JPH02226464A - Freight charge processor for transporting material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To evade the complication of a deleting processing by calculating and displaying the total sum charge when designation is canceled, and erasing the display of an item in an erased classification. CONSTITUTION:When a customer designates special handling classifications A to C, a basic charge, special handling type names A to C, and special handling charges A to C, and their total charge, etc., are displayed on a screen. When customer's mind is changed after the displaying, and he desires to cancel B, an operator operates a cancellation designating means 2, and operates to cancel the designation of B. A calculating means 5 newly calculates the total charge based on the basic charge and the special handling charges A and C. A display means 3 erases the special handling classification name B and the special handling charge B, and then calculates the newly calculated total charge. Thus the arbitrary deletion of the special handling is facilitated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a charge processing device for transported items, and in particular to a processing device for processing charges for transported items, which calculates and displays the charges for postal items based on handling type, quantity, etc. The present invention relates to a fee processing device.

Conventional Technology Transportation charges are generally determined by adding a special handling charge to the basic charge.

For this reason, conventionally known devices of this type display the special handling charge and the transportation charge, which is the total charge of the basic charge and the special handling charge (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-143
(See Publication No. 669).

For example, the basic charge for postage is determined based on the type and weight of the mail, and the special handling charge is determined based on the content of special handling and the weight of the mail. It has become so. Here, the type of mail item refers to the external shape of the mail item (for example, regular size,
(non-standard format) or content (for example, books) (classification); special handling refers to, for example, handling by express delivery, registered mail, or delivery date specified.

``Problems to be Solved by the Invention'' By the way, with the above-mentioned conventional device, special handling for one summer, such as express delivery, simple registered mail,
When specifying the delivery date manually, the following inconveniences may occur. In other words, after manually applying multiple special handlings, if the customer changes their mind and wants to cancel some (items) of the manually applied special handlings, they can delete all the special handlings and enter them again from the beginning. The operation had to be repeated, making the operation extremely complicated. A similar problem also occurred in the case of incorrect human power.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is a tolling agent for transported goods that can easily cancel special handling.
The purpose is to provide equipment.

"Means for Solving the Problems" This invention calculates a basic charge based on the type and weight of the transported object, calculates a special handling charge based on the special handling type of the transported object, and calculates the total charge. 0111 In the freight rate processing device for transportation, comprising a calculating means for calculating the basic charge, a special handling charge, and a total charge calculated by the calculating means on a screen, the display means includes a special display means. A display control means for displaying the special handling type name and the special handling fee in a section for each handling type, and commanding cancellation of the designation of any type among the special handling types displayed on the display means. and a designation canceling means for canceling the designation of the type when receiving a command to cancel the designation of the type from the cancellation command means, and when the designation of the type is canceled by the designation canceling means. (b) causing the calculating means to newly calculate the total charge and displaying the newly calculated total charge, and (b) erasing the display of the item of the type canceled by the designation canceling means. According to
” Issue 2 has been resolved.

[effect j Assume that the customer specifies special handling types A, B, and C.

Depending on the operator's operation, the basic charge, special handling type name A
, B, C1, special handling charges A, B, C1, and their total charges are displayed on the screen. After the above display is displayed, the customer may change his or her mind and wish to cancel B. In this case, the operator operates the cancellation command means to cancel the designation of B. The calculating means newly calculates the total fee from the basic fee and the special handling fee Δ,9. The display means erases the display of each special handling type B and special handling fee B, and calculates a newly calculated total fee.

According to this configuration, arbitrary deletion of special handling can be easily performed.

"Embodiments" Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external groove 1 of a postage converter according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the postage converter of this example includes a meter M section 1 consisting of a weighing scale, etc.
and an operation display section 61 which is electrically connected to the quantity section 1 and is equipped with an operation section 2 operated by the operator and a display section 3 that displays the amount 6'-L. The display unit 3 is a dot display device with a double-sided display structure, as seen in X.
I'm here. The display section 3 displays, for example, the type of mail and basic information such as gold, special handling details and charges, city (71 range and total charges, etc.), various selection screens, menose/art dealer, and help screen. is now displayed.

