JPH0744770A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the unreasonable increase of the usage charge of a customer at the rear in the case that the many customers form a queue and the claculation of the usage charge of the customer in rear is delayed in an electronic cash register to be used in a shop in which the usage charge is calculated by the unit of time like a KARAOKE shop. CONSTITUTION:A present timer means to clock present time is formed of a clock circuit 6, etc., and a shop entrance setting means to set the present time as shop entrance time in response to key operation, etc., a time calculating means to set the present time as shop leaving time and auxiliary time separately in response to the key operation, etc., and simultaneously, calculate the usage time from the shop leaving time and the shop entrance time, an auxiliary calculating means to calculate the usage time from the auxiliary time and the shop entrance time in response to the key operation, etc., and a charge calculating means to calculate the usage charge on the basis of the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculating means and the time calculating means are formed of a CPU 2, a ROM 3, and a RAM 4, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic cash register used in a store, such as a karaoke box, which calculates a usage fee on an hourly basis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a store such as a karaoke box, an electronic cash register which calculates a usage fee on an hourly basis is used for accounting processing. In such an electronic cash register, for example, current clock means for clocking the current time is formed by a clock circuit, etc., and an entrance instruction means for instructing the setting of the entrance time by an input operation and a time at the current time. The calculation instruction means for instructing the calculation by the input operation is formed by a keyboard, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like. Furthermore, in such an electronic cash register,
For example, when the store entrance instruction unit is operated, the store time setting unit that sets the current time measured by the current clock unit as the store time, and the current time measured by the current clock unit when the calculation instruction unit is operated. Is set as the store opening time individually, and a time calculating means for calculating the use time from the store opening time and the entrance time, and a charge calculating means for calculating the use charge based on the use time calculated by this time calculating means, CPU, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Mem)
ory) and the like.

In such a structure, the electronic cash register calculates the customer's usage fee from these two times when the clerk instructs the customer to enter the store or to open the store by manually operating the keyboard. Has become. By doing this, this electronic cash register can be used by customers who enter the store at 01:00 and open at 02:55, for example, if the usage fee for one hour is set to 1,000 yen. It is possible to calculate the time as 01 hours 55 minutes, judge that this usage time is 1 hour or more and 2 hours or less, and calculate the usage fee as 2,000 yen.

[0004]

In the electronic cash register as described above, the usage fee can be calculated by setting the time when the customer enters the store and the time when the customer opens the store.

Here, although such an electronic cash register is actually installed at a reception desk of a store,
For example, just before the end of each time, many customers who have finished using the store may line up at the reception desk at the same time. In such a case, at the reception desk of the store, the accounting process for many customers queued up is sequentially executed at the electronic cash register. However, this means that the customer at the back of the line does the accounting process after arriving at the reception desk. Since a large amount of time elapses before it is charged, the usage fee may be unreasonably calculated.

