JP5020545B2 - POS system, POS terminal and POS controller - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a POS system including a plurality of POS terminals and a POS controller to which these POS terminals are connected.

  Conventionally, a POS system in one store is composed of one or a plurality of POS terminals that perform registration processing and the like, and a POS controller that centrally manages the sales of these POS terminals. Such a system may be configured by connecting POS terminals at a plurality of stores to one POS controller. In the POS system configured as described above, when ending a day's work, each POS terminal explicitly performs a settlement process. When turning off the power of each POS terminal, It is assumed that the checkout work for the day has been completed.

JP-A-10-91874

  However, since the cashier that operates the POS terminal when the POS terminal is turned off is a cashier that operates on the POS terminal and depends on human work, the POS terminal is turned off without forgetting the payment process. May end up. In such a case, after the power is turned on the next day, the settlement process for yesterday must be performed. In other words, if the forgoing settlement process to be performed on the previous day is forgotten, the sales in the store are not fixed, and there has been a problem that data transmission to the host POS controller will be the next day.

  Further, Patent Document 1 describes an invention in which information indicating that the settlement of the previous day is not performed is surely notified when the POS terminal is turned on. In other words, if you forgot to settle when you close the store, the sales data for the day will remain stored, and the next day the settlement of the previous day will naturally end, so if you enter the product registration for the day, There is an inconvenience that the sales data for the current day is added to the sales data for the previous day, making it impossible to accurately manage the sales for each day. For this reason, Patent Document 1 describes that, when it is determined that the sales data for the previous day is stored and held, information indicating that the settlement report for the previous day is not printed out is output. Yes. However, even if such considerations are made, if the settlement process to be performed on the previous day is forgotten, the sales in the store are not fixed, and the data transmission to the host POS controller will be the next day. The point at which this occurs is the same as described above.

The present invention provides a POS system including a POS controller that aggregate update transactions relating to transactions which are output from a plurality of POS terminals and their POS terminals as sales management data, the POS terminal when the checkout process is performed Has a function of transmitting settlement data to the POS controller and, when the power is turned off, transmitting settlement confirmation data , which is managed sales information , to the POS controller, and the POS controller includes the POS terminal When the power is turned off without performing the checkout process in the above, the sales matching function for combining the checkout confirmation data transmitted from the POS terminal with the sales management data of the POS terminal managed by the POS terminal , If the checkout confirmation data matches the sales management data, the checkout process was performed. Ru and a function of as a POS system.

In addition, it has a function of transmitting settlement data to the POS controller when settlement processing is performed, and transmitting settlement confirmation data, which is sales information managed when the power is turned off, to the POS controller. POS terminal.

Further, the POS controller that aggregates and updates a plurality of POS terminals and transactions related to transactions output from these POS terminals as sales management data, and the POS terminal is turned off without performing a settlement process. in, and sales matching function for butted against the sales management data of the POS terminal the settlement confirmation data and its own is a sales information managed in the POS terminal that will be transmitted is managed from the POS terminal, the settlement confirmation A POS controller having a function that performs a settlement process if the data matches the sales management data .

  Therefore, even if the power is turned off without performing the POS terminal checkout process, it is possible to automatically perform the checkout process for all the POS terminals in the store. It is possible to eliminate the negative effects of carrying over.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, what is shown in FIG. 1 is an overall system diagram in which a plurality of POS terminals 1 are connected to a POS controller 2 as a host. Each transaction is output to each POS terminal 1 as a CSV file and transmitted to the POS controller 2. The POS controller 2 updates the transaction to a database and sales management data. However, it is updated every time. In addition, each POS terminal 1 performs a settlement process as a day-end operation. Through this settlement process, “settlement data” is output to a CSV file and transmitted to the POS controller 2. The POS controller 2 updates this CSV file to the beta base as the original data for updating the results. Further, at the timing when the power of the POS terminal 1 is turned off, the settlement confirmation data is output as a CSV file and transmitted to the POS controller 2, and the POS controller 2 updates the “settlement confirmation data” in the database. Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 1, when the normal operation is correctly performed between the POS terminal 1 and the POS controller 2, “settlement data” is transmitted, and the settlement process is performed. It is illustrated that “settlement confirmation data” is transmitted when the power of the POS terminal 1 is turned off without performing the above.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the POS terminal 1 configured as an electronic cash register has a main body control unit 4 integrally mounted on the upper portion of the drawer 3, and the main body of the main body control unit 4. A keyboard 6 is disposed in front of the case 5, and a display unit 7 is provided above the center. In addition, printers 8 for issuing receipts and the like are provided on the left and right sides of the display unit 7.

  A basic circuit structure of the POS terminal 1 is shown in FIG. First, a CPU 9 is provided, and a ROM (Read On Memory) 11 storing various control programs and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 having a memory storing various data are connected to the CPU 9 via a bus line 10. ing. The CPU 9 is connected to the POS controller 2 via the I / O port 13, the display unit 7 via the display controller 14, and the keyboard 9 via the keyboard controller 15. A keyboard 6 is connected. Further, an I / O port 16 connected to the CPU 9 is provided. The drawer 3 is connected to the I / O port 16 via a drawer release device 17, and the printer drive circuit 18 A printer 8 is connected. An optional device connection port 19 is connected to the I / O port 16, and various optional devices 20 are selectively connected to the optional device connection port 19.

