JPH11306441A - Pos terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a desired slip total list to be referred to, to immediately display the contents of total data on a screen and to print only the required part. SOLUTION: A total picture 1 of a POS terminal is provided with plural touch keys 2, 2', 2"... for selectively displaying a total slip list, list display area 4 and touch key 3 for printing the contents of the list displayed in the list display area 4 and by pressing any one of touch keys 2, 2', 2"..., displaying only the desired part to be referred to in the list contents in the list display area 4 and pressing the touch key 3, the list contents displayed on the list display area 4 or all the selected lists are printed by a printer. Then the total data of the list are referred to. When a list display area 3 is depressed, since the list display area 3 is expanded over all the screen, the total data can be clearly referred to. When the expanded display area is depressed, the list display area is returned to the ordinary list display area 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tallying operation, in which a tally list to be referred to is selected and a necessary part thereof is immediately displayed by selectively displaying tally data contents on a POS display screen. POS terminal that can refer to and print all or necessary parts of a list.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of a pachinko management system. The management server 90 of FIG. 1 stores individual business data input from POS terminals 91 and 91 'connected to the bus.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an electric circuit of a POS terminal in the POS management system of FIG. In the figure, 100 is a central processing unit, 101 is a program memory, 102 is a touch panel, 103 is a touch panel controller, 104 is a memory, 105 is a display device, 106
Denotes a display controller, 107 denotes a printer, and 108 denotes an interface unit for transmitting data.

The central processing unit 100 and the program memory 1
01, touch panel controller 103, memory 104,
The display controller 106, the printer 107, and the interface unit 108 are connected to a bus. Various programs are stored in the program memory 101.
The interface unit 108 controls communication with the management server 90.

The touch panel controller 103 outputs XY coordinate values indicating a touch position when the surface of the touch panel 102 is pressed. The touch panel 102 is transparent and is provided on the display screen.

FIG. 11 shows a screen displayed on the POS terminal screen when the conventional POS tabulation operation is selected. On the display screen 110 of the display device, a touch key -1 of "list A" is displayed.
11, a touch key 111 'of "list B", a touch key 111 "of" list C ",... Are displayed, and a touch key 112 of" print "is displayed.
Touch key 11 to confirm the total data of list A
When the user presses the “1” with a finger and then presses the “print” touch key 112, the list A stored in the management server 90 is displayed.
Is transferred to the POS terminal, the tally data of the list A is created by the POS terminal, and the list of the list A is printed out by the printer. The contents of the data have been referred to or confirmed by the printed list.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Conventional POS tally data
When checking the contents of a report, the entire list is printed by referring to the printed list.Therefore, the entire list must be output using a printer, and the printer output is time consuming. Also, even when it is only necessary to check the contents of a part that is necessary, the entire part of the list must be printed because the necessary part cannot be cut out and printed. Was inconvenient. Conventionally, all data is stored in the aggregation master of the management server.
When the bus between the POS terminal and the management server is disconnected, when the management server goes down, or when the printer paper is exhausted, there is a drawback that the totalized data cannot be referred to. There was a problem that it became an inhibiting factor.

An object of the present invention is to select a form summary list to be referred to, and to immediately display the contents of the summary data on a screen so that the contents can be referred to. Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to print only necessary portions. Still another object of the present invention is to make it possible to refer to and confirm the totalized data when the bus between the POS terminal and the management server is disconnected or the management server goes down, or when the printer paper is exhausted. Is to do.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. The POS terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display area for displaying the list contents of the tabulation form on the tabulation screen and a plurality of interface areas for selecting a list of the tabulation forms to be displayed in the display area. It is assumed that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a POS terminal, wherein the list display area is expanded to the entire screen of the POS terminal by pressing the list display area described in the first aspect, and then the entire screen is pressed to list the list display screen. It is characterized by returning to the display area.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a POS terminal having an interface area for printing a list displayed in a list display area on the tabulation screen and an interface area for printing the entire selected list. By providing the list, the list displayed in the list display area or the entire list can be printed by the printer.

In the POS terminal according to the fourth aspect, the list displayed in the list display area according to the third aspect has the same format as the list output to the printer, and a portion that cannot be displayed in the list display area can be displayed by scrolling. It is characterized by having made it.

Touch keys 2, 2 ', 2 ",... For selecting summary form lists A, B, C,... On the summary screen 1 of the POS terminal, and the contents of the selected summary form list, respectively. There is provided a touch key-4 for printing the list display area 3 to be displayed and the entire selected list or only the part displayed in the list display area 3. The interface area corresponds to the touch key.

By pressing the touch keys -2, 2 ', 2 ",... With a finger, a desired list is selected, and the total data of the selected list is displayed in the list display area 3 (FIG. 1 ( b)),
Pressing the print touch key-4 prints all of the selected list or only the portion displayed in the display area 3 (FIG. 1).
(D)).

In order not to mistake the contents of the displayed list, the list display area 3 can be expanded by pressing the list display area 3 (FIG. 1C). Also, if you press the list display area that is enlarged to the whole screen,
The list display area returns to the list display area 3 which is a normal area (FIG. 1B).

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 2 to 5 are diagrams showing an operation example of a screen display system of a POS terminal for confirming the contents of tally data of a POS tally form. When the user presses the tabulation of the task menu displayed on the display screen of the POS terminal and selects the tabulation task, the tabulation screen of FIG. 2A is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a display screen, and reference numeral 21 denotes a touch key for selecting a list of all transactions by person in charge (FIG. 6).
1 'is a touch key for selecting the entire transaction list (FIG. 7), 21 "is a touch key for selecting the prize delivery list (FIG. 8), and 22 is a list for displaying the contents of the selected list. A display area, 23 is a touch key for printing the entire selected list, 24 is a touch key for printing the list contents of only the portion displayed in the list display area 22, and 25 is a key for ending the counting operation. When the touch key 25 is pressed, the tallying screen returns to the initial screen.

