JP2001344555A - System for issuing receipt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the publicity activity of a sales store, etc., by effectively utilizing the blank space of a receipt. SOLUTION: At least two kinds of advertisement images are registered in an advertisement DB 118 provided in a public money processor 10, and either customer service image between them is selected and printed on the receipt.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receipt issuing system, and more particularly to issuing a receipt in a public money processing system for paying taxes and public money using a payment form (hereinafter referred to as "form"). Useful.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 14 shows a conceptual diagram of a conventional public money processing system. A customer who pays public money enters a form sent from a company or a public institution requesting payment into a public money processing apparatus 10 installed in a business store 1 such as a convenience store, and pays a fee charged there. . After the payment, the receipt received from the public money processing apparatus 10 is received and the payment is kept. Information that the customer has paid is transferred to the host computer 20 installed in the tallying center 2 connected to the public money processing apparatus 10 by a dedicated line or a public line, and stored in the DB 21 as storage information by the host computer 20. You.

FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of a public money processing apparatus. The public money processing apparatus 10 includes a numeric keypad 101, a display unit 102, a bill slot 103, a coin slot 104, a bill /
Coin recognition unit 105, bill / coin management unit 106, bill outlet 107, coin outlet 108, scanner 109, image reading unit 110, image processing unit 111, barcode recognition unit 112, image creation unit 113, printing unit 114, It consists of a receipt outlet 115, a DB 116, and a control unit 117.

The ten keys 101 are keys for an operator to input various data. The display unit 102
Displays various data. The bill / coin recognition unit 10
Reference numeral 5 executes recognition on the bills and coins inserted into the bill insertion slot 103 and the coin insertion slot 104, and outputs the resulting amount to the control unit. The bill / coin management unit 1
Reference numeral 06 performs management of bills and coins in the public money processing apparatus 10, for example, controls output of change from the bill outlet 107 and the coin outlet 108 and the like.

[0005] The image reading unit 110 includes a scanner 1.
09 for the image read from
Perform value processing and the like. The image processing unit 111 includes:
Cut out the receipt from the captured image. The barcode recognition unit 112 recognizes a barcode portion of a form. The image creation unit 113 includes:
Create a receipt image to be issued. The printing unit 114
Prints the receipt to be issued and prints the receipt outlet 115
Issue a receipt from. The DB 116 stores various data. The control unit 117 includes the public money processing apparatus 10
Of the whole control.

Next, a description will be given of processing until the customer pays a fee and receives a receipt. FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of a conventional payment process. The customer, first, the display unit 1
The type (electricity, telephone, gas, etc.) of the form displayed in 02 is confirmed, and the payment type is selected from the numeric keypad 101 (S101). Next, the customer inputs a form to the scanner 109 (S102), and the input form is read by the image reading unit 1
At 10, correction and binarization are performed to obtain an image (S103).

Next, the control unit 117 acquires the form format information stored in the DB 116 based on the payment type information selected in S101. Then, based on the barcode position information obtained from the form format information, the barcode recognition unit 112 performs barcode recognition on the image acquired by the image reading unit 110 (S104). Subsequently, the result of recognizing the barcode (billing contents, customer name, fee, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 102 to prompt the customer to confirm (S105). If the customer confirms the content displayed in S105, the process proceeds to the next step; otherwise, the process ends and the process is restarted from the beginning (S10).
6).

When the contents are confirmed by the customer, the control unit 117 requests the display unit 102 to pay the fee confirmed in S105, and the customer pays the bill to the bill insertion slot 103 and / or the coin insertion slot 104. throw into. The inserted fee is recognized by the bill / coin recognition unit 105, and the result is transferred to the control unit 117. The control unit 117 compares the input fee with the charged fee, and if a change is required, the banknotes and / or coins managed by the banknote / coin management unit 106 are transferred to the banknote outlet 107 and / or coin discharger. The change is given to the customer by outputting to the exit 108. At the same time, the change amount is displayed on the display unit 102 (S107).

At the same time as performing the deposit processing in S107, an image of a receipt is created. Control unit 11
7 is a DB11 based on the type information selected in S101.
6, the image processing unit 111 performs an image clipping process of the receipt part based on the receipt position information stored in the storage unit 6, and based on the cut-out receipt part image,
The image creation unit 113 creates an image of the receipt issued to the customer (S108). Then, the image created in S108 is printed by the printing unit 114 and issued to the customer as a receipt from the receipt outlet 115 (S10).
9).

[0010]

In the above-mentioned conventional public money processing system, a receipt issued by the public money processing apparatus is created separately from an actual form based on an image acquired by a scanner. By the way, a receipt for printing a deposit item such as a deposit amount has a considerable margin, and there has been a demand for whether the margin can be effectively utilized. Therefore,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to carry out an advertising activity of a business office or the like by effectively utilizing a margin of a receipt.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receipt issuing system which prints a deposit item such as a deposit amount and issues a receipt certifying the fact of the deposit.
At least two types of customer service images are set, and one of the customer service images is selected and printed on a receipt. The customer service image includes, for example, an advertisement image, a regional information image, and a discount ticket image.

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, when a receipt is issued, a customer service image is selected based on personal information and printed on the receipt. The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 2.
At the time of receipt, address, age, gender, singleness /
Based on various personal information such as marriage and the like, a customer service image which is considered to have the highest advertising effect for each individual is selected and printed on a receipt.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in claim 1, the size of the receipt image cut out from the form image is measured, and the customer service image is enlarged or reduced according to the measured size of the receipt image. The cut-out receipt image and the enlarged or reduced customer service image are combined into one image and printed on the receipt.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect, a customer service image management device having a database for managing customer service images, and a customer service image management device provided by the customer service image management device. A configuration is characterized in that a receipt issuing device for reading the image and printing the customer service image on the receipt is connected by a dedicated line or a public line.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, a scanner unit for inputting an original advertisement is input to either the customer service image management device or the receipt issuing device, and the acquired customer service image is encoded. The configuration is characterized in that correction processing is performed and stored in the database of the customer service image management device. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the customer service stored in the database of the company host computer is connected to the company host computer managed by the advertising company and the customer service image management device by a dedicated line or a public line. The configuration is characterized in that the image is read into the customer service image management device and stored in the database of the customer service image management device.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited by this. In each embodiment,
The case of the public money processing system will be described.
4, the description is omitted because it is the same as that described in the above conventional technique.

First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a public money processing apparatus according to a first embodiment. The public money processing apparatus 10 includes a numeric keypad 10
1, display unit 102, bill slot 103, coin slot 10
4. Banknote / coin recognition unit 105, banknote / coin management unit 10
6. Bill outlet 107, coin outlet 108, scanner 1
09, an image reading unit 110, an image processing unit 111,
Barcode recognition unit 112, image creation unit 113, printing unit 114, receipt outlet 115, DB 116, control unit 1
17, consisting of an advertisement DB 118.

The ten keys 101 are keys for an operator to input various data. The display unit 102
Displays various data. The bill / coin recognition unit 10
Reference numeral 5 executes recognition on the bills and coins inserted into the bill insertion slot 103 and the coin insertion slot 104, and outputs the resulting amount to the control unit. The bill / coin management unit 1
Reference numeral 06 performs management of bills and coins in the public money processing apparatus 10, for example, controls output of change from the bill outlet 107 and the coin outlet 108 and the like.

The image reading unit 110 includes the scanner 1
09 for the image read from
Perform value processing and the like. The image processing unit 111 includes:
Cut out the receipt from the captured image. The barcode recognition unit 112 recognizes a barcode portion of a form. The image creation unit 113 includes:
Create a receipt image to be issued. The printing unit 114
Prints the receipt to be issued and prints the receipt outlet 115
Issue a receipt from. The DB 116 stores various data. The control unit 117 includes the public money processing apparatus 10
Of the whole control. The advertisement DB 118 stores at least two types of advertisement images, and one of them is selected when printing a receipt.

Next, a procedure for simultaneously printing and issuing an advertisement when issuing a receipt in the public money processing apparatus will be described.
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the schematic processing. First, display for process selection is performed on the display unit 102. Since it is necessary to register the advertisement in order to combine the advertisement with the receipt issued by the public money processing apparatus 10, a screen prompting the user to select whether or not to execute the advertisement registration process is displayed (S201). Then, when the user selects whether or not to execute the advertisement registration process (S202), if the advertisement registration is not to be performed, the customer's payment procedure is guided to execute the payment process (S203).
When performing the advertisement registration process, the advertisement registration procedure of the administrator is guided to execute the advertisement registration (S204).

