JPH0337790A - Electronic cash register device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the registration processing time by using the store contents of a second memory as they are, if information required for the registration processing of a transaction is stored in its second memory, when information related to the transaction is inputted by an input means. CONSTITUTION:In a key input means 12, when information related to a transaction, that is, a PLU (unit price call) code is inputted, whether information required for the registration processing of its transaction, that is, a text and a unit price are stored in a memory 21 being a semiconductor integrated circuit or not is checked first, and when the information required for the registration processing of the transaction is stored in its memory 21, it is used as it is and the PLU registration processing operation is executed. Accordingly, an operation for reading out separately the information required for the registration processing of each transaction from a floppy disk 10 of a processor 1 and transferring it through a communication means 3 is not executed. In such a way, the time can be shortened, and a quick processing operation can be executed by an electronic cash register 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a processing device such as a personal computer,
The present invention relates to an electronic cash register device that is capable of communicating with one or more electronic cash registers (abbreviated as ECR) via a communication means for transmitting and receiving data.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, multiple electronic cash registers have a common personal combiator or other processing device that contains preset data, such as the abbreviation PLU, Pr1ce Look.
kup) Text corresponding to the code, that is, data such as the product name and unit price, is entered, and such data is used to register the transaction at the electronic cash register. In such prior art, the following operations are generally performed. In other words, when performing PLU registration processing, when PL (J registration is performed at the electronic cash register), the input PLU code is first transferred to the processing device via the communication means. The corresponding code is accessed from a file which is a memory that stores the text and unit price corresponding to the code, the text and unit price of the PLU code are read from the file, and the read data is transferred to the electronic cash register. The electronic cash register receives the data from the processing device, and sends it to the PLU based on the received data.
Performs registration processing operation. In the processing device, the PLU file is realized by, for example, a floppy disk.

The operation of such a prior art processing device is shown in FIG. The processing device is a personal computer or the like and is designated by the reference character PC. Step (
1 to step c2, it is determined whether or not there is a pre-order from the electronic cash register, and if so, the PLU file of the processing device is searched and the data is transferred to the electronic cash register in step c4. However, if it is determined in step c5 that the data transfer has been completed, the process returns to step c2 again.

In the electronic cash register, as shown in step 712, the process moves from step d1 to step d2, and it is determined whether PLU registration has been performed, and if such registration has been performed,
In step d3, PLU data, which is data necessary for transaction registration processing, is provided to the processing device.

As a result, the decision action tP of step c2 in FIG. 6 described above is performed. In step ( ) 4, it is determined whether or not the data transferred in step c4 described above has been received from the processing device. When such data is received, in step d5, a plurality of units perform calculations for PLU registration processing. A processing device is commonly used for electronic cash registers, thereby simplifying the configuration.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such prior art, each time there is input of transaction information in an electronic cash register, that is, PLU registration, steps 01 to (5) in FIG. Steps d2 to d4 in FIG. 7 are executed and take time.

Therefore, it takes time to complete the registration process after PLU registration is performed in the electronic cash register, and the user feels that the arithmetic processing operation of the electronic cash register is slow, making it inconvenient to use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cash register that can quickly perform transaction registration processing operations in an electronic cash register.

The present invention provides an electronic cash registration device in which a processing device and an electronic i1L coin registration device can communicate with each other via a communication means, wherein the processing device stores information necessary for transaction registration processing. The electronic cash register includes: a first memory; and a first processing circuit that reads stored contents of the first memory and outputs the stored contents to the communication means in response to a read command signal via the communication means; an input means for inputting information; a second memory for storing the stored contents of the first memory transferred via the communication means; (b) When the information necessary for the transaction registration process is stored in the second memory, the transaction registration process is performed using the stored contents of the second memory, and (b) the information necessary for the transaction registration process is stored in the second memory. When the contents are not stored in the second memory, the contents stored in the first memory are operated and transferred via communication means to be stored in the second memory, and the contents stored in the second memory are stored in the second memory. and a second processing circuit that performs transaction registration processing using the electronic money registration device.

