JPH01137363A - Work processing system for transaction terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the quick transactions by performing the communication to a host device and the prescribed work processing including the print of the voting tickets, etc., in parallel with each other. CONSTITUTION:When the necessary data are supplied to a terminal equipment and a command is given to the terminal equipment for execution of its jobs, the terminal equipment performs the prescribed jobs related to the data on the print of data on the tickets, the counting and delivering jobs of notes, etc. At the same time,the terminal equipment carries out the necessary communication to a host device for control of prevention of the input of the forged data, etc. When said jobs and the communication are through with the host device, the results of these jobs are given to the terminal equipment. Thus, it is possible to shorten the time required for the delivery of the work processing commands of the terminal equipment through the output of these work processing results. Then, the transaction time can be shortened.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Summary) The present invention provides a business processing method for a transaction terminal device that performs predetermined business processing based on input data necessary for a transaction and also requires communication with a host device. With regard to this, the purpose is to shorten the time from a business processing command to the output of business processing results by a transaction terminal device, and to shorten transaction time. When the terminal device receives a predetermined business processing instruction based on the
In addition to performing predetermined business processing based on the data,
Communicating with the higher-level device in parallel with the business processing,
When the business process and the communication with the host device are completed, the result of the business process is output.

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a business processing method of a transaction terminal device, and in particular, performs predetermined business processing based on input data necessary for a transaction, and also communicates with a host device. The present invention relates to a business processing method using a transaction terminal device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there has been a processing method for selling betting tickets in a pari-mutuel betting ticket selling terminal device as a transaction terminal device as shown in FIG.

This method uses the input data necessary for the transaction, that is, the date, race name, and horse number for which you want to vote, to create and issue a voting ticket with that data printed, and also to The present invention relates to a business processing method for a transaction sales terminal device for issuing voting tickets that communicates with a higher-level device for management purposes such as preventing counterfeiting of tickets and prevention of double payments.

At step SBI, the voting ticket salesperson inputs necessary data such as the race name and horse number desired to be purchased using the keyboard of the sales terminal device.

At step SB2, the salesperson issues a business processing command by pressing the ticket issue button on the sales terminal.

Then, in step SB3, the data input to the terminal device is transmitted to the host central processing unit as a host device. This is because when refunding the voting ticket, there is a management need to prevent counterfeiting of the voting ticket and double payment, so the input data is stored in the central processing unit. It is.

When the transmission of the data is completed, the central processing unit outputs a ticketing permission signal (ticketing instruction) to the terminal device as a business process, and the terminal device receives the permission signal and communicates with the host device. Communication ends.

Then, in step SB4, the terminal device performs a business process of printing the input data on a voting ticket.

When the business process is completed, the printed voting ticket is ejected from the ticket issuing slot and handed over to the customer in step SB5.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in the conventional business processing method of a transaction terminal device, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. After carrying out the process and before discharging the voting ticket, two processes of business processing are carried out at different times: communication with the central processing unit (data transmission/ticket issuing commands) and voting ticket printing. The problem was that it was time consuming.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to shorten the time from a business processing command to the output of business processing results by a terminal device, and to shorten transaction time. It has been done.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, as shown in FIG. In the business processing method for a device, when the data is input to the terminal device (S1) and a command for predetermined business processing based on the data is given to the terminal device (S2).
, performs a predetermined business process based on the data (S3), and communicates with the higher-level device in parallel with the business process (S4), and when the business process and communication with the higher-level device are completed, outputs the results of the business processing.

[Effect]

When using the transaction terminal device according to the present invention, necessary data is input into the terminal device in step S1,
When there is an instruction for business processing to the terminal device in step S2, the terminal device performs a predetermined business process based on the data in step S3, and in the present invention, in parallel with the business processing, in step S4 The terminal device will communicate with the higher-level device.

Here, the business process is a predetermined process related to the data, such as printing the data on a document such as a ticket, counting and outputting banknotes based on the data,
The reason for communication between the host device and the terminal device is that there is a need for management, such as preventing the input of forged data.

When the business process and the communication with the host device are completed, the results of the business process are output to the terminal device in step S5.

〔Example〕

Next, examples of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the overall equipment configuration according to this embodiment.

This embodiment includes a plurality of transaction terminal devices 311, 312.・
...31 sentences, 321,322. ...32m, ...and the sales terminal device 311゜312, ...31 sentences,
321, 322. ...32m.

... for each predetermined number (100 to 400) of device groups (selling terminal devices 311 to 31, selling terminal devices 321 to 3)
2m,...), and sucks up the information of the terminal devices, etc. connected to each terminal device group and sends it to the higher-level device l.
U (totalizer control unit) 31,
32. ...3n and the TCU31, 32. ...3
It has a host central processing unit as a host device 1 that performs management processing on data downloaded via n, and a memory 2 that stores the downloaded data.

FIG. 3 shows the terminal device 311 in detail.

The sales terminal device 311 has a customer display 11.12 for displaying races and the like to customers seeking voting tickets, and a sales console 13.14 for operation by a salesperson, which are attached to the main body 10. The sales consoles 13 and 14 are each provided with display sections 13a and 14a for sales staff and keyboard sections 13b and 14b for inputting data by the sales staff.

