KR19980043685A - Cash register with customer keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cash register, and more particularly, by adding a separate customer keyboard to a conventional cash register structure, the user directly enters the user's password, thereby preventing mental and material damage caused by leakage of personal information of the customer. It prevents in advance, and has the effect of increasing the privacy of the customer to the customer and the reliability of the product.

Description

Cash register with customer keyboard

The present invention relates to a cash register, and more particularly, to a cash register for protecting a customer's personal information by additionally adding a customer keyboard to a conventional cash register used in a business or store.

In general, such as in a department store or a convenience store, it is installed in a narrow space in a public place and a place where cash is handled for sales calculation or tax calculation.

Such a cash register is provided with various functions for managing the amount calculation or the sale.

Learn more about the configuration and operation of such a cash register.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cash register is a display for a user that allows the user to check the details and amount of the buyer's items when the buyer registers the money for the calculation of the purchased item after purchasing the item. 100, a customer-specific display 110 in which the buyer can check the item details, a user keyboard 130 for depositing the item details, and a printer 120 for printing the item details. And a cash box 140 for storing the cash deposited from the buyer by selling the goods, and a barcode reader (O, P, R: Optical Barcode Reader (hereinafter referred to as barcode reader)) for recognizing and reading the goods ( 150).

The operation of the cash register configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown, a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 140 for controlling the overall operation of the cash register, a ROM (ROM) 150 for providing various control programs and initial data to the CPU 140; In addition, the memory device 160 stores information such as a unit price for each item for sale, information such as a sale amount generated from the sale activity, and a display unit 100, 110 for displaying various information generated from the cash register in the form of a character. And a printer 120 for issuing a receipt for the sales history, and checking the time so as to recognize the sold time and date, or inputting a variety of commands and data with the clock chip 170 for managing the sales time. It consists of a keyboard 130 having a plurality of keys for the command, or data input by the operation of the keys configured on the keyboard 130 is stored in the ROM (ROM) 150 under the control of the CPU 140 Will be processed accordingly.

Accordingly, the cash register operates and inputs and outputs data stored in the memory device 160 as necessary. The result processed according to this process is output to the printer 120 or the display unit (100, 110).

In the conventional electronic cash register operating in the above configuration, the customer's password is inputted by the customer at a store or a store by any need as a method of payment for the user of the store.

At this time, the employee of the store or store asks the customer for a password, or enters the customer's password by leaking the customer's password, which often causes mental and material damage to the customer.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, the customer keyboard is attached separately, so that the customer directly enters the password to protect the information on the customer.

1 is a front view showing the structure of a cash register generally used in the prior art,

2 is a block diagram showing an operation structure of a cash register generally used in the prior art;

3 is a block diagram showing an operation structure of a cash register constructed according to the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for inputting through a customer keyboard according to the present invention.

Explanation of Symbols for Major Symbols in Drawings

100: user display 110: customer display

120: printer 130: user keyboard

140: central processing unit 150: ROM

160: RAM 170: Clock Chip

180: customer keyboard

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing a cash register with a customer keyboard to protect information about the customer in accordance with the present invention.

As shown, a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 140 for controlling the overall operation of the cash register, a ROM (ROM) 150 for providing various control programs and initial data to the CPU 140; In addition, the memory device 160 stores information such as a unit price for each item for sale, information such as a sale amount generated from the sale activity, and a display unit 100, 110 for displaying various information generated from the cash register in the form of a character. And a printer 120 for issuing a receipt for the sales history, and checking the time so as to recognize the sold time and date, or inputting a variety of commands and data with the clock chip 170 for managing the sales time. The user keyboard 130 is provided with a plurality of keys for the purpose, and the customer keyboard 180 is added to enable the customer to directly enter the customer's password.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

Commands or data input by manipulation of keys configured on the user's keyboard 130 or the customer's keyboard 180 are processed according to a program stored in the ROM 150 under the control of the CPU 140.

Accordingly, the cash register operates and inputs and outputs data stored in the memory device (RAM) 160 according to the needs of the operation. The result processed according to this process is output to the printer 120 or the display unit (100, 110).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for protecting a customer's personal information in accordance with the present invention.

As shown, starting step (S10) for inputting the password of the customer, confirming whether the password input mode in the starting step (S10) (S11), and in step (S11) Receiving an input step (S12), performing a task according to the password in the step (S12) (S13), and returns to the start step after completion in the (S13) step, and in the (S11) step If it is not the password input mode, it comprises a step (S14) of performing the function of the general cash register, and the step of returning to the start step after performing the general cash register function (S14).

Referring to the method for input via the customer keyboard of the cash register configured as described above are as follows.

When a customer who purchases an item in a store or a business wants to use the card as part of the payment, the user of the business register checks whether the current cash register is an input mode that allows the customer's password to be entered.

If the cash register is an input mode in which the customer's password can be input, the user of the business can use the customer keyboard added in accordance with the present invention to prevent mental and material damage to the customer in advance by leaking the customer's password. Enter the password directly from the customer. Then, the cash register receiving the password from the customer returns to the start stage to perform the function according to the password and to process for another customer.

Here, the user checks whether the user's cash register is an input mode that can input a customer's password, and performs a function of a general cash register unless the password input mode is used.

As described above, by adding a customer keyboard to a conventional cash register, the customer directly enters his or her password, thereby preventing mental and material damage caused by the leakage of personal information of the customer in advance, Has the effect of increasing the privacy and reliability of the product.

Claims (2)

A central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 140 for controlling the overall operation of the cash register, a ROM 150 for providing various control programs and initial data to the CPU 140, and sales activities. A memory device 160 for storing information such as a unit price for each item and information such as a sale amount generated in a sales activity, display units 100 and 110 for displaying various types of information generated from a cash register in the form of characters, and sales details. Printer 120 for issuing a receipt for the, check the time to recognize the time and date sold or the chip chip 170 for managing the point of sale, and a plurality of keys for inputting various commands and data The user keyboard 130 is provided with a customer keyboard, characterized in that it comprises a customer keyboard 180 is added so that the customer can directly enter the customer's password Register. Starting step (S10) for inputting the password of the customer, and confirming whether the password input mode in the start step (S10) (S11), and receiving the password in the step (S11) (S12) In step (S12), performing the work according to the password (S13), and after the completion of the step (S13) to return to the start step, and in the step (S11), the password input mode is Or performing a function of a general cash register (S14), and performing a general cash register function in step (S14) and returning to a restart step.