JPS5971595A - Settlement method for restaurant - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cafeteria payment method that allows the payment of food sales at a restaurant using a meal ticket card and allows payment operations to be performed without handing over cash.

In self-service cafeterias, especially company cafeterias, the purchaser himself/herself takes out the required amount of food from the shelves, carries it to a place where a register is installed, and the register operator and the purchaser share the total amount of food. This is a restaurant payment method that is most suitable for the method used when paying the total amount. Conventionally, in this payment process, the operator of the register inputs the type of each dish,
It was customary to calculate the total amount by inputting the amount, etc., and then receive cash or coupons corresponding to the calculated amount from the purchaser to make the payment. With this method, the purchaser must always carry cash or coupons, which causes the inconvenience of often forgetting to bring them or losing them, and the operator also has to carry cash or coupons.

It was inconvenient to handle coupons, which often resulted in miscounting, loss, and mismanagement of coupons. For this reason, each purchaser has a food ticket card such as a magnetic card with personal information recorded on it, and this food ticket card is used to identify each purchaser, and this personal information and sales information are sequentially stored electronically. A method has also been proposed in which the meal ticket card is deducted from the monthly salary in the bank account at the end of the month, but this method allows unlimited use of the meal ticket card without being limited to personal signals, and allows purchases exceeding the balance in the account. This was not desirable in terms of settlement operations.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention records information on a predetermined amount (already paid in cash, etc.) on a meal ticket card in advance, and each time a meal is purchased, the information on the amount is subtracted from the information, and a new amount is To provide a dining room payment method in which information on the remaining amount after the amount is accumulated, subtracted, and settled is recorded on a meal ticket card, and the meal ticket card can be used until the information on the amount is used up.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this example, we will explain the payment process at a self-service employee cafeteria.The meal ticket card (magnetic card ), and can freely purchase dishes with this meal ticket card.To pay, read the information on the meal ticket card, subtract the total amount of the food from the information on the remaining amount, and make the new information on the subtracted amount the same as the information on the remaining amount. We will explain the system that can be recorded on the meal ticket card.

First of all, Figure 1 shows the vicinity of the cash register in the cafeteria of Calf Service.In the upper left of the figure, there is a food shelf (not shown) where many cooked foods are lined up. There are many tables lined up below. Following this cooking shelf, a pair of counters 1 and 2 at about waist height are installed at intervals, and a table 3 is fixed near the end between these counters 1 and 2. counter l.

A tray pedestal 5 made of pipe is fixed horizontally to the upper side of the tray 2. A tray 6 is placed on this tray holder 5 to receive the food that each person has taken out from the food shelf, and the tray 6 is slid on this tray holder 5 to move in the directions of arrows A and B, respectively. I can do it. Therefore, the card user approaches the counters 1 and 2 and moves to the two columns A and B.

At the top of the counters 1 and 2, near the food shelf, there are reading machines 7.8 which can read information recorded on the magnetic stripes of meal ticket cards (magnetic cards) and store new information. A register 9, which is an information processing device, is installed on the table 3, and the reading machines 7, 8 and the register 9 are electrically connected by cables 10, respectively.

FIG. 2 explains the details of the reading machines 7, 8 and the register 9 in detail. The reading machines 7 and 8 have an elongated box shape with a rectangular cross section, and one end surface of each (arrow A
, H's movement start side) has a meal ticket card 12. Insertion ports 14, 15 for inserting the meal ticket cards 12', 13' are provided on the other end surfaces of each, and ejection ports 16.15 for ejecting the meal ticket cards 12', 13' are provided.
17 is provided. Each meal ticket card 12.13 is provided with a magnetic stripe 49, on which personal information and balance information 75 (are stored). The front panel is sloped in two stages, and on the upper left side of the front is a cathode ray tube (CRT) that can display information from the meal ticket card 12.13 and information entered. ) 18 is fixed on the tray, and the printer 19 is fixed on the right side of it, and this printer 1
From 9, a printed paper 20 to be used as a receipt is fed out. A function keyboard 21 for setting the operating mode and a data recorder 22 as a storage device are provided in the middle of the front of the register 9, and a menu keyboard 23 for inputting the type of food is provided on the lower left of the front for each food. A pair of switching keys 24 are provided on the right side for selecting the left and right reading machines 7 and 8 (rows for left and right card users), and a power switch 25 is provided below them. is the provision.

