JPH0616316B2 - Data processing machine with cash registration function - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to an electronic cash register with a cash box (hereinafter referred to as ECR) used in supermarkets, convenience stores, general retail businesses, gas stations, etc.
Point of sale information management device (hereinafter referred to as POS)
The present invention relates to a so-called data processor with a money registration function, such as a terminal.

(Constitution of conventional example and its problems) In recent years, due to the great progress and development of electronic devices, the ECR with a cash box, the POS terminal, etc., which are generally used, can be seen in terms of hardware and software. Although it has become easy to use and has advanced functions, the demands from users have become more practical and sophisticated accordingly. One of them is related to troubles between the operator and the customer regarding change. That is, a customer who purchased 3,500 yen intends to issue a 10,000 yen bill at the time of settlement, but if it is a 5,000 yen bill, the operator puts the 5,000 yen bill in the cash box and
I try to return 500 yen to the customer, but since the customer intends to pay the change of 6,500 yen, a trouble occurs between the operator and the customer. Therefore, major supermarkets, etc. deal with this problem by sufficiently training full-time cashiers so that deposits cannot be put into the cash box immediately. However,
In a place where a dedicated cashier cannot be provided, such as a general retail store, this kind of trouble sometimes occurs, the user's trust in the customer is deteriorated, and the user is financially burdened. There was a strong desire to solve the problem.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to provide a data processor with a cash registering function in which a cashbox denomination discriminating function is provided in a cash box in order to eliminate troubles between an operator and a customer due to change. is there.

(Structure of the Invention) The present invention outputs a signal from the holding metal fitting lifting detection means when a holding metal fitting attached to a storage tray for storing banknotes of a cash box is lifted, and the denomination of which denomination the banknote received from the customer is. The display section indicates whether or not it is going to be stored in the storage tray, and if the clock function is provided, the denomination display and the time display displayed on the display section are recorded on the recording medium.

(Description of Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a main control unit including a central processing unit (CPU), 2 is a main memory including a semiconductor memory, 3
Is an auxiliary memory such as a floppy disk or a cassette tape recorder, 4 is a display unit such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), 5 is an output unit such as a printer, 6 is an input unit such as a keyboard, 7 is a cash box for storing money (above) (See FIG. 1), 8 is a drawer for storing money in the cash box 7, 9 is a plurality of storage plates formed by partitioning the inside of the drawer 8 with a partition plate 10, and these storage plates 9 have various banknotes. And coins can be stored by denomination. 11 is a mounting bracket on the peripheral wall of the storage tray 9 for bills
It is a bill holding metal fitting (hereinafter referred to as a holding metal fitting) swingably attached via 12, and the holding metal fitting 11 is attached downward by a spring 13 so that its tip end contacts the bottom surface of the storage tray 9. It is urged to hold the banknotes stored in the storage tray 9 against the bottom surface of the storage tray 9. 14 is a limit switch attached to the peripheral wall of the storage tray 9, and this limit switch 14 is
When the pin plunger 15 is pressed by the lever 16, a contact (not shown) turns on and off. Reference numeral 17 denotes a protrusion projecting from the press fitting 11, and the projection 17 comes into contact with the lever 16 of the limit switch 14 when the press fitting 11 is lifted.

The operation of the present embodiment thus configured will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. When the banknotes of the money deposited by the customer are stored in the storage tray 9 of the cash box 7, the holding metal fitting 11 of the storage tray 9 for the banknote of the denomination to be stored is used. Lift the protrusion 17 to the limit switch 14
Of the pin plunger 15
When pressed by 16, the contact of the limit switch 14 switches from on to off or from off to on, and the limit switch 14 outputs a signal. Then, when this signal is input to the main control unit 1 of the point-of-sale information management device (POS), the character of the amount of money corresponding to the denomination of the storage tray 9 in which the holding metal fitting 11 is lifted, for example, the storage tray 9 of 10,000 yen is displayed. When the presser fitting 11 is lifted, the character "10,000 yen input" is displayed on the screen of the cathode ray tube 18 (hereinafter referred to as CRT) of the display unit 4 (see FIG. 4), and this display content is displayed in the main memory 2 or It is stored in the auxiliary memory 3. If the point-of-sale information management device (POS) has a clock function, the time when the signal is input from the limit switch 14 to the main control unit 1 is displayed on the screen of the CRT 18 together with the display of the denomination. (See Fig. 4), and
It is stored in the main memory 2 or the auxiliary memory 3. Then, it is possible to later check "in which storage dish 9 and when the bill was taken in and out", and it is possible to prevent the cash balance from being miscalculated.