The operating section 2 is provided below the display section 3, and includes a function key section 2a, a % preset key section 2b, a numeric key section 2c, and a 6-type selection key section 2d.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of the operating section 2. FIG.

In this figure, the function key part 2a is a zero reset key,
Setting key Consists of help key and number key. The above-mentioned zero reset key is a key for instructing checking of the reference value and resetting of the measuring unit l, the above-mentioned setting key is an input key for instructing various settings, and the above-mentioned help key is for specifying a more detailed explanation screen. The mail number key is a key that instructs to calculate the charges all at once when there are multiple pieces of the same mail. The preset keys 2b include a domestic regular mail key 21b, a domestic parcel key 22b, a foreign letter key 23b, and a foreign parcel key 24b.
and a special handling key 25b. The domestic regular mail key 21b consists of a regular mail key for specifying domestic standard mail and a non-standard mail key for specifying non-standard mail. The domestic parcel mail keys 22b include a first (city) key for specifying the city as the destination for domestic parcels, a first (other) key for specifying the first zone outside the city, and a second key for specifying the second zone. It consists of a 2 key and a 3rd key for specifying a 3rd zone. The foreign letter key 23b consists of a sea mail key for specifying that a foreign letter should be handled by sea mail, and an air mail key for specifying that a foreign letter should be handled by air mail. The foreign parcel key 24b includes a surface mail key that specifies handling of foreign parcels as sea mail, an air mail key that designates handling of air mail, and an SA that designates handling of SAL mail.
It consists of an L key. In addition, the special handling keys 25b include a registered mail (cash) key that specifies handling of registered mail as cash, a registered mail (goods) key that designates handling of registered mail other than registered mail, a simple registered mail key that designates handling of simple registered mail, and an express mail key that designates handling of express delivery. Consists of keys. The numeric keypad portion 2c is used for operations such as inputting various data and selecting and deleting predetermined items. Various selection keys, some 2d are type selection +-1 handling selection keys,
It consists of a human key and a clear key. here,
The type selection key is used on the type selection screen (
The handling selection key has the function of instructing the display of a handling selection screen (menu screen) for selecting the content of special handling of mail. The input key has various settings and input operation functions, and the clear key C has functions for instructing settings, corrections, mode switching, etc.

Next, the electrical configuration of the postage converter according to this example will be explained with reference to FIG. In this figure, reference numeral 5 is a CPU (central processing unit) that controls each part of the device, and this CPIJ 5 includes a ROM 7 that stores its control program, etc., a RAM 8 that stores various data, and the above-mentioned measurement section 1. l'4 The drawing section 2 and the display section 3 are connected, and the printing section 6 can also be connected. R.O.
M7 stores, in addition to the L control program, money information and character pattern information that associate mail types, weight classifications, and charges. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 3 includes a handling type register 8a, an fffm register 8b, a lower limit weight register 3c, an upper limit weight register 8d,
Areas such as a basic charge register 8e, a special handling register 8f, and a total charge register 8g are reserved.

Here, the handling identification register 8a is an area for storing the type of the mail to be handled, the weight register 8b is an area for storing the weight of the mail, and the lower limit weight register 8c is for the weight to which the mail belongs. This is an area for storing the lower limit value of the range, the upper limit weight register 8d is an area for storing the upper limit value of the heavy electric range to which the mail item belongs, and the basic charge register 8 stores the basic charge for the mail item. It is an area where Here, the maximum weight is Instar 8C1.
The contents stored in the upper limit heavy electric charge register 8() and the basic charge register 8e are determined based on the above-mentioned charge information in the ROM 7.For example, if the type of the mail is "non-standard size" And, when the weight is r75Jg, based on these manual data, from the above price information in ROM1, the lower limit Ichikawa data is 50jg, the upper limit weight data is rlooJg, and the basic charge data is r1704 yen. The lower limit weight register 8c, the upper limit electric power register 8d and the basic charge register 7 are read out, respectively.
The data is stored in the star 8e (see FIG. 4). Next, the special handling register 8f can store up to eight items of special handling contents. Each item designated by number consists of special handling type, fee, and flag. Here, the above flag specifies the display state of the display unit 3. For example, when the content of the flag is "O", it means normal display, and when the flag is "1", it means reverse display. Also, the total charge/streak 8g is an area that stores the result of adding the content of the basic charge register 8e and each charge content of the special handling register 81, that is, the total charge (postal charge). Yes.The above various registers 8a-8
The stored contents of g are displayed on the screen of the display section 3.

Next, the operation of the postage converter according to this example will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the power supply is turned on, the CPU 5 displays the program flowchart and checks the memory, and then in step SPI reads the "fixed form" from the ROM 7, determines the handling type, and transfers it to the CPU 8a. As a result, "Standard" is initially set in the handling type register 8a.

The reason why "standard size" is initially set (designated) as the type of mail item is because it is considered that normally, standard size mail items are handled the most. On the other hand, the CPU 5 initializes the registers 8b to 8g to "O".

After initializing the contents of various registers 8a to 8g, the CPU 5 displays the contents of these initial settings on the display unit 3 as an initial screen.
(See Figure 6). [Standard form-1] is an abbreviation of [Domestic regular mail type 1 standard form] +Vh, and the actual screen displays the official name +3+-, as shown in Figure 6.
Domestic regular mail 1st form, 1 or 1 is displayed.

However, for the sake of simplicity, it is also referred to as [fixed form 1] in the following. At this point, the operator determines whether the customer is a customer, the type of mail being sent, and whether it is of a fixed size (step S
2). If the result of the judgment is "1NO", that is, if the mail to be handled is not 1 fixed j [d], the type of the mail is input to the CPU 5 by pressing the corresponding key on the preset key 2b of the operation section 2. (Step SI)
3). For example, if the type of mail is a letter of foreign mail 90 regular mail, the operator will press the surface mail key of the foreign letter key 23b.

At this time, if the type of mail you wish to set is not in the preset key section 2b, first operate the type selection key to display the type selection screen (menu screen), then select one of the preset key sections 2C. When you press the key corresponding to the selection scale, the type of mail you want to set is entered manually.

C1) When U5 receives the input of the type of mail,
In step SP4, the content of the handling type/step 8a is rewritten to the manually inputted type, and the "Standard form" screen (Fig. 6) on the display section 3 is deleted, and instead, for example, "Foreign shipping mail" is displayed. Display the "Regular Postal Letter" screen (Figure 7). Here, since the type of mail to be handled has been correctly displayed, the operator moves to step SP5 and places the mail on the weighing pan-L of the weighing section 1. On the other hand, the operator determines that the result of the judgment in step SP2 is rY E
In the case of S1, that is, when the mail to be handled is a "standard size", there is no need to change the screen, so the process immediately proceeds to step SP5, and the mail is placed on the weighing pan of the weighing section 1. rFI'! :When a piece of mail is placed on part n l, C
In step SP6, the PU 5 waits for the meter injection signal (postal item 10 (and value) supplied from the weighing section 1 to become stable, and then stores the small quantity value (total h1 signal) in the heavy h-run star 8b. After that, proceed to step S P7, and execute the charge calculation/display processing shown in F below.Based on the type of mail item and city m value, basic charge information is calculated from the charge information in ROM7. The L limits Ip, I'il and lower limit of the public division are read out and displayed respectively.

