JPS60207994A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register that can print out money symbols all at once on a receipt.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] Some electronic cash registers are equipped with a printing device such as a dot printer that can print ordinary characters other than numbers, so that not only the sales amount of each product sold but also the sales amount of each product can be recorded on the receipt. Some products can also print out the product name at the same time. Information such as that shown in FIG. 1, for example, is printed on each receipt issued every 8 minutes by such an electronic cash register.

That is, 1. At the top of this receipt 1, store name 21 date 3
．． Receipt number 4 is printed, and item name 5 is printed in the center.
Money symbol of ¥ 6. Amount 7 is printed on one line. At the bottom, total characters, total g1 amount, etc. are printed.

However, as shown in Figure 1, product name 5. ¥ currency symbol 6
．． An electronic cash register in which the amount 7 is printed out on one line has the following problem. In other words, there is a natural limit to the number of characters that can be printed in one horizontal row of receipt 1 due to mechanical and cost constraints.
If the area where gold vA7 is printed is set larger, the area where product name 5 is printed will be reduced. For example, if the number of characters that can be printed on one line of receipt 1 is set to 18, in order to display the amount up to the billion digits, an area of 10 digits is required. Since one digit of the currency symbol 6 is added to the area, the area in which the item name 5 can be printed becomes only seven digits. With only 7 digits, if a long product name exceeding 7 digits was to be printed, an abbreviation had to be printed.

Therefore, a customer who reads such an abbreviation may not be able to determine what the abbreviation represents, resulting in a problem that the service provided to the customer is degraded.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to reduce the number of digits in amount display by printing out currency symbols all at once on a receipt. To provide an electronic cash register which can increase the number of digits displayed for product names without any trouble, can print correct product names, and can improve service to customers.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides an electronic cash register that prints out the product name and price of sold products on the same line on a receipt.
The currency symbol is printed out on all the lines other than the line where the above item name and amount are printed out on the receipt, and special symbols to display the effective digits of the above amount are printed on one line for the above number of effective digits. It is designed to be printed out.

Further, in another invention, a setting means is provided for selectively setting the batch printing of monetary symbols, and when the setting means sets the batch printing of the monetary symbols, the setting means performs the batch printing of the monetary symbols, and the setting means When the above monetary symbols are not set to be printed all at once, the monetary symbols are printed at the beginning of each amount.

[Embodiments of the invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an electronic cash register according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, this electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as register) is provided with a keyboard 9 as a sales registration input device on the front surface of a housing 8. The department code, product name, and sales amount 1 of the sold product are displayed on the top of the housing 8.
A display section 10 is provided to display the total amount etc. electronically, and a cash register 1 to an issue port 11 are provided in the middle and lower parts, respectively.
A drawer 12 for storing cash is provided.

Further, a display section 13 for customers, which is the same as the display section 10, is attached to the top surface of the housing 1 using a support rod.

On the keyboard 9, as shown in the figure, P of sales products is displayed.
Number key 14 for entering LU code, sales amount, etc.
．． In addition to sales registration keys such as the department key 151 for inputting product classifications and the yjt/actual 1 key 16 for determining the total price, there are various function keys 17. Control keys 18 are provided for specifying various tasks.

The controllers 1 to 0 keys 18 are control switches for controlling the power on and off, and for instructing the central processing unit to execute various operations such as [registration], [rI calculation], and [setting]. be. [Registration] means storing the department code, sales amount, number of units sold, etc. of the sold products in the storage unit, calculating the total amount, etc., and printing the results along with the product name on the receipt and internal recording paper. It's business. Furthermore, [fi calculation] is a job that prints out the sales total registered in the storage unit at the end of the day's business. Furthermore, [setting] is a task of presetting the product name in the sales registration file formed in the storage unit before the start of the [registration] task, and setting the batch printing of Pi-bi symbols.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the register.

The CPU (central processing unit) 21 has a built-in arithmetic circuit, etc., and performs various operations f' based on input information from the keyboard 9.
1 processing, address bus 22. data bus 23. A ROM 25 that stores fixed data such as programs for each of the above-mentioned operations via the control line 24, and a RAM 26 that stores sales data such as the sales amount of each product manually input.
to operate.

Also, a control I/roll key input circuit 27 to which command signals from the control 1 to roll keys 18 are input. Keyboard input circuit 282 into which key signals from the keyboard 9 are input Display control circuit 2 which sends display signals to the display section 10.13
9. The printer control circuits 31 of the printers 1 to 30 that print on receipts are connected to the data bus 23. It is connected to the CPU 21 via a control line 24.

