JP4454616B2 - Car wash machine sales amount totaling system and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine sales amount totaling system and method.

  Recently, a so-called self-washing machine in which a car wash user performs a series of processes such as selecting a car wash course and depositing a car wash fee in a self-service manner has been widely used.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for connecting a POS device to a self-car wash machine via a digital bus.

If the POS device is connected to the self-washing machine in this way, the sales information on the self-washing machine can be transmitted to the POS device, so that the POS device easily counts the sales amount at the self-washing machine Will be able to.
JP-A-1-240349

  However, the above-described conventional technology has the following problems.

  The first problem is to manually input the collected amount into the POS device on the POS device side in order to check whether the sum total of the sales amount of the self-washing machine matches the collected amount collected from the self-washing machine. It is necessary to perform an operation such as doing so, and the management of the sales amount becomes complicated.

  The second problem is that it is not possible to confirm whether or not a cash collection operation for collecting cash in the self-car wash machine has been performed on the POS device side.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to sell car wash machines that can easily manage the total amount of the self car wash machine on the POS device side, and can easily check the presence or absence of a cash collection operation in the self car wash machine. The object is to provide a monetary summarization system and method.

In order to achieve the above object, the car wash machine sales amount totaling system of the present invention is:
A car wash machine sales amount totaling system comprising a car wash and a POS device for totaling the sales amount of the car wash machine,
The car wash machine
A cash storage section for storing cash deposited as a car wash fee;
When a sales operation including a deposit operation for a car wash fee is performed, a sales information transmission unit that transmits sales information including the sales amount representing the deposited amount to the POS device;
A sales amount recording unit that records the sales amount of the sales information transmitted to the POS device;
An opening / closing detection unit for detecting whether or not the cash collection opening / closing door of the cash storage unit has been opened;
When it is detected by the opening / closing detection unit that the opening / closing door has been opened, the collection information including the collection amount representing the amount currently recorded by the sales amount recording unit is sent to the POS device. A collection information transmission unit for transmitting
The POS device is
A sales information storage unit for storing the sales information received from the car wash machine;
When the collection information is received from the car wash machine, the sales amount of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit is aggregated in a lump, and whether the aggregated amount matches the collection amount of the collection information And an aggregation processing unit for confirming whether or not.

In order to achieve the above object, the car wash machine sales amount totaling method of the present invention is:
A car wash machine sales amount totaling method by a car wash machine and a POS device that totals the sales amount of the car wash machine,
When the car wash machine performs a sales operation including a deposit operation of a car wash fee, a sales information transmission step of transmitting sales information including the sales amount representing the deposited amount to the POS device;
A sales amount recording step in which the car wash machine records a sales amount of the sales information transmitted to the POS device in a sales amount recording unit;
A sales information storage step in which the POS device stores the sales information received from the car wash machine in a sales information storage unit;
An opening / closing detection step for detecting whether or not the cash collection opening / closing door of the cash storage unit storing the cash deposited as the car wash fee is opened,
When it is detected that the opening / closing door is opened, the car wash machine collects collection information including a collection amount representing an amount currently recorded in the sales amount recording unit to the POS device. A collection information sending step to send;
When the POS device receives the collection information from the car wash machine, it collects the sales amount of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit in a lump, and the aggregated amount is the collection amount of the collection information. And a totalizing process step for confirming whether or not the money amount matches.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a sales operation is performed in the car wash machine, the sales information is transmitted to the POS device, and the sales information is stored in the POS device. When the door of the cash storage part is opened by the car wash machine, the collection information is sent to the POS device, and the sales amount of the sales information is summed up at the POS device, and the total amount matches the collection amount. It will be confirmed.

  Therefore, even if multiple cash collection operations are performed multiple times within the same day in the car wash machine, the sales amount of the car wash machine can be easily managed on the POS device side because the total amount matches the collection amount. The effect of being able to be obtained.

  In addition, by transmitting the collection information from the car wash machine to the POS device, the POS device side can easily confirm the presence or absence of a cash collection operation in the car wash machine.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the car wash machine sales amount totaling system of the present embodiment includes a self car wash machine (hereinafter simply referred to as “car wash machine”) 10 and a POS device 20.

  In addition, as a connection method between the car wash machine 10 and the POS device 20, for example, a method of connecting via a digital bus as in Patent Document 1 can be used, but there is no particular limitation.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a main part for carrying out the present invention, and in fact, a car wash machine main body for performing car wash is naturally provided.

  The car wash machine 10 includes an input unit 11, a cash storage unit 12, a sales information transmission unit 13, a sales amount recording unit 14, an opening / closing detection unit 15, and a collection information transmission unit 16.

  The input unit 11 is an operation panel or the like on which a car wash user selects a car wash course.

