JP7355890B2 - Accounting device and its program - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an accounting device and its program.

In a semi-self-type accounting device, transaction details are registered according to the operations of a store clerk. When the clerk finishes registering the details of the transaction and performs an operation to start depositing money, the accounting device becomes ready to accept cash deposits from the customer. When cash is inserted by a customer, the accounting device receives it and counts the amount of money inserted. The accounting device settles the payment amount from the input amount in response to the customer performing an operation instructing execution of payment after the input amount becomes equal to or greater than the payment amount of the registered transaction.
When checking out using such an accounting device, the customer may request to change the details of the transaction after starting to insert cash. For example, after starting to insert cash, the user realizes that the amount on hand is less than the payment amount, and cancels the purchase of part of the product.

In order to cope with such a case, the accounting device has a function of canceling the collection of cash and returning to the state of registering transaction details. When the accounting device stops taking in cash, it pays out the amount of cash that has been put in up to that point.
Therefore, in order to make a payment based on the changed transaction details, the customer had to insert cash all over again from the beginning.

Under these circumstances, it has been desired that even if cash injection is canceled and registration of transaction details is restarted, it is possible to eliminate the hassle of cash injection related to settlement of transaction details that have been changed by the restarted registration.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-27449

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that even if the registration of transaction details is resumed after canceling cash injection, it is possible to save the effort of cash injection related to the settlement of the transaction details changed by the restarted registration. The purpose is to provide an accounting device and its program.

The accounting device of the embodiment includes a registration means, an import means, a restart control means, a display means, and a payment means. The registration means performs a registration process for registering the details of the transaction to be settled. The capture means captures cash input by the settler. The resumption control means is configured to retrieve the information by the retrieval means in response to a predetermined interruption operation being performed after the registration processing by the registration means is completed and before a predetermined payment operation is performed. To restart registration processing by a registration means while keeping cash. The display means displays the amount to be deposited and the amount already deposited, and after the restarted registration processing is completed under the control of the restart control means, the restarted registration processing is completed. The sum of the amount of cash taken in by the taking means until the time when the payment operation is performed, plus the amount of the reserved cash, is displayed as the amount of money already put in . In response to a payment operation being performed after the restarted registration processing is completed under the control of the restart control means, the payment method shall be able to handle the transaction after the restarted registration processing is completed and before the payment operation is performed. The sum of the amount of cash taken in by the depositing means and the amount of reserved cash is set as the deposited amount, and the price of the transaction registered by the registration means is settled from the deposited amount.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of an accounting device according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main circuit configuration of the accounting device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of information processing in the first embodiment of the CPU in FIG. 2. FIG. The figure which shows the operation screen as an example. 3 is a flowchart of information processing in the second embodiment of the CPU in FIG. 2.

Some embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Note that the embodiment described below is a case where a customer acts as a settler and performs accounting for a transaction in which goods are bought and sold.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of an accounting device 1 according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main circuit configuration of the accounting device 1. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the accounting device 1 includes a POS (point of sales) terminal 10 and a change machine 20. The POS terminal 10 registers product sales data. The change machine accepts cash payments and dispenses change. The POS terminal 10 is placed on a checkout table (checkout counter) 30. The change machine 20 is embedded in the accounting table 30 with a coin depositing port 21, a coin dispensing port 22, a bill depositing port 23, and a bill dispensing port 24 exposed.

The checkout table 30 separates a space where a clerk operates the POS terminal 10 from a passageway through which customers pay the bill. In FIG. 1, the front side of the checkout table 30 is a passage for customers, and the opposite side is a work space for clerks. As illustrated, the accounting table 30 is installed such that the exposed coin deposit opening 21, coin withdrawal opening 22, banknote deposit opening 23, and banknote withdrawal opening 24 face toward the customer aisle.

The POS terminal 10 includes a main body 11 equipped with a control circuit 100 shown in FIG. including devices. Note that the keyboard 12 is not shown in FIG. 1 but is shown in FIG. 2.
The keyboard 12 is attached to the main body 11 in such a manner that it can be easily operated by a clerk in the work space.

