JPH02242496A - Change control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need to use change of <=10 yen by both an office side and a customer for each purchase by composing the change control system of a register and a change recording card and passing the change recording card where the amount of change is entered to the customer as the change. CONSTITUTION:The change control system consists of the register equipped with a change recording card insertion slot, a magnetic stripe reader/writer, and a print entering device and the change recording card 3 provided with a magnetic stripe 3e and a change entry field 3d, and the current amount of change after addition/subtraction calculation every time the card is used is entered into the change entry field 3d of the change recording card 3. Consequently, the need to take change of <=10 yen out and keep the customer wait for a long time is eliminated and the customer need not carry 1 yen coins.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides change management for managing change generated between various businesses such as supermarkets and consumers by using a change record card. It's about systems.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in various business establishments such as supermarkets, various types of coins that are expected to be needed to pay change to customers during business hours of the day are arranged and placed in the cashier's register. . Unless the customer makes a purchase and offers the same amount of money as the product's price, the cashier receives money that exceeds the product's price from the customer, deducts the product's price, hands the amount to the customer, and then pays the change. It is carried out.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in order to refund change at various establishments such as the above-mentioned supermarkets, care must be taken to arrange various types of change in the cashier's register in advance, as described above. . In particular, if there are many customers visiting the store (if the cashier is crowded with customers), the cashier will be busy exchanging products and money with customers, and will also be busy with changing less than 10 yen.
There are problems in that it takes time to take out coins because payment is made in yen coins, there is a shortage of coins such as 1 yen in the register, or there is a problem with changing the wrong change. As a result, customers are forced to wait at the cashier for a long time.

Furthermore, due to the consumption tax introduced on April 1, 1989, 3% of the purchase price will be added to the products purchased by consumers at the payment counter, increasing the opportunity to pay change of less than 10 yen. This will further exacerbate the above-mentioned problems.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention enables cashiers at retail stores such as supermarkets, business offices, etc. to avoid worrying about whether the denominations such as 1 yen denominations in the cash register are all the same, and to make it easier to use in real life. without taking out change of less than 10 yen,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a change management system that does not make customers wait for a long time and also eliminates the need for customers to carry 1 yen coins or the like in advance.

(Means for Solving the Problem) Therefore, in the present invention, a change management system includes a register having a change recording card insertion slot, a magnetic stripe reading/writing device, and a print printing device, and a magnetic stripe and a change entry field. It consists of a change record card 7 provided with a change record card, and the current amount of change calculated each time it is used is written in the change entry column of the change record card.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a change record card used to implement the change management system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the change recording card after use, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of this system, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a register used to implement this system.

In Figure 4, 1 is a cashier 2 at various business establishments such as supermarkets.
3 is a change record card given by the cash register 2 in place of change when the customer 4 purchases products at various establishments such as the supermarket. As shown in FIG. 5, the register 1 is provided with a change recording card insertion slot 1a, and a magnetic stripe reading/writing device 1b and a print printing device 1c are inserted into the register 1 with a gap about the thickness of the change recording card 3. A digital display section 1d is provided at the top of the main body. As shown in FIG. 1, a card insertion direction mark 3a indicating the direction in which the change record card should be inserted into the change record card insertion slot 1a is displayed on the upper left corner of the front surface of the change record card 3. In addition, a member number column 3b is provided along the short side of the front surface of the change record card 3, in which the member number is written in print, and furthermore, a change amount 3c of less than 10 yen is printed in the center of the front surface. A column 3d for entering the amount of change is provided. Next, the second
On the back side of the change record card 3 shown in the figure, a magnetic stripe 3e on which the name, address, and amount of change of the customer 4 are recorded is pasted along the long side of the change travelogue card 3, and furthermore, the magnetic stripe 3e An entry field 3f is provided in which the customer can write his or her name, address, etc. on the change record card 3 using a ballpoint pen or the like.

A specific example using this change management system will be described below. First, when customer 4, who came to the supermarket for the first time, hands 105 yen to cashier 2 to buy a product worth 103 yen (product price: 100 yen plus consumption tax: 3 yen), cashier 2 receives the 105 yen, Insert the change record card 3 into the change record card insertion slot 1a of the register 1 in the direction shown by the card insertion direction mark 3a. The cashier 2 then enters the name and address of the customer 4 and the current amount of change using the keyboard of the register 1. As a result, an arithmetic circuit (not shown) in the register 1 calculates the current change amount 2, which is the calculation result, and the printing device 1c enters the change amount entry column 3d on the front side of the change record card 3. do. At this time, the member number is also printed in the member number column 3b on the front side.

