JPH0239834B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register capable of displaying a non-registration status.

[Prior Art] For example, as seen in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 159637/1983, in a conventional electronic cash register, even if a registration mode is specified, registration operations cannot be performed unless a sign-on declaration is made. When the registered task cannot be executed, the customer display shows nothing, or only displays [0] indicating the initial state, and the customer does not know whether the registered task is in progress or has stopped. It was difficult to judge whether it was in the middle or not. For this reason, if an operator is standing in front of an electronic cash register that has been signed off to perform an inspection or exchange of receipts, customers may mistakenly come to the register thinking that the registration process is in progress. ,
There was a risk of trouble occurring.

Such a state in which the electronic cash register is unable to perform the registration task also occurs when the operator specifies the lock mode and disables key operations in order to temporarily leave his/her seat during the registration task. Even in this case, the display for the customer will continue to display the display immediately before specifying the lock mode, or will only display [0], making it difficult for the customer to determine whether the registration process is in progress or stopped. It was hot.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the conventional electronic cash register, it was not possible to recognize from the display contents of the customer display that the registration business was being stopped.
For this reason, if an operator stands in front of a stopped electronic cash register and performs tasks such as checking or exchanging receipts, customers may mistakenly come to the register thinking that the register is in progress. , troubles sometimes occurred with customers.

Therefore, the present invention provides a system in which, when a sign-off declaration is made in the registration mode and the registration operation becomes unexecutable, or when the lock mode is specified during product sales data registration and the registration operation becomes temporarily unexecutable, To provide an electronic cash register that can notify customers of non-registration status or temporary non-registration status through a display on a customer display, thereby preventing unnecessary troubles with customers and improving service performance. This is what we are trying to provide.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an electronic cash register that can display the total amount of product sales data registered up to that point as a subtotal when the lock is released and registration operations are resumed after the lock mode is specified, thereby further improving serviceability. This is what we are trying to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The electronic cash register of the present invention has a registration mode for registering product sales data, a lock mode for temporarily locking the registration process, and other functions such as inspection and settlement. A control switch that specifies the business mode, a sign-on/off key that declares execution or abort of registered business when the registration mode is specified by this control switch, and a display character that cannot be registered and stores display character data that cannot be registered. A first display control means for displaying characters that cannot be registered in the display character table area on a customer display when the registration mode is specified using the table area and the control switch, and the execution of the registration task is declared to be canceled using the sign-on/off key. and a first display erasure control means for erasing unregistrable characters displayed on the customer display when execution of the registration task is declared using the sign-on/off key;
When register mode is specified with the control switch and lock mode is specified with the control switch while the execution of registration work is declared using the sign-on/off key, characters that cannot be registered temporarily in the display character table area are displayed on the customer display. It is equipped with a second display control means for displaying the characters, and a second display erasure control means for erasing the temporarily unregistrable characters displayed on the customer display when the registration mode designation is canceled. .

Furthermore, the present invention provides a flag area for a registration flag that is set during product sales data registration processing;
A subtotal area is provided to store the total amount of product sales data registered in the registration process at any time. When the lock mode is specified in the display character table area, characters that cannot be registered temporarily are displayed on the customer display, and the lock mode designation is canceled while the characters that are temporarily unregisterable are displayed on the customer display. Determine whether or not the registering flag is set in the flag memory. If the flag is reset, the temporarily unregisterable characters on the customer display will be erased, and if the flag is reset, the contents of the subtotal area will be displayed for the customer. It is displayed on the container.

[Function] With the present invention having such a configuration, when the registration mode is designated with the control switch and the execution of the registration business is declared to be stopped using the sign-on/off key while the registration business is being executed, the customer display Characters that cannot be registered are displayed on the device. Then sign on
When the off key is used to declare execution of the registration task, the non-registrable characters on the customer display are erased.

