JP2002318980A - Order payment system for betting, food and drink or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a betting customer to purchase a betting ticket and order food and drink or the like. SOLUTION: This system comprises a spectator seat terminal 2 provided in conformation to each spectator seat, which comprises a storage medium processing means 28 for receiving a publicly operated race storage medium with information capable of specifying the magnitude of a prepaid sum usable for at least betting and payment of food and drink or the like stored therein and reading the recording information of the received storage medium, a communication means 26 for transmitting the recording information read from the storage medium to a management device 3, a display means 22 for displaying the magnitude of the prepaid sum specified from the read recording information, and a receiving means 23 for receiving the betting and order of food and drink or the like; and the management device 3 data-communicably connected to the terminal 2 to manage the magnitude of the prepaid sum left in the storage medium and add or subtract the purchase sum and refund sum based on the betting and order of food and drink received in the terminal 2 to and from the prepaid sum.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to voting and eating and drinking which can be carried out at a public stadium such as a boat race, a horse race, a bicycle race, etc., in which voting, ordering of food and drink and the like can be carried out without the transfer of cash. It relates to an order clearing system for goods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In public stadiums such as boat races, horse races, and bicycle races in recent years, troubles caused by the transfer of cash when liquidating voting tickets, food and drinks, etc. are avoided, and voting tickets, food and drinks, etc. are avoided. As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H06-325065, for the purpose of eliminating the complexity of cash settlement, there is a method of carrying out settlement of cash such as voting tickets and food and drink using a prepaid card. Proposed.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned systems, the complexity and mistakes involved in the transfer of cash can be reduced significantly, but the purchase of voting tickets, the order of food and drinks, and the order items It is necessary to leave each seat and go to the place where the betting ticket vending machine and register are installed, and it is troublesome and troubles associated with leaving these seats, such as stealing the seats and securing seats There was a problem that theft of the back and the like was incessant.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and since a voter can purchase a voting ticket and order food and drink without leaving the seat, the trouble caused by the absence of the seat can be obtained. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voting system at public stadiums and an order clearing system for food and drink which can be eliminated.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention is used for voting and food and drink clearing at least to a value corresponding to cash paid out. Recording medium processing means for receiving a public competition recording medium on which information capable of specifying the size of the prepaid amount which can be recorded is recorded, and reading at least the recorded information of the received public competition recording medium; Communication means for transmitting the record information read from the public competition recording medium to the management device by means, and displaying at least the size of the prepaid amount specified from the record information read from the public competition recording medium. Display means for receiving, and receiving means for receiving an order for voting, food and drink, etc., and a seat end provided corresponding to each seat. And the data of the prepaid money remaining in the public competition recording medium is connected to the seat terminal so as to be able to perform data communication, and the purchase amount based on the voting and food and drink orders received at the seat terminal. And a management device for adding or subtracting the refund amount to or from the amount of the prepaid amount. According to this feature, the voting customer can perform voting and ordering of food and drink and the like at the seating terminal while staying at the audience seat. Troubles associated with seats can be eliminated.

[0006] In the voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention, the management device assigns identification information capable of specifying a public competition recording medium as information capable of specifying the size of the prepaid amount, and It has a recording medium management database in which the size of the prepaid amount is registered in association with the identification information, and determines the size of the prepaid amount corresponding to the identification information of the receiving public competition recording medium transmitted from the seat terminal. It is preferable to reply to the customer terminal. In this way, since the data of the amount of the prepaid amount is not recorded on the public competition recording medium itself, it is possible to avoid fraud by falsifying the data of the amount of the prepaid amount as much as possible. it can.

In the voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention, the management device distributes menu items such as food and drink that can be ordered at the time of receiving the food and drink order by the receiving means to the customer terminal, It is preferable that the customer terminal displays the distributed menu content on the display means in a selectable manner. By doing so, the voting customer can check the menu contents while staying at the audience seats, and by selecting a favorite food and drink from the menu,
Orders can be easily fulfilled.

