KR19980041600A - How to check emergency call - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

The present invention relates to an emergency call confirmation method of an electronic cash register.

I. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

After making an emergency call with an electronic cash register, you can check whether it is recognized by an external organization.

All. Summary of Solution of the Invention

When the user has an emergency call key and a code input indicating an external organization, the external organization provides an emergency occurrence signal to the external organization, receives an emergency confirmation signal generated from the external organization, and displays it on the display unit. It features.

la. Important uses of the invention

Used for electronic cash registers.

Description

Emergency Call Confirmation Method

The present invention relates to an electronic cash register, and more particularly to an emergency call method using an electronic cash register.

In general, offices, supermarkets, pharmacies, department stores, convenience stores, etc., which handle miscellaneous goods and a large number of items, use electronic cash registers to conveniently calculate cash and withdrawals. Since the above offices are places where cash and expensive goods are distributed, it is necessary to deal with crimes such as theft.

Accordingly, in the related art, an electronic cash register has a function of transmitting a signal indicating that an emergency condition has occurred in its own office or a police officer when an emergency occurs.

Therefore, the user of the electronic cash register notifies the occurrence of an emergency situation by using the above function when an emergency situation occurs. However, the user can notify the outside of the emergency as described above, it is not known whether the emergency was recognized from the outside.

That is, the user has no choice but to wait for the emergency to be dealt with externally after notifying the occurrence of the emergency to the outside and not recognizing it from the outside.

If the user knows whether the emergency is external or not, then he or she can take appropriate action. That is, if the user recognizes the emergency situation, the user will not panic, wait for the response from the external emergency situation, and if not aware of the emergency situation, other measures will be taken.

As such, it would be very convenient to know if the user of the electronic cash register was aware of the emergency from the outside when it came to an emergency.

As described above, the electronic cash register having a conventional emergency call function has only a function of emergency call to the outside. Accordingly, the user did not know whether his emergency call was recognized from the outside after making an emergency call or not.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an emergency call confirmation method of an electronic cash register capable of confirming whether an emergency call has been received from the outside.

1 illustrates a connection diagram of an external institution and a money registration period according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a conventional cash register.

3 illustrates a key input unit of a keyboard according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency call confirmation method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows that an emergency situation confirmation signal has been received according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, when the user has an emergency call key and a code input indicating an external organ, the external organ provides an emergency occurrence signal to the external organ, and confirms an emergency generated from the external organ. It receives a signal and displays it on a display.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the annexed drawings, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. And a detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 illustrates a state in which an external and electronic cash register is connected to perform an emergency call. The electronic cash register and the outside may be connected by a dedicated communication line or a telephone line. First, as shown in FIG. 1, an electronic cash register or a terminal of a point of sales system (POS) is externally, that is, an emergency rescue team such as a police station, a service security company, a fire department, a hospital, etc. Connected with

Accordingly, when an emergency occurs, an emergency signal generated by an electronic cash register or a POS terminal is transmitted to a terminal such as an external personal computer through a dedicated communication line or a telephone line. The outside transmits an emergency confirmation signal through the terminal. The emergency confirmation signal is transmitted to the electronic cash register or the terminal of the POS via the dedicated communication line or the telephone line.

The terminal of the electronic cash register or POS receives the emergency confirmation signal and displays it to the user.

In the following description, an example of applying the present invention to an electronic cash register will be described. 2 shows a general configuration of the electronic cash register. The electronic cash register is a control unit 10 for processing the overall information of the sales activity by a predetermined program to perform the operation of the system, and is connected to the control unit 10 and stores various control programs and initial information, in particular the present invention ROM 12 having a program according to the emergency call confirmation method according to a preferred embodiment of the, and stores information such as unit price for each item for sale, sales amount, registration information, closing information, etc., in particular of the present invention According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, RAM 14 for storing an external telephone number corresponding to an emergency call code is displayed, and under the control of the controller 10, sales information such as various amounts of money information or errors generated during sales activities are displayed, and in particular, A display unit 16 for displaying an emergency call confirmation in accordance with an emergency call confirmation signal input from the outside, and for performing the operation of the control unit 10. A keyboard 18 having a plurality of keys for inputting various commands and key information, and further including an emergency call key for performing an emergency call, and a signal transmitted and received from the outside through a dedicated communication line or a telephone line. A communication controller 20 for interfacing, a timer 22 connected to the controller 10 to provide month or time information, and a printer 24 for issuing a receipt for sales details under the control of the controller 10. It consists of