Next, FIGS. 3 and 4 show the internal configurations of the aforementioned reading machines 7 and 8 in detail. Since the reading machine 8 has the same configuration as the reading machine 7, the reference numerals will be used to describe it.

An instruction lamp 26 for instructing when to insert the meal ticket card 12 is fixed to a position close to the insertion slot 14 on one end side of the reading machine 7, and a magnetic head is connected to the insertion slot 14 inside the reading machine 1. A card reader 27 (not shown) is provided, and a pair of elongated shaft support plates 28 are vertically provided at intervals from the side end surface of the card reader 27 to the discharge port 16. Between the shaft support plates 28 are pulley shafts 29 to 3.
2 is rotatably supported at intervals. Two pulleys 33 to 36 are fixed to each pulley shaft 29 to 32 at intervals, and pulleys 33 and 34, pulley 3
A narrow belt 37 is wound between the belts 5 and 36. A motor 39 is attached to the side surface of the shaft support plate 28, and a drive pulley 40 and a pulley 33 of this motor 39 are connected by a belt 41, and pulleys 34 and 35 are connected by a belt 42, Bell) 37, 38 top i
4 can be moved from the left side to the right side in FIGS. 3 and 4 by the motor 39. A solenoid 43 is installed horizontally above the belt 38, close to the discharge port 16, and a lever 44 bent into an L-shape close to the solenoid 43 is pivotably supported in the center thereof. The shaft 45 of the solenoid 43 is in contact with this lever 44. Moreover, a holding bottle 46 is protruded downward from the tip of the lower surface of the lever 46, and this holding bottle 46 is positioned approximately at the center of the discharge port 16. Further, on one side of the shaft support plate 28, a discharge port 161 (at a position close to the discharge port 28, light sensor type position detectors 47 and 48 are provided at intervals.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal electrical systems of the reading machines 7, 8 and the register 9. Each reading machine 7, 8 has the same configuration, and the meal ticket card 12.
The output of the magnetic head 50 for reading information No. 13 is input to a stack memory circuit 52 via an input conversion circuit 51, and an input/output control circuit 53 is connected to the stack memory circuit 52. The control output of 53 is transmitted to a display circuit 54, and the display lamp 2G mentioned above is connected to the display circuit 54. The output of the stack memory circuit 52 is input to the output conversion circuit 68.
8 is connected to a magnetic head 69 for writing information onto the meal ticket cards 12 and 13.

A switching circuit 55 for electronically switching the input signal path is provided in the register 9, and the contact ends of this switching circuit 55 are connected to the input/output control circuit 53 in each reading machine 7.8. , and 56 input/output conversion circuits are connected to its switching end. The input/output conversion circuit 56 is connected to the menu key 23, the switching key 24, and a clock circuit 57 that outputs a constant time signal, and the output of the input/output conversion circuit 56 is connected to the print control circuit 58 and the input control logic circuit. The print control circuit 58 is connected to the printer 19. The output of the input control logic circuit 59 is the output control logic circuit 60
The output of the output control logic circuit 60 is input to the switching circuit 55, a storage circuit 61 for storing temporary information, a comparison calculation circuit 62 for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, a display circuit 63, and a storage control circuit 64. ing. This memory circuit 61. The outputs of the comparison calculation circuit 62 and the storage control circuit 64 are input to an input control logic circuit 59, the cathode ray tube 18 is connected to the display circuit 63, and the data recorder 22 is connected to the storage control circuit 64. It is connected.