[0008] The voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention accepts money and identifies the accepted money, and the received amount identified by the money identifying means is set as an upper limit. It is preferable to have an issuing terminal provided with issuing means for issuing a public competition recording medium whose amount is the size of the prepaid amount. In this way, the voting customer can receive, at the issuing terminal, a public competition recording medium having a desired prepaid amount.

In the voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention, the seat terminal includes a seat ID storage means for storing a seat ID capable of specifying a corresponding seat, and the seat ID is received by the receiving means. The management device transmits the transmitted order content and the customer ID to an order content output terminal provided in the kitchen, and the order content output terminal transmits the order content and the customer seat ID to the order content output terminal provided in the kitchen. It is preferable to output the transmitted order contents and the customer seat ID. In this way, the order contents and the seat ID are output from the order content output terminal, so that the caterer can bring the ordered food and drink to the seats, and the voting party can There is no need to leave the ordered food and drink etc. to get away, and it is possible to avoid the occurrence of troubles due to these leavings.

In the voting and food and drink order clearing system of the present invention, the management device individually manages a purchase amount and a refund amount based on the voting order and a purchase amount based on the food and drink order. Is preferred. In this way, the purchase amount and refund amount based on the voting order serving as public money and the purchase amount based on other private money orders such as food and drink are managed separately, and these public money and refund amount are managed. Inconvenience caused by the mixture of private money can be avoided.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a voting and food and drink order clearing system in this embodiment. The system of this embodiment is for issuing a prepaid card which is a recording medium for public competitions, and for once. A payment and settlement machine 1 that enables clearing to return the remaining amount of the prepaid card as cash together with the payment to the issued prepaid card and a payment card that is issued by the payment and settlement machine 1 Management server 3 that manages the amount of money to be paid and performs processing such as distribution of various information to the customer terminal 2.
And a seat terminal 2 that is provided for each seat and is capable of voting and ordering food and drink, and is installed at a predetermined position in the kitchen,
An output terminal 100 for outputting an order table on which the order contents ordered at the seat terminal 2 and a seat number capable of specifying the ordered seat are printed, and which is mainly composed of an issuance and payment machine. 1, the customer terminal 2, and the output terminal 100 are connected to each other via a hub (HUB) or a communication cable (not shown) so that bidirectional data communication can be performed. An area network (LAN) is formed.

In addition, the management server 3 is connected to a central tallying device that determines odds and the like by voting at each public stadium, and determines a payout amount. Dividend information can be obtained, and computers at each financial institution can be accessed.Also connected to an external network to obtain video information distributed from other public stadiums Have been.

Further, the management server 3 of the present embodiment is configured to receive various in-field images taken in a public stadium where the management server 3 is installed, based on the input images. A predetermined program is organized, and the program image can be listened to at the customer terminal 2.

In this embodiment, a form using a communication cable is used as a form of data communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the form of data communication may be spread spectrum (SS). A non-contact communication method such as a wireless communication method using a relatively wide band and high speed wireless communication may be used.

First, a description will be given of the issue / payment clearing machine 1 used in the present embodiment.
As shown in the figure, a display unit 13 composed of a liquid crystal panel as a flat display and a transparent touch panel arranged on the liquid crystal panel to enable input by a finger or the like are provided on the upper front part of the box-shaped housing. An operation unit 14 is provided, and by selecting items of “issue”, “payment”, and “clearing” from a main menu displayed on the display unit 13, “issue”, “payment”, Any one of “payment” can be performed, and an operation guide based on the selected item is displayed on the display unit 13 by the selection.

A bill insertion port 18 is provided at a lower position of the display section 13, and the bill insertion port 18 is provided inside the issuance and payment settlement machine 1 so as to be connected to the bill insertion port 18. A bill identification unit 11 capable of discriminating authenticity and denomination of the inserted bill and dispensing the bill at the time of settlement is provided, and the inserted bill or the bill is disposed at a position behind the bill identification unit 11. A stocker (not shown) for stocking bills for payout is provided.

