JPH0954851A - Automatic cash dispenser and gift card to be used for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time for sorting and shorten the waiting time for user by storing a gift card in a card storage part regardlessly of its denomination. SOLUTION: A gift card 3, for which information is exactly read by a card reader 100, is dispatched through a card carrier 6 to a card storage part 7 and stored. When the card 3 is stored in the storage part 7, its end signal is sent to a control part 8 and the control part 8 displays the message of 'Please push end button if no card is to be continuously inserted'. When the gift card 3 is continuously inserted, the same operation is repeated again so that the inserted gift card 3 can be stored in the same card storage part 7 regardlessly of denominations. When an end button 10 is pushed in this case, a paper money dispenser 11 and a coin dispenser 12 are operated corresponding to the total amount of money of inserted gift cards 3 and a prescribed amount of cash is paid out from a paper money dispenser port 13 and a coin dispenser port 14. Thus, the operation is simplified and further, the time of the payment of cash is shortened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cash payment apparatus which can be used, for example, when buying a pachinko prize.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a customer purchases a pachinko prize, a pachinko parlor stores a prize equivalent to the number of pachinko balls the customer has acquired, and the customer brings the prize to a prize shop outside the store. However, there is a trader who buys gifts from customers.

[0003]

Since a large amount of money is stored at the gift shop, it is easy to be stolen and dangerous. Also, crime often occurs there. In particular, the realization of an automatic cash payment apparatus is desired from the viewpoint of ensuring the safety of employees. The basic performance required for this type of automated teller machine is to check and eliminate counterfeit or altered free gift cards.

Simple operation. The time from insertion of the free gift card to payment of cash is short. Store the gift card in the card stacker and ensure that it is stored. The device is not easily destroyed. And the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic teller machine capable of satisfying these basic performances.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hologram reading device for reading the type of money of a prize card, a magnetic stripe reading device for reading data such as the date of issue of the prize card and the issuing store, and a hologram reading device. Card storage unit for storing the gift card that has passed through, a banknote discharging device for discharging the banknote of the amount of money read by the hologram reading device, a coin discharging device for discharging the coin amount of the amount of money read by the hologram reading device, and The automatic cash payment apparatus is configured by an end button for inputting the end of the insertion operation and a display for displaying the operation status of the apparatus.

According to the automatic teller machine of the present invention, "Please insert the card" is displayed on the display in the standby state. Therefore, the user may insert the prize card that he / she wants to buy into the card insertion slot. When a card is inserted, the display will show, for example, "Please insert the card continuously.""If there is no card to insert, press the end button." Therefore, when the user inserts all the cards he / she wants to buy, he / she can press the end button.
When the end button is pressed, the identification and processing of the card are finished, and the bill discharging device and the coin discharging device are activated according to the amount of the inserted card, and cash is paid.

As described above, the automatic cash payment apparatus according to the present invention is easy to operate. Moreover, since the method of identifying the type of money by the hologram is adopted, it is generally difficult to make a hologram, and it is impossible to forge the data stored in the hologram. In addition, since the premium card read by the hologram reading device is stored in the card storage portion, there is no possibility that the card will be lost. Therefore, a highly-reliable cash automatic payment device can be constructed.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The schematic construction of an automatic teller machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 in the figure
Indicates a case. A card insertion slot 2 is provided on the surface of the housing 1. The prize card 3 inserted into the card insertion slot 2 is read by the card reader 100 for information such as the amount of money and the issuing store. That is, the card reader 100 includes the hologram reading device 4 and the magnetic stripe reading device 5.
If the hologram reading device 4 cannot read the amount of money, the card 3 is returned to the card insertion slot 2 and the display shows "This card cannot be used." The premium card 3 whose information has been normally read by the card reader 100 is delivered to the card storage unit 7 via the card carrier 6 and stored therein.

When the prize card 3 is stored in the card storage section 7, an end signal thereof is sent to the control section 8. The control unit 8 causes the display 9 to display "Please press the end button if there is no card to be inserted continuously". When the prize card 3 is subsequently inserted, the same operation is repeated again, and the inserted prize card is stored in the same card storage portion 7 regardless of the denomination.

When the end button 10 is pressed here, the bill discharging device 1 corresponding to the total amount of money of the prize card 3 inserted.
1 and the coin discharging device 12 are activated, and a predetermined amount of cash is paid from the bill payment slot 13 and the coin payment slot 14. In addition,
Reference numeral 15 shown in FIG. 1 indicates a maintenance interface.
The maintenance interface 15 includes a journal printer 16 that prints and records the history, and a maintenance panel 17 for maintenance.
And a modem 18 for notifying outside of cash shortage or full card stacker.

The structure of each part will be described in detail below. FIG.
The structure of the prize card 3 is shown in FIG. The premium card 3 is based on, for example, Japanese Industrial Standard JISX6301 (thickness 0.76 mm). Therefore, the long side L ₁ is 85 mm and the short side L
₂ has a size of 54 mm. According to the present invention, the hologram portion 3A is mounted on the front surface of this standard-sized card, the magnetic stripe 3B is mounted on the back surface in the direction of the long side L ₁ , and a gold metal plate or gold foil 3C of a predetermined size is mounted. Installing. Further, in the present invention, the resin material serving as the base 3D is a colored resin material. The color depends on the denomination attached to the prize card 3, for example, red for 500 yen, green for 1000 yen, 3
Yellow type is used for 000 yen, and blue type is used for 5000 yen. In addition to the color that represents the denomination,
It can also be configured to display the denomination by a simple code.

Data corresponding to the amount of money is recorded in the hologram portion 3A on the surface of the card, and this recording is recorded in the card reader 1
The hologram is read by the hologram reading device 4 provided at 00. On the magnetic stripe 3B, the date of issue, the store number indicating the issue store, etc. are magnetically recorded at the time of issuance.
The data is read by the magnetic stripe reading device 5 provided at 0. Then, the store number is collated with the store number database to confirm the existence of the store.

As the hologram reader 4 and the magnetic stripe reader 5, a commercially available card reader can be used. The premium card 3 that has passed through the card reader 100 is carried into the card storage 7 by the card carrier 6. The card storage section 7 shows a case where a card stacker 7A is used in this example. The card stacker 7A is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the turntables 7B are radially arranged and mounted on the upper surface of the turntable 7B. Also, in this example, the card stacker 7
The case where the card insertion slot 7D is formed on the bottom side of A is shown.
As shown in FIG. 5, the card ejection slot of the card carrier 6 faces one of the card insertion slots 7D and has a single card stacker 7A.
When the free gift card 3 is discharged from the card carrier 6, the free gift card 3 is not sorted by denomination, and the card stacker 7 is inserted from the card insertion slot 7D.
It is inserted into the card stacker A and stored in the card stacker 7A.

FIG. 6 shows the internal structure of the card stacker 7A. The card stacker 7A has an internal plane shape slightly larger than the plane shape of the prize card 3,
It is detachably attached to B. Turntable 7B
Hole 7BB at the position where each card stacker 7A is mounted
Is provided, and the card stacker 7A is mounted so as to cover the hole 7BB. A lid 7E forming a shutter mechanism is provided on the bottom surface of the card stacker 7A. When the card stacker 7A is attached to the turntable 7B, the lid 7E is unlocked and is in a free state. When the card stacker 7A is removed from the turntable 7B, the lid 7E becomes the card stacker 7A.
It is locked so that it will block the bottom of the.

An elevator 7F is provided below the turntable 7B facing the card carrier 6. The elevator 7F can be configured by, for example, an air cylinder. The elevator 7F pushes up the lid 7E by driving the shaft of the air silling constituting the elevator 7F in the protruding direction. At this time,
A plurality of prize cards 3 are mounted on the lid 7E.
That is, when the prize card 3 is inserted and the end button 10 is pressed, the elevator 7F operates, and the prize cards 3 inserted through the card insertion port 7D during that time are collectively moved upward. The elevator 7F may be configured to operate each time the prize card 3 is inserted.

A movable claw 7G is provided on the inner wall of the card stacker 7A. The movable claw 7G is pushed to push up the prize card 3, and when the prize card 3 is pushed upward from the position of the movable claw 7G, the movable claw 7E projects to the original position. , Support the prize card 3. In this way, the prize cards 3 are stored in the card stacker 7A by the elevator 7F by the number of inserted cards.

When the card stacker 7A is filled with the prize cards 3, the turntable 7B is rotationally driven by the driving means 7C shown in FIG. 1 to rotate by one pitch of the arrangement pitch of the card stacker 7A, and the empty card stacker 7A. Is arranged at a position facing the card carrier 6. This operation is repeated for the number of card stackers 7A. When the remaining one or several empty card stackers 7A have been reached, the modem 18 shown in FIG. 1 may be notified to the outside to prompt the replacement of the card stackers 7A.

Further, although the case where the card insertion slot 7D is provided on the bottom side of the card stacker 7A has been described above, the card insertion slot 7D may be provided on the upper side of the card stacker 7A. FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the case where the card storage section 7 is constituted by the prize card storage box 7H is shown. As described above, in the case where the card storage unit 7 is configured by the premium card storage box 7H, the card storage unit 7 shown in FIG.
Since the configurations of the turntable 7B and the card stacker 7A shown in FIG. 6 are not required at all, the configuration can be simplified and a significant cost reduction can be expected. Further, since there is no mechanical part for storing the card, there is no fear of failure, and it is possible to provide a highly reliable automated teller machine.

FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, a bill ejecting device 11, a coin ejecting device 12 and a display 9'for displaying the amount of money are installed in the cash transfer station 20 so that the bills and coins ejected from the bill ejecting device 11 and the coin ejecting device 12 are handled by an attendant. It shows a case where it is configured to be handed to the customer. Alternatively, the coin discharging device 12 may be omitted and the coins may be manually paid according to the display value of the display 9 '.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the prize card 3 is stored in the card storing portion 7 regardless of the denomination. The time until payment can be shortened. As a result, there is an advantage that the waiting time can be shortened for the user.

Further, according to the present invention, since the base 3D of the prize card 3 is made of the resin material colored according to the denomination, it is possible to sort the denomination according to the color. In other words, even if cards of any denomination are mixed and stored in the card storage unit 7, the cards of each denomination are colored, so that the denominations can be sorted by color. Therefore, when sorting the prize cards by hand, it is sufficient to visually check the colors of the cards 3, which provides an advantage that sorting can be performed easily. Further, in the present invention, the card stackers 7A are arranged radially on the turntable 7B,
It can have a large storage capacity with a small volume.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration of the front surface portion of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view and B is a sectional view for explaining an example of a gift card used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining the structure of a turntable and a card stacker used in the embodiment shown in FIG.

5 is a plan view for explaining the positional relationship among the turntable, the card stacker, and the card carrier used in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view for explaining the internal structure of the card stacker used in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Card insertion slot 3 Gift card 4 Hologram reader 5 Magnetic stripe reader 6 Card carrier 7 Card storage 7A Card stacker 7B Turntable 7C Drive 7D Card insertion 7E Lid 7F Elevator 7G Movable pawl 8 Control 9 Display 10 End button 11 Banknote ejecting device 12 Coin ejecting device 13 Banknote paying port 14 Coin paying port 15 Maintenance interface 16 Journal printer 17 Maintenance panel 18 Modem

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A. First Embodiment A card reader for reading the amount information written on the premium card, and B. A card stacker for storing a gift card that has passed through the card reader; A display for guiding the user to display the operation sequence, etc., and D. A banknote ejecting device and a coin ejecting device that pay an amount commensurate with the amount read by the card reader, and E. A control unit for controlling the display state of the display device, the card reader, the bill discharging device, and the coin discharging device; An automated teller machine, comprising: an end button for inputting to the control unit that the insertion of a card to be inserted into the card reader is completed. 2. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the card reader comprises a hologram reader and a magnetic stripe reader. 3. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the card stacker is annularly planted along the outer peripheral edge of the turntable in a posture in which its axis intersects vertically with the turntable board surface. A cash automatic payment device characterized in that. 4. The automatic cash payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card stacker is a gift card storage box. 5. A magnetic stripe having a hologram for recording the amount of money on the front surface of the card, a code for indicating the issuing store, etc. on the back surface, and a color or code for indicating the denomination on a part of the surface. A gift card characterized by being configured by adding.