storing means, a report storing means for storing a result of creation by the report creating means, and the report storing means based on a collecting instruction from a store controller. 2. The sales data processing device according to claim 1, wherein a report output means for outputting the stored contents of the data to the store controller is provided in the file controller.