JP3582622B2 - Revenue settlement system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a system in which a plurality of sales account settlement machines are installed in a distribution store such as a department store or a supermarket to deposit and settle the sales of a plurality of registers, and the plurality of sales account settlement machines are operated in parallel. The present invention relates to a sales settlement system for managing each sales settlement machine in real time.
[0002]
[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
In a distribution store such as a retail store provided with a plurality of cash registers such as department stores and supermarkets, a system in which daily sales of cash registers are settled at one or more cash terminals provided in a cash room or the like. There is.
[0003]
In such a sales settlement system, when a cash register is sold, the person in charge of each cash register closes the sales of each cash register (hereinafter simply referred to as a cash register), and calculates the cash amount of the cash register on the day. Take it to the accounting room with the printed journal.
[0004]
The cash room is provided with a cash terminal for a cashier to directly deposit daily sales, and each cashier performs a settlement process of the sales at the cash terminal.
[0005]
That is, the cashier instructs the cash terminal to recognize the cashier number by passing the ID card through the card reader of the cash terminal, puts the sales amount into the deposit machine, and further refers to the tallying result (journal) of the cashier, and refers to the journal. Enter the total amount of cash at the cash register. The cash terminal counts the amount of money received, compares the counted amount with the key input amount, and prints out a receiving journal, which is a receipt of the received money.
[0006]
By the way, in this type of system, a store usually has a plurality of cash terminals for payment settlement of sales, and these plurality of cash terminals are managed by one management terminal.
[0007]
In other words, when payment settlement processing is performed at each cash terminal, the results of the tally are sent to the management terminal by cash register number, but in the conventional system, cash registers that have not yet been paid are not cleared. Since the cash register was not designed to centrally manage these, cashiers could not grasp the exact state of the payment at each point in time.
[0008]
Further, in the conventional system, since the management terminal cannot grasp the status of each cache terminal device (whether or not an error has occurred and the content of the error), an error has occurred in the cache terminal. In the event that the cash machine deposit box at the cash terminal becomes full, the cashier must report this to the cashier in charge of the cashier each time, and the abnormal condition can be recovered efficiently. There was a problem that was not done.
[0009]
In this type of system, the management terminal is usually connected to a host computer via a communication line, and responds to a request from the host computer to collect the total data for each cash register number at that time. It has a function of transmitting total data higher-level data that is automatically transmitted to the host computer. However, in the conventional system, since the management terminal did not monitor the status of the cashier that once sent the high-order transmission, the payment settlement process for the cashier of the cashier number that completed the high-order transmission is performed again on the same day. In this case, this cash register could not be grasped as a cash register for which high-order transmission has not been completed (untransmitted cash register). That is, in the one-day payment settlement process, in addition to the normal payment settlement process performed after the store is closed, there is a payment process in which the cashier collects and deposits banknotes at the cash register during the opening of the store for crime prevention. Usually, the payment settlement processing for the sales of one day is performed in plural times.
[0010]
Therefore, as for the cash register for which the payment processing of that day has been executed again after the completion of such high-order transmission, it has conventionally been necessary for the cashier to grasp this and register it separately as an untransmitted cash register.
[0011]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sales settlement system that grasps the deposit status of each deposit terminal in real time on the management terminal side and improves the accounting efficiency. I do.
[0012]
It is another object of the present invention to provide a sales settlement system that can reliably ascertain a cash register number for which a management terminal has not transmitted total data to a higher-level device and improve the accounting efficiency.
[0013]
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a sales settlement system for realizing, in real time, a device state and an abnormal state of each depositing terminal on the management terminal side, thereby improving the accounting efficiency.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a sales machine comprising: a plurality of sales settlement machines for depositing payment of sales of each register for each register number; and a management terminal for receiving and totaling payment settlement data from the plurality of sales settlement calculators. In the gold settlement system,
A first storage table for storing information indicating a deposit state for each register number;
A second storage table for storing information indicating various device states of the sales payment controller;
Respectively,
The management terminal is
Communication means for performing a communication operation of sequentially obtaining the storage contents of the first and second storage tables of the plurality of sales payment machines at predetermined time intervals;
A third storage table in which the acquired data of the first storage table is sequentially stored;
A fourth storage table that is stored and updated with the acquired data of the second storage table;
In accordance with the contents of the third and fourth storage tables, the presence or absence of payment settlement of each register, the register number for which the payment processing for the same day has been performed again among the registers for which the information indicating the payment state has been acquired, and each payment settlement machine Display control means for displaying the device status of
It is characterized by having.