In addition, when the customer 4 comes to the store on the next day and time, the magnetic stripe reading/writing device 1b writes the above-mentioned information on the magnetic stripe 3e affixed to the back of the change recording card 3 so that the change recording card can be used continuously. Customer 4's name, address, and amount of change are recorded. The cashier 2 returns the change record card 3 processed as described above to the customer 4. At this time, register 1
The name, address, and amount of change of the customer 4 are displayed on the digital display section 1b provided at the cashier 2. The customer 4 can confirm the contents together.

Then, on the next day and time, customer 4 goes to the above supermarket for 206 yen (
In order to purchase a product whose price is 200 yen plus consumption tax of 6 yen,
When the cashier 2 receives 210 yen in cash and the change record card 3 on which the aforementioned change amount of 2 yen is printed, the cashier 2 inserts the change record card 3 into the change record card slot 1a of the register 1. insert. The name, address and change amount of the customer 4 recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e of the inserted change recording card 3 are read by the magnetic stripe reading/writing device 1b. Then, an arithmetic circuit (not shown) in the register 1 adds the 4 yen change generated from the current product purchase and the 2 yen change recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e, and the calculation result, 6 yen, is added to the magnetic stripe 3e. Recorded on stripe 3e. On the other hand, the printing device 1c causes the user to write 6 in the change entry field 3d of the change record card 3 as a new change amount 3c, which is 6 yen, which is the sum of the previous change amount and the current change amount. In this way, the cashier 2 returns the change recorder 3 to the customer 4. Furthermore, in order for Customer 4 to buy a product worth 412 yen (product price 400 yen and consumption tax 12 yen) at the supermarket on the following day and time, 410 yen in cash and change with the above-mentioned change amount of 6 yen printed in print are added. When the change record card 3 is handed over to the cashier 2, the cashier 2 inserts the change record card 3 into the change record card insertion slot 1a of the register 1. As a result, an arithmetic circuit (not shown) in the register 1 calculates the shortfall of 2 yen caused by this product purchase by subtracting it from the 6 yen recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e of the change recording card 3, and the calculation result is is 4
A circle is recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e, and 4 is written in the change entry field 3d.

Furthermore, on the following day and time, Customer 4 went to the above supermarket for 324 yen (
In order to purchase a product whose price is 315 yen plus consumption tax of 9 yen,
When the cashier 2 receives 320 yen in cash and the change record card 3 on which the aforementioned change amount of 4 yen is printed, the cashier 2 inserts the change record card 3 into the change record card slot 1a of the register 1. insert. As a result, an arithmetic circuit (not shown) in the register 1 calculates the shortfall of 4 yen caused by this product purchase by subtracting it from the 4 yen recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e of the change recording card 3, and calculates the result. 0 yen is recorded on the magnetic stripe 3e and the change entry field 3d
is entered as 0.

As described above, when the customer 4 repeatedly purchases products, if this change record card is used, the amount of change entered in the change entry column 3d will be increased or decreased each time after calculation, and the office 1
Customers no longer need to use change of less than 10 yen for each purchase.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the customer 4 repeatedly purchases products and the change entry column 3d of the change record card 3 becomes full, the last change amount 3c is added to the new change record card 3. Either fill in the change entry column 3d and use it continuously, or pay the last change 3c in cash to the customer 4 to settle the transaction.

In the above embodiment, the amount entered in the change δg record card is an amount less than 10 yen, but the amount is not limited to this, for example, the amount may be less than 100 yen, and the amount to be set is arbitrary.

(Effects of the Invention) In the present invention, the change management system is configured as described above, and the change record card on which the amount of change is written is given to the customer as change. At the counter, you do not have to worry about whether the denominations such as 1 yen coins in the register are correct.
Moreover, it has the excellent effect of not having to actually take out change of less than 10 yen and not making the customer wait for a long time. Furthermore, the current amount of change for each use is entered in the change entry column of the change record card, so customers can pay fractions of less than 10 yen when purchasing products, or receive change as change. There's nothing left to do,
As a result, there is an excellent effect that the customer does not need to prepare small change such as 1 yen coins in advance when shopping.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a change record card used to implement the change management system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the change recording card after use, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of this system, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a register used to implement this system. 1...Register 1a...Change recording card insertion slot 1b...Magnetic stripe reading/writing device IC...
Printing device 3, change record card 3C, change amount 3d, change entry column 3e, magnetic stripe

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Consisting of a change record card insertion slot, a register equipped with a magnetic stripe reading/writing device, and a print/print device, and a change record card provided with a magnetic stripe and a change entry field, the change record card has the above-mentioned A change management system characterized in that the current amount of change calculated each time it is used is entered in a change entry column.