JPS61221898A - 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 a cash register using a voice information processing device.

[Technical Background of the Invention and its Problems] Conventionally, cash registers (cash registers) allow users to register by operating a numeric keypad and control keys.
The amount will be calculated.

In a cash register, arithmetic processing is normally executed for each item, and when amounts are added many times, a large amount of manual key operation is required. Therefore, a large amount of processing time may be required to process one item, and processing efficiency may decrease when a plurality of items are processed in succession.

Therefore, for example, when a cash register is used in a relatively large retail store, the cash register takes a long time to process deposits, causing a problem in that many customers are forced to wait for a long time.

[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a cash register machine that can shorten the input processing time by inputting monetary information by voice, and can process a large number of monetary transactions with high efficiency. It is about providing.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention includes audio input means that converts information consisting of an audio signal into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal for each channel. The information output from each channel of the audio input means is
Recognition processing is performed by a voice recognition means. The monetary information that is the recognition result of the voice recognition means is transferred to the calculation means. In the arithmetic means, monetary information is stored in a register of the arithmetic means, and arithmetic processing is performed on this monetary information. The calculation results from the calculation means are displayed on a screen such as a CRT,
It is also configured to be printed on paper.

A cash register having such a configuration enables arithmetic processing of monetary input information by voice, and can process a large number of monetary transactions with high efficiency.

[Embodiment of the Invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration according to one embodiment. In FIG. 1, the plurality of audio input/output channels each include audio input/output devices 10-12, transceivers 13-15, and preprocessing units 16-18. Multiple audio input/output devices 10-1
2 consists of headphones and a wireless microphone, each of which is worn by the operator.

The transceivers 13 to 15 transmit and receive audio signals to and from the audio input/output devices 10 to 12, and also transmit and receive information to and from the main body of the apparatus. The preprocessing units 16 to 18 perform preprocessing such as converting analog signals output from the transceivers 13 to 15 into digital signals. Channel selection section 1
9 has a function of switching input/output operations for each audio input/output channel.

The audio VG identification section includes a pattern matching section 20 and a dictionary memory 21. The pattern matching section 20 is
A pattern matching process is executed on the audio signal (digital signal) from the channel selected by the channel selection unit 19 with the standard pattern stored in the dictionary memory 21 to control the recognition result (character code). It is output to the calculation section 22. The control/calculation unit 22 includes a pattern matching unit 20
．． Display control unit 23. Speech synthesis section 24. Channel selection section 1
This circuit has a control function and an arithmetic function to control each operation of 9. The control/calculation unit 22 includes a pattern matching unit 2
If the recognition result of 0 is monetary information, predetermined calculation processing is executed and the calculation result is output to the display control section 23. The display control section 23 controls a CRT display device (hereinafter simply referred to as CRT) 25 and a receipt printing section 26 . CRT2
5 displays the calculation results output from the display control section 23 on the screen. Further, the receipt printing unit 26 prints the calculation results to create a receipt.

On the other hand, the control/calculation section 22 controls the pattern matching section 20.
Confirmation 1 notification information for the operator is output to the speech synthesis section 24 in accordance with the recognition result from the . The audio synthesis unit 24 synthesizes audio signals corresponding to the confirmation 2 notification information and outputs the synthesized audio signals to the channel selection unit 19. The channel selection unit 19 transfers the audio output signal to each of the headphones of the audio input/output devices 10 to 12 through the transceivers 13 to 15.

In the cash register having such a configuration, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, a plurality of operators are equipped with their own voice input/output devices 10 to 12, and read out product numbers and amounts to the cash register. The operator's utterances are converted into electrical signals by the wireless microphones of the audio input/output devices 10 to 12 and received by the transceivers 13 to 15. At this time, different frequencies are assigned to the audio input/output devices 10 to 12 and the transceivers 13 to 15, respectively, in order to prevent interference between the voices of each operator. The transceivers 13 to 15 output an interrupt signal to the channel selection section 19 upon receiving the voice signal from the operator. This interrupt signal causes
The channel selection unit 19 selects a predetermined channel and connects the line to the main body of the device. The audio signals output from the transceivers 13 to 15 pass through, for example, a band pass filter provided in advance in the preprocessing units 113 to 1B, and then are converted into digital signals by an A/D conversion circuit and sent to the channel selection unit 1.
9.

The channel selection unit 19 transfers data output from the selected channel (ie, product number and price data) to the pattern matching unit 20 of the voice recognition unit. The pattern matching unit 20 performs recognition processing on the voice signal transmitted from the operator based on the standard pattern read from the dictionary memory 21. Pattern matching section 2
The recognition result obtained at 0 is output to the control/calculation section 22. This recognition result is code data indicating the product number and price.