3 shows a key arrangement of the keyboard 18 in the electronic cash register. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the keyboard 18 includes an emergency call key for performing an emergency call when programming an external telephone number or the like. And, it is used to designate item in normal time, when used with emergency call key, it switches to program mode to program item 1 to item 5 key to designate external organization, and external telephone number for emergency call. And a mode key for performing the switching of a plurality of modes.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency call confirmation method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention using the electronic cash register configured as described above. The flow is performed when an emergency call key is entered into the electronic cash register. In step 26 of FIG. 4, the controller 10 searches whether an emergency call key is input. At this time, the controller 10 performs step 30 if the emergency call key is input, and performs step 28 if the emergency call key is not input. In step 28, the controller 10 performs a corresponding function.

In step 30, the controller 10 searches whether the key input of the mode key corresponds to the program mode. In this case, the control unit 10 performs step 32 if the key input of the mode key corresponds to the program mode, and performs step 38 if the key input of the mode key does not correspond to the program mode. In the step (32), the control unit 32 receives a code input by the user through the keyboard 18.

At this time, the code consists of items 1 to 5 keys. The item 1 to item 5 keys represent external organs as shown in Table 1, respectively.

Number code Emergency call external organization One Item 1 key Self office 2 Item 2 key Police station 3 Item 3 Key A service guard 4 Item 4 Key fire station 5 Item 5 key First Aid Rescue Teams

As shown in Table 1, each item key corresponds to an external organization. If the code is input according to the user's key input in step (32), the control unit 10 performs step (34). In step 34, the controller 10 receives a phone number according to a user's key input. When the input of the telephone number is terminated, the controller 10 performs step 36. In step (36), the controller 10 stores the telephone number in the corresponding code. The RAM 14 includes a memory area corresponding to the code. Accordingly, when the code and the phone number are input as described above, the controller 10 stores the phone number in the memory area corresponding to the code and ends.

In step 38, the controller 10 receives a code according to a user's key input. When a code according to the user's key input is input, the controller 10 performs step 40. In step 40, the controller 10 reads from the RAM 14 the telephone number corresponding to the code. When the read of the telephone number is terminated, the controller 10 performs step 42. In step 42, the controller 10 transmits an emergency signal. When the transmission of the emergency signal is finished, the controller 10 performs step 44. In step (44), the controller 10 searches whether an emergency situation confirmation signal is received. At this time, the control unit 10 performs step 46 when the emergency confirmation signal is received, and performs step 44 when the emergency confirmation signal is not received. In step 46, the controller 10 displays on the display that the emergency situation confirmation signal has been received. 5 shows an example of displaying that the emergency confirmation signal has been received. As shown in FIG. 5, the display is all lit to zero.

As described above, the present invention can confirm whether the emergency call is recognized from the outside after the emergency call to the outside. This allows the user to respond appropriately to emergency situations.

As described above, after the emergency call is made in the event of an emergency, the present invention displays whether it is recognized from the outside or not, so that the user can conveniently check whether the outside is true.

Claims (2)

In the emergency call confirmation method of the electronic cash register, When the user inputs an emergency call key and a code indicating an external organization, the external organization provides an emergency situation generation signal to the external organization, receives an emergency situation confirmation signal from the external organization, and displays it on the display unit. Emergency call confirmation method characterized in that. In the emergency call confirmation method, An emergency call key input search step of searching for an emergency call key input from a user; A program mode search step of searching for a program mode when there is an emergency call key input; If the mode is a program mode, a code and phone number input search step for searching whether a code and a phone number indicating an external organization are input from a user; A phone number storing step of storing the phone number in a memory having a memory area corresponding to the code when the code and the phone number are input; If the mode is not the program mode, the emergency occurrence signal transmission step of receiving a code from the user to read the telephone number corresponding to the code from the memory to transmit an emergency occurrence signal to the outside through a dedicated communication line or telephone line; , And a display step of displaying an emergency status confirmation when an emergency status confirmation signal is received from an external organization after the emergency situation generation signal is transmitted.