If the user wants to refer to the total data of all the transaction lists for each person in charge, touch the key 2 of the total screen of FIG.
Press 1. Then, the POS terminal selects the list for each person in charge, reads out relevant data from the memory recorded in the POS terminal, creates a tally list, and creates a list for each person as shown in FIG. ) Is displayed in a range that can be displayed in the list display area 22 (FIG. 5).

When the tabulated data that needs to be referred to is not displayed in the list portion displayed in the list display area 22, the data is not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, but is displayed by scrolling. By scrolling the list portion, the total data to be referred to is displayed, and the required total data contents can be referred to.

In order to reliably read the contents of the list, the list display area 22 shown in FIG. 2B is pressed to enlarge the list display area to the full screen 20 as shown in FIG. 2C. As a result of the enlargement, the size of the character increases and the amount of displayed data also increases. When the user presses the full screen 20 while the total data is displayed on the full screen, the screen returns to the screen of FIG. When the tabulated data is referred to in the printed list, the tabulated data to be referred is displayed in the list display area 22, and the touch key 24 is pressed, and the list contents of the displayed portion are printed by the printer. I do. When the user wants to refer to all the total data in the list, the user presses the touch key 23 and prints the entire contents of the list with the printer.

When printing is completed, the screen returns to FIG. 2B (flow from step S8 to step S3 in FIG. 4).
Subsequently, when it is desired to refer to the tally data of another tally report list, the other touch keys 21 'and 2 in FIG.
If the user presses 1 "and then presses the touch key in the same manner as described above, the tabulation data is displayed in the same manner as the tabulation data of all the transaction lists for each person in charge.
You can refer to the data and check.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the display processing of these total data. These processes are realized by a program stored in the program memory 101 of FIG. The POS terminal has a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. In step S1, the POS terminal displays a tally screen. In step S2, the operator presses the "list" A touch key. In step S3, the POS terminal creates total data of the list of A.
In step S4, the POS terminal displays the list of A on the screen.

In step S5, the operator presses the list display area with a finger. In step S6, the POS terminal displays the list of A on the full screen. In step S7, the operator presses the display screen with a finger. Then, the process returns to step S4.

In step S8, the operator presses the "list print" or "partial print" touch key. If the “list print” touch key is pressed, step S
The process proceeds to step S9, and if the "partial print" touch key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S10. In step S9, the POS terminal prints the entire list of A. After printing is completed,
It returns to step S4.

In step S10, the POS terminal prints only the screen display portion of the list A. When printing is completed, the process returns to step S4. In step S11, the operator presses a touch key of another list. The processing when the touch keys of other lists are pressed is the same as that of the list of A.

FIGS. 6 to 8 show examples of the format of the summary form list displayed in the list display area of the POS terminal screen and printed by the printer.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, since the contents of the tabulated data can be easily known without printing, the tabulated data can be referred to immediately. Efficiency is improved. In addition, the display area can be expanded to the entire screen as required, so that data is not mistaken. Furthermore, by printing only the screen display and necessary parts, printer paper can be saved, the cost of purchasing consumables can be reduced, and only the necessary parts can be printed immediately, so that a man-machine interface (MMI) can be used. Is improved.

Further, since the business data is stored in the memory arranged in the POS terminal, the business data is stored in the memory of the POS terminal.
The POS terminal can create a tally list of tally forms based on the data even when the bus connecting the server is disconnected or the management server goes down (offline). Can be referred to the total data. In addition, in the operations other than the totalizing operation of the POS terminal, such as the exchange operation and the inventory operation, the data of the management server and the totaling master of the POS terminal are reflected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation example of displaying and referencing total data of a total form list.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation example (continuation) of displaying and referencing total data of a total form list;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example of displaying and referencing total data of a total form list.

FIG. 5 is a screen display flowchart of a list.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a list format example 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list format example 2;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a list format example 3;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a POS management system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a POS terminal.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a conventional POS tally operation and reference to tally data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 POS terminal display screen 2 to 2 "list selection touch key 3 Print touch key 4 List display area 20 POS terminal display screen 21 Touch key 21" by person in charge "21 'Touch key 21" All "21" Premium " Touch key of “Exit” 22 List display area 23 Touch key of “List print” 24 Touch key of “Partial print” 25 Touch key of “End” 90 Management server 91 to 91 ″ POS terminal 92 Bus 100 Central processing unit 101 Program memory 102 Touch panel 103 Touch panel controller 104 Memory 105 Display device 106 Display device controller 108 Interface section 110 Display screen 111-111 ″ List selection touch key 112 Print command touch key 113 List print output

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hidemi Ogawa 98, Unoki-nu, Unoki-cho, Hebei-gun, Ishikawa Pref. 9 Ace Denken Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiromasa Ogawa 3-12-9 Higashi Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Yoko Ide Yoko Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 3-12-9 Ace Denken Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Nakamura 3-12-9 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Ace Denken Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] A display area for displaying the contents of a summary form list on a totalization screen of a POS terminal and a plurality of interface areas for selecting a summary form list to be displayed in the display area are provided. POS terminal to do. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the list display area of the tabulation screen is depressed to enlarge the list display area to the entire screen, and then the entire screen is depressed to return to the original list display area. Item 7. The POS terminal according to Item 1. 3. An interface area for printing a list displayed in a list display area and an interface area for printing an entire selected list are provided on a display screen of a POS terminal. 2. The POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the list displayed in the list display area or the entire list can be printed by a printer. 4. The POS according to claim 3, wherein the display content of the list is in the same format as that output by the printer, and a portion that cannot be displayed in the list display area can be displayed by scrolling. Terminal.