JPS6024519B2 - Card issuing and payment device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a card issuing and settlement device.

In recent years, unmanned supermarkets, which are equipped with a large number of vending machines, have appeared in order to save labor and to operate within 2 hours.

In such a case, if the vending machine uses coins, each vending machine must have a coin recognition function and a change dispensing function, making the structure complex and expensive. You must have change available for each vending machine. Therefore, it is conceivable to use a card that can be used in common with many vending machines.

For example, a card is provided with a card issuing machine, and when a customer inserts an arbitrary amount or a predetermined amount of banknotes into the card, the value corresponding to the inserted amount is magnetically recorded and issued. This card can be used in common with many vending machines, and each time you purchase an item, the vending machine subtracts the amount of the purchased item from the value assigned to the card and calculates the residual value. Record magnetically. Finally, by inserting the card into the payment machine, cash in an amount corresponding to the residual value of the card is discharged from the payment machine and paid as change. By the way, if a card issuing machine and a payment machine are provided separately, each machine must have a card recording (writing) function and a credit collection function, which increases the cost.

Note that it would be disadvantageous in terms of space if the card issuing machine and the payment machine were separated. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a card issuing and settlement device that allows card issuing and settlement to be performed in one device.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a common recording and reading device to perform recording on a card for card issuance and card collection for payment.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a means for accepting cash and determining its amount, a recording and reading means for recording and reading the record of the card, and a card issuing means. and a cash release means;
The amount of the banknotes (money) inserted is determined by the amount determining means, the determined amount is recorded on the card by the recording and reading means, the card is issued by the card issuing means, and the card is inserted into the device. The record on the card is read by the recording/reading means, and the read amount is discharged as cash by the cash discharging means.

In this way, card issuance and card settlement can be performed using one device, and the recording and collection device for this purpose can be made common. The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown below.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the external appearance of one embodiment of the present invention, in which the card issuing and payment machine 1 includes an amount display section 2, a card slot/discharge slot 3, a banknote slot 4, and a push button for end signal. It has a cash outlet 5 and a cash outlet 6.

The bill slot 4 may be capable of inserting any currency. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 11 is an input amount discriminating device, 12 is an OR circuit, 13 is an adder, and 14 is a total register. Information on the amount output from the discriminating device 11 is inputted to the adder 13 via the OR circuit 12. , the addition result of the adder 13 is input into the register 14. The contents of register 14 are added to adder 13
is input. 15 is a comparator, 16 is an upper and lower limit setter, and the contents of the register 14 and the set value of the setter 16 are inputted to the comparator 15 and compared.

One output (denoted as A) of the comparator 15 is added to the discriminator 11 as a prohibition input, and the other output (denoted as B) is used as one input of the AND circuit 17. Reference numeral 18 denotes a push button for signaling the end of coin insertion, which corresponds to the one shown at 5 in FIG.

A termination signal generated by pressing the pushbutton 18 is input to the AND circuit 17. 22 is an AND gate, 19 is a card recording/reading device, and the AND gate 22 receives the output of the AND circuit 17 as a gate input, and when the AND gate 22 is opened, the contents of the register 14 are recorded/reading device 19.
is input.

20 is an AND gate, 21 is a cash dispensing machine, and the AND gate 2 rivers are recorded and the card discharging end signal (C) of the reader 19 is
It is written as

), the contents of the register 14 are placed into the cash dispenser 21 by opening the gate 20. Note that while the discriminator 11 is discriminating the inserted coin, a card insertion prohibition signal (denoted as D) is generated, recorded, and sent to the cash collection device 19. In addition, the recording/reading device 19 outputs a coin insertion prohibition signal (
It is written as E. ) is generated and applied to the discriminator 11 and the inhibit terminal of the AND circuit 17. 23 is a display section, which is similar to the display section 2 in FIG.
, and the contents of the register 14 are input.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the configuration of the card issuing device, in which 31 is a card paper storage box, 32 is a card paper storage box, 3
3 is a card paper line drawing roller, 34 and 34' are card paper guide rollers, 35 and 36 are card conveyance belts, and 37 and 3 are card paper guide rollers.
8, 37', and 38' are drive rollers for the belts 35 and 36, 39 is the front panel in FIG. 1, and 40 is a card slot/discharge slot provided in the panel 39 (corresponding to 3 in FIG. 1).

) 41 is a rotary solenoid, 42 is a force distribution plate, 4
3 is a used collection box, 44 is a used card, and 45 and 46 are a recording (writing) head and a collecting head of the collecting device 19. Next, the operation will be explained.

When a card is to be issued, a banknote is inserted into the banknote slot 3 shown in FIG.

In general, it is not limited to banknotes, but here it is assumed to be banknotes. The amount of the inserted banknote is determined by a discriminator 11,
Information indicating the amount is input to the adder 13 via the OR circuit 12 and entered into the total register 4. When one or more bills are inserted in succession, the amount of the first bill is put into the register 14 as is, and information about the amount of the second bill is input from the discriminator 11 to the adder 13. At the same time, information on the amount of the first bill is input from the register 4 to the adder 13, the adder 13 adds the two pieces of information, and inputs the result to the register 4. Therefore, the register 14 stores the total amount of money deposited. The contents of register 14 are displayed on display 22. The upper and lower limit setters 16 are set to zero and, for example, 10,000 yen, and the comparator 15 compares the contents of the register 14 and the set value of the setter 16.

