KR100344032B1 - Advanced portable notice system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal device for issuing a billing bill for meter reading, and a portable bill issuing terminal device for issuing bills to charge the amount of usage by reading the amount of gas, electricity, etc. used in the customer; It relates to a method of issuing a bill.

In the present invention, it is possible to download the information from the customer billing database (download) and input the meter reading contents at each visitor to issue and deliver the corresponding bill immediately, and to read the customer billing database in the customer billing database. It is intended to provide a portable bill issuing terminal device for uploading it, and in such a portable bill issuing terminal device, the information from the customer billing database, the issuance of the bill, and the publication information of the bill are automatically provided. It is intended to provide a method for issuing a bill for the process of uploading.

Description

Portable bill issuing terminal device and bill issuing method {Advanced portable notice system}

The present invention relates to a terminal device for issuing a billing bill for meter reading, and a portable bill issuing terminal device for issuing bills to charge the amount of usage by reading the amount of gas, electricity, etc. used in the customer; It relates to a method of issuing a bill.

A bill issuing terminal device for application where a bill is issued by a meter reading where a gas or electricity is required to be metered for any non-consistent amount of usage or billing is involved. A bill issuing method in a bill issuing terminal apparatus.

Conventionally, the meter reader searches each customer, reads the data, and inputs the data (data) on the meter in the database where the information on the customer is stored in the office or other workplace. On the basis of this, the bill is reissued and sent by mail or re-visited to correspond with the relevant home or business.

As such, in the related art, a meter reader visits and reads a meter, and a bill is issued again through a re-entry process to a database, and the bill must be sent and transmitted again. Therefore, unnecessary labor is required as well as unnecessary time. do.

In the present invention, it is possible to download the information from the customer billing database (download) and input the meter reading contents at each visitor to issue and deliver the corresponding bill immediately, and to read the customer billing database in the customer billing database. It is intended to provide a portable bill issuing terminal device for uploading it, and in such a portable bill issuing terminal device, the information from the customer billing database, the issuance of the bill, and the publication information of the bill are automatically provided. It is intended to provide a method for issuing a bill for the upload process.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention portable bill issuing terminal device.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing an embodiment execution procedure of a portable bill issuing method according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a download process in the present invention.

The present invention portable bill issuing terminal device,

User key input means including a key for receiving data from a customer's billing main database or controlling a progress of a download / upload process for providing data and a series of operations for issuing a bill;

Memory means for storing the unique number of the customer and the billing standard table downloaded from the customer's billing main database, the previous month's usage, and storing the details of the issued bill;

Communication interface means for downloading or uploading data from a customer's billing main database;

Display means for displaying the contents input by the user and the processed status to the user in each processing performed for issuing a bill;

A printer for printout of bills,

Control means for controlling data download and upload to the customer's main billing database for issuing bills, and controlling each process of issuing bills by reading the corresponding data from the memory means for the unique number of the user's input; ,

It characterized in that it comprises a power supply means for supplying the operating power to the respective parts.

And, it is characterized in that it further comprises an alarm generating means for informing the user by generating a predetermined sound when the processing is completed during the processing of each part.

The apparatus may further include a low voltage monitoring unit that monitors the voltage level of the power supply unit and determines whether or not a low voltage is present, thereby notifying the user of the low voltage state through the display unit or the alarm generating unit according to the power state.

In addition, the bill issuing method applied to the terminal device of the present invention,

If the system is initialized or there is a key input by the user, it is determined whether it is connected to the main billing database. If it is connected, it is determined whether there is data to be uploaded in the memory means to proceed with the upload or download process. Judging the process,

If there is data to be uploaded, the data upload process is executed to the main billing database, and then the download is executed. If there is no upload data, the data download process from the main billing database is executed immediately;

Determining whether the user inputs a unique number of the customer if the user is not connected to the main billing database as a result of the determination;

When the unique number of the customer is input, it is searched whether the inputted unique number exists in the memory means, and if it does not exist in the memory means, a re-entry request is displayed and an alarm is issued. The process of displaying the unique number and the corresponding month's reading amount,

When the user reads the monthly reading amount and the monthly reading amount is input, the process of checking whether the correct reading has been made by comparing the monthly reading and the monthly reading,

As a result of the comparison of the previous month's reading, if the monthly reading is less than or equal to the previous month's reading, the correct input is judged and the re-entry request is indicated and alarmed. The process of calculating and displaying the monthly usage fee by reading the applicable customer's billing standard;

Judging the user's confirmation of the displayed monthly fee, and storing the unique number of the corresponding customer, the monthly meter reading, and the current monthly fee;

It is characterized in that the print request key of the user is determined in accordance with the execution procedure of the process of printing the bill.

