JPS592590Y2 - Ryuutsutan Matsusouchi - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a distribution terminal device that uses a product name table memory specified by a terminal and can also print product names online or inline.

2. Description of the Related Art In distribution terminal devices that are located at distribution terminals and perform printing processing on various products, printing product names is an important element for improving customer service.

For example, if the customer is a general retail store and the distribution terminal is a cash wholesaler, conventionally a mechanical register is used to process the customer's ordered products, so detailed product numbers and product names cannot be printed.

Recently, this type of equipment is equipped with a product name table memory in which the product names of all products handled are written in the central processing unit, and is processed online or inline (referred to as online processing) at the distribution terminal to the central processing unit (CPU). A method is used in which the product code is transferred, the product name is received, and then printed.

However, in this system, if a failure occurs in the central processing unit or its transmission system, there is a risk that all product distribution in that system will be stopped.

Furthermore, if the terminal itself is provided with a product name table containing the product names of all products handled, the distribution terminal will require a large capacity buffer memory.

The present invention aims to eliminate these drawbacks, and its purpose is to provide a distribution terminal device in which most of the print processing functions are independent of the distribution terminal, and the deficiencies are compensated for by online processing. It is.

In order to achieve the above object, the distribution terminal device of the present invention can be connected to a central processing unit having a table memory for converting a product code into a product name, and converts the input product code into a product name and prints it out. In the distribution terminal device, the distribution terminal device has a terminal-side table memory that converts the product code specified by the distribution terminal device, and a terminal-side table memory that converts the product code specified by the distribution terminal device, and determines whether the product code is a code other than the product code stored in the terminal-side table memory. A designation means for designating whether or not online processing should be performed between a detection circuit to detect and the central processing unit;
When the detection circuit detects that a product code other than the product code of the product name stored in the terminal-side table memory is input, the area where the product name should be printed is left blank, or The present invention is characterized by comprising a control circuit that transmits the product code to a central processing unit and controls printing of the product name received from the central processing unit.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, human data is inputted from an input terminal 10 using a numeric keypad or a tag reader to a control circuit 1 via an input circuit 11.
Put it in 2.

The input data consists of a product number, unit price, etc. From this input, the control circuit 12 drives an address counter 13 to read data from the product name table memory 14, and a match circuit 15 detects whether the read data matches the product number of the input data.

FIG. 2a shows a specific example of the address counter 13 and product name table memory 14, where the addresses are O to 255 and the capacity of the product name table memory 14 is 256 bytes (
One byte (8 bits) is used, and the output is taken out in 8-bit parallel from 0 to 255 bytes.

That is, the control circuit 12 sets the address counter 13 to 0.
1.2 and drive.

As an example of the input data, as shown at the bottom of the input end 10 in FIG.
Assuming that the unit price is 2,000 yen and an example of the contents of the product name table memory 14 is as shown in Figure 2, the read data is 0 in address counter drive 0.1.2.
01, which does not match the upper three digits of the input data product number 123456.

Therefore, the output of the coincidence circuit 15 is "No" and the control circuit 1
2 sets the address to 11 and drives as 11.12.13.

At this time, the output is 123 and the coincidence circuit becomes "YES", so the control circuit 12 reads out the following 8 bytes and prints "Shinshi Shirt" on the slip etc. 18 by the printer 17 via the printer control circuit 16 in FIG. Print.

FIG. 3 shows an example of printing in this case.

This figure matches the contents of the product name table memory shown in FIG. 2, but in the case of input product number 812194, there is no matching data in the table shown in FIG.

Therefore, even after the final comparison, the output of the coincidence circuit 15 remains "NO".

At this time, the control circuit 12 is controlled by the contents of the online/offline (ONLloFL) switch 19 shown in FIG.
Leave the corresponding product name column in the diagram blank.

This can be later handwritten by the operator. Next, in the case of online (with CPU controller connection), input data is transmitted from the control circuit 12 via the transmission control circuit 20 to the CPU controller 31 shown by a dotted line.

The controller 31 searches the attached large-capacity product name table memory 32 based on the input data received from the terminal, reads out the corresponding product name, for example "Silk Set" in FIG. 3, and transmits it to the terminal device. Print in the product name column of the invoice shown in Figure 3.

If there is no corresponding product name, leave it blank as in offline mode.

In this case, a mark is printed in the summary column to indicate that the corresponding product name was not found online.

The same applies to product number 351002 in item 6 of FIG. 3, and it is clear that the product name was printed online because 351 is not present between 311 and 352 in the product name table memory of FIG.

The contents of the product name table memory shown in Figure 2C are one way to use memory effectively.Numeric values can be expressed in 4 bits, and 2 numeric values can be written in 1-byte 1-8 bits.For example, for 3 digits, 1.5 A part-time job is fine.

Further, this number of digits is not fixed and may be 2 or 4 digits.

Furthermore, the contents of the product name table memory shown in FIG. 2d can be used when the product number and product name are not one-to-one, but the same product name continues with the product number, so that memory usage can be saved.

That is, in the case of figure d, 123 out of 1234 is the starting number, and 4 indicates that the fourth number 123 to 127 following 123 are the same product name.

As explained above, according to the present invention, by equipping the control circuit of the distribution terminal device with a product name table memory in which the product name specified for the terminal is written and a printer having a corresponding printing function, most of the terminals can be used as terminals. Most of the printing functions can be processed independently, and only the shortcomings can be compensated for by online processing and handwriting processing by the terminal operator.

With such a configuration, it is possible to easily print products handled at the terminal using a small-scale memory device and printer.

A particular advantage of the present invention is that even in the event of an online failure, most of the print processing required by the terminal can be performed regardless of the failure, and it also helps reduce the load on the CPU even during normal times.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a cassette control circuit 21 and a cassette deck 22 are attached to the control circuit 12, but this makes the product name table memory 14 readable and writable and has been proposed separately.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an example of the contents of a product name table memory used in the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an example of printed contents. In the figure, 1° is the input end; 11 is an input circuit, 12 is a control circuit, 13 is an address counter, 1
4 is a product name table memory, 15 is a matching circuit, 16 is a printer control circuit, 17 is a printer, IB is a slip, etc., 19 is an online/offline switch, 20 is a transmission control circuit, 21 is a cassette control circuit, 22 is a cassette deck show.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a distribution terminal device which is connectable to a central processing unit having a table memory for converting a product code into a product name and which converts an input product code into a product name and prints it out, Online processing is performed between a terminal-side table memory that converts the specified product code, a detection circuit that detects whether the code is a code other than the product code stored in the terminal-side table memory, and the central processing unit. If the detection circuit detects that a product code other than the product code of the product name stored in the terminal side table memory is input, the detection circuit specifies whether or not to perform the and a control circuit that controls the area where the product name should be printed to be left blank or to transmit the product code to the central processing unit and print the product name received from the central processing unit. Distribution terminal equipment.