JPH0250793A - Charge processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is applicable to vehicles, theaters, amusement parks, and vending machines.

Regarding fare processing devices used in various service organizations such as telephone services, more specifically, for example, a service that is particularly useful when used as a fare processing device that is placed near the driver's seat of a bus and collects usage fees from the users of this bus. It relates to an institution's usage fee processing device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a bus-mounted fare processing device receives and processes cash equivalent to the usage fee inserted by the user, and
When change is required, a device is configured to dispense the required amount of change to the user, and is also equipped with a function to take in a breakaway coupon ticket.

Such conventional devices not only cannot use the recently developed prepaid magnetic cards whose monetary value gradually decreases each time they are used, but also prevent the use of prepaid magnetic cards that have been developed in recent years. If a processing device is added, and users insert cash or magnetic cards into the device one after the other, should it be processed as one user's charge or should it be processed separately as multiple users' charges? Since the device cannot identify whether the bus has to be used or not, there is a possibility that the fare processing may be confused, the time taken to process the bus usage charges may become longer, and the service quality may deteriorate.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is capable of processing both prepaid cards with fee information attached and cash, and also allows the use of these media in a mixed manner. It is an object of the present invention to provide a charge processing device that can quickly and accurately process charges without causing any confusion in processing even when charges are input in conflicting states.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The fee processing device according to claim 1 captures a plurality of types of usage media using monetary value information used when using a service institution, and processes each usage medium. a medium processing means that performs fee processing according to the usage, a medium operation means that sets processing information according to each medium to be used, and a display that displays the processing information set by the medium operation means and the medium processing information by the medium processing means. and a control means for controlling the operation of each of the means and for giving priority to the processing operations of the plurality of types of media to be used by the medium processing means.

The fee processing apparatus according to claim 2 is the apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medium processing means includes a cash input detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash from being carried in. and a card processing section including a card insertion detection section to which a card with amount information attached as a usage medium is attached, and a card carry-in regulation section for carrying in or preventing the card from being carried in, and the control means is configured to control the processing in both the above-mentioned processes. While one of the processing units continues to process the corresponding cash or card, the corresponding input control unit is instructed to prevent the entry of cash or cards that are input into the other processing unit based on the detection result of the corresponding input detection unit. It is designed to perform control.

The charge processing device according to claim 3 is the charge processing device according to claim 1, in which the medium processing means includes a cash input detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash from being carried in. and a card processing section including a card insertion detection section to which a card with amount information attached as a usage medium is attached, and a card entry regulation section for carrying in or preventing the card from being carried in, and the control means includes a If the insertion detection section in the cash processing section does not detect the insertion of cash during the card processing operation, control is performed to cause the card processing section to continue processing the card based on the detection result.

The charge processing device according to claim 4 is the charge processing device according to claim 1, in which the medium processing means includes a cash input detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash from being carried in. a card processing section, which includes a card insertion detection section with amount information attached thereto as a usage medium, a card import regulation section that carries in or prevents the card from being carried in, and a reading/writing section that reads and writes the amount information on the card. The control means includes a determination section that determines the amount information of the card read by the read/write section of the card processing section, and when the determination section determines that the amount information of the card is insufficient, the control means In this embodiment, control is performed to release the state in which cash or cards are prevented from being carried in by the two carrying-in regulating sections.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a charge processing device according to the first aspect, in which the medium processing means includes a card processing section that takes in a card with amount information attached thereto and includes a reading/writing section that reads and writes amount information on the card. and a cash processing section that processes cash, the control means includes a discrimination section that compares the amount information of the card read by the reading/writing section and the usage fee, and the discrimination section When determining that the amount information is insufficient, the control means performs display control to display the difference amount, the amount on the card, and the remaining amount to be input into the cash processing section on the display means, and also displays the amount information on the card to the reading/writing section. This control rewrites the value to zero.

In the charge processing device according to claim 6, in the device according to claim 1, the medium processing means includes a card transport section that transports a card with amount information attached thereto, and a read/write section that reads and writes amount information on the card. and a cash processing unit that processes cash, and the control means includes a determination unit that compares the amount information of the card read by the reading/writing unit and the usage fee. When the determining unit determines that the card amount information is insufficient, the control means controls the card transport unit to stop the card transport, and also controls the card transport unit to stop the card transport based on the processing information from the medium operating unit. The card is configured to selectively perform return control or rewriting control for rewriting the amount information on the card to zero for the read/write unit.