At a position below the bill insertion slot 18, the card issuance insertion slot 17 is arranged vertically with the bill insertion slot 18.
The prepaid card issued or inserted from the card issuance slot 17 is received inside the issuance and payment settlement machine 1, and recorded as information capable of specifying the size of the prepaid amount on the prepaid card. A card reader / writer 12 for reading or recording the card ID is provided.
Is provided with a card stocker (not shown) for storing issued or collected prepaid cards.

A coin payout port 9 is provided at a lower side of the card issuing slot 17 and a plurality of types of coins are counted in the coin payout port 9 inside the issue / payment clearing machine 1. A coin payout unit 19 for paying out and paying out coins is provided in series, and at the time of settlement, coins of the settlement amount are executed by the coin payout unit 19, and the upper position of the coin payout unit 19 Is provided with a coin stocker (not shown) in which various coins are individually stored in a row.

In addition, inside the issuance and payment settlement machine 1, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the local area network (LA)
N) through a communication unit 16 for performing data communication with the management server 3 and a storage unit 15 in which the processing histories of various processes in the issuance and payment settlement machine 1 are registered for each process type.
And a control unit 10 connected to each of these units for controlling the operation of the issuance and payment clearing machine 1.
0 is based on the control program in which the control contents stored in the internal ROM are described.
Three processes of "clearing" are performed.

Next, the seat terminal 2 used in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the seat terminal 2 according to the present embodiment includes a table-shaped terminal installed corresponding to each seat. And a touch panel operation unit 2 comprising a transparent touch panel capable of inputting a finger inside the top plate of the table.
3 is provided with a display unit 22 composed of a liquid crystal panel which is a relatively large flat display provided with the display unit 2.
By selecting and operating various menus displayed in 2 with a finger, voting and ordering of food and drink can be performed.

A card insertion slot 28 'for inserting a prepaid card and a receipt issuing port 29' are provided on one side of the long side of the customer terminal 2 on the side of the customer seat. A card reader 28 for reading recorded information of a prepaid card inserted into the card insertion port 28 'so as to communicate with each of the port 28' and the receipt issuing port 29 ', and issuance from the receipt issuing port 29'. A receipt printer 29 for printing the received receipt is provided, and a distribution program or stored video reproduced by the audio processing output unit 24 (see FIG. 5) is provided on one short side of the customer terminal 2. A sound emitting section 24 'for outputting the voice or the like is provided.

The structure of the seat terminal 2 of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
The audio processing output unit 24,
In addition to the touch panel operation unit 23, the card reader 28, the receipt printer 29, and the display unit 22, a graphic processing output unit for generating a display image to be displayed on the display unit 22 from the video data distributed from the management server 3 25, a communication unit 26 for executing data communication with the management server 3 via a local area network (LAN), a control program describing control contents to be executed by the control unit 20 described later, and the customer terminal 2, a system storage unit 21 for storing a reception history such as the order details received, a seat number storage unit 27 for storing the seat number of a seat corresponding to the seat terminal 2, and connected to these units. Control unit 20 for controlling the operation of the customer terminal 2
And are provided.

As described above, in this embodiment, the seat terminal 2 is configured as a table, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a liquid crystal display device or the like having a touch panel is provided on an arm or the like of the seat. Such a configuration may be adopted.

Next, the output terminal 100 used in this embodiment
The output terminal 100 of this embodiment has a box-like appearance as shown in FIG. 6, and has an order table issuing port at the center of the front surface where a printed order table is issued. A display unit 101 is provided at an upper position of the order table issuance port 106 for displaying an operation state of the output terminal 100 and a state of communication with the management server 3. I have.