And, in the execution of each process, if abnormally terminated, storing the current execution process abnormally terminated in the memory means;

It is characterized in that it further comprises the step of determining whether or not abnormally terminated previously when the system is initialized, and if there is abnormally terminated data to execute from the abnormally terminated execution position.

The downloading process includes receiving and setting a unique number of a customer to be downloaded, determining whether the contents have been previously stored in the memory means, and requesting the user to delete the contents in the memory means before downloading. The process of initializing the memory when the contents stored in the memory means are erased, the process of requesting the customer's billing reference table and the previous month's usage data to the main billing database for the unique number of the customer to download. Receiving and temporarily storing the data transmitted from the billing database, Receiving and storing the received data when the reception of all data is completed, and Displaying and alerting the reception completion to the user when the storage is complete Characterized in the order of It shall be.

Referring to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the present invention having such a procedure is as follows.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention portable bill issuing terminal device.

A key input unit 1 for inputting a user's key, a memory unit for storing the customer's unique number and billing reference table downloaded from the customer's billing main database, the previous month's usage amount, and storing details on the issued bill ( 2), the communication interface unit 3 for downloading or uploading data from the customer's billing main database, and the contents entered and processed by the user in each processing proceeding for issuing a bill. Control of data download and upload with the liquid crystal display unit 4 for displaying to the user, a printer 5 for printing bills, and a main billing database of customers for issuing bills, and user input receivers. Each process of issuing a bill by reading the corresponding data from the memory unit 2 for the unique number of A microcomputer 6 for controlling, a power supply unit 7 for supplying operation power to each unit, an alarm generation unit 8 for generating a predetermined sound when the processing is completed during the processing of each unit, and informing a user; And a low voltage monitoring unit 9 which monitors the voltage level of the power supply unit 7 and determines whether or not a low voltage is present.

The power supply unit 7 is divided into a rechargeable battery unit and a general battery unit, and a DC-DC conversion unit 10 for supplying power of the general battery to each unit is configured.

The present invention having such a configuration is to provide a portable meter reading terminal device of the meter reader, the amount of monthly reading for the customer to be visited, the billing reference table data of the corresponding customer to download from the main billing database, the corresponding customer In order to be able to issue a bill at the time of the visit, and upload it to the main billing database after the visit, it is possible to complete all the bill issuing process.

The process of downloading data on the billing standard table and the previous month's meter reading amount of the customer's unique number from the customer's main billing database, the process of issuing a bill by inputting the unique number of the metered customer at the time of meter reading, and the customer Access to the main billing database of the bill can be divided into the process of uploading the receipt information, bill reading amount, bill amount, etc. of the bill generated by reading today to the main billing database.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall execution procedure of the terminal apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the download execution procedure, which will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

The user selects the number of customers to be read today from the customer's main billing database, and enters and sets the range of the unique number to be downloaded through the user key input unit 1.

When the system is initialized or a predetermined key is input through the key input unit 1, the microcomputer 6 determines whether it is currently connected to the main charging database through the communication interface unit 3.

In the connected state, it is determined whether data is currently stored in the memory unit 2.

That is, it is determined whether there is data to be uploaded. If there is data to be uploaded to the memory unit 2, the data to be uploaded is uploaded to the main billing database and then the download process is performed.

The microcomputer 6 requests to select the customer to download, and the user inputs the range of the customer to be downloaded through the key input unit 1.

In this case, the meter reader determines the amount of the meter to be read today to determine the number of customers to download, and thus inputs the range of the customer.

The microcomputer 6 requests the corresponding data from the main billing database, and the main billing database transmits the unique number of the corresponding customer, the billing reference table, and the previous month's meter reading data.

The microcomputer 6 temporarily stores the data received through the communication interface unit 3 in the memory unit 2 as described above. When the data reception from the main charging database is completed, the microcomputer 6 reclassifies the memory unit 2 to receive the data. Will be stored in.

That is, it is to be reclassified for each customer and stored in the memory unit (2).

When completely stored in the memory unit 2, the completion message is displayed on the liquid crystal display 4 to indicate that the download is completed, and also through the alarm generation unit 8 to alert the user that the download is complete.

Through this process, the download is completed, and the user has a terminal device that has completed the download, and the meter is read.

In other words, when the system is initialized or the user key is input, the microcomputer 6 determines whether it is currently connected to the main billing database through the communication interface 3, and proceeds with the issuance of a bill according to the connection. It will be determined whether to proceed with the download (upload) process.

After the user reads the customer and inputs the unique number of the read customer through the key input unit 1,

The microcomputer 6 searches the memory unit 2 to determine whether a unique number input by the user exists.

If the unique number entered by the user does not exist, the corresponding unique number does not exist. Therefore, a message for this is displayed on the liquid crystal display 4 and guided, and an alarm is generated through the alarm generator 8 to re-enter. You make a request.