[0006] Specifically, as described above, when the usage fee for one hour is set at 1,000 yen, the store enters at 01:00 and
The customer's original usage fee for opening a store at 55 minutes is 2,000 yen, etc., but even if this customer queues at the reception at 02:55, the usage fee will be 3 It will be calculated as one thousand yen.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
The present timekeeping means for counting the current time is provided, and the entrance instruction means for instructing the setting of the entrance time by input operation is provided, and when the entrance instruction means is operated, the present time measured by the present timekeeping means is entered. Providing entry setting means to set as the store time,
Calculation instruction means for instructing time calculation at the current time by input operation is provided, and when this calculation instruction means is operated, the current time measured by the current time measuring means is individually set as the store opening time and the auxiliary time and the store opening time is set. The time calculation means for calculating the usage time from the store and the entry time is provided, and the auxiliary instruction means for instructing the time calculation at the auxiliary time by the input operation is provided. When the auxiliary instruction means is operated, the auxiliary time and the entry time are set. The auxiliary calculation means for calculating the usage time is provided from the above, and the charge calculation means for calculating the usage charge based on the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the present time measuring means for measuring the present time is provided, and the entrance instruction means for instructing the setting of the entrance time by the input operation is provided. When the entrance instruction means is operated. The entrance setting means for setting the current time measured by the present time measuring means as the entrance time is provided, and the calculation instruction means for instructing the time calculation at the current time by an input operation is provided. The current time counting means sets the current time measured as the store opening time and a time calculating means for calculating the use time from the store opening time and the store entering time is provided.
A setting instruction means for instructing the setting of the auxiliary time by an input operation is provided, and when the setting instruction means is operated, an auxiliary setting means for setting the current time measured by the current time measuring means as a store opening time is provided. An auxiliary instructing means for instructing time calculation by an input operation is provided, and when this auxiliary instructing means is operated, an auxiliary calculating means for calculating a use time from an auxiliary time and a store time is provided. A fee calculation means for calculating the usage fee based on the usage time calculated by one of the means is provided.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the calculation instruction means is operated, the current time measured by the current time measuring means is individually set as the store opening time and the auxiliary time, and the time calculating means is calculated from the store opening time and the store entering time. Calculates the usage time, and when the auxiliary instruction means is operated, the auxiliary calculation means calculates the usage time from the auxiliary time and the entry time, and the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means is calculated. By calculating the usage fee based on the fee calculation means, for example, even when many customers queue up and the calculation of the usage fee for the customers behind is delayed, the opening time of the second and subsequent customers is set as the current time. It is possible to make it the same as the opening time of the first customer regardless of.

According to a second aspect of the invention, when the calculation instruction means is operated, the current time measured by the current time measuring means is set as the store opening time, and the time calculating means calculates the use time from the store opening time and the store entering time. However, when the setting instruction means is operated, the current time measured by the current time measuring means is set as the opening time by the auxiliary setting means, and when the auxiliary instruction means is operated, the auxiliary calculation means is used from the auxiliary time and the entry time. By calculating the usage charge based on the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means for calculating the time, for example, a large number of customers line up and use the customers behind. Even if the calculation of the charge is delayed, the opening time of the second and subsequent customers can be made the same as the opening time of the first customer regardless of the current time.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the electronic cash register 1 is used at a store (not shown) such as a karaoke box where a usage fee is set as 1,000 yen per hour for each of a large number of private rooms (not shown). Has been formed.

Then, this electronic cash register 1
As illustrated in FIG. 1, a ROM (Read Only Mem) in which various data such as a control program of the CPU 2 is fixedly preset in the CPU 2 that executes various data processes.
ory) 3, a RAM 4 in which various data such as the current time is set to be freely updateable, a clock circuit 5 which is a current timing means for measuring and outputting the current time, a mode switch 6 for switching the operation mode of the CPU 2, and various data. A keyboard 7 for operation input, a display 8 for displaying and outputting various data,
An R / J (Receipt / Journal) printer 9 that prints out various data, a drawer 10 that stores money, and the like are connected by a system bus 11.

Here, the keyboard 7 of the electronic cash register 1 is instructed to set the entrance time at the current time in addition to general keys such as a numeric keypad 12 for inputting various numerical data. Entry key 13 which is an entry instruction means, departure key 14 which is a calculation instruction means for setting the opening time and the auxiliary time at the current time, and calculation of the usage charge, and the opening time at the auxiliary time There is provided a time key 15 which is an auxiliary instructing means for instructing the setting of and the calculation of the usage charge.

Further, in the RAM 4 of the electronic cash register 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a setting area 16 for a large number of room files formed for each room number of a private room and a setting area for one auxiliary time. 17 and 17 are set. And this electronic cash register 1
Then, the entrance setting means for setting the current time output by the clock circuit 5 as the customer's entrance time is set by the entrance time setting area 18 set in each room file or the CP.
It is formed by U2, the ROM 3 and the like.

