KR19980084488A - Descriptor Selection Method of Electronic Cash Register - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention realizes a large number of program EPROMs generated by adopting different descriptors for each country as one standardized EPROM, and allows the user to select and use descriptors of a desired language by allowing the programs to be selected and used for each country. The present invention relates to a method for selecting a descriptor of an electronic cash register which can be used and can greatly reduce the loss caused by the specification management of the program EPROM.

The method of selecting a descriptor of the cash register according to the present invention comprises the steps of pre-storing various descriptor words used in the cash register related to a transaction in various languages in a program memory; And a step of designating a corresponding language by the user interface and outputting the information by descriptor words in a language designated in the designation step when output of predetermined information related to a transaction is required.

Description

Descriptor Selection Method of Electronic Cash Register

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of selecting a descriptor of an electronic cash register. In particular, in an electronic cash register employing a dot matrix printer, a descriptor of an electronic cash register is selected so that a different descriptor for each country can be arbitrarily selected and used according to a user's desire. It is about a method.

In general, a cash register refers to a device used to facilitate information management by processing various data associated with the sale of a product and informing a user of a result. It ranges from point of sales system to comprehensively manage the distribution economy such as research. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the term Electronic Cash Register (ECR), which means an electronic cash register controlled by a microprocessor, is used as a broad concept including a low-end cash register to a POS terminal.

In the ECR, when a product is sold, a receipt containing various details, for example, a price, a quantity, a total amount, a payment amount, and a balance, can be issued.

One of them is an electronic cash register employing a dot matrix printer. In order to be able to use the languages in different countries of the world, such electronic cash registers have a descriptor for a language used in each country. Must be designed to categorize and index the information. Therefore, a separate program EPROM had to be used for each country.

As described above, in an electronic cash register employing a dot matrix printer, it is not only time-consuming to design descriptors for each country, but also requires a different EPROM for each country. Since it had to be used, there were problems such as a lot of loss in managing the program EPROM.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, so that many program EPROMs generated by employing different descriptors for each country can be realized as one standardized EPROM, and can be selected and used for each country by the program. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method for selecting a descriptor of an electronic cash register which can freely use a descriptor of a desired language and can greatly reduce the loss caused by the specification management of the program EPROM.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of selecting a descriptor of an electronic cash register according to the present invention comprises the steps of pre-storing various descriptors used in a cash register related to a transaction in various languages in a program memory; And a step of designating a corresponding language by a user interface and outputting the information by words in a language designated in the designation step when output of predetermined information related to a transaction is required.

1 is a system block diagram of an electronic cash register,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a descriptor selection method of an electronic cash register according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: central processing unit, 2: ram,

3: rom, 4: keyboard,

5: printer, 6: display

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a customer information management method of the electronic cash register according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a system block diagram of an electronic cash register. As shown in FIG. 1, the ECR system according to the present invention is a keyboard 4 for generating various key codes for mode designation and money registration, and a mode of ECR according to the key codes received while kissing the keyboard 4. The central processing unit (1), the system operation program, and the EPROM (3) that stores descriptor fonts according to the languages of each country, the deposit and withdrawal details, etc. RAM 2 for storing various data, dot matrix printer 5 for issuing documents for customer receipts and various processing results under the control of the central processing unit 1 and associated with transactions under the control of the central processing unit 1 The display part 6 which displays various information is provided.

In the above-described configuration, the keyboard 4 should have a 'descriptor selection key' defined.

Next, a method of selecting a descriptor of the electronic cash register according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a descriptor selection method of an electronic cash register according to the present invention. Before describing the descriptor selection method with reference to this flowchart, the printing method in an ECR employing a dot matrix printer will be briefly described. Let's do it. In the ECR employing a dot matrix printer, the font data for each country required for printing is stored in the EPROM 3 in advance, and when necessary, the font corresponding to the descriptor is read and printing is performed with the data. . By the way, in the past, only one language (e.g., English, German, Spanish, etc.) was stored in one EPROM 3, but in the present invention, several languages are stored in one EPROM 3, and the user desires. In order to be able to select and use it arbitrarily, all the descriptor fonts corresponding to the languages of each country are provided in one EPROM 3.

On the premise of this fact, the descriptor selection method will be described in detail. First, in step S1, it is checked whether the current mode is the program mode. As a result of the confirmation in step S1, the process proceeds to step S2 in the case of the program mode, and the process proceeds to step S7 in the case of the non-program mode.

In step S2, it is determined whether the 'descriptor selection key' is input. If the determination result is that the 'descriptor selection key' is input, the process proceeds to step S3, and if not, the process proceeds to step S4. Process the program.

In step S3, it is determined whether a language number has been input, and the user can input the language number with reference to the user manual. When the correct language number is input in step S3, the input language number is stored in the area NUMBER allocated as the language number storage area of the RAM 2. If no language number is input in step S3 or if the input language number is not correct, the process proceeds to step S6 to perform error processing. Herein, the language number stored in the area NUMBER of the RAM 2 is updated to its value every time a new language number is input from the user. The RAM 2 is also allocated an area in which a basic language number is designated in case no language number is input by the user.

In this way, in step S7 with the type of descriptor language selected, it is determined whether or not it is the current descriptor printing order. As a result of the determination in step S7, the process proceeds to step S8 in the case of the descriptor print order, and the process proceeds to step S9 in the case of the descriptor print order not being performed.

In step S8, the contents of the area NUMBER of the RAM 2 are read out to determine whether the user has selected a language number. If the user has selected a language number, the process proceeds to step S10 to the selected language number. The descriptor storage area of the created EPROM 3 is designated, and in step S11, the required descriptor language is extracted from the designated descriptor area and printed. For example, extract and print "CASH".

On the other hand, if the user has not previously selected a language number in step S8, the process proceeds to step S12 to designate a basic descriptor storage area, and then the above-described step S11 is performed.

The descriptor selection method of the electronic cash register of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the descriptor selection method of the electronic cash register according to the present invention as described above, the descriptor according to the language used differently for each country is provided in one EPROM and the user can arbitrarily select a desired language. In development and production, there is a significant reduction in the loss of developing and managing different EPROMs in different countries.

Claims (1)

Storing various descriptor words used in the cash register in connection with the transaction in various languages in a program memory; Receiving a corresponding language by the user interface and And outputting said information by descriptor words in a language specified in said designation step when outputting predetermined information relating to a transaction is necessary.