JPS5853782B2 - electronic cash register - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic cash register equipped with a voice notification function, and in particular, is capable of notifying each customer by voice of the current day's free gift, the next free gift, etc.

Traditional cash registers send each customer a specific message on the receipt of their transaction, such as ``Thank you for your purchase.''

The company prints out the receipt and hands the receipt to the customer, and for the store's service mortar or service goods, it puts a separate flyer in the newspaper, etc., or broadcasts in the store informing about the service product or service mortar, etc., and then consumes it. The person was informed of the above-mentioned service mortar, etc.

By the way, as mentioned above, it is not enough to just inform consumers about service mortar etc. by putting flyers in newspapers or broadcasting inside stores, etc. Recently, a wide variety of shops are using similar methods to advertise their own service mortar etc. As a result, consumers may misunderstand and confuse which stores are offering services and when, and the current situation is that advertising costs are not very effective.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention prints a message of the store's next service mortar etc. on a part of the receipt handed to each customer by the store, and also prints the message of the store's next service mortar etc. on the receipt handed to each customer. This system attempts to notify each customer by voice of the next service item or the next service mortar.

A detailed explanation will be given below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the block configuration of a conventional electronic cash register.If the operator were to use this electronic cash register to register transaction information for a certain customer, the operator would first do the following:
A central processing unit 3 (hereinafter referred to as CPU) receives monetary information from an input means 1 for inputting numerical information via a key encoder 2.

). Next, the operator presses a specific function key in the function key group 4 that indicates what this transaction is, and instructs the CPU 3 via the key discriminating means 5 what kind of information was previously entered manually.

When instructed as to which information is input to the CPU 3 in this way, this information is sent to the address counter 6.
The data is stored in a predetermined storage area of the memory 7 specified by the input/output control circuit 8.

Further, this information is displayed on the display section 10 via the OR gate 9, and is also printed on a journal paper or a receipt at the printing section 12 via the OR gate 11.

When the transaction information for one customer has been recorded as described above, the operator presses a key (for example, the total key) in the function key group 4 that instructs the end of the transaction for one customer, and The CPU 3 instructs the CPU 3 to terminate the transaction, adds the transaction information for one customer stored in the memory 7 to another storage area of the memory 7 that stores the cumulative total of each transaction, and stores and prints the cumulative value. In section 12, transaction information for the customer is printed on a receipt as shown in FIG. 2a, and the receipt is handed to the customer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the block configuration of an electronic cash register embodying the present invention, and the registration operations and operations for each customer are the same as those of the conventional electronic cash register shown in FIG.

Now, when using this electronic cash register to notify various types of information (such as the day's service items or the next service mortar) by voice, the operator must first preset the information to be notified by voice using the function keys. 4 Press the preset instruction key 13 provided on the top of the AND gate 14.15
, 16, a high level signal is introduced into one input terminal of each of them.

Next, the operator presses the date key 17 to preset the next service mill (for example, September 10th) and the AND gate 14.
is in an operable state, and the numerical information input means 1 is '091.
1'' to store this date information in the storage means 18 via the AND gate 14.

This date information is input to the next stage conversion means 19 and quantized for audio notification.The next service date is month and day.

The content of the storage means 20, which stores the quantized data for the voice announcement of "Please come to our store," is synthesized by the synthesis means 21.The next service will be on September 10th.

The voice quantized data of "Please come to our store" is stored in the synthesizing means 21.

The converting means 19 stores audio quantized data of date information regarding month and day, and is configured to select and derive audio quantized data corresponding to the date information introduced from the numerical information input means 1. ing.

On the other hand, the above date information is also input to the synthesizing means 22 and synthesized with the information stored in the storage means 23, and as shown in Figure 2, information indicating the next service mortar is displayed on the receipt (the next service mortar is September 10th). is.

"Please come to our store" is obtained and stored in the synthesizing means 22.

When the presetting of date information is completed in this manner, the date key 17 is released.

Next, the operator presses the service item key 24 to preset the day's service item (for example, Yasai) to enable the AND gate 15, and presses the department key (not shown) indicating the gift on the function key group 4. is pressed, and through this AND gate 15, the memory means 25 stores the day's service item information "Yasai" as a coded signal.

This service item information is input to the next stage conversion means 26 and quantized for audio notification, ``Today's service item is ○○○.''
Storage means 2 for storing quantized data for audio notification of
The audio quantized data of ``Today's service is delicious'' is synthesized by the synthesizing means 28 with the contents of 7 and is stored in the synthesizing means 28.

When presetting of the service item is completed in this way, the service item key 24 is released.

Note that the conversion means 26 stores audio quantization data regarding the 50 sounds, and the audio quantization data of the 50 sounds corresponding to the information introduced and stored in the storage means 25 is selected, and as described above. For example, the configuration is such that speech quantized data such as ``ya'', ``su'', and ``i'' are derived.

Furthermore, if you wish to make audible notification of the information on the above-mentioned service mortar or service item at a predetermined time (for example, 10.12.15 o'clock), press the time key 29, enable the AND gate 16, and use the numerical information input means 1. n 10 I+,...
"', u15II and this AND2 gate 16 are stored in the storage means 30.

When the time presetting is completed in this manner, the time key 29 is released.

When all the information has been preset as described above, the preset key 13 is released and the electronic cash register is placed in the normal registration state.

Suppose now that the transaction registration process for one customer is completed using this electronic cash register, and since the specific transaction process is the same as the conventional one, the explanation will be omitted here.

), when the operator presses the key 31 instructing the end of the transaction for one customer, this transaction end signal is sent via the key discrimination means 5 to the CPU 3 to instruct the end of the transaction, as described above.
The transaction information for one customer stored in the memory 7 is added to another storage area of the memory 7 that stores the cumulative total of each transaction, and while the cumulative value is stored, the printing unit 12 issues a receipt for that customer. .

On the other hand, when the key 31 instructing the end of the transaction for this one customer is pressed, the AND gate 32 becomes operational, and the message information of the next service mortar of the store stored in the synthesizing means 22 is transferred to the AND gate 32. The data is transferred to the buffer 33 via.

The message information transferred to this buffer 33 is sent to the print unit 12 via the AND gate 35 and the OR gate 11 when the detection means 34 detects the end of printing of the receipt issued at the end of the transaction for one customer. Print as shown in Figure 2.

Furthermore, when the key 31 instructing the end of the transaction for this one customer is pressed, the AND gate 36 becomes operational, and the voice quantized data of "Today's service is delicious" stored in the synthesizing means 28 is generated. The and gate 36
The digital signal is input to the digital-to-analog converter 38 via the AND gate 37, and the digital signal is converted to an analog signal. A voice announces, “It’s crazy.”

Also, the press signal of this key 31 causes the AND gate 43 to be activated via the delay means 42, and is stored in the synthesis means 21. ``The next service is on September 10th, please come visit us.''
The voice quantized data is transmitted through the AND gates 43 and 37, and the same speaker 41 as above makes a voice announcement saying, ``The next service is on September 10th, please come visit us.''

The delay means 42 puts the AND gate 43 into operation after a sufficient time to audibly notify the contents stored in the synthesis means 28, and stops the operation when the audible notification of the contents stored in the synthesis means 21 is completed. It is composed of

The above is about the case where a voice notification of service goods or service mortar is made every time each customer's transaction is completed.
A case will be described in which each of the above information is announced by voice at, for example, 10:00 and 12:15 o'clock.

This electronic cash register is provided with a clock means 44 that constantly counts the time, and the time information is input to the next stage coincidence detection means 45, which is preset in the memory means 3.
If a match is detected, the AND gate 46 is activated, and a message regarding the service item stored in the synthesizing means 28 is broadcast from the speaker 41 in the same manner as described above. .

Further, this coincidence signal is sent to the AND gate 4 via the delay means 47.
8 is brought into operation, and a message regarding the service mortar stored in the synthesizing means 21 is announced from the speaker 41.

Note that this delay means 47 similarly to the delay means 42 detects a time coincidence signal and sets the AND gate 48 into an operating state after a time sufficient to audibly notify the contents stored in the synthesis means 28. It is configured to stop operating once the audio notification of the content is completed.

By the way, in the above example, specific information is always announced by voice when each customer's transaction is completed or a predetermined time elapses, but in the device of this embodiment, if such voice notification is not necessary, the switch can be activated. The configuration is such that the notification of the above information can be prohibited by pressing the means 49 and prohibiting the operation of the AND gate 37.

Therefore, this switch means 49 is used only when audio notification is necessary.
All you have to do is selectively operate.

The sequence of various transaction processing in this device is stored in ROM.
It is configured so that it is all controlled by a microprogram stored in 50.

As described above, according to the present invention, a service mortar provided by a store to a customer,
Variable service information for customers, including service product names, etc., is automatically announced by voice from the main body of the electronic cash register, so the advertising effect is very effective.

In addition, since there is an operation means such as a switch means to prohibit and control the operation of the voice notification means, for example, if the voice notification is ``Today's service item is Yasai'', the service item is out of stock. Even in such a case, it is possible to immediately operate the operation means to prohibit the operation of the voice notification means, and to stop the subsequent voice notification of service information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an example of a block circuit of a conventional electronic cash register, FIGS. 2a and 2b show an example of receipt printing, and FIG. 3 shows an example of a block circuit of an electronic cash register according to the present invention. 1 is an input means, 3 is a CPU, 4 is a group of function keys, 7 is a memory, 10 is a display section, 12 is a printing section, 13 is a preset instruction key, 17 is a date key, 20 is a storage means, 2
4 is a service amount key, 21° 28 is a combining means, 41 is a speaker, and 49 is a switch means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An electronic cash register that registers and processes various transaction information, comprising: a precent instruction key for setting and inputting variable service information for a customer, including store service mortar, service product name, etc.; voice data storage means for digitizing and storing voice data necessary for uttering variable service information to customers, including store service mills, service product names, etc., set and input using keys; and information stored in the voice data storage means. a key for instructing the termination of the transaction; and information stored in the voice data storage means in response to the operation of the key for instructing the termination of the transaction; What is claimed is: 1. An electronic cash register comprising: gate means for supplying a sound notification means to a voice notification means; and an operation means for inhibiting and controlling the operation of the voice notification means.