In the present embodiment, the order table issuing port 10
In the order table issued from 6, as shown in FIG.
The printer 1 connected to the order table issuing port 106
02, the number of the customer who has performed the order, the details of the order (order number, order type, order quantity), the card ID of the prepaid card for which the order price is reduced, the total amount, and the order time are printed. ing.

In the output terminal 100 of this embodiment, together with the display unit 101 and the printer 102, a communication unit 105 for performing data communication with the management server 3 via a local area network (LAN).
And a memory 10 for temporarily storing the communication data.
4, and a control unit 103 connected to these units to perform an order table issuance process.

Next, a description will be given of the management server 3 used in the present embodiment. The management server 3 is configured by connecting a plurality of computer units having the functions of a computer. Management server 3
A main server 30 for controlling the transmission and reception of data to and from each of the issuance / payment clearing machines 1 and each of the seat terminals 2, and for controlling the cooperation of the computer units mounted on the management server 3; A program distribution server 31 for distributing a video program in the hall to each customer terminal 2,
The main server 30 includes a storage video distribution server 32 for storing the video data with an index added so that the video data can be browsed and for distributing the stored video to the customer terminal 2. In addition to performing control for distributing programs and stored images from the server 31 and the stored image distribution server 32 to each of the seat terminals 2, management of the prepaid card issued by the issuance and payment settlement machine 1, management of each of the seat terminals The voting and the order received in 2 are managed.

The storage section inside the main server 30 includes:
As shown in FIG. 8 (a), when a prepaid card is issued in the issuance and payment settlement machine 1, in order to make each prepaid card identifiable, a serial number uniquely assigned to each prepaid card is assigned. In correspondence with the card ID based on the prepaid card, the personal identification number received by the payment / clearing machine 1 at the time of issuance of the prepaid card, the deposit amount (issued amount), the seat number into which the prepaid card was inserted, and the voting number used Public money consisting of the amount and rebate amount, private money that was used for food and drink orders, and the amount remaining on the prepaid card at that time based on these deposit amount, the amount used for voting, the rebate amount, and the private amount A card master table in which a certain balance is registered is stored, and information on each prepaid card is stored in the card master table. There has been designed to be managed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C, the storage section inside the main server 30 stores, for each card ID of each prepaid card, the customer terminal into which the prepaid card is inserted. The voting result database in which the voting contents (race number, voting ID, purchase amount) and the voting result (refund amount) registered in the public money received in 2, and the contents of food and drink related to private money received in the seat terminal 2 ( The food and beverage database in which the order item number, quantity, amount, order time) is registered and managed individually, and the total amount based on the two databases is calculated by the public money section and the private money of the card master table. It is reflected as the amount of the department.

The configuration of the program distribution server 31 of this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 11. When the program is loaded from the storage unit 91 by power-on, the control unit 90 sends a signal. The conversion unit 92 is controlled to transmit the video / audio signal transmitted from the video distribution site in the hall or the video / audio signal transmitted from the other site to the customer terminal 2 via the main server 30 from various signal formats transmitted or propagated. Convert to the signal format to be delivered. The video management unit 94 adds an index to the converted and input video / audio signal, and stores the video / audio signal in the main server 3 as a storage video from the transmission / reception unit 95.
Race information data other than the video and audio signals transmitted to 0 are also transmitted for storage. The video / audio signal converted into the compatible signal by the signal conversion unit is input to the program creation unit 93. The program creation unit 93 has a function of a matrix switcher, and exhibits / tests, odds, race information, live race information, announcements, etc. Is constructed as a program that is displayed in sequence for each race unit of the public competition, transmitted from the video transmission unit 96, and is made viewable by the customer terminal 2 via the main server 30.

In addition, an interface for inputting data from an external storage device 98 such as a VTR is provided, so that the program can be operated immediately when required for program construction. The video, information data, and the like are temporarily stored in the data storage unit 97 only on the current day, and are all controlled by the control unit, such as the switching operation of the program construction and the transmission timing.