  The cash storage unit 12 stores the cash deposited by the car wash user as a car wash fee from a cash slot (not shown). The cash stored in the cash storage unit 12 is collected by opening a cash collection opening / closing door (not shown) by a collection member of a trader.

  When the car wash user performs a sales operation such as selecting a car wash course and depositing a car wash fee, as shown in Table 1, the sales information transmission unit 13 deposits the car wash ID representing the identifier of the car wash machine 10 and the car wash fee. The sales information including the payment date and time indicating the received date and the sales amount indicating the amount of money received is transmitted to the POS device 20.

  The sales amount recording unit 14 records the sales amount of the sales amount of the sales information transmitted from the sales information transmission unit 13 to the POS device 20.

  Specifically, the sales amount recording unit 14 is credited between the previous cash collection time and the current cash collection amount of the sales information of the sales information transmitted from the sales information transmission unit 13 to the POS device 20. Record only the sales amount. It should be noted that whether or not the sales amount has been deposited between the previous cash collection time and the current cash collection time is determined based on the date and time when the sales information is received, and the opening / closing detection unit 15 opens the door of the cash storage unit 12. The determination is made according to whether or not this is between the date and time when the previous detection was performed and the date and time when the current detection was performed.

  The opening / closing detection unit 15 detects whether or not the cash collection opening / closing door of the cash storage unit 12 has been opened when the trader's collection member performs a cash collection operation of collecting cash from the cash storage unit 12. As a detection method, for example, a general method is used in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are arranged at appropriate positions, and detection is performed depending on whether or not the light from the light emitting element can be received by the light receiving element. There is no particular limitation.

  When the opening / closing detection unit 15 detects that the opening / closing door of the cash storage unit 12 is opened, the collection information transmission unit 16 stores the cash in the car wash machine ID / opening / closing detection unit 15 as shown in Table 2. The collection information including the collection date and time representing the date and time when the opening / closing door of the unit 12 is detected and the collection amount representing the amount recorded at that time by the sales amount recording unit 14 is stored in the POS device 20. Send to.

  The POS device 20 includes a sales information receiving unit 21, a sales information storage unit 22, a collection information receiving unit 23, and a totalization processing unit 24.

  The sales information receiving unit 21 receives the sales information transmitted from the car wash machine 10.

  The sales information storage unit 22 stores the sales information received by the sales information receiving unit 21.

  The collection information receiving unit 23 receives the collection information transmitted from the car wash machine 10.

  When the collection information receiving unit 23 receives the collection information, the totalization processing unit 24 collects the sales amount of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit 22 in a lump, and the total amount is calculated as the collection amount of the collection information. After confirming that they match, the total amount is output in a slip.

  Specifically, the totalization processing unit 24 selects only the sales amount received from the previous cash collection to the current cash collection out of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit 22. Are aggregated together. In addition, the judgment of whether or not the sales amount received from the previous cash collection to the current cash collection is based on whether the payment date of the sales information is the collection date of the collection information received last time and the collection information received this time. Judgment is made according to whether or not it is between the collection dates.

  The operation of the car wash machine sales amount totaling system of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the car wash machine 10, a car wash user performs a sales operation such as selecting a car wash course and depositing a car wash fee (step 201).

  Then, the sales information transmitting unit 13 transmits the sales information including the car wash machine ID, the payment date and time, the sales amount, etc. to the POS device 20 (step 202).

  The sales amount recording unit 14 records the sales amount received from the previous cash collection to the current cash collection out of the sales information transmitted from the sales information transmission unit 13 to the POS device 20. (Step 203).

  In the POS device 20, when sales information is received by the sales information receiving unit 21 (step 204), the sales information storage unit 22 stores the sales information (step 205).

  Thereafter, the above operation is repeated each time a sales operation is performed until it is detected that the opening / closing door of the cash storage unit 12 of the car wash machine 10 is opened.

  Here, in the car wash machine 10, the opening / closing detection unit 15 detects that the opening / closing door of the cash storage unit 12 has been opened when a collector of the trader performs a cash recovery operation for collecting cash from the cash storage unit 12. (Step 206).

  Then, the collection information transmission unit 16 transmits the collection information including the car wash machine ID, the collection date and time, the collection amount, and the like to the POS device 20 (Step 207).

  In the POS device 20, when the collection information is received by the collection information receiving unit 23 (step 208), the tabulation processing unit 24 performs tabulation processing (step 209). Specifically, the aggregation processing unit 24 performs a sales finalization (clamping) process on the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit 22, and the current cash amount from the previous cash collection out of the sales amount of the sales information. The sales amount received until the time of collection is totalized, and after confirming that the total amount matches the amount of collection included in the collection information, the total amount is output in a slip.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when a sales operation is performed in the car wash machine 10, the sales information is transmitted to the POS device 20, and the sales information is stored in the POS device 20. Then, when a cash collection operation is performed in the car wash machine 10 and the opening / closing door of the cash storage unit 12 is opened, the collection information is transmitted to the POS device 20, and the sales amount of the sales information is collectively collected by the POS device 20. The data is aggregated, and it is confirmed that the aggregated amount matches the collected amount.

  Therefore, even if a plurality of cash collection operations are performed a plurality of times within the same day in the car wash machine 10, the total amount of money matches the collected money on the POS device 20 side, so the sales amount of the car wash machine 10 can be easily increased. Can be managed.

  In addition, by transmitting the collection information from the car wash machine 10 to the POS device 20, it is possible to easily confirm whether or not there is a cash collection operation in the car wash machine 10 on the POS device 20 side.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the car wash machine sales amount totaling system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the car wash machine sales amount totaling system shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Self-washing machine 11 Input part 12 Cash storage part 13 Sales information transmission part 14 Sales amount recording part 15 Open / close detection part 16 Collection information transmission part 20 POS device 21 Sales information reception part 22 Sales information storage part 23 Collection information reception part 24 Total Processing part

Claims (2)

A car wash machine sales amount totaling system comprising a car wash and a POS device for totaling the sales amount of the car wash machine,
The car wash machine
A cash storage section for storing cash deposited as a car wash fee;
When a sales operation including a deposit operation for a car wash fee is performed, a sales information transmission unit that transmits sales information including a sales amount representing the deposited amount to the POS device;
A sales amount recording unit that records the sales amount of the sales information transmitted to the POS device;
An opening / closing detection unit for detecting whether or not the cash collection opening / closing door of the cash storage unit has been opened;
When it is detected by the opening / closing detection unit that the opening / closing door is opened, collection information including a collection amount representing the amount currently recorded by the sales amount recording unit is sent to the POS device. A collection information transmission unit for transmitting
The POS device is
A sales information storage unit for storing the sales information received from the car wash machine;
When the collection information is received from the car wash machine, the sales amount of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit is aggregated in a lump, and whether the aggregated amount matches the collection amount of the collection information possess an aggregate processing unit to confirm whether or not,
The sales information transmission unit also transmits the date and time of payment of the car wash fee in the sales information,
The sales amount accounting unit detects the current payment date and time when the opening / closing detection unit previously detected that the opening / closing door was opened in the sales information transmitted to the POS device. Only the sales amount of sales information between the date and time
The collection information transmission unit transmits the collection information including the collection date and time indicating the date and time when the opening / closing detection unit detected that the opening and closing door was opened,
In the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit, the aggregation processing unit is configured to store sales information in which the payment date / time is between the collection date / time of the collection information received last time and the collection date / time of the collection information received this time. A car wash machine sales amount totaling system that collects only the sales amount in a lump and checks whether the total amount is the same as the amount collected in the collection information received this time . A car wash machine sales amount totaling method by a car wash machine and a POS device that totals the sales amount of the car wash machine,
When the car wash machine performs a sales operation including a deposit operation of a car wash fee, a sales information transmission step of transmitting sales information including the sales amount representing the deposited amount to the POS device;
A sales amount recording step in which the car wash machine records a sales amount of the sales information transmitted to the POS device in a sales amount recording unit;
A sales information storage step in which the POS device stores the sales information received from the car wash machine in a sales information storage unit;
An opening / closing detection step for detecting whether or not the cash collection opening / closing door of the cash storage unit storing the cash deposited as the car wash fee is opened,
When it is detected that the opening / closing door is opened, the car wash machine collects collection information including a collection amount representing an amount currently recorded in the sales amount recording unit to the POS device. A collection information sending step to send;
When the POS device receives the collection information from the car wash machine, it collects the sales amount of the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit in a lump, and the aggregated amount is the collection amount of the collection information. have a and aggregation processing step of confirming whether or not to match the amount of money,
In the sales information transmission step, the payment date and time of the car wash fee is also included in the sales information and transmitted.
In the sales amount recording step, in the sales information transmitted to the POS device, the payment date / time is between the date / time when the opening / closing door was previously detected and the date / time when this time was detected. Record only the sales amount of sales information,
In the collection information transmission step, a collection date and time indicating the date and time when the opening / closing door is detected to be opened is also included in the collection information and transmitted.
In the aggregation processing step, among the sales information stored in the sales information storage unit, the payment date and time of the sales information that is between the collection date and time of the collection information received last time and the collection date and time of the collection information received this time A car wash machine sales amount summarization method that sums up only the sales amount in a lump and checks whether or not the sum of the sum total matches the amount collected in the collection information received this time .

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