JP4860528B2 - Voucher printing system, voucher canceling method, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a slip printing system, a slip canceling method , a program thereof, and a recording medium, and in particular, slip printing suitable for a meter reading operator such as water and gas to print a slip using a portable terminal based on a meter reading result. The present invention relates to a system, a slip cancellation method , a program thereof, and a recording medium .

  For example, expenses related to public services such as electricity, water and city gas are generally borne by the user based on the total amount of the basic fee and the usage fee according to the monthly usage amount of each user (or household). . And the amount of usage is determined by monthly reading of electricity, water and gas meters installed in each user's home by workers (meter readers) of these service providers or companies entrusted by the company. ing.

  An operator (meter-reader) generally carries a terminal device (handy terminal), goes to each user's home, visually checks the meter's pointers, and checks the difference between the previous and current guidelines (or readings). Determine usage. This terminal device generally has a communication function, and communicates with a server installed in the center (or headquarters) to input meter reading data by an operator (meter reading person). Then, the monthly billing amount is calculated, the calculation result is received by the terminal device, and the usage fee is printed on a slip, that is, a meter reading slip (also invoice) by the built-in printer (printing means) and distributed to each user. To do.

  In general, a monthly usage amount and a usage fee based on the monthly usage amount and a personal information such as a user name and address are printed on a slip distributed to each user. However, the handling of personal information is restricted by law and must be strictly managed. That is, a service provider company or a company entrusted by the service provider needs to handle it with sufficient care so that personal information is not leaked to others and illegally used.

  For example, if the meter reading data is erroneously input and printed on a slip, the correct data is input and a formal slip is printed. However, since such an invalid invalid slip contains the personal information described above, it is difficult to process it. In particular, when the worker (meter reader) is out of office, it cannot be discarded as it is, and even if it is an invalid slip, it cannot be discarded and must be stored for a certain period of time. Sometimes it becomes.

Prior arts in or related to such technical fields are disclosed in many technical documents. For example, meter reading a water meter input at terminal to the host computer, it discloses a handy terminal system for printing the document further test needle results in meter reading printer (for example, see Patent Document 1.). In addition, an electronic cash register is disclosed in which, when merchandise sales data or the like is input and a receipt is printed out, erroneous data is printed with a strike-through line so that it can be easily viewed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). Furthermore, an image forming apparatus that prints or fills a specified color in a ruled line frame of a form is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 3).
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-286650 (page 4-5, FIG. 1) JP 62-143199 A (page 2-3, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-284533 (page 4, FIG. 2)

  The prior art has a problem that requires a solution. For example, when canceling a slip such as a meter reading slip, the wrong slip is discarded as it is, or an identifiable marking such as “Cancel” is handwritten or additionally printed or discarded or stored. However, a slip or the like including personal information has a problem that if the slip is lost at the time of disposal or during storage, personal information printed on the slip may be leaked. Also, even if the print data is painted out with a magic ink or a pen, the method of erasing is insufficient and personal information may be legible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and eliminates or reduces such problems, that is, eliminates or minimizes the risk of leakage of personal information that needs to be strictly managed. An object is to provide a slip printing system, a slip canceling method , a program thereof, and a recording medium .

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the above-described object, the printing system, slip canceling method, terminal device program and recording medium according to the present invention employ the following characteristic configurations.

