JPS59767A - Error informing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent useless noise due to the operation error, by operating an informing section only when an error indicated by a command input means is generated. CONSTITUTION:A speaker control switch section 18 is set with a command, in selecting and giving a command to the content of errors to activate a speaker 15 with a selecting button 4 of a keyboard 4. When an error takes place, a display parameter and a speaker data are extracted from a parameter data section 17 with the start of an error processing section 12, and the display parameter is displayed on a display 3 for alarm, and the energizing of speaker is inhibited for the speaker data when the error is set as without alarming at the selecting and indicating set of the speaker control switch section 18, and the speaker 15 is not energized. Thus, only alarm display of the display 3 is attained in this case.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to point of sale management.
This invention relates to input/output devices such as electronic registers used in systems (hereinafter referred to as PO8), and particularly relates to improvements in error notification methods that allow operation error notification to be selected as necessary.

(b) Background of the Technology In recent years, with the spread of computer network systems, electronic cash registers have been widely used as PO8 terminals in department stores, supermarkets, and the like. The electronic register is operated by an operator such as a store clerk, and in addition to the register function, it also sends sales information for each product online one by one to a computer center, and performs comprehensive information management such as sales aggregation, inventory management, and product management. It functions as a system terminal. If the operator makes an operational error, it is displayed on the display and notified through a speaker or the like.

(e) Prior Art and Problems The conventional method will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, taking the electronic register of PO8 as an example.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the figure, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the operation error processing control of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic register 1 has a display 3 disposed at the upper front of a housing 2, and a keyboard section 4 at the center of the front. A speaker 15 and a cash drawer 9 are arranged below the keyboard part 4, and a receipt issuing port 5 is arranged below the ridge display 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, a control section 8 is arranged behind the keyboard section 4, on the right side in the figure, and a printer section 6 is arranged below it.

A winding section 7 is provided below the keyboard section 4, and a paper feeding section 10 is provided at the rear of the trench printer section 6.

Since it is responsible for such a configuration, a signal is sent to the control unit 8 based on input information such as the operation of buttons on the keyboard unit 4 by the operator, and the control unit 80 sends a command signal to the control unit 8 to input information such as the product number, product name, unit price, and the operator. The operation fingers pressed are sequentially displayed on the display, and finally, the necessary A1:j'l processing is performed and the total amount, change amount, etc. are displayed. At the same time, a receipt and a journal are printed by the printer section 6, and the receipt is cut from roll paper and outputted from the receipt issuing port 5. The reduced journal is wound up by the winding section 7. Next, the cash drawer 9 opens and comes forward, allowing cash to be disbursed and disbursed. If there is a mistake in the operator's operation between Vcil-j and the like, a warning is displayed on the display 3 and is also announced through the speaker 15, so that the error in processing can be corrected. I'l for this operational error
To explain the control method in the first part 8, the input control check part 11 has a function of checking the input data and notifying the error processing part 12 if there is an error at the third time. There is. The error processing section 12 has a function of extracting parameters from the error parameter section 13 and sending them to the display control section 14 in response to a notification from the input control checking section 11 . The error parameter unit 13 holds parameters for lighting the indicator lamp on the display 3, and when an error occurs and the error processing unit 12 is activated by the manual check control unit 11, the parameters are displayed. Control dog 1
14 and a speaker 15. The display control section 14 controls the display of the display lamp 3a of the display 3. The main control unit 16 has the function of controlling the input check control unit 11 and the error processing unit 12. Since it has such a configuration and function, when an operator's operation error occurs, it is checked by the manual check control unit 11. , when the error processing unit 12 is notified, the speaker 15
At the same time, the error parameter section 13 is pulled out and displayed on the display 3. These notifications allow the operator to perform correction processing.

However, depending on the location where this electronic register 1 is used, loud speaker noise may be extremely disliked. For example, in places where silence is the norm, such as hotels and precious metal/jewelry departments in Tenoguichito, the sudden sound of the speaker 15 has the disadvantage of making customers feel uncomfortable, and operation errors can lead to problems with credit card sales. This has the disadvantage that it may raise doubts about the reliability of processing in card transactions, etc.

(d) Object of the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide an error notification system that can prevent unnecessary noise caused by operational errors.

(e) Structure of the Invention The present invention includes a command input means that is operated to indicate an error to be notified, and a notification data selection control section that selects the designated error to be reported. The notification data selection control section operates the notification section when an error that should be notified occurs.
can be achieved.

(f) Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The same parts as in the third part are indicated by the same symbols.

In FIG. 4, the parameter data section 17 additionally holds data for making the speaker 15 sound in addition to the parameters of the error meter section 13 explained in FIG. 3 of the conventional example, and the error processing section 12 To start up, display control section 1
4 and the speaker control switch section 18. The speaker control switch section 18 controls the speaker 1
When you don't want to hear the sound, use speaker 1.
It has a function to prevent the signal 'effl' from being applied to 5. Further, the keyboard section 4 is provided with a selection button 4a for instructing whether or not the speaker 15 should sound depending on the content of the error.

Since it has such a configuration and function, when you select the location where this device is installed, the sound of the speaker 15, and the error content using the selection button 4a of the keyboard 4, the speaker control switch section 18 is set according to the instruction. ,
When an error occurs, the error processing section 12 is activated, the display parameters and speaker data are retrieved from the display parameter 7ffli17, and the display parameters are sent to the display 3.
However, if the speaker data is an error in which the selection instruction set of the speaker control switch section 18 is set to "no sound," the sound is prohibited and the speaker does not sound. Therefore, in this case, only the advisory display on the display 3 is displayed. In this way, the speaker 15 can be turned off if necessary depending on the installation location and error content.

(g) As described in detail, according to the present invention, when it is desired to prohibit the sounding of the alarm speaker due to an operation error depending on the installation location of the device or the content of the error, this can be done by selecting the instruction, so it is unnecessary in a quiet place. This is not only a scale that can prevent noise, but it also has the effect of preventing strange error sounds from causing customers to feel uncomfortable or causing them to doubt the reliability of the number sequence0.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the first operation error handling control, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an electronic register, 3 is a display, 3
a is a display lamp, 4 is a keyboard section, 8 is a control section, 11
12 is an input control check section, 12 is an error part, 13 is an error parameter section, 14 is a display control section, 15 speakers, 17 is a parameter data section, and 18 is a speaker control switch section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input/output device comprising an operation section for inputting data, an operation section for operating based on the input data, and a notification section for notifying when there is an error in the input operation or operation of the operation section. comprises a command input means for inputting an operation to instruct an error to be reported, and a notification data selection control unit for selecting the designated error to be reported, An error notification system characterized in that the notification data selection control section operates the notification section when an error occurs.