Abstract:
This invention is intended to instruct a kitchen of orders taken at random in sequence of customers, and to rearrange the orders in order to cook in sequence of the customers. A piece of commodity name information 21, a piece of unit price information 22, and a piece of position number information 23 are set into a commodity-setting table in an electronic cash register. When the order is taken in advance, a desired quantity of a corresponding commodity on an order form is marked, and then the order form is read by means of a mark reader that is connected to the register. As an alternative, when the order is taken in advance, an either slip or receipt containing an either customer number or receipt number is handed to each customer so that the customer number or receipt number may be entered into the register at an order window. As a further alternative, order contents and an identification number are transmitted using a portable terminal to a controller disposed in an establishment, while the identification number is handed to each customer so that the identification number may be read at the order window, thereby causing the controller to perform collating.
Abstract:
A plurality of registers having dual functions of entering commodity orders and performing cash tendering are installed at a commodity order position sequentially along a route to a commodity presentation position. A display control unit makes a display sequence of the contents of orders sent from the registers coincide with a sequence in which commodities are presented at the commodity presentation position. A display unit for displaying the content of each order in accordance with the output signal of the display control unit is installed at the commodity presentation position.
Abstract:
A method of controlling data sending and receiving operations between two microprocessors, in which a second controlled-side microprocessor receives a selected signal which is one of a data sending request signal and a data receiving request signal from a first controlling-side microprocessor and the second microprocessor also receives a resultant select signal produced by a logical OR operation on both request signals and determines if the selected signal indicates a "receiving request" or a "sending request" at the same time that it responds to the resultant select signal, thereby executing the requested operation. Hence, even if the second microprocessor does not receive the resultant select signal and the sending/receiving signal at the same time, the second microprocessor can determine simultaneously with the receipt of the resultant select signal if it should send or receive the data, resulting in high-speed data processing.
Abstract:
In order to facilitate the maintenance and enable to update a program, data, etc. anytime, a POS system has a plurality of registers for entering orders and processing accounts, and a controller for sales management, connected by a communication line to each of the registers, for managing sales of the whole store and setting items, unit prices, etc., wherein the controller for sales management has a maintenance control block including a section for setting and storing maintenance data, a section for detecting that the power supply to a register is turned on to execute an opening process, and a section for sending, when the turning on of power is detected, maintenance data to the register to update the executable program and/or various setting data of the register in the case where there is the maintenance data.
Abstract:
An electronic cash register system in which, when a customer orders a menu at an order register, the order register transmits to a display control unit the ordered menu items and the register number of the order register. The display control unit stores the ordered menu items in its internal memory together with the register number of the order register and displays the ordered menu items on a display unit. The customer accounts for the order at an account register. The operator of the account register manipulates the account register to read out the ordered menu items registered in the display control unit. The display control unit reads out from its internal memory the ordered menu items accepted at the order register having the same register number as that of the account register and transmits the read-out ordered menu items to the account register. The operator of the account register accounts for the read-out ordered menu items.
Abstract:
In a customer's order processing apparatus and method, the CPU stores setting data for every article, inputs and stores order data of ordered articles, predicts quantities of the ordered articles in response to a command signal, and displays the quantities every the articles in accordance with the setting data in response to the command signal, so that at the slow time zone, each set of orders are displayed independently in order of time and at the peak time zone, the target number of articles to be prepared are displayed. The command signal for effecting the peak time condition display is generated according to the present time and the peak time zone start time and end time which were inputted or stored. Moreover, the peak time zone start time and end time may be detected according to the number of customers. Moreover, the command signal may be further generated in response to a key switch or a rotary switch. The peak time zone data may be switched between weekdays and holidays. The peak time condition may be judged according to the number of customers. The command signal may be transmitted from the cash register and received by a video controller to effect the peak time zone display operation. The command signal may be generated in accordance with the number of detected customers or the number of the pending orders.
Abstract:
Each item is assigned by a combination of a main code and a sub code. During a registration of ordered items, each ordered item is displayed according to a first classification based on the main code and the sub code. The display screen is changed in response to a depression of a subtotal key or a total key. After the subtotal key or the total key is depressed, the ordered item is displayed according to a second classification based on the main code only.
Abstract:
A printer with an automatic cutter, at the time when a printer power source is turned on, judges from the ON/OFF states of two keys, i.e. a paper feed key and a condition setting key, whether a selected mode is an automatic cutter test mode, a printing test mode, or a normal printing mode, and then effects a necessary processing in accordance with such selected mode. According to this processing, the test of the automatic cutter can be conducted using only the printer, that is, without the use of any special device and parts.
Abstract:
A printer driving apparatus for a line printer comprises: a measuring circuit to measure the number of print dots; and a driving circuit which can change drive timings of dots of a print head in correspondence to a print ratio in each print cycle. When the number of print dots is small, an interval between strobes is narrowed. When it is large, an interval between strobes is widened. Thus, a high-speed printing can be performed in the case of using the power source of the same capacity. When a high-speed printing is not required, the capacity of the power source can be reduced.
Abstract:
Weight data of articles for sale is stored and a total weight is calculated every order. Measured weight of the prepared articles in a package is compared with the calculated total weight. If the measured weight substantially disagrees with the calculated total weight, error information is provided to the operator to correctly package the articles. Comparison may be effected every order number. An addition flag may be further stored with weight data every article to indicate that the article is a target of weight measuring. A non-addition key indicating that the corresponding article is not packaged may be further provided. When the non-addition key is depressed, the weight of the corresponding article is not included in the total weight. The total weight may be printed on the receipt, so that the operator can compare the printed total weight with the measured weight. The total weight may be printed with bar codes. A balance has a bar code reader for comparison. The bar code reader may be provided to the electronic cash register. A controller communicating with the electronic cash register may be further provided at a kitchen for comparison. The order number may be printed on a receipt read by a bar code reader. The controller has a monitor display for informing the error. The difference in weight may be further displayed.