[0015]
According to the first aspect, the management terminal sequentially downloads the information indicating the deposit state of each register and the information indicating the device state of the sales deposit payment machine from each of the sales deposit settlement machines, and registers each register in accordance with the extracted information. The register number at which the payment processing for the same day has been performed again and the device status of each payment settlement machine are displayed almost in real time among the registers from which information indicating the payment settlement is obtained and the information indicating the payment state.
[0016]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus further comprises a host computer connected to the management terminal via a communication line, and receiving, from the management terminal, total data of each register totalized by the management terminal. The management terminal identifies a cash register number that has not transmitted the total data to the host computer according to the contents of the third storage table and the communication contents with the host computer, and displays the cash register number list. Further, a second display control means is further provided.
[0017]
According to the second aspect, it is possible to display, in real time, the register number list to which the final total data has not been transmitted to the host computer.
[0018]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0019]
2 shows an example of equipment arrangement in a cash room in a retail store such as a department store or a supermarket. FIG. 3 shows the sales settlement system including the equipment arranged in the cash room in FIG. It is.
[0020]
In the cashier room shown in FIG. 2, at least a management system 10 and one or a plurality of settlement systems 30 in the configuration requirements of the cashier settlement system shown in FIG. 3 are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the depositing system 20 is usually disposed outside the cash room near the cashroom. In this case, only one deposit system is shown, but actually, a plurality of deposit systems 20 are connected to the system. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 40 denotes a change machine.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 3, the payment system 30 includes a payment terminal 31 and an automatic payment machine 32, and the detailed configuration is shown in FIG.
[0022]
The settlement system 30 is mainly used by cashiers in the cashier room, and performs tasks such as cash register sales settlement business, exchange money management, small cash management, small debit / credit business, and checking the balance of a safe. And a settlement terminal 31 for performing data communication with the management terminal 11 of the host management system 10, a banknote deposit machine 33, a coin deposit machine 34, a wrapped coin deposit machine 35, a deposit calculator 36, and a journal. It has a printer 37, a keyboard KB, an ID card reader 38, a display DP, and a flexible disk driver FDD.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 3, the depositing system 20 includes a depositing terminal 21 and an automatic depositing machine 22. The detailed configuration is shown in FIG. 5, and the internal configuration of the depositing terminal 21 is shown in FIG. .
[0024]
The deposit system 20 is used when cashiers at directly managed stores and tenant stores perform deposit processing after daily closing, or when cashiers perform deposit processing during opening (payment on the way). The term "payment in the middle" means that a cashier collects and deposits banknotes at a cash register for security, and this is usually limited to directly managed stores.
[0025]
That is, the depositing system 20 includes a depositing terminal 21 for performing data communication with the management terminal 11 of the higher-level management system 10, a bill depositing machine 23, a coin depositing machine 24, a packaging coin depositing machine 25, and a receipt statement. It has a journal printer 26 to be issued, a keyboard KB, an ID card reader 27, a passbook printer 28, an external post 29 for posting damaged papers in an envelope, a display DP, and a flexible disk driver FDD. ing.
[0026]
The deposit terminal 21 includes a communication interface 61, a CPU 62, a ROM 63, a RAM 64, a memory unit 70, a keyboard KB, a display DP, a communication interface with a deposit machine, and the like.
[0027]
A terminal state storage table 65 for updating and storing various device states of the terminal at each time point obtained from outputs of various state detection sensors (not shown) provided in the terminal; A register data storage table 66 for updating and storing various data (register data) relating to the POS registers P-1, p-2,.
[0028]
For example, the following 24 items are secured in the terminal state storage table 65, and the item data is rewritten according to the state of the device.
[0029]
・ Line OFF error
·Communication error
・ Transmission data error
・ Received data error
-Receive command error
・ Under payment processing
・ Receive undefined code
・ Bill device abnormality
・ Coin device error
・ Packaged coin device error
・ Authentication printer error
・ Journal error
・ Bill cassette full
・ Coin storage full
・ Packaged coin storage full
・ Post storage room full
・ Journal empty
・ Bill cassette near full
·processing
・ Initial of banknote
・ During coin initial
・ Wrapping coins during initial
·Waiting.