The first touch panel 13 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a touch sensor arranged to overlap the display surface of the display device. The first touch panel 13 is attached to the main body 11 with the display surface facing the work space so that the store clerk can check the information displayed on the display surface.
The second touch panel 14 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a touch sensor disposed to overlap the display surface of the display device. The second touch panel 14 is attached to the main body 11 with the display surface facing the customer aisle so that the customer can check the information displayed on the display surface. That is, the first touch panel 13 and the second touch panel 14 are arranged in the upper space of the checkout table 30 with their respective display surfaces facing opposite directions.

The receipt printer 15 prints receipt print data using a print head while conveying the strip-shaped receipt paper to the receipt issuing port 15a. The receipt printer 15 issues a receipt by cutting the printed receipt paper discharged from the receipt issuing port 15a with a cutter. The receipt printer 15 is attached to the main body 11 with the receipt issuing port 15a facing the customer aisle so that the customer can directly take the issued receipt.

The change machine 20 includes a coin safe that stores coins by denomination and a bill safe that stores banknotes by denomination. The change machine 20 takes in the coins inserted into the coin deposit slot 21, identifies the denominations, and stores the coins in a coin safe according to the denominations. The change machine 20 takes in the banknotes inserted into the banknote deposit slot 23, identifies the denominations, and stores the banknotes in a banknote safe according to the denominations. The change machine 20 discharges coins or banknotes stored in the coin safe or the banknote safe from the coin dispensing port 22 or the bill dispensing port 24 in response to a dispensing command from the POS terminal 10. As such a change machine 20, a well-known automatic change machine can be applied. In other words, the change machine 20 has functions as a take-in means and a payout means.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control circuit 100 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 101, a ROM (read-only memory) 102, a RAM (random-access memory) 103, an auxiliary storage device 104, a clock unit 105, a communication interface 106, It includes a keyboard controller 107, touch panel controllers 108 and 109, a printer controller 110, a scanner interface 111, and a change machine interface 112. The control circuit 100 is configured by connecting these elements with a system transmission path 113 including an address bus, a data bus, and the like. In particular, a computer for controlling the POS terminal 10 is configured by connecting the CPU 101, ROM 102, RAM 103, and auxiliary storage device 104 through a system transmission path 113.

The CPU 101 corresponds to the central part of the computer. The CPU 101 controls each part to realize various functions of the POS terminal 10 based on the operating system, middleware, and application programs stored in the ROM 102 and RAM 103.

The ROM 102 corresponds to the main memory portion of the computer. ROM 102 stores the above operating system. The ROM 102 may also store the above middleware or application programs. The ROM 102 may also store data that the CPU 101 refers to when performing various processes.

The RAM 103 corresponds to the main memory portion of the computer. The RAM 103 stores data that the CPU 101 refers to when performing various processes. The RAM 103 is also used as a so-called work area for storing data temporarily used by the CPU 101 to perform various processes.

The auxiliary storage device 104 corresponds to the auxiliary storage portion of the computer. The auxiliary storage device 104 stores data used by the CPU 101 when performing various processes, or data generated by processing by the CPU 101. As the auxiliary storage device 104, for example, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory), an HDD (hard disc drive), or an SSD (solid state drive) can be used.

The clock unit 105 functions as a time information source for the POS terminal 10.
The communication interface 106 performs data communication in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as a server connected via a communication network such as a LAN (local area network).

The keyboard controller 107 controls the keyboard 12 and takes in from the keyboard 12 key signals corresponding to keys operated by the operator.

The touch panel controller 108 controls the display of the first touch panel 13 on the display device. Furthermore, the touch panel controller 108 detects the touch position coordinates on the screen of the display device of the first touch panel 13 based on a signal from the touch sensor of the first touch panel 13 .

The touch panel controller 109 controls the display of the second touch panel 14 on the display device. Furthermore, the touch panel controller 109 detects the touch position coordinates on the screen of the display device of the second touch panel 14 based on a signal from the touch sensor of the second touch panel 14 .
The printer controller 110 outputs receipt print data to the receipt printer 15 and controls the receipt issuing operation.