The charge processing device according to claim 7 is a charge processing device that performs monetary processing according to the use of a service, and includes the following (a):
It has the configurations (b) and (c).

(a) a first medium processing means that takes in a first type of medium having monetary value information and performs charge processing according to the medium; (b) a medium processed by this first medium processing means; is a second media processing means that takes in a second type of media that is of a different type and also has monetary value information, and performs charge processing according to the medium; (c) this second media processing means; A priority processing means that gives priority to the charge processing of the first medium processing means that takes in the medium first.

The fee processing device according to claim 8 is a fee processing device that performs monetary processing according to the use of a service, and includes the following (a):
It has the configurations (b) and (c).

(a) a first medium processing means that takes in a first type of medium having monetary value information and performs charge processing according to the medium; (b) a medium processed by this first medium processing means; is a second media processing means that takes in a second type of media that is of a different type and also has monetary value information, and performs charge processing according to the medium; (c) this second media processing means; Priority processing means for giving priority to charge processing of either one of the first medium processing means.

(Function) According to the device according to claim 1, which is characterized by the following functions of the device having the above-mentioned configuration, the usage fee is processed by a plurality of types of usage media, and the usage fee is processed from the media operating means when processing the usage fee. The processing information and the media processing information by the media processing means are displayed on the display means for visual confirmation by an operator (driver) or user of the apparatus.

Furthermore, since the control means of this device gives priority to the processing operations of a plurality of utilized media, confusion in processing is eliminated.

According to the apparatus according to claim 2, when processing a plurality of types of usage media, even if one of cash or cards is inserted while the other usage medium is being processed, the other usage medium cannot be brought in. According to the device according to claim 3, characterized in that the processing of one of the utilized media is prevented, during the card processing operation,
Since the card processing operation continues as long as the insertion of cash into the cash processing unit is not detected, it is possible to quickly perform card processing.

According to the device according to claim 4, when processing the card, it is determined that the amount information on the card is insufficient for the usage fee, and based on this determination result, the system prompts to bring in cash or another card to cover the insufficient amount. This will facilitate the processing of the shortfall amount.

According to the device according to claim 5, when processing a card,
When it is determined that the amount information on the card is insufficient for the usage fee, the difference between the amount on the card and the usage fee and the remaining amount in cash between the amount on the card and the remaining amount are displayed on the display means. Since the processing status is clarified and the amount information on the card is rewritten to zero, the card user can clearly recognize the usage status of his or her card.

According to the device according to claim 6, when processing a card,
When it is determined that the amount information on the card is insufficient for the usage fee, the card is temporarily stopped in the device, and then
Either return this card and request payment of a separate usage fee, or
Since either the amount information on the card is rewritten to zero or not is selected in response to the payment of the insufficient amount, processing can be smoothly performed when the card is used for less than the usage fee.

Furthermore, according to the apparatus of claim 7, the first medium processing means processes charges for a first type of medium having monetary value information, such as a prepaid card, and the second medium processing means processes charges for the first type of medium having monetary value information. Charge processing is performed for a second type of medium, for example, cash, which is of a different type from the type of medium and also has monetary value information. Then, the priority processing means gives priority to the charge processing of whichever of the first or second medium processing means takes in the medium first.

Further, according to the apparatus of claim 8, the first medium processing means processes charges for a first type of medium having monetary value information, such as a prepaid card, and the second medium processing means processes charges for the first type of medium having monetary value information. Charge processing is performed for a second type of medium, for example, cash, which is of a different type from the type of medium and also has monetary value information. Then, the priority processing means gives priority to the charge processing of whichever of the first or second medium processing means takes in the medium first. Then, the priority processing means gives priority to the charge processing of either the first or second medium processing means.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of a bus-mounted fare processing device 1 of this embodiment.

This fee processing device 1 includes a box-shaped fee box main body 1A that constitutes a cash processing section 9A as a first medium processing means. The fare box body 1 has a cash slot 2 into which cash or coupon tickets are inserted when change is not required, and a coin slot 2 into which coins or banknotes are inserted when change is required. Slot 3, bill slot 4, and change receiving slot 5
and a cash operation unit 6 for inputting processing information when inserting cash.
A card operation section 18 for setting processing information when a prepaid magnetic card (hereinafter referred to as "card") with amount information attached as a usage medium is inserted, and a display section composed of a liquid crystal display, LED, etc. 7 is provided.