[0030]
In the register data storage table 65, various data and various work status flags as described below are updated and stored for each register number.
[0031]
・ Checkout number: A number assigned to each POS register
・ Department number: Number indicating the department to which the POS register belongs
・ Serial number
・ Tenant number: Number assigned to tenant stores (other than directly managed stores)
・ Processing status flag: Flag for identifying processing such as payment in progress, settlement payment, etc.
-Non-payment flag: A flag that indicates whether payment has been settled or not
・ Payment data
The ID card prepared for each POS cash register magnetically records data relating to the cash register number, and passes through the ID card reader 27 of the payment system 20 in FIG. Is recognized by the system.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 3, the management system 10 includes a management terminal 11 and an automatic payment machine 12, and the detailed configuration is shown in FIG.
[0033]
The management terminal 11 of the management system 10 counts, inquires, and corrects sales data sent from the lower-level deposit terminal 21 and the settlement terminal 31. In this case, the management system 10 includes a bill deposit machine 13, It has a coin depositing machine 14, a wrapped coin depositing machine 15, a depositing calculator 16, a journal printer 17, an ID card reader 18, a keyboard KB, a display DP, and a flexible disk driver FDD. Note that the automatic settlement machine 12 of the management system 10 can be omitted.
[0034]
FIG. 8 shows an example of the internal configuration of the management terminal 11, which includes a communication interface 50, a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, a memory means 60, a keyboard KB, a display DP, a communication interface with a cash processor, and the like.
[0035]
The memory means 60 is the same as the terminal status management table 55 for storing the storage contents of the terminal status storage table 66 of each terminal (payment system 20) obtained by regular (for example, several seconds) polling. And a register data management table 56 for storing the contents of the register data storage table 65 of each terminal (payment system 20) obtained by periodic polling.
[0036]
The register data management table 56 is configured to store almost the same items as the register data storage table 65 of the deposit terminal 21, and an example is shown in FIG. Therefore, the management terminal 11 can determine the state of each register at each time in real time by referring to the register data management table 56.
[0037]
Note that, among the items in FIG. 9, the unsent flag is a flag indicating whether or not high-order transmission has been completed (set a flag if payment has been made after high-order transmission). The opening section data is data for identifying whether the POS register is opened or closed, and the opening section data corresponding to the POS register opened at the time of daily opening is set to “1”. You. Further, the total data of the day is total data of the deposit amount of the day, and the total cumulative data is total sales data from a designated date.
[0038]
The terminal status management table 55 is provided with a plurality of management tables for updating and storing substantially the same items as the terminal status storage table 66 of each depositing terminal 21 in correspondence with the number of depositing systems 20. 10 shows a format example of a management table for one payment system.
[0039]
Each item of the management table is provided with a priority for display. In addition, the item “error window” indicates that an error window is displayed on the display DP when an abnormality occurs, and the item “absent” indicates that the error window is not displayed on the display DP.
[0040]
As shown in FIG. 3, the management terminal 11 is connected to the POS registers P-1, p-2,... Pn, the store computer 1, the form printer 2, the personal computer 3 and the like via a local area network. ing. The personal computer 3 is connected to a host computer 4 via a communication line.
[0041]
The POS registers P-1, p-2,... Pn are registers arranged in each counter. In this case, the POS registers P-1, p-2,. of sales) system is employed. That is, when the settlement of the commodity price is performed in each POS register, at this time, information such as a cash register number, a department code, a sales amount, and the like are transferred to the store computer 1, which is a POS management computer.
[0042]
In addition, when daily sales are totaled at each POS cash register, totaling information such as classification codes of sales products, their quantity, total sales amount, type of cash received, and the number of gift certificates is used as a totaling journal. It is printed out in the POS register.
[0043]
The store computer 1 accumulates and stores the POS data indicating the contents of the sales transaction such as the cash register number, the department code, and the sales amount sent from each of the POS registers P-1, p-2,. The sales of each cash register are totaled based on.
[0044]
The POS data and total data created by the store computer and the sales settlement data created by the management terminal 11 are transmitted to the host computer 4 via the personal computer 3.
[0045]
Next, an outline of the flow of the day regarding the operation of the cashier settlement system will be described with reference to FIG.