The main body 10 of the selling terminal device 311 also includes a paper feed section 15 for ticket issuing, a printing section 16 that prints on the ticket, a print control section 16a that controls the printing section 15, and a printing section 16a that controls the printing section 15. a writing section 17 that performs the above operations, a writing control section 17a that controls the writing section 17, a reading section 18 that reads the contents written on the ticket at the time of refund, and a reading control section that controls the reading section 18. section 18a, and a discarded ticket section 19 that performs disposal processing when discarding the refunded ticket.
A stacker unit 20 that sequentially arranges and stores tickets that have been processed, a ticket insertion slot 21 that inserts tickets at the time of refund, ticket issuing ports 22a and 22b that discharges issued tickets, and the ticket sales operation described above. A display control section 23a that controls the display sections 13a and 14a of the desks 13 and 14, and a keyboard section 13b and 14.
a keyboard control section 23b that controls the above, and a power supply section 24 that supplies the power necessary for the operation of the sales terminal device 311.
, a main control unit 25 composed of a CPU and its programs that perform various data processing on the sales terminal device 311 , a memory 26 that stores data input to the sales terminal device 311 , and a host device 1 an ink face control unit 27 that controls the vc system, an operator panel 28 that is used by sales staff to operate the sales terminal device 311, and an operator panel 28 that prints copies of data regarding issued tickets. It has a thermal printer 29, a copy print control unit 29a that controls printing, and an operation panel 30 for maintenance of the sales terminal device 311.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG.

When a customer looks at the customer display 11, 12, etc. attached to the main body 10 of the sales terminal device 311 and requests the issuance of a voting ticket, step SAI responds to the customer's order and displays the date, race name, and slot number amount. , identification data such as single/double side is displayed on the sales terminal device 31
The information is input using the keyboard sections 13b and 14b of the sales operation console 13.14 attached to the main body 10 of 1.

The input data is temporarily stored in the memory 26 of the main control section 25 of the sales terminal device 311 via the keyboard control section 23b.

In step SA2, the salesperson selects the keyboard parts 13b, 1.
When the ticket issue button 4b is pressed down, a ticket issue signal is sent to the main control section 26, which instructs the memory 26 to read, and at the same time, the ticket issue signal is sent to the interface control section 27.

Subsequently, in step SA3, the print control unit 16a issues a printing command to the printing unit 16, and the read data is printed on the ticket supplied from the paper feed unit 15, and is also used in the business process. In parallel, communication with the host device 1 is performed in step SA4.

Step SA4 consists of a procedure from step SCI to step SC4 and a procedure from step 5A40 to step 5A43.

In step 5A40, the interface control unit 27 waits for a transmission request from the host device 1, and in step SCI, there is a transmission request from the host device 1 to the terminal device 311 by polling, and in step 5A41, the interface control unit 27 waits for a transmission request from the host device 1.
The interface control unit 27 of No. 11 receives the polling.

Then, in step 5A42, the data once stored in the memory 26 is read out and transmitted via the interface control section 27 to the host device 1 via a line.

When the host device 1 receives the data in step SC2, it stores the data in the memory 2 shown in FIG. 2 in step SC3.

When the host device 1 finishes storing the data in the memory 2, it sends a ticket issuance permission signal (ticket issuance instruction signal) to the sales terminal device 311 in step SC4.

If the sales terminal device 311 receives the ticket issuing permission signal in step 5A43 and the printing of the voting ticket in step SA3 is completed, the process advances to step SA5 and the ticket issuing port 22a of the sales terminal device 311 is processed.

The printed voting ticket is discharged from 22b. - On the other hand, if printing has not yet finished, wait until printing is finished, and if printing is finished, proceed to step SA5.

That is, in this embodiment, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 6, if the communication time with the host device 1 is longer than the printing time of the voting ticket, the voting ticket is ejected when the communication is completed, and the voting process is completed. If the printing time of the ticket is longer than the communication time with the host device 1, the voting ticket will be ejected when printing of the voting ticket is completed.

In other words, the process from pressing the ticket issuing button to discharging the voting ticket is performed after the communication with the higher-level device 1 or the voting ticket printing time, whichever is longer, is completed, and the process from the time when the ticket issue button is pressed to the ejection of the voting ticket is completed, whichever is longer. The voting ticket will not be ejected until the sum of both the time and the printing time of the voting ticket has elapsed.

Although only the terminal device 311 for selling voting tickets has been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and for example, by replacing the process of "printing voting tickets" with "counting cash" It is also possible to improve the cash dispensing speed of cash dispensers.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, communication with a host device and predetermined business processing such as voting ticket printing processing are performed in parallel, so that transactions can be carried out quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a principle flowchart according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall block diagram according to the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a terminal device according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a flowchart according to the embodiment, and FIG. The figure is a timing chart according to the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a timing chart according to the conventional example, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart according to the conventional example. l...Host device (host central processing unit) 2...Memory 31, 32,...3 n-...TCU311
．． 312. ...31 sentences.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A business processing method for a transaction terminal device that performs predetermined business processing based on input data necessary for a transaction and that requires communication with a host device, comprising the steps of: When data is input (S1) and a command for predetermined business processing based on the data is given to the terminal device (S2), the predetermined business processing is performed based on the data and (
S3), and communicates with the higher-level device in parallel with the business process (
S4) A business processing method for a transaction terminal device, characterized in that when the business process and the communication with the host device are completed, the result of the business process is output (S5).