US 6,981,633 B2 | ||
Point of sales terminal, point of sales system, and method for managing cash-on hand information | ||
Kaoru Inoue, Nishitokyo (Japan); and Shigeki Enoki, Tama (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
Filed on Sep. 07, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/947,533. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2000-279139 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2002/0030101 A1, Mar. 14, 2002 | ||
Int. Cl. G07G 1/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 235—7R | 15 Claims |
1. A point of sales terminal, comprising:
a programmable computer processor;
an interface unit coupled to said processor, and communicating with an upper level device;
a memory unit coupled to said processor;
an input device coupled to said processor and inputting information;
a display unit coupled to said processor;
a change device storing cash for change and discharging an appropriate amount of change,
wherein said processor controls the point of sales terminal according to a process comprising:
receiving information on current amount of change stored in the change device from said change device based upon an amount
of cash discharged as change from the change device,
calculating a discrepancy based on said information on current amount of change stored in the change device and information
on a preliminarily set appropriate amount of change to be in the change device, and
notifying the discrepancy.
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