JP5429096B2 - Mobile terminal, control method, program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to control of form printing by a portable terminal represented by a handy terminal.

  In recent years, with the miniaturization of information devices and printers, it is possible to perform form printing using a portable terminal without any restrictions on place or time. Such a form output method is known for meter reading operations such as electricity, gas, and water, in which an operator visits a customer's entrance and outputs a form on the spot. A user of the mobile terminal executes processing such as data input, storage, and transmission using an application installed in the mobile terminal.

  In meter reading work, when outputting a meter reading slip or the like using a portable terminal, a meter reading result of each customer is input, and a meter reading slip or invoice in which the meter reading result is described is output to each customer.

  However, for example, when a parent pays for a child's electricity bill, gas bill, water bill, etc. In summary, it was necessary to calculate the total amount and pay.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for collecting bills from a plurality of claimants and notifying the demandee of the total amount.

JP 2003-187159 A

  However, the description described in the above-mentioned patent document 1 collects requests from a plurality of claimants and charges the same requestee, and collects and pays for different requestees. It is not considered to charge the person.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a total of the charges of a plurality of customers when a customer pays the charges of a plurality of customers in a meter reading operation using a mobile terminal. The purpose is to provide a mechanism to notify the value.

The present invention is a portable terminal used in a meter reading operation by a meter reading operator, customer information storage means for storing customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of the customer who is a target of the meter reading operation, A meter reading target accepting unit that accepts selection of a customer to be subject to meter reading work, a meter reading result accepting unit that accepts a customer meter reading result accepted by the meter reading target accepting unit, and a meter reading result accepted by the meter reading result accepting unit are stored. Meter reading result storage means, for the parent customer corresponding to the parent specified from the customer information stored in the customer information storage means, the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer who has a parent-child relationship with the parent customer And an output means for outputting a total value.
Further, the present invention is a method for controlling a portable terminal that stores customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of a customer who is a target of the meter-reading work, which is used in the meter-reading work by the meter-reading worker. The meter reading target accepting means of the terminal accepts the selection of the customer to be subject to the meter reading work, and the meter reading result accepting means of the portable terminal accepts the customer meter reading result accepted in the meter reading target accepting step. The meter reading result receiving step, the meter reading result storage unit of the portable terminal stores the meter reading result received in the meter reading result receiving step, and the output unit of the portable terminal stores the customer information storing step. For the parent customer who is the parent specified by the acquired customer information, the total value of the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer who has a parent-child relationship with the parent customer is output Characterized in that it comprises an that output step.
Further, the present invention is a program that is used in a meter reading operation by a meter reading operator and that can be executed by a portable terminal that stores customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of the customer who is a target of the meter reading operation. , Customer information storage means for storing customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of the customer who is the subject of the meter-reading work, and a meter-reading target that accepts selection of the customer who is the subject of the meter-reading work A receiving means, a meter reading result receiving means for receiving the meter reading result of the customer received by the meter reading target receiving means, a meter reading result storing means for storing the meter reading result received by the meter reading result receiving means, and stored in the customer information storing means For the parent customer who is the parent identified from the acquired customer information, the total of the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer who has a parent-child relationship with the parent customer Characterized in that to function as output means for outputting.

  According to the present invention, in a meter reading operation using a mobile terminal, when one customer pays a plurality of customers' charges together, the total value of the charges of the plurality of customers is given to the customer who makes the payment. It is possible to provide a notification mechanism.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the portable terminal in FIG. It is a functional block diagram of the portable terminal in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process which the portable terminal in this embodiment performs It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on the portable terminal in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on the portable terminal in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed on the portable terminal in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the meter-reading data table in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the parent-child relationship table in this embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of the present embodiment.

  The system according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which a mobile terminal 101 and an information processing apparatus 102 are connected to be communicable with each other via a network 103 such as a LAN.

  The mobile terminal 101 is used for user meter reading work and the like. The meter reading data table (FIG. 8) and the parent-child relationship table (FIG. 9) are received from the information processing apparatus 102, and the user accepts the selection of processing, inputs the meter reading, prints the meter reading slip, and transmits the meter reading data to the information processing apparatus 102. Etc. are possible. Note that there may be a plurality of mobile terminals 101.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 101 and the information processing apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration in the mobile terminal 101 and the information processing apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU 201 that controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204 in an integrated manner.

  Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary for realizing a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) that is a control program of the CPU 201, an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS), and a function executed by the server or each client. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executing the program.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown).

  A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on the display 210. The display may be a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.

  The memory controller (MC) 207 is a hard disk (HD), floppy disk (registered trademark) (FD), or PCMCIA that stores a boot program, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a compact flash memory connected to the card slot via an adapter.

  A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via the network 103, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the display 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example.

  Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display 210.

  A program for realizing the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211, and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary.

  The printer controller 212 controls a printing machine such as a thermal dot line type printer 213.

  The scanner controller 214 controls a discriminator such as the scanner 215.

  Further, various data and various tables used by the program according to the present invention are stored in the external memory 211, and detailed description thereof will be described later. It should be noted that not all devices have these configurations, and it is only necessary to provide necessary devices.

  Next, the module configuration of the portable terminal 101 of the present invention will be described using FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a module configuration in the mobile terminal 101.

  Reference numeral 301 denotes a meter reading input unit that accepts an input of a customer meter reading result in accordance with a user operation.

  A meter reading slip generation unit 302 applies the meter reading result and customer information received by the meter reading input unit to the template to generate meter reading slip data. The form template for outputting the meter reading result is stored in the storage area such as the external memory 211 described above, and when the output instruction is issued from the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 101, the form template is acquired from the external memory 211 or the like. In the generation unit, the meter reading result (form) data is generated by applying the meter reading result to the template.

  A print control unit 303 accepts selection of printing / non-printing (post-output) of meter reading slip data, and performs printing with a printer when a printing instruction is accepted.

  A parent-child relationship determination unit 304 determines a parent-child relationship of a customer who performs meter reading. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the customer selected as a customer who performs meter reading by the user has a parent-child relationship, and whether the selected customer is a parent or a child.

  If there is a customer corresponding to the child, it is determined whether or not the meter reading of all the children has been completed.

  Reference numeral 305 denotes an unprinted data storage unit that temporarily stores meter reading data of a child customer in a predetermined storage area of the external memory 211.

  A customer information storage unit 306 stores and manages a parent-child relationship table (customer information in the present invention in FIG. 9) received from the information processing apparatus 102. (Customer information storage means)

  A total value calculation unit 307 calculates the total value of the meter reading results of the child customers stored in the unprinted data storage unit 305.

  Next, meter reading work processing in the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Note that the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is performed by the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 101 according to control by a program recorded in a storage area such as the external memory 211.

  In step S401, the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 101 displays a main menu screen (FIG. 5-501) on the display 210.

  When the meter reading menu on the main menu screen displayed in step S401 is selected by the user, the meter reading menu screen (FIG. 5-502) is displayed in step S402.

  When the customer overview on the meter reading menu screen displayed in step S402 is selected by the user, a customer list screen (FIG. 5-503) is displayed on the display 210 in step S403.

  In step S404, the selection of a customer to be meter-reading is accepted from the user from the customers displayed on the customer list screen. (Measuring target acceptance means)

  In step S405, it is determined whether there is a customer who has a parent-child relationship with the customer selected in step S404 (parent-child relationship determination means). Specifically, the customer number 902 of the customer selected in step S404 is searched from the parent-child relationship table (for example, FIG. 9) stored in the storage area such as the external memory 211, and the corresponding customer number 902 is searched. Judgment is made from the parent-child relationship 901 to be made.

  In the example of FIG. 9, the customer whose customer number is “123456-1” is the parent of the customer of “123456-2” and the customer of “123456-3”. In addition, for customers whose customer numbers are “123456-4” and “123456-5”, this indicates that there is no customer in a parent-child relationship.

  If it is determined in step S405 that there is no customer who has a parent-child relationship (step S405: none), the process proceeds to step S409. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S405 that there is a parent-child customer (step S405: present), the process proceeds to step S406.

  In step S406, it is determined whether the customer selected in step S404 is a parent or a child.

  Specifically, if the value of the parent-child relationship 901 in the parent-child relationship table (FIG. 9) is “0”, the customer is a parent, and if it is “1”, the customer is a child and “9”. Judge that the customer has no parent-child relationship.

  When it is determined that the customer selected in step S404 is a child (step S406: child), the process proceeds to step S409.

  On the other hand, if it is determined to be a parent (step S406: parent), the process proceeds to step S407.

  In step S407, it is determined whether or not the customer's meter reading corresponding to his / her child has been completed. Specifically, first, a customer (customer corresponding to his / her child) whose parent customer number 903 is set to the same value as his / her customer number in the parent-child relationship table (FIG. 9) is searched. Then, the value of the meter reading state 904 of the customer corresponding to the child is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the meter has been read. In the example of FIG. 9, if the value of the meter reading state 904 is “0”, the meter reading is not performed, and if the value is “1”, the meter reading is completed. (Measuring meter end determination means)

  For example, the children of the customer number “123456-1” are “123456-2” and “123456-3”, and “1” is set in the meter reading state 904, so that all the meter readings of the child customers have been completed. It is judged.

  If it is determined in step S407 that all of the customer's meter readings corresponding to his / her child have been completed (step S407: YES), the process proceeds to step S409. On the other hand, if it is determined that the meter reading of the customer corresponding to his / her child has not been completed (step S407: NO), the process proceeds to step S408.

  In step S408, an error screen shown as an example in FIG. 7 is displayed, and the user is prompted to perform meter reading of the child customer first (notification means).

  In step S409, input of the meter reading result of the customer selected in step S404 is accepted. (Measuring result acceptance means)

  In step S410, a meter reading request screen (FIG. 6-601) is displayed in accordance with the input value, and pressing of a confirmation button is accepted (step S411).

