JPH07220169A - Data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a data processing device, and when an error of a low level occurs during an input operation, an object thereof is to temporarily skip the handling of the error and deal with it later. [Structure] An error detection unit that detects an error state during data processing, an error release unit that releases the error state while the CPU 3 (error detection unit) is detecting the error state, and an error release unit that releases the error state If the error state is canceled by the error canceling means, the control means for executing the specific processing and ending the data processing, and the storage controlling means for storing the processed data up to the present time in the predetermined storage medium And so on.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to, for example, an electronic cash register (hereinafter referred to as ECR: Electronic Cash Register).
Error cancellation control in the data processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a data processing device such as an ECR, if the harmful noise from the outside is mixed in, or an operator (a cashier in the case of ECR) operating the device makes a wrong operation, the device is hard to operate. In order to protect it in terms of software or software, the processing operation is temporarily suspended,
By displaying the error code and the error message together with the error sound, the process of notifying the occurrence of the error, the type and the cause of the error, prompting the cancellation of the error and the correct operation procedure is performed.

[0003]

However, in general,
Since an operator does not intentionally perform an operation that causes an error, an error that actually occurs generally occurs in a state that the operator does not expect.

As described above, there is no problem if an error that occurs in an unexpected state can be dealt with in a normal manner and the cause can be immediately known and the error can be released. However, the error occurs in front of the customer during the work. In the event of an error, the feeling of urgency to release the error creates a condition that differs from normal mind, and when dealing with such a condition, it often takes time to release the error, and furthermore, the error cannot be released by all means. In this case, by randomly pressing the buttons provided in the input section or turning the operation key, not only the error that has occurred is canceled but also an error level error with a higher degree of fatality may be caused.

Further, even if the customer is waiting for the error handling, it takes a lot of time to clear the error, which causes distrust.

[0006]

An object of the present invention is to temporarily skip the handling of an error and to deal with it later when a low level error occurs during an input operation.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
When an error detection unit that detects an error state during data processing, an error release unit that releases the error state while the error state is being detected by the error detection unit, and an error state that is released by the error release unit, When the specific processing is executed by the control means for executing the specific processing and ending the data processing,
Storage control means for storing the processed data up to the present time in a predetermined storage medium.

According to a second aspect of the invention, an error detecting means for detecting an error state during data processing, an error releasing means for releasing the error state while the error detecting means detects the error state, and the error When the error state is released by the release unit, a control unit that executes the specific process and ends the data process, and a print control unit that performs the specific print on the journal paper when the specific process is executed by the control unit. , Is provided.

Further, in this case, in addition to the invention described in claim 1 or 2, as in the invention described in claim 3, an error level determination for determining an error level of an error state detected by the error detection means. It is effective that a means is provided and the error canceling means cancels the error state based on the error level judged by the error level judging means.

And in this case, claim 1, 2 or 3
In addition to the invention described in claim 4, as in the invention described in claim 4, an error number counting means for counting the number of times of occurrence of the error state detected by the error detecting means is provided,
It is preferable that the control means performs the specific processing and terminates the data processing when the number of occurrences counted by the error number counting means reaches a preset predetermined number.

[0011]

According to the present invention, when the error is detected by the error detecting means and the error is canceled by the error canceling means, a specific process is executed by the control means to perform the data processing. Upon completion, the storage control unit stores the processed data up to the present time.

As a result, when an error occurs, the error is canceled, a specific process is executed when the error is cleared, the data process is terminated, and the processed data is stored.

On the other hand, according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the error is detected by the error detecting means and the error is canceled by the error canceling means, a specific process is executed by the control means to execute the data processing. The processing is terminated, and the print control means performs specific printing on the journal paper.

As a result, when an error occurs, the error is canceled, a specific process is executed when the error is cleared, the data process is terminated, and a specific print is performed on the journal paper.

In this case, according to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the error level of the error state detected by the error level judging means is judged and judged. Whether or not the error state is released by the error releasing means is determined according to the error level.

In this case, according to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the invention described in claim 1, 2 or 3, the number of occurrences of the error state detected by the error number counting means is counted. The control unit executes the specific process in accordance with the counted number of errors and ends the data process.

That is, the error is released only when the error cannot be immediately dealt with, and the storage of the dealt error or the specific printing is prevented.

[0018]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to FIGS.

1 to 6 are views showing an embodiment of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention.

First, the structure will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of an ECR1 which is a data processing apparatus of this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, an EC which is a data processing device
R1 is roughly classified into an input unit 2 and a CPU (Central Process).
sing unit) 3, ROM (Read Only Memory) 4, RA
M (Random Access Memory) 5, display unit 6, printing unit 7,
It is composed of a drawer 8.

The input section 2 has a mode selector switch 11, a numeric keypad 12, and a function key 1 on its operation panel.
3 and the like are provided to output to the CPU 3 operation mode data, various operation data, etc., which are input by key operation of the cashier as an operator.

The CPU 3 arithmetically processes the data necessary for various operations of the ECR 1 while exchanging various data with the RAM 5 based on the processing procedure of various control programs stored in the ROM 4, and the arithmetic processing Based on the above, various control signals for controlling each part in the ECR 1 are output.

ROM (Read Only Memory) 4 is a CPU
A RAM (Random Accesses Memory) 5 is a semiconductor memory that stores various control programs for controlling various operations of the ECR 1 used by the CPU 3, and sales data input from the input unit 2 and program processing being executed by the CPU 3. The semiconductor memory is used as a work area for storing program data, calculation results, and the like used for, and temporarily storing data related to data processing.

In this embodiment, an error flag for checking how many times the same error has occurred on the RAM 5,
An error file for storing what the error content was and a person in charge No. , The forced release data in which the number of cases, the amount of money, etc. are recorded is placed.

By the way, each function of the error detection means, the error cancellation means, the control means, the storage control means, the print control means, the error level detection means, and the error number counting means is the CP.
It has a control circuit composed of U3, ROM4, and RAM5.

The display unit 6 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Cry).
stal display), a CRT (CathodeRay Tube), a fluorescent display tube, and the like, and displays arithmetic processing results input from the CPU 3, various data, sales data, error display, and the like.

The printing unit 7 executes the printing operation and the paper feeding operation based on the printing control program stored in the ROM 4, and prints out the print data for each line at a predetermined time interval to set the print data. Printing sales data etc. on the received thermal paper for receipt or thermal paper for journal, and thermal paper (for receipt or journal)
Is ejected by a predetermined amount, and special printing is performed on the end portion of the thermal paper for journals.

The drawer 8 is for storing cash classified into cash types, and is opened, for example, when a "cash / deposit key" is operated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation example when an error occurs in the ECR1 of this embodiment.

Here, a case where an error occurs during tightening and the tightening process cannot be performed will be described as an example.

First, in the ECR1, it is checked whether or not there is an input (step S1), and the state is waiting until the key is input by the cashier as the operator.

When the cashier starts the input from the input unit 2, the error detecting means checks whether or not an error has occurred (step S2). If no error occurs, a predetermined process (normal process) according to the input is performed. Is executed (step S3), and the processing from step S1 is repeated.

When the occurrence of an error is detected by the error detecting means in the process of step S2, next,
The error level determination means determines whether or not the error level is a tradeable error level (step S
4) If it is determined that the error level is not a tradable error (fatal error level), the presence or absence of forced release input is checked (step S5),
A request for forced release input is made (step S6), and the steps S5 and S6 are performed until the forced release input is made.
When the process of (1) is repeatedly executed and the forced release input is performed by the cashier, the control unit executes the forced release process (step S7) and returns to the normal state.

On the other hand, in the processing of step S4,
If the error level is mild and the error can be traded,
The same error detected by the error detecting means is counted by the error number counting means, and the counted value is reflected in the error flag in the RAM 5.

Then, by referring to the error flag, it is checked whether or not it is the second error (step S8). If it is the second error, the control means executes the automatic registration process described later. (Step S
9).

On the other hand, if it is not the second error,
Error flag is on, that is, error flag = "1"
Is set (step S10), an error is subsequently notified (step S11), and the input is cleared.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the automatic registration processing of FIG.

In the automatic registration process, first, the error of the ECR1 is temporarily canceled by the error canceling means, and the automatic tightening operation is performed (step P1).

Then, the control unit displays the total based on the tightening operation on the display unit 6, and the printing unit 7 prints the total based on the tightening operation on a predetermined sheet (step P2).

Then, the information at the time of error is written in the error file in the RAM 5 by the control means to store the error information (step P3), and after the error information is stored, the error flag is cleared (step P4).
The automatic registration process ends.

By the way, in this embodiment, when the same error occurs twice, the error is automatically released, and the ECR1 displays and prints the total to end the transaction with the customer, and at the same time, the error information is stored in the error file. Write, but at this point the post-error sum data is not added to the summer.

Specifically, an administrator such as a manager confirms the contents of this error file after the store is closed or at a quiet time, and if the contents are as they are, the contents are added to the totalizer, If there is inconvenience due to the error,
Corrective operation is performed.

Further, since the actual error states are various, in addition to the above, for example, automatic cancellation of an error occurring immediately before registration needs to be handled in a form different from that of the above embodiment.

However, even in such a case, the sequence in which the error state is passed through by some automatic operation and at the same time the error state is written in the error file in the RAM 5 and the manager later judges is the same.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the forced release process of FIG.

In the forced release process, when the forced release button is pressed by the cashier, the control means executes the forced release function (step Q1), and then the forced release data (in the authentication print buffer set in the RAM 5). Figure 1
Is set (step Q2).

Next, the authentication function is activated to print on the tape for journals (thermal paper for journals). The printing unit 7 of this embodiment is provided with a printer head for performing bidirectional printing. In order to prevent the print deviation between the forward pass printing and the backward pass printing in printing and to increase the print density, printing is performed twice in the forward pass and the backward pass.

