JP6380610B2 - Information processing apparatus, information display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a change management method, and a program used in a POS (Point Of Sale) system.

  At a cash register of a retail store such as a supermarket, a department store, or a convenience store, a product identification label such as a barcode attached to the product packaging is read by a POS terminal, and the product is settled. At that time, the shopper must select or combine desired methods from cash, credit cards, cash vouchers such as beer tickets and rice vouchers, and various settlement methods such as points unique to the store. Can do.

  As a voucher used at the time of settlement, there is a voucher (in-house voucher) such as a gift voucher issued independently by a group that develops retail stores such as supermarkets and department stores. The law enforced on this company's cash vouchers imposed an obligation to carry out work to ensure that a certain percentage or more of change was not repaid from the company's gift certificates for sales within a given period of the entire group. In this confirmation work, it is necessary to grasp how many company cash vouchers were used in each transaction and how much change was refunded from the company cash vouchers.

  Patent Document 1 below accepts the total amount for each payment type, such as cash or cash voucher, as an input on the POS terminal at the time of summing up the daily sales, and stores sales data that allows the total amount for each payment type to be grasped. A method has been proposed.

JP 2007-164703 A

  According to the method described in the above-mentioned patent document, the total amount of cash vouchers deposited from the shopper in each transaction can be managed, but the change paid out from the cash vouchers cannot be managed. Therefore, in the confirmation work, the employee must check all journal data, etc. over a predetermined period and grasp the total number of coins used and the total amount of change refunded from the company's cash voucher. It becomes a load.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, and provides the technique which manages the change refunded from the cash voucher in the predetermined period.

  Each aspect of the present invention employs the following configurations in order to solve the above-described problems.

A 1st aspect is related with information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect is paid out when the total amount of goods registered for settlement in a transaction and an acquisition unit that acquires a payment method type in the transaction and the payment method type is a cash voucher. And a display control unit that displays on the display unit the relationship between the specific unit that determines whether or not the amount of change is limited and whether or not the type of the change is used .

A 2nd aspect is related with the information display method performed by computers, such as information processing apparatus. The information display method according to the second aspect obtains the total amount of goods registered for settlement in a transaction and the payment method type in the transaction, and when the payment method type is a cash voucher, It is determined whether or not the type of the voucher has a restriction, and the relationship between the amount of the used voucher and the amount of change paid out is displayed on the display unit.

  As another aspect of the present invention, a program that causes at least one computer (information processing apparatus) to realize the configuration of each aspect described above may be used, or a computer that records such a program is readable. It may be a recording medium. This recording medium includes a non-transitory tangible medium.

  According to each of the above aspects, it is possible to manage the change paid back from the cash voucher during the predetermined period.

It is a figure which shows notionally the hardware structural example of the information processing system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows notionally the process structural example of a part of information processing system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which a voucher priority storage part etc. memorize | store. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which a change information storage part memorize | stores. It is a flowchart which shows the flow until a POS register | resistor apparatus memorize | stores change information in a change information storage part. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a change calculation process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a specific process. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow which the POS management apparatus in 1st Embodiment outputs a change total amount for every store. It is a figure which shows the process structural example of the information processing system in 2nd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow in which the basic | foundation apparatus in 2nd Embodiment outputs change total amount of money. It is a figure which shows notionally the structural example of the POS system in a modification.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In addition, each embodiment given below is an illustration, respectively, and this invention is not limited to the structure of each following embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
〔Device configuration〕
FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a hardware configuration example of an information processing system 1000 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1000 includes a plurality of POS register devices 1 and a POS management device 20. The POS register device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2, a memory 3, a communication device 4, a display processing device 5, an input / output interface (I / F) 6, and the like. Each of these units is connected to the bus 7, for example. The memory 3 is a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a hard disk, a portable storage medium, or the like. The communication device 4 communicates with other devices (POS management device 20 or the like) wirelessly or by wire.

  A display device is connected to the display processing device 5, and the display processing device 5 sends an image display signal for displaying an arbitrary screen to the display device in accordance with processing executed by the CPU 2.

  An input / output device is connected to the input / output I / F 6, and the input / output I / F 6 outputs sound or the like to the output device in accordance with processing executed by the CPU 2 and accepts an input signal from the input device. The POS register device 1 includes a keyboard, a touch panel unit, and the like as input devices.

  The POS management device 20 is a so-called computer, and includes a CPU 2, a memory 3, a communication device 4, a display processing device 5, an input / output I / F 6, and the like. The POS management device 20 may include a display device such as a display, and an input / output device such as a keyboard, like the POS register device 1.

  Note that the present embodiment does not limit the hardware configuration of the POS register device 1 or the POS management device 20 as described above.

