JPS6224393A - Payable card type vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a card-type vending machine that allows products to be purchased with a magnetic card, and particularly relates to a card-type vending machine that allows deposits to be made to a magnetic card.

[Prior art and its problems] This is a pre-payment type vending machine in which amount information is recorded in advance on a magnetic card in exchange for cash, and the usage fee is deducted from the amount information on the magnetic card each time the card-type vending machine is used. are used in offices, etc., and Figures 2 (A) and (B)
) shows a configuration diagram of a conventional prepayment system. 1 is a deposit machine for depositing money into the magnetic card 2, and has a card insertion slot 3a, a card balance display section 4a, and a bill insertion slot 5a for depositing money. 6 shows an external view of a card-type vending machine, which includes a card insertion slot 3b, a card balance display 4b, and a push button 7 for selecting a product.

The user first inserts the magnetic card 2 into the card deposit machine l,
Next, by inserting a banknote, only the amount of the banknote is deposited into the magnetic card 2 in advance. After that, when you insert the magnetic card 2 at the card-type vending machine 6 and purchase a product, only the amount used will be subtracted from the deposited amount on the magnetic card 2, and the remaining amount will be written on the magnetic card. 2
Since the user carried the coins with him, there was no need to carry coins.

FIG. 3(A) shows a block diagram of the prepayment deposit machine 1 described above. When the magnetic card 2 is inserted into the card insertion slot 3a, the card reader/writer 8 reads out the amount information in the magnetic card 2 and sends it to the control device 9. This read balance is displayed on the display device 4. After that, when a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 5a, the banknote is recognized by the banknote validator IO, and the deposited amount is determined by the control device 9.
The control device 9 adds the amount to the balance, and the result is displayed on the display 4a. At the same time, the control device 9 issues an identification collection command to the banknote validator IO, and the inserted banknote is stored in the storage box 11.

By repeating the above operations, when the deposited amount reaches the desired amount, the card return button 12 is pressed. As a result, the control device 9 sends the stored value of the added deposit information to the card reading/writing machine 8, and the added amount is written into the magnetic card 2. Magnetic card 2 deposited as above
The user purchases the product using the card-type vending machine 6.

FIG. 3(B) shows a block diagram of the card-type vending machine 6.

When the magnetic card 2 on which the payment has been recorded is inserted into the card insertion slot 3b, the card reading and writing machine 13 performs the following operations.
The amount information written on the magnetic card 2 is read out and sent to the arithmetic control section 14, and the amount is displayed on the display 4b. The product sales prices of the product selection buttons P1 to P3 are inputted to the calculation control unit 14 from the sales control unit 15, and the calculation control unit 14 determines whether or not the product can be sold, and corresponds to the product that can be sold. bend signal Vl
-V3 is sent to the sales control section 5. After that, when the sellable product selection button pt-pa is pressed, the product delivery device 8
1 to S3, predetermined products are sold, and
The sales control section 15 sends to the arithmetic control section 14 a selection signal, which is price information of the sold product, and a reset signal, which indicates the end of the sale. As a result, the arithmetic control section 14
subtracts the sales amount from the deposited amount in the magnetic card 2, and the balance is displayed on the display 4b and written on the magnetic card 2 by the card reading/writing device 13.

Thereafter, the magnetic card 2 is returned and the sales operation ends.

When the card return button 16 is in continuous sales mode, the magnetic card 2
This is the button to return the item.

As explained above, in the conventional prepaid card system,
Depositing money into the magnetic card 2 is done using a dedicated deposit machine 1, so when the amount deposited on the magnetic card 2 is low, return the magnetic card 2 from the card-type vending machine 6 and use the deposit machine 1 each time. There was a drawback that you had to go to the bank and make a deposit.

[Object of the Invention] This invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type vending machine that sells products and allows deposits to be made to a magnetic card. purpose.

[Structure of the Invention] The depositable card type vending machine of the present invention includes a storage means for storing the amount of money inserted into the vending machine, a reading means for reading the balance stored in the inserted magnetic card,
The card includes a control means for adding the two amounts of money, a display means for externally displaying the added amount obtained by the control means, and a writing means for writing the added amount on the card when a card return button is pressed. It is characterized by

[Summary of the Invention] In this invention, even when selling by card, cash such as coins can be accepted, and even when selling by coin, etc., a card can be accepted. The change after the sale is written on the card as the deposited amount, and if the product is not purchased, the deposited amount is written on the card.

