JPH0752476B2 - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as an ECR), and more particularly to an ECR capable of performing transaction processing on a product purchased by a customer using a credit card. .

[Prior Art] With the recent widespread use of credit cards, ECR has enabled credit transaction processing for products purchased by customers.
Has been put to practical use. In such an ECR, the department code and the amount data of the product purchased by the customer are sequentially input by the keyboard, and when all the department code and the amount data of the product purchased by the customer are completed, the total calculation command is issued. I am trying. Then, the department code, the amount data, and the total amount of each product are printed on the receipt. Then the operator receives the credit card from the customer,
The card data recorded on the credit card is read by a card reader, and the read card data is transmitted to the host computer of the credit company via a public line to perform authentication. Then, when the authentication result is sent, the authentication result is printed on a receipt, and the receipt is handed to the customer, thereby completing one transaction.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned ECR, it often takes a long time of several tens of seconds to transmit the card data to the host computer of the credit company and receive the authentication result. For this reason, it takes a long time to complete one transaction, the next customer is unnecessarily waited, and there is a drawback that the customer service is lacking.

Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide an ECR that can reduce the time required for a transaction with one customer and the waiting time of the next customer.

[Means for Solving Problems] This invention is an EC that can process transactions using a credit card.
R, an input means for inputting data regarding a product, a storage means for storing data regarding the input product, and a total calculation for performing a total calculation of money amount data included in the stored data regarding the product Means, card reading means for reading the card data recorded on the credit card, communication control means for transmitting the read card data to the host computer of the credit company and receiving the authentication result thereof, and data concerning the product. Printing means for printing the authentication result on a printing paper; first printing control means for printing the result of total calculation by the printing means on the printing paper until the communication control means receives the authentication result; After that, communication with input control means for allowing the input of data regarding the next customer's purchased product by the input means, When the control unit receives the authentication result, the second printing control unit prints the authentication result on the print sheet of the customer immediately before.

[Operation] In the ECR according to the present invention, the total calculation result is printed on the printing paper by the printing means until the communication control means receives the authentication result, and then the input means inputs the data regarding the next customer's purchased product. When the authentication result is received, the authentication result is controlled to be printed on the printing paper of the customer immediately before.

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
First, the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A keyboard 2, a card reader 3, a display 4, a memory 5, a printer 6, a telephone line interface 7 as communication control means, and a cash box 8 are connected to the CPU 1. The keyboard 2 includes a key for inputting the department code and amount data of the product purchased by the customer, and for instructing total calculation. The card reader 3 reads card data such as a personal identification number and an account number recorded on a credit card.

The display unit 4 displays the department code, the amount data, and the total amount of the products input from the keyboard 2. The printer 5 prints the department code of each product, the amount data, the total amount thereof, and the authentication result of the credit card on the receipt. The memory 6 stores in advance a program necessary for the CPU 1 to execute the operation as the ECR, and also stores the data regarding the product input from the keyboard 2. The telephone line interface 7 is connected to the host computer of the credit company via the public line, transmits the card data read by the card reader 3 to the host computer, receives the authentication result, and gives it to the CPU 1. The cash box 8 stores the money paid by the customer,
The change to be handed over when a customer pays a large amount of bills is stored in advance.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing an authentication result on a receipt, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining receipt paper. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of slip paper.

Next, the specific operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The operator inputs the department code and amount data of each product purchased by the customer from the keyboard 2. Based on the department code and the amount data input from the keyboard 2, the CPU 1 stores the amount data of the product in the storage area of the corresponding department code of the memory 6. At the same time, the CPU 1 displays the department code and the amount data on the display 4, and causes the printer 5 to print the department code and the amount data on the receipt 9 as shown in FIG.

