JPS61168095A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field The present invention relates to an electronic cash register system comprising one master register and one or more satellite registers connected to the master register by a line.

(bl Prior Art and Its Disadvantages) In this type of electronic cash register system, a central PL record containing all PL records in a master register is used.
Place the U file and put some P in each satellite register.
A local PLU file containing LU records is arranged. When registering a PLU in a satellite register, the record to be registered is first searched for in the local PLU file held by the satellite register itself.
If not, use the line to download the PLU to be registered from the central PLU file held by the master register.
I am trying to search for LO records. By doing this, the file load on each satellite register is reduced, and by arranging each local PLυ file with a PLO record that is considered to be registered many times, it is possible to speed up the PLU registration process.
Furthermore, in the event of a line or transmission failure, each satellite register can ensure normal operation within its own local PLU file.However, in conventional electronic cash register systems, PLU records placed in each local PLU file are Since the type of data is normally determined manually by a person in charge of management, there is an inconvenience in that a great deal of effort is required to determine the local PLU file and to perform record setting operations.

Generally, the records set in the local PLO file are PLU records that sell well in the store, but the PLU records are determined and set manually, resulting in a lack of accuracy.

(C) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to store frequently sold products in a store in a local PLU file without losing them and with minimal effort on the part of the manager or operator. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cash register system capable of determining and setting a PLU record to be set.

(d+ Structure and effects of the invention This invention can be summarized as follows.

The master register is provided with means for calculating the ranking of the number of registrations based on the central PLO file and a key for instructing the calculation.

Further, when the key is pressed, a means for transmitting a predetermined number of records to each satellite register in order from the one with the highest rank, with the maximum number of records corresponding to the size of the local PLU file held by each satellite register. will be established.

Furthermore, the satellite register is provided with means for arranging the PLU record transmitted from the master register in its own local PLO file.

By configuring as above, when the above key is pressed, in the central PLU file in which all PLU records are set, a ranking is given to the one with the most number of registrations, and then according to that ranking, the one with the most number of registrations is ordered. A predetermined number of PLO records are transmitted to each satellite register, and each satellite register stores the transmitted records in its own local PLO record.
It will be automatically placed in the LU record.

According to the present invention, as described above, since PLU records are automatically set for the local PLU files of each satellite register in order of best-selling items,
No special effort is required for determining the local PLU file and setting records, and there is also the effect of eliminating the inconvenience that products that sell well in the store are omitted from the local PLO file.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram for implementing the present invention. 1
The master registers 1 and at least one satellite register 2 are connected by a transmission line 3. The master register l is the central PLU record containing all PLU records.
Holds the LU file. The satellite register 2 has a local PLO file 5 containing specific PLU records of the central PLU file. The master register 1 also includes a work area 6 for calculating the ranking of the number of registrations based on the central PLU file 4 when a specific key, which will be described later, is pressed. With the above configuration, when the satellite register 2 performs normal PLU registration, it first searches the local PLU file 5 for the PLU record to be registered, and if the specified PLU record is found, updates the number of registrations of that PLU record. .

In this case, the number of registrations of the PLU record is transmitted to the master register via the transmission line 3, and
The registration count of the corresponding PLU record in file 4 is also updated. When the PLU record to be registered does not exist in the local PLU file 5, the central PLU file 4 is searched via the transmission line 3 to obtain the corresponding PLO record.

FIG. 3 is a keyboard layout diagram of the master register 1 and satellite register 2. The key 10 can be set to either program mode, registration mode or report mode. Department key 1) can specify a total of five departments.

The numeric keypad 12 is used to input the PLU code, amount, etc. Function key 13 is the PLU that is pressed when registering the PLU.
It consists of a key 13a, a best-selling report key 13b, a subtotal key 13c that is pressed to display a subtotal, and a sales key 13d. The best-selling report key 13b is a key valid only for the master register 1. This key is central P
Based on the LU file 4, the ranking of the number of registrations is calculated, and after the calculation, the ranking and PLU data (code) are instructed to be printed.

