JPS638520B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a sales data processing device capable of transmitting and receiving data between a central control device and a terminal device.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, in large-scale stores such as supermarkets and department stores, electronic cash registers (terminal devices) installed in each sales floor are connected to a central control device and data is sent and received between the electronic register and the central control device. For example, a sales data processing device such as an in-line system or an online system as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 162171/1983 is employed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with this kind of electronic register, in other words, the operating time to know whether the cashier is actually operating or not (operating status) cannot be directly grasped by the center side (central control unit side). As a result, I had to visit each sales floor each time to check the operating status.
This placed a burden on administrative tasks such as cashier administrators.

Therefore, the present invention was made against the background of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to output the cumulative time for a specific operating state of the terminal device on the central control device side, so that the cashier administrator can It is an object of the present invention to provide a sales data processing device that can reduce monitoring work and present effective materials such as business analysis and strategies.

[Means for solving problems]

In a sales data processing system capable of transmitting and receiving data between a central control unit and a terminal device, a determining means (step
S ₉ , S ₁₁ ), and a calculation means (timer 3, steps S ₁₀ , S ₂₁ ) for calculating the cumulative time for a specific operating state such as a non-operating state determined by this discriminating means.
, a time data storage means (X register) for storing the calculated cumulative time of the specific operating state, and an output means (for example) provided in the central control device for outputting the cumulative time transmitted from the terminal device. It is equipped with a printing section 7 and a display section 8).

Note that the symbols in brackets are added for reference in order to clarify how the above-mentioned means are realized in the embodiment.

[Effect]

Based on the input status of sales data, etc., the operating state of operating or non-operating is determined by the determining means, and the cumulative time spent in a specific state such as non-operating state among the determined operating states is determined by the calculating means. The accumulated total time is stored in the time data storage means. Then, for example, the total time transmitted from the terminal device is printed out by an output means such as a printer provided in the central control device.

〔Example〕

(1) Configuration The present invention will be specifically described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of an electronic register (terminal) applied to an in-line system or an on-line system capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a central control unit. Note that the central control device also has the same configuration. 1 in the figure is
The key input section has a replacement key for inputting the sales amount, a department key for specifying a department, a transaction key for indicating the end of registration, and the like. Key input data output from this input unit 1 in response to key operations is
It is input to CPU (central processing circuit) 2.

The CPU 2 executes input processing, registration processing, transmission processing, etc. according to various microinstructions stored in advance.
In addition to Y and Z registers, it also has an FZ register that stores predetermined flags. This FZ register stores a flag indicating whether or not a transaction-specific key has just been operated. Then, the CPU 2 instructs the timer 3 to stop/start the time measurement operation.
Outputs the START/STOP signal and also outputs the clear signal. The timer 3 counts a clock signal of a predetermined frequency, for example, a signal with a period of 1 second, and calculates the time.
It obtains time data in minutes and seconds, and this time data is input to the CPU 2 and set in the X register.

Total memory 4 is RAM (random access
Write and read operations are executed under the control of the CPU 2, and the total sales data in the total memory 4 is accumulated by exchanging data with the CPU 2. In addition, the total memory 4 includes a memory area _M1 that stores the cumulative total of down time when the electronic register is not in operation, a memory area _M2 that stores the machine number of the electronic register, totals by department, totals by transaction, etc. The configuration includes a memory area _M3 for storing various types of sales total data.

On the other hand, the CPU 2 is connected to a central control device (not shown) via a telephone line or the like via a transmission control circuit 5, and performs various processes by transmitting and receiving data to and from the central control device. Further, the CPU 2 outputs a read command to the clock circuit 6 and inputs the current time, date, etc. obtained by the clock circuit 6.
In addition, the amount data etc. output from CPU2 are
The information is sent to the printing section 7, where it is printed on receipt paper and journal paper, and also sent to the display section 8, where it is digitally displayed.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. When the power is turned on, the operation according to the flow shown in FIG. 2 is executed. First, in step _S1 , the presence or absence of a key input is checked, and a standby state is entered until there is a key input. If there is a key input, the process proceeds to the next step _S2 , where it is determined whether the operation key is a numeric key. Now, assuming that a key other than the numeric key has been operated, the process moves to step _S3 , where it is determined whether the operated key is a transaction-specific key that ends the registration of one transaction, and if not, After executing other processing (step _S4 ) corresponding to the operation key, the process returns to step _S1 , but if it is a transaction-specific key, steps _S5 to _S8 are sequentially executed.

That is, after clearing the timer 3 (step S ₅ ), the timer 3 is started to measure time (step S ₆ ). Next, proceed to step _S7 , and the flag “1” indicating that one transaction has just been registered is set to FZ.
Set in register. Next, the process proceeds to step _S8 , and after executing the registration process (step _S8 ) corresponding to the operated transaction key, the process returns to step _S1 .