[Processing configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a part of a processing configuration example of the information processing system 1000 according to the first embodiment. The information processing system 1000 according to the first embodiment includes a plurality of POS register devices 1 and a POS management device 20. Further, since only the configuration relating to the change management method is shown in FIG. 2, the POS register device 1 and the POS management device 20 have a large number of processing units other than the respective processing units shown in the drawing.

<POS register device>
The POS register device 1 includes a journal storage unit 101, a calculation unit 102, a specifying unit 103, a voucher priority storage unit 104, a change information storage unit 105, a communication processing unit 106, and the like. Each of these processing units is realized, for example, by executing a program stored in the memory 3 by the CPU 2. In addition, the program may be installed from a portable recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc) or a memory card or another device and stored in the memory 3.

  The journal storage unit 101 stores journal data for each transaction for which payment processing has been completed. Specifically, when the transaction settlement process is completed in the POS register device 1, the journal storage unit 101 stores the total amount of products registered for settlement in the transaction (hereinafter referred to as the total amount of products) from the shopper. Journal data including the payment amount for each payment method type (hereinafter referred to as payment method type amount) is stored. Here, the payment method type indicates a payment method of the price, and includes, for example, a credit card, points, cash vouchers, cash and the like. For a voucher that is one of the payment method types, information (cash code) that can identify the used voucher type is included in the journal data. As described above, in addition to beer tickets, rice coupons, etc., there are also cash vouchers issued by companies called in-house cash vouchers where the retail stores that can be used are restricted. Such a voucher type is specified by a voucher code, for example. In addition, the payment method classification amount about a cash voucher shows the total amount of the payment amount by all the cash vouchers, when multiple types of cash vouchers are used.

  In the journal data, the order of registration of payment amounts for each type of cash voucher is shown for a voucher that is one of the payment method types. For example, in the settlement processing of a certain transaction, when a cashier in charge deposits a voucher A and a voucher B from a shopper and registers them in the POS register device 1 in the order of the voucher A and the voucher B, the journal data corresponding to the transaction This “order of registration of payment amount for each type of cash voucher” is indicated in the order of cash voucher A and voucher B.

  The calculation unit 102 specifies the payment method type in which change was issued in the transaction for which the settlement process has been completed, and the change amount. Specifically, after the transaction settlement process is completed, the calculation unit 102 acquires journal data of the transaction for which the settlement process is completed. Then, the calculation unit 102 acquires the total product amount and each payment type total amount from the journal data corresponding to the transaction. Then, the calculation unit 102 sequentially subtracts each payment total amount from the product total amount in order of priority set in advance for each payment method type. As this priority order, for example, the order of credit cards, electronic money, points, cash vouchers, and cash is preset. The calculation unit 102 determines that change corresponding to the subtraction result has been issued from the payment method type whose subtraction result is less than 0.

  Here, the change amount calculation method in the calculation unit 102 is different from the change amount calculation method performed in the settlement process. For the calculation of the change amount performed in the settlement process, in the payment mode in which a fraction of the total amount of the product is paid in cash and the rest is paid in a cash voucher, the cash is paid first. On the other hand, in the calculation method in the calculation unit 102, the cash voucher is always subtracted before the cash. Thereby, the change amount calculated by the calculation part 102 may differ from the change amount actually delivered to the shopper. For example, it is assumed that the total amount of merchandise is 840 yen and the total amount of each payment type is 1,000 yen for cash vouchers and 40 yen for cash. In this case, the change amount given to the shopper is “1,000 + 40−840 = 200 yen”. However, strictly speaking, the change amount is not generated solely from the cash voucher. Therefore, the calculation unit 102 determines that the change “160 yen” (840-1,000 = −160 yen) has been issued from the cash voucher by performing the subtraction in the order of priority described above.

  The specifying unit 103 can specify the combination of the payment method type in which change has occurred and the change amount specified by the calculation unit 102, and the type of voucher to be managed among the vouchers indicated by the specified payment method type. On the basis of the information to be determined, it is determined whether or not the change amount calculated by the calculation unit 102 is generated from the management-target cash voucher type. Specifically, when the calculation unit 102 determines that the change has been issued from the payment method type “cash voucher” and a plurality of vouchers are used in the transaction, the specifying unit 103 determines the plurality of vouchers. From among the vouchers, identify the voucher that changed. Furthermore, the specifying unit 103 determines whether or not the specified cash voucher is a cash voucher to be managed (managed cash voucher). When it is determined that change has been issued from the management target voucher, the specifying unit 103 associates the management target voucher in which change has been issued with the change amount calculated by the calculation unit 102. The specifying unit 103 specifies the priority order for each voucher that is stored in the voucher priority storage unit 104 when specifying a voucher in which change has been issued from a plurality of vouchers and specifying a managed voucher. And information indicating the management target voucher is used.

