JPS6057490A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register that displays a message indicating suspension of sales registration on a customer display section during a task of registering an inventory cash amount in a storage section. .

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

For example, electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as "registers") installed in sales areas with large daily sales amounts are used not only at the end of the day's sales registration operations, but also at intermediate times for safety. I try to check the collected cash in the drawer. That is, it is configured such that the inventory cash in the drawer can be totaled by denomination of each banknote and each coin, and each cumulative amount can be registered in the storage section in the register.

Therefore, during the period when cash registration operations such as this, in which cash is counted and the results are registered in the register, are carried out,
The original sales registration work cannot be performed.

However, for general customers, it is not easy to determine whether the register is in the process of registering sales or registering cash. Therefore, the customer is not informed by the cashier that cash registration is in progress until after the customer brings the purchased item to the register.

As a result, customers have to transport their purchased items to other registers, and cashiers have to interrupt their cash registration operations, resulting in a reduction in the efficiency of their cash registration operations.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to display a message indicating suspension of sales registration on the customer display section during the work of registering inventory cash. To provide an electronic t-cash register capable of notifying customers of a sales registration suspension state and improving the efficiency of cash registration work.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention provides an electronic cash register having a main body display section and a dot matrix type customer display section.
A message memory for storing a message notifying customers of the suspension of sales registration, and a key manual means for specifying the task of registering the inventory cash amount in the storage section are provided, and this key manual means can perform the above-mentioned cash registration task. When specified, the contents of the message memory are displayed on the customer display section.

[Embodiments of the invention]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Electronic cash registers according to embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an electronic cash register (register), which includes a keyboard 2, which serves as an input device, provided on the front surface of a housing 1, and number keys 3, 3, and 3 for entering the sales amount of a product. Department key indicating product classification 4. Deposit/Cash key5. Various function keys 6, control keys 7
etc. are arranged. Further, a main body display section 8 is provided on the front upper part of the casing 1 to electronically display the department code, price, total price, etc. of the product being sold, and a receipt issuing port 9 is formed in the middle part. Further, a drawer 10 is installed at the bottom of the housing 1, and a customer display section 1l supported by a support member is provided at an upper position.

The main display section 8 and the customer display section! 1 has almost the same configuration, and is composed of a plurality of dot matrix type display elements in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a matrix. Therefore, in addition to numbers, it is possible to display kana characters, alphabetic characters, etc. on these display sections & and II.

The control key 7 is a control switch for controlling the power on and off, and for instructing the central processing unit to execute various tasks such as "registration,""accounting," and "setting." Note that "registration" refers to the process of storing the price of sold products in the storage unit, calculating the total price, printing the results on receipts and recording paper, and displaying them on each display unit 8, 11. It is. Further, "settlement" is a task of printing out the total sales amount, total sales points, etc. accumulated in the storage section by "registration" at the end of the day's work, and then clearing the contents of the storage section.

Sara K, "Settings" refers to the customer display section 11 during cash registration operations.
This is the task of storing messages, etc. to be displayed on the storage unit in advance.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the register.

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12 has a built-in arithmetic circuit, command register, etc., and performs various arithmetic processing based on input information from the keypad hb Via the control signal line I5, there is a ROM I6 that stores fixed data of programs such as "registration", "payment", "setting", etc., and a RAM Z that stores sales data of each product entered manually and the above-mentioned messages, etc. 7. Also,
Drawer control circuit 1B that controls opening and closing of drawer IO, key? - Key bead input circuit 19 into which the key signal from the code 2 is input. A control key input circuit 201 into which command signals from the control keys 7 are input; a display control circuit 21 which sends display drive signals to the main body display section 8 and the customer display section 11; and a printer 22 which prints on receipts and recording paper.
The printer control circuits 23 each connect to the aforementioned data bus 1.
4. It is connected to the CPU 12 via a control signal line 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, the internal pressure of the RAM 17 is determined by K, the sales amount of the product input using the registration key of key 2, and
In addition to a sales data area RAI consisting of a sales amount area and a sales item area for cumulatively storing sales data for each department, there is also a message area RA2. Cash registration flag area RA3. A cash registration area RA4 is formed.

This cash registration area RAJ contains -10,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills,
1,000 yen bill, 500 yen bill, 100 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 10 yen coin,
An area is formed to store each cumulative amount of each denomination such as a five-yen coin and a -yen coin. Also, message area R
Stored in A2 is a message such as, for example, "Taishichu" to be displayed on the customer display section It.

