JPS63313217A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely input a code by receiving a person-in-change code, etc. transmitted automatically from an external apparatus, and recognizing them. CONSTITUTION:By providing a means 1 for inputting various data and an arithmetic instruction, etc. by an input operation of a keyboard, etc., a data processor such as an ECR, etc. is constituted. Also, as for this device, before a prescribed encoding code is inputted from the outside, an input operation from the input means 1 is inhibited. Also, as an input means of an encoding code, a receiving means 4 for receiving an encoding code transmitted automatically from an external apparatus 2 in which a prescribed encoding code has been stored in advance is provided. This received code is recognized by a recognizing means 4, and when a data, etc. are inputted before its completion, they are held temporarily by a holding means 5, and thereafter, a data processing is executed by a data processing means 6. In such a way, even in case when it has taken time for the recognition processing, an input operation can be executed during that time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data processing device such as an electronic cash register.

[J of invention! [Summary] This invention not only receives and recognizes an encoded code automatically transmitted from an external device, but also recognizes the encoded code when data, calculation instructions, etc. are input by key operation etc. during this recognition. is held, and data processing is executed based on the held content at the end of recognition.

[Prior Art] Generally, in electronic cash registers (ECRs), sales data is collected by each person in charge and registration is performed by person in charge. It is necessary to recognize that

In this case, the EC will check whether the person in charge of the registration operation is modest.
Conventionally, there have been two methods for making R recognize the information in advance: That is, one method is to input the person in charge's number 1?1a from the keyboard, and the other method is to operate the corresponding switch among the plurality of person in charge switches on the keyboard prepared in advance for each person in charge. This is a method of manually creating the code for the person in charge.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in any of the above-mentioned methods, the person in charge needs to perform some kind of operation, which puts a burden on the person in charge and causes problems if the operation is incorrect. However, there was a drawback that registration by person in charge could not be performed accurately.

This invention was made against the background of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a data processing device that eliminates the need for any operations to input a person-in-charge code, etc., and that can input the code reliably. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the AF7 block diagram of the present invention. The present invention is a data processing device such as an ECR that is equipped with an input means for inputting various data, arithmetic instructions, etc. through input operations such as a keyboard. In such a data processing apparatus, for example, input operations from the input means 1 are prohibited in principle before a predetermined encoded code is input from the outside.

In the present invention, an external device 2 in which a predetermined encoded code is stored in advance is used as an encoded code input means.
A receiving means 3 is provided for receiving the encoded code automatically transmitted from the computer.

In this case, the external device 2 is a small portable electronic device, for example, a name plate device with a built-in communication device.
A predetermined encoded code is automatically transmitted from this external device 2 using an optical signal, ultrasonic wave, or the like.

The receiving means 3 receives the encoded code automatically transmitted from the external device 2, and the recognizing means 4 receives the encoded code automatically transmitted from the external device 2.
Recognizes the received encoded code.

In this case, when data, arithmetic instructions, etc. are input from the input means 1 before recognition of the encoded code is completed by the recognition means 4, the holding means 5 is a temporary file for temporarily holding them.

The data, arithmetic instructions, etc. held in the holding means 5 are read out when the recognition means 4 finishes recognizing the encoded code, and the data processing means 6 executes data processing based on this.

[Function] Next, a case where the function of the present invention is applied to ECR will be described as an example.

Now, it is assumed that the person in charge code is automatically transmitted by an optical signal such as infrared rays from an external device 2 in which an identification code unique to the person in charge, that is, a person in charge code is stored, such as a name plate device with a built-in communication device. do.

The person in charge of attaching such external device 2 to the body performs ECR.
When the user comes near the external device to operate the machine, the receiving means 3 receives the person in charge code transmitted from the external device 2, and the recognizing means 4 recognizes this received code.

In this case, when a plurality of persons in charge come near the ECR, a state of interference may occur due to reception of a plurality of persons in charge codes, or recognition may take time due to other reasons. In such a case, if the input operation on the input means l is prohibited until the recognition means 4 completes recognition, the input operation will be delayed accordingly.Therefore, in the present invention, the recognition means 4 is configured to recognize the person in charge code. Input means to complete the process
When sales data etc. are inputted from the storage means 5, it is temporarily held in the holding means 5, and after the recognition by the recognition means 4 is completed, the data processing means 6 is processed based on the contents of the holding means 5. executes processing such as sales data registration processing.

In this way, in the present invention, since the person in charge code etc. automatically transmitted from the external device 2 is received and recognized, there is no need for any operation to input the person in charge code etc. Become. In addition, even if it takes time to recognize the person in charge code, etc., the data manually generated during that time is temporarily retained, and after the recognition is completed, the actual data processing is performed based on the retained contents. Therefore, even if the recognition process takes a long time, input operations during that time can be used.

[Example] Hereinafter, this invention will be specifically described based on an example shown in FIGS. 2 to 5. Note that this embodiment shows an example applied to ECR.

Schematic Configuration (FIG. 2) First, the outline of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. It is designed to send and receive data. That is, a communication device is built into the name plate device 12, which is generally called a name plate, and the person-in-charge code is automatically and repeatedly transmitted from this communication device. And a name plate device 12 with a built-in communication device.
When a person wearing the name plate approaches the front of the ECRII, the name plate device 12 transmits the person's code to the receiving i9 installed on the front of the ECRII.
! It is received at 113. This causes the ECRII to recognize this received code. Furthermore, a transmitting section 14 is provided on the front of the ECRII for transmitting an optical signal to the name plate device 12. Therefore, in this embodiment, optical signals can be transmitted and received by both the ECRII and the nameplate device 2212.

Note that the ECRII is provided with a keyboard 15, a display panel 16, a printer 17, a drawer 18, a rotary display 19, etc. that are normally provided. Furthermore, a pin-shaped holder PH for attaching the name plate device a12 to the body is provided on the back side of the name plate device 12.

Circuit Structure I& (FIG. 3) First, the circuit structure of the name plate device 712 will be explained. The name plate device 12 has a CPU 21 at its core, reads out a person-in-charge code stored in advance in a code memory 22, converts it into a signal for transmission, and causes the transmitter 23 to transmit it as an optical signal. In this case, the transmitter 23 repeatedly transmits the person-in-charge code at regular intervals. In addition, the receiving section 2
Reference numeral 4 receives data such as the name of the person in charge transmitted from the ECRII by optical signal, and the received data is sent to a dot matrix type liquid crystal display panel 25 that constitutes a name plate and displayed in characters. . In addition, 26 is a power supply battery, 27 is a setting switch,
This setting switch 27 is used when setting a person-in-charge code in the code memory 22.

Next, the circuit configuration of ECRII will be explained. C.P.
U31 controls execution of registration processing, reception code recognition processing, etc. according to a microprogram stored in advance in ROM 32, and during registration processing, it constitutes a sales totaler for each department, a sales totaler for each person in charge, etc. RAM3
3. Accumulate the sales data. Further, when the receiving section 13 receives the person-in-charge code transmitted from the name plate device 12, the CPU 31 performs recognition processing of the received code.In this case, the CPU 31 performs recognition processing of the received code. If a key is manually operated before the received code recognition process is completed, the input data, calculation instructions, etc. are sequentially written to the temporary file 35. The information is temporarily held, and after the recognition of the received code is completed, the contents held in the template file 35 are read out and registration processing is executed accordingly. In addition, the CPU 31 includes a display section 36, a printing section 37, and a transmitting section 1.
Controls the operation of 4th grade.

(Figs. 4 and 5) Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation during the received code recognition process. This shows the case where the status flag is set in the flag register F that is currently being used. Here, depending on the reception contention recognition state, the flag register F contains the status flag OFF, BU
SY and OK are set.

OFF: Flag indicating that the person in charge code has not been received.

BUSY...Flag indicating that the received code is being recognized.

OK: Flag indicating that recognition of the received code has been completed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of executing the registration process in response to a manual key operation, and this process is executed in parallel with the received code recognition process shown in FIG.

First, when entering this flow, the presence or absence of key human power is checked in step Sl. Here, when any key is operated, the contents of the flag register F are checked (step S2), and as a result, if the received code is currently being recognized, the temporary sign-in flag in the CPU 31 is turned on. ” (Step S5), this temporary sign-in flag is a flag that indicates that there was a key input while the received code was being recognized. Reception is possible.

On the other hand, if the received code is not being recognized, the contents of the flag register F are checked again to determine whether the recognition process has been completed (step S3). is turned on (step S4).

