JPH01239695A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute profitable service for a customer who purchases merchandise with a large amount by issuing a gift ticket when the cumulative total of the number of times of cases in which the total amount for one purchase is larger than a reference amount arrives at a specific value or more, and storing the cumulative total smaller than the specific value into the card of a customer. CONSTITUTION:A cash register is set at a registering mode, and a built-in CPU sales- registers the sold merchandise sold with the use of the card for one customer. A reader/writer E reads/writes the cumulative total to the inserting card, a buffer F stores the cumulative total, and stores the specified cumulative total to a memory G. When the total amount is larger than the reference value stored in a memory H, a cumulative total increasing means I adds 1 to the cumulative total. When the amount does not arrive at the specified value, a printing control means J prints the cumulative total by a printer C. When the amount arrives at the value, a gift ticket printing control means K issues the gift ticket from the printer C, and a clearing means L of the buffer F sets the value at 0. A cumulative number writing means M writes the cumulative total of the buffer F after a sales registration completion for the customer to a card E by the writing means M.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention issues one gift certificate when the cumulative number of times when the total amount for one time exceeds the standard amount reaches a specified cumulative number. Relating to electronic cash registers.

[Prior Art 1] In stores, supermarkets, etc., various services are provided to customers who frequently visit the VA in order to retain the customers.

As part of this kind of service, for example, we issue a service ticket that is the total amount multiplied by a certain percentage, and the next time you go shopping, the amount equivalent to the service ticket is deducted from the total amount. A system has been implemented to

There is also a system in which, by collecting the service coupons, a product with an amount corresponding to the total amount of the service coupons is provided free of charge.

There is also a system in which a predetermined service product is given to the user when the total amount of the service coupons exceeds a certain amount by collecting the service coupons.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as described above, even in a system in which a service ticket is issued by multiplying the total amount by a certain ratio, the following problems still occur. In other words, the amount of the service ticket is proportional to the total amount. Therefore, if the total amount of service coupons brought by a customer who purchased a low-value product multiple times over a long period of time is equal to the total amount of service coupons brought by a customer who purchased a high-priced product a small number of times over a short period of time, Of course, for a store, a good customer is a customer who purchases a high-priced item.

However, the above system has the disadvantage that all customers are provided with equal services.

In addition, if you let the customer manage the service ticket for such high-ranking customers, the customer may lose the service ticket, giving the customer a sense of complication, and it is necessary to provide even more detailed service. be.

The present invention issues one gift ticket when the cumulative number of times when the total amount exceeds the standard amount reaches a specified cumulative number, and at the same time issues a gift certificate to the customer for a cumulative number that is less than the specified cumulative number. To provide an electronic cash register capable of providing more advantageous services to customers purchasing expensive products by storing information on a card they bring with them.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, as shown in FIG. The card inserted into the electronic cash register is cumulatively registered in the storage section and printed out by the printer, and the total amount of each sold item is locked out and printed out by the printer in response to the operation of the lock key D. A card reader/writer E for writing and reading cumulative numbers to and from a card reader/writer, a cumulative number buffer F for storing cumulative numbers sold only by this card reader/writer, and a prescribed cumulative number memory G for storing a prescribed cumulative number; A standard amount memory H that stores a standard amount, a cumulative number increasing means I that increases the cumulative number in the cumulative number buffer by 1 when the total amount is equal to or more than the standard amount, and a cumulative number increasing means that increases the cumulative number by one. A cumulative number printing control means J that prints out the cumulative number using a printer when the predetermined cumulative number is not reached; and a present ticket printing device that prints out a gift ticket using the printer when the increased cumulative number reaches the predetermined cumulative number. The control means includes a cumulative number clearing means for clearing the cumulative number in the cumulative number buffer to 0 after the gift ticket is printed, and a card reading function that reads the cumulative number in the cumulative number buffer after the sales registration for one customer is completed. The device is equipped with a cumulative number writing means M for writing onto a card inserted in the writer.

[Operations] With the electronic cash register configured as described above, the card carried by the customer stores the cumulative number of times the total amount exceeds the standard amount up to the previous time. Then, when this card is inserted into a card reader/writer, the cumulative number is read and stored in the cumulative number buffer of the storage section. When the current total amount exceeds the reference amount, the cumulative number is increased by 1, and when the increased cumulative number reaches a specified cumulative number, a gift certificate is printed on, for example, a receipt by a printer. If the specified cumulative number is not reached, the increased cumulative number will be printed on the receipt.

When the sales registration for the customer is completed, the cumulative number will be cleared to 0 if a gift certificate is issued, and if the specified cumulative number has not been reached, the cumulative number will be increased.
If the total amount does not reach the standard amount, the original cumulative amount will be written to the card.

