JPS6313240B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic cash register that prints store-specific comment information such as store name, information on sales and events, and holidays on receipts.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, electronic cash registers that use stamps to print comment information on receipts are known. However, with such a system, when the number of comment information increases, a large number of stamps must be prepared and the stamps must be exchanged according to the content of the comment information, which is a hassle.

Therefore, the following techniques have been considered to solve such problems. That is, a storage device for storing advertising information is provided in advance, and the information in this storage device is transferred to a printing unit to print the advertising information on a portion of the receipt.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, this technique simply prints advertising information stored in advance on a receipt, and does not provide means for determining where on the receipt the advertising information should be printed. Therefore, it has not been possible to reliably print advertising information at the center position of the receipt, which is considered to be the optimum position for printing advertising information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cash register that can reliably and easily print various types of comment information in the center of a receipt.

[Means for solving problems]

An electronic cash register that registers product sales data and issues a receipt for each customer with printed product data and total data for each customer has an area corresponding to the print position on the receipt. There is also a comment information memory in which various store-specific comment information is stored, a comment information input instruction key that divides the comment information into two, and inputs the comment information separately by operating the comment information input instruction key. a left area comment information setting means for storing one side of each divided comment information in a right-justified state in an area to the left of the center of the comment information memory; and a left area comment information setting means for storing one side of each divided comment information in an area to the right of the center of the comment information memory in a left-justified state. This electronic cash register is provided with a right area comment information setting means for storing and is intended to achieve the above object.

[Effect]

By providing such a means, various store-specific comment information can be divided and input using the comment information input instruction key, and one of them can be inputted by the left area comment information setting means to correspond to the print position on the receipt. The comment information memory is stored in a right-justified state from the center to the left area of the comment information memory, and the other is stored in a left-justified state from the center to the right area of the comment information memory by the right area comment information setting means, and this storage state The printer will operate and the comment information will be printed in the center of the receipt.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a cash register according to the present invention, where 1 is a housing, and 2 is a keyboard provided at the center of the front of the housing 1. As shown in FIG. On the keyboard 2, as shown in FIG. 2, the selling price of the product is entered in the registration mode, the character code is entered in the setting mode, and a comment is entered when entering comment information into the comment information memory, which will be described later. "0" to "9" function as information input instruction keys,
16 number keys 3 from "A" to "F" are provided for each product category, and are operated immediately after the operation of the number keys 3 in the registration mode to generate a price registration signal "01" to
The 26 department keys 4 of "26" function as a closing key for department registration in the registration mode, function as a start key for work in the inspection/accounting mode, and input comment information to the comment information memory in the setting mode. #/Current key 5, which is one of the keys for comment information input instruction, functions as a center designation key, functions as a total processing key for department registration in registration mode, and functions as a character code input key in setting mode. subtotal key 6, which functions as a currency exchange processing key in registration mode and as a start key for character code input in setting mode, and has a function to clear the contents entered in both registration and setting modes. Clear key 8, correction key 9 used for correction registration processing in registration mode, repeat key 10 used for repeated registration of single items in registration mode, RF key 11 that has the function of feeding a printed receipt in each mode. ,
A JF key 12 and the like having a function of feeding the journal, which is printing paper, is provided.

At the center of the front of the housing 1 are a control switch 13 that has the function of setting the business mode to "registration mode,""inspectionmode,""accountingmode," and "setting mode," a receipt issuing port 14, a journal monitoring window 15, and a memo. A holder 16 and the like are provided. Further, a display 17 is provided at the upper front of the housing 1, and a drawer 18 is provided at the lower front.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a specific circuit system, and this circuit system is composed of, for example, a well-known microcomputer.

21 is the CPU (central processing unit), and this CPU
21 is an arithmetic circuit, an instruction decoder,
It has a built-in memory control circuit, etc., and performs various arithmetic processing based on the settings of the control switch 13 and input signals from the keyboard 2, and operates the storage section 22 and input/output section 23. The storage unit 22 is a ROM (read-only memory) 2 consisting of a plurality of IC elements that stores fixed data such as programs that perform processing corresponding to each key operation in each business mode.
4, and multiple IC elements that store various variable data that is input or processed internally.
RAM (random access memory) 25,
It also includes a character generator 26 which is set so that character data to be printed by a dot printer, which will be described later, can be specified in JIS code.

As shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 25 includes a key buffer register 27 that receives the contents of key operations, a departmental total memory 28 that cumulatively stores the input product sales data divided by product category, and a departmental total memory 28 that stores the input product sales data separately by product category. A total memory 29 that cumulatively stores the total total of data, a comment information memory 30 that has an area corresponding to the print position of the receipt and stores comment information, and a print memory that temporarily stores data to be printed by a dot printer (described later). memory 3
1. A display memory 32 for temporarily storing data to be displayed on the display 17 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, character data is set in the character generator 26 at positions addressed by codes 0 to F.times.0 to F based on the JIS code standard. Said ROM2
4. RAM25 and character generator 26
The data in the address bus 33 and the address bus 33
Information is exchanged with the CPU 21 on a time-sharing basis through the data bus 34, and the ROM 24 and RAM 25
Selection control of individual IC elements in
This is done by decoders 35 and 36.

Now, the ROM 24 stores a program that follows the comment information setting process shown in FIG. As a result, the CPU 21 has the following functions by issuing commands according to this program. That is, by operating the comment information input instruction keys, that is, the numeric key 3 and the #/current key 5, the comment information is divided and inputted, and one of the divided comment information is stored in the comment information memory. 30, and right area comment information setting means stores the other divided comment information in the right area of the comment information memory 30, aligned to the left. .

The input/output section 23 is connected to the CPU 2 through the address bus 33 and address data bus 34.
1, a keyboard interface 38, a printer interface 39, and a display interface 40.
The I/O port 37 transmits a signal from the control switch 13 to the CPU 21, and the keyboard interface 38 transmits a signal from the keyboard 2 to the CPU 21. The printer interface 39 is
Print data is input from the CPU 21 and the dot printer 41 is operated, and the CPU 2
1 operates the drawer opening device 42 to open the drawer 18, and the display interface 40 receives display data from the CPU 21 to operate the display 17.

Next, the operation of the cash register constructed as described above will be explained. First, the comment information in the comment information memory 30 of the RAM 25 can be set by setting the control switch 13 to the "setting mode" and following the flow chart shown in FIG. That is, the alternate key 7 is operated. The contents of this operation are taken into the key buffer register 27. Next, operate the number key 3 to input the character code. For example, when setting ``Restaurant Tokyo'' as comment information, the comment information is divided and the first five characters are input as character codes specifying ``Restaurant'' based on the settings of the character generator 26. In other words, the character codes input using the numeric keys 3 are "D, A, B, D, C,
4, D, 7, D, D”. This character code is stored in the key buffer register 27 and the display memory 32.
be taken into account. The contents of the display memory 32 are then displayed on the display 17. Subsequently, when the #/current key 5 is operated, a check is made to see if the alternate key 7 has already been operated. When it is determined that the alternate key 7 has already been operated, a check is made to see if the character code that has been read next is within 10 digits. This process is performed when the maximum number of characters in the comment information is 10 characters, and half of them are preset to a maximum of 5 characters (10 digits). If the character code is 10 digits or less, then a check is made to see if the number of digits in the character code is an even number. This is because one character is represented by a two-digit character code, so it must be an even number of digits.
If the number of digits of the character code is an even number, the character code taken into the key buffer register 27 is
The settings will be stored in the comment information memory 30 of the RAM 25. At this time, first, by the action of the left area comment information setting means, the character code is stored in the comment information memory 30 from the center to the left side area right-aligned. For example, if a maximum of 22 characters can be printed on one line for receipts and journals, and the comment information memory is configured with 44 digits, 10 digits will be printed in the 22 digit area on the left side, aligned to the right, as shown in Figure 7. Store code.

Next, the user operates the numeric key 3 again to input the character code that specifies the characters "TOKYO" in the remaining divided comment information. This character code is "C, 4, B, 3, B, 7, A, E, B, 3" from FIG. This character code is also key buffer register 2
7 and the display memory 32, and the contents of the display memory 32 are displayed on the display 17. Next, when the subtotal key 6 is operated, a check is made to see if the alternate key 7 and #/current key 5 have already been operated, and if it is determined that both keys have already been operated, the character code that has been read is displayed within 10 digits. It is checked whether the number of digits is large and an even number. If there is no problem as a result of this check, the character code taken in by the action of the right area comment information setting means is stored in the 22-digit area on the right side of the comment information memory 30, aligned to the left, as shown in FIG. Ru. In this way, the character code specifying the characters "Restaurant Tokyo" is finally stored in the 12th to 32nd digits from the left side of the comment information memory 30. Note that if an erroneous operation is determined in each check in setting this comment information, an error process is performed.

On the other hand, registration work is performed by setting the control switch 13 to "registration mode".
That is, if the selling price of a product is entered using the number key 3 and the corresponding key of the department key 4 is operated, the selling price is accumulated in the corresponding memory area of the departmental total memory 28 and also accumulated in the total memory 29. and department registration. The data at this time is transferred to the print memory 31 and printed on a receipt and journal by the dot printer 41, and also transferred to the display memory 32 and displayed on the display 17. Such operations are performed for a plurality of products purchased by the customer, and finally the subtotal key 6 is operated to display the total, and the customer receives money and operates the #/current key 5. As a result, the total, deposited amount, and change are sequentially printed on the receipt, and the receipt is cut to issue a so-called long receipt. This receipt is given to the customer.

On the other hand, in the printer 41, as soon as the receipt is cut, the words "accounting statement", for example, are stamped on the leading edge of the receipt paper. Subsequently, comment information is read from the comment information memory 30, converted into character data by the character generator 26, and stored in the print memory 31. Then, the comment information converted into character data from the print memory 31 is sent to the printer interface 39, and the dot printer 41 prints a 10-character comment "Restaurant Tokyo" in the center of the receipt paper as shown in FIG. Ru.

In the above embodiment, the comment information is divided into two parts, one of which is stored right-justified in the left area of the comment information memory 30, which has an area corresponding to the printing position of the receipt, and the other part is stored left-justified in the right area. Since the configuration is such that the comments are printed at the center of the receipt during registration work, the comments can be reliably printed at the center of the receipt. Therefore, various comment information can be printed on the receipt simply by changing the character data set in the comment information memory 30 according to the comment, so the work to print the comment information on the receipt can be done by replacing the conventional stamp. It is extremely easy to do compared to other things. Moreover, unlike stamps, when the types of comment information increase, the number of stamps increases and management becomes troublesome. Furthermore, since the comment information memory has an area corresponding to the printing position on the receipt, printing can be easily performed.

In the above embodiment, the number of characters of the comment information is set to a maximum of 10 characters, but the number of characters is not necessarily limited to this, and the number of characters can be set arbitrarily.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic cash register that can reliably and easily print various types of comment information in the central position of a receipt.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance, Figure 2 is a keyboard diagram, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing a keyboard.
The figure is a block diagram showing the circuit system, and Figure 4 is
A diagram showing the memory configuration of RAM, Figure 5 is a diagram showing part of the setting character configuration of the character generator,
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the comment information setting process, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the character code setting state for the comment information memory, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the print format of the comment information for a receipt. 2...keyboard, 3...numeric key, 5...#/current key, 6...subtotal key, 7...alternate key, 21...CPU (central processing unit), 24...ROM (read-only memory), 25...RAM (Random access memory), 26...Character generator,
30...Comment information memory, 41...Dot printer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an electronic cash register that registers product sales data and issues a receipt for each customer with the customer's purchased product data and its total data printed, the area corresponding to the printing position on the receipt. , a comment information memory in which various store-specific comment information is stored, a comment information input instruction key for inputting the comment information divided into two parts, and a comment information input instruction key for inputting the comment information by dividing it into two parts. a left area comment information setting means for storing one of the pieces of divided comment information input in a right-aligned manner in an area left of the center of the comment information memory; right area comment information setting means for storing left-aligned information in the area, and printing the comment information at the center position of the receipt by operating a printer based on the comment information stored in the comment information memory. An electronic cash register featuring: