JPS5840223B2 - Zero inspection method for sales terminals - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention has a function of printing out or displaying the hard total area provided on the memory and further clearing it, and it is possible to easily check the complete clear status of the hard total area after the clearing. This relates to a zero inspection method for sales terminals.

Conventionally, a sales terminal, such as a cash register, has a classification and aggregation area for amounts, numbers, quantities, etc. on the memory, and each time data is input, it is categorized and aggregated.

This is called hard total.

There is also a need for a function to print out or display all or part of the hard total on a display, and a function to clear the entire hard total after printing it out, which are called inspection and settlement, respectively.

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the configuration of a sales terminal.

In the figure, remote and sales product codes are registered with the keyboard 2 in the control unit 1, various codes are registered with the OCR/barcode reader 3 and card reader 4, and amounts are registered with cash from the keyboard 2. .

After the total is calculated for each product code, the transaction total is displayed on the display section 6, printed on a slip by the printer 7, and sent out.

Furthermore, the transmission of these data is controlled by the terminal control section via the line adapter 9.

This sales terminal usually has a hard total 8 which is separated from the total area of each category mentioned above, and the above-mentioned inspection and settlement are carried out.

In a normal sales terminal, as shown in FIG. 2, an inspection is performed as early as the start of business, during transaction registration, and payment is made before the end of business.

At the start of the next day's work, all payments should have been cleared due to the payment made before the end of the previous day's work, but since time has passed, it is normal to check this.

This confirmation may be performed by printing out the entire hard total as described above, but if the hard total area is large, printing time, data collection time, and printing paper are wasted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a zero-inspection system for sales terminals that allows easy confirmation of the complete clearing of the hard total area before starting business.

In order to achieve the above object, the zero inspection method of the sales terminal of the present invention provides a hard total area in the memory for storing aggregated data for each type of transaction, and when there is a settlement instruction, the data is stored in the hard total area. In a sales terminal having a function of displaying and outputting data and clearing the area, there is a zero inspection instruction means that is operated at the start of business and instructs zero inspection of the hard total area, and a zero inspection instruction means that instructs zero inspection of the hard total area; A reading circuit for reading out the contents in the hard total area, and a means for checking whether the value of the data read by the reading circuit is a predetermined value, The inspection result of the total area is outputted by means for displaying and outputting the aggregated data.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the conventional hard total 8 consists of a hard total area 8-1 and a print buffer 8-2.

At the time of inspection, a key on the keyboard 2 is pressed and the contents of the hard total area 8-1 are transferred to the print buffer 8-2 and printed out under control from the control circuit 1. At the time of checkout, the contents of the hard total area 8-1 are transferred to the print buffer 8-2 and printed out. Clearing is performed.

Printing out the hard total area using the same procedure before starting work would take time and effort, so the present invention simplifies this process and prints out the hard total area 8.
An address counter 11 and a readout circuit 12 are provided for reading out the contents of -1, each inverted signal of the readout output from the readout circuit 12 is sent to the print buffer 8-2 through an AND circuit 13, and the readout output is ORed, The signal is input to the control circuit 1 via the circuit 14 and is converted into a control signal and sent to the print buffer.

Note that the "O" output of the OR circuit 14 provides an inverted signal to the address counter 11 to increment the readout.

With this configuration, a zero check key for instructing a hard total zero check is provided on the keyboard 2, and when this key is pressed, the address counter 11 is controlled by the control circuit 1.
and operates the readout circuit 12 to read out the hard total area 8.
-1 contents are read sequentially.

If the results are all "0", the AND circuit 13 outputs "1", and "Zero Tenken OKJ" is printed on the slip via the print buffer 8-2 as shown in FIG. If even one "1" is read out from 1, the output of the AND circuit 13 becomes "O" and "Zero Tenken NGJ" is printed on the slip.

Also in this case, OR. By passing it through the circuit 14 and the control circuit 1, a non-zero hard total is specifically extracted and printed on the slip, such as "Kenkin 2,000j."

Even if the machine falls over, the inspection can be completed in a short time because the required amount is printed out in a small amount of expression.

As described above, according to the present invention, the complete clear state of the hard total area can be easily checked by providing a zero check means.

As a result, only the hard totals that are not completely cleared or not are printed out, which saves a short time and can be effectively applied as an inspection method before starting work.

Furthermore, since the results of the zero inspection are displayed and output, the operator only has to look at the result output.

That is, by outputting this inspection result, it is possible to know whether the hard total area is fully cleared or not, and whether the zero inspection has been completed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a conventional example, Fig. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram of the main part of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a configuration explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a detailed explanation of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a control circuit, 2 is a keyboard, 8 is a hardware total, 8-1 is a hardware total area, 8-2 is a print buffer, 11 is an address counter, 12 is a read circuit, and 13 is an AND circuit. , 14 indicate an OR circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Provide a hard total area in the memory to store aggregated data for each type of transaction, display and output the data stored in the hard total area when a settlement instruction is received,
Further, in the sales terminal having a function to clear the area, a zero inspection instruction means is operated at the start of business and instructs zero inspection of the hard total area, and the content in the hard total area is determined by inputting an instruction from the instruction means. and a means for checking whether the value of the data read by the reading circuit is a predetermined value, and according to the check output from the checking means, the check result of the hard total area is A zero inspection method for a sales terminal, characterized in that the aggregated data is outputted by means for displaying and outputting.