Further, according to the present invention, if the lock mode is designated by the control switch while the registration mode is designated by the control switch and registration work is being executed, a temporary registration-disabled character is displayed on the customer display. Thereafter, when the lock mode designation is canceled with the control switch, the temporarily unregisterable characters on the customer display are erased.

Further, according to the present invention, when the lock mode designation is canceled with the control switch, the contents of the subtotal area are displayed on the customer display if the registration flag is set.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance, where 1 is the cash register main body and 2 is the drawer storage section. The front surface of the cash register main body 1 is provided with a keyboard 3, a control switch 4, a receipt issuing port 5, a journal inspection window 6, and a dot-type operator display 7. Further, a dot-type customer display (not shown) is provided on the rear surface of the cash register main body 1. A drawer 8 is provided in the drawer storage section 2 so that it can be taken in and out.

As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 3 has a number key 31, a department key 32, a clear key 33, a subtotal key 34, a deposit/cash total key 35, and a Responsibility No./Responsibility C key 36 as a sign-on/off key. etc. are provided. As shown in Fig. 3, the control switch 4 is a key-type switch that turns the power OFF and specifies each business mode of ``setting,''``lock,''``registration,''``inspection,'' ``return registration,'' and ``settlement.''It's getting old. Furthermore, "setting" refers to the work of setting various data necessary for registration work.
"Registration" is the process of registering product sales data in internal memory, displaying it, and printing it out to issue a receipt. "Lock" is the process of temporarily prohibiting key input during the registration process. It is a job to lock the

In addition, "inspection" is the process of printing out the cumulative value on a receipt when you want to know the cumulative value registered up to that point while performing registration work, and "return registration" is the process of printing out the cumulative value registered so far in the registration process. This is the process of subtracting and registering the data that has been registered once, and "accounting" is the process of printing out the cumulative registration value for the day, clearing the registration memory, and preparing for the next day's registration process. be.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration, and 11 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration.
A CPU (Central Processing Unit), 12 a ROM (Read Only Memory), and 13 a RAM (Random Access Memory). The CPU 11 is
It is connected to the ROM 12 and RAM 13 via an address bus line 14 and a data bus line 15. 16 and 17 are I/O ports, 18 is a keyboard controller, 19 is a printer drive circuit, and 20 is a display controller, which are the same as those described above.
It is connected to the CPU 11 via the data bus line 15. Further, the CPU 11 controls the selector 21 to control the ROM 12, RAM 13,
The I/O ports 16 and 17, the keyboard controller 18, the printer drive circuit 19, and the display controller 20 are selectively controlled. The I/O port 16 is controlled by the CPU 11 to input and process business designation signals from the control switch 4, and the keyboard controller 18 is controlled by the CPU 11 to input and process key signals from the keyboard 3, and The /O port 17 controls a drawer opening device 23 which is controlled by the CPU 11 and drives the drawer 8 to open. The printer drive circuit 19 is connected to the CPU 1
1 to drive the printer 24, and the display controller 20 is controlled by the CPU 11 to drive the operator display 7 and the customer display 25.
is controlled. As shown in FIG. 5, the RAM 13 includes a department-specific total memory area 131 for accumulating product sales data for each department, a transaction-specific total memory area 132 for accumulating product sales data for each transaction,
A total memory area 133 that accumulates all registered product sales data, and an unregistrable display character table area 134 that stores display characters that cannot be registered, such as "Teishi Chuyuu" and temporarily unregisterable display characters such as "Omachikudasai". , Subtotal area 135 that stores intermediate totals at any time when registering product sales data for one customer, Sign-on flag SF, Lock flag LF, Registration flag
A memory area 136 necessary for RF and other processing is provided.