The scanner interface 111 connects a scanner 16 for optically reading code symbols such as barcodes and two-dimensional data codes. The scanner interface 111 receives and transmits data signals to and from the scanner 16, thereby capturing the data of the code symbol read by the scanner 16. Note that the scanner 16 may be a stationary scanner or a handheld scanner.

The change machine interface 112 connects the change machine 20. The change machine interface 112 receives data from the change machine 20 regarding the amount of money inserted into the change machine 20 by exchanging data signals with the change machine 20. The change machine interface 112 also sends data related to withdrawals, such as change data, to the change machine 20 and controls withdrawals from the change machine 20 .

Next, the operation of the accounting device 1 configured as described above will be explained.
The accounting device 1 has multiple business modes as existing devices of the same type have. When the accounting device 1 is started in the business mode for accounting processing, which is one of these multiple business modes, the CPU 101 starts information processing according to the application program stored in the ROM 102 or the auxiliary storage device 104. . Note that the content of the information processing described below is an example, and various processing that can obtain similar results can be used as appropriate.

The application program is typically stored in the ROM 102 or the auxiliary storage device 104 when the accounting device 1 is transferred to its user. However, an application program transferred to the user separately from the hardware of the accounting device 1 may be written in the auxiliary storage device 104. However, in this case, the ROM 102 or auxiliary storage device 104 of the accounting device 1 to be transferred may store an application program of the same type with a different version from the above application program, or may not store such a program. Good too. In the former case, the application program transferred to the user separately from the hardware of the accounting device 1 and written to the auxiliary storage device 104 is used in place of a similar application program of a different version. Note that the application program can be transferred by recording it on a removable recording medium such as a magnetic disk, magneto-optical disk, optical disk, semiconductor memory, etc., or by communicating via a network.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of information processing by the CPU 101 based on the above application program.
As Act 1, the CPU 101 clears the product list stored in the RAM 103 or the auxiliary storage device 104.
In Act 2, the CPU 101 waits for a product addition operation to add the purchased product to the product list. Then, if a predetermined operation such as reading the barcode of the purchased product with the scanner 16 is performed, the CPU 101 determines Yes and proceeds to Act 3.
As Act 3, the CPU 101 updates the product list to add the product code input by the above operation.

In Act 4, the CPU 101 checks whether a product addition operation has been performed. Then, if the operation has not been performed, the CPU 101 determines No, and proceeds to Act5.
As Act 5, the CPU 101 checks whether a product deletion operation has been performed to delete the registered purchased product from the product list. If the operation has not been performed, the CPU 101 determines No, and proceeds to Act6.
In Act 6, the CPU 101 checks whether a subtotal has been instructed. Then, if the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No, and returns to Act 4.
Thus, in Acts 4 to 6, the CPU 101 waits for any one of the product addition operation, product deletion operation, and subtotal instruction to be performed. Then, if the product addition operation is performed, the CPU 101 executes the process as Act 3 again. On the other hand, if, for example, one of the products is selected and an operation is performed on the keyboard 12 to instruct its deletion, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 5 and proceeds to Act 7. and proceed.

In Act 7, the CPU 101 updates the product list to delete the product for which deletion has been instructed. After this, the CPU 101 returns to the standby state in Acts 4 to 6.

The store clerk repeatedly performs the product addition operation and, if necessary, performs the product deletion operation so that the product list reflects the actual purchased products. This state is the product registration state, in which the details of the transaction are registered. Thus, the processing in Acts 2 to 5 and Act 6 corresponds to the registration processing for registering the details of the transaction to be settled. That is, when the CPU 101 executes information processing based on an application program, the computer having the CPU 101 as its core functions as a registration means.

When the product list reflects the actual purchased products, the store clerk instructs the subtotal using the keyboard 12 or the first touch panel 13. Then, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 6, and proceeds to Act 8.