If the unique number input by the user exists, the previous month reading amount of the corresponding unique number is read from the memory unit 2 to display the unique number and the previous month reading amount.

Thereafter, when the user inputs the reading amount of the current month, the microcomputer 6 compares the reading amount of the previous month with the reading amount of the current month and determines whether it is a correct input.

At this time, if the reading amount of the current month is equal to or less than the previous month reading amount, it is determined that the correct input, and guide display through the liquid crystal display unit 4, the alarm is generated through the alarm generating unit 8 to re-input request.

This is because electricity, gas, etc. are not used for one month, or the amount of use cannot be reduced, so it is not regarded as a correct input in the above case.

When the determination of the reading amount of the current month is completed, the charging reference is read from the charging reference table of the corresponding customer from the memory unit 2 to calculate the use amount of the current month.

When the calculation is completed, the calculated amount of use of the current month is displayed.

When the user's confirmation key is input to the amount of money displayed through the liquid crystal display 4 as described above, the microcomputer 6 stores the unique number, the amount of reading of the current month, and the amount of use of the current month in the memory unit 2.

Thereafter, when the print key of the key input unit 1 is input, the printer 5 is operated to output a bill.

In this manner, after the meter reader, that is, the user, issues a bill and returns to the office as described above and accesses the main billing database, there is data to be uploaded to the memory unit 2. 2) The publication of the bill is completed by uploading the data of the current meter reading amount and the amount of money used during the reading in the main billing database together with the unique number of the corresponding customer.

In the operation as described above, the low voltage monitoring unit 9 compares the voltage level of the power supply unit 7 with the reference level to determine whether the voltage of the rechargeable battery of the power supply unit 7 has fallen below a predetermined electric potential and then the liquid crystal display unit. (4) and the alarm generating unit 8 to inform the user.

During the metering operation, the battery can be used in the power supply unit 7 so that a normal battery can be installed in case the terminal device fails to operate due to the low voltage of the rechargeable battery, and the power supplied from the battery is DC-DC conversion. It is to be supplied to each part through the part (10).

When the process is abnormally terminated due to a low voltage or other problem during the meter reading operation, the microcomputer 6 stores this state in the memory unit 2, and when the system is reinitialized and operated, the time when abnormally terminated It can be controlled to be operated from.

The communication interface unit 3 is composed of a LAN card connectable to a LAN network and a wired / wireless modem so as to be connected to a separate dedicated line, so that the communication interface can be connected to the main billing database through the Internet or a separate network. do.

In the present invention as described above, the terminal device of the present invention provides a configuration that can be connected to the main billing database, but in fact, the main billing database is located at the head office, and an application program that can be connected to the main billing database at each office (branch). Information is provided using this installed PC.

In another embodiment, the terminal device of the present invention does not configure a connection module with the main billing database and an application program module for selecting download, but configures a connection module with such a main billing database as an application program on a PC. Through this, it is possible to connect to the main billing database, connect the PC and the terminal device through serial communication (RS232C), it can be configured to download the unique number of the customer to download from the PC to the terminal device.

That is, by connecting to the main billing database through a PC, it is possible to proceed with the download and upload process of receiving data from the main billing database or transferring data to the main billing database through a serial communication interface with the PC.

When the present invention is applied, the meter reader issues a bill together with the customer at the time of meter reading based on the information downloaded from the main billing database, and automatically uploads the information to the main billing database. In addition, there is no need for inputting meter reading data into the main billing database, and it is unnecessary to issue and send a bill or return a bill by revisiting, thus maximizing manpower management and minimizing time loss. It works.

Claims (11)

User key input means including a key for receiving data from a customer's billing main database or controlling a progress of a download / upload process for providing data and a series of operations for issuing a bill; Memory means for storing the unique number of the customer and the billing standard table downloaded from the customer's billing main database, the previous month's usage, and storing the details of the issued bill; Communication interface means for downloading or uploading data from the customer's billing main database; Display means for displaying the contents input by the user and the processed status to the user in each processing performed for issuing a bill; A printer for printout of bills, Control means for controlling data download and upload to the customer's main billing database for issuing bills, and controlling each process of issuing bills by reading the corresponding data from the memory means for the unique number of the user's input; , Portable bill issuing terminal device characterized in that it comprises a power supply means for supplying the operating power to each of the parts. User key input means including a series of user control keys for issuing bills through inputting unique numbers and selecting printing; The customer's personal number and billing reference table downloaded from the billing main database from the user's PC, which is connected to the billing main database of the customer, from the billing main database. Memory means for storing the details of the; Communication interface means for connecting with a user PC to download data supplied from a billing main database of a customer or uploading data to a billing main database through a user PC; Display means for displaying the contents input by the user and the processed status to the user in each processing performed for issuing a bill; A printer for printout of bills, Control of downloading and uploading data to the customer's main billing database through the user's PC to issue bills, and controlling each process of issuing bills by reading the corresponding data from the memory means for the unique number of the user's input Control means, Power supply means for supplying operation power to each of the parts; And a low voltage monitor configured to monitor a voltage level of the power supply means and determine whether a low voltage is present. [3] The portable bill issuing terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an alarm generating means for informing a user by generating a predetermined sound when the user guides the completion of an error or the completion of a control operation or a low voltage. . The portable bill issuing terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said communication interface means comprises a LAN card for connecting to a network. The portable bill issuing terminal device according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the communication interface means further comprises a wired or wireless modem. The portable bill issuing terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the communication interface means comprises a serial communication interface. If the system is initialized or there is a key input by the user, it is determined whether it is connected to the main billing database. If it is connected, it is determined whether there is data to be uploaded in the memory means to proceed with the upload or download process. Judging the process, If there is data to be uploaded, the data upload process is executed to the main billing database, and then the download is executed. If there is no upload data, the data download process from the main billing database is executed immediately; Determining whether the user inputs a unique number of the customer if the user is not connected to the main billing database as a result of the determination; When the unique number of the customer is input, it is searched whether the inputted unique number exists in the memory means, and if it does not exist in the memory means, a re-entry request is displayed and an alarm is issued. The process of displaying the unique number and the corresponding month's reading amount, When the user reads the monthly reading amount and the monthly reading amount is input, the process of checking whether the correct reading has been made by comparing the monthly reading and the monthly reading, As a result of the comparison of the previous month's reading, if the monthly reading is less than or equal to the previous month's reading, the correct input is judged and the re-entry request is indicated and alarmed. To calculate the charges for the current month by reading the billing standards for the applicable customers; Judging the user's confirmation of the displayed monthly fee, and storing the unique number of the corresponding customer, the monthly meter reading, and the current monthly fee; A bill issuing method of a portable bill issuing terminal device, characterized in that the procedure for executing a process of printing a bill by determining a user's print request key input. Determining whether or not to proceed with the upload or download process by determining whether there is data to be uploaded in the memory means when it is connected to the user PC connected to the main charging database. If there is data to be uploaded, the data upload process is executed to the main billing database through the user's PC. Then, the download is executed. If there is no upload data, the data supplied from the main billing database is transferred from the user's PC. Running the download process right away, Determining whether the user inputs a unique number of the customer when the access result is not connected to the main billing database through the user PC; When the unique number of the customer is input, it is searched whether the inputted unique number exists in the memory means, and if it does not exist in the memory means, a re-entry request is displayed and an alarm is issued. The process of displaying the unique number and the corresponding month's reading amount, When the user reads the monthly reading amount and the monthly reading amount is input, the process of checking whether the correct reading has been made by comparing the monthly reading and the monthly reading, As a result of the comparison of the previous month's reading, if the monthly reading is less than or equal to the previous month's reading, the correct input is judged and the re-entry request is indicated and alarmed. To calculate the charges for the current month by reading the billing standards for the applicable customers; Judging the user's confirmation of the displayed monthly fee, and storing the unique number of the corresponding customer, the monthly meter reading, and the current monthly fee; A bill issuing method of a portable bill issuing terminal device, characterized in that the procedure for executing a process of printing a bill by determining a user's print request key input. The method of claim 7 or 8, further comprising: storing in the memory means that the current execution process is abnormally terminated when the process is abnormally terminated. Determining whether the system has been abnormally terminated when the system has been initialized, and if there is abnormally terminated data, executing from the abnormally terminated execution position. How to issue a notice. The method of claim 7, wherein the downloading process comprises receiving and setting a unique number of a customer to be downloaded, and determining whether the contents previously stored in the memory means have been deleted and requesting the user to delete the contents in the memory means before downloading. And a process of initializing the memory when all contents stored in the memory means are erased, and requesting a billing reference table of the corresponding customer and the previous month's usage data to the main charging database for the unique number of the customer to be downloaded by the user. A process of receiving and temporarily storing data transmitted from the main billing database, reclassifying and storing the stored received data when the reception of all data is completed, and displaying the reception completion to the user when the storage is completed. It is a sequence of alarming procedures Method of bills issued by the portable terminal apparatus according to claim bills issued. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: determining whether the contents previously stored in the memory means have been deleted and requesting the user to delete the contents in the memory means before downloading; and initializing the memory when all the contents stored in the memory means are erased; Receiving the unique number of the corresponding customer of the main billing database, the billing reference table, and the previous month's usage data from the user PC for the customer selected through the user PC, and the main billing database transmitted from the user PC. Receiving and temporarily storing data, and when receiving all data is completed, reclassifying and storing the stored received data, and when the storing is completed, displaying and alerting the user of completion of the data. Issuance of a portable bill issuing terminal device Way.