This sign-in flag is a flag that indicates that there is a key input after the recognition is completed, and when it is turned on, key input can be accepted.

Note that if the person in charge code is not received from the name plate device 12, that is, if the status flag is set to OFF in the flag register F, the request will not be accepted even if the key person is available. After an error display (step S6) is performed to indicate that the manual key operation in this case is an error, the process returns to step 31.

Now, if the received code is being recognized and there is a key input, the temporary sign-in flag is turned on and the process proceeds to step S7. This step S7 checks whether both the temporary sign-in flag and the sign-in flag are turned on. If both flags are turned on, it means that the temporary sign-in state has changed to the signed-in state. Since the user is currently in a temporary sign-in state, the process proceeds to step 310, where it is checked whether the temporary sign-in flag is "on" or whether the sign-in flag is "on". Since the temporary sign-in flag is currently “on”, step 312
The process proceeds to step S1, and after saving the manually entered data, arithmetic instructions, etc. in the temporary file 35, the process returns to step Sl. Therefore, if there is a key input while the received code is being recognized, the input data, calculation instructions, etc. are temporarily stored in the temporary file 35.

In such a temporary sign-in state, when the recognition process for the received code is completed, the process proceeds from steps S2 and S3 to step S4 in response to the manual key operation, and the sign-in flag is turned on. Since the sign-in flag is turned on, this is detected in step S7 and the process proceeds to step S8, where the contents of the temporary file 35 are read and registration processing is executed accordingly.

Therefore, when the temporary sign-in state changes to the sign-in state, registration processing is performed based on the data, arithmetic instructions, etc. temporarily stored in the temporary file 35 in the temporary sign-in state. After the temporary sign-in flag is turned off in the first step S9, the process proceeds from step SIO to step 311, where registration processing is performed based on the data that has just been entered manually.

Note that if the user directly enters the sign-in state without passing through the temporary sign-in state, the process proceeds from step S7.310 to step 311, and registration processing is executed.

Also, while there is no key manpower, certain conditions (step S13
, S14), the temporary sign-in flag and sign-in flag off processing are executed. (Steps 315, 316), that is, this off process is executed after the registration of one transaction is completed and before the person in charge code is transmitted from the name plate device 12, and is not executed during registration. If the conditions for executing the process are not met or after the off process is executed, the process returns to step Sl, and the above operation is repeated until the key power is available, and the state waits for the key power. Therefore, the temporary sign-in flag, the sign-in flag will be turned off after the registration of one transaction is completed.

Modified Application Example (1) In the above embodiment, data entered manually in the temporary sign-in state is saved in the temporary file 35 in anticipation of the next sign-in state, so for example, If it takes time to recognize the received code and the temporary sign-in flag remains "on" by the time the registration ends, the registration will end without being signed in. Therefore, in such a case, the contents of the temporary file 35 may be deleted, the temporary sign-in flag may be turned off, and an error may be displayed.

(2) Although the above embodiment was applied to the ECRII, it may be applied to a data processing device such as a personal computer, or it may be not limited to the name plate device Zi l 2, but may be other small portable electronic devices. .

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need for any operation to input the person in charge code, etc., the input can be performed reliably, and it takes less time to recognize the received code. Even in such a case, manual key operation can be accepted during the recognition, so there is no need to wait for manual key operation until the recognition is completed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the first machine of this invention, Figs. 2 to 5 show an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of an ECR to which this invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is an ECR. FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagram showing the basic configuration of the name plate device; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation during reception code recognition processing; FIG.
The figure is a flowchart showing the operation when executing a registration process in response to a manual key operation. 11... ECR, 12... Name plate device, 13... Receiving unit, 21.31...
...CPU, 22...Code memory, 23.
...Transmission section, 32...ROM, 33...
...RAM, 34...Key personnel department, 35.
...Temporary file. Patent Applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Machi 1) Toshi Tadashi Fig.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Input means for inputting data, calculation instructions, etc.; receiving means for receiving an encoded code automatically transmitted from an external device in which a predetermined encoded code is stored; recognition means for recognizing the encoded code received by the receiving means; holding means for retaining data, operation instructions, etc. input from the input means before the recognition means completes recognition of the encoded code; and the recognition means A data processing device comprising: data processing means for executing data processing based on the contents of the holding means when the recognition of the encoded code is completed by the means.