  In the present embodiment, the specifying unit 103 specifies a cash voucher from which a change has been made out of a plurality of cash vouchers, for example, as follows. The specific | specification part 103 totals the sum total amount for every voucher regarding the used some voucher. Here, “for each voucher” means a unit distinguished by a voucher code. The specifying unit 103 determines a cash voucher with the maximum total amount as a cash voucher with a change given preferentially. When there are a plurality of vouchers having the maximum total amount, the specifying unit 103 uses the priority information stored in the voucher priority storage unit 104 to change the voucher indicating the highest priority into a voucher that has received change. decide. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of vouchers indicating the highest priority, the specifying unit 103 determines the last registered voucher as a voucher with change. Thus, the specific | specification part 103 specifies the cash voucher which changed according to the total amount, priority, and the determination order of registration order for every cash voucher. The specifying unit 103 may specify the total amount and the registration order, or may specify the priority order and the registration order. Moreover, in this embodiment, the specific | specification part 103 specifies the cash voucher which changed according to the total amount of money, the priority, and the determination order of registration order for every voucher. The determination contents and the determination order are not limited to this, and various contents and orders can be used.

  The voucher priority storage unit 104 stores information indicating the priority for each voucher used in the determination using the priority in the determination order and information for specifying the management target voucher. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the voucher priority storage unit 104. In the example of FIG. 3, a priority order is set for each voucher code specifying the voucher type. In the example of FIG. 3, a voucher to be managed can be specified by specifying “exclusion setting”. A voucher indicated as “excluded” indicates a voucher not subject to management. Note that FIG. 3 is an example, and the contents desired by the user can be set in the cash voucher priority storage unit 104 in various formats.

  The specifying unit 103 stores change information in which the change target voucher in which change is issued and the change amount calculated by the calculation unit 102 are linked to the change information storage unit 105 every business day. Specifically, the specifying unit 103 stores the management target stored in the change information storage unit 105 based on the association between the management target voucher and the change amount calculated by the calculation unit 102 in units of one business day. The calculated change amount is added to the change amount relating to the voucher.

  The change information storage unit 105 stores change information that associates a cash voucher that is subject to change management in the system with a cumulative amount of change money that is output from the management target voucher in units of one business day. That is, the change information storage unit 105 stores the amount of each management target voucher used for each business day and how much change has been generated. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the change information storage unit 105. The change information storage unit 105 stores, for example, a voucher code that makes it possible to specify a voucher, an amount per voucher corresponding to the voucher code, the number of used vouchers, an accumulated amount of change amount, and the change information. Information including business days. Here, the change information storage unit 105 may further store the total used amount of the voucher calculated from the amount per voucher corresponding to the voucher code and the used number of vouchers.

  The communication processing unit 106 acquires change information stored in the change information storage unit 105 and transmits the change information to the POS management device 20. The timing at which the communication processing unit 106 transmits the change information stored in the change information storage unit 105 may be, for example, when one day of work ends and sales information is counted, or at a predetermined interval. Good. For example, the communication processing unit 106 refers to the change date information stored in the change information storage unit 105 based on a change information transmission instruction by an input from an input device such as a keyboard. Transmit to device 20.

<POS management device>
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the POS management device 20 includes a communication processing unit 201, a totaling unit 202, a change total storage unit 203, and an extraction unit 204. Each of these processing units is realized, for example, by executing a program stored in the memory 3 by the CPU 2. In addition, the program may be installed from a portable recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc) or a memory card or another device and stored in the memory 3.

  The communication processing unit 201 acquires change information transmitted from the communication processing unit 106 of each POS register device 1. Specifically, the communication processing unit 201 acquires change information stored in the change information storage unit 105 of each POS register device 1 and transmits the change information to the counting unit 202.

  The totaling unit 202 uses the change information acquired by the communication processing unit 201 to calculate the total number of used cash vouchers to be managed in the entire store and the total amount of change issued from the voucher. Then, the totaling unit 202 stores change total information in which the change total storage unit 203 associates the number of used cash vouchers to be managed with the total amount of change issued from the voucher.

  As described above, the change total storage unit 203 stores the number of used coins for each managed cash voucher calculated by the totaling unit 202 and the total amount of change from the cash voucher in association with each other. Specifically, the change total storage unit 203 stores change total information obtained by tabulating change information stored in each POS register device 1 as shown in FIG.

  The extraction unit 204 extracts the change total information stored in the change total storage unit 203 for a predetermined period, and calculates the change amount from the management-target cash voucher. This predetermined period may be, for example, a period input to the POS management apparatus 20 by an input device such as a keyboard, or may be a period preset in the POS management apparatus 20 or the like.

<Operation example>
Hereinafter, the change management method in 1st Embodiment is demonstrated using FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow until the POS register device 1 stores change information in the change information storage unit 105. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing a flow in which the POS management device 20 outputs the total change amount for each store. The change management method in the first embodiment is executed by the POS register device 1 and the POS management device 20.

  First, a flow until the POS register device 1 reflects change information in the change information storage unit 105 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the transaction settlement processing is completed, the POS register device 1 determines whether the transaction includes a payment using a management target voucher (S51). Specifically, the POS register device 1 acquires journal data related to the transaction, and determines whether or not a cash voucher is included in the payment method type included in the journal data. Further, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not a cash voucher to be managed for change is included in the cash voucher based on information that can specify the cash voucher to be managed stored in the cash voucher priority storage unit 104. Determine. If the transaction is not a transaction including payment by a management-target voucher (S51; NO), the process ends without doing anything. On the other hand, in the case of a transaction including payment by a management target voucher (S52; YES), a change calculation process for specifying a payment method type in which change has been made in the transaction and the change amount is executed. Below, this change calculation process is demonstrated.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of change calculation processing. First, the POS register device 1 sets the total amount of merchandise included in the acquired journal data as the remaining amount (S61). Then, the POS register device 1 acquires the payment method type amount regarding the payment method type with the highest priority among the payment method types included in the journal data according to the preset priority of the payment method type (S62). . Then, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not the payment method type amount acquired in the step (S62) is larger than the remaining amount (S63). When the payment method type amount is equal to or less than the remaining amount (S63; NO), the POS register device 1 sets a value obtained by subtracting the payment method type amount acquired in step (S62) from the current remaining amount as a new remaining amount. (S64). Then, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not processing has been performed for all payment method types included in the journal data (S65). Here, when processing is performed for all payment method types included in the journal data (S65; YES), the total merchandise amount matches the total shopper's payment amount. In this case, the POS register device 1 ends the process on the assumption that no change has occurred in the transaction. On the other hand, when all the payment method types included in the journal data are not processed (S65; NO), the POS register device 1 pays the payment method type with the highest priority among the remaining payment method types. The method type amount is acquired (S66). And the POS register | resistor apparatus 1 repeats the process of a process (S63)-a process (S66) with respect to the acquired said payment method classification amount.

  On the other hand, when the payment method type amount is larger than the remaining amount (S63; NO), the POS register device 1 sets the value obtained by subtracting the remaining amount from the payment method type amount as the change amount (S67). Then, the POS register device 1 associates the payment method type corresponding to the last acquired payment method type amount with the change amount calculated in the step (S67), and temporarily stores it in a storage area such as the memory 3, for example. (S68).

  Returning to FIG. 5, in the change calculation process, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not the payment method type associated with the calculated change is a cash voucher (S53). If the payment method type associated with the change is not a cash voucher (S53; NO), the POS register device 1 does not perform the subsequent processing. On the other hand, when the payment method type associated with the change is a cash voucher (S53; YES), the POS register device 1 executes a specific process for specifying from which cash voucher used in the transaction the change has been issued. (S54). Below, the flow of this specific process is demonstrated.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the specific process. The POS register device 1 specifies from which voucher change has been issued based on information stored in the voucher priority storage unit 104. FIG. 7 shows the flow of specific processing when the information shown in FIG. 3 is set in the voucher priority storage unit 104.

  First, the POS register device 1 calculates the total amount for each cash voucher (S71). Here, for example, as described above, the POS register device 1 is a total of each gold voucher such that five 500 yen vouchers are 2,500 yen and two 1,000 yen vouchers are 2,000 yen. Calculate the amount. Then, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not there are a plurality of vouchers having the maximum total amount (S72). When there is one cash voucher with the maximum total amount (S72; NO), the POS register device 1 specifies that the change has come out of the cash voucher with the maximum total amount (S73). On the other hand, when there are a plurality of vouchers having the maximum total amount (S72; YES), the POS register device 1 sets the priority order set in advance from the voucher priority storage unit 104 for each voucher having the maximum total amount. (S74). Then, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not there are a plurality of vouchers having the highest priority (S75). When there is one cash voucher with the highest priority (S75; NO), the POS register device 1 specifies that change has been issued from the cash voucher with the highest priority (S76). On the other hand, when there are a plurality of cash vouchers with the highest priority (S75; YES), the POS register device 1 acquires a corresponding registration order for each voucher with the maximum total amount and the highest priority (S77). ). As described above, this registration order can be determined from the journal data. Then, the POS register device 1 specifies that the change has been made from the last voucher in the registration order (S78). Note that, as described above, this processing flow is an example, and the identification unit 103 can take various forms according to the determination content and determination order for identifying the cash voucher from which the change has been issued. For example, if the specific | specification part 103 specifies the cash voucher which changed according to the priority, the total amount, and the determination order of registration for every gold ticket, determination of a process (S72) will be performed after determination of a process (S75). Is done.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the POS register device 1 determines whether or not the cash voucher specified by the specifying process is a cash voucher to be changed (S55). The POS register device 1 determines whether the voucher specified by the specifying process is based on information such as “exclusion setting” included in the voucher priority storage unit 104 shown in FIG. It is possible to determine whether or not the cash voucher is a management target. If the specified voucher is not a management target voucher (S55; NO), the POS register device 1 adds the number of used vouchers included in the journal data to the corresponding voucher used in the change information storage unit 105. (S57). On the other hand, when the specified cash voucher is a cash voucher to be managed (S55; YES), the POS register device 1 associates a cash voucher code that can identify the specified cash voucher with the calculated change amount and changes the change information. The data is stored in the storage unit 105 (S56). The POS register device 1 stores the change information in such a manner that the total amount is updated by adding each change ticket as shown in FIG. Then, the POS register device 1 further adds the number of used cash vouchers included in the journal data to the number of used cash vouchers corresponding to the change information storage unit 105 (S57).

