JPH0795353B2 - Information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device.

(B) Conventional technology In a conventional restaurant, hotel, etc., customer orders are sequentially stored in the memory of the information processing device, and when the customer pays, the stored data is read out and the order details are stored. And print the total amount on a receipt or guest check, show it to the customer and receive the price, then print the final order details, total amount and settlement details on a new receipt or guest check and give it to the customer Due to this, the settlement process has been completed (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 63-267723).

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, in the conventional method, it is necessary to separately prepare a receipt or guest check to be shown to the customer first and a receipt or guest check to be delivered to the customer after the settlement. Since the customer needs two receipts or a guest check, a large amount of paper is required, and the receipt or guest check given to the first customer is useless, and improvement has been demanded.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a memory for storing input data and a printer for printing the data stored in the memory at the start of settlement. And a print line number memory for storing the number of lines printed by the printer, and a control means for controlling the data to be read from the print line number memory at the time of the next printing and feeding the paper to that position to start printing. It was done.

(E) Operation Since the present invention is configured as described above, after printing the order details on the guest check and showing it to the customer first, it is possible to receive the payment and continuously print the settlement data on the same guest check. It will be better with a guest check.

(F) Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(1) is a keyboard for inputting registration data, and comprises a numeric keypad for registering amount data, a product division key, a transaction key, a person in charge key, and the like. (2) is a control circuit which performs various controls according to a program of a program memory (3) in which a processing program is stored in advance based on a key signal input from the keyboard (1), and is composed of a microprocessor. (4) is a data memory in which registration data input from the keyboard (1) is stored, as shown in FIG. 2 for one customer, an area (4a) for storing registration data, a total amount of money is stored. Area (4
b) An area (4c) for storing print line number data and a print flag area (4d) are provided, and a capacity for storing data for a plurality of customers is provided, and the data is read out under the control of the control circuit (2). Alternatively, writing is performed. Reference numeral (5) is a display for displaying the amount data input from the keyboard (1) and the data processed by the control circuit (2). (6) (7) shows receipt data and journal paper, sales data such as amount data input from the keyboard (1) and data arithmetically processed by the control circuit (2), which are controlled by the control circuit (2). Below are a receipt printer and a journal printer that print in a predetermined format.
(8) is a slip printer that prints sales data on the guest check (9) as shown in FIG. 8, and the guest check (9) is performed under the control of the control circuit (2) by operating a predetermined key on the keyboard (1). ) Is printed in the specified format.

Next, the operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described by taking the case of use in a restaurant as an example.

When an order is received, first a code number ("1001" in this case) specified by the customer is input, and then order data is input by operating the keys on the keyboard (1) as shown in FIG.
Then, the control circuit (2) which detects that the registration mode is set determines whether or not the print flag is set in step (S1). However, since the print flag is not set yet, the step Proceed to (S4) to write the input order data in the data memory (4). As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the data memory (4) stores the order data in the area (4a) and the total amount of the ordered products up to that time in the area (4b). And when another customer places an order, by entering order data in the same way,
Order data is stored in another area of the data memory (4). In this way, order data for a plurality of customers can be stored in the data memory (4).

If the first customer to order next makes an additional order,
When the key operation is performed as shown in the figure, the control circuit (2) proceeds to step (S4) after the determination of step (S1) and writes the added order data to the data memory (4). The order data is added and stored in 4) as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation when the customer finishes the meal and pays the bill will be described.

When the customer tells the payment, the guest check (9) is set on the slip printer (8), the customer's code number is input, and the key operation in the payment mode is performed as shown in FIG. The detected control circuit (2) proceeds to step (S10) and determines whether or not the print flag is set. Since printing is not yet performed and the print flag has not been set, the process proceeds to step (S11), the corresponding data is read from the data memory (4), and the read data is supplied to the slip printer (8) in step (S12). Then, as shown in Figure 8, guest check (9)
Print on. At this time, the control circuit (2) calculates how many lines have been printed, and when printing is completed, the print line number data is written in the area (4c) of the data memory (4) as shown in FIG. At the same time, the print flag of area (4d) is set to "1".