When the contents of the register 14 are no longer zero, that is, when the first banknote is inserted through the slot 4 and a value indicating the amount is entered into the register 14, the comparator 15 generates a signal B; B is added to the AND circuit 17. On the other hand, as will be described later, when a card is not inserted from the slot 4, the cash insertion prohibition signal E is not outputted from the recording and collecting device 19, and therefore, the AND circuit 19 is not prohibited.

On the other hand, when a banknote is inserted from the input slot 4, a card insertion prohibition signal D is issued from the discriminator 11, and the recording/disposal device 19
It is added as a card insertion prohibition signal. When the amount of banknotes inserted through the input slot 4 or the total amount reaches 10,000 yen, a signal A is generated from the comparator 15 and applied to the discriminator 11, prohibiting the insertion of any more banknotes. When the insertion of banknotes is completed, the pushbutton 18 is pressed.

At this time, since the signal B is generated from the comparator 15, when the signal is generated by pressing the pushbutton 18, an output signal is generated in the AND circuit 17, and the AND gate 22 is opened. Therefore, the contents of the register 14 are recorded and input to the storage device 19 via the AND gate 22. Further, the signal generated by pressing the pushbutton 18 is applied to a driving device (not shown) for the delivery roller 33 shown in FIG.
, 36, the paper is sent toward the left in the figure. When the paper passes under the recording head 45, the contents of the register 4 that have been input to the recording/transfer device 19, that is, information representing the total amount of the inserted banknotes are magnetically recorded. In this way, the value corresponding to the input amount is magnetically recorded on the card paper, and the card is ejected from the ejection port 40 and issued as a card with a certain value. Card is ejected from port 4
0, a microswitch (not shown) provided at the discharge port 40 detects this and produces an output,
Based on the output, the discriminator 11 and the register 14 are set to a sharp point. By resetting the discriminator 11, the signal D disappears, and by resetting the register 14, the amount of the newly inserted banknote can be input anew. Cards issued in this manner are used in vending machines, and the residual value after deducting the purchase price is recorded.
Next, the payment operation will be explained.

When a card is inserted into the slot 40 for payment, a micro switch (not shown) is installed near the slot 40.

) detects this and drives the drive rollers 37, 38 and 37'.
, 38', thereby driving the conveyors 35, 36 to send the inserted cards to the right in FIG. At this time, a cash injection prohibition signal E is outputted from the recording/reading device 19 shown in FIG. The signal caused by the pressing of is not recorded and transmitted to the collection device 19. Conveyor 35, 36
When the card being transported reaches the position of the reading head 46, the reading head 46 reads the residual value information recorded on the card, and this information is sent from the recording/reading device 19 via the OR circuit 12 to the adder. 13. At this time, the contents of the register 4 are zero, so the information input to the adder 13 is entered into the adder 14 as is. Note that the contents of the register 4 are displayed on the display 23. When the recording head 46 finishes reading the predetermined record on the card, the recording/reading device 19 outputs a reading completion signal C.
The gate 20 opens. Therefore, the contents entered in the register 4 are entered into the cash dispensing machine 21 via the gate 20. The contents stored in the register 14 are information on the residual value of the power cord. The cash dispensing machine 21 receives this information and dispenses the corresponding amount in cash. In FIG. 3, when the microswitch detects a card inserted from the slot 40, the rotary solenoid 41 is actuated by the detection output, and the distribution plate 42 is rotated clockwise. Therefore, the cards transferred to the right end by the conveyors 35, 36 fall there and enter the collection box 44, where they are collected. The collection box 44 is activated by a microswitch (not shown) provided below the right end of the conveyors 35 and 36.
When a falling card is detected, the detection output sets the recording/reading device 19 and register 14 sharply, so that the signal C from the recording/reading device 19 disappears.
Further, the contents of the register 14 are set to zero, and the settlement operation is completed. As explained above, according to the present invention, the card issuing device and the settlement device are integrated, and the magnetic recording of the value given to the issued card and the reading of the residual value of the used card are performed by the same recording/reading device. In this way, the configuration of the device can be simplified and the installation space can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a power cord issuing and collecting device. 3...Card slot/discharge slot, 4...Banknote slot,
6...Cash outlet, 11...Amount discriminator, 19...Record,
Reading device, 21...cash dispenser. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for accepting cash and determining the amount thereof, a recording and reading means for recording on a card and reading the record of the card, a card issuing means, and a cash discharging means, and the amount is determined by the means for determining the amount. The amount recorded on the accepted card is recorded on the card by the recording/reading means, a card is issued by the card issuing means, the amount recorded on the accepted card is read by the recording/reading means, and the read amount is transferred to the cash. A card issuing/settlement device characterized by discharging cash using a discharging means.