In the present embodiment, by installing the stored video distribution server 32, past races can be provided according to the user's request regardless of whether they are in a public competition or in their own venue. The configuration of the stored video distribution server 32 is as shown in FIG. 12. When a local race video is stored, a live race video is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 95 of the program distribution server 31 through the main server 30. In other cases, it is received via an external network. The video information signal input from the transmission / reception unit 82 is added with an index shown in FIG. 14 by an index management unit 83 controlled by the control unit 80, and can be managed by adding the index. Note that a large-capacity hard disk or the like is exemplified as the storage unit 85 in which the video data with the index added is stored, and a RAID function that allows a plurality of hard disks to be used as one storage unit may be used. .

This index is provided exclusively for the data communication band added to the surplus of the video signal band. When the user of the seat sees the past stored image from the seat terminal 2, it is displayed on the display unit 22 of the seat terminal 2. When the item "accumulated video" is touch-selected with a finger, a screen for selecting an accumulated video is displayed as shown in FIG. 13, and the place name, the race name, the player name, the date, and the date are more freely selected. Upon receiving the transmitted data, the control unit 80 performs search control of the video corresponding to the index management unit 83, and if there is a video corresponding to the search, the control unit 80 controls the read unit 86. The data is read from the storage unit 85 and transmitted to the customer terminal 2. Various race information other than the race video is also stored and operated like the stored video.

In the following, the voting of this embodiment and the use of the order clearing system for food and drink will be described. First, the user uses the display unit 13 to purchase a prepaid card at the issuing and clearing machine 1. Is selected from the processing menu displayed on the display unit 1 and then the display unit 1
In accordance with the bill insertion guide displayed in 3, a bill of an amount desired to be deposited or a bill larger than the desired deposit amount, for example, a 10,000 yen bill, is inserted from the bill insertion slot 18.

The 10,000-yen bill, which is the inserted bill, is identified as a regular 10,000-yen bill by the bill identification unit 11, and the identification result is output to the control unit 10. The amount of 10,000 yen is displayed on the display unit 13.

Here, if it is desired to receive a prepaid card in which all of the input amount has been received, the issue selection item is input as it is and an amount less than the input amount, for example, 50
If you want to deposit 00 yen, enter "5000 yen" and then select an issue item. After entering the password, a screen for entering a password is displayed, and the desired password is displayed on the password input screen. After inputting, select and enter the item of "OK" on the screen.

In response to the "enter" input, the control unit 10 transmits to the management server 3 data indicating the issuance of the issuance, the amount of money paid into the issued prepaid card, and the entered personal identification number.

Based on the transmission, the management server 3 generates a card ID to be recorded on the issued prepaid card, and associates the deposit amount and the personal identification number with the card ID and stores the card ID in the card master table. Along with the registration, a data registration table (file) corresponding to the card ID is created in the voting result database and the food and beverage database based on the registration.

After completing the creation of the data registration table (file), the management server 3
D is returned to the issuing and payment machine 1 of the sender, and based on the reply, the control unit 10 records the returned card ID on a prepaid card issued by the card reader / writer 12 and A card is issued from the card issuing slot 17.

At this time, when a prepaid card in which all of the input amounts have been received is issued, only the issued prepaid card is ejected.
When the deposit amount is “5,000 yen”, a 5,000-yen bill or five 1,000-yen bills as change is returned from the bill insertion slot 18.

In this embodiment, the prepaid cards issued are polyethylene terephthalate (PE) which is a polymer film having a magnetic printing layer formed on one surface thereof.
T) Although a magnetic card having a film as a base material is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and a recording medium used as a prepaid card, which is a recording medium for public sports, includes a card ID. The card may be a paper card on which a barcode or the like, which is an information recording symbol on which information is recorded, or a contact or non-contact IC card equipped with an IC for electrically storing recording data.

Further, in this embodiment, these prepaid cards are collected and reused. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these once issued cards are disposable and used every day of admission. It may be issued.