Further, a card processing section 9B as a second medium processing means, the details of which will be described later, is attached to the fare box main body 1.

The cash processing section 9A and the card processing section 9B constitute a medium processing means 80.

In the cash processing section 9A, as shown in FIG. 2, cash input into the cash input slot 2 is sent to a chute 31 by an inlet conveyor 31. This chute 31 is provided with a carry-in gate 32 which constitutes a cash carry-in regulating section and is driven by a solenoid (not shown).
A selection is made as to whether or not to send cash to the second change counters 33a, 33b.

That is, 1st. Second change counter 33a.

When there are enough 10 yen and 100 yen coins necessary as change in 33b, the carry-in gate 32 is opened by a solenoid (not shown), and the cash is introduced into the safe 36 by a shooter (not shown). First and second change counters 3
If 3a and 33b are not full, the sorting unit 36 selects 10
Yen and 100 yen are sorted out and placed in the first category. Second change counter 3
3a.

33b. The sorting unit 36 sorts coins according to their diameter, and 5 yen and 50 yen coins, which are smaller than 10 yen and 100 yen coins, are 10 yen.

Sorting hole 37 before the 100 yen sorting holes 37b and 37c
a and guided to the safe 55 by the shooter 38. Furthermore, the 500 yen coin is not sorted into any of the sorting holes 37a to 37G, passes through the chute 39 at the rear end of the sorting section 36, is dropped onto the discharge conveyor 40, and is sent from the discharge conveyor 40 to the change chute 41. Change shooter 4
1 is provided with an input gate 43 driven by an input solenoid (not shown), and 500 yen coins are inserted into a safe 55.

Coins needed for change are inserted into the coin slot 3. When there is no need to insert coins or bills that require change, or to insert a card into the card processing section 9B, the coin input gate 44 is opened by the drive solenoid 45, and coins can be inserted. The amount of coins inserted into the coin slot 3 is checked by a coin validator 46,
For 10 yen coins and other coins, there is a coin validator 46 and a sorting unit 36.
The shooter 48 is
The change is sent to the change chute 41 and comes out to the change receiving slot 5. In the case of 100 yen and 500 yen, the sorting gate 47 does not open and is sent to the sorting section 36 to be sorted.

The banknotes inserted from the banknote slot 4 are sent to the banknote insertion sensor 49.
When the insertion is detected and the coin processing with change and the card processing are not performed, the banknote conveyor 50 is moved by a drive motor (not shown), and the banknote conveyor 5
The banknotes are detected by a banknote sensor 51 provided in the middle of the banknote, and all banknotes other than 1,000 yen banknotes are returned to the banknote slot 4.

In the case of a 1,000 yen bill, the bill passes through a chute 52 provided at the rear end of the bill conveyor 50 and is put into a safe 55 . And the first. second change counter 33a,
33b discharges the change to the discharge conveyor 40 according to instructions from the controller, and sends the change to the change receiving slot 5 using the change chute 41.
Put it out. The change counter dispensers 33a and 33b are generally known, and have a function of storing coins in the upper part and discharging coins one by one from the lower part while counting them.

Next, the configuration of the card processing section 9B will be explained with reference to FIG.

When a card is inserted into the card insertion slot 60, the card insertion sensor 61 detects the card insertion. When card insertion is detected and cash that requires change is not being processed, the shutter 62 that constitutes the card import and regulation section is opened by the shutter solenoid 63, and the card can be inserted up to the card conveyor 64. Become.

