JPS58137073A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print the language message in matching to customers and to image up the shop, in responsing to the purchased items, money amount and paying methods by the customers, by providing an area storing plural programmable language messages. CONSTITUTION:To a CPU1 controlling each section of an ECR, an ROM2 storing a processing program and an RAM3 having a torage area and a working area such as various data and flags are connected. To the CPU1, a keyboard 4, a display 5, a printer 6 and a cash drawer 7 are connected, and under the control of the CPU1, the processing of purchased items and money amount of the customers is executed. In the storage area of the RAM3, the language message area storing a plural programmable languages is provided in addition to conventional department total/count area and an entry buffer NBUF. The content of the printed message is changed in response to the purchased items, money amount and payment of the customers to image up the shop.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic cash register, and in particular, it is possible to set a plurality of programmable LOGO (language) messages, and select a language message according to the type of transaction, amount, etc. from among these language messages. This invention relates to an electronic cash register that can be selectively printed.

Conventional electronic cash register (hereinafter abbreviated as EcR)
In this system, the verbal message is printed using a rubber stamp or the like set in the ECR. Therefore, one ECH has one type of language and one type of sage Fi, and it is not easy to change it. ECRs have also been realized that have the function of printing programmable language messages on receipts, but these ECRs cannot change and print programmable language messages depending on the transaction situation.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems with the conventional type mentioned above, and includes an area for storing messages in a plurality of programmable languages. The purpose is to selectively print messages. to this end,
The present invention includes a keyboard including a number key, a department key, and a plurality of keys for specifying a payment method, a goo link for printing on a receipt, a message area in which a plurality of programmable language messages are set and stored, and a The apparatus includes a determination unit that determines the transaction status based on the input and selects a language message to be printed from the message area according to the transaction status, and prints the language message selected by the determination unit on the receipt by the printer. It is characterized by this.

The present invention will be described in detail below using the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ECR according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1, a read-only memory (ROM) 2 for storing each processing program, a storage area for each data and flag, and a storage area for each data and flag. A random access memory (RAM) 3 having a memory area, a keyboard 4, a display 5, a printer for printing receipts, etc., and a cash drawer 7.
The 0 CPUI, which includes the following, controls input/output devices such as the keyboard 4, display 5, printer 6, and cash drawer 7 according to programs stored in the ROM 2. In addition, the transaction status such as the customer's purchased items, purchase amount, payment method, etc. is determined based on the key human power, and based on the results of this determination, which of the language messages set in RAMa should be printed on the receipt by the printer 6. Select.

The keyboard 4 has a clear key CL as shown in FIG.
and numeric keys 20 including the message input start key ■ used when setting programmable language messages, and department keys 21 for inputting department codes DPI, DP2, . . .
, CHARGE key 22, a release plate (which is pressed when paying by credit card or by a gift certificate, etc.) other than cash.
MISC) key 23, subtotal (5UBT) key 24, cash key (CASH) 25, and mode changeover switch 26
Equipped with.

As shown in FIG. 3, RAMa includes a department total/count area having a department total area corresponding to each department DPI to DP4, that is, a department cumulative registered amount storage area and a department count area, a number buffer NBUF, A numeric value flag that is set when the numeric key is pressed. Key Language message number set when there is human input Key-in Ash Flag FKLNO1 Key when setting a language message Work area WO where manually input numerical data is converted into character data and then temporarily stored
RK, an itemizer area I'TM that sequentially adds and stores the total amount in one transaction, and multiple language message areas 1, 2, each that stores one language message.・・・
・It has each area such as.

In the above configuration, the programmable language message setting operation is performed as follows. First, switch the mode selector switch 26 to preset mode (P), then (1) enter the language message number, (2) press the ■ key, and (3) set the language message to one character of the language message. 20 characters (60 digits) as a 3-digit number corresponding to
(4) Finally, the subtotal (SUBT) key 24, which also serves as a message input end key, is pressed to complete the one programmable language message setting operation. When setting multiple messages, repeat the operations (1) to (4) above.

Examples of key operations when setting language messages in language message areas 1 to 3 are shown below.

■ 100101102... SUBT ■ 110111112... SUBT ■ 120121122... UBT Next, referring to FIG. 4, the programmable language message setting operation of the ECH shown in FIG. 1 will be explained. In Figure 4,
If there is manual key power, determine whether it is a numeric key or not.If it is a numeric key, put the key manual data from the numeric key into number buffer N.
BUF, sets the numeric flag FKN to 1, and adds 1 to the contents of the numeric digit count area NC0UNT. In this way, the numerical data is
Stored in BUF. In the above judgment, if it is not a numeric key, it is determined whether the message input start key is 0 or not. Confirm that it is the language message number assigned to the area (in this case, 0 to 3), and then enter the number (Tsufa NBUF) in the Language message number field.
, set the language message number key-in flag FKLNO, and set the key-in flag FKN.