In Act 8, the CPU 101 confirms whether or not a deposit start instruction has been given. If the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No and proceeds to Act 9.
In Act 9, the CPU 101 confirms whether a current total instruction has been given. If the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No, and returns to Act8.
Thus, in Acts 8 and 9, the CPU 101 waits for a deposit start instruction or a cash total instruction to be issued.

If the customer wishes to make a cash payment and wishes to use the change machine 20, the clerk instructs the customer to start depositing money using the keyboard 12 or the first touch panel 13. Then, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act8, and proceeds to Act10.
As Act 10, the CPU 101 activates the change machine 20. As a result, the change machine 20 becomes ready to accept the insertion of coins. When the customer inserts money into the coin deposit slot 21 and bill deposit slot 23, the change machine 20 takes in the coins and counts the amount of money inserted.

In Act 11, the CPU 101 checks whether a payment instruction has been given. If the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No, and proceeds to Act 12.
In Act 12, the CPU 101 checks whether an interruption instruction has been given. If the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No, and proceeds to Act 13.
In Act 13, the CPU 101 checks whether a cancellation instruction has been given. Then, if the instruction has not been given, the CPU 101 determines No, and returns to Act 11.
Thus, in Acts 11 to 13, the CPU 101 waits for a payment instruction, an interruption instruction, or a cancellation instruction to be issued.

For example, when the change machine 20 is accepting money insertion, the CPU 101 causes the second touch panel 14 to display an operation screen for the customer to perform each of the above instructions.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen SC1.
The operation screen SC1 includes character strings CS11, CS12, CS13 and buttons B1, B2, B3. The character string CS11 represents the amount of cash to be deposited as payment, that is, the payment amount. The character string CS12 represents the current amount of money invested. The character string CS13 represents the amount of change when payment is executed at the current time. Button B1 is a button for instructing payment. Button B2 is a button for instructing cancellation. Button B3 is a button for instructing interruption.

The customer touches button B1 when settling the price using the current input amount. In other words, touching the button B1 is an example of a payment operation. If the customer wishes to invalidate the cash input up to this point and return to the product registration state, the customer touches button B2. In other words, touching the button B2 is an example of a cancellation operation. If the customer wishes to suspend the current cash insertion state and return to the product registration state, the customer touches button B3. In other words, touching button B3 is an example of an interrupt operation. Note that if the input amount is less than the payment amount, the CPU 101 may disable touching the button B1 or may not display the button B1.

If the button B2 is touched, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 13, and proceeds to Act 14.
As Act 14, the CPU 101 performs a refund process. Specifically, the CPU 101 causes the change machine 20 to pay out the money equivalent to the current input amount, and clears the input amount counted by the change machine 20 to zero. Thereafter, the CPU 101 returns to the standby state in Acts 4 to 6, that is, returns to the product registration state.

On the other hand, if the button B3 is touched during the standby state in Acts 11 to 13, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 12. In this case, the CPU 101 passes Act14 and returns to the standby state of Act4-Act6. In other words, the CPU 101 returns to the product registration state without dispensing money and maintaining the input amount counted by the change machine 20. As the CPU 101 executes information processing based on the application program, the computer with the CPU 101 as its core functions as a restart control means for restarting the registration process while retaining the cash that has already been taken in.

If the button B1 is touched during the standby state in Acts 11 to 13, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 11 and proceeds to Act 15. Note that if the CPU 101 receives a cash total instruction while in the standby state in Acts 8 and 9, it determines Yes in Act 9, and in this case also proceeds to Act 15.

