JPS62191999A - 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] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as ECR), and in particular, for products purchased by a customer.
It relates to an ECR that can process transactions using a credit card.

[Prior Art] With the recent spread of credit cards, it has become possible to process credit transactions for products purchased by customers.
CR has been put into practical use. In this type of ECR, the customer inputs the department codes and price data of the purchased products one after another using the keyboard, and once all the department codes and price data of the customer's purchased products have been inputted, the command of the maxim 1, n. I try to do this. Then, the department code, amount data, and total amount of each product are printed on the receipt. After that, the operator receives the credit card from the customer, completely destroys the card data recorded on the credit card with a card reader, and transmits the read card data to the credit company's host computer via a public line. Perform authentication. When the authentication result is sent, the authentication result is printed on a receipt and the receipt is handed over to the customer, thereby completing one transaction.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the ECR described above, it often takes a long time of several tens of seconds to transmit card data to a host computer of a credit company and to receive the authentication result. This increases the amount of time it takes to complete one transaction, causing the next customer to wait unnecessarily, and
The drawback was a lack of nurturing.

Therefore, a primary objective of the present invention is to provide an ECR that can reduce the time required to transact with one customer and shorten the waiting time for the next customer.

[Means for Solving the Problems] This invention provides an electronic system that can process transactions using a credit card.
The CR includes an input means for inputting data regarding the product, a storage means for storing the input data regarding the product, and a total calculation of amount data included in the stored data regarding the product. A card reading means for reading the total calculation result and the card data recorded on the credit card, and a communication control means and means for transmitting the read card data to the host computer of the credit company and receiving the 3gA. , a printing means for printing product-related data and authentication results on printing paper, and a tIII control means.

[Operation] The ECR according to the present invention causes the printing means to print the total calculation result on the printing paper until the communication control means receives the confirmed fjE result, and then uses the input means to print data regarding the next customer's purchased product. The system allows input and, in response to receiving the authentication result, controls the authentication result to be printed on the printing paper of the previous customer.

(Embodiments of the invention) FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A keyboard 2, a card reader 3, a display 4, a memory 5, a printer 6, a telephone line interface 7 as a communication control means, and a cash box 8 are connected to CPtJl. Keyboard 2 is used to input the department code and amount data of the product purchased by the customer.

Contains keys for commanding total calculations, etc. The card reader 3 reads card data such as the 08 identification number and account number recorded on the credit card.

The display device 4 displays the department code and amount data of the product inputted from the keyboard 2, as well as the total amount thereof. The printer 5 prints the department code and amount data of each product, the total amount, and the credit card authentication result on the receipt. Memory 6 is CPU 1 EC
It stores in advance the programs necessary to execute the operations as R, and also stores arcs related to products input from the keyboard 2. The telephone line interface 7 is connected to the credit company's host computer via a public line, transmits the card data read by the card reader 3 to the host computer, and receives the authentication result and provides it to CPtJl. The cash box 81 stores the money paid by the customer, and also stores the change to be handed over when the customer pays a high-value bill.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing an authentication result on a receipt, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of slip paper.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, a specific operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The operator inputs the department code and price data of each product purchased by the customer from the keyboard 2. Based on the department code and amount data input from the keyboard 2, the CPU 1 stores the amount data of the product in the storage area of the corresponding department code in the memory 6. At the same time, the CPU 1 displays the department code and amount data on the display 4, and causes the printer 5 to print the department code and amount data on a receipt 9 as shown in FIG.

CPtJl then determines whether the telephone line interface 7 has received the authentication binding. At this point, since the authentication result has not been transmitted from the host computer via the telephone line interface 7, it is determined whether or not the individual product registration of all the products purchased by the customer has been completed.

This determination is made depending on whether the total calculation command key included in the keyboard 2 has been operated. The operator sequentially inputs the department codes and amount data of the products purchased by the customer, and when the department codes and amount data of all the products have been inputted, operates the total calculation command key on the keyboard 2.