Next, a procedure in which an administrator registers an advertisement in the public money processing apparatus 10 will be described. FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the advertisement registration process according to the first embodiment. First, the original drawing of the advertisement is input to the scanner 109 (S3).
01), the image reading unit 1 for the inputted original advertisement
At 19, encoding and correction processing are performed to obtain an advertisement image (S302). Subsequently, the acquired advertisement image is displayed on the display unit 102 to be checked by the administrator (S30).
3) If the confirmed advertisement image is OK, S30
The process proceeds to S5, and if the advertisement image is NG, the process returns to S301, and the original advertisement is input again (S304). And O
The advertisement image confirmed as K is stored in the advertisement DB 118, and the process ends (S305).

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the payment processing according to the first embodiment. First, the customer enters the display unit 102
, The type (electricity, telephone, gas, etc.) displayed on the display is checked, and the type is selected from the numeric keypad 101 (S40).
1) When the customer inputs a form to the scanner 109 (S4)
02), the image reading unit 110
Performs the encoding and correction processing (S403). Subsequently, the control unit 117 acquires the form format information stored in the DB 116 based on the type information selected in S401. Then, based on the barcode position information obtained from the obtained format information, the barcode recognition unit 112 performs barcode recognition on the image obtained by the image reading unit 110 (S40).
4) The result (billing contents, customer name, fee, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 102 to prompt the customer to confirm (S40).
5). If the customer has confirmed the contents and accepted it, the process proceeds to the next step; otherwise, the process is terminated and the process is restarted from the beginning (S406).

Next, the control unit 117 requests the display unit 102 to pay the fee confirmed in S405, thereby allowing the customer to enter the bill insertion slot 103 or the coin insertion slot 10.
4. Charge the fee. The inserted fee is recognized by the bill / coin recognition unit 105, and the result is transferred to the control unit 117. The control unit 117 compares the input fee with the charged fee. If a change is required, the banknote or coin managed by the banknote / coin management unit 106 is transferred to the banknote outlet 107 or the coin outlet. 108, the change is given to the customer, and at the same time, the display unit 10
2, the change amount is displayed (S407). At the same time as performing the deposit processing of S407, an image of a receipt is created (S408).

Finally, printing is performed on one or both sides of the paper issued by the printing unit 114. 4 for single-sided printing
In step S4, one image including the receipt image and the advertisement image processed in step S08 is printed.
The receipt image processed in step 08 is printed on the front side, and the advertisement image is printed on the back side. Then, the printed receipt is issued to the customer through the receipt outlet 115, and the process is terminated (S
409).

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a receipt image creation process according to the first embodiment. First, the receipt part is cut out from the form image. Control unit 1
Reference numeral 17 denotes a DB based on the type information selected in S401.
The receipt position information stored in 116 is transferred to the image processing unit 111, and the image processing unit 111 performs an image cutout process of the receipt part based on the transferred receipt position information (S501).

Next, the process for printing an advertisement and the process for not printing an advertisement are sorted out. If the advertisement is to be printed at the same time as the receipt is printed, the process proceeds to S503, and if the advertisement is not printed, the process immediately proceeds to S409 (S502). In this case, only the receipt partial image is printed. In addition, the setting of whether or not to print the advertisement is made in advance. continue,
Load the ad image. In addition, the following S50
The processing of 3 to S507 is performed by the image processing unit 113. The selected advertisement image registered in the advertisement DB 118 is read (S503), and the area size of the receipt image is measured from the receipt position information or the cut-out image of the receipt part stored in the DB 116 (S504).

Then, the advertisement image read in S503 is subjected to enlargement / reduction processing based on the receipt size measured in S504. In the case of single-sided printing, where the printed side of the advertisement is the same as the receipt, keep the ratio of the height and width of the advertisement image unchanged, and make the length of the receipt image the same as the length of the advertisement image in the horizontal direction To
In the case of double-sided printing for printing the advertisement on the back of the receipt, enlargement / reduction processing is performed so that the height and width of the receipt image are the same as the height and width of the advertisement image (S50).
5). It should be noted that the setting for single-sided printing is made in advance. Next, the processing for single-sided printing and the processing for double-sided printing are separated (S506). In the case of single-sided printing, the receipt image and the advertisement image are combined to form one image (S507). In this case, the process proceeds to S409.

Finally, the concept of receipt image cutout and receipt composite image will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the receipt image cutout, and shows a state where the receipt image B is cut out from the form image A. 7A and 7B are explanatory diagrams of a receipt composite image. FIG. 7A shows a one-sided printing state in which an advertisement image is printed in a right area and a receipt image is printed in a left area, and FIG. 7B shows a receipt image on the front side. 2 shows a state of double-sided printing in which an advertisement image is printed on the back side.

According to the first embodiment, the advertisement registration processing procedure is performed, the advertisement image is registered in the advertisement DB provided in the public money processing apparatus, and the advertisement image is printed on the receipt issued by the public money processing system. This has the effect that issuing a receipt is an advertising activity. In addition, by providing an advertisement image reading procedure, receipt size measurement procedure, advertisement image enlargement / reduction procedure, and image composition procedure in the receipt image creation process, it is possible to create an advertisement image according to the size of the issued receipt. There is an effect that an advertisement image can be printed in an empty space, a back space, or an additional space of the receipt. Furthermore, by providing a procedure for inputting an original advertisement and registering an advertisement image for public money processing measures, an effect is obtained in which the administrator of the public money processing apparatus can independently register an advertisement image. . Therefore, by effectively utilizing the margins of the receipt, it becomes possible to carry out advertising activities at business offices and the like.

Second Embodiment FIG. 8 shows a conceptual diagram of a public money processing system according to a second embodiment. In the figure, a public money processing apparatus 10 installed in a sales office 1, a host computer 20 installed in an aggregation center 2, and a company host 30 installed in an advertising company 3 are connected by a dedicated line or a public line. Sales office 1
Is provided with a public money processing apparatus 10. Aggregation center 2
Is provided with a host computer 20 and a DB 21, which are connected so that data can be exchanged. Further, the advertising company 3 has a company host 30,
A company DB 31 is installed, and these are connected so that data can be exchanged.

Hereinafter, an advertisement registration processing procedure when an advertisement image is printed on a receipt will be described. The method of realizing the advertisement registration procedure is different from that of the first embodiment. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the advertisement image registration process according to the second embodiment. This flowchart corresponds to the specific processing of S204 described above with reference to FIG.

First, when issuing a receipt, the public money processing apparatus 1
A request is sent to the host computer 20 to transfer the advertisement image to be registered from 0 (S901). Then
When the host computer 20 accesses the company host 30 of the company that registers the advertisement and requests transfer of the selected advertisement image (S902), the company host 30 enters the company DB 3
The advertisement image stored in No. 1 is transferred to the host computer 20 of the tallying center 2 (S903). And
The host computer 20 stores the advertisement image in the DB 21 and further transfers the advertisement image to the public money processing apparatus 10 (S904). When the advertisement image is stored in the DB 21 and an advertisement image transfer request is received from another business office, the advertisement image stored in the DB 21 is transferred. After the advertisement registration process is executed in this way, as described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 in the first embodiment, a receipt in which an advertisement image is printed is issued.

According to the second embodiment, since the company host 30 of the company that issues the advertisement and the company DB 31 that stores the advertisement image are installed, in the procedure of registering the advertisement, the administrator of the public money processing apparatus 10 The effect is obtained that the procedure for registering the advertisement image can be omitted in each case. Third Embodiment FIG. 10 shows a conceptual diagram of a public money processing system according to a third embodiment. In the figure, a public money processing apparatus 10 installed in a branch 1, a host computer 20 installed in an aggregation center 2, and a company host 3 installed in an advertising company 3
0 and the company host 40 installed in the advertising company 4 are connected by a dedicated line or a public line. The office 1 is provided with a public money processing apparatus 10. The counting center 2 is provided with a host computer 20, a DB 21, and a personal DB 22, which are connected so that data can be exchanged. Advertising company 3 has company host 30 and company D
B31 is installed and data can be exchanged. The advertising company 4 has a company host 40 and a company DB.
41 are provided, and data can be exchanged. Although omitted here, the host computer 20 installed in the aggregation center 2 is also connected to a plurality of company hosts.

