JPH0727589B2 - Change accumulation processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a change accumulation processing device for performing change accumulation processing by a card using, for example, a register.

(Prior Art) Conventional change processing is performed by giving and receiving money regardless of the amount of money. Therefore, in a large-scale supermarket, a large amount of coins must be prepared in advance for change. I won't. Further, the delivery of change, especially the delivery of low-value coins, is complicated.

On the other hand, low-value coins are also inconvenient for customers and feel heavy for the amount of money. With the development of prepaid cards in the future, the opportunities to use low-value coins will further decrease and the amount of money saved will increase.

For this reason, in recent years, a change accumulation processing device for performing change processing using a card is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-249293.

The change accumulation processing device described in this Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-249293 inserts a card into a register, reads the change amount stored in this card, and adds a fraction of the change amount when paying for shopping. Then, the added change amount is stored in the card and a receipt in which the change amount is entered is issued.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the change accumulation processing device described in JP-A-63-249293, the receipt must be confirmed in order to know the cumulative change balance, and the receipt has been issued. Unless it is later, it is not possible to confirm whether the accumulated amount of change is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, and it is not possible to issue or exchange cash for gift certificates etc. unless the processing operation is performed again, so the operation becomes complicated. Have

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to reliably issue a ticket when a set amount of money is reached, and to provide a change accumulation processing device that can easily perform change accumulation processing by reducing the usage amount of coins of a predetermined amount or less. To aim.

[Structure of Invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The change accumulation processing device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading the customer identification information of the card in which the customer identification information is stored, an input means for inputting the deposit amount and the purchase amount, and each customer. Accumulated change information including accumulated change information including accumulated change amount, and change deposit corresponding to the customer identification information from the accumulated change storage means according to the customer identification information of the card read by the reading means. A customer search means for searching information, a change calculation means for calculating a change amount by subtracting the purchase amount from the deposit amount input by the input means, and a predetermined amount or less of the change amount calculated by the change calculation means The change amount is calculated according to the customer identification information of the read card, and the total change amount stored in the total change storage means is equal to or more than a predetermined amount. The total change amount is calculated by adding the change amount below and the total change amount storing unit stores the added change amount, the printing unit for printing, and the total amount added with the change amount. Judge whether the accumulated change amount in the change storage means is greater than or equal to the set amount, and if it is greater than or equal to the set amount, subtract the set amount from the amount in the customer's change deposit information to update the accumulated change amount and set it. The change control means causes the printing means to print the fact that the amount has been reached and the updated cumulative change balance.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the customer identification information of the card is read by the reading means, and the customer search means retrieves the change deposit information corresponding to the customer from the cumulative change storage means according to the customer identification information of the card. On the other hand, the change accumulating means calculates change equal to or less than the predetermined amount out of the change calculated by the change calculating means based on the deposit amount and the purchase amount input by the input means, and the change amount equal to or less than the predetermined amount according to the customer identification information of the card. The amount of money is stored in the change deposit information of the cumulative change storage means. Then, the change control means determines whether the change amount for each customer accumulated in the accumulated change storage means is equal to or more than a set amount, and when the change amount is equal to or more than the set amount, the change amount is set from the accumulated change amount of the customer. In addition to subtracting and updating the cumulative amount of money, the printing means is made to print that the set amount of money has been reached and the updated cumulative amount of change is used, so the amount of coins used below a predetermined amount is reduced, so low-value coins are used. It is possible to carry out change processing without having to do so, and to be sure that the set amount of money is reached.

(Example) Hereinafter, one example of the change accumulation processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a card, and customer identification information such as a name or a member number is stored in the card 1. The card 1 is read by a card reader 2 as a reading means. It is like this.
A customer search means 3 is connected to the card reader 2, and the customer search means 3 is connected to the customer search means 3 according to the customer identification information of the card 1 and is a customer change deposit file serving as a cumulative change storage means. The change deposit information corresponding to the customer identification information is retrieved from the change amount accumulated for each customer from 4.

Further, the card reader 2 is connected to a change calculation means 5 for calculating a change amount, and the change calculation means 5 calculates a change amount less than a predetermined amount out of the change amount calculated by the change calculation means 5. A change accumulating means 6 for storing the change amount in the customer change deposit file 4 according to the customer identification information of the card 1 is connected.

Further, change control means 7 is connected to the customer change deposit file 4, and this change control means 7 uses this customer change deposit file 4.
When the change amount of money accumulated for each customer exceeds the set amount of money, the set amount of money is subtracted from the accumulated change amount of the customer, and the receipt printer 8 as a printing means connected to the change control means 7 Print the fact that the set amount has been reached and the total balance of change.

As shown in FIG. 2, the change calculating means 5, the change accumulating means 6 and the receipt printer 8 are built in, for example, a POS register 10 having a function as an input means, and the customer search means 3 and the change control means 7 are It is built in the POS register 10 or the computer 11. A display device 12 is connected to the POS register 10.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, at the time of performing sales registration of a product, it is confirmed whether or not the card 1 is inserted (step 1). When the card 1 is inserted, for example, as customer identification information stored in the card 1, After the member number is read by the card reader 2 (step 2), when the card 1 is not inserted, the merchandise is registered as it is (step 3). When the product sales registration in step 3 is completed, the total key is operated (step 4) to display the total purchase amount on the display device 12 (step 5). Then, cash for payment, etc. is deposited, and the deposit amount of this cash or the like is input through the POS register 10 (step 6), and the change amount calculating means 5 subtracts the purchase amount from the deposit amount to calculate the change amount (step 7). ).