For example, if the type of postal item is 3-1, and
If the width is [1 or r75-Jg, the screen shown in FIG. 8 will be displayed. The customer and operator look at the screen shown in Figure 8 and check whether the "non-standard size" mail item is over 50g or more.
If it falls under the weight category up to 100g and is handled properly, you can instantly determine that the charge is 170 yen. here,
The operator determines whether the customer desires special handling (step 5P3). If the customer does not request special treatment, the fee shown on the screen (see Figure 8) is 170 yen, and then the customer receives the fee (step S).
P2]), remove the mail from the weighing pan for a total of 1 copy 1 (Step 5 P22). When the mail is removed from the weighing pan, the CP
U5 returns to step SPl and registers 8a to 8.
After clearing the contents of g, return to the initial setting state, and
The initial screen (FIG. 6) is displayed on the display section 3. and,
Wait for the next mail item to arrive. On the other hand, if the operator desires special handling at step SP3, the operator inputs the type of special handling desired by the customer into the CPU 5 by pressing the corresponding key of the special handling keys 25b (step 5P9). At this time, if the type of special handling desired by the customer is not on the preset keys 2b, first operate the handling selection key to display the handling selection screen (menu screen), then select one of the numeric keys 2c. When the customer presses the key corresponding to the selection number, the type of special handling desired by the customer is entered manually.

In step SP8, for example, if the customer desires express delivery, he or she presses the express delivery key of the special handling keys 25b.

When the CPU 5 receives the express delivery key signal from the operation unit 2, it proceeds to step 5PIQ, and executes processing for calculating and displaying a special handling charge, for example, an express delivery handling charge. here,
The special handling charge is calculated based on the mail type and weight registered in the handling type/meta 8a and weight register 8b, and the charge information in the ROM 7 corresponding to the input special handling type. Ru. Figure 9 shows that the screen in Figure 8 (step 5P7) has the "Express Delivery" item and "Total 37
In this example, "0 yen" is displayed. In this case, the types of special handling include (a) items that are not related to weight, such as proof of delivery, (b) items that are related to delivery, such as express delivery, and (c) items that are related to mail, such as registered mail. For example, there are cases where other information (for example, damage compensation amount) is required to calculate the fee. In the case of b), the weight is taken into consideration as mentioned above. In addition,
In the case of (c), as shown in FIG. 10, a screen requesting human labor for information on the pond is displayed.

Even after one item of special handling charges is displayed (step 5 PIO), if the operator desires another special handling, the operator returns to step SP9 and repeats the operation of the special handling key described above. Manpower of the applicable special handling type will be carried out. Note that among the special handling types, it is possible to specify this special handling only when other special handling types such as delivery certificate or content certificate, for example, registered mail, are specified. When such special handling is performed manually, if the special handling of the pond, for example, registered mail, is not performed manually, it will be an erroneous operation, and a message to that effect will be displayed on the display unit 3. In addition, as mentioned above, the special handling/suffix 8f can store up to 8 items, so special handling can be done manually or by up to 8 types (items).
The handling type and the calculated charges are stored in the special handling register 8f in the order in which they were entered manually. However, the number of types of special handling that can be displayed on the screen of the display unit 3 is limited to four due to the display space. Previously, if the number of special handling types selected was 4 or less,
As shown in FIG. 11, if the same display or the number of special handling types input is 5 or more, for example, "4.
The total fee for that pond will be displayed as follows: If you want to check the contents of "Other totals", operate part 2C of the numeric keypad and place "4", then press the "Help" key, and the breakdown will be displayed. Na-)
ing.

When the operator completes all special handling input processing (step 5P11), the operator inputs the special handling input manually.
If there is no correction (Step 5P12), after receiving the entire displayed total t1 (Figure 11) from the customer (Step 5I) 21), move the mail from the weighing pan to the storage box (
Step 5P22). When the mail is removed from the weighing pan,
The CPU 5 returns to step SP1, repeats the above-described process, and then waits for the next mail item to be handled. On the other hand, if the operator wants to delete all items regarding special handling manually (Step 5P12, Step 5P13)
, press the clear key C of the various selection keys 2d (step 5pt4). When the CPU 5 receives the clear key signal from the operation section 2, it proceeds to step 5p15, clears all the contents of the special handling register 8f, and then erases all special handling items from the screen of the display section 3. As a result, the screen of the display section 3 returns to the screen shown in FIG. When the process of deleting all items with special handling (Step 5P15) is completed,
The operator receives the displayed total charge (No. 8) from the customer.
After receiving the item (see Figure) (step 5P21), the mail is transferred from the weighing pan to the storage box (step 5P22). When the mail is removed from the weighing pan, the CPU 5 returns to step SPI, repeats the above-described process, and then waits for the next mail to be handled.

