EP2141666A1 - Frontplattenanordnung mit RFID-Modul - Google Patents

Frontplattenanordnung mit RFID-Modul Download PDF

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EP2141666A1
EP2141666A1 EP08011380A EP08011380A EP2141666A1 EP 2141666 A1 EP2141666 A1 EP 2141666A1 EP 08011380 A EP08011380 A EP 08011380A EP 08011380 A EP08011380 A EP 08011380A EP 2141666 A1 EP2141666 A1 EP 2141666A1
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panel assembly
face panel
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Dong-Ying Yang
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International Currency Technologies Corp
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    • 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
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0866—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means by active credit-cards adapted therefor
    • 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
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
    • 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
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
    • G07F7/0893—Details of the card reader the card reader reading the card in a contactless manner

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  • the present invention relates to an automatic vending machine technology and more specifically, to a face panel assembly with an RFID module for use with a bill/coin acceptor in an automatic vending machine for enabling the automatic vending machine to provide bill/coin/RFID stored-value card transaction modes.
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification
  • a paper card may be damaged easily when wetted or curved.
  • a contact type magnetic card requires direct contact, and the stored data tends to be damaged by an external magnetic field.
  • a user when using a paper card or a contact type magnetic card, a user must take the paper card or the contact type magnetic card out of the pocket or purse. Furthermore, during the use of the contact type magnetic card, the user must insert the contact type magnetic card through the sensing slot.
  • automatic vending machines are intensively used everywhere in different countries around the world.
  • An automatic vending machine may accept bills.
  • an automatic vending machine using RFID technology has a specially designed circuit architecture.
  • a RFID reader-writer machine cannot be directly used in a conventional automatic vending machine because the circuit architecture of a conventional automatic vending machine is not compatible.
  • a user when a user wishes to operate value-adding to a RFID stored-value card, he (she) must go to a railway station, bus station or rapid transport station to operate a RFID reader-writer machine.
  • an automatic vending machine which has a RFID module incorporated in the bill/coin acceptor thereof to provide multiple transaction modes while saving installation space and to allow a user to operate value-adding to a RFID stored-value card.
  • the present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is therefore the main object of the present invention to provide a face panel assembly, which has an RFID module incorporated therein for use with a bill/coin acceptor in a conventional automatic vending machine, for enabling the automatic vending machine to provide multiple transaction modes.
  • the face panel assembly comprises a mounting flange for detachably fastening to a bill/coin acceptor in the automatic vending machine with screws, a slot for the insertion of a bill/coin into the bill/coin acceptor, and a RFID module, which has a sensor for sensing a RFID stored-value card for enabling the RFID module to fetch stored data from the RFID stored-value card and to transmit the fetched data to the automatic vending machine, and a transmission interface (wired or wireless type) for communication between the RFID module and the automatic vending machine.
  • the face panel assembly can be provided with a sliding slot for the sliding of a card (monetary card, credit card, chip card or the like).
  • a face panel assembly 1 in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is shown for use in an automatic vending machine 3 for connection to one side of an acceptor 31 .
  • the face panel assembly 1 is configured subject to the transaction mode (bill, coin or token) of the automatic vending machine 3 , having mounted therein a RFID module 2 .
  • the face panel assembly 1 has at least one slot 11 disposed on the front side thereof, a set of operating buttons 12 , and a display screen 13 for displaying information.
  • the face panel assembly 1 further has a passage 111 backwardly extending from the slot 11 , and a mounting flange 14 with mounting through holes 141 for mounting.
