JP2000331111A - Automatic point registering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the wrong number of points of a point card by adding the points only when the race equivalent to a received betting ticket is not over yet according to the progress of the race that is received from a host computer. SOLUTION: A customer puts a point card 6 into a card handling part 2 and then puts a purchased betting ticket into a betting ticket handling part 3. Then the customer performs the communication with a host computer 5 by means of the customer number and other information recorded at a recording part 61 of the card 6 and also the betting information recorded at a recording part of the betting ticket to obtain in real time the progress of the race recorded on the betting ticket as well as the customer information. Thus, it is decided whether the race recorded on the betting ticket is over and the points are added if the race is not over yet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to points for a customer service in a public event such as a horse race, a bicycle race, a boat race, an auto race, etc., according to the purchase contents of a winner betting ticket or the like (hereinafter referred to as a betting ticket). The present invention relates to an automatic point registration device for adding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of various customer services in public sports, a point card system for adding a point according to the number of visits and the visit time has been introduced. In addition, as an extension of the system, adoption of a service (point service) for adding points according to the amount of a voting ticket purchased by a customer is under consideration, but in order to realize this, for example, a voting ticket is issued. It is conceivable to attach a card handling unit for accepting and processing a customer's point card to a ticket issuing machine to be used. Incidentally, as such a point service system, for example, a register (PO
In S), etc., it has already been adopted, and the customer adds points in accordance with the purchase price when purchasing a product.

[0003] However, in such a method, it is necessary to connect a card handling unit to each of a large number of ticketing machines installed in various places, which requires a large cost. Therefore, a voting ticket issued by a normal ticketing machine and an automatic point registration device that calculates points according to the content of the previous voting ticket if a customer's point card is accepted and adds the point card, A point service system for installing as many units as necessary is being studied. Incidentally, this has already been adopted in the aviation industry, for example, and is known as a so-called mileage registration system using air tickets.

[0004]

By the way, voting tickets in public competitions are classified into "winning tickets" and "missing tickets" when the race is over and winning or losing is decided. The "ticket" is discarded, but especially in the case of a customer with poor manners, a large number of tickets are often discarded in places such as passageways and scattered. As a result, if you try to adopt the point service system as described above, others who have collected such missed tickets,
It is naturally anticipated that the wrong ticket will be inserted into the above-mentioned automatic point registration device, and an illegal act such as adding to the own point and adding will be performed.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention employs a point service system in a point card system introduced as one of the services used by customers in public sports such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic point registration device that can prevent troubles such as another person picking up an unnecessary ticket discarded and discarded at the end of the race and adding it to his own point illegally. It is assumed that.

[0006]

That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a card handling unit that accepts and processes a customer's point card, and a voting ticket in public sports such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing. And a control unit that communicates with the host computer and controls and functions the above-mentioned units. An automatic point registration device for adding and writing to a card,
Based on the progress of the race received from the host computer, points are added only when the race corresponding to the accepted betting ticket has not been completed.

The invention according to claim 2 is a card handling unit that accepts and processes a customer's point card, and a voting system that accepts and processes voting tickets in public sports such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing. A ticket handling unit, which has a control unit that communicates with the host computer and controls and functions each unit, and adds a point value according to the voting content of the accepted betting ticket to each customer, and An automatic point registration device that registers with a computer, based on the progress of the race received from the host computer,
Points are added only when the race corresponding to the accepted betting ticket has not been completed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an automatic point registration device 1 according to the present invention. The automatic point registration device 1 includes a card handling unit 2, a betting ticket handling unit 3, and a control unit 4, It is connected to the host computer 5.

The card handling unit 2 receives a later-described point card 6 for identifying a customer and recording information for providing a prize and performing other services, and a customer number and other information recorded on the point card 6. There is provided a magnetic recording / reading means (in particular, a known means may be used) for reading the information or writing information as needed. This card handling unit 2
Has a printing unit such as a thermal head, and can print characters, images, and the like on a rewritable display surface 62 formed on the surface of the point card 6 described later.

The voting ticket handling unit 3 receives a voting ticket 7 (see FIG. 3) issued by a ticket issuing machine, and stores the data (for example, a magnetic stripe, a barcode, etc.) Recorded) can be read. This data is originally used when the voting ticket 7 is read by the refund machine in order to quickly repay the "hit ticket". , Purchase price, and the like.
Further, the voting ticket handling unit 3 may be configured to directly read the character information printed on the ticket surface using an OCR (optical character reader).