  The above is a flow until the POS register device 1 stores change information in the change information storage unit 105.

  Next, the flow in which the POS management device 20 outputs the total change amount will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, each POS register device 1 transmits change information stored in the change information storage unit 105 to the POS management device 20 (S81). When the change information from each POS register device 1 is acquired, the POS management device 20 adds up the total amount of change information for each management target voucher based on the acquired change information (S82). Then, the POS management device 20 stores the change total amount totaled for each management target voucher in the change total storage unit 203 (S83). When the POS management device 20 receives, for example, an instruction for calculating the total change amount from an input unit such as a keyboard, the POS management device 20 refers to the change total information for a predetermined period stored in the change total storage unit 203 and manages The total number of coins used for each voucher and the change amount for each voucher is calculated (S84). Then, the POS management device 20 outputs the calculated result to a display device such as a display or a printing device such as a printer so that the administrator or the like knows the total amount of change issued from the management target voucher during a predetermined period ( S85). Here, the POS management device 20 further calculates a ratio of the total amount of change issued from the management target voucher based on the number of used for each management target voucher during the predetermined period and the total amount of change output from the voucher. You may make it output. In this way, since the ratio can be presented directly, it is possible for the administrator to easily grasp the ratio of the change amount from the management target voucher.

[Operation and Effect in First Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, the payment method type for which change has been obtained by subtracting the payment amount of each payment method type in accordance with a preset priority from the total product price included in the journal data corresponding to each transaction, The correspondence with the change amount is specified. Furthermore, according to the total payment amount for each voucher, the priority for each voucher (information in the voucher priority storage unit 104), and the order of registration for each voucher, the change amount has been issued among a plurality of vouchers used in the transaction. A voucher is identified. Then, by determining whether or not the cash voucher is a management target voucher, the cash voucher to be managed for change and the change amount are associated with each other and stored in the change information storage unit 105.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, sales information is stored as journal data and a change amount issued from the management target voucher is stored at the time of settlement processing of each transaction in the POS register device 1.

  In the first embodiment, the change information stored in each POS register device 1 in this manner is aggregated in the POS management device 20. Then, the total change amount for each management target voucher is calculated for each store and stored in the total change storage unit 203 together with the number of used vouchers.

  As a result, in the first embodiment, the total amount of change issued for each management target voucher and the number of used coupons can be managed by the POS management device 20, and the change amount issued for each management target voucher based on these. Can be easily calculated for each store. Furthermore, if this information is output as described above, it is possible for the administrator or the like to easily grasp the proportion of the change amount from the management target voucher.

[Second Embodiment]
In 1st Embodiment, the ratio of the change amount which came out of the management object voucher in a predetermined period is calculated for every store, and it outputs. In the second embodiment, the total change information stored in the POS management device 20 of each store is further totaled, and the ratio of the change amount issued from the management target voucher in a predetermined period can be calculated in units of groups. . Hereinafter, the information processing system 1000 according to the second embodiment will be described focusing on the content different from the first embodiment. In the following description, the same contents as those in the first embodiment are omitted as appropriate.

[Processing configuration]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing configuration example of the information processing system 1000 according to the second embodiment. In this embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, the change total information collected by the POS management device 20 of each store is acquired, and the change that has been issued from the managed cash voucher for a predetermined period based on the acquired information. The system further includes a backbone device 30 that calculates the sum of the amounts for each group composed of each store.

