JP2883373B2 - Reception device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention includes a plurality of selection switches provided corresponding to a plurality of reception items, and the selection switches are provided when a predetermined order or registration operation is performed. The present invention relates to a receiving device that performs a receiving process for a receiving item specified by the operation of (1).

(B) Conventional technology Such a reception device is used in various fields such as a menu reception device in a cafeteria system, an automatic ticket vending machine, and a time clock. For example, a card or money is inserted to place an order. Or, if a registration operation is performed, an order for a dish is made in the case of a menu reception device, a selected ticket is sold in the case of an automatic ticket vending machine, and in the case of a time recorder, the attendance of the work is performed in the selected work section. Work registration is to be performed.

Therefore, as a card-type time clock,
No. 181993 is known. In the time clock of the publication, data for identifying each worker is recorded.
It is equipped with an ID card reader that reads an ID card and a work division key, and the worker operates the work division key according to his / her work style and inserts his / her ID card into the ID card reader. An ID code for a worker and a reception item indicated by operating a work division key are registered.

Also, as a dining room system, a selection switch is provided for each of a plurality of menus, and when a card is inserted into a card reader, data for identifying an individual recorded therein and menu data indicated by operation of the selection switch are stored. There is a reception device in a cashless cafeteria system using a post-payment method of registering information.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a reception apparatus, there are cases where reception cannot be performed due to the convenience of the reception side. For example, in a time recorder, after a predetermined work start time has elapsed, reception by going to work cannot be performed, and a reception device in a cafeteria cannot receive a sold-out dish. Further, in an automatic ticket vending machine, when the reception side cannot provide predetermined goods or services in exchange for a ticket, the ticket cannot be sold. Therefore, if the reception becomes invalid even if the reception item is selected, this must be set in the reception device in advance.

Therefore, according to the present invention, validity / invalidity of reception can be set for each reception item, and when an order or registration operation is performed in a state where all reception items except one of the reception items are set to invalid, It is an object of the present invention to provide a receiving apparatus for registering valid reception items without performing a selection operation.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, a receiving device according to the present invention comprises: a setting device capable of setting the validity or invalidity of the receiving process for each receiving item; A reception prohibiting unit that prohibits reception processing when a reception item set to be invalid by the device is selected by the selection switch, and all reception items except one of the reception items are invalidated by the setting device. When the setting is set, there is provided a reception permitting means for enabling a reception process for a valid reception item only by a predetermined order or registration operation without operating the selection switch.

(E) Operation When the selection switch is operated, if the reception of the corresponding reception item is set to be invalid by the setting device, the reception prohibiting means prohibits the reception process for this reception item. Then, if all the reception items except one of the reception items are set to be invalid by the setting device, an order such as inserting a money or a card without performing a selection operation under the control of the reception permission means. The reception process for the remaining valid reception items can be performed only by the operation.

(F) Example An example of the present invention will be described in the case of a dining room system. This cafeteria is operated in a cashless self-service system, and the user receives a favorite dish from the dishes displayed on the counter, operates the selection switch corresponding to this menu, and has the ID possessed Payment is made by card.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a reception machine installed on the user side with the counter interposed therebetween, and 2 a monitor installed on the kitchen side with the counter interposed therebetween, and both are connected by a serial communication line 21. Have been.

The reception machine 1 includes a CPU 4, a ROM 5 storing a program for operation, a RAM 6, an I / O interface 7, and a serial communication controller 8. The I / O interface 7 includes a selection device 9, an ID card reader 10, Display device 11 and clock circuit
12 and buzzer 13 are connected.

Selection device 9 as shown in FIG. 2, includes a plurality of selection switches 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ for selecting food, these switches are arranged in front of the receiving machine 1.

The hand-scan type card reader 10 has a running groove 14 for inserting and scanning an ID card on the front of the accepting machine 1. When the ID card 15 is inserted, the card data recorded on the card is recorded. Is read and output to CPU4.

Display device 11 may include an OK indicator 17 and NG indicator 18 for indicating respectively that turned card is valid or invalid, and a plurality of indicators 19 that correspond to each selection switch 20 ₁ to 20 _5, These indicators are also provided on the entire surface of the reception device 1. Then, the buzzer 13 notifies that the inserted card is valid / invalid by different sounds.

The monitor 2 includes a CPU 24, a ROM 25 storing an operation program, a RAM 26, an I / O interface 27, and a serial communication controller 28. The I / O interface 27 has a setting device 29 for setting the sold-out (ie, invalidation of reception) for each dish from the kitchen side, and a display device 11 similar to the display device 11 for monitoring the display contents of the reception machine 1. A display device 30 having an indicator and a buzzer 31 are connected.

The CPU 4 of the reception machine 1 and the CPU 24 of the monitor 2 are connected by serial communication controllers 8 and 28 via a serial communication line 21, and exchange data by polling of the CPU 4.

The accepting machine 1 is also connected to the center device 3 via the communication controller 8, and when a card is inserted into the card reader 10, the ID code recorded on the card and the selection switch operated by the user 20 and 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ menu code corresponding cooking, it transmits a series of data consisting of the time data at that time to the center device 3 as the registration data.