The printer 30 of the drawer 1 is capable of printing out characters or numbers of 18 losses for one horizontal row of the cash register 1.

In the RAM 26, as shown in FIG. 4, department codes and PLLI codes of sales products are input by key operations of registration keys such as the number key 14 and the department key 15 provided on the keyboard 9.

In addition to the sales registration file RA1 that cumulatively stores sales data such as sales amounts, there is a print data buffer RA2 that temporarily stores one line of data to be printed on a receipt.
Digit counter RA3 for suppression processing. 1iffllURA4 is formed to store a flag P indicating that currency symbol batch printing is set.

The print data buffer RA2 includes an item name area RA5 that can store 8-digit characters or numbers, and an amount area RA6 that can store 10-digit numbers or characters. In the product name area 1aRA5, the product name 1 total characters of the sold products are stored, and in the amount area RA6, a 10-digit amount that can be displayed up to billions is stored in each address MA from 1 to 10. Also, the amount stored in this amount area RA6 is this amount area [
Suppression processing is executed within RA6.

Therefore, in order to print currency symbols all at once, before starting the sales operation, the control key 18 is set to the [setting] operation, and a predetermined combination of keys such as the function key 17 and fi 1113 [key 14] is pressed. When executed,
P in area RA4 in RAM 26.

A flag is set to 1. Furthermore, when another combination key operation is executed to cancel the simultaneous printing of currency symbols, the above P and flag are canceled to O.

' Also, set the control key 18 of the register to [Register]
For example, when sales data for a product is entered using the numeric key 14 or the department key 15 when the product is sold in the business setting, the data is stored in the product name area RA5 of the print data buffer RΔ2 in the RAM 26. The product name is stored, and the amount of the sold product is stored in 10 digits in the amount area RA6.

C1 The CPU 21, before the amount stored in the amount area RA6 is printed out by the dot printer 30,
The system is configured to suppress the amount displayed in 10 digits according to the flow chart shown in FIG. That is, when an amount is stored in the amount area RA6, the number of digits 10 to be suppressed in the amount area RA6 is first set to the numbers 1 to 1 CN of the 111 number counter RA3. Amount area R
Set the address MA of A6 to the maximum value of 10. At Pl, it is checked whether the value stored in the previously set address MA is O. If it is O, it is determined that the stored amount is greater than or equal to the digit indicated by this address MΔ, and O of this address MA is made blank (space).

After that, after subtracting 1 from the count value ON of address MA and digit counter RA3, it is confirmed at P2 that the count i-direct CN has not reached 1, and the process returns to Pl and is stored in the next address MA. Examine the value. If the value stored in address MA at Pl is a value other than O, it is determined that the amount of money with the number of digits indicated by this address tvlA is stored, and P and the flag in area RA4 are set to 1 at P3. Check whether it is set. If it has been set, it is determined that currency symbol batch printing has been set, and the suppression process is immediately terminated. Note that if the count value CN reaches 1 in P2, it is determined that the amount stored in the amount area R, A6 is one digit, and the process proceeds to P3.

If P in P3 and the flag is O, is the currency symbol batch printing W? It is determined that the address MA has been divided by 1, and the address MA is incremented by 1, and the currency symbol ¥ is stored in the address MA that is one digit higher than the new increment.

Next, after inputting the sales data for all products sold to one customer, in order to calculate the total amount, type 7/Current total-1-
-16, the CPU 21 controls the printers 1 to 1 through the printer control circuit 31 according to the flowchart in FIG.
It is configured to cause the printer 30 to execute print output processing. That is, Tr47' current C1 key 16
When the key is entered, the total amount St is output, and after executing the ri recording process, etc., the total amount stored in the amount area RA6 of the print data buffer RA2 is suppressed I2!1.
The filling is performed in the same manner as in FIG. After that, the product name area RA5
It prints out data indicating the end of the transaction, such as the match elbow character stored in the area RA6 and the sum δ1 amount of the suppression processing performance stored in the money s'i area RA6. When the printing is completed, the receipt is fed and cut, and the receipt issuing task for one customer is completed. For the receipt to be issued to the next customer, after printing the store name and date, press P in area RA4 again at P4.

Examine the flag. If the P flag is set to 1, then the currency symbol is printed all at once, so the currency symbol ¥ is printed on the next line after the line where the date is printed. Furthermore, in order to display the valid amount printing area of cash register 1- on the next line after the currency symbol ¥ is printed, a dash symbol [-] as a special symbol with 10 valid digits is printed. Then, the printout process for this deposit/account key 16 is completed.