  The backbone apparatus 30 includes a communication processing unit 301, a totaling unit 302, a change total storage unit 303, an extraction unit 304, and the like. Here, the backbone device 30 may be separately provided as a device for collecting information on each store, or any of the POS management devices 20 may function as the backbone device 30. Like the POS register device 1 and the POS management device 20, the backbone device 30 includes a CPU 2, a memory 3, a communication device 4, a display processing device 5, an input / output I / F 6, and the like. Each processing unit of the backbone device 30 is realized, for example, by executing a program stored in the memory 3 by the CPU 2.

  The communication processing unit 301 communicates with the communication processing unit 201 of the POS management device 20 of each store, and acquires change total information collected by the POS management device 20 of each store. Specifically, the communication processing unit 301 acquires change total information stored in the change total storage unit 203 of each POS management device 20 and transmits the change total information to the counting unit 302.

  The totaling unit 302 refers to the change total information acquired by the POS management device 20 of each store acquired by the communication processing unit 301, and determines the number of used coins for each managed cash voucher and the change information of the cash voucher as a group unit. Calculate with Then, the totaling unit 302 stores the change total information calculated for each group in the change total storage unit 303.

  As described above, the change total storage unit 303 stores the number of used coins for each management target voucher calculated by the totaling unit 302 in units of groups and the total amount of change issued from the voucher in association with each other.

  The extraction unit 304 extracts the change total information stored in the change total storage unit 303 for a predetermined period, and calculates the change amount from the management-target cash voucher. This predetermined period may be, for example, a period input to the backbone device 30 by an input device such as a keyboard, or may be a period preset in the backbone device 30 or the like.

[Operation example]
Hereinafter, the change management method in 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a flow in which the backbone device 30 according to the second embodiment outputs the total change amount. In the change management method in the second embodiment, steps (S101) to (S105) are different from those in the first embodiment, and only these steps will be described below.

  First, each POS management device 20 transmits change total information stored in the change total storage unit 203 to the backbone device 30 (S101). When acquiring the change total information from each POS management device 20, the backbone device 30 totals the total amount of change total information for each management target voucher based on the acquired change total information (S <b> 102). Then, the backbone device 30 stores the total change amount for each management target voucher aggregated in units of groups in the change total storage unit 303 (S103). For example, when the core device 30 receives an instruction to output the total change amount in units of groups from an input unit such as a keyboard, the basic device 30 refers to the change total information for a predetermined period stored in the change total storage unit 303, and The total number of used coins for each management target voucher and the change amount issued for each voucher is calculated (S104). Then, the backbone device 30 outputs the calculated result to a display device such as a display or a printing device such as a printer, for example, and allows the administrator or the like to grasp the total change amount that has been output from the management target voucher during a predetermined period (S105). ). Here, the backbone device 30 further calculates and outputs the ratio of the total change amount issued from the management target voucher based on the number of used for each management target voucher in the predetermined period and the total amount of change output from the voucher. You may make it do. In this way, since the ratio can be presented directly, it is possible for the administrator to easily grasp the ratio of the change amount from the management target voucher.

[Operations and effects in the second embodiment]
In the second embodiment, change total information managed by the POS management device 20 of each store is collected by the backbone device 30. The total change information can be used to manage the total change amount from the management target voucher for the entire group, and the ratio of the change amount from the management target voucher can be easily calculated for the entire group. it can. Therefore, the manager or the like can easily grasp the change amount of the change amount issued from the management target voucher in the entire group.

[Modification]
In the first embodiment described above, the POS register device 1 performs the process of calculating the change amount of the management target voucher during the settlement process of each transaction, but the POS management device 20 calculates the change amount of the management target voucher. You may make it perform the process to perform. In this case, the POS management device 20 acquires journal data from each POS register device 1, and performs the same processing as the POS register device 1 in the first embodiment on each acquired journal data. The change amount of the management target voucher for each transaction may be calculated. In this case, each POS register device 1 does not need to perform a process of calculating the change amount of the management target voucher at the time of the settlement process of each transaction.

  In the first embodiment described above, the POS register device 1, the POS management device 20, and the backbone device 30 transmit change information to the POS management device 20, but further includes a processing unit that performs the same processing as the counting unit 202. The results totaled by each POS register device 1 may be transmitted to the POS management device.

  In FIG. 2, each POS register device 1 is illustrated as one device, but a checker device (not shown) that registers a product as a payment target by scanning a barcode or the like and a payment target. And a cashier device (not shown) that performs a settlement process for the merchandise registered in (1). In this case, each processing unit of the POS register device 1 shown in FIG. 2 may be realized by a cashier device having a journal storage unit.

Furthermore, the POS register device 1 in each of the above-described embodiments may be realized as a POS system including a server device and a store terminal.
FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration example of the POS system 700 in the modification.

  The POS system 700 includes a server device 705 and a store-side configuration 710, and the server device 705 and the store-side configuration 710 are connected to each other via a communication network 701. The communication network 701 is a public network such as the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless communication network, or the like. The implementation form of the communication network 701 is not limited.