(1) A printing device, a computing device, a memory for storing data and a program, an input device, a display device, and a portable terminal including a communication device that communicates with a server via a communication network, Downloaded from the server by the communication means of the portable terminal, and a meter-reading operator who reads the usage amount of household electricity, water, gas, etc. carries the portable terminal and uses the input means to read the meter reading result of the corresponding meter. In a slip printing system for inputting and printing by the printing means to create a slip,
When the meter reading result input by the meter reading operator is incorrect, the corresponding part of the erroneously input meter reading result and the part including personal information of the printed slip are made unreadable by the printing unit. and slip,
A slip printing system that indicates that the cancellation slip is a cancellation slip by printing characters “cancel” at a desired position by the printing means.
(2) The slip printing system according to (1), wherein the process of making the portion corresponding to the meter reading result and the personal information unreadable is filled or overwritten by the printing unit.
( 3 ) The meter reading result obtained by meter reading the meter by the meter reading operator by the portable terminal carried by the meter reading operator who measures the amount of electricity, water or gas used in the home, and the portable terminal is connected to the communication network. In the slip cancellation method for canceling the printed slip when there is an error in the slip created by the printing means of the mobile terminal based on the personal information downloaded from the server via
Filling the area for printing the personal information of the cancellation slip with the printing means to make it unreadable;
A slip canceling method comprising: printing a character of “cancel” at a desired position of the slip and clearly indicating that the slip is a cancel slip.
( 4 ) The slip canceling method according to ( 3 ), including a step of searching for a corresponding slip when there is an error in the data of the printed slip.
( 5 ) The slip canceling method according to ( 3 ) or ( 4 ), further comprising the step of filling in at least an area including the erroneous meter reading result of the cancel slip by the printing means to make it unreadable.
( 6 ) A program that causes a computer to execute the processing steps described in any of ( 3 ) to ( 5 ) above.
( 7 ) A computer-readable recording medium storing the program of ( 6 ) above.

According to the voucher printing system, voucher canceling method , program and recording medium of the present invention adopting the above-described characteristic configuration, there are the following practical effects. First, since the predetermined portion on which the personal information is printed is filled or overwritten under the same conditions as when printed on the slip, the personal information printed on the slip can be surely erased without causing uneven erase. Secondly, since the operator (meter reader) cancels the print data on the slip during the input data cancel processing by the terminal device, human errors such as forgetting to delete the print data (personal information) can be effectively prevented. is there.

  Thirdly, since the slip is directly overwritten on the slip by the printing means of the terminal device printed on the slip, the personal information can be surely made unreadable without causing a cancellation position shift or the like. Fourthly, when the printing means is a thermal printer, the print data can be erased (unreadable) without using extra ink or toner.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of a slip printing system, slip canceling method , program thereof, and recording medium according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, a preferred embodiment of a printing system (or slip printing / creating system) according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of a printing system according to the present invention.

  The printing system 10 includes a terminal device (handy terminal) 20 and a server 30 connected to the terminal device 20 via a communication network 40 such as the Internet. The terminal device 20 includes a calculation unit (for example, CPU) 22, a memory 23, a printing unit 24, an input unit 25, a display unit 26, and a communication unit 27.

  In the terminal device (handy terminal) 20 of the printing system 10 of the present invention, the computing means 22 is connected to a memory 23, a printing means 24, an input means 25, a display means 26 and a communication means 27. Control the behavior.

  Next, main functions of the constituent units 22 to 27 of the terminal device 20 will be described. The computing means 22 executes an application program stored in the memory 23. The memory 23 stores and saves application programs for the calculation means 22 and various data (for example, customer data described later). For example, the printing unit 24 performs predetermined printing on a slip (or a form) that is a sheet of a predetermined format. The input means 25 inputs data such as meter reading data of a meter by an operator (meter reading person). The display means 26 is a man-machine interface means such as a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) for displaying data. The communication unit 27 communicates with the server 30 via the communication network 40.

  The communication network 40 is, for example, a general public line, a wired / wireless LAN (local area network), or a serial interface such as IrDA or USB (universal serial bus). The communication network 40 is interposed in communication between the terminal device 20 and the server 30. The server 30 stores various data as shown in FIG. 3 in advance in a built-in memory (not shown), and can be accessed (downloaded) by accessing from the terminal device 20.

  FIG. 3 shows specific examples of various data stored and saved in a memory (for example, a hard disk drive) built in the server 30. 3A is a specific example of customer data 31, FIG. 3B is meter reading data 32, FIG. 3C is a cancellation target data 33, and FIG.

