JPH03189900A - terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a POS operation when performing accounting by forming an input means to perform the input of first order information in a portable type, and issuing a document on which the print recording and magnetic recording of second order information are performed. CONSTITUTION:A portable input device 1 is comprised of a CPU 11 to control each part of the input device, a memory 12 to store an input content transiently, a keyboard 13, a display part 14 to display and reproduce the input content, and an external connection terminal 15. Also, a data transfer device 2 collects order data inputted to the portable input device 1 and transfers it to a control part 3. When a received order item is inputted by operating the carrying input means 1, it is fetched in the control means 3 via the transfer means 2, then, charge tabulation processing and editing processing are performed, and it is worked and generated to the second order information, and a recording means 4 prints the second order information on a document 5, and also, the magnetic recording is performed. In such a way, an accounting job and a goods managing job can be simplified and time for them can be shortened.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Field of Industrial Application" This invention relates to a terminal device for an accounting management/product management system that manages sales charges, sales items, etc., and is particularly useful for smooth accounting processing in restaurants, etc. The present invention relates to a terminal device suitable for use in.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, terminal devices for customer service used in family restaurants and the like have only been used to input order details and print the items and charges on a slip.

``Problem to be solved by the invention'' For this reason, at the time of accounting, the operator must re-enter the details and charges into the terminal device of the POS (Point of 5ales) system (hereinafter referred to as the POS terminal device). , which required complicated labor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device that can simplify accounting operations and sales item management operations and shorten processing time.

"Means for Solving the Problems" In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a portable input means for inputting first order information, and a portable input means for inputting first order information, and a portable input means for inputting first order information. a control means for creating second order information based on the first order information transferred by the transfer means, and a printing surface and magnetic field on which the second order information is to be written. A form having a recording surface and according to the instructions of the control means,
The present invention is characterized in that it includes recording means for printing the second order information on the printing portion of the form and for magnetically recording the second order information on the magnetic recording surface.

1. Effects'' For example, when the terminal device of the present invention is used in a restaurant, a waitress goes to a customer's table and receives an order. The waitress inputs the ordered items (first order information) by operating the input means that she carries. The input order items and the like are taken into the control means via the transfer means, subjected to charge aggregation processing and editing processing, and processed into second order information. The above recording means is
The second order information processed and created by the control means is printed on the form and magnetically recorded.

In this way, the second order information is printed and magnetically recorded on the above-mentioned form, so at the time of checkout, all that is required is to read this magnetic information into the PoS terminal device, which allows accounting operations and products to be processed. It is possible to simplify management work and shorten time.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a terminal device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable input device for inputting the customer's order details (items, quantities, etc.).

This prayer belt input device R1 is equipped with a CPU (central processing unit f!j) 11 that controls each part of the input device, as shown in FIG. 2, so that input contents can be corrected and reproduced. ,
A memory I2 that temporarily stores input contents, and a keyboard 13 that includes a numeric keypad, character input keys, function keys, etc.
, a display section 4 for displaying and reproducing input contents, and an external connection terminal 15. The display section 14 is made up of one of a liquid crystal display element, a plasma display element, a fluorescent display element, and the like. 2 is a data transfer device that can be connected to the portable input device 1, and absorbs the order data input to the portable input device 1 and sends it to the control unit 3.
Transfer to. The control unit 3 includes a CPU, a memory that stores unit prices for each item, etc., a data transfer device 2, and a printer 4.
It consists of a communication circuit for communicating with the data transfer device 2, a power supply, etc., and reads the unit price corresponding to the ordered item transferred from the data transfer device 2 from the memory, calculates the total charge, etc., and performs editing. It performs processing and also controls and instructs the printer 4. The printer 4 consists of a printing unit configured by a thermal printer or an inkjet printer and a magnetic recording unit configured similar to a magnetic card writer. The slip 5 is issued by printing and simultaneously magnetically recording the unit price, total amount, name of person in charge, etc. It should be noted that the printer 4 is equipped with an alarm indicator to notify of printing abnormality or magnetic recording abnormality. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the format of the front surface of the slip 5 applied to this example, that is, the printing surface 51. On the printing surface 51, the order details (item, quantity), The unit price, total amount, etc. are printed. Further, FIG. 4 shows an example of the format of the back surface 52 of the slip 5, on which a striped magnetic recording medium film (hereinafter referred to as magnetic stripe surface) 53 is coated or adhered. and,
On this magnetic stripe surface 53, data such as order details (item, quantity, unit price, total amount, etc.) are written by the magnetic recording unit of the printer 4. Also, 6 is a magnetic stripe league (not shown). It is a PoS terminal device equipped with the above-mentioned PoS system, and is capable of reading data written on the magnetic stripe surface 53 of the slip 5 and transmitting the read data online to a computer (not shown), which is the main body of the POS system. There is.