Finally, the number of cases and the amount of money are added to the forced release button portion of the total responsible person.

FIG. 5 shows an example of actual printing in this embodiment, showing print data and print images (receipt and journal).

The print data is set to be larger than the actual width of the journal in consideration of the print position error of the printer head.

That is, when the forced release button is pressed,
As shown in FIG. 5, special printing is performed at the end position of the journal tape to indicate the position where the button is pressed. Therefore, when viewed from the side in the state where the journal tape is wound, it is shown in FIG. In this way, it is obvious at what position the forced release button was used, and if you want to see the contents, you can immediately see how far to rewind.

As a result, the contents when the forced release button is operated can be immediately retrieved without the need for a special file.

That is, by diverting the authentication function and performing special printing on the end of the journal tape, it becomes clear at what point in time when the wound journal tape is forcibly released.

As described above, in this embodiment, when an error occurs, the error is temporarily canceled, and when the error is canceled, the automatic registration process is executed to end the data process, and the processed data is stored as an error file, or , Can be printed.

Therefore, even if an error occurs in front of the customer, the registration can be completed on the surface, so that the cashier does not panic.

Since the information at that time is stored, the contents can be judged later, and if desired, the data can be restored with one touch without re-registering.

Further, since the reason why the error has occurred can be determined, appropriate advice can be given to the corresponding operator, and efficient education can be provided.

Further, since the content to be stored each time the forced termination button is pressed is only a single-digit numerical value other than the number of items / amount of money, the storage content in this embodiment has a log file-like character. The memory capacity of the RAM used by the ECR1 can be suppressed.

Further, the method of leaving the mark in the journal by diverting the authentication function has various advantages even when it is used at the time other than the forced release. For example, the return mode operation and batch correction are not so much cashier. It can also be used for discovering and checking operations that the cashier should not be able to do, such as operations that you do not want to perform and deposit / withdrawal and settlement.

In the above embodiment, the fact that the forced release button is pressed is only recorded on the journal tape. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If information about how many times the forced release button was pressed and how many times it was pressed is recorded in the responsible person totalizer, simply counting the number of times from the inside when the wound journal tape is viewed from the side, You can immediately see if the forced release operation belongs to the person in charge.

[0064]

According to the invention described in claim 1, when the error is canceled by the error canceling means when the error state is detected by the error detecting means, the specific processing is executed by the control means and the data processing is terminated. The processed data up to the present time can be stored by the storage control means.

Therefore, when an error occurs, the error can be canceled, and when the error is cleared, the specific process is executed to end the data process and the processed data can be stored.

On the other hand, according to the second aspect of the invention, when the error is released by the error releasing means when the error state is detected by the error detecting means, the control means executes the specific processing to execute the data processing. Exit
Specific printing can be performed on the journal paper by the printing control means.

Therefore, when an error occurs, the error can be canceled, the specific process can be executed when the error is cleared, the data process can be ended, and the specific print can be performed on the journal paper.

Further, in this case, according to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the error level of the error state detected by the error level judging means is judged and judged. Whether or not the error canceling means cancels the error state can be determined according to the generated error level.

In this case, according to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the invention described in claim 1, 2 or 3, the number of occurrences of the error state detected by the error number counting means is counted. The control unit executes the specific process in accordance with the counted number of errors and ends the data process.

That is, it is possible to cancel the error only when the error cannot be immediately dealt with and prevent the stored error or the specific printing of the dealt error.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an ECR which is a data processing device of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example when an error occurs in the ECR of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an automatic registration process of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a forced release process of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an example of actual printing in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a printed journal tape.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ECR 2 input section 3 CPU 4 ROM 5 RAM 6 display section 7 printing section 8 drawer 11 mode selector switch 12 numeric keypad 13 function key

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An error detecting means for detecting an error condition during data processing, an error canceling means for canceling the error condition while the error detecting means detects the error condition, and an error canceling means for canceling the error condition. If released,
A control unit that executes the specific process and terminates the data process; and a storage control unit that stores the processed data up to the present time in a predetermined storage medium when the specific process is executed by the control unit. A data processing device characterized by the above. 2. An error detecting unit for detecting an error state during data processing, an error releasing unit for releasing the error state while the error detecting unit detects the error state, and an error state for detecting the error state by the error releasing unit. If released,
A data processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that executes a specific process and ends the data process; and a print control unit that, when the specific process is executed by the control unit, perform a specific print on a journal sheet. . 3. An error level determination means for determining an error level of an error state detected by said error detection means is provided, and said error cancellation means is an error state based on the error level determined by said error level determination means. 3. The data processing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that 4. An error number counting means for counting the number of times of occurrence of an error state detected by said error detecting means, wherein said control means has a preset number of times of occurrence counted by said error number counting means. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the specific processing is executed and the data processing is terminated when the predetermined number of times is reached.