JP3970698B2 - Checkout system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a payment system, banquet, party, make dinner, etc. of the class reunion, etc., on the settlement system for settlement Ri by the cost to the so-called "split the bill" pre-pay the membership fee in particular group (a plurality of participants).
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, the above-mentioned membership fee system (dividend) is generally organized by the secretary to set the date and time, reserve the venue, determine the number of attendees, select food and drink, collect membership fees, and pay. When surplus is generated in the collected membership fee, the surplus is divided by the number of people and the change per person is calculated and returned. However, when there are a large number of people (especially in the case of an odd number), calculation of change per person and return of the calculated amount are troublesome because generally a large amount of change is required.
[0003]
Prior arts in or related to such technical fields include, for example, “Split account support device and communication terminal device” in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-11263, “Payment settlement system” in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-155257, and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-25360. Disclosed in “Electronic Cash Register” in Japanese Patent Publication No. 11 and “Split Result Output Method” in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-86137.
[0004]
The first prior art described above is a discount that reduces the amount of reimbursement by making it possible to calculate the total cost, the number of people to be reimbursed, the amount of money to be paid evenly (not including fractions), and the fraction. A support device is disclosed. In addition, the last prior art described above discloses a split-account result output method that improves the service by eliminating the trouble of calculating the amount per person when a customer who eats and drinks in a group of a plurality of people settles in a split-account mode. Yes. That is, when calculating the total amount of money at the store, the amount per person obtained by dividing the total amount by the number of people is automatically calculated, and the amount information for one person is added to the receipt together with the total amount.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional technology, even if the amount per person can be calculated, it is not easy for the secretary or representative to collect the fee accurately from each person or to calculate the amount from the pre-collected membership fee and return the surplus There was a problem.
[0006]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a payment system that enables easy and quick payment of a split bill.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the settlement system according to the present invention employs the following characteristic configuration.
[0008]
(1) settlement by the Dutch treat to refund the cost to eat, drink, etc. in the store in the group pay in membership fees collected from each person of the group, as your fishing to each person of the group to calculate the surplus in the payment terminal In the checkout system,
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are connected to the payment terminal integrally or separately; the payment terminal, the collected all-membership fee input from the customer-side input display device; The customer side input by calculating the fishing and balance for each person in the group based on the number of people and the minimum unit of change returned to each person in the group and the cost input from the store side input display device A settlement system that displays on a display device.
[0009]
(2) payment by split the bill and refund the cost to eat, drink, etc. in the store in the group pay in membership fees collected from each person of the group, as your fishing to each person of the group to calculate the surplus in the balance sheet terminal In the checkout system,
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are integrally or separately connected to the payment terminal, wherein the payment terminal receives the collected all membership fees and the group that are input from the customer-side input display device the number and the calculated the Otsuri and balance returned to each person of the group to the minimum unit every Otsuri to be returned to each person of the group based on said cost inputted from the store-side input display customer Settlement system to display on the side input display device.
[0010]
(3) As a result of the calculation, if some amount of money is added to the collected all membership fee and the change returned to each person in the group becomes an appropriate integer, the amount is added and the change is made. The settlement system according to the above (1) or (2) for recalculation.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of a settlement system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0016]
First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of a settlement system according to the present invention. The payment system 10 according to the present invention includes a customer-side input display device 20 and a payment terminal 30. The settlement terminal 30 is a device for performing actual settlement. The customer-side input display device 20 is a device for displaying the processing result of the customer payment terminal 30 on the customer side or inputting necessary information.
[0017]
The customer side input display device 20 includes a display unit 21 and an input unit 22. On the other hand, the payment terminal 30 includes a payment processing unit 31, a slip printing unit 32, a deposit / withdrawal processing unit 33, and a store side input display device 34. And the store side input display part 34 is comprised by the display part 35 and the input part 36 similarly to the customer side input display apparatus 20. FIG.
[0018]
In the customer-side input display device 20, the display unit 21 displays information such as a payment price and fishing. Moreover, the input part 22 performs a currency exchange process, and inputs the number of payments. On the other hand, in the payment terminal 30, the payment processing unit 31 performs an actual payment process corresponding to the basic processing unit. The slip printing unit 32 prints the settlement result by the settlement processing unit 31. The deposit / withdrawal processing unit 33 corresponds to a so-called cash drawer unit. Further, the store side input display device 34 is a device for the store clerk to operate the settlement terminal 30, and has a display unit 35 and an input unit 36 similar to the customer side input display device 20.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the settlement system 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing operations (or operations) of the customer-side input display device 20, the payment terminal 30 and the store-side input display device 34 in FIG. 1 in time series.
[0020]
First, the customer hands over the order slip to the store clerk and makes a settlement request (step S1), and starts the settlement process after the store clerk receives it (step S2). The settlement terminal 30 receives the slip number (step S3) and the settlement process (step S4), and presents the total amount (including tax) as settlement information to the customer based on the received data (step S5). Furthermore, it is confirmed whether a change (= money exchange) is required (step S6).
[0021]
The customer inputs the presence / absence of division (whether or not it is split account settlement) on the customer side input display device 20 (step S7). When division is necessary (step S8), the user is prompted to input information for division. When the customer inputs the number of people, the settlement terminal 30 confirms the number of people, that is, inquires about the number of people, to the customer side input display device 20 (step S9). In response to this number confirmation inquiry, the number of persons (that is, the number of divisions) is input from the customer side input display device 20 (step S10). At the same time, the unit of the split amount is input (step S11). In general, the total amount cannot always be divided evenly by the number of people (that is, a remainder or a fraction is generated), and thus it is a process of confirming which banknote / coin unit is divided and the remainder is processed as a remainder. . For example, at the time of setting, it can be selected as 1000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, or 10 yen. On the other hand, when there is no setting, the unit is 1 yen.