  The store side configuration 710 includes a communication relay device 711, a store terminal 715, a stand 716, a handy scanner 717, a cash drawer 718, a receipt printer 719, and the like. The stand 716 is a device for connecting the shop terminal 715 and other devices (the handy scanner 717, the cash drawer 718, and the receipt printer 719) so as to communicate with each other. The store terminal 715 and the stand 716 are connected by, for example, short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or infrared communication, wireless LAN, or the like. The stand 716 and other devices are connected by various communication lines or wirelessly. The communication relay device 711 connects the store terminal 715 to the communication network 701 and enables communication between the store terminal 715 and the server device 705. The communication mode between these nodes is not limited. The communication relay device 711 may be omitted, and the shop terminal 715 may be connected to the communication network 701 using a 3G line or the like via a wireless base station or the like without using the communication relay device 711.

  The store terminal 715 is a general-purpose computer such as a PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, a tablet-type terminal, a smartphone, and the like, and exchanges data with the server device 705, so that the POS register device 1 described above can be used. Realize user interface. The server device 705 is a general server computer, and is realized as a WEB server, an application server, or the like.

  In the form in which the POS register device 1, the POS management device 20, and the backbone device 30 in the above-described embodiment are realized as such a POS system 700, each of the above-described processing units includes the server device 705 and the store as long as it can be realized. It may be realized by either terminal 715. For example, when the WEB system is used as an interface between the server device 705 and the store terminal 715, all the processing units of the POS register device 1, the POS management device 20, and the backbone device 30 are realized by the server device 705. The shop terminal 715 may operate as a mere display unit. Further, all the processing units of the POS management device 20 and the backbone device 30 may be realized by the server device 705, and all the processing units of the POS register device 1 may be realized by the store terminal 715. Further, regarding the POS register device 1, a form in which some processing units are realized by the server device 705 and the remaining processing units are realized by the store terminal 715 may be employed. For example, the journal storage unit 101, the voucher priority storage unit 104, and the change information storage unit 105 of the POS register device 1 may be realized by the server device 705, and the other processing units may be realized by the store terminal 715.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention does not exclude that the information processing apparatus is realized by a plurality of apparatuses (a plurality of computers and a casing having a plurality of CPUs), and the checker apparatus and the cashier apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. Or a combination of the server device 705 and the store terminal 715 in this modification. Of course, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention may be realized only by the cashier apparatus in the above-described embodiment, or may be realized only by the server apparatus 705 or the shop terminal 715 in the modification.

