EP0337164A2 - Dispositif d'enregistrement de cassettes vidéo louées - Google Patents

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EP0337164A2
EP0337164A2 EP89105002A EP89105002A EP0337164A2 EP 0337164 A2 EP0337164 A2 EP 0337164A2 EP 89105002 A EP89105002 A EP 89105002A EP 89105002 A EP89105002 A EP 89105002A EP 0337164 A2 EP0337164 A2 EP 0337164A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/069—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by box-like containers, e.g. videocassettes, books
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/02—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus

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  • the invention relates to a device for registering rental video cassettes, which has a compartment division with compartments for one video cassette, a data processing system with data storage, a screen or the like. Display device and an input device for data.
  • the book covers each contain a card assigned to the corresponding video cassette, which can be removed to register the rental process. If the customer has decided to borrow one or more video cassettes, he takes the corresponding card from the book cover and brings it to the counter, where the business staff, before handing over the desired cassette to the customer, at least one customer and film number, possibly also a film title and writes down the day of the loan or enters it into a computer which, for example, adds the corresponding film title to the data entered.
  • the disadvantage here is that input errors can occur, for example, when writing down or typing in the often multi-digit film number, so that proper return can no longer be checked and is therefore no longer guaranteed.
  • the error-free entry of film and customer numbers and, in particular, the writing down of this data requires a high level of concentration from the business staff, which is an additional burden in addition to the supervision of the business premises and the handling of money transactions. Since such video cassettes represent a significant value, errors and inattentions of the business personnel burdened in this way can result in considerable operational losses.
  • cassettes provided with a barcode in rental shops, which can be read at the counter by the business staff using electronic readers and entered into a computer. Although this simplifies the selection process, it is still up to the business staff to select the desired cassette from the cassette stock and to put it back in an appropriate, ordered place after borrowing. With a large number of customers and a corresponding burden on the staff, for example, errors can still occur if the respective cassette is replaced in the wrong place, for example due to carelessness.
  • the operation of the electronic reading device when reading a bar code requires time and concentration from the business personnel, since the reading process often has to be repeated several times, particularly if the electronic reading device is handled negligently.
  • a goods removal device for warehouses has also already been created, in which operating and input errors during the removal of goods are thereby to be excluded, that, depending on the data entered into the input device, a sorting bin associated with this data is opened (cf. DE-PS 27 51 066).
  • this goods removal device has a compartment division with different sorting compartments, each of which can be locked via a locking mechanism and identified via one or more optical display elements.
  • the registration and booking processing of the data entered via the input device is assigned to the goods located in the sorting compartments and, after actuation of an operating element, the locking mechanism of the sorting compartment corresponding to the goods-specific data is opened.
  • compartments that can be opened and closed by means of a locking mechanism are hardly suitable for rental video cassettes if the borrowing process only registers when their book covers are removed and put back in place, but the book covers located in the compartments are not easily viewed, however, by means of a locking mechanism provided on the individual sorting compartments closed flap should be prevented.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a device which simplifies the administrative and operating outlay of business personnel in such a way that the possibility of errors in the registration of the borrowing and returning process and in the re-arrangement of the returned video tapes is largely avoided.
  • the registration of the removal and the return as well as the storage of the cassette and customer-specific data, such as the name and address of the customer, film title and rental fee of the borrowed video cassette and the day of the borrowing process are automated.
  • This data which is stored in the data memory of the data processing system, can easily be called up again when the return is also automatically registered in order to calculate the loan fee corresponding to the loan period.
  • Simply removing and re-arranging the cassette into the compartment assigned to it is sufficient to transmit a corresponding signal to the data processing system via the signal transmitter, which assigns the corresponding cassette-specific data and the additionally entered customer-specific data to the respective signal.
  • the data processing system can also be programmed so that when entering the customer-specific data, for example the customer number and receiving a signal signaling the return of a video cassette, the business personnel receives a message if the cassette has been placed in the wrong place in the compartment division.
