JPH0261077B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as
Regarding ECR), in particular, it is possible to process credit sales using a magnetic card with customer number etc. recorded, and data regarding registered products is collected on a magnetic cassette tape recording device (hereinafter referred to as CMT). .

Some ECRs are configured to enable credit sales by reading a magnetic card with a customer number recorded in advance using a card reader. In such an ECR,
When processing with a magnetic card, it is necessary to perform settlement processing at a later date, so the registered transaction total amount data is collected in the CMT. However,
In cases such as when the CMT malfunctions, the registered transaction total amount data may not be properly collected on the magnetic cassette tape. In such cases, it is necessary to register and re-collect data after CMT has recovered, such as after business hours. The operation for performing this re-collection is generally performed by the same operation as for normal registration. However, in this case, it is necessary to read the customer number etc. from the magnetic card with a card reader, but at this time, the customer has taken the magnetic card home and cannot input the customer number. For this reason, a magnetic card identical to the customer's magnetic card is kept at the store,
It is necessary to re-collect data using that card. However, because the number of customers is so large, it is practically impossible to store magnetic cards corresponding to each customer.

Therefore, the main purpose of this invention is that even if an error occurs when collecting registered data to CMT, re-registration can be performed without the customer's magnetic card.
It is to provide ECR.

To summarize this invention, each time the department code and unit price data of a product are input, the data collection means collects the department code and unit price data, stores transaction total data, and stores information related to the customer from the magnetic card. An ECR that collects stored transaction total data in a data collection means in response to data being read, and determines whether an error occurred when the data collection means collected the transaction total data. The error is printed in response to determining the error, the re-registration mode is designated by the mode designation means, and the stored transaction total is The system is configured to cause the data collection means to collect the data again.

The present invention will be described in more detail below along with embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a key arrangement diagram of a keyboard included in an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 1 includes a mode changeover switch 11 as a mode specifying means, a number key 12, a department key 13, and a function key 14. The mode changeover switch 11 has switching positions of OFF, registration, X, and reregistration, and is used to change each mode. That is, when the mode selector switch 11 is set to the OFF position, the power is cut off,
The registration mode is specified at the registration position, the inspection mode is specified at the X position, and the re-registration mode is specified at the re-registration position.

The number keys 12 are used to input data regarding the customer, such as product unit price data and customer number. The department key 13 is used to input the department code of the product. Function key 1
4 is a customer number key (A#) 141 and a card sales key 14 for specifying that it is a card sales
2, a subtotal key 143 for calculating a subtotal,
A deposit/cash key 144 is included. Customer number key 1
Reference numeral 41 is for specifying that when the customer number recorded on the customer card is inputted from the number key 12, the numerical value is the customer number. The card selling key 142 is used to specify that processing is performed using a magnetic card. Subtotal key 1
Reference numeral 43 is for instructing to calculate the total amount of data regarding registered products. The deposit/cash key 144 is operated when the payment is not by magnetic card but by cash.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, an ECR main body 2 includes a keyboard 1 as key input means, a CPU 3, a memory 4, a display 5, a printer 6, and a CMT 7. The keyboard 1 is constructed as shown in FIG. 1 described above. The CPU 3 provides data to the display 5 for display, provides data to the printer 6 for printing, and also causes the CMT 7 to collect data on the total amount of registered products. Also, CPU
A memory 4 is connected to 3. The data stored in this memory 4 will be explained later with reference to FIG. 3. Furthermore, a magnetic card reader 8 is connected to the ECR main body 2. This magnetic card reader 8 is for reading data such as a customer number from a magnetic card.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram showing data stored in the memory 4 shown in FIG. 2. In the figure, memory 4
includes storage areas 41 to 45. Storage area 41
is used as a card reading buffer (BR) that temporarily stores data such as customer numbers read from magnetic cards. The storage area 42 is used as a numeric buffer (BN) for temporarily storing numeric data input from the numeric keys 12. The storage area 43 is used as an amount buffer (BA) for temporarily storing unit price data of the product each time data related to the product is registered. The storage area 44 is used as a transaction total buffer (BT) for storing transaction total data of products purchased by a certain customer.
The storage area 45 is used as a CMT output buffer (BC) for temporarily storing data to be collected by the CMT 7.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining the key operation sequence in one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a flow diagram for explaining the specific operation of an embodiment of the present invention.

Next, the specific operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. First, normal registration processing is performed according to the key operation procedure shown in FIG. 4A. That is, the mode changeover switch 11 is switched to the registration mode, and the unit price data of the product is inputted using the number key 12. Then, the CPU
Step 3 determines whether a key input has been made in step 1 (abbreviated as SP in the figure). When it is determined in step 2 that there is an input from the numeric key 12, the numeric data is stored in the numeric buffer (BN) 42 in step 3.

Next, when the department key 13 is operated, it is determined in step 4 that the department key 13 has been operated, and in step 5, the contents of the numeric buffer 42 are transferred to the amount buffer 43, and the contents of the numeric buffer 42 are transferred to the amount buffer 43.
Clear 2. In step 6, the contents of the amount buffer 43 are added to the transaction total buffer 44. Then, in step 7, the printer 6 prints out the department code and unit price data of the registered product. Furthermore, in step 8, the department code and unit price data of the product are transferred to the CMT output buffer (BC) 45, and the data is transferred to the CMT output buffer (BC) 45.
Proceed to the CMT output subroutine.

