JPS6259835B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a money settlement processing device that facilitates money settlement operations in supermarkets, department stores, and the like.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, large-scale stores such as supermarkets and department stores have many cash registers (hereinafter simply referred to as registers) installed inside the store.
The person in charge of each of these registers prepares change before the store opens, collects money mid-way and replenishes the change during business hours, and after the store closes, collects and prints the journal data and sales proceeds from the register. Checks with employees and prepares collection forms and daily sales reports. In addition, the person in charge of accounting will be responsible for the above sales proceeds collected from each register, as part of the accounting duties.
The cash collection list and daily sales report are checked, and the principal amount for change for the next day is prepared for each register, and the sales proceeds are totaled and deposited into the bank the next day.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, the above-mentioned checking work in each register and cashier operation takes a lot of time, and moreover, if there is an excess or deficiency in sales proceeds, it must be done again. In particular, cashiers had to prepare principal for change in addition to the intensive checking work performed after closing, and the amount of time and work involved in settling the money was enormous. .

Further, the above-mentioned money settlement operation is normally performed for each store, and in a company with many stores, the settlement operation must be repeated based on information for each store.

As described above, the conventional money settlement method was extremely inefficient.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a money settlement processing device that processes money settlements such as matching sales proceeds with various data and making change with high efficiency and without error.

[Means and actions for solving problems]

The present invention includes one or more sales proceeds counting means for counting the sales proceeds issued by the cash register by denomination and outputting counting data, and controlling the operation of the sales proceeds counting means and for controlling the operation of the sales proceeds counting means and for outputting the counting data. and a store controller for reading out and controlling the sales data stored in the control means. a store specifying means for specifying a store; one or more collected sales counting means for counting the sales collected for each store and outputting sales revenue collection data for each store; Among the sales data connected to the store controller online and stored in the control means for each store, the sales data of the store specified by the store designation means is transmitted through the store controller of the same store. read it out, input and store it, and further input the sales revenue collection data of the specified store,
A data processing means for storing data, and a data display means for simultaneously displaying the sales proceeds data and the sales proceeds collection data for each specified store input and stored in the data processing means at any one location, Configure the payment processing device.

This makes it possible to perform monetary settlement processing for the sales proceeds of each store all at once at the above-described one location. In particular, the collected sales revenue for each store is counted by the collected sales revenue counting means, and this counting data (sales revenue collection data) and the above data processing means are processed online through the store controller. By displaying the sales data for each store at the same time through the data display means, confirmation of these settlement data becomes easy. This means that the reliability of the currency settlement process is greatly improved.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The money settlement processing device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments of the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a money settlement processing device according to the present invention, and the embodiment device can be roughly divided into a store device 100 installed in each store.
and a processing center device 200 disposed at one arbitrary location.

First, the store device 100 will be explained.

The store device 100 includes a store controller 110, a control device 120, one or more automatic deposit machines 130, one or more external cash input machines 140, and one or more cash registers 15 that are connected online.
0, a coin wrapping machine 160 installed offline,
Between the store controller 110 and register 150, which are constituted by a currency exchange machine 170 and a night safe 180, and which are connected online, a POS (instant collection of sales information) system currently employed in supermarkets and the like is implemented. ing.

Here, the store controller 110 sequentially inputs each sales data in the register 150 as the POS system, creates sales data for each register based on the input sales data, and outputs the data from the automatic deposit machine 130. The counting data of the sales proceeds by register and the processing data of the cash coupons (gift certificates, shopping coupons, employee coupons, etc.) by register outputted from the external cash input machine 140 are read and controlled as appropriate via the control device 120, and Confirmed sales data transmitted from the processing center device 200, which will be described later, is input and printed.

The control device 120 sequentially inputs the counting data and voucher processing data outputted from the automatic deposit machine 130 and external cash input machine 140 without duplication and stores them as sales data by register, and stores the stored sales data by register. Money data is sent to the store controller as appropriate. In this embodiment, a random access memory (RAM) 121 is used as a storage means of the control device 120, and the above count data is stored in the RAM 121.

The automatic deposit machine 130 accepts coins and banknotes and distinguishes them by denomination (10,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, 1,000 yen bill, 500 yen bill, 100 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 10 yen coin, They are classified into yen hardened coins and one yen coins, counted, and printed and stored in a journal, and the counted sales revenue count data is sent to the control device 120. The automatic deposit machine 130 is equipped with an appropriate register number input device (not shown), and the person in charge of the register inputs the number of the register in charge using this input device to deposit the sales proceeds. As a result, the automatic deposit machine 130 outputs sales revenue count data for each register, and outputs sales revenue count data for the total of all registers as appropriate.

The external cash input machine 140 inputs the type, number, and amount of cash vouchers such as gift certificates, shopping vouchers, employee vouchers, etc., together with the register number, by the cashier. The processed data is sent to the control device 120.