Therefore, in the electronic cash register 1, when the operation input of the exit key 14 is detected, the present time measured by the clock circuit 5 is set as the auxiliary time and the opening time in the setting areas 17 and 19 of the RAM 4, respectively. A time calculating means for setting the setting and calculating the usage time from the opening time and the entering time is formed by the CPU 2, the ROM 3, the RAM 4, and the like. Further, in the electronic cash register 1, when the operation input of the time key 15 is detected, the auxiliary calculating means for calculating the use time from the auxiliary time set by the setting areas 17 and 18 of the RAM 4 and the entrance time is also provided. CPU2, the ROM3, the RAM4
And the like.

In the electronic cash register 1, a charge calculating means for calculating a use charge based on the use time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculating means including the CPU 2, the ROM 3, the RAM 4, etc. and the time calculating means. ,
It is also formed by the CPU 2, the ROM 3, the RAM 4, and the like.

The processing operation of the electronic cash register 1 having such a configuration will be described in detail below with reference to the flow chart illustrated in FIG. First, as described above, the electronic cash register 1 is installed at the reception desk of a karaoke box in which the usage fee is set to 1,000 yen per hour for each of a large number of private rooms (not shown).
The clerk at this reception assigns a private room to the visiting customer,
Numeric keypad 1 of keyboard 7 on electronic cash register 1
Enter the room number by manual operation such as 2.

At this time, when the CPU 2 of the electronic cash register 1 detects the operation input of the room number, the entry key 13 and the exit key 14 and the time key 1 of the keyboard 7 are detected.
Since it waits for the operation input with 5, when the clerk who confirms the customer's entry into the store operates the entry key 13 manually as described above, the CPU 2 which detects this operates the current time measured by the clock circuit 5. It reads and updates the entry time in the setting area 18 corresponding to the room number.

Therefore, when the store clerk accepts a customer who opens a store while the store clerk has received a large number of customers as described above, the clerk visually recognizes the written number of the customer's room key (not shown). The room number is input by manually operating the numeric keypad 12 of the keyboard 7 or the like.

Then, the CPU 2 of the electronic cash register 1 enters the entry key 13 and the exit key 14 as described above.
Since it waits for the operation input of the time key 15 and the time key 15, the clerk who confirms the customer's opening of the shop as described above normally operates the exit key 14 manually. Then, the CPU 2 which has detected the operation input of the exit key 14 searches the RAM 4 to confirm the existence of the entry time of the room file of the room number operated and input by the ten key 12, and when this existence cannot be confirmed, Wait again for room number input,
When the presence is confirmed, the current time measured by the clock circuit 5 is read and the store time in the setting area 19 and the auxiliary time in the setting area 17 corresponding to the room number are updated.

Then, the CPU 2 of the electronic cash register 1 calculates the usage charge of the customer based on the time difference between the opening time and the entering time set in the room file setting areas 18 and 19 of the RAM 4 as described above. Display 8
Is displayed or the R / J printer 9 prints it out, so the salesclerk and the customer who visually recognize them will execute the accounting process. Then, the CPU 2 of the electronic cash register 1 which has completed this accounting process initializes the room file and then returns to the initial state.

Here, in the electronic cash register 1, the usage fee is usually calculated based on the customer's opening time and entering time as described above. For example, the electronic cash register 1 is installed. Many customers may line up at the reception. In such a case, a large amount of time will elapse between the customer at the back of the queue and the time when the accounting process is executed after the customer arrives at the reception desk. Will be unreasonably increased.

Therefore, in the electronic cash register 1, when the above-mentioned situation occurs, the accounting process for the first customer is executed by the normal operation procedure described above, and then the accounting processes for the second and subsequent customers are executed. The time key 15 is manually operated without manually operating the exit key 14.

Then, the CPU 2 of the electronic cash register 1 which has detected the manual operation of the time key 15 as described above.
When the presence of the entrance time corresponding to the room number is confirmed as described above, the auxiliary time is read from the setting area 17 of the RAM 4, and the opening time of the setting area 19 and the auxiliary time of the setting area 17 are updated with this auxiliary time. To do. Therefore, the electronic cash register 1 has the RAM 4 as described above.
Since the customer's usage fee is calculated based on the time difference between the opening time and the entering time set in the room file setting areas 18 and 19 and is output by the display of the display 8 or the printing of the R / J printer 9, The salesclerk and the customer who have been visually confirmed execute the accounting process.