Therefore, advantageous services can be provided without placing any burden on customers.

[Example J An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the electronic cash register of the embodiment. As shown in the figure, a keyboard 2 as an input device is provided on the front of the housing 1, and on the top of the housing 1, the department code of the sales item, A display section 3 is provided for electronically displaying the total sales amount, etc., and a receipt issuing port 4 and a drawer 5 for use in cash sales are provided at the middle and lower parts, respectively. Furthermore, a display section 6 for customers having the same configuration as the display section 3 is attached to the top surface of the housing 1.

As shown in the figure, the keyboard 2 includes 11 number keys 7 for displaying the sales amount of the sold products, 8 department keys for indicating the classification of the products, etc. Subtotal key 92 In addition to sales registration keys such as the total key 10 as a closing key for calculating the total amount, various types such as the card payment key 11 are used to declare that it is a card sale when selling by card. Function keys are provided.

Also, next to keyboard 2, [Register] [#1 Arithmetic]
Control key 1 operated by the key to select and set various business modes of this electronic cash register such as [Settings]
2 is provided. Furthermore, a card insertion slot 13 for a card reader/writer is formed between the keyboard 2 and the drawer 5.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the electronic cash register. The CPU (central processing unit) 14 has a built-in arithmetic circuit, etc., and performs various arithmetic processing based on input information from the keyboard 2, and also uses the address bus 15. A ROM 18 that stores fixed data such as programs for each of the above-mentioned operations via a data bus 1611111 line 17, and an R that stores sales data such as the sales amount of each product that has been manually input.
A M 19 is operated. Also, there is an interface 22 for exchanging information with an external file controller (FC) 20, host computer 21, etc., a control key input circuit 23 into which command signals from the control keys 12 are input, and keys from the keyboard 2. A keyboard input circuit 24 into which signals are input, a display control circuit 25 which sends display signals to the display sections 3 and 6, a printer control circuit 27 of a dot printer 26 which prints out the receipt, and a card reader/writer 28 are given commands to read card information. I10 interfaces 29 for sending and sending cumulative number write commands are connected to data buses 16. It is connected to the CPU 14 via a control line 17.

As shown in FIG. 4, within the RAM 19, there is a sales registration file 19a that aggregates the sales data of products sold using this electronic cash register, for example, by department, and a sales registration file 19a that calculates the total price of products sold to one customer. Totalizer 19b
, a card information memory 19C1 that stores card information such as the member number and the cumulative number read from the card inserted into the card reader/writer 28 from the card insertion slot 13; a cumulative number that extracts and stores the cumulative number N from the card information; Buffer 19d, standard amount memory 19e that stores the standard amount AS for one total amount, one total amount is the standard amount A
A prescribed cumulative number memory 19f and the like are formed to store a prescribed cumulative number NS in a cumulative number N indicating the number of times the number of times the total number has exceeded s.

Furthermore, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a card 30 used in this electronic cash register, and a magnetic stripe 31 is formed on this card 30, and this magnetic stripe 31 includes a code indicating the issuing store and a code. In addition to fixed data such as member horses,! A cumulative number head [32] is formed to store the cumulative number N that can be changed.

However, this electronic cash register is one! When the control key 12 is set to the [registration] business mode after the power supply is turned on and various initial processes are executed, the CP
The LI 14 is programmed to perform a sales registration process for products sold to a single customer using a card, according to the flowchart of FIG.

When the flow chart starts, the card payment key 11 of the keyboard 2 is pressed manually at Pl, and when the card 30 is inserted into the card insertion slot 13, the issuer stored on the magnetic stripe 31 is read by the card reader/writer 28. Read card information consisting of store code, membership Nα, and cumulative number N, and store it in RAM1.
9 is stored in the card information memory 19c. This card information is then sent to the host computer 21 to confirm the reliability of this card. Thereafter, the cumulative number N of this card information is stored in the cumulative number buffer 19d of the RAM 19.

When sales data such as the sales amount and 1 department code of the sold product is input from the keyboard 2 at P2, the corresponding product is registered using this sales data. In other words,
Add the sales amount to the totalizer 19b, and add it to the sales amount of the corresponding department code in the sales registration file 19a,
And, it is transmitted to the file control unit 20. The department code and sales amount are then displayed on the display section 3.6 and printed on the receipt 33 as shown in FIG.

Then, when the subtotal key 9 is operated at P3, the total amount on the totalizer 19b is displayed on the display section 3.6 and is printed out on the receipt 33.

Subsequently, when the total key 10 is pressed manually at P4, a close key operation using the card is executed. That is, the card information is printed out on the receipt 33, and the total amount is accumulated as the card payment amount.