  The customer data 31 illustrated in FIG. 3A includes, for example, a customer number (or customer number) 311, a name 312, an address 313, and a previous usage amount 314. The meter reading data 32 shown in FIG. 3B includes, for example, a slip number 321, a customer number 322, a current usage amount 323, a charge amount 324, and whether or not there is a cancellation 325. The cancellation target data 33 shown in FIG. 3C includes slip number 331, customer number 332, name 333, address 334, billing date 335, meter reading date 336, previous usage 337, current usage 338, and billing amount 339. Is included. The portion to be canceled is indicated by a circle in FIG. Also, the printing position data 34 shown in FIG. 3D includes a slip number 341, a customer number 342, a name 343, an address 344, a billing year 345, a meter reading date 346, a previous usage 347, a current usage 348, and a bill. The amount 349 is included. Each print position is specified by the number of lines and the number of columns.

  The operator (operator) of the terminal device 20 downloads (reads) various data from the server 30 to the memory 23 of the terminal device (handy terminal) 20 via the communication network 40. For example, the customer data 31 illustrated in FIG. 3A, the cancellation target data 33 illustrated in FIG. 3C, and the print position data 34 illustrated in FIG. 3D are downloaded. Among them, the customer data 31 is downloaded as needed for the cancellation target data 33 and the print position data 34 for each work. At this time, target year / month data and date data not shown here are also downloaded. The application can be updated via the communication network 40. Note that the meter reading data 32 shown in FIG. 3B is created based on the meter reading operation of the operator (meter reading operator).

  Next, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 2A to 2D are specific examples of slips printed by the terminal device (handy terminal) 20 in FIG. FIG. 2A shows a printed normal slip or meter reading slip 241. For example, if the meter reader (operator) has entered data incorrectly and the usage amount is incorrect this time, write “Cancel” on the slip as shown in FIG. This is a cancellation slip 242 of the conventional example that has been erased by a line or the like. FIG. 2C is an example of a cancellation slip 243 when cancellation processing is performed by the terminal device 20 of the printing system 10 of the present invention. In the cancellation slip 243 shown in FIG. 2C, the characters “cancel” are clearly printed, and at least the name and address which are personal information (or privacy) of the user who is the customer (the specific information shown in FIG. 2C). In the cancellation slip 243, in addition to these pieces of information, the data portion relating to the usage amount and the billing amount) is overwritten or painted black, that is, unreadable. On the other hand, data such as a slip number and a customer number necessary for later processing is left as it is (not painted out).

  Next, the operation of a specific example of creating a water meter meter with the printing system 10 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing steps of creating the meter reading slip 241 shown in FIG. On the other hand, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing steps from the meter reading operation to the cancellation process by the printing system 10.

  First, a description will be given with reference to FIG. When performing a meter reading operation, the meter reading operator first downloads customer data 31 shown in FIG. 3A from the server 30 and creates new data (step S101). This is the basis of each meter reading data 32 in FIG. At this time, the slip number 321 is numbered sequentially. Next, the corresponding name 312 is selected from the customer data 31 (step S102). Further, the water usage amount 323 read from the meter is input (step S103). Then, the billing amount 324 is calculated from the usage amount (step S104). The customer number 322 downloaded from the customer data 31, the current usage amount 323, and the billing amount 324 are collectively associated with the slip number 321 as meter reading data.

  Next, print data is created from the customer data 31, meter reading data 32 and print position data 34 (step S105). Finally, a slip is printed based on the print data (step S106), and the slip or meter reading slip creation process is terminated. In this way, the meter reading data 32 is created and printed, but if the water usage 323 is misread or entered incorrectly (ie, it is determined that there is an error in the input data), the cancellation of the slip and the data Need to be re-entered.

  Next, the processing (and operator operation) steps of the calculation means 22 in canceling a slip will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the slip number 331 that needs to be canceled is input (step S201). Next, it is searched from the meter reading data 32 whether there is data of the corresponding slip number 321 (= 331) (step S202). If the corresponding meter reading data 32 exists as a result of the search (step S203: Yes), the cancel flag of the corresponding data is turned ON (step S204).