FIG. 4(A) is a configuration diagram of the central PLU file 4,
FIG. 2B is a configuration diagram of the local PLU file 5. PLU code in area M1, PLU code in area M2
name, unit price in area M3, number of registrations in area M4 (
(number of sales) is set for each PLU record.

Figure 5 shows the key sequence when calculating the ranking of the number of registrations based on the central PLU file 4, transmitting a predetermined number of PLU records to each satellite register according to the ranking, and outputting a best-selling report. be. In the example shown in the figure, PLU data (codes) of ranks 1 to 500 are output as a best-selling report. Furthermore, a predetermined number of records are transmitted to each satellite register starting from the one with the highest rank.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a report output when the key sequence shown in FIG. 5 is executed. In this embodiment, the number of records transmitted to each satellite register is set to be the number corresponding to the size of the local PLU file held by each satellite register.

Next, the operation of the master register of the electronic cash register system when outputting a bestseller report will be explained. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the master register 1 when the best-selling report key 13b is pressed.

First, in step n1, a counter N is set to 1. This counter N means the ranking of the number of registrations. The central PLU file is searched by n2, and the file with the Nth registration number is searched. Next, at n3, the corresponding PLU data is printed together with the value of the counter N. The value of N is local P
If the size is less than the LU file, proceed to n5 and select the corresponding P.
The LU record is transmitted to the satellite register 2, and then the counter is incremented by one and returned to n2 until the counter N exceeds the specified output number, for example, in the sequence shown in FIG. 5, the counter N exceeds 500.

By the above-described operation, PLU records can be automatically transmitted to the satellite register in order of best-selling records.

FIG. 1(B) is a flowchart showing the operation of the satellite register 2 when a PLU record is transferred from the master register to the satellite register 2.

When a PLU record is first transmitted from the master register, it progresses from nlO to nil, and the PLU record that was sent is
Set the LO record at the beginning of the local PLU7 aisle. If the next data sent is not END, it returns to n1o-nil again and sets the next PLU record at the next position in the file. Repeat the above operations until the END code is sent, and save the local PLU file 5.
Rearrange.

When the best-selling report key 13b is pressed by the above operation, the master register 1 calculates the ranking of the number of registrations, and the best-selling report is output according to the ranking, and the satellite register 2 also outputs the local PL
U file 5 will be rearranged with PLU records that sell well.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIGS. 1(A) and 1(B) show a master register of a Lumiko type cash register system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
A flowchart showing the operation of the main parts of the satellite register, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of the system, Figure 3 is a diagram of the keyboard layout of each register, and Figures 4 (A) and (B) are central PLU files. The configuration diagram of the local PLU file, Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the key sequence when outputting a best selling report, Figure 6 is the diagram showing the key sequence example when outputting a best selling report.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a best-selling report output when the key sequence shown in the figure is executed. 13b-Best selling report key.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) One master register holding a central PLU file containing all PLU records, and at least one master register connected by a line to this master register holding a local PLU file containing some PLU records.
At the time of PLU registration of the satellite register, a PLU record to be registered is searched from the local PLU file held by the satellite register, and if there is no PLU record, the PLU record to be registered is searched from the central PLU file held by the master register. In an electronic cash register system configured to search for a PLU record to be registered, the master register is provided with means for calculating the ranking of registration times based on a central PLU file, and a key for instructing the calculation, and further provided with a key for instructing the calculation. Means is provided for transmitting a predetermined number of records to each satellite register in order from the one with the highest rank, with the maximum number of records corresponding to the size of the local PLU file held by each satellite register when a key is pressed, An electronic cash register system characterized in that the satellite register is provided with means for arranging a PLU record transmitted from the master register into a local PLU file owned by the satellite register. (2) The electronic cash register system according to claim 1, wherein the key is a best-selling report output key that also serves as an instruction to print a ranking of registration counts and a PLU record.