JPH05225452A - Facsimile output pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print data generated in a POS terminal equipment in a desired place by providing a POS means having a transmission means, a telephone line through which data outputted from the transmission means is transmitted, and a facsimile equipment which receives and outputs data from the telephone line. CONSTITUTION:The POS means of a POS controller, a POS terminal equipment, etc., where various data are generated and a facsimile equipment 4 are directly connected by a telephone line 3, and data generated in the POS means 1 are outputted to the facsimile equipment 4 at an arbitrary timing. The facsimile equipment 4 is installed in, for example, a place where a management strategy, etc., in a business office, etc., is designed and for example, data from each POS means 1 is transmitted to the facsimile equipment 4 at the intervals of a certain time. Thus, data generated in each POS means 1 are referred to at a desired timing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile output POS system in which a POS terminal device and a facsimile device are connected to efficiently perform data output work in POS work.

[0002] In recent years, POS systems have been introduced in supermarkets, gas stations and the like to improve management efficiency.

In order to effectively operate such a POS system, data generated in each POS terminal device is collected at, for example, a sales office, etc., and these data are visually confirmed and fed back to the next sales strategy. Treatment is taking place. Therefore, it is desired that the results of data aggregation in the POS system be promptly sent to a specific place such as a sales office.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional POS system is constructed, for example, as shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes a host computer, which is installed in, for example, a store headquarters. The host computer 50 has a function of totalizing, editing, and printing out data such as sales sent from each POS terminal device.

A POS controller 52 is connected to the host computer 50 via a dedicated line 51, and a POS terminal device 55 is connected to the host computer 50 via a telephone line 54.

The POS controller 52 is installed in, for example, a relatively large-scale store.
The OS controller 52 includes a plurality of POS terminal devices 5
3 ₁ , 53 ₂ , ... Are connected by, for example, a private line.
Each of the POS terminal devices 53 ₁ , 53 ₂ , ... Has only a communication function with the POS controller 52, and communication with the host computer 50 is performed via the POS controller 52.

The POS terminal device 55 is installed in, for example, a relatively small remote store.
The S terminal device 55 itself has a communication function through the telephone line 54.

The operation of the POS service in this system configuration will be described. Multiple POS terminal devices 53 ₁ and 53
Data such as sales generated at ₂ , ... Are collected in the POS controller 52, and the communication function of the POS controller 52 causes the host computer 50 to connect via the dedicated line 51.
Sent to.

Further, data such as sales generated at the POS terminal device 55 is transferred to the telephone line 5 by the communication function of the terminal device.
4 to the host computer 50.

In the host computer 50, the dedicated line 5
Data such as sales sent from a plurality of POS terminal devices via the telephone 1 or the telephone line 54 is totaled once or several times a day, and these are edited and output to the printer device. The output data such as sales is sent to a sales office or the like by, for example, a mail or a facsimile machine and used for a business strategy or the like.

[0011]

As described above, the conventional PO
In the S system, the above-mentioned sales data are only collected, edited and printed once or several times a day and sent to the sales office, etc., and it is impossible to see the data that changes moment by moment in real time. In addition, when the data such as the sales is sent to the sales office by mail, it takes time and cannot be used for a short-term business strategy.

Further, even if the host computer 50 and the sales office are in the same place, the host computer 50
There is a problem that a person who does not know the operation of can not see desired data at a desired time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile output POS system capable of immediately sending data generated by a POS terminal device to a desired place and printing it out. ..

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile output POS system according to the present invention includes a POS means 1 having a transmitting means 2 for transmitting data, and a POS means 1 for transmitting the data.
It is characterized by comprising a telephone line 3 for transmitting the data output by the transmitting means 2 of the OS means 1, and a facsimile device 4 for receiving the data from the telephone line 3 and outputting it as an image.

[0015]

The present invention can generate various data such as PO.
The POS means 1 such as the S controller 1a and the POS terminal 1b and the facsimile device 4 are directly connected by the telephone line 3, and the data generated by the POS means 1 is output to the facsimile device 4 at an arbitrary timing. is there.

As a result, the facsimile apparatus 4 is installed in a department, such as a business office, which formulates a business strategy, and is set so that the data from each POS means 1 is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 4 at regular intervals. This makes it possible to refer to the data generated by each POS means 1 at a desired timing.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the following description, FIG.
The same or corresponding parts will be described with the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the facsimile output POS system of the present invention. In the figure,
Reference numeral 7 is a host computer, which is installed in, for example, a store headquarters. This host computer 7 is
It has the functions of totaling, editing, and printing out the data sent from the OS terminal device.

