JPS6228895A - Electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in an electronic cash register that confirms by executing an inspection operation that the payment operation has been reliably executed.

[Prior Art] In general, in electronic cash registers, during normal registration operations, each sales data such as the sales amount and department code of each sales product is entered using numeric keys and department keys arranged on the keyboard as an input device. When manually entered, each key-entered sales data is cumulatively registered, for example, by department code, in a sales registration file formed in an internal storage section. At the same time, the sales amount is accumulated in the totalizer for each customer (main item iser). When the sales data of all sales items for one customer is finished and the closing key such as the current total key is pressed, the total amount accumulated in the totalizer for each customer is displayed on the display. It is also printed on the receipt.

After the day's sales work is completed, cumulative registration data such as the sales amount for each department code that was cumulatively registered in the sales registration file during the R calculation work is printed out as a settlement report on a receipt, for example. Then, the cumulative registration data that has been printed out in the sales registration file is cleared.

Furthermore, if it is desired to inspect the accumulated registration data that has been accumulated in the sales registration file during the sales operation, the accumulated registration data will be printed out on the receipt as an inspection report by performing the inspection operation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, even with the electronic cash register constructed as described above, there are still some problems to be solved as follows. In other words, some users of electronic cash registers may run an inspection task before opening the store in the morning and starting sales operations to confirm that the checkout operations were performed properly after yesterday's sales operations. In some cases, the cumulative registration data cleared to [0] in the sales registration file is printed out as an inspection report (zero inspection). However, the inspection report during this inspection work includes information for each department code of each product. Since the sales amount is printed, the number of inspection reports becomes enormous as the number of products handled increases.Therefore, once the inspection work is performed on the electronic cash register that has printed out the settlement report, Since the contents of the sales registration file have been cleared in the previous settlement process, an inspection report is issued in which a long and meaningless data with sales amount of [0] for each department code is printed out. As a result, it took a lot of time to confirm that the payment had been completed.Especially when the store was busy preparing for opening, having to spend a large amount of time confirming that the payment had been completed affected the entire sales operation. This will result in a decrease in work efficiency.

Additionally, receipt paper is wasted.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to print out a message indicating that the payment has been completed once the inspection work command is input after the payment has been performed. To provide an electronic cash register that can easily recognize that payment operations have been carried out, improve the work efficiency of the entire sales operation, and suppress wasteful use of receipt paper, etc.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the electronic cash register of the present invention, payment completion information indicating that cumulative registration data of a sales registration file in which sales data input from an input device is cumulatively registered has been cleared. A cleared memory is provided to store the cleared information, and when an inspection execution command is input during the period when cleared information is stored in this cleared memory, a message of cleared information is sent instead of the accumulated registered data in the sales registration file. In addition to printing out the information, the payment information in the payment memory is cleared in response to sales data input during registration work.

[Function] With the electronic cash register configured as described above, when the cumulative registration data of the -H sales registration file is printed out during the settlement operation, the settlement information is stored in the settlement memory. If an inspection work command is input during the stored period, a normal inspection report is not printed out, but a message indicating that payment has been completed is printed out. Furthermore, when new sales data is input, the cleared information in the cleared memory is cleared.

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an electronic cash register according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, this electronic cash register is provided with a keyboard 2 as an input device on the front surface of a housing 1, and an upper part of the housing 1. is the department code of the product being sold,
A display section 3 is provided for electronically displaying the total sales amount, etc., and a receipt issuing port 4 and a drawer 5 for storing cash are provided at the middle and lower parts, respectively. Furthermore, a display section 6 for customers having the same configuration as the display section 3 is attached to the top surface of the housing 1.

As shown in the figure, the keyboard 2 includes 4, a number key 7 for entering numerical data such as the sales amount and number of products sold to customers, and a department key 8 for indicating the classification of the product. In addition to sales registration keys such as a subtotal key 9 and a cash total key 10 for calculating the total price of products sold to one customer, control keys 12 and the like that are operated with keys are provided.