As Act 15, the CPU 101 executes payment processing. Specifically, when proceeding from Act 11 to Act 15, the CPU 101 subtracts the amount from the input amount counted by the change machine 20. In addition, if the operation is performed in the order of "Product registration" → "Subtotal instruction" → "Deposit start instruction" while the current cash input status is on hold, the change machine 20 will insert additional cash. It is now ready to accept input. When the customer newly inserts cash in this state, the amount of money inserted is added to the amount of money that has been put on hold. Then, the price is deducted from the input amount that is finally determined by such addition. In other words, the amount of cash taken in from the end of the restarted registration process until the settlement instruction is given, plus the amount that has been put on hold, is the amount of money invested, and the transaction price is settled from the amount of money invested. Ru. As the CPU 101 executes control processing based on the application program, the computer with the CPU 101 as the core functions as a payment means. Further, when proceeding from Act 9 to Act 15, the CPU 101 deducts the amount to be deposited from the deposit amount input by the clerk at the time of the cash instruction. If change is generated, the CPU 101 causes the change to be discharged from the change machine 20. In addition, when the CPU 101 proceeds from Act 9 to Act 15, the CPU 101 causes a change machine that is separately connected to the POS terminal 10 and is directed toward the clerk to dispense change, or causes the change machine that is separately connected to the POS terminal 10 to direct the clerk toward the clerk. The directed money drawer may be opened. Further, the CPU 101 may not accept a cash total instruction when operations are performed in the order of "product registration" → "subtotal instruction" while the current cash input state is on hold. In this case, the CPU 101 may wait for the deposit start instruction, or may automatically determine Yes in Act8.

In Act 16, the CPU 101 issues a receipt. Specifically, the CPU 101 generates receipt print data representing transaction details, payment results, etc., and instructs the receipt printer 15 to print this receipt image.
The CPU 101 then returns to Act 1 and prepares to start accounting for the next transaction.

As described above, according to the accounting device 1, even after the customer has once started inserting cash into the change machine 20, the customer can suspend the state of inserting cash into the change machine 20 by touching the button B3. You can return to the product registration status by clicking . Thereafter, if the clerk issues the instruction to start depositing again, the customer can continue depositing cash from the suspended cash depositing situation. On the other hand, if the customer touches button B2 after once starting to insert cash into the change machine 20, the inserted amount is paid out from the change machine 20 and the product registration state returns. . Therefore, if the clerk issues the instruction to start depositing again after this, the customer will have to insert cash into the change machine 20 all over again. Therefore, if the customer starts inserting cash into the change machine 20 and then wants to add or delete a purchased item, by touching button B3, The effort required for subsequent cash input can be reduced.

Furthermore, according to the accounting device 1, by touching the button B2, the customer can invalidate the previous cash insertion and then restart the cash insertion from the beginning.

(Second embodiment)
The main hardware configuration of the accounting device 1 may be the same in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the accounting device 1 is the content of the application program stored in the ROM 102 or the auxiliary storage device 104. Therefore, the content of information processing performed by the CPU 101 based on the application program is different between the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of information processing by the CPU 101 in the second embodiment based on an application program. Note that among the operations shown in FIG. 5, the same operations as those in FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the CPU 101 performs Act1-Act12 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. If the CPU 101 determines No in Act 12, it does not proceed to Act 13 and returns to Act 11. That is, in Act 11 and Act 12, the CPU 101 waits for a payment instruction and a suspension instruction, but does not wait for a cancellation instruction. For this reason, the CPU 101 displays the screen on the second touch panel 14 in this standby state without the button B2 shown in FIG. 4.

On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the CPU 101 updates the product list in Act 7 to delete the product for which deletion has been instructed, and then returns to the standby state in Acts 4 to 6 as in the first embodiment. Instead of returning to , proceed to Act 21.

In Act 21, the CPU 101 checks whether all the products registered for purchase so far have been deleted. Specifically, the CPU 101 checks whether the product list does not include any product code. Then, if the product list includes at least one product code, the CPU 101 determines No, and returns to the standby state in Acts 4 to 6. However, if the product list does not include any product code, the CPU 101 determines Yes in Act 21 and proceeds to Act 22.

In Act 22, the CPU 101 performs a refund process. Specifically, the CPU 101 first checks whether the amount of money inserted by the change machine 20 is zero. If the input amount is not zero, the CPU 101 causes the change machine 20 to pay out the same amount of money as the input amount, and clears the input amount counted by the change machine 20 to zero. Note that if the inserted amount counted by the change machine 20 is zero, the CPU 101 directly ends Act 22. Thereafter, the CPU 101 returns to the standby state in Acts 4 to 6. However, the CPU 101 may return to the standby state of Act 2 at this time.