[0046]
First, before opening the store, change is put into each POS cash register and the cash register is made to wait. Further, the power is turned on to the cashier settlement system, and the settlement process for the previous day is restarted. When the processing for the previous day is completed, the data is first cleared and the sales date is set. As a result, the sales data that has been settled up to that point is the sales data of yesterday.
[0047]
Next, an opening process is performed. At this time, the setting of the opening division is performed for the change in the opening of the cash register. As a result, “1” or “0” is written in the section of the opening section data (see FIG. 9) corresponding to the designated cash register number. The opening cash register sets “1”, and the unused cash register sets “0”.
[0048]
Thereafter, during business hours, storing large amounts of cash in cash registers is dangerous for crime prevention, so the cashier in charge collects the bills in each POS cash register at regular time intervals and plots the collected bills. The deposit processing is performed using the deposit system 20 of No.3. In this case, since the cashier usually does not have an ID card, the cashier number is input via the keyboard KB. Such a process of collecting cash from a cash register is referred to as “payment in progress”.
[0049]
Thereafter, when the store is closed, each cashier instructs each POS cashier to perform the tallying process, prints the contents of the sales transaction on that day in a journal, puts the cash in the drawer into a shopping bag, and puts them in the cash room. To perform the payment processing.
[0050]
Each cashier competes in the payment process, but monitors the payment status of each cashier, and prompts the cashier to pay for the slower cashier. In the meantime, I take it out the next morning and make payment. Checks, gift certificates, and the like are often entered by cashiers the next day.
[0051]
The cashier checks the cash deposit status on the day by operating the management terminal 11. It is also confirmed whether the cash register sales data has been transmitted to the store computer 1.
[0052]
Even if there is an unpaid portion, it takes a long time for the tallying and settlement process on the day, so a part of it will be carried over to the next day. The next day's processing is all performed by the cashier. Mainly, the processing includes inputting checks and gift certificates, and adjusting cash register sales deposited in a night safe.
[0053]
The data of each cash register after the payment processing is sent from the management terminal 11 to the store computer 1. The store computer 1 checks whether there is a difference between the POS data sent from each cash register and the payment data of each cash register sent from the management terminal 1 for each cash register. In the case of a store that does not have the store computer 1, the cashier performs a collation process using the check function provided in the management terminal 1 by manually inputting a numerical value from the sales summary slip brought by the cashier.
[0054]
Further, the POS data and the payment settlement data totaled by the settlement system are transmitted to the host computer 4 via the personal computer 3 in response to a request from the host computer 4. The host computer 4 creates management materials based on the data sent from each store.
[0055]
Next, the real-time list display (printing) processing of the unpaid cash register and the untransmitted cash register performed in the management terminal 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0056]
The operator of the management terminal 11 outputs necessary forms including the settlement and the journal printing yesterday, and when all the closings are completed, next, the data clearing / sales date is set, and the setting is made today. After that, the cash register opening setting is performed, and the changed cash register opening and closing settings are performed (steps 500 and 505).
[0057]
Thereafter, the management terminal 11 sequentially polls a plurality of terminals (payment system) 20 connected to the system at predetermined time intervals (for example, every few seconds), and thereby registers the register data storage table 65 and the terminal status of each terminal. The data stored in the storage table 66 is fetched, and the contents of the register data management table 56 and the terminal status management table 55 of the management terminal 11 are updated with the fetched data of each table (step 520).
[0058]
As described above, the register data management table 56 includes an unpaid cash register flag for identifying, by cash register number, cash registers that have not been subjected to the payment settlement processing performed after the store is closed. By judging whether the cash register flag is 0 or 1, it is possible to grasp the deposit status of each register on the management terminal 11 side in real time. The error display processing of the management terminal 11 based on the contents of the terminal state management table 55 will be described later.
[0059]
In this system, the management terminal has a total data transmission function of automatically transmitting total data for each cash register number to the host computer in response to a request from the host computer 4. . The transmission request from the host computer 4 has not been determined at what time of the day due to the host computer 4 side. Further, as described above, in the one-day payment settlement process, in addition to the normal payment settlement process performed after the store is closed, the cashier collects and deposits banknotes at the cash register during the store opening for security. There is a payment process on the way, and the payment settlement process for one-day sales is usually performed in a plurality of times.
[0060]
Therefore, when a cash register for which the high-order transmission has been performed at a certain point in time has been re-paid for the same day, it is necessary to grasp this cash register as a cash register for which the high-order transmission has not yet been completely completed. That is, after the high-order transmission, the cash register for which payment has been made for the same day needs to be grasped as an untransmitted cash register.
