JPH0248952Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to sales data processing of electronic registers, etc.

[Conventional technology] In recent years, department stores equipped with parking lots exclusively for visitors,
In large stores such as supermarkets, as part of their service to customers, parking fees are reduced based on the amount of purchases made at the store from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot until the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot. That is, for example, if the total purchase price after entering the parking lot is 1,000 yen, the parking fee will be free for 30 minutes after entering the parking lot.

[Problems that the invention aims to solve] At stores that provide such services, customers cannot immediately know how much they have to pay for parking, and the store cannot calculate the total purchase price. Confirm by receipt,
Furthermore, the parking fee is determined by checking the time of entry using the parking ticket, which is extremely troublesome.

The reason for these problems is that the time data when a customer enters a parking lot is managed separately, such as a parking ticket, and the total purchase price of products purchased by a customer is managed separately. It is thought that it is located somewhere.

If you manage the time data when the store enters the store and the total purchase amount using the same recording medium, and automatically calculate data such as the times when parking is available for free, the processing on the store side will be easier. This makes it easy for customers to know the parking fee instantly.

The challenge of this invention is to manage the time data at the time of parking and the total purchase price using the same recording medium, and to automatically output the time data for free parking based on the total purchase price. It is.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of this invention are as follows.

A reading/writing means (magnetic card reading/writing section, etc.) that reads or writes the total purchase amount and reference time from the data recording medium, and a purchase amount for each transaction is added to the total purchase amount read by the reading/writing means. Adding means (CPU 1, etc., S ₁₅ ) for adding,
Storage means (memory areas _M3 , _M4, etc.) for storing a predetermined amount and a unit time per predetermined amount;
Calculating the permitted time (parking time, etc.) based on the amount obtained by the adding means and the unit time per predetermined amount stored in the storage means;
A calculation means (CPU1
etc., S ₂₃ , S ₂₄ ), and an output means (printing section 6, etc.) for outputting the permitted time obtained by the calculation means.

Note that the information in parentheses has been added for reference in order to clarify how each of the above-mentioned means is embodied in the embodiment.

[Effect] The function of this device is as follows.

Suppose a customer goes to a department store, etc., parks the car at 12:00 noon, and then makes a purchase worth 2,000 yen.
In this case, the customer hands over a recording medium (magnetic card) in which the reference time (warehousing time) and the total purchase amount received at the time of warehousing are stored (initially, the total purchase amount is 0). The reading/writing means of the sales data processing device reads the reference time and the total purchase amount from the data recording medium, and adds 2000 yen to the total purchase amount using the addition means. The calculating means calculates the permitted time (parking possible time) based on the total purchase amount for the unit time per predetermined amount stored in the storage means, and calculates the permitted time (parking possible time) based on this permitted time and the reference time. Calculate. That is, assuming that 0.5 hours per 1000 yen is stored in the storage means, the calculation result by the calculation means is that the permitted time is 1 hour and the permitted time is 13:00. Then, the output means outputs the permitted time on a receipt or the like.

Furthermore, when the processing of the sales data is completed and the recording medium (card) is ejected, the total purchase amount to which the purchase amount has been added by the adding means is added to the above-mentioned reading/purchasing amount.
The information is written to the recording medium by the writing means.

Therefore, we managed the reference time data and the total purchase amount data on the same recording medium, and automatically output the time data at which free parking is available based on the total purchase amount, making it easier for stores to The process is very simple and the customer can instantly know the parking fee.

[Example] An example will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

In this example, in a large store such as a department store that has a parking lot exclusively for visitors, the parking fee is reduced according to the total amount purchased from the time the customer's car enters the parking lot until the customer leaves the parking lot. This applies to electronic registers at stores that provide exempted services. FIG. 1 shows a schematic system configuration diagram of this electronic register. The input section 1 is provided with a magnetic data read/write section 2 that reads and writes data to and from a magnetic card. Here, the magnetic cards are distributed in advance to customers using the parking lot, and are configured as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, a magnetic card MT on which various data are recorded is formed in the magnetic card MK.
The data format of this magnetic card MT is the second
As shown in Figure B, the system stores data on the year, month, day, and time of storage, total purchase amount data from storage to storage, and transaction data such as the customer's unique PIN number. ing. Further, the input unit 1 is provided with various normally provided keys such as a number key, a department key, and a registration key on its keyboard, and IK in the figure indicates a settlement key. Thus, the key operation signal output from the input section 1 and the data read from the data read/write section 2 are input to a CPU (central processing circuit) 3.