When the shutter 62 opens, the transport motor 65 is driven via the card controller 15, and the inserted card is taken in. The magnetic contents of the loaded card are read by a magnetic head 66 serving as a reading/writing section, and a rear end sensor 68 provided on the right side of the magnetic head 66 in the same figure.
When the rear end of the card is detected, the card motor 65 stops transporting the card under the control of the card controller 15. The card controller 15 is the card insertion sensor 6
When insertion of a card is detected by the controller 1, a signal indicating that the card has been inserted is sent to the main controller 10. The main controller 10 transmits a signal indicating card insertion to the cash controller 12, which causes the cash controller 12 to operate the driving solenoid 45 and close the coin input gate 44. After a certain period of time has passed after the coin input gate 44 is closed, the cash controller 12 checks whether the coin has passed through the coin validator 46, that is, whether cash processing with change has started or not, and checks the result. The data is transmitted to the main controller 10. The main controller 10 sends a signal to the controller 15 indicating whether to return the card since cash processing has started or to interrupt card processing since cash processing has not been completed. In response to this, after the magnetic recording contents have been read, the card that is stopped at - is moved onto the card conveyor 64 in the direction of the card insertion slot 6o by the drive of the card motor 65. The amount of payment, which is a fee, is subtracted from the remaining amount stored in the card by the magnetic head 66, and the amount is recorded as a new remaining amount as the card is moved.
When the rear end of the card is detected, the card motor 65 is stopped. Next, the card motor 65 drives the card conveyor 64 to convey the card to the ejection port 69 side, and at this time, the card controller 15 drives the magnetic head 66 to check whether the magnetic recording is correctly recorded on the card. This controls the reading of magnetically recorded contents. After normal magnetic recording, the card conveyor 64 is driven to eject the card to the ejection port 69. The handling sensor 10 detects a card to be ejected and is capable of checking whether the card has been handled or not.

On the other hand, the main controller 10 is the cash controller 12
If the cash controller 12 receives a signal indicating that the coin validation device 46 has detected the passage of a coin after a certain period of time has passed after transmitting a signal indicating card insertion to the coin controller 12, the cash controller 12 instructs the main controller 10 to process cash. The main controller 10 transmits a signal indicating that the card has been started, and further transmits a signal to the card controller 15 indicating that the card is to be returned. Upon receiving the card return signal, the card controller 15 drives and controls the card motor 65 until the magnetically recorded contents are read and the temporarily stopped card is ejected into the insertion slot 60.

With the above operations, card processing is given priority when processing cash.

When a coin is inserted into the coin slot 3 or a card is inserted into the card slot 60, the bill is inserted into the bill slot 4, and the bill insertion sensor 49 detects the insertion of the bill. Also, banknotes are not taken in by the banknote conveyor 50. Of course, if the insertion of a banknote is detected by the banknote insertion sensor 49 when coins or cards are not being processed, the banknote conveyor 50 will take in the banknote under the control of the cash controller 12. ing.

Next, the control system of the device 1 of this embodiment will be further described in detail with reference to FIG.

This device 1 includes the cash processing section 9A and the card processing section 9B.
a medium processing means 80 consisting of; a control means 90 as a priority processing means that performs overall control operations; and the display section 7.
Said cash operation section 6. A medium operation means 95 consisting of a card operation section 18 is provided.

The control means 90 is connected to a main controller 10 that performs overall control operations, and is connected to this main controller 10, and is connected to the main controller 10, and receives usage fee amount information, processing information from the TS body operation means 95, and medium processing information from the medium processing means 80. It is equipped with a main memory 81 for recording information, etc., and a discrimination section 82 for discriminating charges.

The cash processing unit 9A is equipped with a cash controller 12 that controls each of the above-described elements of the cash processing unit 9A, and transmits and receives various information to and from the main controller 10. A fee memory 83 for recording amount information is connected.

The card processing unit 9B is the cash controller 12 described above.
The card controller 15 has the same functions as the card controller 15, and a card memory 84 that records card information connected to the card controller 15.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the display mode of the display section 7. The display section 7 shows "valid", "used", "dwarf", "invalid", and "insufficient amount".

A character display section 71 that displays text information such as "wrong writing", "old card", and "other abnormality", and a charge display section 72 that displays charge information such as usage charges, insufficient charges, and collected charges are provided. It is being

FIG. 6 shows the panel surface of the card operation section 18, and the message "Seisaku Complete" is written on this panel surface.

A group of operation buttons 73 are provided for inputting processing information such as "Adult", "Child", "Discharge", "Return", "Optional Clearance", and "Date Confirmation".

Next, the operation of the apparatus having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIG.

