JPH02236799A - POS system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively use a terminal by providing a keyboard and a display for POS and providing a port, to which a separate keyboard and display for control are connected respectively, in the terminal of a master to which plural slaves are connected. CONSTITUTION:In a master POS terminal 16, a keyboard 10 and a display 12 are provided and plural slave POS terminals 14-1 to 14-n are connected to the POS terminal 16. Boats 22 and 24 are also provided in the master POS terminal 16 and a keyboard 18 and a display 20 for control separate from the keyboard 10 and display 12 for POS are connected to these ports. Thus, since the master POS terminal can be used as a POS controller and as a register terminal for sales data input, the using efficiency of the terminal can be much improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a POS system in which data input from multiple slave terminals is collected on a master terminal, and which enables effective use of terminals. The master terminal has a keyboard and display for control purposes, and is connected to multiple slave terminals, and is provided with ports to which other keyboards and displays for control are connected, respectively. [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a POS system in which data input to multiple slave terminals is collected at a master terminal. In this Akebono system, multiple slave POS terminals are connected to a master POS terminal via cables. The master PoS terminal can then function as a POS controller, and the sales data input at multiple slave POS terminals is collected to the master PoS terminal. [Prior Art] In FIG. 3, a plurality of slave POS terminals 14 (other slave terminals are not shown in the figure) are installed in a sales floor 30, and a processing device 32 serving as the main body thereof
A keyboard 34 and a display 36 for POS are connected to.

and a key port 34 and display 36 for POS
The data entered using the processor 32 is collected via a cable 38 to the master POSI terminal 16 from the processing unit 32.

This master POS terminal 16 is installed in a back room 40, and a cable nozzle 38 is connected to a processing device 42 serving as its main body.

The display 12 and keyboard l4 are also integrated into the processing device a42, and the data collected from the slave side is processed by the processing device 42.

Through this processing, data regarding sales management and inventory management is obtained and displayed on the display l2.

As described above, the master POS terminal 16 can function as a POS controller. However, since the master POS terminal 16 is also a type of terminal, it is also possible to input sales data using the display 12 and keyboard l4. [Invention tries to solve! ! 81 The zero POS system has been widely introduced in large stores, but it can also be introduced in small stores such as specialty stores. In the case of a small store, the total number of terminals is small, and the master's PO
Since the S terminal 16 cannot be used to input sales data, the master POS terminal 16 becomes idle during the input of sales data, thereby reducing the efficiency of system utilization. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a POS system that enables effective use of terminals. [Means for solving the r4 problem] In order to achieve the above object, the system according to the present invention is configured as follows.

In FIG. 1, a master POS terminal 16 has a keyboard 10 and a display 12;
Slave Pos terminal 14-1, 14-2, i-terminal 16
...Multiple 14-n are connected. And ports 22 and 24 at the end of pose 16 of the master
A keyboard 10 for POS and a control keyboard 1 separate from the display 12 are also provided.
8. Display 2o is connected. [Function] In the present invention, since another control keyboard and display 2o can be connected to the master POS terminal 16 of the keyboard 10 and the display 12, the master POS terminal 16 can be installed in the sales floor 30 and the keyboard 1o and the display 2o can be connected. By using the display 12 for sales data, and installing only the control keyboard 18 and display 2o in the back room 40 (computer room), the master POS m end 16
The POS controller function can be used on the back room 40 side.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the system according to the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In FIG. 1, the master POS terminal 16 is installed in the sales floor 30 together with slave POS terminals 14-1.14-2...14-n, and the slave POS terminals 14-1.14-2... ...14-Ω is connected to the communication port 41 of the master POSi terminal 16 via the cable 38. This communication port 41 is connected to an internal processing device 42, and is connected to the slave POS terminal 14-1. 1
The sales data of 4-2...14-n is collected by the processing device 42 via the cable 3 and the communication port 41. Further, a keyboard 10 and a display 12 for POS are connected to the processing device 42, and these are used for inputting sales data at the sales floor 30. That is, the master posi terminal 16 is connected to the slave 14-
1.14-2 - Used together with 14-n as a cash register terminal in the sales floor 30. In the master POS terminal 16, the signal line of the key port 10 and the signal line of the disable key port 12 are branched in the middle and connected to ports 22.24, and these ports 22.24 are connected to the control keyboard 18. , displays 20 are connected to each other via cables 44 and 46. The control keyboard 18. connected to the master POS'Ra end 16 in this way. The display 20 is installed in a narrow back room (electronic
It is installed in M aircraft room 40. In the back room 40, the control keyboard 18 and display 20 are used to operate the master's POS'4 end 16, which leads from the back room 40I1 to the POS on the sales floor 30 side.
The OS terminal 16 is used as a PoS controller.
As described above, according to this embodiment, a master POS terminal [6] is installed in the sales floor 30, and this POS terminal 16 is used together with other slave POS terminals 14-1, 14-2...1410 to collect sales data. Since the master POS terminal 16 is not idle during store opening hours, the terminal 16 can be used effectively.

Further, according to this embodiment, the main body of the master POS terminal 16 which is large and requires a large installation area is located in a narrow back room 40.
Since only the control keyboard and the display 20 are installed in the back room 40, children can effectively utilize the space in the back room 40. Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the signal lines for the POS keyboard 10 and the display 12 are branched, and the control keyboards 18 and 20 are respectively installed at the branch destinations, so that it is extremely easy to change the configuration of the master POS terminal 16. be small and therefore the master po
The manufacturing cost of the SM powder 16 does not increase, and its structure does not become complicated. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the master POS
Since the terminal can be used both as a POS controller and as a cash register terminal for inputting sales data, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of using the terminal.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the embodiment, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of how to use the embodiment system, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory section of the conventional system. lO...keyboard, 12...display, 14-1.14-2-14-n...slave POS terminal, l6 ● 18 meeting 20 number 22, 30 ● 38 ・ 40 ・ 42 φ44, ...Master POS terminal, ...Keyboard, ...Display, 24...Port, ...Sales floor, ...Cable, ...Backroom, ...Processing device, 46...Cable.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The master cash register (16) is connected to the slave cash register (16).
4-1, 14-2...14-n) are connected, and the master cash register (16) is connected to the slave cash register (14-1, 14-n).
14-2, . a display device (12) for displaying transaction information; a keyboard (10) for inputting monetary transaction information; and a slave cash register (14-) that performs transaction processing based on the transaction information input from the keyboard (10). 1, 14-2,
. . . 14-n) processing device (
42), which is connected to the processing device (42) and electrically and logically connects the slave cash register (14-1, 14-2, ... 14-n) to the processing device (42). a communication port (41) connected to the processing device (42), and a communication port (22) connected to the processing device (42) and electrically and logically connecting the auxiliary input and output device (18, 20) to the processing device (42). , 24), wherein said auxiliary input and output device (18, 20) provides access to transaction information in parallel with the operation of a master cash register (16).