JP2002056339A - Electronic small money purse system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate restriction due to use of small money requiring a shop to prepare the small money for change without its shortage, forcing a customer to waste time in finding small money from a purse in payment at a checkout, and resulting in prolongation of a waiting line and a swell of the purse with the small money. SOLUTION: An electronic change purse system is operated by a storage medium storing low-value remaining amount information, a reading/writing device for the,storage medium, and a cash register interlocked with it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system which enables a small amount of payment such as a consumption tax to be received and received by an electronic coin purse storage medium when shopping at a supermarket or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When shopping at a store, payment is made by cash, credit card, debit card, or the like. Cash is often used when shopping for small items such as daily necessities and food. In the case of cash payment, payment in yen units is made in coins by adding a consumption tax amount.

[0003]

The store must be prepared so that there is not a shortage of change for change. It takes time for customers to find coins in a wallet when making a payment at a cash register, which is a factor that increases the cashier queue. It can also store a lot of coins in your wallet. The present invention aims to remove the above restrictions.

[0004]

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows. The system operates with an electronic coin purse storage medium for storing small balance information, a reading device for the storage medium, and a register associated therewith.

[0005]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cash register according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the present system, wherein 1 is cash, 2 is an electronic coin purse, 3 is a card reading device, 4 is a register device, and 5 is an electronic coin purse card control device. The electronic coin purse card is shown in Fig. 2,
Balance 11, base amount 14, card number 15, setting information 1
6, the usage history 17 and the like are stored. If the balance of the electronic coin purse system is equal to or more than the base amount, payment is made from the electronic coin purse. If the balance is less than the base amount, cash is collected more than the purchase amount and the balance of the electronic coin purse is raised. By using cash and an electronic coin purse in combination, it is possible to trade an amount less than the base amount in and out of the electronic coin purse among cash payments. Third
The figure shows the basic flow of the electronic coin purse control device. 38
Means that the balance exceeds the base amount, and fractions less than the base amount are paid from the electronic coin purse. Reference numeral 35 denotes a case where the balance is less than the base amount, and acts to load the difference between the base amount and a fraction less than the base amount into the electronic coin purse. Therefore, the cash payment is increased accordingly. Reference numeral 40 denotes a case where the purchase amount is paid only with the electronic coin purse. In the case where it is determined at 32 that the balance is larger than the purchase amount, and at 33 it is selected to pay only with the electronic coin purse. At 39, in accordance with the results of 35, 38, and 40, the balance operation of the electronic coin purse, the writing of the use history, and the cash payment amount and the electronic coin purse use information are passed to the register. FIG. 4 shows an example of a receipt corresponding to an electronic coin purse card. The receipt provided with columns for cash deposit 21, cash payment 22, electronic coin purse card payment 23, cash change 24, electronic coin purse card number and balance 25.

[0006]

By using the cash and electronic coin purse system together, the distribution of coins is reduced and the convenience of stores and customers is enhanced. In turn, it can provide great benefits to banks and mints. Electronic coin purse cards do not require personal information, and the settlement amount is small, so there is little risk. Since the balance is stored in the electronic coin purse card, a server for holding the balance is not required, and the load on system operation can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic coin purse system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows information stored in an electronic coin purse card according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a workflow of the electronic coin purse card control device.

FIG. 4 is a receipt format compatible with an electronic coin purse system.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system for storing small amounts of money in a storage medium (hereinafter referred to as an electronic coin purse storage medium) and using the same together with cash to minimize the use of coins during shopping.