If P4 is set to P and the flag is O, then the batch printing of currency symbols has been canceled, so the currency symbol ¥ has already been printed at the beginning of each amount, just like on a conventional receipt, so you can continue with the printout process. end.

In the register configured in this way, as mentioned above, before starting the sales registration operation, press the control key 1.
8 is set to the [Settings] task and the simultaneous printing of currency symbols is set in the RAM 26, the receipt presented to the customer will be as shown in FIG. 7, for example. That is, like the conventional receipt 1 shown in FIG. 1, the store name 2, date 3. Receipt number 4 is printed on it.
On the line next to date 4, the currency symbol ¥ is printed, and on the next line, ten dashes 34 indicating the significant digits of amount 7 are printed in column 41111. Product name 35. in the center. Amount 7 is printed on one line, and at the bottom, total character 1 total amount is printed.

Furthermore, if the setting for simultaneous printing of currency symbols is canceled before the start of sales registration operations, the issued receipt will have the same printing format as the conventional receipt 1 shown in FIG.

With a register configured in this way, if you set the currency symbol batch printing, the currency symbol ¥ on the receipt 32
are printed all at once on a line different from the line where the amount is printed. Therefore, when the number of digits that can be printed for the amount printed on cash registers 1 to 32 is set to 10 billion digits, the number of digits that can be printed for the product name is 8 digits, which cannot be printed using the conventional register shown in Figure 1. It is possible to increase the amount by 1 city compared to 1 receipt. When the number of digits that can be printed for a product name increases, even when printing a long product name, the probability of having to print an abbreviation can be reduced, and conversely, the probability that the official name will be printed increases. As a result, the customer who receives the receipt can immediately understand the product name printed on the cash register 1, thereby improving customer service.

Furthermore, since a dash symbol 34 indicating the number of valid digits in this amount area is printed above the area where the amount 7 is printed on the receipt 32, even if the number of digits for the amount 7 becomes large and the product name 35 has letters or symbols. Even if it is adjacent to
can be distinguished from product name 35.

Furthermore, you can arbitrarily select whether or not to print currency symbols all at once before starting sales operations, so if the amount you are handling is small,
It is also possible to print the currency symbol ¥ at the beginning of each amount.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. In the actual example, the setting means for setting the batch printing of currency symbols was performed by operating the registration key using the control key 18, but a registration switch is provided inside the casing 8, and settings can be made using this registration switch. You can do it like this.

[Effect of Tl Light] As explained above, according to the present invention, the currency symbols are printed out all at once on other lines outside the printing section where the item name and amount are printed. Therefore, the number of digits displayed for product names can be increased without reducing the number of digits displayed for amounts, allowing the correct product name to be printed and improving service to customers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a printout diagram of a receipt printed using a conventional electronic cash register, and FIGS. is a perspective view, and Figure 3 is a block (8 diagrams).
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the main memory of the RAM, FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the operation, and FIG. 7 is a printout diagram of an issued receipt. 1.32...Cash register-1-15, 35...Product name, 6.
33... Money symbol, 7... Amount, 9... Keyboard, 11... Receipt issuing port, 14... Number key,
15...Department key, 1G...Top/Current key, 17.
...Function key, 18...Control key, 21...CPU. 26...RAM, 30...dot blink, 34.
...Dash symbol. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An electronic cash register that registers sales data of sales products inputted through a sales registration input device in a storage section, and prints out the product name and amount of the sales product on the same line at cash registers 1 to 1. The currency symbol is printed all at once on a line other than the line where the item name and amount are printed on one receipt, and special symbols for displaying the valid digits of the amount are printed on one line for the number of valid digits. An electronic currency register characterized by having a means for collectively printing out currency symbols. (2) In an electronic cash register that registers the sales data of the sales product inputted through the sales registration input device in the storage unit and prints out the item name and amount of the sales product on the same line on the receipt, the currency symbol is a setting means for selectively setting batch printing; and a setting means for selectively setting batch printing; and when the setting means sets batch printing of the currency symbols, printing the money symbols in a batch on a line other than the line in which the item name and amount are printed on one receipt; monetary symbol batch printing means for printing out the symbol and a special symbol for displaying the effective digits of the amount in one line for the number of effective digits; and the setting means for collectively printing the monetary symbol. An electronic cash register comprising: a currency symbol printing/output means for printing and outputting the currency symbol at the beginning of each amount of money when the currency symbol is not set.