Then, the CPU 1 determines whether or not the telephone line interface 7 has received the authentication result. At this point in time, since the authentication result has not been transmitted from the host computer via the telephone line interface 7, it is determined whether or not the individual product registration of all the products purchased by the customer has been completed. This determination is made depending on whether or not the total calculation command key included in the keyboard 2 has been operated. The operator sequentially inputs the department code and the amount data of the products purchased by the customer, and when the input of the department codes and the amount data of all the products is completed, the operator operates the total calculation command key of the keyboard 2.

In response to the operation of the total calculation command key, the CPU 1 calculates the total of the amount data stored in the memory 6, displays the total amount on the display 4, and causes the printer 5 to print it on the receipt 9. The customer looks at the total amount displayed on the display 4 and pays cash. If the customer pays the total amount in cash, the data of the amount of cash paid is input from the keyboard 2, and when the customer pays a large amount of bills, the change is taken out from the cash box 8 and paid. Ends the process.

However, when the customer pays a part of the total amount as cash and wants the rest of the credit transaction with a credit card, the paid part of the amount is input from the keyboard 2. Then, the operator receives the credit card from the customer and reads the card data such as the personal identification number and the account number recorded on the credit card by the card reader 3. Further, the operator inputs the amount of money to be processed by the credit transaction from the keyboard 2. The CPU 1 transmits the card data read from the credit card by the telephone line interface 7 to the host computer of the credit company, and makes an inquiry for credit inquiry. After that, the CPU 1 prints a part of the paid cash amount data and the like on the receipt 9 excluding the credit card authentication permission number, and once ends the transaction processing of the customer.

The operator inputs the parts mode and the amount data of the product purchased by the next customer from the keyboard 2 until the authentication result is transmitted from the host computer. And CPU1
Determines whether the telephone line interface 7 has received the authentication result transmitted from the host computer,
When it is determined that the authentication result has been received, a display lamp (not shown) for receiving the authentication result included in the display unit 4 blinks. Looking at the display, the operator inserts the receipt 9 of the immediately preceding customer on the receipt 10 of the customer who is currently conducting the transaction as shown in FIG. 3, and sets the authentication result number to the receipt 9 shown in FIG. To be printed in the print column 91 of. Then, the receipt 9 on which the authentication result has been printed is handed to the immediately preceding customer, and the next customer is again registered as a single item.

It should be noted that in the above-described embodiment, the registered data is transferred to the receipt 9
In the same way, when printing data on slip paper 11 as shown in Fig. 5, the printing of that part 11 is skipped and other data is printed until the authentication result is determined. Then, the next customer is processed, and after the authentication result is determined, the slip paper 11 is inserted into the printer 5, and the authentication result is printed in the print field 11.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the total amount is printed on the printing paper until the authentication result is received, and then the data regarding the next customer's purchased product is input to obtain the authentication result. Since the authentication result is printed on the printing paper of the immediately preceding customer in response to the receipt of the message, the next customer does not need to wait unnecessarily, which can contribute to the improvement of customer service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing an authentication result on a receipt. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of receipt paper. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of slip paper. In the figure, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a keyboard, 3 is a card reader, 4 is an indicator, 5 is a printer, 6 is a memory, 7 is a telephone line interface, 8 is a cash box, 9,
10 is a receipt and 11 is a slip paper.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting data about a product, storage means for storing data about a product input from the input means, and amount data included in the data about a product stored in the storage means. Total calculation means for performing total calculation, card reading means for reading card data recorded on the credit card, card data read by the card reading means is transmitted to a host computer of a credit company, and its authentication result Communication control means for receiving the authentication result, printing means for printing the product data and the authentication result on a print sheet, until the communication control means receives the authentication result,
A first printing control means for printing the result of the total calculation by the printing means on a printing paper; and allowing the inputting of data on the next customer's purchased product by the input means after the printing control by the first printing control means. An electronic cash storage system comprising: an input control unit for executing the authentication; and a second print control unit for printing the authentication result on the print sheet of the customer immediately before in response to the reception of the authentication result by the communication control unit. register.