To explain the case where a bus user first pays the usage fee using a card, the user inserts the card into the card insertion slot 60 of the card processing section 9B (ST1). Card insertion is detected by the card insertion sensor 61, and based on this detection result, a signal indicating the card insertion, that is, the start of card processing, is transmitted from the card controller 15 to the main controller 10 (ST2>. Then, the main controller 10 controls the Based on this, the cash controller 12 closes the coin input gate 44, and after a certain period of time, the coin validator 46 checks whether or not a coin has passed, and the result is transmitted from the cash controller 12 to the main controller 10.Main controller 10 If a coin passes through the cash processing 2, it is determined that it is a card processing, and the result is transmitted to the card controller 15.Then, after detecting the card insertion, the shutter 62 opens (ST3), and the card is processed. The card can be inserted up to the card conveyor 64, the card is conveyed by the card conveyor 64, and the magnetic head 6
6 reads the magnetic record (ST4), and after the rear end sensor 68 detects the rear end of the card, the card stops and the main controller 10 from cash processing or card processing checks the read content (ST5). An order comes from.

Upon receiving this command, the card controller 15 determines whether to write a magnetic record on the card for card processing or to return the card for cash processing (ST6). Here, if the card controller 15 receives a command to process cash from the main controller 10, the rear end sensor 6
The card stopped at the discharge port 69 side of the card 8 is returned to the card insertion slot 60 by being taken in by the card conveyor 64 and transported in the opposite direction (ST7). Of course, at this time, it passes through the magnetic head 66, but no magnetic writing is performed. Card insertion slot 60
If the returned card is handled, the processing of this card in the card processing unit 9B is completed (ST8). After handling the card, the shutter 62 will not open even if the card is inserted into the card insertion slot 60 unless cash processing is completed. When deciding whether to process cash or card (ST6)
), when it is determined that the card is to be processed, the magnetic content of the card is checked (ST5) to determine whether it is a valid card or an invalid card (used card, card that cannot be used with this system, etc.). (ST9). If the card is invalid, the stopped card is returned to the card insertion slot 60 (ST10), and the card controller 15 transmits a signal indicating the invalid or used card to the main controller 10. In response to this, the main controller 10 lights up the LED 71A of that item on the display section 7. The returned card is handled through the card insertion slot 60. (ST11).

When the card is handled, the card controller 15 (
Based on the detection result of the pick-up sensor 70, a message that the card processing has been completed is transmitted to the main controller 10, and the LED
The display of 71A is erased.

Judgment of whether the card is valid or invalid (ST
In step 9), if it is determined that the card is valid, it is determined whether the balance recorded on the card is greater than or equal to the charge amount (ST12>).

Here, if the remaining amount is greater than or equal to the fee amount, the card controller 15 subtracts the fee amount from the remaining amount, uses that amount as the new remaining amount, and transmits the new remaining amount to the main controller 10 (ST13). In response to this, the main controller 10 lights up the enabled LED 71B on the display section 7, and
The remaining amount is displayed on the segment charge display section 72. When this remaining amount display data is sent to the main controller 10, the card controller 15 controls the card conveyor 64 to move the stopped card toward the card insertion slot 60, and furthermore, while the card is passing through the magnetic head 66, the remaining amount is Magnetically record the new balance after subtracting the charge amount from (
ST14) Perform control. The card conveyor 64 then stops once the card passes through the area of the leading edge sensor 67.
Next, this card is ejected to the card ejection port 69 (ST
15).

After the card is ejected to the ejection port 69, when the take-up sensor 70 detects that the card has been handled from the card ejection port 69, the card controller 15 transmits to the main controller 10 that the card processing has been completed ( ST1
6). In response to this transmission, the main controller 10 transmits a command to the cash controller 12 indicating that cash processing is possible. In response to this, the cash controller 12 controls the coin insertion gate 44 to open. If the balance recorded on the card is less than the usage fee, card controller 1
5 sends information on the amount of shortage to the main controller 10 (S
T17). The main controller 10 is the LED of the display section 7
The insufficient amount LED 71C of 80 is turned on and at the same time, the insufficient amount is displayed as - (minus). Here, the card user informs the bus driver whether to use this card to pay the shortfall amount or not to use this card (ST18).
). The bus crew operates a push button on the card operation section 18. When using this card, press the eject button 73.
A. If you want to return the item without using it, press the return button 73B.