The controller 22 stores the amount data among the transferred recognition results in a register prepared in advance for each channel, and further stores the addition result of adding the next amount data to the contents of the register in another register. to be memorized. When the recognition result of a character code such as "more than" is transferred, the control/calculation unit 22 performs speech synthesis on the amount data for each product and the total amount data corresponding to the predetermined channel input so far. output to section 24. The audio synthesis section 24 synthesizes audio signals corresponding to each input data under the control of the control/calculation section 22 and outputs the synthesized audio signals to the channel selection section 19 .

The channel selection unit 19 transfers the voice synthesis signal to the transmitting/receiving units 113 to 15 of a predetermined channel. Transmitter/receiver 13-1
5, the voice synthesized signal converted into an analog signal is transmitted to the headphones of the operator's voice input/output devices 10 to 12. When the operator confirms each amount data responded from the cash register, he inputs a confirmation voice such as "Yes" from the wireless microphones of the voice input/output devices 10 to 12.

When the control/calculation unit 22 receives the confirmation voice from the operator (that is, the recognition result output from the pattern matching unit 20), it displays the amount data for each product and the total amount data stored in the register as described above. It is output to the control section 23. The display control section 23 displays each data transferred from the control/calculation section 22 on the screen of the CRT 25 and controls the receipt printing section 26 to print it. At this time, the control/arithmetic unit 22 may also output information such as the name of the operator in charge to the display control unit 23 to display it on the screen of the CRT 25. Under the control of the display control unit 23, the amount for each product and the total amount are displayed on the screen of the CRT 25. Further, the receipt printing unit 26 creates a receipt on which the amount for each product and the total amount are printed.

Here, for example, the operator receives money corresponding to the total amount from the customer and hands the received money to a teller located in front of the cash register. When the deposit processing is completed, the teller ends the monetary processing displayed on the screen of the CRT 25 by operating, for example, a light pen. This results in
One monetary transaction will be completed. By the way, in the above operation, if there is incorrect amount data among the data responded from the device, the operator will issue a correction instruction voice such as "No" instead of "Yes" for confirmation. Enter. When the control/calculation section 22 receives the correction instruction voice from the operator, it sends the amount for each product again to the operator through the voice synthesis section 24 for confirmation. The operator corrects the erroneous amount data stored in the register of the control I/calculation unit 22 by inputting the correct amount data again in place of the erroneous data.

In this way, monetary information is input into the cash register by the voice when the operator reads out the amount, and monetary information processing is performed. As a result of this monetary information processing, the amount for each product, the total amount, etc. are displayed on the screen of the CRT 25, and a receipt with each amount printed is created. Therefore, even when there are a large number of products, the operator can easily and quickly input monetary information by simply reading out the amount. In this case, the operator does not necessarily need to be located near the cash register because the operator can input using a wireless microphone.

For this reason, there is no need to guide customers to the cash register like in conventional retail stores, and it is possible to eliminate drawbacks such as having customers wait for a long time at a specific location to process money. Become.

Roughly speaking, since the input of a plurality of monetary information is processed in a time-sharing manner, a large number of monetary transactions can be processed by one cash register machine. In this case, as a matter of course, until the processing of one item is completed, the processing of other items is in a standby state. As a result, even if there is only one teller, a large number of deposits can be processed, and since the teller does not need to operate a keyboard, he or she can concentrate solely on the cash processing.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, monetary information can be input by voice, so the inputting process of monetary information can be simplified and the processing time can be significantly shortened.

In general, since processing can be performed in a time-sharing manner, a large number of monetary transactions can be processed with high efficiency. Therefore, if the present invention is applied to a conventional retail store, etc., it is possible to obtain effects such as extremely efficient processing of deposits for product purchases, receipt creation processing, sales management processing, etc. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10-12... Audio input/output device, 13-15... Transmitter/receiver, 16-18... Pre-processing section, 19... Channel selection section, 20... Pattern matching section, 22...・
Control/calculation unit, 23...Display control unit, 24...Speech synthesis unit, 25...CRT display device, 26...
・Receipt printing department.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Audio input means equipped with a transmission means for converting information consisting of an audio signal into a digital signal for each channel and transmitting the same, and selecting and outputting the information transmitted from each channel of this audio input means. channel selection means, voice recognition means for recognizing the information transferred by the channel selection means, and calculation means for storing monetary information in a register among the recognition results of the voice recognition means and performing calculations on the monetary information. , and output means for displaying and printing the calculation result outputted from the calculation means and the monetary information stored in the register. (2) audio input/output means for transmitting and receiving information consisting of audio signals for each channel; channel selection means for selecting and outputting digital signal information transmitted from each channel of this audio input/output means; voice recognition means for recognizing the information transferred by the selection means; calculation means for storing monetary information in a register among the recognition results of the voice recognition means and performing calculations on the monetary information; an output means for displaying and printing the calculation result and monetary information stored in the register; and an output means for creating a voice response signal according to the recognition result output from the voice recognition means for each channel of the voice input/output means. A cash register comprising voice response means for transmitting data.