The output control logic circuit 60 includes a motor control logic circuit 65.
The output of the motor control logic circuit 65 is connected to the switching end of a switching circuit 66, which switching circuit 66 is operated in conjunction with the switching circuit 55 by the output control logic circuit 60. The reading machine 7 is connected to both switching ends of the switching circuit 66.
A drive logic circuit 67 provided in 8 is connected to this 5.
The outputs of the position detectors 46 and 47 are input to the drive wheel control circuit 67, and the outputs of the drive logic circuit 67 are input to the motor 39 and the solenoid 43 mentioned above.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 6 shows the data format of the front surface of the meal ticket card 12° 130 and the magnetic stripe 49 used in this embodiment. The employee code, job area code, and employee's name are attached to the surface of the meal ticket card 12, 13 by printing or embossing so that they can be visually read. In addition, on the magnetic stripe 49, in the order of the insertion direction, r 5TARTJ indicating the start of the data, r company code, employee code, job area code, name, and balance indicating the range of the amount currently available. '', rRIUJ to prevent reverse insertion, and rsUMJ indicating the total amount of data are each magnetically recorded, and among these pieces of information, the ``remaining amount'' information can be freely rewritten and changed.

Card users (employees) individually hold the trays 6 from the upper left in Figure 1, take out pre-cooked dishes of their choice from the 8 cooking shelves, place them on their own trays 6, and place each tray on the tray 5. 6 and move them sequentially in the direction of the columns indicated by arrows El] A and B in the figure. When the card holder approaches the register 9, the holder inserts the meal ticket card 12.13 into the insertion slot 14.15 of the reading machine 7, 8 and stores it in the magnetic stripe 49 of the meal ticket card 12.13. Information about the number of people and the remaining amount are read by the reading machines 7 and 8 and transmitted to the register 9. In the register 9, the information of the food ticket cards 12 and 13 in the left and right rows from each reading machine 7 and 8 is stored respectively, and by operating the changeover key 24, the stored left and right information is individually recalled, and the information in the register 9 is stored. While looking at the food on the tray 6 located on the right or left, enter the code for the food using the menu key 23, calculate the meal fee for each card user, and print the calculated result as a receipt on the form 20. Print it and feed it out. Then, the card user's total amount for all dishes is calculated to be subtracted from the read remaining amount information, and the new remaining amount information resulting from the subtraction is written on the magnetic stripe 49 of the meal ticket card 12.13 together with the personal information. In other words, "company code", "employee code",
"Occupation code".

Please do not change the contents of each personal information of "Name", but rewrite the information of the amount in the available range of "Remaining amount" with the newly subtracted information, and accordingly rewrite rsUMJ with the changed value. become.

In this way, the information on the meal ticket cards 12.13 is newly rewritten and when the information processing is completed, the inserted meal ticket cards 12.13.
13 protrudes from the ejection openings 16 and 17 of the reading machine 7.8, and the meal ticket card 12.13 is held with about half protruding, and the card holder can use the meal ticket cart "12', 13".
' can be pulled out from the outlet 16, 17, collected, and stored individually.

In this way, meals at the self-service cafeteria are calculated and paid for.

Fig. 7 conceptually shows the flow of information and its processing as described above, and the information 70 to 73 read from the meal ticket cards 12 and 13 according to the columns A and B of the card holders is input according to the flow of the holders. processing unit 74 (in this case register 9
(corresponding to) is on standby for both input sides of the switching means 75 within. The output of the switching means 75 is input to the input means 76, and in addition to one piece of personal information from the switching means 75, sales information 78 and time information 79 are inputted to the input means 76. These pieces of information are sequentially transmitted to the processing means 77 depending on the timing.

The processing means 77 processes these information 70 to 73, 78°79
is processed to create one track record information 80 to 82 for each of the personal information 70 to 73, and each track record information 80 to 82 is numbered and stored in the order of arrow C, respectively. A certain amount of this performance information 80 to 82 is stored, and at a certain time, the entire memory is transmitted to the large-scale information processing device and stored for a later date.

Then, the processing means 77 calculates the new residual amount information by subtracting the sales amount from the remaining amount information, which is the new personal information 83.
~88 will be written on the meal ticket card 12.13 and sent out along the flow of people in the order of E.

Next, the operation of the electrical system of this embodiment will be explained.