[Example] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

The card reading and writing machine 21 reads the amount of information in the magnetic card 2 inserted through the card insertion slot 3 and sends it to the arithmetic control section 22. Write the new amount.

The display 23 displays the balance amount which is the calculation result by the calculation control section 22. The coin mech 24 determines the inserted coin and uses the inserted amount as a coin signal to send to the arithmetic control unit 2.
At the same time, change and the like are returned in response to a refund signal from the arithmetic and control unit 22.

The sales control unit 25 receives the bend signal V from the calculation control unit 22.
1-V3, a predetermined signal is sent to the product delivery devices Sl to S3. PI-P3 is a product selection button, 26 is a card return button, and 27 is a coin return button.

Control of the vending machine configured as described above will be explained below. When a coin is inserted into the coin mech 24, the amount inserted is sent from the coin mech 24 as a coin signal to the arithmetic control unit 22, and the amount inserted is displayed on the display 23. At this time, the magnetic card 2 is inserted into the card insertion slot 3 at the same time.
If the card is inserted into the magnetic card 2, the card reader/writer 21 reads out the amount information written on the magnetic card 2 and sends it to the arithmetic control section 22.
3 displays the amount added to the coin input amount. The product sales prices of the product selection buttons P1 to P3 are inputted from the sales control section 25 to the arithmetic control section 22, and the arithmetic and control section 22 determines whether or not the product can be sold based on the amount shown on the display 23, and determines whether the product can be sold. Bend signal ■1~ corresponding to the product
V3 is sent to the sales control section 15. Thereafter, when one of the product selection buttons P1 to P3 that can be sold is pressed, the predetermined product delivery devices 81 to S3 are operated under the control of the sales control unit 25 to carry out the product delivery, and the sales control unit 2
5 sends to the arithmetic and control unit 22 a select signal that is price information of the sold product and a reset signal that indicates the end of the sale. Thereby, the arithmetic control section 22 controls the display 23.
The sales amount is subtracted from the amount shown, and the balance is displayed on the display 23. In this state, if the purchase is made only with coins and there is a balance remaining, pressing the coin return button 27 will return it as change. If the purchase is made using a magnetic card, the balance is written to the magnetic card 2 by the card reader/writer 21, and the magnetic card 2 is returned by pressing the card return button 26.

If the card return button 26 is pressed without pressing the product selection buttons P1 to P3, the amount added between the balance in the magnetic card 2 displayed on the display 23 and the amount of coins inserted will be written on the magnetic card 2. It will be done. This means that the amount of coins has been deposited. Furthermore, regarding the purchase of products using only the magnetic card 2, the same control as in the conventional example is performed.

In this case, if the balance on the magnetic card 2 is less than the purchase price of the product, the product can be purchased by inserting an additional coin.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention accepts deposits of cash such as coins even when selling by card, and accepts cards even when selling by coin etc. The change after the sale, or if you do not purchase the item, the amount you put in will be written to your card as the deposit amount, so
It is now possible to deposit money into a card at the same time as purchasing a product using only a card-type vending machine, eliminating the hassle of having to use a separate deposit machine to deposit money into the card.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 (A) and (B) are front views of a conventional deposit machine and card type vending machine, and Figure 3 (A). Figure 2 (A)
Block diagram of the control circuit in the deposit machine, Figure 3 (B)
is a block diagram of a control circuit in the card-type vending machine of FIG. 2(B). 2...Magnetic card, 3...Card insertion slot, 21...
Card reading and writing machine, 22... Arithmetic control unit, 2
3...Display device, 24...Coin Mech, 25...Sales control unit, 26...Card return button, 27...Coin return button.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A storage means for storing the amount inserted into the vending machine, a reading means for reading the balance stored in the inserted magnetic card, a control means for adding the two amounts, and the control means A depositable card-type vending machine, characterized in that it is equipped with a display means for externally displaying the added amount obtained, and a writing means for writing the added amount on the card when a card return button is pressed.