Further, in this embodiment, only the card ID which is information capable of specifying the size of the prepaid amount is recorded in these issued prepaid cards, and no deposit information or ticketing information is recorded. These prepaid cards can be issued easily and quickly, and the payment information and ticketing information cannot be tampered with.
It is preferable because the damage can be minimized even in the case of forgery or the like, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the IC card or the like having extremely high security as a recording medium is used. In, payment information and ticketing information may be recorded together with the card ID so that the information can be compared with the registration information of the management server 3.

These issued prepaid cards are used by being inserted into the card insertion slot 28 'of the customer terminal 2 installed corresponding to each of the above-mentioned customer seats. A main menu is automatically displayed on the display unit of the seat terminal 2 with the insertion of the prepaid card, and the card insertion slot 28 '
The recorded card ID is read by the card reader 28 from the prepaid card inserted into the control unit 20 and output to the control unit 20.

When the card ID is input, the control unit 20
Transmits the inputted card ID to the management server 3 via the communication unit 26 together with the balance inquiry request and the seat number data registered in the seat number storage unit 27. The management server 3 that has received the seat number and the card ID registers the received seat number in the seat number corresponding to the received card ID in the card master table, and corresponds to the received card ID in the card master table. Then, the remaining amount (the deposit amount = the remaining amount if not used) and the password are registered, and the remaining amount and the password are returned to the customer terminal 2.

Based on the reply of the balance and the password,
When there is a balance, the menu selection of “voting” and “food and drink” can be performed.

At this stage, when the "voting" item is selected and entered, a voting screen shown in FIG.
You can freely select and enter the winning ceremony, winning ceremony, etc., and after entering the number of purchases, be sure to enter the password, and finally select and execute “execute” to confirm the data related to the voting. It is transmitted to the management server 3. It should be noted that the seat number registered in the seat number storage unit 27 is always displayed on the upper right portion of the screen of the display unit 22 of the seat terminal 2, so that the caterer can confirm the seat number when serving food and drinks. It has become.

Among the input data, the password is compared with the password transmitted from the management server 3 at the time when the prepaid card is accepted at the customer terminal 2 and the collation result is matched. In some cases, data related to voting, specifically, a card ID, a race number, a group number, and the number of purchases (amount) are transmitted from the control unit 20 to the management server 3 via the communication unit 26.

The management server 3 stores the card I of the received data
The remaining amount corresponding to D is specified from the card master table, and a determination process is performed to determine whether the number of purchases (amount) can be purchased. If the purchase is possible, that is, only if a sufficient remaining amount remains, the purchase is confirmed. By returning the command to the seat terminal 2, the display 22 of the seat terminal 2 displays that the voting has been completed and notifies the user of the completion of the voting. And is issued from the receipt issuing port 29 '.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the management server 3 registers the determined voting contents in a voting result database and stores them for a predetermined period. The registered contents of the voting result database can be printed out according to the request of the race voter. The voting contents registered in the voting result database are transmitted to the central tallying device at any time in order to reflect as the number of votes in the entire public stadium. When the race is confirmed, the central tally device returns the payout data corresponding to the voting content and registers the same in the voting result database. The balance is updated in the public money section of the card master table.

Next, a case where an order for food and drink other than voting is made from the seat terminal 2 will be described. When an item “meal” is selected and input from the menu contents arranged at the lower part of the display unit 22, the control unit 20 9 obtains the food and beverage menu data at that time (in the present embodiment, on that day) from the management server 3 via the communication unit 26, and displays the food and beverage menu based on the obtained food and beverage menu data in FIG. Is displayed as selectable as shown in FIG.