On the other hand, if it is determined in step _S2 that the key is a numeric key, the process moves to the next step _S9 .
Whether “1” is set in the FZ register or not,
In other words, immediately after the previous registration is completed, it is determined whether the number entered this time is the first number entered for the current transaction. Here, if it is determined to be "1", then in the next step _S10 , a process of reading out the time data counted by the timer 3 and transferring it to the X register is executed. As a result, the time data from immediately after the previous registration to the first number of the current transaction is set in the X register. Therefore, this time data becomes the non-operation time (stop time) of the electronic register. Then, in the next step _S11 , whether this time data is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, for example,
It is determined whether the time is N (2 minutes) or more. Here, if it is N or more, proceed to step _S12 , and after executing the process of accumulating the contents of the X register to the contents (stop time) of the memory area M1 of the sales total memory ₄ , the contents of the timer 3 are cleared. However _, if the number is less than N, step _S13 is directly executed. Next, go to step S ₁₄ and FZ
The process of transferring "0" to the register and clearing its contents is executed, and then the process proceeds to step _S15 .
After the number setting process is executed, the process returns to step _S1 . As mentioned above, the contents of the FZ register become "0" immediately after the first number is set, so the process moves from step _S9 to step _S15 for subsequent numbers.

When a data transfer request command, an operating state detection command, etc. are transmitted from the central control unit, interrupt processing is executed according to the flow shown in FIG. First, in step _S1 , it is checked whether the transmitted machine number matches that of the electronic register, and if a mismatch is detected, interrupt processing is disabled, but if a match is detected,
Proceeding to step _S2 , it is determined whether the operating state detection command has been transmitted. In this case, the operating state detection command is output by the central control unit through key operations, etc., during collection processing at any specified time, collection processing at fixed intervals, or when a terminal is arbitrarily specified. It's a signal. Then, the above steps
If ``NO'' is determined in <sub>S2</sub> , the process proceeds to step <sub>S3</sub> , and other processing is executed according to the transmitted command; however, if ``YES'', the process proceeds to step _S4 , where the FZ register is It is determined whether the content of is "1" or "0", that is, whether or not it is being registered. If it is being registered, the process advances to step _S5 , where a process of setting in-operation response data in a predetermined register is executed.
Furthermore, if the registration is completed, steps S ₆ and S ₇ are executed sequentially to transfer the time data of timer 3 to the X register, and then it is determined whether the contents of the As a result, if it is greater than or equal to N, the process proceeds to step _S8 , where a process of setting the stop response data in a predetermined register is executed, but if it is less than N, the process proceeds to step _S5 .
is executed. When the process of setting response data for running or stopped operations is completed in this way,
Proceeding to step _S9 , the stop time data is read from the memory area _M1 of the sales total memory 4 and transferred to the X register. Next, the process proceeds to step _S10 , in which a process is executed to output the above-mentioned operating or stopped response data together with the stop time in the X register, and transmit it to the central control device. The data is output on the printing section 7 and the display section 8 via the printing section 7 and the display section 8.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. That is, for example, in addition to the above embodiment, the time when the power is turned on and the time when the power is turned off are memorized, and thereby the power to the electronic register is
The operation rate of the electronic register may be determined by calculating the time during which the power is turned on and dividing the stop time shown in the above embodiment by the time during which the power is turned on. In this case, the above calculation may be performed on the terminal device (electronic register) side, or may be performed on the central control device side.

Further, an identification code indicating stop/start may be sent from the terminal side to the central controller side at the time of stopping and the time of starting operation. In this case, on the central control device side, the time of the stop period, the cumulative stop time,
Find the operating rate. In this way, the central control device can accurately know the period during which the terminal has been in operation.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, in this invention, the central control unit outputs the cumulative amount of time that the terminal equipment was in a specific operating state, so that the cashier administrator can monitor the cashier to prevent the cashier from being lazy. Reduce work and improve customer service,
It has the excellent effect of providing effective data for business analysis and strategy, such as allocating electronic registers appropriately in order to optimize the registration processing time at each sales floor.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an electronic register as a terminal applied to an in-line system or an online system, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining the operation. This is a flowchart. 1...Input unit, 2...CPU, 5...Transmission control circuit, _M1 ...Memory area for storing stop time.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a sales data processing system capable of transmitting and receiving data between a central control unit and a terminal device, a determining means for determining the operating state of the terminal device, and a cumulative total of specific operating states determined by this determining means. a calculation means for determining the time; a time data storage means for storing the calculated cumulative time of the specific operating state; and an output means provided in the central control unit for outputting the cumulative time stored in the time data storage means. A sales data processing device comprising: