JPH03196255A - Restaurant pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To deal with the cards via a single POS system by receiving the data necessary for card processing from a POS main body with a card different from the precedent card and changing successively the operation to the data processing operation for a credit card or prepaid card reader. CONSTITUTION:A control part 100 receives the data necessary for card processing from a POS main body 1. When a credit card, for example, is continuously used, this card is continuously processed. Thus it is not required to especially receive the data necessary for card processing from the main body 1. However if a prepaid card is used then, the part 100 receives the data necessary for processing the prepaid card. Thus the prepaid card is processed. That is, the operation is switched only with the change of the card. Thus both cards are available in a single POS system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a cafeteria POS system that receives orders from a plurality of terminal devices.
Regarding the system.

[Conventional technology]

In cafeterias, such as company cafeterias, which sometimes accept a large number of orders, conventional POS systems use credit cards and provide terminals with card readers for each ordered item. The ordering operation is completed simply by reading the card into a predetermined terminal, and the POS main body identifies the data from the terminal, performs a card check, and issues order instructions to each department in the cafeteria. In addition, the accounting process for each individual order is deducted from, for example, a monthly salary from data sent to a host computer connected to the POS main body.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Previously, company cafeteria POS systems only accepted credit cards. Therefore, if someone other than the company wanted to use the service, they had no choice but to pay with cash or purchase and use a card with a specific amount of money instead. Recently, prepaid cards have been issued in each industry or region, so
It also needs to be available for use in the cafeteria POS system.

To achieve this, preparing two separate POS systems that use credit cards and prepaid cards, respectively, would be expensive and difficult to implement.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a cafeteria POS system that can use both cards as a single POS system.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention relates to a restaurant POS system that includes a POS main body and a plurality of terminal devices connected to the POS main body, and receives orders by card from each terminal device. Each reader is provided with a control unit that controls each of the readers and performs signal transmission with the POS main body, and the control unit determines which reader the input is from, and if a card different from the previous card is used. Data necessary for card processing is transferred from the PO8 main body, and the data processing operation of either a credit card reader or a prepaid card reader is sequentially changed.

[Effect]

The control unit receives data necessary for card processing from the main body of the PO8 and performs card processing.

If a certain card, for example a credit card, is used continuously, processing will continue, so please check the P.
The data necessary for card processing is not transferred from the O8 main unit, but if the prepaid card is used later, the control unit will transfer the data necessary for prepaid card processing from the PO8 main unit. and move on to processing this card. That is, the operation is switched only when changing the card. The code processing program is
Rather than transferring from the POS main unit, both programs are prepared in the control unit and only the necessary data is transferred.
Change processing time is reduced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration and a circuit block diagram of a terminal device. In the POS zero body 1, each terminal device 10 (1) ~
10(N) are connected via signal line 2. The terminal device 10 is configured by connecting a control unit 100 to a credit card reader 16 and a prepaid card reader/writer 18 via interfaces 15 and 17, respectively. The control unit 100 has a CPU 12, a ROM 13 that stores programs, and a RAM 14 that stores data necessary for processing each card, and performs signal transmission with the POS main body 1 via the communication interface 11 using a signal vA2.

As mentioned above, the ROM 13 has two processing programs for credit card and prepaid card processing, and the CPU 12 has the card reader 16 and the reader/writer 1.
8 is the read data, and the read data is processed by the corresponding processing program. At this time, the data required for processing is, in the case of a credit card, the personal code and company code for card checking, and in the case of a prepaid card, the amount of the product to be ordered is calculated using this terminal device. This is product price information necessary for writing the remaining amount with the reader/writer 18. These data are provided to PO each time.
The data is transferred from the 8-zero body 1 and written in the RAM 14. This transfer is requested only when the card is different from the previous card. Also, from this, the PO8 zero body 1 can know whether the data sent from the terminal device 10 is a credit card or a prepaid card.

The operation of the POS system of the present invention will be explained below using a flowchart shown in FIG. SL, insert the card into card reader 1
6 or the terminal device 10 reads the data from the reader/writer 18 and stores the data in the RAM 14.6 Next, the card type is not determined (S2), and in the case of a credit card, the data for card check is transferred from the PO8 main body 1 (S3).
), performs a card check, and sends a check OK signal to P.
The O8 zero body 1 receives the request, gives instructions to the cafeteria clerk, and transfers the accounting data to the host computer (S4). If the card type is determined to be a prepaid card in S2, the product amount information data is transferred from the POS main body l. Ask me to do it (S5)
, calculate the balance and write it to the card, as well as P.O.
After sending an OK signal to the 3-zero body 1, the POS body 1 gives instructions to the cafeteria staff (S6).

Next, when the card is inserted again, the card is read, the card data is stored in the RAM 14 (S7), and the card type is determined (S8).

Depending on whether the card type is the same as the previous card (S9),
If it is the same, if it is a credit card, go to S4. In the case of a prepaid card, perform the procedure in S6. If it is different from the previous card, please proceed to S3 if it is a credit card. S4, and in the case of a prepaid card, take steps S5 and S6.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in a cafeteria POS system in which both a credit card and a prepaid card are used, the system of the present invention has one POS system instead of two POS systems corresponding to each card. It is designed to be compatible with. Therefore, the terminal device and each signal line can be simplified, and a low-cost system can be constructed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration and a circuit block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the embodiment system. 1--pos body, 2--signal line, 10.10(l
l-10(N) ---Terminal device, 16--Card reader (for credit cards), 18--Reader writer (
for prepaid cards), 1oo-control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a cafeteria POS system that includes a POS main body and a plurality of terminal devices connected to the POS main body, and receives orders by card from each terminal device, the terminal device has respective readers for credit cards and prepaid cards, and a plurality of readers for each of the above-mentioned readers. and a control unit that performs signal transmission with the POS main unit, and the control unit determines which reader the input is from, and if a card different from the previous card is used, the input is transmitted from the POS main unit to the POS main unit necessary for processing the card. 1. A restaurant POS system, wherein the data processing operation of either a credit card reader or a prepaid card reader is sequentially changed so as to receive data transfer.