In this way, the CPU 101 causes the change machine 20 to pay out the reserved amount in response to the fact that the amount of money to be settled becomes zero due to the disappearance of the products registered in the product list. As the CPU 101 executes information processing based on the application program, the computer having the CPU 101 as its core functions as a payout control means.

In other words, when returning to the product registration state after starting cash insertion, in the first embodiment, the customer could choose whether to refund the cash or suspend the cash insertion status. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the cash input status is always put on hold. In the second embodiment, the deposited cash is automatically refunded when all registered products are deleted by the product deletion operation performed in the returned product registration state as described above. It will be done.

In this way, if the customer only wants to delete some of the registered products or add a purchased product, the customer can continue the subsequent cash injection process from the interrupted state, and the cash injection process will be shortened. It can save you time and effort.

According to the accounting device 1 of the second embodiment, if the customer wants to return to the product registration state after starting to insert cash, the customer needs to press buttons B2 and B3 separately as in the first embodiment. This makes the operation easier than in the first embodiment. However, in the second embodiment, it is not possible to refund the invested cash when returning to the product registration state, and the first embodiment allows for more flexible operation according to the customer's needs.

This embodiment can be modified in various ways as follows.

Act21 and Act22 shown in FIG. 5 can be added and executed without omitting Act13 shown in FIG. 3 in the first embodiment. In this way, when the customer returns to the product registration state after starting to insert cash, the customer can select whether or not to refund the cash at that time, as in the first embodiment. Furthermore, if the customer chooses to suspend the cash deposit status, the deposited cash will be automatically refunded in response to all registered products being deleted.

It can also be implemented as a self-service accounting device in which the customer performs the product addition operation. In this case, the product deletion operation by the customer may be accepted, or the product deletion operation by the customer may not be accepted. If the product deletion operation by the customer is not accepted, Act5 and Act7 in FIG. 3 or 5 may be omitted, or the product deletion operation may be accepted as a special operation by the store clerk, and Act5 and Act7 may be left as they are.

The transaction to be settled is not limited to buying and selling products, but may be any transaction such as the delivery and receipt of services, for example.

Each function realized by the CPU 101 through control processing can be partially or entirely realized by hardware that executes information processing not based on a program, such as a logic circuit. Further, each of the above functions can also be realized by combining software control with hardware such as the above logic circuit.

Although several embodiments of the invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included within the scope and gist of the invention, as well as within the scope of the invention described in the claims and its equivalents.
Below, the invention described in the original claims of the present application will be added.
[Additional Note 1] A registration means for performing a registration process for registering the details of a transaction to be settled;
an acquisition means for accepting cash inputted by a settler;
After the registration process by the registration means is completed and before a predetermined payment operation is performed, the cash is taken in by the import means in response to a predetermined interruption operation being performed. restart control means for restarting the registration process by the registration means while suspending the registration process;
In response to the payment operation being performed after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means, the period from the end of the restarted registration process to the time the payment operation is performed a payment means for settling the price of the transaction registered by the registration means from the input amount by adding the amount of the reserved cash to the amount of cash taken in by the acquisition means;
An accounting device equipped with
[Additional Note 2] Further comprising a dispensing means for dispensing cash to the settler,
In addition, when a predetermined cancellation operation is performed before the payment operation is performed, the restart control means transfers cash equal to the cash taken in by the collection means to the payout means. and then restart the registration process by the registration means.
Accounting device described in Appendix 1.
[Additional note 3] The payment amount corresponding to the details of the transaction registered by the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means in response to the interruption operation being performed has become zero. payout control means for causing the payout means to pay out cash of the same amount as the held cash;
The accounting device according to Supplementary Note 1 or 2, further comprising:
[Additional Note 4] The registration means performs the registration process in response to an operation by a store clerk.
The accounting device according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 3, which is a semi-self-type accounting device.
[Additional Note 5] A registration means for performing a registration process for registering the details of a transaction to be settled;
A computer for controlling an accounting device, which is equipped with a means for receiving cash inputted by a settler;
After the registration process by the registration means is completed and before a predetermined payment operation is performed, the cash is taken in by the import means in response to a predetermined interruption operation being performed. restart control means for restarting the registration process by the registration means while suspending the registration process;
In response to the payment operation being performed after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means, the period from the end of the restarted registration process to the time the payment operation is performed a payment means for settling the price of the transaction registered by the registration means from the input amount by adding the amount of the reserved cash to the amount of cash taken in by the acquisition means;
A program to make it work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Accounting device, 10... POS terminal, 11... Main body, 12... Keyboard, 13... First touch panel, 14... Second touch panel, 15... Receipt printer, 16... Scanner, 20... Change machine, 21... Coin deposit mouth, 22... coin withdrawal port, 23... bill deposit port, 24... bill withdrawal port, 100... control circuit, 101... CPU, 102... ROM, 103... RAM, 104... auxiliary storage device, 105... clock unit, 106... Communication interface, 107... Keyboard controller, 108... Touch panel controller, 109... Touch panel controller, 110... Printer controller, 111... Scanner interface, 112... Change machine interface, 113... System transmission line.