To use this card, press the eject button 90 (
ST19) and insert the stopped card into the card insertion slot 60.
The card conveyor 64 is driven to move the card to the side, and at this time, the remaining amount is magnetically recorded on the Opp while the card is passing through the magnetic head 66 under the control of the card controller 15 (ST20). The card conveyor 64 stops once the card passes the tip sensor 67 of the magnetic head 66, and
Next, eject the card to the card ejection slot 69 (ST21
>. A card whose remaining balance becomes Ou becomes a used card.

After the card is ejected to the card ejection port 69, when the card removal sensor 70 detects that one card has been removed from the card ejection port 69, the card controller 15 transmits the received amount to the main controller 10 (ST22 >.Receiving this transmission, the main controller 10 displays 7 of the display section 7.
The amount to be received is displayed on the fee display section 72 of the segment.

For example, if the card balance is 100 yen and the charge is 160 yen, when the card is read and the charge is displayed on the 7-segment charge display section 72 of the display section 7 (ST17), it will be "'-60". is displayed. After the card is then taken out from the card ejection port 69 (ST22), the charge display section 72 displays "100" indicating the remaining amount of the card.

Further, when the main controller 10 receives information on the amount received, it issues a command to the cash controller 12 to allow cash to be used.

Upon receiving this command, the cash controller 12 enters the input gate 44.
to open. This makes it possible to pay the shortfall amount by card or cash (ST23>.Here,
When using a card, the operation is from card insertion (STI).

In this case, it goes without saying that the amount subtracted from the remaining amount of the newly inserted card is not the charge amount but the shortfall amount. There are two ways to pay the shortfall in cash.

One is when cash is put into the cash slot 2 without requiring change. In this case, the payment completion button 73G on the card operation unit 18 is pressed. On the other hand, when change is required, put the cash into the coin slot 3 when paying with coins, and into the bill slot 4 when paying with bills. Of course, since the coin insertion gate 44 is open, coins can also be inserted, and if the insertion of a banknote is detected by the banknote insertion sensor 49, the banknote conveyor 50 can take in the banknote. When paying cash by inserting cash into the coin slot 3 or bill slot 4, the cash box controller 12 transmits to the main controller 10 that cash processing has started when cash is inserted, The main controller 10 transmits a command to the card controller 15 to disable card processing. By this, the card insertion slot 60
Even if a card is inserted into the camera, the shutter 62 remains closed and the card is not taken in. After the inserted cash is detected and the change is discharged, the cash controller 12 transmits the completion of cash processing to the main controller 10. Main controller 10
transmits a card acceptance command to the card controller 15 (ST24>).

This completes the cash processing when using a card with insufficient amount.

If you wish to return the card without using the insufficient amount card, press the return button 91 on the card operation section 18 (ST25).
. The stopped card is returned to the card insertion slot 60 by the card conveyor 64 (ST26). When the card insertion sensor 61 detects that the card is handled from the card insertion slot 60, the card controller 15 transmits to the main controller 10 that the card processing has been completed. In the above embodiment, the present invention was applied to a fare processing device mounted on a bus. It can be used as a device for collecting usage fees.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, multiple types of usage media can be processed quickly and accurately, and operability and serviceability can be improved.

Furthermore, according to the second aspect of the invention, processing of one of the used media can be carried out to the end, and confusion during processing can be prevented.

According to the invention set forth in claim 3, card processing is performed unless cash is inserted, and conversely, if cash is inserted, cash processing can be prioritized, and successive card and cash processing can be performed appropriately. This can prevent confusion.

According to the invention set forth in claim 4, it is possible to appropriately process the insufficient amount during card processing.

According to the invention set forth in claim 5, it is possible to ensure the reliability of fee collection by displaying the shortfall amount and the total amount collected at the time of card processing, and furthermore, it is possible to accurately process the card at this time. .

According to the invention set forth in claim 6, it is possible to accurately perform processing when a card is used for which the usage fee is not enough.

According to the invention set forth in claim 7, the first. Among the second medium processing means, the one that takes in the medium first performs processing, so that the first medium can be processed quickly.

