FR2824166A1 - Computer processing of receipts and other financial documents for management information, uses scanning of documents and counting of cash to provide digital data for a central computer - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly enabling the processing of receipts from other financial contributions from an administration or a company. This assembly comprises connected to the processing unit i by means of respective appropriate computer means 6, 7, 8, 9, informative printing means 5, a device for optical or magnetic reading of documents and other fiduciary media, a first counting device 2 arranged for the processing of paper money and a second counting device 3 arranged for the processing of the money proper, all operating in a graphical interface environment, allowing multitasking of management applications .

Description

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  COMPUTER PROCESSING ASSEMBLY FOR REVENUE AND OTHER

  FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND METHOD FOR ITS USE IN MANAGEMENT

  The present invention relates to a set for the computer processing of receipts and other financial pecuniary contributions. It is also a process

  for the use of this set in management.

  The management of the processing of receipts and other financial contributions gives rise to various disadvantages since the said receipts and other financial contributions take the form of elements, for example, cash, restaurant vouchers, gift vouchers, coins banknotes and others, difficulties also arise at the level of

nominal value of said elements.

  An object of the invention is to provide a set for centralizing the handling of different revenue and financial inputs, for example, in an administration or a company, by involving a database management system which guarantees data, avoids redundancies and facilitates access to information. The subject of the present invention is therefore a set allowing the processing of receipts and other financial contributions of any administration or company, characterized in that it comprises, connected to a processing unit via appropriate computer means. respective printing means, an optical or magnetic document reading device and other fiducial media, a first counting device for processing paper money and a second counting device arranged for the processing of the actual currency, all operating in an environment of graphical interfaces, allowing the

  multitasking of management applications.

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  The whole of the present invention is furthermore remarkable by the following points: the processing unit is designed to interpret information coming from the counting devices and the device for optical or magnetic reading of documents and fiducial supports; the whole is designed to interface with functions already existing in the administration or the company, and this by means of a database management system, thus guaranteeing data security while avoiding redundancies and facilitating access to information; the set is associated in operation with a Wdows type environment. The invention also relates to a method for managing the processing of receipts and other financial contributions, characterized in that a set is implemented.

  according to claims 1 to 4, wherein

  introduces various devices for counting paper money and money, while at the optical or magnetic document reading device are introduced different papers and fiducial media, which processing set cooperating with a microcomputer integrated therein, for analyzing , to process and disaggregate the data, in combination with appropriate computer means. Other particular features and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, upon reading the following details of the means employed, their method of use and the applications resulting therefrom, with reference to the accompanying drawings. whose single figure is a schematic representation of the set of

  management according to the present invention.

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  In the drawing, the processing unit 1 is advantageously constituted by a microcomputer which interprets the information coming from the counting devices 2, 3, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, drives the reader 4 of fiduciary documents. to retrieve the encrypted information obtained in the optical lines of the processed documents. Due to this particular configuration, the assembly according to the invention can centralize the management of cash processing, restaurant vouchers, gift certificates and other products requiring support, which come from different counting points, namely the hostesses. checkout, agencies, sites, counters, etc. This set allows a breakdown of the payment methods which counting is automated, it reclassifies the quantities found by type of payment, namely, coins, tickets, restaurant tickets and other fiduciary media, and by nominal value thereof . It should be noted that the counts from the corresponding devices 2, 3 can then be analyzed and processed, broken down according to the needs, settings being possible,

  thanks to computer connections 6 and 9, respectively.

  This set has been designed using a database management system (S.G.B.D.) that guarantees data security, while avoiding redundancies and facilitating access to information. The whole works

in a Windows environment.

  From the foregoing, it is clear that the combination of the computer means 6, 8 and 9 creates a software interface between counting devices 2, 3 and reading fiducial media 4, thus allowing a breakdown of the species whose counting is automated. . The assembly makes it possible to interpret the information coming from these counting and reading devices, which avoids the manual reworking of this information and the risks of error that

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  that can engender. It is clear, as previously indicated, that it is possible to set up and customize the screen masks, the editions according to the processing methods and the information circuits of the administration or the company. In addition, this set has been designed to interface with the existing functions in the administration and the company, for example a computer system associated with the cash lines. In its design, the whole of the invention has been realized by means of a S.G.B.D. of Microsoft Access type that guarantees data security, avoids redundancy and facilitates access to information. This set works in Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT environment. It combines both a functional richness and a simplicity

  of use thanks to a 32-bit Windows interface.

  It should be noted that the computer application controls the startup of the doeulment and interprets the collected information. The computer application is content to recover and

  to interpret the information collected.

  With regard to the applications of the whole of this invention, it is necessary to quote the following data, without any limiting character: the set allows the automatic calculation of the differences between a theoretical amount announced and the actual amount counted for each cashier; - it makes possible the breakdown of the various payment methods (CB, checks, gift vouchers, restaurant vouchers) per payment site; - It allows the management of 16 different payment methods that the operator can set at will; - it is now possible to value gift certificates or restaurant vouchers by their value. nominaTe breakdowns by paying agency! providing sheaves of sheds; - it allows the allocation of a bottom of cash by htess of cash; - mm a detailed list of speCial coins, rolls and notes for one day, as well as the seizure of marbles at the! tHe other sites pa catAgory with entry of vale u nAgaLive for eventual correction. In addition, it is clear that the assembly allows to manage the closing of the day's demand with! possibility of managing more than one day,

  likewise a purification and compacting of the data.

  It is important that this set directly leads to the addition of detailed and summary tables, for example through the interface 7 associated with the printing means, as well as a recovery of the count. It is clear that the present invention is not limited to the modes of realization of the set of writing of <us, but encompasses all the modificatico and variants, iss ues of the same process of establishment, namely the co DpAration between a central processing unit, of the microcomputer type, with devices for counting or reading financial products and fiduciary media, via a link interface with

operating devices.

  In the past, the dames 'indows', 'Microsoft Acces' quoted in pages 2, 3, 4 and 5 ci

above are registered marks.

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Claims (4)

  1. An assembly for processing receipts and other financial contributions of an administration or a company, characterized in that it includes, connected to the processing unit (1) via appropriate computer means respectively (6, 7, 8, 9) informative printing means (5), an optical or magnetic reading device (4) for documents and other fiducial supports, a first counting device (2) arranged for processing the paper currency and a second counting device (3) arranged for the processing of the actual currency, all operating in an environment of graphical interfaces, allowing multitask operation management applications.   2. An assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing unit (1) is designed in the manner of a microcomputer to interpret the   information from counting devices.   3. An assembly according to one of claims 1 and 2,   characterized in that it is designed to interface between the functions already existing in the administration or the enterprise, and this by means of a database management system, thus guaranteeing the security of the data in avoiding redundancies and facilitating access to information.   4. An assembly according to any one of the claims   1 to 3, characterized in that it is associated in operation with an environment of the Windows 32 type