[0061]
Therefore, in this embodiment, when the higher-level transmission is performed, the management terminal 11 sets the non-transmission flag column of the register data management table 56 corresponding to the register number for which the higher-level transmission has been completed to “0”. However, the management terminal 11 refers to the register data management table 56 even after the high-order transmission, identifies the cash register number for which the deposit processing has been performed for the same day after completing the high-order transmission, and makes such a deposit. As for the cash register, the non-transmission flag column of the register data management table 56 corresponding to the cash register number is set to "1" (step 530).
[0062]
Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to grasp in real time the cash register number of the cash register that has not been completely transmitted to the higher order.
[0063]
FIG. 12 shows a management screen selected on the menu screen of the display DP of the management terminal 11.
1. Collection cash register status on the way
2. Total cash register status on the way
3. Checkout cashier status
4. Advance deposit cash register status
5. Individual deposit list
6. Total deposit list
7. Send list
8. Log stop / resume
8 menus can be selected.
[0064]
FIGS. 13A and 13B are display screens showing the cash register status of the halfway collection of the selection menu 1, wherein FIG. 13A shows a simplified window screen and FIG. 13B shows a detailed window screen. FIG. 14 shows an entire display screen showing the cash register status of the midway collection.
[0065]
On these screens, unpaid cash registers are indicated by black circles next to cash register numbers, and cash register numbers corresponding to untransmitted cash registers are indicated by shading (or a predetermined number) as shown in FIG. (Color), so that the operator of the management terminal 11 can easily determine the register numbers of the unpaid cash register and the untransmitted cash register at a glance.
[0066]
FIG. 15 shows a non-payment monitor screen that displays only a list of unpaid cash registers, and can be displayed in a simplified form as shown in FIG. 15 (a), or as shown in FIG. 15 (b). It can be displayed on the detail screen together with the register name.
[0067]
FIG. 16 shows an untransmitted monitor screen that displays only untransmitted cash registers in a list, and can be displayed in a simplified form as shown in FIG. 16 (a), or as shown in FIG. 16 (b). It can be displayed on the detail screen together with the register name.
[0068]
By pressing a print key while the above display screen is being displayed, the cash register status and the non-transmission cash register as shown in FIG. Also, the journal printer 17 can print out a list of unpaid cash registers as shown in FIG. 18 (a) or a list of unsent cash registers as shown in FIG. 18 (b). You can also.
[0069]
Next, the monitoring of the terminal state and the error display processing performed in the management terminal 11 will be described with reference to FIG.
[0070]
As described above, the management terminal 11 obtains the status information of each terminal by polling at predetermined time intervals, and updates the terminal status management table 55 shown in FIG. 10 for each terminal based on the obtained information. . Therefore, the CPU 51 of the management terminal 11 periodically monitors the status of each terminal by periodically checking the contents of the terminal status management table 55 (step 100).
[0071]
When detecting a terminal abnormality from the contents of the terminal state management table 55, the CPU 51 of the management terminal 11 refers to the error window column of the terminal state management table 55 corresponding to the detected abnormality item (see FIG. 10). Then, it is determined whether or not this abnormal item is set to display an error screen (step 130).
[0072]
If the setting is to display an error screen, the CPU 55 of the management terminal 11 next determines whether another error relating to the same terminal is currently being displayed (step 140).
[0073]
If the result of this determination is YES, the priority of the currently displayed error is determined, and only when the new error has a higher priority, the error message on the terminal error screen is rewritten to the new error ( Steps 150 and 160). FIG. 20A shows an error screen displayed on the display DP of the management terminal 11, and a terminal error message as shown in FIG. 20B is displayed in the terminal error window EW1. That is, in the terminal error window EW1, the terminal number in which the error has occurred and the content of the error are displayed. The window EW2 of the error display screen of FIG. 20A is an area for displaying an error of the management terminal 11 itself, the window EW3 is an area for displaying guidance for dealing with the error, and the window EW4. Is an area where a more detailed error message is displayed.
[0074]
Therefore, when the process of step 160 in FIG. 19 is performed, the low-priority error message displayed in the terminal error window EW1 is rewritten with the high-priority error message.