In such a register, when the power is turned on by manually pressing the control key 7 provided on the keyboard 2, the control key 7 can be operated, or the number key 31, department key 4, deposit/cash key 5. When key human power signals from registration keys such as the various function keys 6 and key human power signals resulting from combination operations of various keys are input, the CPU IJ determines the type of these key human power signals and executes the process according to the flowchart in FIG. It is configured to operate each part according to the following. In other words, when the key input from the keyboard 2 (IT) is input, the key input signal is
For example, it is determined whether the key signal is a combination key operation that specifies the task of registering the inventory cash amount in the drawer 10 in the storage section, and if the key signal is a cash registration task,
It is determined that the cash registration business has started, and the cash registration flag in the cash registration flag area RA3 in RAMl1 is set to II 1.
After the message is set to m, the message ``THIS'' stored in advance in the message area RAZ is read out, and this message is displayed on the dot matrix type customer display section 11 via the display control circuit 21.

If the key human power signal is not the key signal for cash registration work in Pl, the process proceeds to P2, where it is determined whether the cash registration flag in the cash registration flag area RA3 is 1", and if it is 1", the cash registration It is determined that the registration operation is in progress, and the process proceeds to P3, where it is determined whether the key person Kai A is the key signal of a specific key indicating the end of the cash registration operation, and if it is not the key signal of the end key, It is determined that the key signal is a key operation for cash registration work, and the process moves to P4. In P4,
The cash registration area RA of the RAM f 7 is activated by a key signal generated by a combination key operation of the number key 3 and deposit/cash key 5 corresponding to the cumulative amount of each denomination of cash in the drawer 10.
It is stored in the amount area of each denomination in J. Then, the stored results are printed out on recording paper by the printer 22 via the printer control circuit 23. Further, the storage result is displayed on the main body display section 8 via the display control circuit 21.

In addition, at P3, if the key human input signal is the key signal of the end key, it is determined that the cash registration business has ended, and after resetting the cash registration flag in the cash registration flag area RA 3 to 0'', various types of cash Then, the display contents of the customer display section 11, that is, the message "Receipt" is turned off, and all cash registration operations are completed.

Note that if the cash registration flag is not '1#' at P2,
It determines that the signal is not for cash registration work but for other work such as normal sales registration and settlement, and performs processing operations corresponding to that work.

In addition, when setting a message such as "I want to receive a message" in the message area RA2, press the control key 7 in advance.
You can set it to ``Settings'' task and perform it by operating the combination key.

In the register configured in this way, the drawer 10
When the cashier accumulates the amount of inventory cash for each denomination and registers it in the storage section, the cashier performs a key operation to specify a predetermined cash registration task, and the customer display section If
dotma) IJ wax type 8-digit display element with 5th
As shown in the figure, a message consisting of six characters "TEISHICHIU" is displayed. Next, the cash stored in the drawer 10, sorted by denomination, is counted by denomination. Then, when the account results are entered manually by key operation using the number key 3 and the deposit/current training key 5 for each denomination, the RAM I
The amount is stored in the amount area of each denomination in the cash registration area RAJ of No. 7, and the amount stored on the recording paper is printed out. Further, "-Cash L11" is displayed on the main body display section 8, but the above-mentioned message remains displayed on the customer display section 11. Furthermore, when the cash registration operation is completed and the end key is pressed manually, the 10tl+-: message displayed on the customer display section 11 is turned off.

With such a register, the customer can immediately understand that the register is in the cash register operation and the sales registration operation is inactive. Furthermore, since the cashier's cash registering work is not interrupted, the efficiency of the cash registering work can be improved.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. The message to be displayed on the customer display section 1111C is the fifth one.
It is not limited to the “dishchu” shown in the figure, but for example,
As shown in figure (a), it may be an English character such as "CLO3ED J." If the number of digits that can be displayed on the customer display section ZZ is 16, as shown in figure (b), Displaying detailed and heartfelt messages is also part of the DJ's ability.

In addition, in the embodiment, the message area RA2 is stored in the RAM 17.
If the message does not need to be changed,
The message area RA2 may be provided in the ROM 16.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the customer display section displays a message indicating that the sales registration is suspended during the cash registration operation. Therefore, if customers can immediately know that the cash register is in a suspended state for sales and registration, they can be busy, and cashiers can improve the efficiency of cash registration operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 show an electronic cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, and FIG. 3 is a main block diagram of the RAM. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the memory configuration 1, FIG.
(b) &yo A. It is a diagram showing the display contents of the customer display section of the electronic cash register according to another practical example of the invention. 2...Key yJ-kun-do, 3...Number key, 4...
Department key, 6... Function key 17/control key, 8... Main unit display, ro... Drawer,
11...Customer display section, 12-CIIU, f 7-1'
tAM. 22... Printer, RAI... 117 sell data area, RA2... Message area, It A 3...
Cash registration flag area, RA4...Cash registration area. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 3 Figure 5 ts6 (a) (b)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A message informing the customer of the suspension of sales registration on an electronic cash register that registers sales data of sold products in the storage section via an input device and outputs the same to the main display section and the dot matrix type customer display section. a message memory for storing the amount of cash in stock, a key manual means for specifying the task of registering the inventory cash amount in the storage section, and when the cash registration task is specified by the key human means, the stored contents of the message memory are An electronic cash register characterized by comprising means for outputting a display to a display section.