A POS controller 1a as POS means 1 is connected to the host computer 7 via a dedicated line 9, and a PO is connected via a telephone line 3a.
The POS terminal 1b as the S means 1 is connected.

The POS controller 1a is installed in, for example, a relatively large-scale local store.
The OS controller 1a includes a plurality of POS terminal devices 6 ₁ ,
6 ₂ , ... Are connected by, for example, a private line. Each POS
The terminal devices 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ... Have only a communication function with the POS controller 1a, and communication with the host computer 7 is performed via the POS controller 1a.

The POS controller 1a has a data editing section 8a and a facsimile message transmitting section 2a therein.
have. The data editing unit 8a aggregates data such as sales sent from the POS terminal devices 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ... And edits the data into a predetermined format. The data edited by the data editing unit 8a is sent to the facsimile message sending unit 2a as the sending unit 2.

The facsimile message transmitting section 2a converts the character data received from the data editing section 8a into image data and outputs the converted image data to the telephone line 3b. In the figure, the telephone line 3b is shown separately from the telephone line 3a for convenience of explanation, but these are configured as the same telephone line network.

The POS terminal device 1b is installed in, for example, a relatively small remote store.
The S terminal device 1b itself has a function of communicating with the host computer 7 via the telephone line 3a as in the conventional case.

This POS terminal device 1b has a data editing unit 8b inside, like the POS controller 1a.
And a facsimile message transmitting section 2b as the transmitting means 2. The configurations and functions of the data editing unit 8b and the facsimile message transmitting unit 2b are the same as those of the data editing unit 8a and the facsimile message transmitting unit 2a of the POS controller 1a described above, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

The facsimile device 4 is a standard facsimile device installed in a place where data from each POS terminal device is collected, for example, a specific place such as a business office.

Next, the facsimile output PO shown in FIG.
P used as the POS means 1 in the S system
Details of the OS terminal device 1b will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, 10 is a processor (hereinafter,
"CPU") and controls the entire POS terminal device.

The CPU 10 is provided with a floppy disk device (hereinafter also referred to as “FDD”) 11, a random access memory (hereinafter, referred to as “RAM”) 12, a read-only memory (hereinafter, referred to as “CPU”) via a system bus 40. "ROM" 13, hard disk drive (H
D) 14, keyboard (KB) 15, modem (MODE)
M) 16, a display device (DISP) 17, and a scanner device (SCAN) 18 are connected.

A floppy disk (FPD) 11a is attached to the floppy disk device 11, and a program stored in the floppy disk 11a is read and loaded into the RAM 12.

As described above, the RAM 12 is loaded with the program stored in the floppy disk 11a and stored therein.
It operates according to the program stored in M12,
It controls the entire S terminal device.

The ROM 13 stores a conversion table for converting binary data into image data.

The hard disk device 14 has a hard disk 14a as a storage medium.
Transaction data such as sales data generated by the operation of the POS terminal device is stored as binary data.

The keyboard 15 is for inputting predetermined data in the operation of the POS terminal device, and transactions are carried out by the keyboard 15.

The modem 16 transfers the internal data to the telephone line 3
It is a modulator that modulates so as to enable communication. The data output from the modem 16 is sent to the facsimile device 4 via the telephone line 3.

The display device 17 displays various data such as the product name, the number of products, the unit price, and the total amount of money in the operation of the POS terminal device.

The scanner device 18 is, for example, a bar code scanner used for conducting transactions in the operation of the POS terminal device. The scanner device 18 identifies the type of transaction product.

Reference numeral 19 is a power switch for turning on or off the power supplied from a commercial power supply of, for example, 100 VAC through the outlet 20 to the POS terminal device.

The operation of the POS terminal device 1b incorporated in the POS system having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the power switch 19 is turned on (step S11), the program is read from the floppy disk 11a loaded in the floppy disk device 11 and loaded on the RAM 12 (step S1).
2).

Next, the RAM 1 is controlled under the control of the CPU 10.
The program on 2 is driven (step S13), and the operation of the POS terminal device 1b is started.

That is, when the above program is started, the program is executed by the keyboard 15, the display device 17,
The scanner device 18 is controlled, and transaction processing is performed as operation of the POS terminal device (step S14). Transaction data such as sales data obtained by this transaction processing is accumulated and stored in the hard disk device 14.