The control key 12 is a control switch for controlling the power on/off and instructing the central processing unit to execute various operations such as [registration], [inspection], and [accounting]. [Registration] is a process of storing the department code, sales amount, number of sold items, etc. of the sold product in the storage unit, calculating the total amount, etc., and printing the results on the receipt and journal. In addition, [inspection] is a job that prints out the total sales amount, etc. that are cumulatively registered in the storage unit during sales operations as an inspection report, and [settlement] is a job that is cumulatively registered in the storage unit at the end of the day's work. This job is to print out the total sales, etc. as a settlement report, and also to clear the printed data in the storage unit.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic cash register. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 13 has a built-in arithmetic circuit, etc., and performs various arithmetic processing based on input information from the keyboard 2, as well as the address bus 14. Data bus 15. A ROM 17 that stores fixed data such as programs for each of the above-mentioned operations via a control line 16, and a RAM 18 that stores sales data such as the sales amount of each product that has been input manually.
and make it work. Also, a control key input circuit 19 to which a command signal from the control key 12 is input. A keyboard input circuit 20 into which key signals from the keyboard 2 are input. A display control circuit 21 that sends display signals to the display units 3 and 6. A printer control circuit 23 of the printer 22 that outputs printouts on receipts and journals and a drawer control circuit 24 that controls opening and closing of the drawer 5 are connected to the LrCPLJ 13 via a data bus 15 and a control 116, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 18 stores sales data, such as the number of sales items and sales amount, entered manually using the number keys 7, department keys 8, etc. of the keyboard 2, for example, by department code. Departmental registration file R1 as a sales registration file to be registered, totalizer R2 that cumulatively registers the total amount of all products registered for sale with this electronic cash register, total sales amount of products sold to one customer A customer group totalizer (main itemizer) R3 for calculating the amount, a flag area R4 for storing a registration flag indicating that a registration process is in progress for one customer, and the departmental registration file R1 and Settlement completed memory R5 stores a settlement flow flag indicating that each cumulative registration data cumulatively registered in the current totalizer R2 has been printed out on a receipt etc. as a settlement report, and is set using the numeric key 7. A number buffer R6 and the like for temporarily storing numerical data is formed.

Therefore, when a key signal is input from the keyboard 2 via the keyboard input circuit 20, the CPLI 13
The system is configured to execute key manual processing according to the flowcharts in FIGS. and 5, respectively.

In FIG. 4, when the department key 8 of the keyboard 2 is pressed manually, the control key 12 is set to [registration business mode] and the number buffer R6 of the RAM 18 is filled with the number key 7. Confirm that the numerical data indicating the sales amount is entered. When the confirmation is completed, it is determined that the department code of the sales item has been input by operating the department key 8, and the checkout flow flag in the checkout flow memory R5 of the RAM 18 is cleared to O. Then, the numerical data indicating the sales amount entered in the number buffer R6 is added (cumulatively stored) to the customer group totalizer R3 in the RAM 18. Further, this sales amount is added to the sales amount area corresponding to the corresponding department code in the departmental registration file R1, and 1 is added to the sales points in the sales points area corresponding to the corresponding department code.

When the above registration process for the departmental registration file R1 is completed, the department code and the sales amount are printed out on the cash register j~ and the journal using the blink 22, and are also displayed on the display units 3 and 6.

It should be noted that the Control]-Roll key 12 is not set to [Registration] business mode, or the number buffer is not set. If numerical data indicating the sales amount is not stored in R6, an error is displayed on the display sections 3 and 6 and the process is stopped.

In FIG. 5, when the total key 10 of the keyboard 2 is pressed manually, it is checked which business mode the control key 12 is set to. If [Registration 8] is set to work mode, it is normal registration@work, so
This current key 1 is used to calculate the total amount after completing the sales data key for all products sold to one customer.
0 is determined to be a key input. Then, a flag I in RAM 18 indicating that the registration process for one customer is in progress.
[After confirming that the registration flag of R4 is set to 1, the drawer 5 is opened via the drawer control circuit 24. Next, add the total amount of each totalizer R3 to the current totalizer R.
2, is displayed on the display section 3.6, and is printed out on the Saraji receipt and journal. Now that the registration process for one customer per visit has been completed, the flag area R
The registration flag of No. 4 is divided by W by O, and the contents of each totalizer R3 are cleared.

When the current total key 10 of the keyboard 2 is operated, the controller 1-roll key 12 is set to [Settlement 1 business mode], it is determined that the settlement business has started, and the drawer 5 is opened. Then, the current totalizer R2 of RAM18
The printer 22 prints the sales amount (cumulative amount) for each department code of each product accumulated in the departmental registration file R1 and the number of sales items. Print out the payment report on the receipt. When the printout process of the cumulative registration data of the running totalizer R2 and the departmental registration file R1 is completed, the cumulative registration data of the totalizer R2 and the cumulative registration data of the departmental registration file R1 are cleared. As soon as the above settlement operations are completed, the settlement completion flag in the II settlement memory R5 of the RAM 18 is set to 1.

・If the control key 12 is set to U check when the 1 key 1o on the keyboard 2 is operated] *If the service mode is set, check the setting state of the payment complete flag in the payment flow memory R5 of the RAM 18.