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

The control unit 3 first waits for order data to be transferred from the portable input device l via the data transfer device 2 (
Step spB. Here, the waitress goes to the customer's table with the portable input device l and inputs the received order details by operating the keyboard 13 of the portable terminal device l. When you have finished entering your order details, the portable input device
The input data is displayed (reproduced) on the display unit 14 of. After confirming that the order details have been entered correctly, the portable input device i is connected to the data transfer device 2 installed and fixed nearby, and the input data is transferred to the control section 3. When the control unit 3 receives data from the data transfer device 2, it temporarily stores the sent data in an internal buffer (step 5P2), reads out the stored data sequentially, and performs aggregation processing for items, charges, etc. At the same time, edit processing for creating printing data is performed (Step 5P3)
). When the above aggregation processing/editing processing is completed, the created printing data is sent to the printer 4 and printed (
Step 5P4). The printer 4 prints printing data consisting of ordered items, their charges, etc. on the surface of the slip 5 in accordance with instructions from the control section 3 (see FIG. 3). After sending the printing data, the control section 3 proceeds to step SP5 and determines whether printing has been performed normally. As a result of the judgment, if there is a printing abnormality, the alarm indicator indicating the printing abnormality of the printer 4 is blinked (step SPI■), and the operator waits for the confirmation button to clear the abnormality to be pressed (step SP12). . Then, by the inspector, for example,
When the confirmation button is pressed after the jam on the slip 5 is removed, the control section 3 returns to step SP4 and reprints the slip 5. If it is determined that the printing is normal in step SP5, the slip 5 is run in the front-back direction to feed the magnetic stripe 53 to the magnetic recording section of the printer 4 (step 5P6), and then data editing processing is performed. and create magnetic recording data consisting of item (product number), quantity, unit price, etc. (step 5P7). When the above editing process is completed, the created magnetic recording data is sent to the printer 4, and at the same time, an instruction to write the data is given to the printer 4 (step 5P8). The printer 4 has a control unit 3
When the magnetic recording data is supplied from the controller 3, the magnetic recording data is written on the magnetic stripe surface 53 of the slip 5 according to instructions from the control section 3. After completing the sending of the magnetic recording data and write command, the control unit 3 proceeds to step SP9,
It is determined whether data has been correctly written to the magnetic stripe surface 53. If the result of the determination is "YES", that is, the writing was performed normally, slip 5 is issued (step 5 PIO). That is, the printer 4 is caused to eject the slip 5. Upon completion of step 5 pto, the series of operations of the control unit 3 is completed. On the other hand, step SP9
If the result of the determination is rNOJ, that is, a writing error has occurred, data writing is executed again (step 5P8).

As a result of executing the write again, if the write is performed normally this time, slip 5 will be issued (step 5 PIO
), if the abnormality continues, data writing is repeated (step 5P8). If data writing is retried three times and the writing error continues (step 5P13), an alarm indicator that indicates that the magnetic writing is abnormal is blinked (step 5P14). Then, in step 5PI5, wait for the inspector to repair the faulty part (after repair,
Wait for the confirmation button to clear the error to be pressed). When the confirmation button is pressed, the control section 3 returns to step SP8,
Redo the magnetic write of data. As a result, if normal writing is confirmed, slip 5 is issued (step 5 PIO
)L, this completes the series of operations of the control section 3.

The issued slip 5 is sent to the kitchen (cooking room), and the ordered food is prepared according to the contents of the slip 5. When the order is ready, the waitress brings the food and the bill to the customer's table. When customers leave the restaurant after finishing their meal, they must present slip 5.
, go to the cash register and give slip 5 to the operator (accounting clerk).
hand over. The operator inserts the received slip 5 into the slip insertion section of the PO8 terminal device 6. When the slip 5 is inserted, the CPU (not shown) of the PO8 terminal device 6 feeds the inserted slip 5 to the magnetic stripe league, reads the magnetic data there, and performs accounting processing.

According to the above configuration, accounting operations and sales item management operations can be simplified and processing time can be shortened.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the control unit 3 performs the aggregation process, but the portable input device may also have a calculation function.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the format of the slip 5 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, but this is just an example, and it goes without saying that the format is not limited to FIGS. 3 and 4. It is. For example, the printing surface and the magnetic stripe surface may be formed on the same surface.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the printer 4 has an alarm display function to notify of printing abnormality or magnetic writing abnormality. The above-mentioned alarm function may be provided.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, the input means for inputting the first order information is portable, and the input means for inputting the first order information is portable.
Since it is possible to issue a form in which the order information is printed or magnetically recorded, (1) the PO8 operation at the time of checkout can be further simplified;

(2) It is possible to prevent input errors in POS operations.

(3) Accounting processing time can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable input device according to the same embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the format of the front side of the slip applied to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the format of the back side of the slip, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment. l... Portable input device (input means), 2...
... Data transfer device (transfer means), 3 ... Control unit (control means), 4 ... Printer (recording means), 5 ... Form (slip), 51...Printed surface, 53...Magnetic stripe.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Portable input means for inputting first order information; transfer means for transferring the first order information input by the input means; and transfer means for receiving the first order information input by the transfer means. a control means for creating second order information based on the first order information; a form having a print surface and a magnetic recording surface on which the second order information is to be written; A terminal device comprising recording means for printing the second order information on a printing surface of a form and for magnetically recording the second order information on a magnetic recording surface.