Clear the numeric digit count area NC0UNT and numeric value) (tufa NBUF. In the above judgment, if the message input start key is not ■, determine whether it is the subtotal key 24 or not. If the subtotal key is 24, the language message number key is input. Flag F K L N O and flag F
KN must be 1, and the number digit count area NC
After confirming that a language message of a predetermined number of characters (in this case 20 characters) has been entered from the 0UNTO value, and converting each three digits of the numerical data stored in the numeric buffer NBUF to the corresponding character data, start the work. Area WORK
Stored sequentially in . Next, the message character data in the work area WORK is transferred to the language message area corresponding to each language message number according to the language message number.0 Next, each language message number L is written on the receipt.
Print OGONO and language message, language message number key-in flag FKLNO1 numeric value flag FKN device number digit count area NC0UNT and 11
1 Clear the number buffer NBUF.

After setting up the programmable language message in this manner, the ECR is used for normal cash registration operations. In this case, first set the mode selector switch 26 to the registration mode (
REG) and then operate in the same way as a normal ECR. An example of key operations during registration is shown below.

1000 DPl 1500 DP2 HARGE Next, the registration operation of the ECH shown in FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, if a key is manually powered, it is determined whether it is a numeric key or not, and if it is a numeric key, the key manual data from the numeric key is stored in the numeric value buffer NBUF, and the numeric value present flag FKN is set to 1. Additionally, 1 is added to the contents of the digit count area. In this way, the amount data is stored in the number buffer NBUF. In the above judgment, if it is not a numeric key, it is determined whether it is a department key or not. If it is a department key, it is confirmed that there is a numeric value and 7 lags FKN is 1, and the amount of money, that is, the contents of the numeric buffer NBUF is displayed on the display 5. display and print the department number and amount on the receipt. Furthermore, the contents of the number buffer NBUF are added to the corresponding department total area, and the corresponding department count area is incremented. Next, add the contents of the numeric buffer NBUF to the itemizer and set the numeric flag FKN to the device number digit count area NC0.
Clear UNT and number buffer NBUF. If it is not the department key in the above-mentioned determination, it is sequentially determined whether it is the cash key 25, credit key 22, and release key 23. If it is the cash key 25, credit key 22 or release key 23, the contents of the itemizer will be displayed, and in the case of the cash key 25, the receipt will indicate that it is a cash transaction, the total amount of the current transaction, and the first Verbal message, credit key 2
In the case of 2, the message indicating that it is a credit sale, the total amount of the current transaction, and a message in the second language, and in the case of release key 23, the message indicating that the transaction is being released, the total amount of the current transaction, and a message in the third language. After printing, in either case, print the receipt number, cut the receipt, and clear the contents of the itemizer. In the above judgment, if the key is not a number, department, cash, credit, or release key, other processing such as error processing is performed.

Figures 6 (a) to (e) show the printed receipts for the above-mentioned registration operation; (a) is for cash, (b) is for credit sale, and (c) is for payment by gift certificate. 0 In the above-mentioned embodiment, a case was explained in which a message in each language is fixedly associated with each payment key for cash, credit, and miscellaneous transactions. You can also choose which language message to print. Alternatively, the language message may be selected depending on the customer's purchase amount.

According to the present invention, the items purchased by the customer, the purchase amount,
By switching the printing of programmable language messages depending on the payment method, etc., it is possible to print language messages that are more suited to the customer group, contributing to the improvement of the store's image.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of an ECH according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the keyboard of the ECR shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a memory configuration of the ECH shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the programmable language message setting procedure in the ECH of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the registration operation in the ECR of FIG. 1, and FIGS. c) is a plan view showing examples of receipt printing for cash sales (a), credit sales (b), and gift certificate payments (c), respectively.Ol...Central processing unit; 3...Memory;
4...Keyboard, 6...Printer, 21.
...Mode switch, 22...Numeric keys, 23
...Department key, 24...Credit key, 25...Release key, 27...Cash key. Patent Applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Tatsuo Ito Tetsuya Ito Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 2 26 20 21 Figure 3 (0) Figure 6 (b) <c)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard including numeric keys, a department key, and a plurality of keys for specifying payment methods, a printer for printing receipts, a message area in which a plurality of programmable language messages are set and stored, and based on input from the keyboard. The apparatus further comprises a determination unit that determines the transaction status and selects a language message to be printed from the message area according to the transaction status, and prints the language message selected by the determination unit on the receipt sheet by the printer. Features an electronic cash register.