Next, the use state of the present embodiment will be described. When the operator inputs the deposit amount to the POS terminal by key operation, the deposit display amount displayed on the screen of the CRT 18 and the banknotes deposited by the customer. When the operator lifts the holding metal fitting 11 of the storage tray 9 for storing banknotes of the same denomination as the denomination, the denomination display amount displayed on the screen of the CRT 18 is the deposit amount display amount and the denomination display amount. Are matched,
For example, when the deposit display amount of 10,000 yen and the denomination display amount of 10,000 yen are displayed on the screen of the CRT 18, the operator has definitely deposited 10,000 notes from the customer.

However, when the customer's complaint is made, for example, CR
Deposit display amount is 5,000 yen and denomination display amount is 5,0 on the screen of T18
When the customer complains that the 10,000-yen bill has been handed over despite the fact that it is displayed as 00-yen, the case 8 is immediately checked and the 10,000-yen bill is put on the storage plate 9 for storing the 5,000-yen bill. If it is stored, the operator stores the 10,000-yen bill received from the customer in the storage plate 9 for storing the 5,000-yen bill and inputs the deposit amount of 5,000 to the POS terminal, so the operator The 10,000-yen bill I received from the customer
After replacing the storage tray 9 for storing 10,000-yen bills, the deposit amount of 10,000 yen must be re-entered in the POS terminal and re-settled.

On the contrary, if you check the inside of Case 8 immediately and all the denominations are stored correctly, it means that the customer thinks that the 5,000 yen bill is the 10,000 yen bill, so the operator has to think about the situation. Must be well explained to the customer and must be approved.

In addition, when the deposit display amount and the denomination display amount do not match, for example, when the deposit display amount is 5,000 yen and the denomination display amount is 10,000 yen on the screen of the CRT 18, the case 8 is displayed.
If the 10,000-yen bill is stored in the storage tray 9 for storing the 5,000-yen bill, the 10,000-yen bill deposited by the operator is put in the storage tray 9 for storing the 5,000-yen bill. Since it has been stored, the operator puts a 10,000 yen bill
You have to replace it with a storage tray 9 for storing 10,000-yen bills and make a payment.

On the other hand, if all the denominations are stored correctly, the operator has entered the deposit amount of 5,000 yen into the POS terminal, so the operator can deposit the deposit amount of 1 yen into the POS terminal.
You have to re-enter as 0,000 yen and settle the payment.

In the drawings, the means for detecting the denomination of the bill stored in the case 8 is provided only in one storage tray 9, for example, 10,0.
The explanation has been given with an example in which it is attached only to the storage tray 9 for storing 00 yen bills, but if it is also attached to the storage tray 9 for other banknotes, the trouble can be reduced to a tray. The example in which the seeds are displayed on the screen of the CRT 18 has been described, but for example, one of a plurality of light emitting elements (LEDs) (not shown) arranged on the display panel (not shown) emits light to determine which denomination It may be possible to know whether the holding metal fitting 11 of the storage tray 9 is lifted.

Furthermore, the display of the denomination may be made to disappear when a new customer inputs sales or inputs a purchasing operation.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of denomination displayed on the display means and the amount of deposit are collated, and the bills sorted into each storage tray are different among the stored bills. By checking whether or not the banknotes of the denomination are stored, it is possible to immediately determine which banknote was the deposited banknote. This has the advantage that troubles related to the transfer of money can be prevented.

Even if the customer makes a complaint after the next input is started, the time of deposit and the denomination of the banknote deposited at that time are recorded in the storage medium. There is an advantage that it is possible to find past mistakes in the transfer of money by sorting the bills in the storage tray and sequentially checking the stored bills.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a POS terminal having one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a case having one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are books. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of displaying denomination and time on the display unit of the POS terminal equipped with the embodiment of the invention. 2 ... Main memory, 3 ... Auxiliary memory, 7 ... Cash box, 8 ... Case, 9 ... Storage tray, 10 ... Partition plate, 11 ... Banknote holding metal fitting, 14 ... Limit switch, 18 ... … Cathode ray tube.

Front page continued (72) Inventor Atsushi Kimura 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-55-129854 (JP, A) JP-A-57-109082 (JP, A)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data processing machine with a cash registration function, comprising a cash box, and a storage tray formed by partitioning the inside of the cash box case with a partition plate.
A bill holding metal fitting attached to the storage tray for storing bills,
A holding metal fitting lifting detection unit that outputs a signal when the bill holding metal fitting is lifted, and a display unit that displays which denomination of the bill holding metal fitting is lifted when a signal is output from the holding metal fitting lifting detection unit. A data processing machine with a cash registration function, characterized by being equipped with. 2. The display means displays which denomination of the bill pressing metal fitting is lifted, and the time when the bill holding metal fitting is lifted is displayed. Data processing machine with the cash registration function described in 1). 3. The display means for displaying, on the display means, which denomination of the bill holding metal fitting has been lifted and a display of the time thereof are recorded in the recording means. Data processing machine with the cash registration function described in paragraph.