In addition, a coin wrapping machine 16 installed offline
0 is for packaging the coins classified and counted by denomination by the automatic deposit machine 130 to make a coin roll (wrapped 50 coins), and the money exchange machine 170 is for the above-mentioned exchange machine. The night safe 180 stores coins and coupons processed by the automatic deposit machine 130 and the external cash input machine 140. It is a safe that is kept in the safe, and is usually managed by a teller. The night safe 180 also stores the principal amount of change and replenishment coins for the next day, which are created and delivered by the processing center device 200 described below.

Next, the processing center device 200 will be explained.

The processing center device 200 includes a transmission/reception controller 210 and a data processing device 2 that are connected online.
20, one or more money sorting calculators 230, one or more data display machines 240, and one or more banknote calculators 250 arranged offline
The transmitting/receiving controller 2 is configured by
10 is connected online to each store controller 110 installed at each store.

That is, the transmission/reception controller 210 inputs the sales data of the total of all registers for each store (separated from money data and voucher data) transmitted from the store controller 110 of each store and sends it to the data processing device 220. The data processor 220 transmits the finalized sales data to the store controller 110 of each store on the next day.

The data processing device 220 stores the sales data added from the transmission/reception controller 210 in a RAM.
221, and if necessary, the stored sales proceeds data is read out and displayed on the data display device 240. Also, on the next day, the counting data inputted from the money sorting calculator 230 is processed, and the counting data is sent to the transmitting/receiving controller 210 as final sales data.
Send to.

The money sorting calculator 230 is installed in the night safe 1 of each store.
The sales proceeds collected from each store 80 are sorted by denomination and counted, and this counting data is input to the data processing device 220 and stored in the RAM 221. Note that the stored total sales data for each store is displayed on the data display device 240 as necessary.

The data display device 240 includes a display device such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor, and collects the total sales data by store through online transmission and offline from the night safe 180, and collects the data from the money sorting calculator 230.
The total sales data for each store counted in the above data is visually displayed as appropriate, so that the above two sales data can be compared and checked. Also,
The data display device 240 also visually displays the above-mentioned cash voucher processing data as appropriate, and the night safe 18 of each store.
It is also possible to perform a comparison check with the cash coupons collected from 0.

In addition, a banknote calculator 25 installed offline
0 is used when counting cash notes or dividing banknotes (for example, counting banknotes of the same denomination every 100 sheets, and repeating the above counting each time the counted banknote is removed). This is the calculator used.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are flowcharts showing a money settlement processing method using the above-mentioned money settlement processing device, and the detailed operation of the above embodiment device will be explained below with reference to the flowchart. In addition, Figure 2A
is a flowchart related to each store device 100, and FIG. 2B is a flowchart related to the processing center device 200.

First, the work flow at each store will be explained.

The teller must use the night safe at 180 at the start of the store.
The principal for change is taken out from (1010), and the principal for change is given to each register person (1020). Note that the principal for change is delivered from the processing center and stored in the night safe 180 before the start of business. next,
Each cashier in charge exchanges the received change principal into the required denomination of coins using the exchange machine 170 (1030), stores them as change coins in the register in charge, and waits for customers to come to the store. . Normally, the 10,000 yen and 5,000 yen bills are exchanged into coins, and the 1,000 yen and 500 yen bills are stored in the register along with the coins as change bills. After the store opens, the person in charge of collection visits each register as appropriate and collects the sales proceeds (1040). The sales proceeds collected on the way are deposited into the automatic deposit machine 130 for each register by the person in charge of collection. However, the second
The flowchart in Figure A omits the work flow related to this deposit, and if the money is deposited into the automatic deposit machine 130, the sales proceeds will be transferred to a safe built in the automatic deposit machine 130, as described below. The automatic deposit machine 130
The counting data is printed on the journal, further inputted to the control device 120 and stored in the RAM 121. When the store closes, each register person collects the sales proceeds from the register in charge (1050) and deposits the collected sales proceeds into the automatic deposit machine 130. As mentioned above, the register number in charge is also input at the same time. As a result, the automatic deposit machine 130 starts counting the deposited sales proceeds by denomination (1060) and prints them in the journal (1070). Here, the automatic deposit machine 130 divides the counted sales proceeds by denomination into a safe built into the automatic deposit machine and outputs counting data to the control device 120. The control device 120 inputs this count data (1061), and stores the input count data in the RAM 121 by register number (1062). In addition, if the sales proceeds from the interim collection have also been deposited into the automatic deposit machine 130, the previously stored counting data of the sales proceeds from the interim collection and the counting data input after the store is closed are added. In addition, if a cash voucher is included in the sales proceeds, the cashier shall enter the data related to the cash voucher into the external cash input machine.
Enter the number in 40 (1080). As a result, the external cash input machine 140 transfers the voucher data to the control device 120.
and print it on the journal (1090). The control device 120 inputs this as described above (1061) and stores it in the RAM 121 (1062).
The journal with the sales proceeds data printed on it and the journal with the coupon data printed on it are submitted by each register person to the teller person (1100).
The person in charge of accounting files the submitted journal as confirmation material as appropriate. Also, the teller wraps coins among the coins sorted and counted by the automatic deposit machine 130 using the coin wrapping machine 160 (1110), and stores them in the night safe 180 together with banknotes and coupons (1120). A predetermined amount (corresponding to the principal amount for change) of the coin bars obtained by packaging the coins is stored in the exchange machine 170 as coins for change for the next day (1130).