By doing so, in this electronic cash register 1, even when a large number of customers line up and the start of the accounting processing of the customers behind is delayed, the opening times of the second and subsequent customers are currently set. Since it can be set to be the same as the opening time of the first customer regardless of the time, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the usage fee of the customer at the back of the line.

More specifically, in the electronic cash register 1, if the usage charge for one hour is set to 1,000 yen, for example, as shown in FIG. If you enter the store at 01:01 and open at 02:55, the usage time is 1 hour or more and 2 hours or less, so the usage fee will be 2,000 yen. Then, because it takes time for the accounting process for this customer, the current time to execute the accounting process for the customer in the room number “02” queued further back is
If it is 03:03, etc., the usage charge for the customer with the room number "02" will be calculated based on this, and it will be 3,000 yen. In such a case, the room number will be The opening time of “02” is 02:00, which is the opening time of the customer of the room number “01” immediately before.
By setting 55 minutes, the usage fee for this customer can be calculated as 2,000 yen.

Here, in the electronic cash register 1, when the accounting processing of a large number of customers is continuously executed as described above, the opening time set for the first customer at the current time is set to the second or later time. Since it is repeatedly used as the customer's store opening time, the store opening time and the auxiliary time are updated with one auxiliary time set to the first customer at the current time. Therefore, since the electronic cash register 1 does not require a dedicated manual operation for setting the auxiliary time, it can also contribute to reducing the work load of the store clerk.

Further, in the electronic cash register 1, the auxiliary calculating means including the CPU 2 and the like as described above is
After updating the store opening time in the setting area 19 with the auxiliary time set in the setting area 17 of the RAM 4, the setting area 1
By calculating the usage charge based on the entry time and the opening time of the stores 8 and 19, the usage charges are set in the areas 17 and 18
It is designed to be calculated based on the auxiliary time, entry time, and opening time.

Further, in the electronic cash register 1 of this embodiment, the CPU 2 which detects the operation input of the time key 15 is detected.
Exemplifies simplification of data processing by updating the auxiliary time with the read auxiliary time when the auxiliary time is read and the store opening time is updated, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Instead, it is also possible to update only the store opening time with the read auxiliary time and store the auxiliary time without updating.

Further, in the electronic cash register 1 of the present embodiment, it has been illustrated that the entering time of the customer who opens the store is read out by the room number as the identification data, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Instead, for example, when a customer enters a store, a magnetic card (not shown) that records the entrance time is issued and carried by the customer, and when the customer opens the store, the entrance time is read from the magnetic card and the accounting process is executed. Such a thing is also possible.

Further, in the electronic cash register 1 of this embodiment, when the customer's usage fee is calculated at the store opening time, the current time output by the clock circuit 5 is set as the store opening time in the RAM 4 and then used for the charge calculation. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
It is also possible to implement an electronic cash register (not shown) or the like that directly uses the current time output by the clock circuit 5 for charge calculation.

Here, in this electronic cash register 1, an example is shown in which the assistant time automatically updated every time the customer's accounting process is executed as described above is used as the customer's opening time at the discretion of the clerk. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, the current time is set as the auxiliary time at the discretion of the store clerk, and this auxiliary time is used as the time when the customer opens the store at the discretion of the store clerk (see FIG. (Not shown) and the like are also possible.

Therefore, such an electronic cash register is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 as an embodiment of the invention according to claim 2.
It will be described below based on. The electronic cash register 20 of the present embodiment has the same configuration as the electronic cash register 20 described above as the first embodiment, and therefore the names and reference numerals of the respective parts other than the different parts are used in detail. Detailed description is omitted.