If the total amount is equal to or greater than the standard amount AS in the standard amount memory 19e at P5, the cumulative number N in the cumulative number buffer 19d is increased by one. If the increased cumulative number N does not reach the specified cumulative number NS at P6, the cumulative number N is printed out as [Cumulative number of gift vouchers N times], as shown in FIG.

Then, the receipt 33 is cut and discharged from the receipt light outlet 4.

Since the sales registration process for the product sold to one customer has been completed, proceed to P7 and save the cumulative buffer 19 of RAM 19.
The card 30 that is still inserted into the card reader/writer 28 with the cumulative number N of d
1 is entered into the cumulative number area 32. Then, the card 30 is ejected from the card insertion slot 13. Thereafter, the totalizer 19b, card information memory 19c, and cumulative number buffer 19d are cleared, and this card payment sales registration process is completed.

In addition, if the total amount is less than the standard amount AS at P5, the cumulative number N is not updated and the cumulative number N is changed to the seventh
It is printed out on a receipt 33 as shown in the figure.

Further, when the increased cumulative number N reaches the specified cumulative number NS at P6, the process advances to P8, and as shown in FIG. 8, only the receipt 33 is issued without printing the cumulative number N. Then the 9th
As shown in the figure, only the present exchange ticket 34 is printed out on another receipt 33. Then, the receipt 33 is cut and the gift exchange ticket 34 is discharged from the receipt issuing port 4. Then, in P9, the cumulative number N in the cumulative number buffer 19 is cleared to 0. Thereafter, the process advances to P7, and the cumulative number N in the cumulative number buffer 19d, which has been cleared to 0, is transferred to the cumulative number area 32 of the card 30.

In the electronic cash register configured in this way, the card 30 brought by the customer is provided with a cumulative number area 32 in which a cumulative number N is stored in addition to normal card information such as member N0. When a product is purchased using the card 30, if the total amount for one purchase is equal to or greater than the standard amount As, the cumulative number N stored in the card 30 is increased by 1, and the cumulative total after the increase is N is the receipt 3 as shown in Figure 7.
3 is printed out. Note that if the total amount for one transaction is less than the standard amount As, the cumulative number N stored in the card 30 is printed out as is on the receipt 33. When the cumulative number N after the increase reaches the specified cumulative number NS, two receipts, the regular receipt 33 shown in FIG. 8 on which the cumulative number is not printed, and the gift exchange ticket 34 shown in FIG. 9, are issued in succession. Ru. In this case, the cumulative number N of cards 30 is cleared to O.

In this way, when the total amount of - times exceeds a certain amount determined by the standard amount AS, the cumulative total number N is counted, and if the cumulative total number N is different from the specified cumulative total number NS, a gift exchange ticket 34 is issued. ing. Therefore, it is possible to further improve services for high-value customers who purchase expensive products.

In addition, when the amount of one payment is large, it is common to pay by card, so by storing the cumulative number N on the card, you can send a message to the customer every time the total amount exceeds the standard amount. , there is no need to separately issue an auxiliary field for counting the cumulative number N. Therefore, customers are not forced to bear any burden due to storage in the auxiliary world.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the electronic cash register of the present invention, when the cumulative number of times when the total amount of - times exceeds the standard amount reaches the specified cumulative number, one gift certificate is issued. is issued, and a cumulative number less than the prescribed cumulative number is stored on the card that the customer brings. Therefore, more advantageous services can be provided to customers who purchase expensive products.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 9 show an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is an external view, and Fig. 3 is an external view. Block configuration diagram, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the main memory of the storage section,
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the card, Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation,
Figures 7 to 7 are the printing format 1 on the receipt.
- is a figure showing. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue No. 511J No. 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] The sales data of each product sold to one customer, which is input through the input device, is cumulatively registered in the storage unit and printed out by the printer, and the total price of each product sold is recorded in response to the key operation. In an electronic cash register that calculates and prints out the calculated value using a printer, there is a card reader/writer that writes and reads the cumulative number to and from the inserted card, and a cumulative number buffer that stores the cumulative number read by the card reader/writer. a prescribed cumulative number memory for storing a prescribed cumulative number; a standard amount memory for storing a standard amount; and cumulative number increasing means for increasing the cumulative number in the cumulative total number buffer by 1 when the total amount is equal to or greater than the standard amount. and cumulative number printing control means for printing out the cumulative number on the printer when the cumulative number increased by the cumulative total number increasing means does not reach the specified cumulative number; A present ticket printing control means that prints out a present ticket using the printer when a predetermined cumulative number is reached;
and a cumulative number writing means for writing the cumulative number in the cumulative number buffer after the completion of sales registration for the one customer to the card inserted in the card reader/writer. An electronic cash register characterized by: