JP3100514B2 - Card type vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card type vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, cashless use has rapidly spread, and prepaid cards in which a prepaid amount is written on a card, and vending machines in which transaction data is recorded on the card and can be used for credit sales have appeared.

In a card-type vending machine, if it is not detected that the vending operation has been completed normally, the conventional vending machine is switched to discontinued sales. In this case, a clerk performs a settlement process with the user, and the clerk performs a recovery process and then switches to a sales state.

[0004]

As described above, since the operation abnormality is detected and the operation is switched to the suspension of the sales, the operation abnormality occurs particularly when a large number of customers are lined up in the vending machine. For example, a user who has been lined up behind a busy user cannot receive a target sale unless the vending machine is rearranged.

[0005] Specifically, in a device used in an environment where usage time is temporarily concentrated, such as a ticket vending machine installed in an employee cafeteria, etc., when an abnormal operation occurs and the system is switched to discontinued sales, the above-mentioned operation is performed. The following problems occur.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type vending machine which does not need to switch to sales stoppage even if an operation abnormality occurs.

[0007]

A card-type vending machine according to the present invention detects that a vending operation has not been normally completed in a card-type vending machine which performs a settlement process based on information read from a card. Storage means for storing card information for specifying the use card, and compensation means for detecting that the card information for specifying the use card is written in the storage means and compensating for the sale. I do.

[0008]

According to this structure, if the selling operation is not completed normally, the storage means stores the card information for specifying the card used at that time. When the card whose vending operation has not been normally completed is re-entered into the same vending machine, the compensation means detects that card information for specifying the card to be used is written in the storage means, and the vending machine operates, for example. Conduct free sales.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The card-type vending machine shown in FIG. 2 is a ticket vending machine which is capable of using an IC card which is not qualified for post-payment but has a prepaid amount written therein and an IC card which is qualified for post-payment, and which reads and writes information of the IC card 1. The processing device 2 is connected to the sales processing device 3.

The sales processing device 3 includes a control data memory 4
And a post-payment data memory 5 for storing sales data in the case of post-payment sales, and a ticket issuing device 6. The sales processing device 3 is configured as shown in FIG.

When an IC card having no postpaid eligibility but having a prepaid amount written therein is inserted into the card processing device 2, the operation is performed as follows. Sales processing unit 3 is # 1
Reads the unique ID code of the IC card 1 inserted into the card processing device 2.

In step # 2, the prepaid amount written on the IC card 1 inserted from the card processing device 2 is read. In # 4 through # 3 described later, it is determined whether or not the IC card 1 inserted in the card processing device 2 is an IC card having post-payment qualification. Here I do not qualify for postpaid
Since the card is the C card 1, it is determined that the processing is the prepaid processing, and the sellability determination is performed in # 5 based on the read amount of # 2.

If it is determined in step # 5 that the item can be sold, the ticket issuing device 6 is instructed to issue a ticket in step # 6. In step # 7, the card processing device 2 is instructed to update the prepaid amount of the IC card 1 to the amount obtained by subtracting the sales amount at that time.

In # 8, it is determined whether or not the normal ticketing process has been completed.
To instruct the card processing device 2 to return the IC card 1.
If it is determined in step # 8 that there is an abnormality, the I read in step # 1
The D code is written in the failure area of the control data memory 4 at # 10, and the card processing device 2 is instructed to return the IC card 1 at # 9.

As described above, when it is determined in # 8 that the process has not been completed normally, the process proceeds to # 10 and # 9 without switching to the sales stop, so that the next user processes the IC card 1 by card processing. It can be inserted into the device 2 and sold.

The IC inserted in the card processing device 2
If the card 1 is an IC card that is eligible for postpay, the postpaid process is determined in # 4, and # 6 is executed.
In the settlement process, the ID code read in # 1 and the contents sold in # 6 are written into the postpaid data memory 5. Others are the same as in the case of the prepaid processing.

In step # 3, it is determined whether or not the ID code read in step # 1 has been written in the failure area of the control data memory 4. When the IC card 1 whose selling operation has not been completed normally is inserted into the card processing device 2 of the same vending machine, it is determined in # 3 that there is a corresponding ID code, and free selling processing is performed in # 11.

In step # 12, it is determined whether or not the process has been completed normally, as in step # 8. If it is determined in step # 12 that the process has ended normally, the ID code read in step # 1 from the failure area of the control data memory 4 is deleted in step # 13, and step # 9 is executed.

If the sales process fails as described above,
# 1 by inserting IC card 1 into the same ticket vending machine
Steps 1 and 12 are executed to receive one free sale.

In the above-described embodiment, the # 8 and # 10 of the sales processing device 3 and the control data memory 4 constitute storage means of the claims, and the # 3 and # 11 of the sales processing device 3 correspond to the claims. Compensating means.

When there are a plurality of types of selling prices of the products handled by the vending machine, it is also possible to set a limit on a price range at which free selling is possible. In the above embodiments, the card is the IC card 1, but a magnetic card on which an ID code is written can be processed similarly.

In the above embodiment, the compensating means for detecting that the card information specifying the card to be used is written in the storage means and compensating for the sales is configured to execute the free sales. Without performing the above, it is also possible to detect that the card information for specifying the used card is written in the storage means, add the prescribed amount to the used card, and return the card.

If it is determined in step # 8 that there is an abnormality,
In 10, not only the ID code but also the data of the usage amount of the current sale is written in the failure area of the control data memory 4 and the card is returned in # 9, and the card information for specifying the used card is stored in the storage means. In the case of detecting the written information and compensating for the sale, it is possible to limit the price range for free sale based on the data of the usage amount read from the usage card.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the storage means for storing the card information for specifying the card to be used by detecting that the sales operation has not been completed normally, and the card information for specifying the card to be used are: Compensation means for detecting that the data is written in the storage means and compensating for the sales is provided, so that if the normal sales processing is not completed, the user can be damaged even if the vending machine is not discontinued. Without giving the user, the users who were lined up behind the user in use can handle the users one after another without forcing them to change to another vending machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a main part of a card type vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 IC card 2 Card processing device 3 Sales processing device 4 Control data memory 5 Post-payment data memory 6 Ticketing device

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card-type vending machine for performing a payment process based on information read from a card, a storage means for storing card information for identifying a card to be used by detecting that a vending operation has not been completed normally. A card-type vending machine provided with compensation means for detecting that card information for specifying a card to be used is written in the storage means and compensating for the sale.