Further, in the plurality of flowcharts and sequence diagrams used in the above description, a plurality of steps (processes) are described in order, but the execution order of the steps executed in each embodiment is limited to the description order. Not. In each embodiment, the order of the illustrated steps can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents. Moreover, each above-mentioned embodiment and each modification can be combined in the range with which the content does not conflict.
A part or all of the above embodiments can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.
1.
Acquire the total amount of goods registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment amount for each payment method type in the transaction, and make payments in order of priority for each payment method type set in advance from the total amount of goods A calculation unit that identifies the payment method type and the change amount in which change occurred by subtracting the payment amount for each method type;
Based on the combination of the payment method type and the change amount in which change has been identified, and the information that makes it possible to identify the management type of the voucher indicated by the specified payment method type, specified by the calculation unit A determining unit for determining whether or not the change amount is generated from the management-type cash voucher;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
2.
A priority storage section for storing the priority order for each type of cash voucher;
Further comprising
The specifying unit is stored in the priority storage unit when the payment method type in which the change specified by the calculation unit is generated indicates a cash voucher and a plurality of cash voucher types are used in the transaction. Specifying a cash voucher in which change has occurred from the plurality of cash voucher types according to priority, and determining whether the specified cash voucher type is the management target voucher type,
1. The information processing apparatus described in 1.
3.
When the payment method type in which the change specified by the calculation unit is generated indicates a cash voucher and a plurality of cash voucher types are used in the transaction, the specifying unit calculates the total amount of payment for each voucher type. Calculating each, specifying the type of cash voucher in which change was generated from the plurality of types of cash vouchers according to the total amount of payment, and determining whether the specified type of cash voucher is the type of cash voucher to be managed;
1. Or 2. The information processing apparatus described in 1.
4).
A change information storage unit that stores a cumulative amount of change amount for each transaction specified by the specifying unit for each management day,
1 is further provided. To 3. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.
5.
1. To 4. A plurality of POS (Point Of Sale) register devices each realizing the information processing device according to any one of
A POS management device,
The POS management device
A tally unit that calculates change total information obtained by totaling each change information acquired from the POS register device;
A change total storage unit for storing the calculated change total information;
An information processing system comprising:
6).
A plurality of POS management devices and a backbone device;
The backbone device is
A second counting unit that calculates second change total information obtained by further totaling each change total information acquired from the POS management device;
A second change total storage for storing the calculated second change total information;
5. Information processing system described in 1.
7).
Information processing device
Acquire the total amount of goods registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment amount for each payment method type in the transaction, and make payments in order of priority for each payment method type set in advance from the total amount of goods By subtracting the payment amount for each method type, identify the payment method type and change amount where change occurred,
Based on the combination of the payment method type in which the change has occurred and the change amount, and information that makes it possible to specify the type of cash voucher to be managed among the vouchers indicated by the specified payment method type, Determine if it originates from a managed voucher type,
Change management method including that.
8).
The information processing apparatus includes:
A priority storage section for storing the priority order for each type of cash voucher;
Further comprising
The information processing apparatus is
In the case where the payment method type in which the specified change has occurred indicates a cash voucher, and a plurality of cash voucher types are used in the transaction, the plurality of cash vouchers according to the priority order stored in the priority order storage unit Identify the type of cash voucher that generated the change from the seed,
Determining whether or not the specified voucher type is the managed voucher type,
Including Change management method as described in 2.
9.
The information processing apparatus is
When the payment method type in which the specified change is generated indicates a cash voucher and a plurality of cash voucher types are used in the transaction, the total amount of payment is calculated for each cash voucher type, and the total of the payment amounts Specifying a voucher type in which a change has occurred from the plurality of voucher types according to the amount of money, and determining whether the specified voucher type is the managed voucher type,
Including Or 8. Change management method as described in 2.
10.
The information processing apparatus is
With respect to the management type of voucher, the accumulated amount of change amount for each identified transaction is stored every business day.
Further includes: To 9. The change management method according to any one of the above.
11.
1. To 4. A change management method executed by an information processing system having a plurality of POS (Point Of Sale) register devices and POS management devices, each of which realizes the information processing device according to any one of the following:
The POS management device is
Calculating change total information obtained by totaling each change information acquired from the POS register device;
Store the calculated change total information,
Change management method including that.
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The information processing system includes:
A plurality of POS management devices and a backbone device;
The backbone device is
Calculating second change total information obtained by further totaling each change total information acquired from the POS management device;
Storing the calculated second change total information,
Further includes: Change management method as described in 2.
13.
In the information processing device,
Acquire the total amount of goods registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment amount for each payment method type in the transaction, and make payments in order of priority for each payment method type set in advance from the total amount of goods A calculation unit that identifies the payment method type and the change amount in which change occurred by subtracting the payment amount for each method type;
Based on the combination of the payment method type and the change amount in which change has been identified, and the information that makes it possible to identify the management type of the voucher indicated by the specified payment method type, specified by the calculation unit A determining unit for determining whether or not the change amount is generated from the management-type cash voucher;
A program that realizes

1 POS register device 2 CPU
3 Memory 4 Communication Device 5 Display Processing Device 20 POS Management Device 30 Core Device 101 Journal Storage Unit 102 Calculation Unit 103 Identification Unit 104 Voucher Priority Storage Unit 105 Change Information Storage Unit 106, 201, 301 Communication Processing Unit 202, 302 Totaling Unit 203, 303 Change total storage unit 204, 304 Extraction unit 700 POS system 705 Server device 715 Store terminal 716 Stand 717 Handy scanner 718 Cash drawer 719 Receipt printer 1000 Information processing system

Claims (5)

An acquisition unit for acquiring the total amount of products registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment method type in the transaction;
When the payment method type is a cash voucher, a specific unit that determines whether or not the cash voucher type has a restriction on the rate of change to be paid out
A display control unit for displaying on the display unit the relationship between the amount of the cash voucher used and the amount of change paid out ;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The display control unit , when the payment method type is a cash voucher type with a limited proportion of change to be paid out, with respect to the total amount of change paid out for the cash voucher type or the total usage amount of the cash voucher type The display unit displays a ratio of the total amount of change paid out with respect to the cash ticket type ,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 . The acquisition unit, the POS register unit, acquires a change amount paid out the cash voucher species forehead and the used,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 . Computer
Acquire the total amount of products registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment method type in the transaction,
When the payment method type is a cash voucher, it is determined whether or not the cash voucher type has a restriction on the rate of change to be paid out,
Display on the display section the relationship between the amount of the voucher used and the amount of change paid out ;
Information display method. Computer
An acquisition means for acquiring the total amount of products registered for settlement in the transaction and the payment method type in the transaction;
When the payment method type is a cash voucher, a specifying means for determining whether or not it is a cash voucher type with a restriction on the rate of change to be paid out, and
Display control means for displaying on the display section the relationship between the amount of the used cash voucher and the amount of change paid out ;
Program to function as.

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