This CPU 3 executes input processing, registration processing, printing processing, etc. according to various microinstructions stored in advance, and in addition to registers A to F used for setting numbers and calculations, the control unit CT, It has a configuration including an arithmetic unit AL. However,
The CPU 3 reads the clock data from the clock circuit 4,
This clock data is transferred to the A register. Further, the CPU 3 exchanges data with the total memory 5 and accumulates the total sales data in the total memory 5. Furthermore, the CPU 3 sends print data to the print unit 6,
Display data is supplied to the display section 7.

The total memory 5 is constituted by RAM (Random Access Memory) and performs data writing and reading operations under the control of the CPU 3. The total memory 5 includes a memory area M for storing total sales data by department, transaction, etc., and a memory area used for calculating parking fees.
It has a configuration having M ₁ to _{M 4} . Here, memory areas M ₁ to _{M 4} have 0.5 hours, 100 yen, 1000 yen,
0.5 hours are stored in the memory area M ₁ , M ₂
0.5 hours, 100 yen indicates that the parking fee is usually 100 yen every 0.5 hours, and also the memory space
The 1,000 yen and 0.5 hours in M ₃ and M ₄ indicate that parking will be free for 0.5 hours for every 1,000 yen purchased.

Next, the operation of this electronic register will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. Figure 3 shows the processing flow at the parking lot entrance. When the magnetic card brought by the customer when entering the parking lot is set in the data reading/writing section 2, the magnetic card is sent to a predetermined position. After that, other data other than the transaction data among the recorded contents, namely, date, hour and minute data, and total purchase amount data are cleared (step _S1 ,
_S2 ). Thereafter, the time measurement data transferred from the time measurement circuit 4 to the A register is sent to the data reading/writing section 2 and written into a predetermined area of the magnetic card (step _S3 ). As a result, the current time (warehousing time) is written on the magnetic card. and,
The feeding operation of the magnetic card is stopped and the magnetic card can be taken out (step _S4 ), and the customer receives the magnetic card at the parking lot entrance.

Figure 4 shows the processing flow at each sales floor in the store and at the exit of the parking lot. At each sales floor, after inserting a magnetic card and performing departmental registration operations, the cash/deposit key is operated. At the parking lot exit, execution is started by inserting the magnetic card and operating the settlement key. That is, first, the set magnetic card is sent to a predetermined position, and then the data stored on the magnetic tape is read (step _S11 ,
_S12 ). Then, whether or not the settlement key is operated is determined based on the contents of the F register (step _S13 ). In this case, the settlement flag "1" is set in the F register to indicate that the settlement key has been operated.
The settlement key is operated at the exit of the parking lot, and the cash/deposit key is operated at each sales floor. First, we will explain the operation when the cash/deposit key is operated on the receipt shown in Figures 5A to C. This will be explained in detail with reference to the printed content.

First, after the departmental registration operation is performed, cash/
When the deposit key is operated, sales data is cumulatively processed (step _S14 ). Then, the content of the C register (the subtotal amount of the current transaction) is added to the total purchase amount (initially "0") read from the magnetic card and held in the D register, and the resulting data is transferred to the D register. After that, data including the contents of the D register is written to the magnetic card (steps _S15 and _S16 ). When the writing to the magnetic card is completed in this manner, the feeding operation of the magnetic card is stopped and the receipt is emitted (steps _S17 and _S18 ). At this point, printing is performed up to the first line below the dotted line shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C. Here, Figures A to C show receipts issued at each sales floor in chronological order, with those above the dotted line being regular receipts and those below the dotted line being issued integrally with the receipt. The parking ticket can be separated from the dotted line. The first line of the parking ticket is printed with the time of entry and the total purchase price, in other words, the cumulative amount from the time the vehicle enters the parking lot until the time the vehicle leaves the parking lot. In the next step _S19 , the contents preset in the memory area _M3 of the total memory 5 are read out and transferred to the C register. In addition,
Memory area _M3 contains the purchase amount (1000 yen in this example) to make the parking lot fee free for a certain unit time.
Therefore, "1000 yen" is set in the C register. Then, the value obtained by dividing the total purchase amount in the D register by "1000 yen" in the C register is transferred to the C register (step
_S20 ). Since the total purchase amount at the first sales floor is "200 yen" as shown in FIG. 5A, the value of the C register is "0.2". And next step S ₂₁
Then, the contents of the memory area _M4 , in which the unit time (0.5 hours in this embodiment) for making parking fees free for each fixed purchase amount, is set in advance is transferred to the E register. After rounding down the value of the C register, this value is multiplied by the unit time (0.5 hours) in the E register, and the time data obtained by this is transferred to the F register (step S ₂₂ , _S23 ). The value set in the F register is the available parking time for which the parking fee is free according to the total purchase amount, and in the case of A in _FIG . The value is "0" and therefore the available parking time is "0".
x 0.5 hours = 0 hours. The available parking time thus obtained is added to the contents of the B register in which the parking time is stored, and the time data thus obtained is transferred to the E register (step _S24 ). The value set in this E register is
This is the parking available time when the parking fee is free from the parking time, and in the case of FIG. 5A, it is "12:00 + 0 hours = 12:00". In step _S25 , it is determined whether this parking available time is equal to or greater than the contents of the A register (current time), but in the case of A in FIG. , therefore, proceed to the next step _S26 . Here, the warehousing time is subtracted from the current time, and the value is transferred to the B register. As a result, in the case of FIG. 5A, "12:15-12:00=15 minutes", and this time becomes the actual parking time. Then, after rounding up to the nearest 0.5 hour, this parking time is calculated from the value of F
The value of the register (parking available time) is subtracted and transferred to the F register (steps _S27 , _S28 ). This F
The value in the register is the time that exceeds the parking time when the parking fee is free, and in the case of A in Figure 5, the value in the B register is rounded up to 0.5 hours, and the value in the F register is ``0'' during this 0.5 hour. Since "hour" is subtracted, it becomes "0.5 hour". Note that the above-mentioned rounding-up process is to round up parking fees in 0.5-hour increments in order to collect parking fees every 0.5 hours. In the next step _S29 , the contents of the E register (parking available time) and the contents of the F register (overtime) are added and the resulting value is transferred to the E register. The value set in this E register is the parking available time when parking fees are collected, and the value is the fifth
In the case of diagram A, "12:00 + 0.5 hours = 12:30"
becomes. The parking available time thus obtained is printed as shown in FIG. 5A (step _S30 ).
In the next steps _S31 to _S35 , the parking fee is calculated and printed. That is, first, the contents of the memory area _M1 are read out and transferred to the D register (step _S31 ). Here, the parking time (0.5 hours) for the parking fee "100 yen" is preset in memory area _M1 , and the value obtained by dividing the contents of the F register (overtime) by this parking time is transferred to the D register. (Step _S32 ). As a result,
In the case of FIG. 5A, "0.5 hour ÷ 0.5 hour = 1". Then, from the memory area M ₂ , the parking fee "100
"Yen" is read out and transferred to the C register (step _S33 ). Thereafter, the contents of the C register and the contents of the D register are multiplied, and the resulting overcharge is printed as shown in FIG. 5A (steps _S34 , _S35 ). Therefore, by checking the printed contents of the receipt (including parking ticket) issued at the first sales floor, the parking fee will be 100 yen until 12:30.
It turns out that it is a circle. Incidentally, in the next step _S36 , processing is performed to clear the contents of registers B to F.