The center device 3 includes a registration data file 3A that stores the registration data transmitted from the reception device 1. Further, the center device 3 has a function of checking whether the card inserted into the accepting machine 1 is valid or invalid.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reception process performed by the CPU 4 of the reception machine 1 in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 5. The CPU 4 selects the invalid reception item (the dish set to be sold out) by the selection switch 20. 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ in the selected and accepted inhibiting means for inhibiting the reception process by the card input for, when all reception items except one receptionist item is disabled, the selection switch 20 ₁ to 20 _It has a reception permitting means for enabling a reception process for a valid reception item only by inserting a card without operating _5, and will be apparent from the following operation description.

First, in step S1, the CPU 4 transmits a command requesting transmission of sold-out data to the CPU 24. When this command is input, the CPU 24 sends sold-out data indicating the sold-out status of each dish to the CPU 4. by the way
When the CPU 24 is not communicating with the CPU 4, the setting device 2
The sold-out setting input for each dish set in 9 is always searched, and the setting status is displayed on the display device 30.
Therefore, the setter on the kitchen side can set the sold out while checking on the display device 30.

Upon receiving the sold-out data, the CPU 4 proceeds to step S2, and controls the driving of each indicator 19 of the display device 11 based on the sold-out data. Therefore, the user can confirm the sold-out dish by lighting the indicator 19.

In the next step SS3, the CPU 4 determines whether there is one valid item, and if there are a plurality of valid items, the process proceeds to step S4. Therefore, if two or more types of dishes are not sold out, the CPU 4 proceeds to the next step S4.

In step S4, CPU 4 discriminates whether a food is selected switch 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ is not sold out are turned on is selected, and returns a no selection to step S1.

Thus the selection switch 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ corresponding to cooking that is not sold out set is operated, the process advances to step S5, the ID card into the card reader 10 in this step is inserted, further proceeds to step S7.

In step S5, the CPU 4 transmits data recorded on the card inserted into the card reader 10 to the center device 3. Then, in the center device 3 that has received the data,
The validity of the card is checked based on this data, and a signal indicating validity or invalidity is transmitted to the CPU 4. When the CPU 4 receives the determination signal from the center device 3, the CPU 4 executes a step.
Proceed to S8.

If it is determined in step S8 that the card is invalid, the process proceeds to step S10, where the NG indicator 18 and the buzzer 13 are controlled to notify that the inserted card is invalid, and then the process returns to step S1. Also in this step, CPU4
The data indicating that the card is invalid is transmitted to the CPU 24. In this case, after transmitting a command to instruct data reception to the CPU 24, the CPU 4 transmits data indicating that the card is invalid. Accordingly, the CPU 24 drives the buzzer 31 with an indicator indicating that the card is invalid on the display device 30, so that the monitor on the kitchen side confirms that the insertion of the invalid card was not a valid reception. it can.

If the card is valid, proceed to step S9,
U4 controls the OK indicator 17 and the buzzer 13 to notify that the inserted card is valid. Then, in this step, after transmitting a command to instruct data reception to the CPU 24, the CPU 4 subsequently transmits data indicating that the card is valid to the CPU 24. Thus, the CPU 24 drives the indicator indicating that the card is a valid card and the buzzer 31 on the display device 30, so that the observer on the kitchen side can confirm that the valid card has been inserted and the reception is proper.

In the next step S11, the CPU4 the ID code recorded in the card, and a menu code dishes corresponding to the operated selection switch 20 ₁ to 20 _5, and the time indicated by the clock circuit 12 A series of data is transmitted to the center device 3 as registration data, and the process for one reception is completed. And the center device 3 that has received the registration data
Stores this data in the registration data file 3A and uses it in the subsequent payment request processing.

The above reception device, and a card reader 10 that identifies a plurality of selection switches 20 ₁ to 20 ₅ and the card provided corresponding to a plurality of cooking, a valid card is inserted in the card reader, the card respect identified individuals based on data recorded in the center apparatus 3 performs a process of accepting food is designated by operation of the selection switch 20 ₁ to 20 ₅
It is to be registered.

(G) Effects of the Invention The reception device of the present invention can arbitrarily set the reception to be valid or invalid according to the reception item. When only one of the plurality of reception items is valid due to the setting, the reception device having good operability can be ordered or registered for the valid reception item without performing the selection operation. Provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a receiving device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the receiving device, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving device. 1 ... reception machine, 3 ... center device, 4 ... CPU (reception prohibition means, reception permission means), 29 ... setting device.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of selection switches are provided corresponding to a plurality of reception items, and when there is a predetermined order or registration operation, a reception process for the reception items designated by operation of the selection switches is performed. A setting device capable of setting validity or invalidity of the reception process for each of the reception items, and a reception item invalidated by the setting device is selected by the selection switch And a reception prohibiting unit for prohibiting the reception process, and when all the reception items except one of the reception items are set to be invalid by the setting device, the predetermined order or the predetermined order is not operated without operating the selection switch. A reception device comprising: reception permission means for enabling reception processing for a valid reception item only by a registration operation.