Again, check if there is a card 1 (step 8),
When there is no card 1, the change amount is displayed on the display device 12 (step 9), and the receipt R is received by the receipt printer 8
(Step 10), print all changes and receipts to the customer, and finish. If the card 1 is present in step 8, the change amount calculated by the change calculation means 5 in step 7 is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, for example, less than 100 yen. 6
Is calculated (step 11), and the change amount excluding the calculated change amount is displayed on the display device 12 (step 1).
2). Then, the membership number of the card 1 is output to the table (step 13), and the customer search means 3 retrieves the change deposit information corresponding to the customer from the customer deposit file 4 according to the member number (step 14), and the customer deposit file. The balance of the change amount is read from 4 (step 15), and the fraction of the change amount calculated in step 11 is added to the customer change deposit file 4 by the change accumulation means 6 (step 16).

It is determined whether or not the total amount of change amount added in step 16 is equal to or more than a set amount, for example, 1000 yen or more (step 17), and when the accumulated amount of change amount is equal to or more than the set amount,
After the ticket issuing instruction is displayed on the display device 12 (step 18) and the ticket issuing key is operated (step 19), a ticket issuing means such as the receipt printer 8 or another ticket issuing printer provided separately is used to issue a gift certificate, for example. Issue a ticket (step 20),
This gift certificate or stamp is given to the customer, and the change control means 7 subtracts the set amount from the total change amount in the customer change deposit file 4 (step 21) and writes the remaining amount in the customer change deposit file 4. Also, when the amount is less than the set amount in step 17, the balance is similarly written in the customer change deposit file 4 (step 22). Then, the receipt printer 8 receives the receipt R
Is printed (step 23) and the process ends.

The receipt R is 0 when the change amount is less than the set amount, as shown in the receipt R1 shown in FIG. 4 (a), and the gift certificate return is 0, and the balance of the change amount stored in the customer change deposit file 4. Is printed. Further, when the change amount is equal to or more than the set amount, as shown in the receipt R2 shown in FIG. 4 (b), the set amount of the gift certificate is printed as the change amount is equal to or more than the set amount, and the total amount of the change amount is changed. The balance of the fishing deposit amount obtained by subtracting the set amount from is printed.

The card 1 used in the above embodiment may be any card such as a magnetic card, an IC card, or a card whose balance can be visually read, and the balance may be stored in the card 1.

Further, the set amount of money for issuing a gift certificate and the predetermined amount of money as a fraction of change can be arbitrarily set.

Furthermore, with the development of prepaid cards in the future, the chances of using low-value coins are expected to decrease further, and the amount of coins to be stored will increase.However, according to the above-mentioned example, it can also be used as a simple reserve system. Therefore, it is possible to secure the customer.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the change accumulation processing apparatus of the present invention, the change amount less than the predetermined amount out of the change amount calculated by the change calculation unit is stored in the accumulated change storage unit by the change accumulation unit, and the change amount becomes the set amount or more. In this case, the printing means prints the fact that the change amount is equal to or more than the set amount and the accumulated balance of the change amount, and at the same time, the predetermined amount is subtracted from the change deposit information, so that the change and the change accumulation process can be facilitated. When the set amount of money is reached, the user can be surely notified, and since the amount of coins used below the predetermined amount can be reduced, it is not necessary to prepare a large amount of coins below the predetermined amount in advance, and the processing operation can be facilitated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the change accumulation processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the same as above, and FIG. 1 ... card, 2 ... card reader as a reading means,
3 ... Customer search means, 4 ... customer change deposit file as total change storage means, 5 ... change change calculation means, 6 ... change change accumulation means, 7 ... change change control means, 8 ... receipt as printing means Printer, 10 ... POS register as input means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading customer identification information of a card storing customer identification information, an input means for inputting a deposit amount and a purchase amount, and change deposit information including cumulative change amount accumulated for each customer. A cumulative change storage means to be stored; a customer search means to search change deposit information corresponding to the customer identification information from the cumulative change storage means in accordance with the customer identification information of the card read by the reading means; and the input means. A change calculation means for calculating the change amount by subtracting the purchase amount from the input deposit amount, and a change amount less than or equal to a predetermined amount of the change amount calculated by this change calculation means, and the customer of the read card According to the identification information, the accumulated change amount stored in the accumulated change storage means is added with the calculated change amount equal to or less than a predetermined amount to calculate the accumulated change amount. Then, the total change amount stored in the total change storage unit, the total change amount stored in the total change storage unit, the printing unit for printing, and the total change amount in the total change storage unit added with the change amount are equal to or more than a set amount. If it is more than the set amount, the set amount is subtracted from the amount of change deposit information of the customer to update the accumulated change amount, and the fact that the set amount has been reached and the updated accumulated change balance are displayed. And a change control unit that causes the printing unit to print.