First, in the electronic cash register 20, the keyboard 7 is instructed only to the setting key 21 which is a setting instruction means for instructing the update of the auxiliary time at the current time and the calculation of the usage charge at the auxiliary time. A time key 22 which is an auxiliary instruction means is provided.
Auxiliary setting means for setting the current time output by the clock circuit 5 as the auxiliary time in accordance with the operation input is formed by the CPU 2, the ROM 3, etc. in the setting area 17 of the RAM 4. Therefore, in the electronic cash register 20, the current time measured by the clock circuit 5 is set in each of the setting areas 17 and 19 of the RAM 4 as the store opening time, and the use time is calculated from the store opening time and the store entering time. But CP
It is formed of U2, ROM3, RAM4 and the like.

The processing operation of the electronic cash register 20 having such a configuration will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. First, in the electronic cash register 20, when a clerk who assigns a private room to a customer inputs a room number by manually operating the ten-key pad 12 of the keyboard 7 or the like, the CPU 2 which detects the operation input,
Since it waits for the operation input of the entry key 13, the exit key 14, the time key 22, and the setting key 21 of the keyboard 7, when the clerk manually operates the entry key 13, the current time measured by the clock circuit 5 is displayed. The entry time of the corresponding room number setting area 18 is updated.

Therefore, when a store clerk accepting a customer who opens a store manually operates the room number and the exit key 14 by manually operating the ten keys 12 of the keyboard 7 or the like, the CPU 2 which detects the operation input searches the RAM 4 and operates the ten keys. 12
After confirming the existence of the entry time of the room file of the room number that was input by the operation, the current time measured by the clock circuit 5 is read after this completion, and the auxiliary time in the setting area 17 corresponds to the room number without being updated. Setting area 1
Only the store opening time of 9 is updated.

Then, this electronic cash register 20
The CPU 2 calculates the usage charge of the customer based on the time difference between the store opening time and the store entering time set in the room file setting areas 18 and 19 of the RAM 4 as described above to display the display 8 and the R / J printer 9 Since it is output by printing, the salesclerk and the customer who visually recognize these will execute the accounting process.

Here, this electronic cash register 20
Then, normally, the usage fee is calculated based on the opening time and the entering time of the customers as described above, but when a large number of customers line up, the setting key 21 is set at the timing desired by the clerk. After manually operating, the time key 22 is manually operated without manually operating the exit key 14 for the subsequent customer transaction processing.

Then, the CPU 2 which has detected the manual operation of the setting key 21 as described above updates the auxiliary time of the setting area 17 of the RAM 4 with the current time measured by the clock circuit 5, so that the accounting after the completion of this operation is performed. When the time key 22 is manually operated in the process, the CPU 2 which has detected this operation reads the auxiliary time from the setting area 17 of the RAM 4 and sets it in the setting area 18.
The customer's usage fee will be calculated based on the time difference from the entry time.

By doing so, in the electronic cash register 20, even when a large number of customers line up and the start of the accounting processing of the customers behind is delayed, the current time is set as the auxiliary time at a predetermined timing. Since the set time can be set and used as the store opening time in the accounting process of a large number of customers, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the usage charge of the customers at the back of the line.

Although the entry time and the opening time are measured in minutes here and the usage time is calculated in one hour units, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, it is possible to calculate the usage time in minutes as well as the entry time and the opening time, or to measure the entry time and the opening time in hours and round down the minutes.

Although the time that defines the start and end of the customer's use time is expressed as the entrance time and the exit time here, this does not mean only entering and exiting the shop, and for example, to the event venue. The entry and exit times are assumed here as the entry time and the exit time.