In step 5P12 and step 5p13, if the operator wants to delete some of the special handling items that have been entered, press the corresponding numeric keypad in number key part 2C and enter the number of the item to be deleted (step 5).
P16). When the CPU 5 receives the corresponding numeric keypad signal from the operation unit 2, it proceeds to step 5P17, specifies the number corresponding to the corresponding numeric keypad signal from the special handling register 8f, and records the contents of the flag in the item of the specified number. of[
Rewrite it from ``0'' to ``1'' and highlight the special handling item to be deleted. For example, FIG. 12 shows an example in which the flag of the item numbered "1" (express delivery) in the special handling register 8f is set to "1". FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example in which the item (express delivery) whose flag is "1" in FIG. 12 is highlighted. Here, after confirming that the highlighted specially handled item is what the operator really wants to delete, the operator presses the clear key C of the various selection keys 2d (
Step 5P18). When the CPIJ 5 receives the clear key signal in step S18 from the operation unit 2, it proceeds to step S19 and clears the items whose flags are "1" among the contents of the special handling register 8f. Then, the contents of the lower numbers are sequentially incremented in the cleared area.

For example, the special handling register 8f immediately before the start of the process
If the contents of are set as shown in FIG.
The item ``Delivery certificate 21'' is moved from the area numbered ``2'' to the area numbered ``1'' and the item ``Delivery certificate 21'' is moved from the area numbered ``3'' to the area numbered ``2.'' Then, the CPU 5 calculates a new total charge based on the contents of the special handling register 8f after the deletion, and then displays this calculation result and the contents of the special handling register 8f after the deletion (see Figure 14). )
. Here, if there are other items to be deleted (step 5P20), the operator
Press the corresponding numeric keypad C (step 5P16) and repeat the above process.

As mentioned above, among the special handling types, there are those that can be specified independently, such as registered mail, and those that can be specified only subordinate to another special handling type (registered mail), such as proof of delivery. Therefore, when the number of the item to be deleted is entered manually, if there is a special handling that is subordinate to the special handling of the number of this item, that display will also be highlighted, and in the highlighted state, When the clear key C is pressed, the special handling of the item whose number was entered manually and the special handling subordinate thereto are simultaneously deleted. For example, when the screen in Figure 11 is displayed,
When you manually input ``2'' by operating the number pad 2c, both the 2nd meter item and the 3rd item 1'' will be highlighted, and after this, pressing the clear key 〇 will display 2i[1]. The third term [1
or deleted at the same time. Then, if there is a special treatment that is subordinate to the special treatment in item [1] for which the number has been input, the t flag is set to indicate that. Then, the decision is made based on the contents of this flag.

In addition, if 5 or more types of special handling are specified and you delete a special handling item that is not displayed on the current screen, first ``
After entering ``4'', press the ``Help'' key, and the special handling item you want to delete will be displayed. After this, the deletion procedure described in ``2'' will be repeated.

In step 5P20, if the item to be deleted no longer exists, the CPU 5 receives the total charge displayed from the customer (FIG. 14) (step 5P21).
), the mail is removed from the weighing pan and the entire process is completed (Step 5P22). When the mail is removed from the weighing pan, the CP
U5 returns to step SP1, repeats the above-described process, and then waits for the next mail item to be handled.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, special handling/meta 8f
Although we have described the case where the deletion items within are specified by numbers (Step 5P16), the invention is not limited to this; for example, you may specify the deletion items by katakana, alpha characters, or other symbols. .