According to the present invention, in a processing device realized by a microcomputer or the like, information necessary for transaction registration processing, such as the text of a PLU code and a unit price, is stored in a first memory. The stored contents of the memory are read by the first processing means and provided to the electronic cash register via the communication means. In an electronic cash register, information related to a transaction, such as a PLU code, is inputted by an input means, and based on the information inputted by the input means, information necessary for the registration process of the transaction, such as the text of the product and the It is detected whether the unit price etc. are stored in the second memory. If the information necessary for transaction registration processing is stored in the second memory, the transaction registration processing is performed using the stored contents of the second memory. If the information necessary for processing is not stored, the first
This transaction registration process involves operating a processing circuit to transfer the stored contents of the first memory and storing them in the second memory, and registering the transaction using the contents stored in the second memory. The stored contents of the first memory are transferred to the second memory.
Although it may be used before being stored in memory,
The contents thus transferred from the first memory are finally stored in the second memory. Therefore, when the transaction registration process is subsequently performed in response to various input transaction information, the transaction registration process can be performed using the stored contents of the second memory. . The first memory is, for example, a floppy disk, and the second memory is, for example, a random access memory realized by a semiconductor integrated circuit. In this way, the time required for transaction registration processing in the electronic cash register can be shortened.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. This electronic cash register device basically consists of a processing device 1 realized by a personal computer or the like, and one or more electronic cash registers 2 connected via a communication means 3. The communication means 3 includes 6 communication control circuits 4.6 including a communication control circuit 4, a line 5, and a communication control circuit 6.
performs operations for transmitting and receiving information between the processing device 1 and the electronic cash register 2.

The processing device 1 includes a read-only memory 8 connected to the processing circuit 7, a random access memory 9, and a floppy disk 10. The read-only memory 8 stores the operating program of the processing circuit 7, The calculation results are stored in random access memory 9. Information necessary for transaction registration processing is stored on the floppy disk 10 as shown in FIG. In the first memory 10, which is a floppy disk, each PLU
Corresponding to the code, text that is the product name and unit price are stored as a list.

In response to a read command signal from the electronic iIL coin register 2 via the communication means 3, the processing circuit 7 reads the corresponding PLU.
The code text and unit price are read out and given to the electronic cash register 2 from the communication means 3.

The electronic cash register 2 includes a key manual means 12 for inputting information related to transactions, such as a PLU code, a controller 13 for key manual input and display, and a visual display means 14 driven to display by the controller 13. Processing circuit 15 and drawer 1 for storing coins and banknotes
6, a printer 17 that issues and prints receipts, etc., and a printer controller 1 that controls the printer 17
8, a read-only memory 19 in which programs are stored, and a random access memory 2 which is a work memory used to store calculation results.
0 and a random access memory 21 used as a second memory for files, and a processing circuit 15.
A communication control circuit 6 is connected to.

The operation of the processing circuit 1 will be explained with reference to FIG. Moving from step a1 to step a2, electronic cash register 2
It is determined whether or not there is a signal to prepare the information necessary for the transaction registration process, and if there is such an inquiry, the process moves to step a3 and searches the PLU file in the memory 10, which is a Fronbi disk, Read the text and unit price corresponding to the applicable PLU code and proceed to step a.
4, the information is transferred to the electronic cash register 2 via the communication means 3. When it is determined in step a5 that the data transfer has ended, the process returns to step a2.

In the memory 21 of the electronic cash register 2, f shown in FIG.
The information necessary for transaction registration processing transferred from the memory 10 in this manner is stored in the form of a list of texts and unit prices for each PLU code.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic cash register 2. As shown in FIG. Step b1? ) steg b
Moving on to step 2, when the PLU code, which is information regarding the transaction, is input and registered by operating the non-input means 12,
Moving to step b3, the memory 21 determines whether information necessary for transaction registration processing is stored in the memory 21 in response to the information input by the key manual means 12. It is determined whether the information necessary for transaction registration processing, that is, the text and unit price corresponding to the PLU code input in the key manual means 12, are stored in the memory 21, and the information is stored. If so, the process moves to step b8, and the information stored in the memory 21 is used to perform calculations for PLO registration processing.