Show the guest check printed there to the customer, check the order details and total amount, receive the payment, set the guest check (9) on the slip printer (8) again, and then settle as shown in Fig. 10. When the key operation is performed, the control circuit (2) that detects the key signal will
In (0), it is determined whether or not the print flag is set. Since the print flag is being set now, the process proceeds to step (S19) to perform the settlement process, and then in step (S20) the data memory ( The print line number data is read from the area (4c) of 4), and the slip printer (8) is controlled in step (S21) based on the data obtained by adding "1" to the read data, and the paper of the guest check (9) is read. Send. As a result, in the guest check (9), the next print line that has already been printed is set at the print position.
Then, in step (S22), the adjustment data processed in step (S19) is printed subsequent to the previous printing, as shown in FIG. Upon completion of printing, the control circuit (2) clears the print flag in step (S23) and ends the process (see FIG. 12). The printed guest check (9) is given to the customer, and the settlement process for the customer ends.

If the amount of print data is too large to print on one guest check (9), it is detected in step (S13) that a predetermined number of print lines that can be printed on one guest check (9) have been printed. When the control circuit (2) proceeds to step (S17) and clears the counted print line number data and then detects that a new guest check (9) is set at step (S18), step (S11) Proceed to and print the remaining data.

Next, the operation when the customer requests to view the order details so far will be described.

When requested by the customer, the same key operation as in the case of the payment mode is performed in the same manner as described above and steps (S11) to (S1
By the process of 6), the guest check (9) is printed as shown in FIG. 8 so that the guest can see it. If there is an additional order after printing once, the registration mode process shown in FIG. 13 is performed in the same manner as described above, but once printing is performed, the print flag is printed in step (S16). Is set, the control circuit (2) that detects the setting of the print flag in step (S1) proceeds to step (S2), and the number of print lines stored in the area (4c) of the data memory (4). While setting the data to "0",
After resetting the print flag of the area (4d) in step (S3), the process proceeds to step (S4) and the added order data is written in the data memory (4).

When this customer is to be settled, a new guest check (9) is set on the slip printer (8), and the settlement key is operated in the same manner as described above.
The print flag is determined in (0), but since the print flag was reset in step (S3) when additional registration was performed, the process proceeds from step (S10) to step (S11), and the guest is processed in the same manner as described above. The check (9) is printed. Even if you print once in the middle like this,
When the additional registration is performed, the print line number data is set to "0" and the print flag is set by the processing of steps (S2) and (S3). Therefore, the data registered in the data memory (4) is set. Can be printed from the beginning.

The contents of the data memory (4) may be cleared at the end of the settlement process for one customer, or may be cleared at the settlement process at the end of the day's work.

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is configured to store all customer order data in the memory, and to store the number of printed lines when the data is read from the memory at the time of payment and printed. When printing again, it is possible to feed the paper up to the line that has been printed and continue printing, and it is possible to print on one sheet at a time, which is effective in saving paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a data memory, and FIG.
FIGS. 5, 5, 7 and 10 are diagrams for explaining key operations, FIGS. 4, 6, 9, and 12 are schematic diagrams showing a data storage state of a data memory, and FIG. Fig. 11 and Fig. 11 show the print state of the guest check, Figs. 13 and 14 show the first.
It is a flowchart which shows the operation state of a figure. (1) ... Keyboard, (2) ... Control circuit, (4) ... Data memory, (8) ... Slip printer, (9) ... Guest check.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting and registering order data, mode designation for settlement, etc., a printer for printing a guest check, a first area for storing order data input by the input means, and a first area for storing the order data. It has a second area for storing the number of print lines when the order data in one area is printed by the printer and a third area for storing the data indicating that the data in the first area is printed by the printer. Memory and
And a control means, wherein the control means indicates that the order data in the first area is printed by the printer when the settlement mode is designated by the input means. If the data is not data, the data in the first area is printed on the guest check set in the printer,
The number of printing lines is counted, the result is stored in the second area, and the data indicating that the data in the first area is printed by the printer is stored in the third area, while
When the data in the third area is data indicating that the data in the first area has been printed by the printer, the guest checks set in the printer by the number of print lines in the second area. The paper feed and the first
An information processing apparatus, characterized in that a settlement process is executed based on data in an area and the result is printed on the guest check. 2. When the data in the third area is data indicating that the data in the first area has been printed by the printer, the input of order data stored in the first area is the input. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means clears the data in the third area when input by the input means.