When the meal ticket card 12.13 is inserted into the insertion slot 14.15, the card reader 27 reads the personal information and balance information stored on the magnetic stripe of the meal ticket card 12.130, and this reading is performed by the magnetic head 50. , a read signal from the magnetic head 50 is temporarily stored in a stack memory circuit 52 via an input conversion circuit 51. When the read information is input to the stack memory circuit 52, a signal is transmitted to the input/output control circuit 53, and a signal indicating that the input of information has been completed is transmitted to the display circuit 54, which lights up the display lamp 26 to visually confirm the completion of the information input. can be instructed by.

Next, when one of the switching keys 54 is selected and pressed, the signal is transferred to the input/output conversion circuit 56, the input control logic circuit 59.
The information that has been transmitted to the switching circuit 55 via the output control logic circuit 60, and has already been stored in the stack memory circuit 52 when one of the reading machines 7 and 8 is selected, is transmitted to the input/output control circuit 53 and the switching circuit 55. Input/output conversion circuit 56. Input control logic circuit 59. Memory circuit 6 via output control logic circuit 60
1 is temporarily stored. Further, at the same time, the time at which personal information is input from the clock circuit 57 which always outputs time information is similarly stored in the storage circuit 61. These meal ticket card information 12, 13 and time information are displayed on the cathode ray tube 18, and the operator confirms the displayed information and moves on to the next payment process. Then, while looking at the food on the tray 6-1, the operator inputs the food item using the menu key 23, and transmits the code of the food item to the input/output conversion circuit 56.

In addition to the food, this item information includes the name and amount in katakana, and this name and amount are determined by the output control logic circuit 6.
02 display circuit 63 on the cathode ray tube 18 for visual confirmation. When all the food items placed on the tray 6 have been entered using the menu key 23, the function key 21 is pressed to issue a calculation command.
As a result, the total price of the food items stored in the storage circuit 61 is input to the control logic circuit 59. It is input to the comparison calculation circuit 62 via the output control logic circuit 60, and the comparison calculation circuit 62
The total price of the dishes is calculated, and at the same time the memory circuit 6
The calculated total amount is subtracted from the balance information of the food ticket card 12゜130 stored in the memory 1, and the results of these calculations are stored in the aforementioned storage circuit 61 and at the same time are displayed on the display circuit 63. The images are displayed on the cathode ray tube 18 through the display. Next, when the function key 21 is pressed to instruct sales, the meal ticket card i2. IA information 1 Performance information such as time information and sales information is input to the input control logic circuit 59. The performance information is transmitted to the storage control circuit 64 via the output control logic circuit 60, and the storage control circuit 64 transmits the performance information to the data recorder 22, causing the data recorder 22 to record the performance information. In addition, personal information and new balance information are input to the input/output conversion circuit 56. Switching circuit 5
5. Stack memory circuit 5 via input/output control circuit 53
2, and is transmitted to the magnetic head 69 through the output conversion circuit 68 and written on the magnetic stripe 49 by the movement of the meal ticket card 12.13. Then, the data is recorded in the data recorder 22 and the food ticket cart "l 2 , 13
The same content as that displayed on the #Fc CRT 18 is transmitted to the printer 19 via the print control circuit 58, and the printer 19 prints the performance information on the paper 20 and emits it. This printed paper 2o is given to the card user as a receipt. FIG. 8 shows a sheet 2o on which this one piece of performance information is printed.On the sheet 20, the time information of 1:00 on the year, month, and day of the clock circuit 57 is recorded on the F1 meal ticket card 12.13. Card user's employee number G1 Number unique to that register 9 H1 Slip number indicating the order in which the register 9 issued that day■, food code J1 Name corresponding to that code J K
and amount L1 - total sales amount M for card users
1. The new balance amount N is printed respectively. This remaining amount N is the amount range that can be purchased from next time onwards.

