JPH034394A - Cash processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To pay a transaction amount smoothly even when the installing place of a first input means and that of a second input means are separated from each other by enabling information with respect to a transaction with the second input means to be inputted replying to a transaction permission signal from the first input means. CONSTITUTION:A main processor 2 is provided at the front 1 of a hotel, and an electronic cash register 4 is provided at the restaurant of the hotel, and they are connected with a transmission line 5. Firstly, the information with respect to the transaction is inputted from the input means 6 of the processor 2. Inputted information is supplied to a processing circuit 7. Meanwhile, at the register 4, the information with respect to the transaction of a meal charge, etc., inputted to an input means 9 is supplied to a processing circuit 10. A room number file 11 and a hotel mount file 12 are provided at the circuit 10, and the transaction amount of the meal charge, etc., is stored in the file 12 at every room number. The information with respect to the transaction can be inputted from the means 9 by generating the transaction permission signal from the means 6, which enables the payment of the meal charge, etc., to be payed on credit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money processing device, and more specifically, to a new money processing device that can smoothly process the amount to be paid by a customer at a hotel, for example. Regarding.

Conventional technology Traditionally, hotels have used electronic cash registers at the front desk, or reception desk, to calculate the amount charged for a room. Payments are made using the electronic cash register located at the restaurant. Therefore, it is inconvenient for customers to pay for the restaurant at the same time as the room fee when the customer checks out.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a money processing device that can smoothly calculate transaction amounts in a hotel or the like.

Means for Solving Problems The present invention provides a first input means for inputting information regarding a transaction and generating a signal authorizing the transaction, a second input means for inputting information regarding the transaction, and a first input means for inputting information regarding the transaction. In response to a transaction permission signal from the input means, the second input means is enabled to input information regarding the transaction, and the transaction is executed based on the information input by the first and second input means. This is a money processing device characterized by including processing means for performing calculation processing of an amount of money, and means for displaying a calculation result by the processing means.

According to the present invention, for example, in a hotel, the front desk is provided with a first input means, and when a guest arrives and checks in, information regarding the transaction such as the room charge is inputted by the first input means. do. At this time, the first input means generates a signal to permit the transaction. Thereby, the processing means enables the input of information related to the transaction, such as the cost of a meal at the restaurant, by means of the second input means provided at the restaurant, for example. Therefore, a guest who stays at the hotel inputs payment information from the second input means by the person who pays for the meal at the restaurant, and when eating at the restaurant, It is convenient because there is no need to pay for it.

The processing means performs calculations such as adding transaction amounts such as room charges and restaurant meal charges and calculating tax amounts based on the information regarding the transaction inputted by the first and second input means. The calculation results, such as the amount to be paid by the customer to the hotel, calculated by the processing means are printed and displayed on recording paper, as a receipt, or as an account, or visually displayed using a cathode ray tube, etc. . This allows hotel customers to avoid frequent cash payments.
Further, no errors occur, and transaction amounts can be processed smoothly.

The invention can be implemented not only in hotels, but also in other applications as well.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. A main processing device 2 is installed at the front desk 1 of the hotel.
A restaurant 3 installed in the hotel is equipped with an electronic cash register 4, and both are connected via a transmission line 5 such as a dedicated transmission line or a telephone line. The main processing device 2 includes a first input means 6, through which information regarding the guest's room number, room charge, and other transactions is input. Information input by the input means 6 is given to a processing circuit 7 realized by a microcomputer or the like. The printing means 8 prints a receipt, bill, or the like on a recording paper when a guest checks out.

The electronic cash register 4 is provided with an input means 9 for inputting the cost of a meal at a restaurant, etc., and information regarding the input transaction is provided to a processing circuit 10 realized by a microcomputer or the like. This processing circuit 10 is provided with a room number file 11, which is a memory, in which an open flag of logic 'IJ' or logic '0' is stored. The processing circuit 10 is also equipped with a hotel amaranto file 12 which is a memory, and here,
Transaction amounts such as meal charges are stored corresponding to the room number and therefore each customer.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operating procedure when a guest stays at a hotel. Referring to these drawings, when a guest arrives at the hotel and goes to the front desk, the operator uses the input means 6 of the main processing unit 2 to confirm in step n2 that the guest has checked into the hotel. and input the room number in which the guest should stay, and for this room number, the electronic cash register 4 will issue a transaction authorization to request the oven of the room number file 11 to enable payment. A signal is generated and applied to the processing circuit 10 via the transmission line 5. As a result, the room number file 11 of the electronic & coin register machine 4
, the open flag corresponding to that room number is set to the logical "
It is set as 1. This allows the main processing unit 2 and electronic cash register If! regarding the room number in the hotel! 1
It becomes possible to transfer information to and from 4. Such an operation is performed in step r+3 of FIG.

When a customer goes to eat at a restaurant and takes a seat at a table, the waiter or the like at the restaurant uses input means 9.
Enter the table number by operating the
Look Up (abbreviation: GLU) registration 0 Just as guests can pay their important payments to their hotel room, in other words, when paying for the room, they should pay in cash etc. and then pay the rest. When the request is made, step n4
Now, room number file 1 for the requested room number.
1 is logical ``1'', and a check is made in step n5 to see if it is currently open.As a result, if it is determined that the file 11 of that room number is open, sales such as meal charges etc. Data is input by the input means 9, and the processing means 10 stores information regarding transactions such as meal charges in the store area corresponding to the room number of the Hotel Amarant file 12 in step n6.

In this way, guests staying at the hotel can pay for meals at the restaurant, eliminating the need to frequently perform the troublesome process of paying in cash, and also preventing calculation errors that tend to occur at that time.

In step n8, the processing circuit 7 provided in the main processing device 2 stores the stored contents of the Hotel Amarant file 12 in the electronic cash register 4 via the transmission line 5 periodically or at the time of checkout. read and collect information about transactions at that restaurant. After the transaction-related information stored in the Hotel Amarant file 12 is transmitted to the main processing device 2, the stored contents of the file 12 are cleared. Such transmission of information regarding transactions from the file 12 is accomplished by generating a refnis - signal from the processing circuit 7, and in response to this, the processing circuit 10 transmits the stored contents of the file 12.

When a guest leaves the hotel, the operator at the front desk 1 operates the input means 6 of the main processing unit 2 to perform a checkout operation. The stored contents of the amarant file 12 may be read, and if the stored contents of the file 12 are already being collected regularly in the processing circuit 7, it is not necessarily necessary to collect the data. Furthermore, in the electronic cash register 4, after the information related to the transaction, which is the content stored in the Hotel Amarant file 12, is sent at the time of checkout, there is no possibility that information related to the transaction will be stored thereafter. ,
Reset and prohibit restoring. T! The author operates the input means 6 to input the file 1 corresponding to the room number.
1 is closed, and as a result, the processing circuit 7 sends a request signal, sets the corresponding store contents of the room number file 11 to logic "0", and overturns the open flag. Transfer of information fF- between the processing devices 7 and 10 is made impossible. In step nlO, based on the collected data of the Hotel Amarant file 12 and the transaction information related to room charges etc. inputted from the input means 6, a check is made to create a check-out slip for the customer, that is, a bill or a receipt. A calculation operation is performed, and printing is performed by the printing means 8.

In this way, restaurant payments made by guests staying at the hotel can be automatically sent to the main processing unit 2 at the front desk, thereby simplifying the troublesome checkout process when guests check out. It is possible,
Payment processing for the guest staying at the restaurant at the restaurant can be performed using the electronic cash register 4, and automatic arithmetic processing becomes possible.

Conventionally, when you want to pay for a bill at a restaurant, you have to bring a receipt created at the independent electronic cash register installed at the restaurant to the front desk, and the front desk operator inputs the receipt along with the room charge, etc. 6 has to be entered manually, but the above-described embodiment solves this complexity.

In the embodiments described above, only one electronic cash register 114 is provided at the restaurant, but multiple electronic cash registers 114 may be provided at the restaurant and its pond, and the present invention can be widely implemented not only in hotels but also in other places.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, information regarding a transaction is inputted from the first input means, and a signal is generated to permit inputting information regarding the transaction from the second input means. , Only when the transaction permission signal is generated from the first input means, information regarding the transaction can be input from the second input means. As a result, even if the installation locations of the first and second input means are far apart, it is possible to make payments, etc., and it is possible to smoothly make payments for all transactions. Since there is no need to perform frequent payment operations, there is no need for trouble and there is no risk of making calculation errors.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in the figure, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the movement fY in a hotel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A first input means for inputting information regarding a transaction and generating a signal for permitting the transaction; a second input means for inputting information regarding the transaction; In response to the permission signal, the second input means allows information regarding the transaction to be input, and the transaction amount is calculated based on the information regarding the transaction input by the first and second input means. A money processing device comprising: processing means; and means for displaying a calculation result by the processing means.