Claims (6)

a registration means for performing a registration process for registering the details of a transaction to be settled;
an acquisition means for accepting cash inputted by a settler;
After the registration process is completed by the registration means and before a predetermined payment operation is performed, the cash taken in by the import means is transferred in response to a predetermined interruption operation being performed. restart control means for restarting the registration processing by the registration means while it is on hold;
It displays the amount to be deposited and the amount that has been deposited, and after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means is completed, after the registration process restarted is completed. display means for displaying the sum of the amount of cash taken in by the taking means until the payment operation is performed, plus the amount of the reserved cash, as the amount already deposited ;
In response to the payment operation being performed after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means, the period from the end of the restarted registration process to the time the payment operation is performed a payment means for settling the price of the transaction registered by the registration means from the input amount, which is the sum of the amount of cash taken in by the acquisition means and the amount of reserved cash;
An accounting device equipped with further comprising a dispensing means for dispensing cash to the settler,
In addition, if a predetermined cancellation operation is performed before the payment operation is performed, the resumption control means causes the dispensing means to transfer cash equal to the amount of cash taken in by the taking means. After disbursing the money, restarting the registration process by the registration means;
The accounting device according to claim 1. The transaction is suspended in response to the fact that the payment amount corresponding to the details of the transaction registered by the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means in response to the suspension operation being performed becomes zero. payout control means for causing the payout means to pay out cash equal to the amount of cash that has been received;
The accounting device according to claim 2, further comprising: The display means displays a button for the interruption operation along with the amount to be deposited and the amount already deposited.
The accounting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. a first display device with a display surface facing the store clerk;
a second display device with a display surface facing the customer;
further comprising;
The display means causes the second display device to display the amount to be deposited and the amount already deposited.
The accounting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. a registration means for performing a registration process for registering the details of a transaction to be settled;
an acquisition means for accepting cash inputted by a settler;
a display device;
A computer that controls an accounting device equipped with
After the registration process is completed by the registration means and before a predetermined payment operation is performed, the cash taken in by the import means is transferred in response to a predetermined interruption operation being performed. restart control means for restarting the registration processing by the registration means while it is on hold;
The amount to be deposited and the amount already deposited are displayed on the display device, and after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means is completed, the restarted registration process is display control means for displaying the sum of the amount of cash taken in by the taking means from the time the payment operation is completed until the payment operation is performed, plus the amount of the reserved cash as the amount already deposited ;
In response to the payment operation being performed after the registration process restarted under the control of the restart control means, the period from the end of the restarted registration process to the time the payment operation is performed a payment means for settling the price of the transaction registered by the registration means from the input amount, which is the sum of the amount of cash taken in by the acquisition means and the amount of reserved cash;
A program to make it work.