In response to the operation of the total command key, the CPU 1 calculates the sum of the amount data stored in the menu 6, displays the total amount on the display 4, and prints the receipt 9 on the printer 5. to be printed. The customer looks at the total amount displayed on the display 4 and pays cash. If the customer pays the total amount in cash, input the data of the paid cash amount from the keyboard 2, and when the customer pays a large bill, take out the change from the cash box 8 and make the payment. , completes the series of processing.

However, if the customer wishes to pay part of the total amount in cash and use a credit card for the remainder, the customer inputs the part of the paid amount using the keyboard 2. Then, the operator receives the credit card from the customer, and uses the card reader 3 to read the card data such as the password and account number recorded on the credit card. Furthermore, the operator inputs from the keyboard 2 the amount of money for which the credit transaction is to be processed. The CPU 1 transmits the card data read from the credit card via the telephone line interface 7 to the host computer of the credit company, and makes a credit inquiry. Thereafter, the CPU 1 prints the amount data of a portion of the paid cash on the receipt 9, excluding the credit card authentication permission number, and temporarily ends the transaction processing for the customer.

The operator inputs the department code and amount data of the product purchased by the next customer from the keyboard 2 until the authentication result is transmitted from the host computer. And C.P.
U 1 determines whether or not the telephone line interface 7 has received the authentication result transmitted from the host computer, and when it determines that the authentication result has been received, the display lamp (not shown) included in the display 14 indicates that the authentication result has been received. flash.

Based on the display, the operator inserts the previous customer's receipt 9 above the receipt 1o of the customer currently processing the transaction, as shown in FIG. 3, and inserts the authentication result number into the receipt 9 shown in FIG. 4. to be printed in the printing field 91. Then, the receipt 9 on which the authentication result has been printed is handed over to the previous customer, and the next customer's single item registration is performed again.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the registered data is stored in the receipt 9.
Although we have explained the case where data is printed on the slip paper 11 as shown in Fig. 5, the printing of that part 11 is skipped until the authentication result is determined and other data is printed in the same way. After processing the next customer and determining the authentication result, the slip paper 11 is inserted into the printer 5, and the authentication result is printed on print 1!111.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the total amount is written face-up on a print sheet before receiving the authentication result.

After that, the next customer enters data regarding the purchased product, and when the authentication result is received, the authentication result is printed on the previous customer's printing paper, so the next customer is not made to wait unnecessarily. This will help improve customer service.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram for explaining the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing an authentication result on a receipt. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a receipt paper. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of slip paper. In the figure, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a keyboard, 3 is a card league, 4 is a display, 5 is a printer, 6 is a memory, 7 is a telephone line interface, 8 is a V key box, 9.10 is a receipt, 11 indicates a slip paper. Figure 1 Figure 2 Drawing 1? (No change in content) Figure 3 Figure 4 Engraving of the drawing (Contents (: No change) Procedural amendment type (method) % formula % 1. Indication of the case Patent Application No. 34205 of 1985 2. Title of the invention Electronic Relationship between formula cash register 3 and the amended case Patent applicant address 10 Hanazono Tsuchido-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City Name (2)
94) Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Representative Takao Tateishi 4, Agent Address: Hirano-cho Yachiyo Building, 2-8-1 Hirano-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka Telephone: Osaka (06) 222-0381 (main)
Name Patent Attorney (6474) Kube Fukami 5 Date of amendment order April 22, 1986 6 Figures 3 and 5 7 of the drawings subject to the amendment, contents of the amendment as shown in the attached sheet. that's all

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Input means for inputting data regarding a product, storage means for storing data regarding the product input from the input means, monetary data included in the data regarding the product stored in the storage means a total calculation means for calculating the total of the credit card; a card reading means for reading the card data recorded on the credit card; and a card reading means for transmitting the card data read by the card reading means to a host computer of the credit card company. , a communication control means for receiving the authentication result, a printing means for printing the product-related data and the authentication result on printing paper, and until the communication control means receives the authentication result,
The printing means prints the result of the total calculation on printing paper, and then the inputting means is allowed to input data regarding the next customer's purchased product, and the communication control means receives the authentication result. An electronic cash register equipped with a control means for printing the authentication result on the print sheet of the immediately preceding customer in accordance with the customer's request.