The CPU 11 is connected to the control switch 4.
It controls each part based on the program data stored in the ROM 12 using business designation signals from the keyboard 3 and key signals from the keyboard 3. In particular, it controls the program processing shown in FIGS. 6, 8, and 10. conduct. In other words, Figure 6 shows the liability No./
This shows the program processing when the C key 36 is input.When this key is input, it first checks to see if it is a registered business, and if it is not a registered business, an error is generated. If it is a registration task, then sign-on flag SF
Check whether it is set. If the sign-on flag SF has been set, the sign-off operation has been performed from the sign-on state, so after resetting the flag SF, the contents of "recipient" as the unregistrable display character are retrieved from the unregistrable display character table area 134. The information is read out and displayed on the customer display 27 as shown in FIG. 7 (first display control means). If the sign-on flag SF has been reset, a sign-on operation has been performed from the sign-off state, so after setting the flag SF, the customer display 25 is controlled to erase (first display erasure control means), and then other Performs sign-on processing.

FIG. 8 shows the program processing when the service designation signal is input from the control switch 4. When there is a change in this input signal, it is checked whether the control switch 4 has reached the lock service position. When the lock work position is reached, the lock flag will be activated.
LF is set, and the content of "Omachikudasai" as a temporary non-registration display character is read from the non-registration display character table area 134 and displayed on the customer display 25 as shown in FIG. 9 (second display control means). Also, if it is not in the lock business position, it next checks whether the lock flag LF is set, and if the flag LF is set, it is reset and further checks whether the registration flag RF is set ( means of judgment). If the registration flag RF is set, the contents of the subtotal area 135 are displayed on the customer display 25 (subtotal display control means), and the registration flag RF is set.
If it has been reset, the customer display 25 is simply erased (second display erase control means).

FIG. 10 shows the program processing when the deposit/total key 35 is input. When this key is input, it is checked whether the job is an inspection job or a settlement job. If the customer is used to inspection or payment processing, the content of "Registration" is read from the non-registration display character table area 134 and displayed on the customer display 25 as shown in FIG. Then, normal inspection or payment processing is performed, and when this processing is completed, the customer display 25 is controlled to disappear.

In the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, when the control switch 4 specifies the registered business and the Responsibility No./Responsibility C key 36 declares sign-off, the customer display 25 displays the characters "Registration". is displayed to inform the customer that registration is currently disabled. This character display continues until the next sign-on declaration. Additionally, when the control switch 4 is set to the lock position in order to leave the customer's seat temporarily during the registration process, the message "Omachikudasai" is displayed on the customer display 25, and registration is temporarily disabled for the customer. let them know that you are Then, when the product sales data for a certain customer is locked while the product sales data is being registered, and the lock is subsequently released, the total amount of registration for that customer up to that point is displayed as a subtotal on the customer display 25. indicate.

Furthermore, during inspections or payment operations, the characters ``Please check'' will be displayed on the customer display 25.
At this time as well, the customer is informed that registration is disabled.