  • the signal transmitter can be actuated mechanically Contact switch may be formed, which opens or closes a circuit, in particular electrically connected to the data processing system, when a video cassette is inserted into a compartment. It is also possible that the signal transmitter is designed as a light barrier, the light beam of which is interrupted when a video cassette is inserted into a compartment.
  • the data processing system expediently has a keypad for entering the cassette and / or customer-specific data and / or a magnetic card reader for entering customer cards.
  • the cassette-specific data can be entered into the data memory of the data processing system, such as film title, value of the cassette or rental fee per unit of time, assigned subject in the subject division, etc. This data is used once for one cassette for all future ones Loan operations entered.
  • the customer-specific data such as the name and address of the customer and / or customer number, day of the loan process, etc. can also be entered using the keypad for each loan process.
  • a customer card similar to a check card, for example, which can be read by a magnetic card reader of the data processing system, can also be allocated to each customer who has identified himself on his first visit to the rental business.
  • a magnetic card reader When using such a magnetic card reader, there is no need to repeatedly enter cassette or customer-specific data. This can Business personnel can be relieved in an advantageous manner.
  • the data processing system is connected to a computer which processes the cassette- and customer-specific data at a rental price and is preferably designed as a cash register, which may have a receipt printer.
  • the data processing system can also be designed such that correction and supplementary data that can be input via the keypad can be processed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device designated as 1 for the registration of rental video cassettes.
  • the device 1 essentially consists of a compartment division 2 with compartments 3 for a video cassette 4, in each of which a signal transmitter 5 which emits a signal when the respective video cassette 4 is removed and reset is arranged, and a data processing system 6 with a - in FIG .1 not shown - data memory that is electrically connected to each signal generator 5 of a compartment 3 and assigns the cassette-specific data to the customer-specific data when the signal coming from the signal generator 5 is received.
  • the signal generator 5 is designed as a mechanically actuable contact switch which, when a video cassette 4 is inserted into the respective compartment 3, opens or closes a circuit which is electrically connected in particular to the data processing system 6 via current leads 7 in a matrix circuit.
  • each compartment 3 of the compartment division 2 is assigned a signal transmitter 5, the removal or re-arrangement of a specific video cassette 4 can be registered with the aid of the device 1.
  • the data processing system 6 receives the corresponding signal from the signal generator 5, it automatically assigns the cassette-specific data entered only once to this signal.
  • cassette-specific data such as film number, rental fee per unit of time, etc.
  • These cassette-specific data are linked and stored in the data processing system 6 during the rental process with the customer-specific data that were entered for a customer card during each rental process using a keypad or a magnetic card reader.
  • the data processing system 6 automatically assigns the date of the loan process 2 to these cassette- and customer-specific data and stores them until the day of the return. If necessary, the borrowing process can also be documented on a receipt printer or on a screen or the like. are displayed.
  • the signal generator 5 indicates the arrangement of the video cassette 4 via a signal from the data processing system 6.
  • the data processing system 6 assigns the data stored during the borrowing process to the return date, so that a computer designated as 8 in FIG. 1 and designed as a cash register can process the cassette and customer-specific data at a borrowing price.
  • the computer 8 has a receipt printer, which documents in particular the return process and prints out a receipt. The business personnel therefore only need to return the returned video cassette 4 to the compartment 3 assigned to it, so that the data processing system 6 registers and checks the correct return.
  • the data processing system 6 or the computer 8 can continue to display and print out a receipt with the additional payment amount. It is therefore not necessary to enter cassette- or customer-specific data into the data processing system again, as before; this also eliminates the corresponding potential for errors. If a video cassette 4 is inadvertently inserted into a compartment 3 other than that provided for it, the correction and supplementary data entered via the keypad can be processed if the data processing system 6 is designed accordingly.
  • the signal transmitter 5 which is designed as a mechanically actuable contact switch, is arranged on a rear wall of a compartment 3 of the compartment division 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows a signal generator 5 ', which is designed as a light barrier.
  • the light beam 11 emanating from the light source 9 and directed onto the photo resistor 10 is interrupted when a video cassette 4 is inserted into the respective compartment 3.
  • the signal transmitters 5 designed as contact switches and provided for each compartment 3 of the compartment division 2 are fastened on a common circuit board 12.