In the subroutine, CMT is set in step 10.
7 is operating normally.
If the CMT 7 has an error, the printer 6 prints out the CMT error in step 12.
If no CMT error has occurred in step 10, the contents of the CMT output buffer 45 are transferred to the CMT 7. That is, the CMT 7 collects the department code and unit price data of the product.

Next, when the card selling key 142 is operated, it is determined in step 13 that the card selling key 142 has been operated, and in step 14 it is determined whether or not the mode is the registration mode. If it is the registration mode, the card reading request display lamp included in the display 5 is turned on in step 15. At this time, the clerk sees the display and inserts the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader 8 to read the customer number. It is determined in step 16 whether or not the magnetic card has been read, and if it has been read, the process proceeds to step 17.
At this point, the customer number is stored in the card reading buffer (BR) 41. In step 18, the customer number read from the magnetic card is checked. That is, it is checked whether the customer number is registered in advance in a storage area (not shown) of the memory 4. If the check of the magnetic card is normal in step 19, the customer number is printed by the printer 6 in step 20. Further, the customer's transaction total data stored in the transaction total buffer 44 is printed by the printer 6. In step 22, the customer number is transferred to the CMT output buffer 45, and in step 23, the customer number is transferred to the CMT output buffer 45.
Have CMT7 collect it. In step 24, the contents of transaction total buffer 44 are exported to CMT output buffer 4.
5, and in step 25, the CMT 7 collects the transaction total amount data. Then, in step 26, the transaction total buffer 44 is cleared and the process returns to the initial state.

If a CMT error is printed in step 12 described above, it means that the CMT 7 is not operating normally and necessary data is not being collected. Therefore, if a CMT error is printed, re-registration is required. In order to perform re-registration, the key operation procedure shown in FIG. 4B is followed. That is, the mode changeover switch 11
The re-registration mode is selected by , and the same operation as the normal registration shown in FIG. 4A is performed. That is, the user operates the number key 12 to input unit price data, operates the department key 13 to input the department code, and operates the card sales key 142. Then, it is determined in step 27 whether or not the mode is re-registration mode, and if the mode is re-registration mode, step 28 is performed.
An indicator lamp will light up requesting key entry of the customer number. The staff member looks at the display and presses the number key 1.
Enter the customer number from step 2. This customer number is printed on the journal receipt during the normal registration process, so it can be entered by looking at the number. In step 29, the CPU 3 determines whether or not there is a key input, and if there is a key input, determines whether the input is from the numeric key 12 or not. If the input is from a numeric key, the input customer number is stored in the numeric buffer 42 in step 31. Next, the staff member will use the customer number key 14.
Operate 1. Then, in step 32, it is determined whether or not the customer number key 141 has been operated.
If it is the customer number key 141, the customer number stored in the number buffer 42 is transferred to the card reading buffer 41 in step 33. and,
Clear the contents of the numeric buffer 42 and proceed to step 20 described above. Then, by performing the operations from step 20 to step 26, the customer number and transaction total amount data are collected in the CMT 7.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the re-registration mode is provided in the mode changeover switch 11, but the re-registration mode is not limited to this, and the re-registration mode may be performed by other key operations. For example, after switching the mode changeover switch 11 to the inspection mode and operating the subtotal key 143, for example, inputting a two-digit numerical value from the numeric key 12 and operating the subtotal key 143 again, re-registration can be performed from the normal registration mode. It may be possible to switch to the mode.

As described above, according to the present invention, transaction data can be re-collected in the data collection means in response to selecting the re-registration mode and inputting customer-related data, so that the customer number can be changed at the time of re-registration. Does not require magnetic cards to be recorded. Therefore, the data can be re-registered even after the customer takes the magnetic card home.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a key arrangement diagram of a keyboard included in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram showing data stored in the memory. 4th A
4B and 4B are diagrams for explaining the key operation sequence in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the specific operation of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the keyboard, 2 is the ECR body,
3 is a CPU, 4 is a memory, 7 is a CMT, 11 is a mode changeover switch, 12 is a number key, 13 is a department key, 141 is a customer number key, and 142 is a card sales key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Every time the department code and unit price data of a product are input, the department code and unit price data are collected by the data collection means, and the total transaction data is stored in the storage means, and the magnetic card An electronic cash register that collects transaction total data stored in the storage means into a data collection means in response to data regarding a customer being read from the storage means, the transaction total data from the storage means being read from the storage means. an error determining means for determining whether an error has occurred when data is collected by the data collecting means; a printing means for printing an error in response to the determination of an error by the error determining means; and specifying a re-registration mode. mode designation means; key input means for inputting data regarding the customer; and in response to a re-registration mode being designated by the mode designation means and data regarding the customer being input from the key input means; , a control means for causing the data collection means to re-collect transaction total data stored in the storage means.