[0022]
Thereafter, the customer pays (step S12). The store side input display device 34 receives payment from the customer (the total amount of the collected membership fee) and inputs the received money to the settlement terminal 30 (step S13). Then, the settlement terminal 30 performs change calculation / display on the customer side input display device 20 (step S14). At the same time, change calculation / display is performed on the store side input display device 34 (step S15).
[0023]
Next, the case where the budget is exceeded, that is, the case where the billed amount exceeds the collected amount (step S16) will be described. The settlement terminal 30 temporarily requests an additional amount for exchange from the customer side input display device 20 (step S17). On the other hand, the customer collects an appropriate amount from each person and makes a final additional payment (step S18). When this additional payment is received, a receipt is input to the settlement terminal 30 from the store side input display device 34 (step S19). From the payment terminal, the customer-side input display device 20 and the store-side input display device 34 display the total order amount / tax, the customer payment amount, and the total refund amount (and the quantity for each coin bill and the amount at the time of distribution) to the customer side and the store side. (Step S20 / Step S21).
[0024]
Receiving the information, the settlement terminal 30 pays out the change (step S22), and further prints the slip (step S23). Accordingly, the store clerk hands over the print slip and change to the customer (step S24). Thereafter, on the customer side, the settlement is completed by distributing the change to each person based on the distribution quantity described in the receipt slip.
[0025]
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the settlement system of the present invention will be described based on a specific example. In this specific example, a group of 17 people collects a membership fee of 4000 yen (68,000 yen in total) and eats and drinks at the store. If the amount charged at this store is 56700 yen including tax, a surplus of 11300 yen will be generated.
[0026]
Thus, when the account settlement terminal 30 performs the split account settlement, the entire amount of the membership fee of 68,000 yen is once deposited into the settlement terminal 30. And a customer operates the input part 22 of the customer side input display apparatus 20, and inputs the group number (= 17) of the split target. Thereby, the settlement terminal 30 calculates the change and the remainder, and displays the calculation result on the display unit of the customer side input display device 20 as a list as shown in FIG. 3, for example. That is, when the division unit is 500 yen, the fishing per person is 500 yen, and the remainder is 2800 yen. When the division unit is 100 yen, it is 600 yen and 1100 yen, respectively. When the division unit is 50 yen, it is 650 yen and 250 yen, respectively. Further, when the division unit is 10 yen, they are 660 yen and 80 yen, respectively.
[0027]
Based on the calculation result, the customer inputs and selects an optimum division unit from the customer-side input display device 20, so that the settlement terminal 30 prints a slip in response to an instruction from the store-side input display device 34 by the store clerk. Return fishing to the person, and if there is a surplus, return the surplus to the secretary. The secretary can use the returned funds for communication expenses, etc., or make it a carry-over for the next meeting.
[0028]
Next, another embodiment of the payment system according to the present invention will be described. In the above-described preferred embodiment, it is assumed that the total amount is simply divided equally by the number of people. However, when accepting a change of division, it is possible to divide the rest except for a simple division, and this case will be described. An example is when a boss, senior, etc. paid extra dues. In this case, the balance is settled and the change is distributed. The payment terminal 30 responds by accepting not only the number information but also partial payment information.
[0029]
For example, if a small additional amount is paid and each person's fishing becomes a good amount, such as 500 yen or 1000 yen, the above-mentioned boss or senior can bear it, and the fishing can be recalculated. It is.
[0030]
The configuration and operation of the embodiment of the settlement system according to the present invention have been described above in detail. However, it should be noted that such embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention in any way. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0031]
[ Effect of the invention ]
As is apparent from the above description, according to the settlement system of the present invention, the following remarkable effects in practical use can be obtained. First, the settlement process on the store side does not require a plurality of processes such as split account. As a result, the processing time for each customer can be shortened and the receipt slip cost can be reduced.
[0032]
Secondly, by performing currency exchange at the same time as changing payment, it is not necessary to receive individual currency exchange from customers, and useless use of a payment terminal is eliminated. Thirdly, since the customer side can distribute the change corresponding to the split account in one settlement process, the service on the store side is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a preferred embodiment of a settlement system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram of a settlement operation using a split account by the settlement system shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a specific example for explaining the operation of the settlement system of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Settlement system 20 Customer side input display device 21, 35 Display unit 22, 36 Input unit 30 Settlement terminal 31 Settlement processing unit 32 Voucher printing unit 33 Deposit / withdrawal processing unit 34 Store side input display device

Claims (3)

In the checkout system where the group eats and drinks at the store and pays the expenses with the membership fee collected from each person in the group, the surplus is calculated at the payment terminal and refunded as fishing to each person in the group and settled by split account ,
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are connected to the payment terminal integrally or separately; the payment terminal, the collected all-membership fee input from the customer-side input display device; The customer side input by calculating the fishing and balance for each person in the group based on the number of people and the minimum unit of change returned to each person in the group and the cost input from the store side input display device A settlement system characterized by displaying on a display device. In the checkout system where you eat and drink at a store in a group and pay the expenses with the membership fee collected from each person in the group, the surplus is calculated at the settlement terminal and refunded as fishing to each person in the group and settled by split account ,
A customer-side input display device and a store-side input display device that are integrally or separately connected to the payment terminal, wherein the payment terminal receives the collected all membership fees and the group that are input from the customer-side input display device the number and the calculated the Otsuri and balance returned to each person of the group to the minimum unit every Otsuri to be returned to each person of the group based on said cost inputted from the store-side input display customer A settlement system characterized by displaying on a side input display device. If, as a result of the calculation, adding some amount to the collected membership dues , the change returned to each person in the group will be an appropriate integer, the amount will be added and the change will be recalculated. The settlement system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.

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