When the food is selected by touching the food menu selection screen, the selected product number and quantity, the seat number and the card ID are transmitted from the seat terminal 2 to the management server 3. Determines whether or not the total amount of ordered food and drink is payable by identifying and comparing the remaining amount corresponding to the card ID in the card master table, and if payable, a food and drink order is received. Is sent to the seat terminal 2, the seat terminal 2
Displays an ordered screen (“Thank you for your use” is displayed in this embodiment) on the display unit 22, prints the receipt printed with the order details by the receipt printer 29, and issues a receipt Issued from mouth 29 '. The management server 3 registers the order contents and the time of the order in the food and beverage database, and the registered total amount is reflected in the private money section of the card master table, and the food and beverage price is calculated from the remaining amount. Is reduced.

The management server 3 transmits the order details to the output terminal 100 installed in the kitchen together with the registration in the food and beverage database, so that the order table is printed by the output terminal 100. After cooking, the dish is delivered to the seats together with the order table after the cooking, so that the user can carry out eating and drinking and liquidation of the food and drink without leaving the seats.

When the refund of the amount remaining on the prepaid card is received in this way, after selecting the item of “clearing” in the issue / payment settlement machine 1, the prepaid card is inserted into the card issue insertion slot 17. Then, the card ID of the prepaid card is read by the card reader / writer 12 and transmitted to the management server 3 together with the clearing request.

On the basis of this, the management server 3 returns the amount of the balance and the password registered in the card master table corresponding to the transmitted card ID. The first control unit 10 displays the amount of the remaining balance on the display unit 13, receives a password, and collates the received password with the password received from the management server 3.

When the collation results match, the control unit 10
By instructing the bill discrimination unit 11 to pay out the banknote amount and the coin payout unit 19 to pay out the coin amount out of the balance amount displayed on the display unit 13, the bill is inserted into the bill insertion port 18 and the coin Is paid out to the coin payout exit 9, and the inserted prepaid card is collected.

Further, in the present embodiment, the issuing and payment clearing machine 1
In the case where the prepaid card issued once has run out of money, the prepaid card can be paid again, and if these additional payments are to be carried out, the "payment" After selecting the item, a prepaid card is inserted into the card issuance insertion slot 17 and an amount of money (banknote) to be added is inserted, so that an amount within the range of the input amount can be added to the prepaid card. Has become.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and changes and additions may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, the present invention is included in the present invention.

For example, the output terminal 100 issues an order table on which the order details are printed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the order content may be displayed.

In the above embodiment, the menu of food displayed on the customer terminal 2 is distributed from the management server 3 and displayed so as to be selectable. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the menu and the price of these foods and drinks may be registered and displayed in the customer terminal 2 in advance.

Although not implemented in the above embodiment,
When issuing a prepaid card, in addition to the card ID,
By generating data such as random data and registering it in the card master table and also recording the random data on the card, by collating the random data, it is possible to confirm whether there is a falsification to a prepaid card etc. Is also good.

[0062]

The present invention has the following effects. (A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the voting customer can perform voting and ordering of food and drink and the like at the seat terminal while staying at the seat. The trouble associated with leaving the seat for placing an order can be eliminated.

(B) According to the invention of claim 2, since the data of the size of the prepaid amount is not recorded on the recording medium for public competition, the data of the size of the prepaid amount is falsified. And the like.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the voter can check the contents of the menu while staying at the seat, and can easily place an order by selecting a favorite food and drink from the menu. Can be implemented.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the voting customer can receive a public competition recording medium having a desired prepaid amount at the issuing terminal.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the order contents and the seat ID are output from the order content output terminal, so that the caterer brings the ordered food and drink to the seats. Therefore, it is not necessary to leave the food and drinks ordered by the voting customers to take out the seats, and it is possible to avoid the occurrence of troubles due to these leavings.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, the purchase amount and the refund amount based on the voting order serving as public money,
By managing separately the purchase amount based on the order of food and drink, which is the other private money, it is possible to avoid inconvenience due to the mixture of these public money and private money.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a voting and food and drink order clearing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an issuance and payment settlement machine used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an issuance and payment settlement machine used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a customer terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a customer terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing an output terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an output terminal used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a card master table according to the embodiment of the present invention. (B) is a diagram showing a configuration of a voting result database in the embodiment of the present invention. (C) is a diagram showing a configuration of a food and beverage database in an example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a food and beverage menu selection screen displayed on the display unit of the customer terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a voting screen displayed on the display unit of the customer terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program distribution server 31 constituting a management server used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a stored video distribution server 32 constituting a management server used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a stored video display selection screen displayed on the display unit of the customer terminal used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an additional form of an index used in the embodiment of the present invention.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Issuance payment machine 2 Customer terminal 3 Management server 9 Coin payout port 10 Control unit 11 Banknote identification unit 12 Card reader / writer 13 Display unit 14 Operation unit 15 Storage unit 16 Communication unit 17 Card issue insertion slot 18 Bill insertion slot 19 Coin payout Unit 20 Control unit 21 System storage unit 22 Display unit 23 Touch panel operation unit 24 Audio processing output unit 24 'Sound emission unit 25 Graphic processing output unit 26 Communication unit 27 Passenger seat number storage unit 28 Card reader 28' Card insertion slot 29 Receipt printer 29 'Receipt issuing port 30 Main server 31 Program distribution server 32 Stored video distribution server 80 Control unit 82 Transmission / reception unit 83 Index management unit 85 Storage storage unit 86 Read unit 95 Transmission / reception unit 96 Video transmission unit 97 Data storage unit 98 External storage device 100 Output Terminal 01 display unit 102 the printer 103 controller 104 memory 105 communication unit 106 orders table issue port

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Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims 1. A public competition recording medium on which is recorded at least a value corresponding to cash paid out and capable of specifying the size of a prepaid amount that can be used for voting and liquidation of food and drink, etc., is received. Recording medium processing means for reading at least the received recording information of the public competition recording medium; communication means for transmitting the recording information read from the public competition recording medium by the recording medium processing means to a management device; Display means for displaying at least the size of the prepaid amount specified from the record information read from the public competition recording medium, and receiving means for receiving an order for voting and food and drink, etc., each seat And a seat terminal provided correspondingly to the pre-paid amount of money remaining connected to the public competition recording medium and connected to the seat terminal so as to be capable of data communication. And a management device for managing the size and adding or subtracting the purchase amount and the refund amount based on the vote received at the customer terminal and the order of food and drink to the size of the prepaid amount. Voting and food and beverage order clearing system. 2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: providing, as information capable of specifying the size of the prepaid amount, identification information capable of specifying a public competition recording medium; and correlating with the identification information, the size of the prepaid amount. 2. A prepaid amount corresponding to the identification information of the reception-use public competition recording medium transmitted from the seat terminal, and the magnitude of the prepaid amount is returned to the seat terminal. Voting and food and beverage order clearing system. 3. The management device distributes menu items such as food and drink that can be ordered at the time of accepting an order of food and drink by the accepting means to the customer terminal.
The voting and food and beverage order clearing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the distributed menu content is displayed on the display means so as to be selectable. 4. A public competition in which money is received and money is identified by the money identification means, and the amount of money up to the amount of money accepted by the money identification means is the size of the prepaid money. The voting and food and drink order clearing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an issuing terminal having an issuing means for issuing a recording medium for use. 5. The seat terminal includes a seat ID storage unit for storing a seat ID capable of specifying a corresponding seat, and stores the seat ID in the management device together with the order contents of food and drink by the accepting unit. The management device transmits the transmitted order contents and the seat ID to the order contents output terminal provided in the kitchen, and the order contents output terminal outputs the transmitted order contents and the seat ID. Claim 1 to
4. The voting and food and drink order clearing system described in any of 4 above. 6. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the management device individually manages a purchase amount and a refund amount based on the voting order and a purchase amount based on the order of the food and drink. Voting and food and beverage order clearing system.