In step b3, the key manual means 1 is stored in the memory 21.
If it is determined that the information necessary for the transaction registration process is not stored using the information related to the transaction inputted in step b4, the process moves to step b4, and the processing device 1
The information necessary for transaction registration processing, that is, the PLU data, is inquired of via the communication means 3. As a result, in the processing device 1, steps a2 and a3 shown in the above-mentioned third [2I] are performed, and thereafter, data transfer in step a4 is performed.

When it is determined in step b5 that the stored contents of the memory 10 have been transferred and received from the processing device 1, the process moves to step b6, and the memory 21 of the electronic cash register 2 stores the stored contents of FIG. 4(1). From the state to the fourth [ff1
As shown in (2), new data is written to the first record, which is the store robust area, and the contents stored in the original first record are moved to the second record, and thus the data is stored in order. The contents are shifted and the contents of the fourth record in which the oldest information is stored are deleted. Stenob b8 performs a registration process using the text and unit price of the currently required first record stored in this memory 21 as information necessary for transaction registration. In step b9, a series of steps are performed. The PLU registration processing operation is completed.

In this manner, in the above-described embodiment, when information regarding a transaction, that is, the PLU code is inputted in the key human power means 12, information necessary for the transaction registration process, that is, text and unit price, is input to the semiconductor integrated circuit. First, check whether it is stored in the memory 21,
If the memory 21 stores the information necessary for transaction registration processing, it can be used as is for PL.
Since the U registration processing operation is executed, the information necessary for the registration processing of each transaction is stored on the floppy disk 1 of the processing device 1.
Since the operation of individually reading data from 0 and transferring it via the communication means 3 is not performed, the time can be shortened and a quick processing operation can be performed in the electronic cash register 2.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the stored contents, which are information necessary for transaction registration processing, in the first memory provided in the processing device are stored in the electronic cash register when necessary. Once read, the read store contents of the first memory are stored in the second memory, and thereafter, when information regarding the transaction is inputted by the input means towards the electronic cash register, the stored contents of the first memory are stored in the second memory. If the information necessary for the registration process is stored in the second memory, the contents stored in the second memory can be used as is, so that the time required for the registration process can be shortened. Generally, the information necessary for transaction registration processing that is stored in such a second memory is often used frequently, and therefore the time required for registration processing is reduced as described above. Is possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the memory 10, which is a floppy disk, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of the processing device l. Flowchart, No. 4 (2!) is a diagram showing the stored contents of the memory 21 of the electronic cash register 2, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic cash register 2, and FIG. 6 is the prior art. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic cash register in the prior art shown in FIG. 6. 1. Processing device, 2.・・Electronic cash register, 3・・
・Communication means, 7, 15...processing circuit, 10.21...
・Memory, 12...key manual means

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In an electronic cash register device in which a processing device and an electronic cash register are capable of communicating via a communication means, the processing device stores information necessary for transaction registration processing. and a first processing circuit that reads the stored contents of the first memory and outputs it to the communication means in response to a read command signal via the communication means, the electronic cash register comprises: an input means for inputting information; a second memory for storing the stored contents of the first memory transferred via the communication means; (b) When the information necessary for the transaction registration process is stored in the second memory, the transaction registration process is performed using the stored contents of the second memory, and (b) the information necessary for the transaction registration process is stored in the second memory. When the content is not stored in the second memory, the content stored in the first memory is sent to the first memory via the communication means.
Electronic money characterized by comprising a second processing circuit that operates the processing circuit to transfer the data and store it in a second memory, and performs transaction registration processing using the contents stored in the second memory. Registration device.