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiments, the special handling type is manually determined after the mail is weighed, or the special handling type is manually determined even before the mail is weighed. It is also possible to configure such a configuration. In this case, for example, if special handling (such as express delivery) where the fee is calculated based on the weight of the mail item is manually performed, the weight of the mail item is set to "0" and the It is possible to calculate and display the charges, and then later, when the mail is weighed, to newly calculate and display the charges based on the weighed values.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case was described in which a weighing section was provided and the weight data of mail items was manually input directly from the weighing section, but instead of this, the device is not equipped with a weighing section, A scale may be disposed near the apparatus, and the weight value of the mail item measured by the scale may be entered manually by operating the numeric keypad.

Furthermore, in the case of Example 2, the weight value of the mail item is not displayed, and only the lower limit weight value and lower limit weight value of the weight category are displayed.
Not limited to this, only the city m value of the mail,
Or the weight of the mail ↑ along with the upper limit weight value and lower limit weight value
may be displayed.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, the present invention calculates the basic charge based on the type of transported object and the streetcar, calculates the special handling charge based on the special handling type of the transported object, and calculates the special handling charge based on the special handling type of the transported object. In the freight rate processing device for transportation, comprising a calculation means for calculating a total charge, and a display means for displaying the basic charge, special handling charge, and total charge calculated by the calculation means described in 111. a display control means for displaying the name of the special handling type and the special handling fee in a column for each special handling type on the display means, and designation of any type among the special handling types displayed on the display means; the designation canceling means for canceling the designation of the type when receiving a command to cancel the designation of the type from the cancellation commanding means; or is canceled, the calculation means is caused to calculate the total charge anew, and the newly calculated total charge is displayed, and Since the display is designed to be erased, it is possible to easily delete an item that is subject to special handling while looking at the displayed content on the screen.

So, for example, when a customer looks at the total price displayed,
Even if a situation arises in which the user realizes that he/she has insufficient money and wants to delete part of the special treatment, the deletion process can be avoided from becoming complicated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a postage converter that is an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is an oblique view showing the external appearance of the postage converter (1M configuration). Figure 3 is an 11-mograph diagram showing the configuration of the operating section of the postage converter, Figure 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the RAM of the postage converter, and Figure 5 is a full postage conversion diagram. Flowchart for explaining the operation of the machine, FIGS. 6 to 11 are front views showing display examples of the same embodiment, FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing the storage contents of the special handling register in the RAM, and FIG. 13 14 is a front view showing a display example of the same embodiment. 1... Measuring section (measuring means), 2... Operation section (cancellation command means, key manual means) , 2a...
・Function key city, 2b...own, preset cow part, 2C
・・・・・・Part of numeric keypad, 2d：Various selection keys, 3：Display part (display means), 4：・・・
...Operation display unit, 5...CPU (calculation means, specified cancellation step) 7...ROM, 8...R
AM, 8a... Handling type register, 8b...
...Weight register, 8C...Lower limit weight register, 8d...Upper limit weight register, 8e...
...Basic charge register, 8f...Special handling register, 8g...Total charge register.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A basic charge is calculated based on the type and weight of the transported item,
Calculating a special handling charge based on the special handling type of the transported item, and displaying on a screen the basic charge, special handling charge, and total charge calculated by the calculation means, and a calculation means for calculating the total charge. A display control means for displaying, on the display means, a special handling type name and the special handling fee, separated into sections for each special handling type; A cancellation command means for instructing the cancellation of the designation of any type among the special handling types displayed on the means; and a designation to cancel the designation of the said type when a command to cancel the designation of the said type is received from said cancellation command means. and a cancellation means, when the designation of the type is canceled by the designation cancellation means, causing the calculation means to newly calculate the total fee, and display the newly calculated total fee. , and erases the display of the item of the type canceled by the designation cancellation means.