If the cleared flag has been cleared to 0, it is determined that normal inspection work has started. And RAM1
8 Current total s1 Total amount of all products sold at this electronic cash register accumulated in device R2 2 Sales amount for each department load of each product accumulated in departmental registration file R1 (cumulative amount) and The number of sales items is printed out on the cash register 1 by the printer 22 as an inspection record 1.

In this case, since at least one piece of sales data is cumulatively registered in the cash totalizer R2 and the departmental zero record file R1, each sales amount cumulatively registered for each department food in the departmental registration file R1. Even if there is an amount value of "0" among the values, the department code and amount value are printed out as [0] yen without omitting them.

Further, if the payment completed flag in II calculation completed memory R5 is set to 1, a message "Payment completed" is printed out to the cash register-1- without printing out the above-mentioned inspection report.

In the electronic cash register configured in this way, when the control key 12 is pressed and the business mode is set, the number key 7, department key 8, etc. of the keyboard 2 are pressed. When the sales data of each product sold to each customer is manually entered using the cash total key 10, this sales data is cumulatively registered in the cash totalizer R2 and the departmental registration file R1. So τ
When the control key 12 is set to [inspection work mode] and the current total key 1o is pressed manually, the data cumulatively registered in the above-mentioned current totalizer R2 and departmental registration file R1 will be displayed in the inspection revolution. It is printed out to the register -1- as -1. In addition, when the control key 12 is set to [Settlement business mode] and the current total key 10 is pressed manually, the data cumulatively registered in the current total R2 and the departmental registration file R1 is printed on the receipt as a settlement report. At the same time as the output, the accumulated registration data that has been printed out in the current totalizer R2 and the departmental registration file R1 is cleared.

In addition, when the cumulative data of the cash total meter R2 and the departmental registration file R1 is printed out as a payment report during payment processing, the cash total key 10 can be operated with the control key 12 set to the [inspection] business mode. Even if an inspection command is input in , the inspection report mentioned above will not be printed out, and only a short message "Payment Completed" will be printed out. And unless new sales data is provided by key personnel, normal inspection work cannot be performed.

Before the cashier or store manager opens the store in the morning and starts sales operations, he issues an inspection command using the cash total key 10 from the keyboard 2 to confirm that the payment operations were executed after yesterday's sales operations. If you enter , a short message "Payment Completed" will only be printed out if the payment transaction has been executed. Therefore, it can be immediately confirmed that the settlement task has been executed. In addition, since an inspection report with a long string of meaningless data such as [0] is not printed out, unnecessary printout operations that take a long time can be omitted, improving the work efficiency of the entire sales registration process. It is possible to do so.

Furthermore, when printing out a normal inspection report, if the sales amount corresponding to each department code in the departmental registration file R1 is [0], the program is configured so that the sales amount of [0] is not printed out. Even with electronic cash registers, it is necessary to check the sales data corresponding to all department codes, so by adopting the present invention, the above checking process can be omitted, and the efficiency of confirming that payment has been completed can be improved. You can improve.

Further, since a useless inspection report whose total sales amount is [0] is not printed out, it is also possible to save receipt paper.

In addition, when the control key 12 is set to the [registration] business mode and normal sales registration work is started, the cleared flag in the cleared memory R5 is automatically reset to O, so a special key must be pressed to clear the cleared flag in the cleared memory R5. No operation required.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, once an inspection work command is input after the payment work has been performed, a message indicating that the payment has been completed is printed out. Therefore, it is possible to easily recognize that the payment operation has been carried out, improve the efficiency of the sales operation as a whole, and suppress wasteful use of receipt paper and the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures 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 configuration diagram, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the main memory of the storage section, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the main memory of the storage section. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Housing, 2... Keyboard, 3. 6... Display section, 4... Receipt issuing slot, 5... Drawer, 7.
...Number key, 8...Department key, 10...Current key, 12...Control key, 13...CPU, 1
7...ROM. 18...RAM, 22...Printer, R1...Departmental registration file (sales registration file), R5...Settled memory. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] In addition to cumulatively registering the sales data of sales products inputted through an input device during registration work in the sales registration file, the cumulative registration data cumulatively registered in the sales registration file during inspection work is printed out, and further during checkout work. In an electronic cash register that prints out cumulative registration data that has been cumulatively registered in the sales registration file and then clears the cumulative registration data that has been printed out in the sales registration file, a checkout that indicates that the cumulative registration data has been cleared. a settled memory that stores cleared information, and if the cleared information is stored in the cleared memory when the instruction to execute the inspection work is input, the cleared information is stored in place of the cumulative registered data. and a paid-up information clearing means for clearing the paid-up information in the paid-up memory in response to input of sales data during the registration process. electronic cash register.