  When the pressing of the confirmation button is accepted in step S411, the value input in step S409 is set in the current pointer 804 in the meter reading data table (FIG. 8). Also, “1” is set in the meter reading state 904 of the parent-child relationship table (FIG. 9). (Step S412) (Measuring result storage means)

  In step S413, it is determined whether the customer for whom meter reading has been performed (the customer whose meter reading result has been input in step S409) is a child customer.

  If it is determined that the customer is a child customer (step S413: YES), the processing of this flowchart is terminated. If it is determined that the customer is not a child customer (parent customer or customer having no parent-child relationship) (step S413: NO), the process proceeds to step S414.

  In step S414, a form print screen (FIG. 6-603) is displayed. When the user presses the print button on the form print screen, a form on which the meter reading result is described is output (step S415). (Output means)

  Here, when outputting the form of the parent customer, a form indicating the result (total value) including the result of meter reading of the customer corresponding to the child of the parent customer is output. Specifically, the calculation is performed by adding up the values set in the current guideline 804 of the customer who is the child of the parent customer.

  In the processing of this flowchart, the form in which only the meter reading result of the child customer is described is not output, but the form may be output to the child customer.

  That is, if the total value including the meter reading result of the child customer can be shown to the parent customer, the problem of the present invention can be solved. May be adopted.

  Note that when outputting a form to a child customer, the processing of step S414 and step S415 is executed even if it is determined in step S413 that the customer is a child customer. However, the processing for calculating the total value of the meter reading results in step S415 is not executed, and a form in which only the meter reading result of the child customer is described is output.

  By executing the processing described above, if the customer has a parent-child relationship, the meter reading of the parent customer will not be accepted unless all the child customers have already read the meter, and the total value of the meter reading results of the child customer will not be accepted by the parent customer. Notification can be made.

  The present invention can also be achieved by supplying a program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely to a system or apparatus, and the system or apparatus reads and executes the supplied program code. The Accordingly, the program code itself installed in the computer in order to realize the functional processing of the present invention by the computer is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In this case, the program may be in any form as long as it has a program function, such as an object code, a program executed by an interpreter, or script data supplied to the OS.

  Examples of the recording medium for supplying the program include a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk (CD, DVD), a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, and a ROM.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

101 mobile terminal 102 information processing apparatus

Claims (5)

A portable terminal used for meter reading work by a meter reading operator,
Customer information storage means for storing customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of the customer who is the subject of the meter reading operation;
A meter reading target accepting means for accepting a selection of a customer to be a target of the meter reading work;
A meter reading result receiving unit for receiving a meter reading result of a customer received by the meter reading target receiving unit;
Meter reading result storage means for storing the meter reading result received by the meter reading result receiving means;
For the parent customer who is the parent specified from the customer information stored in the customer information storage means, the total value of the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer having a parent-child relationship with the parent customer is output. Output means;
A portable terminal comprising: A parent-child relationship determination means for determining a customer who received the selection by pre-Symbol needle target reception unit whether a parent customer,
Meter reading end determination means for determining whether or not the meter reading result of the child customer has been received by the meter reading result receiving means,
When it is determined by the parent-child relationship determining means that the customer selected by the meter-reading target receiving means is a parent customer, the meter-reading result receiving means is a child having a parent-child relationship with the parent customer by the meter-reading end determining means. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that a meter reading result of a customer is received, the meter reading result of the parent customer is received. It is determined by the parent-child relationship determining means that the customer received by the meter-reading object receiving means is a parent customer, and the meter-reading end determining means determines that the meter-reading result of a child customer having a parent-child relationship with the parent customer is not received. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, further comprising notification means for notifying that there is a child customer who has not received the meter reading result . An information processing method in a portable terminal that stores customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of a customer who is a target of the meter-reading work, which is used in a meter-reading work by a meter-reading worker,
The meter-reading object accepting unit of the portable terminal accepts the selection of a customer who is the object of the meter-reading work;
The meter reading result receiving unit of the portable terminal receives the meter reading result of the customer received in the meter reading target receiving step,
The meter reading result storage unit of the portable terminal stores the meter reading result received in the meter reading result receiving step,
The total value of the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer who has a parent-child relationship with the parent customer for the parent customer who is the parent specified by the stored customer information by the output means of the portable terminal An output process for outputting
An information processing method comprising: A program executed in a portable terminal for storing customer information including information indicating a parent-child relationship between customers of a customer who is a target of the meter-reading work, used in a meter-reading work by a meter-reading worker,
The portable terminal;
A meter reading target accepting means for accepting a selection of a customer to be a target of the meter reading work;
A meter reading result receiving unit for receiving a meter reading result of a customer received by the meter reading target receiving unit;
Meter reading result storage means for storing the meter reading result received by the meter reading result receiving means;
For the parent customer who is the parent specified from the customer information stored in the customer information storage means, the total value of the meter reading result of the parent customer and the meter reading result of the customer having a parent-child relationship with the parent customer is output. A program characterized by functioning as an output means.

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