The control unit 4 is connected to the card handling unit 2 and the voting ticket handling unit 3, and reads a point card in the card handling unit 2 and reads a voting ticket by the voting ticket handling unit 3. At the same time, information is written to the card handling unit 2. The control unit 4 is connected to a host computer 5 via a communication line. Since the host computer 5 is a part of the totalizer system that controls the operation of the race in the public competition, the progress of the race in each public stadium can be confirmed and recognized in real time by the communication line. I have.

The point card 6 is made of, for example, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and includes a recording section 61 and a rewrite display surface 62 as shown in FIG. The recording unit 61 is made of, for example, a magnetic stripe or the like in this embodiment, and is formed on the back surface of the point card 6 so that information can be written by a magnetic head or the like of the card handling unit 2. The rewritable display surface 62 is formed of, for example, a rewritable recording medium using a thermoreversible recording material, so that characters and images can be repeatedly printed by a thermal head or the like of the card handling unit 2.

Next, a service point registration operation using the automatic point registration apparatus according to the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This service point registration operation is performed from the first step S1 to the sixth step S1.
This is constituted by step S6. First step S
1 is the point card customer (prior to this race,
6 is assumed to have already been issued by the point card issuing unit).

In the second step S2, the separately purchased betting ticket 7 is inserted into the betting ticket handling section 3. In the third step S3, communication with the host computer 5 is performed based on the customer number and other information recorded in the recording unit 61 of the point card 6 and the voting information recorded in the recording unit 71 of the betting ticket 7, The customer information and the progress of the race recorded in the betting ticket 7 are obtained in real time.

In a fourth step S4, it is determined whether or not the race recorded on the betting ticket has ended. Here, if the race corresponding to the inserted betting ticket has not yet been completed, then the process can proceed to the step of adding the points on the left branch, and if it has already been completed, the points on the right branch can be added. Are not added.

In a fifth step S5, the card handling unit 2 calculates a new point value by adding the point value based on the information on the current betting ticket 7 to the point value read from the recording unit 61 of the point card 6, and Write the new point value to the point card. The new point value is printed on the rewrite display surface 62 of the point card 6.

In the sixth step S6, when the processing operation is completed, the point card 6 and the betting ticket 7 are discharged out of the automatic point registration device, and the point registration operation ends. In the embodiment described so far, one operation requires one operation.
Although only a single betting ticket can be processed, it is needless to say that a configuration in which a plurality of betting tickets are continuously processed is also possible. In this embodiment, the points are recorded on the card. However, the points may be treated as a part of the customer data of the host computer 5.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, based on the progress of the race received from the host computer, only when the race corresponding to the accepted betting ticket has not been completed, points can be obtained. Since addition is performed, it is possible to prevent, for example, using another person's "missing ticket" or the like picked up after the end of the race and improperly adding or adding this to the number of points on the point card. Therefore, it is possible to construct a highly reliable automatic point registration device and, consequently, a highly reliable point service system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an automatic point registration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of the reward card of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of a betting ticket.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a point registration operation of the automatic point device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic point registration apparatus 2 Card handling part 3 Voting ticket handling part 4 Control part 5 Host computer 6 Point card 7 Voting ticket

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card handling unit that accepts and processes a customer's point card, a voting ticket handling unit that accepts and processes voting tickets in public sports such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing, and a host computer. An automatic point registration device having a control unit that performs communication and controls the respective units to function, and adds and adds a point value according to the voting content of the accepted betting ticket to a customer's point card, An automatic point registration device, wherein points are added only when the race corresponding to the accepted betting ticket is not completed based on the progress of the race received from the computer. 2. A card handling unit for accepting and processing customer loyalty cards, a betting ticket handling unit for receiving and processing voting tickets in public sports such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing, and a host computer. An automatic point registration device that has a control unit that performs communication and controls the respective units to function, and adds a point value according to the voting content of the accepted betting ticket for each customer and registers it in the host computer. Automatic point registration characterized in that points are added only when the race corresponding to the accepted betting ticket has not been completed based on the progress of the race received from the host computer. apparatus.