  Next, what is shown in FIG. 4 is an example of a data structure of “settlement confirmation data” as sales information. In other words, areas such as the number of transactions, the number of customers, and the sales amount are provided using the store code, POS code, and sales date as keys. A settlement flag area is also provided. This data is sales information managed by the POS terminal 1. If the number of transactions, the number of customers, and the sales amount in the sales information and the sales information actually updated by the POS controller 2 match, automatic settlement is performed. It can be judged possible. As described above, it is desirable that the “payment confirmation data” is composed of three types of data: the number of transactions, the number of customers, and the sales amount, but in some cases, “sales amount only”, “sales amount” It is also possible to adopt a configuration with various variations based on sales amount, such as “Amount and number of transactions”, “Sales amount and number of customers”, and “Sales amount and number of transactions and number of customers”.

  In such a configuration, the processing flow of the automatic settlement processing by the POS controller 2 will be described based on FIG. First, in step S31, the first store code and POS code data are read from the checkout confirmation data for which no checkout data exists. That is, in the target POS terminal 1, it is checked whether or not the settlement process is being performed, and the data of the store code and the POS code that are not subject to the settlement process are excluded and the settlement code is not subjected to the settlement process. . Next, in step S32, the number of transactions managed in the POS controller 2 is compared with the number of transactions in the settlement confirmation data of the same store, the same POS code, and the same sales date. If they match, the process proceeds to step S33. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step S36 and the next POS code data is read. In step S33, the number of customers managed on the POS controller 2 is compared with the number of customers in the payment confirmation data of the same store, the same POS code, and the same sales date. If they match, the process proceeds to step S34. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step S36 and the next POS code data is read. In step S34, the sales amount managed in the POS controller 2 is compared with the sales amount of the settlement confirmation data of the same store, the same POS code, and the same sales date. If they match, the process proceeds to step S35, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S36 and the next POS code data is read. In step S35, it is assumed that all the sales information of the POS terminal 1 has been transmitted to the POS controller 2, the corresponding store code and the POS code in the payment confirmation data are updated, and the payment flag is set to 1 (settled). Update. Therefore, the POS controller 2 has a sales matching function for associating the sales information transmitted from the POS terminal 1 with the sales data managed by the POS controller 1. Next, in step S36, it is confirmed whether or not the next POS code data exists. If it exists, the next settlement confirmation data is read, and the process returns to step S32. If the next POS code data does not exist in step S36, the process is terminated.

  Note that the above-described processing is an operation on the POS controller 2 side, and in particular, although not shown, sales information (payment confirmation data) is left on the POS terminal 1 side. Regarding the processing of the remaining sales information, after confirming the state of the settlement flag of the settlement confirmation data, it is selected whether to delete it or to send it to the next day's processing. Of course, even in the next day processing, since the POS controller 2 recognizes that the settlement processing has already been performed, the settlement information is not transmitted to the POS controller 2 side.

  As described above, in this embodiment, even when the POS terminal 1 is forgotten to perform the settlement process and the power is turned off, the confirmed data can be transmitted to the POS controller 2 as the host. This makes it possible to reduce troubles caused by operational errors.

It is a system diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a POS terminal. It is a block diagram of the internal circuit. It is a memory map which shows the data structure of settlement confirmation data. It is a flowchart which shows the automatic adjustment process by a POS controller.

Explanation of symbols

1 POS terminal, 2 POS controller

Claims (4)

In a POS system including a plurality of POS terminals and a POS controller that aggregates and updates transactions related to transactions output from these POS terminals as sales management data .
The POS terminal is the transmitted to the POS controller, power is pre Symbol POS controller settlement confirmation data is sales information if it is turned off is managing settlement data if the settlement process is performed With the ability to send to
When the POS terminal is not turned on and the power is turned off at the POS terminal, the POS controller receives the payment confirmation data transmitted from the POS terminal and the sales management data of the POS terminal managed by the POS terminal. and sales matching function for butted, the settlement confirmation data Ru and a function to which settlement processing if they match the sales management data is performed,
P OS system that is characterized in that. The settlement confirmation data transmitted from the POS terminal is any one of the sales amount, the number of transactions, the number of customers, or a combination thereof .
P OS system of claim 1, wherein a. A function of when the settlement process has been performed by transmitting the adjustment data to the POS controller, power supply sends a checkout confirmation data is sales information if it is turned off is managing the P OS controller Yes ,
POS terminal characterized by that. A POS controller that aggregates and updates transactions related to transactions output from a plurality of POS terminals and sales management data,
Wherein when the power supply to the settlement process is not performed in the POS terminal is turned off, and the fine calculated check data and its own is a sales information managed by the POS terminal or we feed the POS terminal that will be Shin manages A sales matching function that matches sales management data of the POS terminal ,
If the checkout confirmation data matches the sales management data, the function that the checkout process has been performed,
Has a,
A POS controller characterized by that.

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