The processes up to this point are processes for one day (or a fixed time) of work.

When the work for one day (or a fixed time) is completed, the transaction data stored in the hard disk device 14 is read out by the data editing unit 8b inside the POS terminal 1b and edited into a predetermined format (step S15). ).

Then, the edited transaction data is stored in the ROM.
The image data is converted by referring to the conversion table formed in step 13 (step S16).

Then, the transaction data converted into image data by the facsimile message transmitting section 2b is output to the telephone line 3 via the modem 16 (step S17),
The data is transmitted to the target facsimile machine 4. From the above, P
Data is directly transmitted from the OS terminal device 1b to the facsimile device 4.

Next, the facsimile output PO shown in FIG.
P used as the POS means 1 in the S system
Details of the OS controller 1a will be described with reference to FIG.

In the following description, the same or corresponding parts as those shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the figure, 30 is a light emitting diode (LE
D), which is used to display the operating status and other various statuses of the POS controller 1a.

Reference numeral 31 is a private line control device,
It controls a plurality of POS terminal devices 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ... Connected to the OS controller 1 a.

The operation of the POS controller 1a incorporated in the POS system in the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the power switch 19 is turned on (step S21), the program is read from the floppy disk 11a loaded in the floppy disk device 11 and loaded on the RAM 12 (step S2).
2).

Next, the RAM 1 is controlled under the control of the CPU 10.
The program on 2 is driven (step S23), and the operation of the POS controller 1a is started.

That is, when the above program is started, the program periodically receives transaction data such as sales data from the POS terminal devices 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ... The data is accumulated and stored in the device 14 (step S24). In this way, the transaction processing as the operation of the POS terminal device is performed.

The processing up to this point is the processing for the work of one day (or a fixed time).

When the work for one day (or a fixed time) is completed, the data editing section 8a inside the POS controller 1a is completed.
Thus, the transaction data stored in the hard disk device 14 is read out and edited into a predetermined format (step S2).
5).

Then, the edited transaction data is stored in the ROM.
It is converted into image data by referring to the conversion table formed in 13 (step S26).

Then, the transaction data converted into image data by the facsimile telegram transmission unit 2a is output to the telephone line 3 via the modem 16 (step S27).
The data is transmitted to the target facsimile machine 4. From the above, P
Data is directly transmitted from the OS controller 1a to the facsimile device 4.

As described above, according to this embodiment, for example, the POS controller 1a or the POS terminal device 1b which generates various data and the facsimile device 4 are directly connected by the telephone line 3, and the POS controller 1a or The data generated by the POS terminal device 1b is output to the facsimile device 4 at an arbitrary timing.

As a result, the facsimile apparatus 4 is installed in, for example, a department such as a business office that plans a business strategy, and the data from the POS controller 1a and the POS terminal apparatus 1b is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 4 at regular intervals, for example. By setting so that each P
The data generated in the OS controller 1a and the POS terminal device 1b can be easily referred to.

In the above embodiment, the POS system has one POS controller 1a.
Of course, an arbitrary number of POS controllers can be connected.

[0061]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
Facsimile output PO that can immediately send the data generated by the POS terminal device to a desired location and print it out
An S system can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of a facsimile output POS system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a facsimile output POS system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a POS terminal device that constitutes a facsimile output POS system of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the POS terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a POS controller that constitutes a facsimile output POS system of the present invention.

6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the POS controller shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a conventional POS system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 POS Means 1a POS Controller (POS Means) 1b POS Terminal Device (POS Means) 2 Sending Means 2a Facsimile Message Sending Unit (Sending Means) 2b Facsimile Message Sending Unit (Sending Means) 3 Telephone Line 4 Facsimile Machines 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ... POS terminal

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A POS means (1) having a transmitting means (2) for transmitting data, a telephone line (3) for transmitting data output by the transmitting means (2) of the POS means (1), A facsimile output POS system comprising a facsimile device (4) for receiving data from a telephone line (3) and outputting it as an image. 2. The POS means (1) is a POS controller (1a) for controlling a plurality of POS terminal devices (6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , ...).
The facsimile output POS system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The POS means (1) is a POS terminal device.
The facsimile output POS system according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile output POS system is (1b). 4. The transmitting means (2) of the POS means (1) comprises:
2. The facsimile output POS system according to claim 1, wherein the data generated by the POS means (1) is converted into image data and output to the telephone line (3).