In this way, if the registration process is not possible due to the sign-off state or if the registration process is not possible due to inspection or payment, the customer display 25
Since the customer can be notified by displaying that registration is disabled, the customer can easily confirm from the display that registration is disabled. In addition, if the registration process is temporarily disabled due to a lock, the customer display 25 can display and notify the customer that registration is temporarily disabled. You can easily confirm from the display that registration is temporarily disabled. Therefore, even if an operator stands in front of an electronic cash register that cannot be registered to perform inspection work or exchange receipts, customers will not be mistaken as if registration is in progress, and unnecessary troubles with customers will be avoided. This can be prevented and the service to customers can be improved. Furthermore, since there is no need to notify customers that registration is not possible through a ticket stand or the like, such troublesome management can be made unnecessary and hassle-free.
Furthermore, since the customer display 25 displays characters in the form of dots, it is possible to display the non-registration status with different characters depending on each status, and it is easy to tell the customer the extent of the waiting time. can be informed. Furthermore, by increasing the number of displayed characters, it is possible to notify the user of the non-registrable character status in more detail. Furthermore, if the customer is locked during the registration process and then unlocked, the customer will be shown the total number of registrations up to that point. The total amount can be easily known and the service can be further improved.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when the registration mode sign-off declaration is made and the registration task becomes impossible to execute, the customer display displays the non-registration status to the customer. In addition, when the lock mode is specified during product sales data registration and the registration operation becomes temporarily inoperable, the customer display can display the temporary registration disabled status to notify the customer. It is possible to provide an electronic cash register that can improve serviceability by preventing unnecessary troubles with customers.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, after the lock mode is specified, when the lock is released and registration operations are resumed, the total amount of product sales data registered up to that point can be displayed as a subtotal, which can further improve service performance. It is possible to provide a register.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance, Figure 2 is a keyboard diagram, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing a keyboard.
Figure 4 shows the control switch, Figure 4 is the block diagram, Figure 5 shows the main memory configuration of the RAM, Figure 6 is the flowchart showing the program processing of the No./C keys, and Figure 7. is a diagram showing the display state of registration possible during the processing in Figure 6, Figure 8 is a flowchart showing the program processing when the control switch is set to the lock position, and Figure 9 is a temporary diagram during the processing in Figure 7. A diagram showing the display state of “registration possible”;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the program processing of the deposit/total key when specifying inspection or settlement work. 3...keyboard, 4...control switch, 11...CPU (central processing unit), 12...
ROM (Read Only Memory), 13...
RAM (Random Access Memory), 25...
Customer display, 134...Display character table area that cannot be registered.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A dot matrix display type customer display and an operator display are provided, and a printer is provided, product sales data is registered and displayed on each display, and the printer prints receipt paper. The electronic cash register, which prints out and issues receipts, has a registration mode for registering product sales data, a lock mode for temporarily locking the registration process, and other business modes such as inspection and payment. A control switch to specify, a sign-on/off key that declares the execution or abort of registration tasks when the registration mode is specified by this control switch, and an unregistrable display character table area that stores unregistrable display character data. , a first display control for displaying unregistrable characters in the display character table area on the customer display when the control switch specifies a registration mode and the sign-on/off key declares suspension of registration business execution; means, a first display erasure control means for erasing non-registrable characters displayed on the customer display by the first display control means when execution of registration business is declared using the sign-on/off key; When the control switch specifies the registration mode and the sign-on/off key declares execution of the registration task, when the control switch specifies the lock mode, the temporarily unregistrable characters in the display character table area are changed to a second display control means for displaying on the passenger display; and a second display control means for erasing temporarily unregistrable characters displayed on the passenger display when the lock mode designation is canceled. 2. An electronic cash register characterized by comprising: the display erasing control means of item 2; and the following. 2. A dot matrix display type customer display and an operator display are provided, and a printer is provided to register and process product sales data, display it on each display, and print it out on receipt paper using the printer to generate a receipt. A control switch for specifying a registration mode for registering product sales data, a lock mode for temporarily locking the registration process, and other business modes such as inspection and settlement in the electronic cash register that issues the cash register; A sign-on/off key that declares the execution or abort of registration work when the registration mode is specified by this control switch, a flag area for the registration flag that is set during the registration process of product sales data, and a flag area for the registration flag that is set during the registration process. A subtotal area that stores the total amount of product sales data to be registered at any time, a non-registrable display character table area that stores non-registrable display character data, and a register mode that is specified with the control switch and which is set using the sign-on/off key. a first display control means for displaying unregistrable characters in the display character table area on the customer display when the execution of the registration business is declared to be discontinued; a first display erasure control means for erasing unregistrable characters that have been registered using the sign-on/off key when execution of the registration task is declared; a second display control means for displaying temporarily unregisterable characters in the display character table area on the customer display when a lock mode is designated by the control switch in a state in which business execution is declared; Judgment means for determining whether or not a registration flag is set in the flag area when the lock mode designation is canceled with the display control means displaying a temporarily unregisterable character on the customer display. and a second display erasure control means for erasing temporarily unregisterable characters on the customer display when the determining means determines to reset the flag; and when the determining means determines to set the flag, the content of the subtotal area is An electronic cash register characterized by comprising: a subtotal display control means for displaying the subtotal on a cash display;