Next, the work flow at the processing center will be explained.

The person in charge of the processing center collects the sales proceeds and coupons from the night safe 180 of each store at night (at least before the store opens the next day) (2010)
At the same time, deposit the principal amount for the next day's change into the same night safe at 18.
0 (2020), and the coins and coupons brought back to the processing center are classified appropriately for each store (2030).Next, the person in charge of data checking enters an arbitrary store number using an appropriate store number input device (not shown). By inputting , the data processing device 220
The store controller 11 determines this and sends the sales data of the total of all registers stored in the RAM 121 of the store (counting data for each denomination of money and processing data for coupons are clearly distinguished) to the store controller 11.
0 and read and input via the transmitting/receiving controller 210. The input sales data is then stored in the RAM 221 and displayed on the data display 240 (2040). Here, the person in charge of data checking inputs the coupons of the store whose number has been inputted from among the coupons categorized by store into the currency calculator 25.
0 is counted (2050), and the counted value is compared with the processing data of the coupon displayed on the data display device 240 (2060). Furthermore, the person in charge of data checking causes the currency sorting computer 230 to classify and count the collected coins of the store among the collected coins classified by store (2070). As a result, the data processing device 22
0 inputs the counting data of the money sorting computer 230 (2071) and stores it in the RAM 221,
In order to display the counting data on the data display device 240 (2072), the person in charge of data checking compares and checks the displayed counting data of collected coins with the displayed sales data of the store. (2073) In this way, when all the sales proceeds for one store are calculated and collated, the data processing device 220 sends the final sales data to the store controller 110 of the store through appropriate operations by the person in charge ( 2074). In addition,
The above-mentioned check operations (2040) to (2074) are repeated for each store.
By the way, among the currencies classified and counted by the currency sorting calculator 230, banknotes are appropriately extracted as the principal amount for change for the next day, and are further classified by store and register (2080) to be used for the next collection of sales proceeds. It will be delivered to each store at the same time. In addition, the remaining money is deposited into the bank as appropriate (2090).

In addition, each store obtains the finalized sales data transmitted from the processing center device 200 on the next day, and the person in charge at each store adds the obtained finalized sales data to the sales data in the register 150 obtained by the POS system. Report to accounting along with.

In addition, in the work flow on the store side mentioned above,
Of the sales coins, only the amount corresponding to the principal amount for change is stored in the money exchange machine 170, but all the coins may be stored in the money change machine 170 for use as change. In this case, the person in charge of collection at the processing center collects only the cash notes and banknotes, and the money sorting calculator 230 only needs to classify and count the banknotes. Therefore, more effective payment processing can be performed.

Furthermore, in the embodiment device described above, the control device 120
and as a storage means of the data processing device 220.
Although RAMs 121 and 221 are used, it goes without saying that storage means such as core memory, magnetic tape, paper tape, or floppy disk may also be used. However, when using a floppy disk, the floppy disk magnetically recorded by the control device 120 of each store is collected together with the sales proceeds to a processing center, and the floppy disk is inserted into the data processing device 120. The sales data of the store will be read.

Furthermore, the external cash input machine 140 is not necessary in stores that do not use cash vouchers, and each offline device may be selected as desired depending on the circumstances of each store.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the money settlement processing device according to the present invention, since it is possible to centrally settle the sales proceeds of each store at a processing center located at one location, the cash register staff at each store and The workload of cashiers is significantly reduced, and each store requires only a small number of staff.

In addition, by having the money calculator perform all actual cash calculations, calculation speed, calculation accuracy, and reliability are greatly improved.

Note that the above-mentioned advantages of the money settlement processing device according to the present invention increase as the company becomes larger and the number of stores increases.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the money settlement device according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows an example of the work flow of the money settlement method according to the present invention and an operation example of the embodiment device shown in Fig. 1. It is a flowchart. 100...Store device, 110...Store controller, 120...Control device, 130...Automatic deposit machine, 140...External cash input machine, 150...Cash register, 160...Coin wrapping machine, 170...
... Currency exchange machine, 180 ... Night safe, 200 ... Processing center device, 210 ... Transmission/reception controller,
220...Data processing device, 230...Money sorting calculator, 240...Data display device, 250...Banknote calculator, 121, 221...Random access memory (RAM).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. One or more sales proceeds counting means for counting the sales proceeds registered in the cash register by denomination and outputting counting data; Each store is provided with a control means for inputting count data and storing the count data as sales data, and a store controller for reading and controlling the sales data stored in the control means, and any one of the stores store specifying means for specifying a store; one or more collected sales counting means for counting the sales collected for each store and outputting sales revenue collection data for each of the stores; Among the sales data that is online connected to the store controller of the store and stored in the control means for each store, the sales data of the store specified by the store designation means is sent to the store controller of the same store. a data processing means for reading, inputting and storing the sales revenue collection data of the designated store through the data processing means; A money settlement processing device comprising a data display means for displaying money data and the sales proceeds collection data at any one location.