The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a procedure for selecting an advertisement image each time based on personal information is executed without executing a procedure of registering an advertisement image.
This embodiment is different from the second embodiment and the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the differences will be mainly described. Note that the payment processing procedure is the same as the procedure shown in FIG. 4, and thus the description is omitted. However, in the barcode recognition processing in S404, processing for acquiring the personal ID number described in the barcode is added. I do.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a receipt image creation process according to the third embodiment. Note that the procedures of S1101 to S1107 (excluding S1103) shown in FIG. 11 are performed in S501 to S507 (S5
Except 03. ), So the description is omitted.
The advertising image reading processing procedure of S1103 which is a different step will be described.

FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of the advertisement image reading process according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 13 shows an example of personal information data. First, the public money processing apparatus 10 transfers the personal ID acquired by barcode recognition to the host computer 20 of the counting center 2 (S120).
1). The host computer 20 searches the personal DB 22 based on the transferred personal ID, and obtains personal information as shown in FIG. The personal information data may be any data as long as it is data on an individual who can select the advertisement with the highest advertising effect, and includes items such as name, address, age, gender, marriage / single.

Next, based on the acquired personal information, the host computer 20 selects a company that can provide an advertisement most suitable for the individual. For example, if the customer is a single woman in her 20s based on personal information, a company that can provide the most effective advertisements such as branded bags and clothes, travel information, etc. is selected (S1203). Then, the company host 31 of the selected advertisement company 3 uses the company DB 3 based on the personal information.
From step 1, the most suitable advertisement image is transferred to the host computer 20 of the tallying center 2 (S1204), and the advertisement image transferred to the host computer 20 is transferred to the public money processing apparatus 10 (S1205). After executing these procedures in this way, the public money processing apparatus 10 executes the processing from S504 shown in FIG. 11 and issues a receipt printing the advertisement image selected based on the personal information.

According to the third embodiment, the personal DB 22 is set in the counting center 2, the personal information is acquired from the personal information data based on the personal ID, and the advertisement image most suitable for the individual is provided. Is provided, it is possible to provide a more effective advertisement image. In addition,
In the present invention, the procedure for printing and issuing an advertisement image at the same time as the receipt image is described. However, instead of the advertisement image, a customer service image such as regional information or a discount ticket can be similarly performed. I do.

[0039]

As described above, according to the receipt issuing system of the present invention, at least two types of customer service images are registered, and one of the customer service images is selected and printed on the receipt. As a result, it is possible to effectively utilize the margin of the receipt and to perform the advertising activity of the business office or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a public money processing apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a schematic process.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an advertisement registration process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a payment process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a receipt image creation process according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of cutting out a receipt image.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a composite receipt image.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of a public money processing system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an advertisement image registration process according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of a public money processing system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a receipt image creation process according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an advertisement image reading process according to the third embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of personal information data.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of a conventional public money processing system.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a conventional public money processing apparatus.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a conventional payment process.

[Description of Signs] 10 Public money processing device 118 Advertising DB

Claims (7)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A receipt issuing system that prints deposit items such as the amount of deposit and issues a receipt certifying the fact of the deposit, sets at least two types of customer service images, and sets the customer service image in the customer service image. A receipt issuance system characterized in that one of the following is selected and printed on the receipt. 2. The receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein a customer service image is selected based on personal information and printed on the receipt when the receipt is issued. 3. The image of claim 2, wherein at the time of receipt issuance, a customer service image that is considered to have the highest advertising effect is selected for each individual based on various personal information such as address, age, gender, and single / married. Receipt issuing system characterized by printing on the receipt. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the size of the receipt image cut out from the form image is measured, and the customer service image is enlarged or reduced according to the measured size of the receipt image. A receipt issuing system, wherein the reduced customer service image is combined into one image and printed on a receipt. 5. The customer service image management device according to claim 1, wherein the customer service image management device has a database for managing the customer service image, and the customer service image is read from the customer service image management device. A receipt issuing system, wherein a receipt issuing device for printing a service image on a receipt is connected by a dedicated line or a public line. 6. The customer service image management device or the receipt issuing device according to claim 5, further comprising: a scanner unit for inputting an original advertisement image, performing encoding and correction processing on the acquired customer service image. A receipt issuing system, wherein the receipt is issued in a database of a service image management device. 7. The customer service image stored in a database of the company host computer, wherein the company host computer managed by the advertising company and the customer service image management device are connected by a dedicated line or a public line. A receipt issuing system, wherein the receipt is issued by the image management device and stored in a database of the customer service image management device.