Next, the specific operation in the case of FIG. 5B will be explained. In this case, the total purchase amount is "2000 yen" based on the previous sales amount (200 yen) and the current sales amount (1800 yen). Therefore, "2000 ÷ 1000 = 2.0" is calculated in step S ₂₀ , and based on this value, the available parking time is "2 x 0.5 hours = 1.0 hours" (step S ₂₃ ), and the available parking time is "12 00 minutes +
1 hour = 13:00''. Now, as shown in Figure 5B, the current time is "12:20", so the available parking time is longer than the current time, so step
Proceeding to _S37 , the available parking time "13:00" is printed, and in the next step _S38 , no charge is printed, and then the process proceeds to step _S39 . In this way, if the total purchase amount is "2000 yen", 1
It turns out that parking is free until 13:00.

Next, the specific operation in the case of FIG. 5C will be explained. In this case, if the current purchase amount "600 yen" is added to the previous purchase amount "2000 yen", the total purchase amount becomes "2600 yen". Therefore, "2600÷1000=2.6" is calculated in step S ₂₀ , but this value becomes "2.0" by rounding down (step S ₂₂ ), so the parking available time and parking available time are This is the same as in Figure B. but,
In this case, the current time is "13:00", which exceeds the available parking time "13:00", so the 5th
As in the case of FIG. A, steps _S26 to _S36 are executed sequentially. That is, in step _S26 , the actual parking time "13:01 - 12:00 = 1 hour 01 minutes" is calculated,
This value is rounded up (step _S27 ) to "1.5 hours".
becomes. Therefore, the overtime is "1.5 hours -
1 hour = 0.5 hour'', and when parking fees are collected based on this value, the available parking time ``13:00 + 0.5 hour = 13:30'' is calculated and printed, as well as the overtime period. The parking fee will be requested and printed. As a result, it turns out that the parking fee until 13:30 is 100 yen.

FIG. 5D shows a receipt issued at the exit of the parking lot. In this case, since the settlement key is operated, this is detected in step _S13 , and the process proceeds to step _S39 . The subtotal amount (cumulative purchase amount stored on the card) of 2,600 yen, which is assumed to have been delivered at the time of FIG. 5C, is transferred to the D register, and in the next step _S40 , date data is printed. and,
Proceeding to step _S19 , steps _S19 to _S36 are sequentially executed in the same way as in the case of Fig. 5C, printing as shown in Fig. 5D is printed on the receipt, and the total of 100 yen is added by operating a specific key. Add to memory (not shown)
be done.

In the embodiment described above, data may be read and written on a magnetic card, or a magnetic tape may be attached to a roll of paper (parking ticket) or the like, and data may be read and written thereon. Further, in addition to magnetic means, data may be read and written by optical means. In addition, various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the scope of this invention.

[Effects of the invention] According to this invention, in stores that provide services such as reducing or freeing parking fees depending on the total purchase amount, the processing on the store side becomes extremely simple, and the customer side can It is possible to instantly know the times when free parking is available, and the service to customers is further improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention. Fig. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of an electronic register to which this invention is applied, Fig. 2A shows the structure of a magnetic card, and Fig. 2B shows data on a magnetic tape. Format, 3rd
This figure is a flowchart showing the operation at the parking lot entrance, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation at each sales floor and the parking lot exit, and FIGS. 5A to 5D are printing state diagrams. MT...magnetic card, 1...input section, 2...reading/writing section, 3...CPU, 4...timing circuit, 5
...Total memory, 6...Printing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] reading/writing means for reading or writing the total purchase amount and reference time from the data recording medium; and addition means for adding the purchase amount for each transaction to the total purchase amount read by the reading/writing means;
a storage means for storing a predetermined amount of money and a unit time per predetermined amount; and a storage means for storing a predetermined amount and a unit time per predetermined amount, and calculating the permission time based on the amount obtained by the addition means and the unit time per predetermined amount stored in the storage means, and calculating the permission time. A sales data processing device comprising: a calculation means for calculating a permitted time based on time and the reference time; and an output means for outputting the permitted time obtained by the calculation means.