According to the invention set forth in claim 8, priority is given to the processing of the two medium processing means, so that the processing of the medium with the higher priority is speeded up, and the degree of freedom in the operability of this device is increased. can be increased.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the cash processing section of the same device, Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the card processing section of the same device, and Fig. 4 is a schematic sectional view of the card processing section of the same device. A block diagram showing the control system of the device, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of the display on the display section of the device, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the panel configuration of the card operation section of the device, and FIG. 7 is an implementation example. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the example device. 1... Charge processing device, 7... Display unit, 9A...
・Cash α section, 9B...Card processing section, 80...
- Medium processing means, 90... Control means (priority processing means), 95... Medium operating means. B Agent Patent Attorney Masayoshi Misawa Diagram

Claims (8)

[Claims] (1) Media processing means that takes in multiple types of usage media that have monetary value information used when using a service organization and processes charges according to each usage medium, and sets processing information according to each usage medium a display means for displaying processing information set by the medium operating means and medium processing information by the medium processing means; A charge processing device comprising: control means for giving priority to processing operations. (2) The medium processing means includes a cash processing unit including a cash input detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit for carrying in or preventing cash, and a cash processing unit that includes a cash input detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash from being carried in, and a card with amount information attached as a usage medium. and a card processing section including an insertion detection section and a card introduction regulation section that carries in or prevents the card from being carried in, and the control means is configured such that either of the two processing sections is continuing to process the corresponding cash or card. 2. The charge processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to instruct a corresponding carry-in regulation unit to prevent the carry-in of cash or cards inserted into the other processing unit based on the detection result of the corresponding input detection unit. (3) The medium processing means includes a cash processing unit including a cash insertion detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash from being carried in, and a card with amount information attached as a usage medium. a card processing section including an insertion detection section and a card introduction regulation section that carries in or prevents the card from being carried in; 2. The charge processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the charge processing unit does not detect the insertion of cash, the charge processing unit controls the card processing unit to continue processing the card based on the detection result. (4) The medium processing means includes a cash processing unit including a cash insertion detection unit as a usage medium and a cash carry-in regulation unit that carries in or prevents cash, and a card with amount information attached as a usage medium. It has an insertion detection section, a card entry regulating section that carries in or prevents the card from being carried in, and a card processing section that includes a reading/writing section that reads and writes amount information on the card, and the control means is configured to control the reading/writing section of the card processing section. When the determining section determines that the amount information on the card is insufficient, the control means controls the state in which the import of cash or cards is prohibited by the import regulating section. 2. The charge processing device according to claim 1, wherein the charge processing device performs cancellation control. (5) The medium processing means includes a card processing section including a reading/writing section that takes in a card with monetary information attached thereto and reads and writes monetary information on the card, and a cash processing section that processes cash; The control means includes a determination section that compares the card amount information read by the read/write section with the usage fee, and when the determination section determines that the card amount information is insufficient, the control means controls the display. Claim 1, wherein the means performs display control to display the difference, the amount on the card, and the remaining amount to be input into the cash processing section, and also controls the reading/writing section to rewrite the amount information on the card to zero. Charge processing device as described. (6) The medium processing means includes a card processing unit that includes a card transport unit that transports a card with monetary information attached thereto, a reading/writing unit that reads and writes monetary information on the card, and a cash processing unit that processes cash. and the control means includes a determination unit that compares the card amount information read by the read/write unit with the usage fee, and when the determination unit determines that the card amount information is insufficient. , the control means controls the card transport unit to stop the card transport, and controls the return of the card to the card transport unit based on the processing information from the medium operation unit, or controls the reading/writing unit to set the amount information of the card to zero. The charge processing device according to claim 1, wherein the charge processing device selectively performs rewriting control. (7) A fee processing device that processes money according to the use of a service and has the following configurations (a), (b), and (c). (a) a first medium processing means that takes in a first type of medium having monetary value information and performs charge processing according to the medium; (b) a medium processed by this first medium processing means; is a second media processing means that takes in a second type of media that is of a different type and also has monetary value information, and performs charge processing according to the medium; (c) this second media processing means; A priority processing means that gives priority to the charge processing of the first medium processing means that takes in the medium first. (8) A fee processing device that processes money according to the use of a service and has the following configurations (a), (b), and (c). (a) a first medium processing means that takes in a first type of medium having monetary value information and performs charge processing according to the medium; (b) a medium processed by this first medium processing means; is a second media processing means that takes in a second type of media that is of a different type and also has monetary value information, and performs charge processing according to the medium; (c) this second media processing means; Priority processing means for giving priority to charge processing of either one of the first medium processing means.