  • the contact switches are also arranged in the region of the cassette support side 13 of each compartment 3, specifically on the side thereof facing away from the cassette insertion opening 14.
  • the compartment division 2 from FIG. 5 facing away from the insertion openings 14, for example open against a wall, has slots 15 through which one of the signal transmitters 5 fastened on the common circuit board 12 projects into the compartment 3 assigned to it.
  • the compartment division 2 from FIG. 5 summarizes several compartments 3 in a modular manner.
  • Several such compartments 2 can be assembled, for example, one above the other and / or next to one another to form an overall assembly, the compartments of which are all connected to one another and to the data processing system.
  • the signal transmitters 5, which are fastened to several on a common circuit board 12, and the simple structural design of such a compartment division 2 allow a simple and space-saving construction of the device according to the invention.
  • a signal transmitter 5 fastened to the board or boards 12 can be accommodated simply and quickly in each compartment of the compartment division.
  • each of the circuit boards 12 carries, on its flat side facing away from the contact switches, the electrical connecting lines 16, 17 of the signal transmitters 5 fastened to it.
  • the signal transmitters 5 fastened on the circuit board 12 are with one of their two Poles connected to one another via a common connecting line 16, which ends in two connecting or contact pins 19 at the end region 18 of the circuit board 12 projecting beyond the compartment division 2 in the use position.
  • the other pole of the signal transmitter 5, which is designed as a button, is connected via a diode 20 to a respective connecting or interrogation line 17; these query lines 17 end in a plug contact or plug base 21 serving as a connection point, which is formed here by a commercially available IC socket which is also arranged in the end region 18 of the circuit board 12.
  • a connection point which is formed here by a commercially available IC socket which is also arranged in the end region 18 of the circuit board 12.
  • the signal transmitters 5 of the compartment divisions 2, each assigned to a compartment 3 can be electrically connected to one another and to the data processing system.
  • the diodes 20 provided in the interrogation line 17 are used for decoupling the pulses running through these lines.
  • FIG. 6 shows the block diagram of the compartments that are electrically connected to one another and to the data processing system. It is clear from FIG. 6 that the compartments 3 of the device according to the invention are connected to one another and to the data processing system in a matrix circuit which assigns each compartment 3 to one of several columns and one of several rows. A specific column and a specific row are assigned to each compartment of an overall assembly consisting of several compartment inserts via the address bus.
  • one of the subject divisions can be exactly one form a defined column, while the first or nth subject of each subject division or subject assignment corresponds to a specific row of the switch matrix. This column and row addressing registers the insertion or removal of a cassette into or from the compartment provided for a specific video cassette.
  • a current pulse can be sent at short time intervals through the connecting and / or interrogation lines 16, 17 connecting the signal transmitters to one another and to the data processing system.
  • this switch matrix is connected to the data processing system via the data bus latch and the data bus, in which the cassette-specific data are linked to the customer-specific data and stored in the manner described above during the borrowing process.
  • Data bus latch, data bus, row addressing, column drivers, column addressing and address bus are expediently housed in a common housing, for example between the signal generator 5 and the data processing system 6 in the power supply lines 7 between the housing to be connected.
  • compartments of the compartments can be cords, wires, pins or rods made of metal or the like. be separated from each other.
  • compartments of the compartment divisions merely as slide-in guides which are milled into regular inserts made of, for example, stable plastic material or welded together from metal.
  • an embodiment is preferred in which the compartments of the compartment divisions are separated from one another by partitions, as in FIGS. 1 to 5.

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FR2549624A1 (fr) * 1983-07-18 1985-01-25 Consortium Distribution Automa Dispositif de distribution et de retour de cassette video
EP0191636A2 (fr) * 1985-02-14 1986-08-20 Nelson Vending Technology Limited Machine de vente automatique
WO1986005292A1 (fr) * 1985-03-06 1986-09-12 Term-Tronics Incorporated Procede et appareil de vente
EP0205691A1 (fr) * 1985-06-17 1986-12-30 Leonard Charles Brown Dispositif pour distribuer un article

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FR2549624A1 (fr) * 1983-07-18 1985-01-25 Consortium Distribution Automa Dispositif de distribution et de retour de cassette video
EP0191636A2 (fr) * 1985-02-14 1986-08-20 Nelson Vending Technology Limited Machine de vente automatique
WO1986005292A1 (fr) * 1985-03-06 1986-09-12 Term-Tronics Incorporated Procede et appareil de vente
EP0205691A1 (fr) * 1985-06-17 1986-12-30 Leonard Charles Brown Dispositif pour distribuer un article

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