  Next, from the cancellation object data 33 and the print position data 34, print data for cancellation is created by setting the print position of data that needs to be filled (overwritten) to black (step S205). Here, a “cancel” mark is also added to the print data. Thereafter, cancel printing is executed (step S206), and a cancel slip or meter reading slip as shown in FIG. 2C is created. If the corresponding slip number does not exist (step S203: No), an error message is displayed on the display means 26 and the process is terminated (step S207). When the meter reading operation is completed, the meter reading operator uploads the meter reading data to the server 30 via the communication network 40.

  Another embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In the preferred embodiment described above, the cancellation slip is created by filling only the selected specific area related to the personal information of the slip. However, this other embodiment is suitable for a case where the cancellation data is diverse. It is an embodiment. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 2D, a cancellation slip is created in which a wider area is filled as the overwrite print position. Although the slip number is input at the time of cancellation, it may be printed with a barcode corresponding to the slip number (not shown) and read using a barcode scanner as the input means 25.

The slip printing system, slip canceling method , program thereof, and recording medium according to the present invention have been described in detail above. However, it should be noted that such embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that various modifications and changes can be made and various applications can be made without departing from the gist and spirit of the present invention. Note that the slip sheet may be printed on a roll sheet type or one sheet. Further, the printing by the printing means may be printing by a thermal printer (or thermal printing head) as well as printing by ink or toner. In the case of a thermal printer, it is particularly preferable because it can be easily painted without using ink or toner.

  Accordingly, the printing system, the slip canceling method, the terminal device and the program and the recording medium are data input devices having a printing function or capable of controlling the printing device and capable of canceling the printing contents. It is applicable to.

It is a functional system block diagram which shows the structure of preferred embodiment of the data input system by this invention. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a slip created by the system shown in FIG. 1, wherein (A) is a normal slip, (B) is a conventional cancel slip, and (C) is a first example of a cancel slip according to the present invention, FIG. (D) is another example of a cancellation slip according to the present invention. Specific examples of various data stored in the server in FIG. 1 are shown, (A) is customer data, (B) is meter reading data, (C) is data to be canceled, and (D) is print position data. It is a flowchart explaining the normal voucher creation step in this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the cancellation voucher creation step by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10. Printing system (slip creation system)
20 Terminal equipment (handy terminal)
22 Calculation means 23 Storage means (memory)
24 printing means 25 input means 30 server 40 communication network 31 customer data 32 meter reading data 33 cancel target data 34 print position data 241 slip 243, 244 cancel slip

Claims (7)

A portable terminal including a printing unit, a calculation unit, a memory for storing data and a program, an input unit, a display unit, and a communication unit for communicating with a server via a communication network, and necessary information is transmitted by the communication unit of the portable terminal Downloaded from the server, and a meter reading operator who reads the usage amount of household electricity, water or gas carries the portable terminal and inputs the meter reading result of the corresponding meter by the input means, In a slip printing system that creates slips by printing,
When the meter reading result input by the meter reading operator is incorrect, the corresponding part of the erroneously input meter reading result and the part including personal information of the printed slip are made unreadable by the printing unit. and slip,
The voucher printing system is characterized in that the cancellation voucher is printed with characters of “cancel” at a desired position by the printing means to indicate that the voucher is a cancellation voucher.   2. The slip printing system according to claim 1, wherein the processing for making the portion corresponding to the meter reading result and the personal information unreadable is filled or overwritten by the printing unit. A portable terminal carried by a meter-reading operator who reads the usage amount of electricity, water or gas at home, and the meter-reading result obtained by meter-reading the corresponding meter by the meter-reading worker and the portable terminal via a communication network In the slip cancellation method for canceling the printed slip when there is an error in the slip created by the printing means of the portable terminal based on the personal information downloaded from the server,
Filling the area for printing the personal information of the cancellation slip with the printing means to make it unreadable;
And a step of printing a character “cancel” at a desired position of the slip to clearly indicate that the slip is a cancel slip. 4. The slip canceling method according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of searching for a corresponding slip when there is an error in the data of the printed slip. Document cancellation method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a region including at least the incorrect meter reading result of the revocation document also further comprising the step of unreadable fill in the printing unit. A program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps described in any one of claims 3 to 5 . A computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 6 .

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