[0075]
On the other hand, if the determination in step 140 is NO, it is determined whether an error relating to another terminal is displayed (step 170). If no error relating to another terminal is displayed, the terminal error window is displayed. An error screen of the terminal in which the error is detected at the current time is displayed on the EW1, and an error sound is generated (step 180). If an error related to another terminal has already been displayed in the determination in step 170, an older error is displayed in the terminal error window EW1 in consideration of the order of occurrence of the error (step 190).
[0076]
If the determination in step 150 is NO, the error with the higher priority displayed earlier is displayed as it is without displaying the error. Then, the error that has occurred this time is put in a queue for error display according to the priority.
[0077]
Further, thereafter, the CPU 51 of the management terminal 11 determines whether or not the confirmation key input by the operator when confirming the currently displayed terminal error is turned on (step 200), and the confirmation key is pressed. At this point, the currently displayed error screen is erased (step 210), and at this time, if there is another error, an error message of the next priority is displayed in the terminal error window EW1. (Steps 220 and 230).
[0078]
When an error message of the next priority is displayed, in the case of an error of the same terminal, the priority shown in FIG. 10 is considered, and in the case of an error of a different terminal, an older error is prioritized.
[0079]
On the other hand, when the CPU 51 of the management terminal 11 determines in step 110 that no terminal error has occurred, the CPU 51 of the management terminal 11 sets the abnormality occurrence flag of the item that has already set the abnormality occurrence flag in the terminal state management table 55 in the past. It is determined whether or not it has been released (step 120). When the CPU 51 detects that the error occurrence flag has been released by this determination, the CPU 51 checks whether or not the error of the terminal from which the error has been released is being displayed. If the error is being displayed, the corresponding error screen is deleted. .
[0080]
As described above, according to this embodiment, when an abnormality occurs on the payment system 20 side, the abnormality display screen indicating the occurrence of the abnormality is interrupted and displayed on the display DP of the management terminal 11, At that time, a warning sound is also generated, so the cashier in the teller room can confirm that the deposit system's safe is full, and check whether various abnormalities such as a journal outage have occurred on the deposit system side. It is not necessary to check and move around a plurality of payment systems 20 for confirmation, and it is possible to improve the accounting operation efficiency.
[0081]
By the way, when an error occurs on the parent machine (management terminal 11) side, when a line error occurs, or when peripherals of the depositing system (cash depositing machine, journal printer, etc.) break down and deposit processing cannot be performed. On the other hand, the payment system 20 cannot perform the payment settlement processing of the sales.
[0082]
In such a case, although the connection between the management terminal 11 and the payment system 20 is off-line, the payment data is backed up on the flexible disk FD by driving the flexible disk drive FDD of the payment system 20. Then, after the management terminal 11 is restored, the payment data backed up to the flexible disk FD is read by the management terminal 11 so that the data that has not been transmitted to the management terminal 11 can be restored on the management terminal side.
[0083]
In this way, even if the management terminal 11 goes down, the payment processing is not interrupted, and the troublesome operation of manually inputting data at the time of the system down later can be eliminated, and an input mistake can be made. Can also be prevented.
[0084]
FIG. 21 shows the above-mentioned FD backup processing procedure on the money receiving system 20 side. In the normal state where data can be transmitted to the management terminal 11 during the input payment processing (steps 300 and 310), the FD backup processing is flexible. After confirming the insertion of the disk FD (step 340), it is confirmed that the backup instruction has been given (step 350), and after confirming these, the deposit data is backed up to the flexible disk FD with the on deposit file name. (Step 360). That is, in the backup process in the normal state, the payment data is backed up to the flexible disk FD even in the normal state, and the payment data that has been deposited cannot be sent to the management terminal 11 due to the occurrence of any abnormality. Used when it occurs. In such a case, by reading the backed-up flexible disk FD in the management terminal 11 thereafter, it is possible to easily recover the missing data on the management terminal 11 side.
[0085]
Also, in the payment settlement processing on the payment system 20 side, if a state occurs in which data cannot be transmitted to the management terminal 11 (steps 300 and 310), after confirming insertion of the flexible disk FD (step 320). ), Back up the payment data to the flexible disk FD with the off-payment file name (step 330). That is, in this case, the process is performed when an abnormal situation in which communication with the management terminal 11 is impossible occurs. In this case, the communication with the management terminal is cut off, and the payment content is backed up by the flexible disk FD instead. I have to.