  • the RFID module 2 is build in the face panel assembly 1 , comprising a microprocessor 21 for processing data.
  • the microprocessor 21 has electrically connected thereto a data bus 211 , an address bus 212 , a control line 213 , a data-address bus 214 , a monitoring device 22 , a memory 25 and a real time clock 26 .
  • the RFID module 2 further comprises a RFID chip 23 electrically connected to the microprocessor 21 through the data bus 211 , the address bus 212 , the control line 213 and the data-address bus 214 , and a sensor 24 electrically connected to the RFID chip 23 for the induction of a RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • the sensor 24 is disposed on the front side of the face panel assembly 1 .
  • the face panel assembly 1 is made by means of a modularized production method subject to the transaction mode (bill, coin or token) of the automatic vending machine 3 .
  • the face panel assembly 1 is attached to the bill/coin acceptor 31 to have the mounting through holes 141 of the mounting flange 14 of the face panel assembly 1 be respectively affixed to respective mounting screw holes 311 of the bill/coin acceptor 31 with a respective screw.
  • the passage 111 is kept in communication with a bill/coin inlet 312 of the bill/coin acceptor 31 .
  • the slot 11 of the face panel assembly 1 is a bill slot
  • the acceptor 31 is a bill acceptor
  • the inlet 312 of the acceptor 31 is a bill inlet.
  • the RFID module 2 is connected to the automatic vending machine 3 through a transmission interface 27 .
  • the transmission interface 27 can be a wired transmission interface such as IEEE1394, USB, STATA, IDE, RS232, serial SCSI or parallel SCSI, or a wireless transmission interface such as antenna, radio frequency, infrared, bluetooth technique or the like, that is capable of transmitting data from the RFID module 2 to the automatic vending machine 3 .
  • the transmission interface 27 When changing the type of the face panel assembly 1 , the transmission interface 27 must be reset to have the RFID module 2 be in connection with the automatic vending machine 3 .
  • the RFID module 2 runs subject to the following steps:
  • the sensor 24 gives a command of "Request std" to the RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • the RFID stored-value card 4 sends its tagtype to the sensor 24 to establish a communication so that the sensor 24 reads in the serial number and the size byte of the RFID stored-value card 4 and checks the correctness of the ID code.
  • the sensor 24 operates the RFID stored-value card 4 subject to a selection.
  • the microprocessor 21 operates the RFID stored-value card 4 to perform a reading, writing, value-adding, value-deducting, storing, transmitting or any other operation and to store the transaction record in the memory 25 .
  • the microprocessor 21 is electrically connected with the RFID chip 23 by means of the data bus 211 , the address bus 212 , the control line 213 and the data-address bus 214 so that data, address and control signal transmission can be performed between the microprocessor 21 and the sensor 23 .
  • the memory 25 is electrically connected to the microprocessor 21 so that the microprocessor 21 can store each transaction record in the memory 25 .
  • the clock 26 is electrically connected to the microprocessor 21 to count each transaction time.
  • the microprocessor 21 When a transaction starts, the microprocessor 21 utilizes the clock 26 to transmit the transaction start time to the automatic vending machine 3 and to count the time. When the transaction surpassed a predetermined length of time, a related process can be preceded, such as cancellation of the transaction, re-establishment of communication with the RFID stored-value card 4 , return of bill or other process. Upon termination of the transaction, the microprocessor 21 sends the transaction end time to the automatic vending machine 3 so that the automatic vending machine 3 can store or record the transaction time.
  • the aforesaid face panel assembly 1 allows the use of a bill or a RFID stored-value card 4 to deal with the automatic vending machine 3 .
  • a user can also use the automatic vending machine 3 (face panel assembly 1 ) to add a value to a RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • a user (cardholder) using the automatic vending machine 3 (face panel assembly 1 ) to add a value to a RFID stored-value card 4 it runs subject to the following steps (see FIGS. 1 and 6 ):
  • the microprocessor 21 of the RFID module 2 establishes a communication with the RFID stored-value card 4 through the RFID chip 23 and the sensor 24 , and then verifies the identity of the RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • the microprocessor 21 drives the display screen 13 to display the value stored in the RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • the user operates the operating buttons 12 of the face panel assembly 1 to select the desired operating mode.