[0043]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the present clocking means for clocking the current time is provided, and the entrance instruction means for instructing the setting of the entrance time by the input operation is provided. The entrance instruction means is operated. Then, the entrance setting means for setting the current time measured by the current timing means as the entrance time is provided, and the calculation instruction means for instructing the time calculation at the current time by the input operation is provided, and the calculation instruction means is operated. Then, the current time measured by the current time measuring means is individually set as the opening time and the auxiliary time, and the time calculating means for calculating the use time from the opening time and the entering time is provided, and the time calculation at the auxiliary time is input. An auxiliary instruction means for instructing by operation is provided, and when the auxiliary instruction means is operated, an auxiliary calculation means for calculating the use time from the auxiliary time and the entrance time is provided, and one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means is provided. But By providing the fee calculation means for calculating a use fee based on boss was usage time, for example,
Even if a large number of customers line up and the calculation of usage charges for customers behind is delayed, the opening time of the second and subsequent customers should be the same as the opening time of the first customer, regardless of the current time. As a result, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the usage fee of the customer at the back of the line.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the present time measuring means for measuring the present time is provided, and the entrance instruction means for instructing the setting of the entrance time by the input operation is provided. When the entrance instruction means is operated. The entrance setting means for setting the current time measured by the present time measuring means as the entrance time is provided, and the calculation instruction means for instructing the time calculation at the current time by an input operation is provided. The current time counting means sets the current time measured as the store opening time and a time calculating means for calculating the use time from the store opening time and the store entering time is provided.
A setting instruction means for instructing the setting of the auxiliary time by an input operation is provided, and when the setting instruction means is operated, an auxiliary setting means for setting the current time measured by the current time measuring means as a store opening time is provided. An auxiliary instructing means for instructing time calculation by an input operation is provided, and when this auxiliary instructing means is operated, an auxiliary calculating means for calculating a use time from an auxiliary time and a store time is provided. By providing a charge calculation unit that calculates the usage charge based on the usage time calculated by one of the means, even if a large number of customers line up and the calculation of the usage charges of the customers behind is delayed. Since the opening time of the second and subsequent customers can be set to be the same as the opening time of the first customer regardless of the current time, it is possible to prevent an unreasonable increase in the usage fee of the customers behind the line. It is intended to have an effect, such as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit structure of an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a RAM setting structure.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of an electronic cash register.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit structure of an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of an electronic cash register.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,20 Electronic cash register 2,3,4 hours calculation means, charge calculation means, auxiliary calculation means, charge calculation means 5 Current time measurement means 2,3,17 Auxiliary setting means 2,3,18 Entrance setting means 13 Entrance Instructing means 14, 22 Calculation instructing means 15 Auxiliary instructing means 21 Setting instructing means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A present time measuring means for measuring a present time, a store entering instruction means for instructing setting of a store time by an input operation, and a present time kept by the present time measuring means when the store instructing means is operated. A store setting means for setting the time as a store time, a calculation instruction means for instructing time calculation at the current time by an input operation, and a current time measured by the current clock means when the calculation instruction means is operated. A time calculating means for individually setting the opening time and the auxiliary time and calculating the usage time from the opening time and the entering time, an auxiliary instructing means for instructing the time calculation at the auxiliary time by an input operation, and this auxiliary instructing means Is operated, an auxiliary calculation means for calculating the usage time from the auxiliary time and the entry time, and a charge calculation for calculating the usage charge based on the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means An electronic cash register comprising: 2. A current clocking means for clocking the current time, a store-instructing means for instructing the setting of the store-in time by an input operation, and a current clocked by the current clocking means when the store-instructing means is operated. A store setting means for setting the time as a store time, a calculation instruction means for instructing time calculation at the current time by an input operation, and a current time measured by the current clock means when the calculation instruction means is operated. A time calculation unit that sets the time as a store opening time and calculates the usage time from the store opening time and the store entrance time, a setting instruction unit that instructs the setting of the auxiliary time by an input operation, and the current state when the setting instruction unit is operated. Auxiliary setting means for setting the current time measured by the time measuring means as the store opening time, auxiliary instruction means for instructing time calculation at the auxiliary time by input operation, and auxiliary time and entry time when the auxiliary instruction means is operated. An electronic device characterized by comprising: an auxiliary calculation means for calculating a usage time from the above, and a charge calculation means for calculating a usage charge based on the usage time calculated by one of the auxiliary calculation means and the time calculation means. Cash register.