[0086]
FIG. 22 shows a procedure for reading FD data when recovery is necessary on the management terminal 11 side. Before inserting the FD storing the deposit data, the setting FD, the registration FD, and the opening FD are sequentially performed. The management terminal 11 is restored by inserting the setting data, the registration data, and the opening data into the management terminal 11 (steps 400 to 450).
[0087]
When the management terminal 11 is restored in this way, the backed-up payment FD is set in the management terminal 11, the FD data is read into the system, and only the backup file having the extension BK in the FD data is read. Let the system read it.
[0088]
In this manner, the process of restoring the FD backup file on the management terminal 11 ends.
[0089]
If communication with the management terminal could not be performed due to the payment terminal or the settlement terminal, the off-payment processing shown in FIG. 22 is performed.
[0090]
In the above embodiment, the backup process of the deposit data is performed by a flexible disk, but the backup process may be performed by using another removable medium such as MO, MD, DVD, PD.
[0091]
In the embodiment, only one error relating to one terminal is displayed at a time. However, regarding an error relating to a plurality of terminals or a plurality of errors relating to one terminal, these are displayed side by side vertically or horizontally. Or may be superimposed and displayed.
[0092]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the management terminal sequentially downloads the information indicating the deposit status of each register and the information indicating the device status of the sales deposit adjustment machine from each sales deposit adjustment machine, and according to the extracted information. , The presence or absence of payment settlement of each register, the register number for which the payment processing for the same day was performed again among the registers from which the information indicating the payment state was acquired, and the equipment state of each payment settlement machine are displayed almost in real time. As a result, the efficiency of accounting operations can be significantly improved.
[0093]
Further, the cash register list to which the final total data has not been sent can be displayed on the host computer in real time, so that the accounting efficiency can be remarkably improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a management terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of equipment arrangement in a cash room.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a cashier settlement system to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a payment system in the cashier payment system of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a deposit system in the cashier settlement system of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a deposit terminal of the deposit system.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a management system in the cashier settlement system of FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of a management terminal.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a storage format of a register data management table.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a storage format of a terminal status management table.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a daily operation procedure of the deposit system.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a management menu screen of the management terminal. .
FIG. 13 is a view showing a screen for a cash register status on the way;
FIG. 14 is a diagram generally showing a simplified screen of a status of a cash collection register on the way; .
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a non-payment monitor screen.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an untransmitted monitor screen.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a print example of a register status monitor.
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a print example of a non-payment and non-transmission list.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an error display processing procedure of the management terminal.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an error display screen of the management terminal.
FIG. 21 is an exemplary flowchart showing the procedure of FDD data backup storage processing in the payment system.
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the FDD data download processing procedure in the management terminal.
[Explanation of symbols]
1. Store computer
2. Form printer
4: Host computer
10. Management system
11 Management terminal
20 ... Payment system
21 ... Payment terminal
30 ... Adjustment system

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In a sales settlement system comprising a plurality of sales settlement machines for depositing and adjusting the sales of each register for each register number, and a management terminal for receiving and totaling the settlement data from the plurality of sales settlement machines,
A first storage table for storing information indicating a deposit state for each register number;
A second storage table for storing information indicating various device states of the sales payment controller;
Respectively,
The management terminal is
Communication means for performing a communication operation of sequentially obtaining the storage contents of the first and second storage tables of the plurality of sales payment machines at predetermined time intervals;
A third storage table in which the acquired data of the first storage table is sequentially stored;
A fourth storage table that is stored and updated with the acquired data of the second storage table;
In accordance with the contents of the third and fourth storage tables, the presence or absence of payment settlement of each register, the register number for which the payment processing for the same day has been performed again among the registers for which the information indicating the payment state has been acquired, and each payment settlement machine Display control means for displaying the device status of
A sales settlement system comprising: A host computer connected to the management terminal via a communication line and receiving, from the management terminal, tally data of each register tallyed at the management terminal,
The management terminal is
A second display control for identifying a cash register number that has not transmitted the total data to the host computer according to the contents of the third storage table and the communication contents with the host computer, and displaying the cash register number list; 2. The sales settlement system according to claim 1, further comprising means. The display control means,
When an error of the payment controller is detected from the contents of the fourth storage table, an error display control means for interrupting a currently displayed screen and displaying an error display screen corresponding to the detected error is provided. The sales settlement system according to claim 1, wherein

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