  • "Value-Adding" is selected, the user can then insert a bill through the bill slot 11 of the face panel assembly 1 into the passages 111 .
  • the inserted bill is carried by bill-transfer means of the bill acceptor 31 into the inside of the bill acceptor 31 where the bill acceptor 31 checks the authenticity and value of the received bill.
  • the microprocessor 21 of the RFID module 2 drives the RFID chip 23 and the sensor 24 to write a value-adding signal corresponding to the inserted bill into the RFID stored-value card 4 .
  • the microprocessor 21 automatically gives the data of currently stored value of the RFID stored-value card 4 to the automatic vending machine 3 , and the automatic vending machine 3 gives the data of the transaction amount to the microprocessor 21 after the transaction is finished, so that the microprocessor 21 displays the transaction amount through the display screen 13 , and deducts the transaction amount from the RFID stored-value card 4 by means of the RFID chip 23 and the sensor 24 .
  • the microprocessor 21 displays the message through the display screen 13 , and the user retrieves the RFID stored-value card 4 . Further, the user can also use a bill to purchase a commodity from the automatic vending machine 3 directly.
  • FIG. 7 shows a face panel assembly 1 in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the slot 11 is a coin slot.
  • the acceptor 31 (not shown) to be used with the face panel assembly 1 in an automatic vending machine 3 (not shown) is a coin acceptor, and therefore, the automatic vending machine 3 provides a coin transaction mode and a RFID stored-value card transaction mode.
  • FIG. 8 shows a face panel assembly 1 in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the slot 11 is a sliding slot for the sliding of a card (monetary card, credit card, chip card or the like).
  • the acceptor 31 (not shown) to be used with the face panel assembly 1 in an automatic vending machine 3 (not shown) is a contact type card reader, and therefore, the automatic vending machine 3 provides a card-sliding transaction mode and a RFID stored-value card transaction mode.
  • FIG. 9 shows a face panel assembly 1 in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the face panel assembly 1 has three slots 11 , a first one for the insertion of a coin, a second one for the insertion of a bill, and a third one for the sliding of a card.
  • the face panel assembly 1 further has a card slot 15 for the insertion of a RFID stored-value card 4 . Therefore, the automatic vending machine 3 in which the face panel assembly 1 of this fourth embodiment is used provides multiple transaction modes.
  • FIGS. 10 shows a face panel assembly 1 in accordance with a fifth embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 shows a face pane assembly 1 in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • These two embodiments commonly have a platform 16 .
  • the sensor 24 is mounted in the platform 16 in a flush manner.
  • a user can place a RFID stored-value card 4 on the platform 16 corresponding to the sensor 24 to make a transaction.
  • the platform 16 is disposed at the top side of the face panel assembly 1 .
  • the platform 16 protrudes horizontally forwards at the bottom side of the face panel assembly 1 .
  • the invention provides a face panel assembly 1 with an RFID module, which has the following features and advantages:
  • the invention provides a face panel assembly 1 having an RFID module 2 , which is practical for use with a bill/coin acceptor 31 in an automatic vending machine 3 to save machine space and to facilitate machine maintenance work.
  • the use of the present invention in an automatic vending machine 3 enables the machine to provide multiple transaction modes (bill, coin, token and RFID transaction modes)
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JP2000207610A (ja) * 1998-11-13 2000-07-28 Nippon Conlux Co Ltd 紙幣処理装置
US20030014370A1 (en) * 2001-07-10 2003-01-16 Smart Card Integrators, Inc. Combined card reader and bill acceptor
WO2008051999A2 (en) * 2006-10-24 2008-05-02 Mei, Inc. Contactless smartcard bezel

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US5955718A (en) * 1995-10-06 1999-09-21 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Integrated credit/information exchange module
WO1997045813A1 (en) * 1996-05-30 1997-12-04 Mars Incorporated Bezel for an automatic transaction machine
JP2000207610A (ja) * 1998-11-13 2000-07-28 Nippon Conlux Co Ltd 紙幣処理装置
US20030014370A1 (en) * 2001-07-10 2003-01-16 Smart Card Integrators, Inc. Combined card reader and bill acceptor
WO2008051999A2 (en) * 2006-10-24 2008-05-02 Mei, Inc. Contactless smartcard bezel

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