In this way, the sales of food items and their information for - card users are recorded, and by repeating the same operation sequentially, all negative meals are settled and recorded, and each meal ticket card 12.13 is recorded. The new balance information after subtraction is written, and sales operations can be performed without using cash or coupons. Then, when the balance information becomes zero, the meal ticket card 12
．． 13, it becomes impossible to purchase a meal, but in that case, by paying cash, the remaining amount information corresponding to the payment amount can be rewritten in the meal ticket card 12.13, so that it can be used further.

Although information is processed electrically as described above, mechanical processing within the meal ticket card 12 reading machine 7.8 will now be described.

Information on the food ticket cart '12 inserted through the insertion slot 14.15 is read by the magnetic head 5o in the card reader 27, and its insertion is detected, and the output control logic circuit 60 instructs the motor control logic circuit 65 to start motor control. Convey a signal for. Therefore, the motor control logic circuit 65 transmits a start signal to the drive logic circuit 67 via the switching circuit 66.
Since the motor 39 is driven, the rotational force of the motor 39 is applied to the drive pulley 40. Belt 41. Pulley 33. belt 37
゜Pulley 34. Belt 42. Pulley 35. The energy is transmitted in the order of the belt 38, and the upper surfaces of the belts 37 and 38 move toward the discharge port 16. For this reason, card reader 2
Meal ticket cards 12 and 13 that passed 7 are this bell) 37
, 38, and are sequentially conveyed toward the discharge port 16 by belts 37 and 38. Meal ticket card 12
．． 13 is conveyed by the belt 38 to a position close to the discharge port 16, the meal ticket cards 12', 13 first block the light beam of the position detector 47, then the light beam of the position detector 48, and the meal ticket cards 12', 13 block the light beam of the position detector 48, The location of 12.13 can be determined. The detection signal from the position detector 47.48 is transmitted to the drive logic circuit 67, which stops the operation of the motor 39 and causes the meal ticket card 12.1 to
At the same time, the solenoid 43 is actuated, the shaft 45 is protruded, the lever 44 is swung by the shaft 45, and the holding bin 46 is lowered. Since the meal ticket card 12.13 is located at the outlet 16 when the holding bin 46 is lowered, the holding bottle 46 presses against the surface of the meal ticket card 12.13 and temporarily holds it. "12.13 is maintained so that it is not discharged through the outlet 16. Therefore, the meal ticket card 12.13
Half of its length is exposed through the discharge port 16, and the rear portion is held in the holding bin 46. The card holder pulls out and collects the meal ticket cart "12.13" that has protruded from the outlet 16, but when the meal ticket card 12.13 is pulled out, the position detector 48 detects that the meal ticket card 12.13 has been pulled out. Then, the signal is transmitted to the drive logic circuit 67, and the drive logic circuit 67 stops the operation of the solenoid 43, returns the lever 44, pulls up the holding bin 46, and waits for the next operation.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to record the range of the amount that can be used in advance as remaining amount information, and to settle the sales of food using a meal ticket card, and to transfer cash, coupons, etc. It is unnecessary and there is no need to pay attention to storage. Furthermore, since there is no need to settle the amount of sales at the end of the month in an account, etc., inconveniences such as overdrafts do not occur.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of the cash register of a self-service cafeteria that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing details of the same reading machine and register, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the reading machine. 4 is a plan sectional view of the same as above, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electrical system of the same as above, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the data format recorded on the magnetic stripe of the meal ticket card, and FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which information is printed on paper. 7.8...Reading machine, 9...Register, 12
．． 13...Meal ticket card, 49...Magnetic stripe.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A meal ticket card on which individual information of the holder and information on the remaining amount corresponding to the available amount of money are recorded, a reading means for reading the information recorded on the meal ticket card, and information corresponding to the sales amount of the food. A sales input means for inputting, a calculation means for subtracting the number of sales amount information from the remaining amount information read from the reading means, and information on the calculation result from the calculation means and individual information from the reading means. It consists of an editing means for combining, and a writing means for recording the edited information from the editing means on the same meal ticket card that was read, and always records the information of the limit that can be used as the information on the remaining amount of the meal ticket card, This cafeteria payment method is characterized in that when purchasing a dish, information on the remaining amount is subtracted from usage information corresponding to the price of the dish.