JP2007257353A - Electronic money deposit machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic money deposit machine, capable of surely depositing electronic money to an IC chip without issuing a form. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic money deposit machine 100 for depositing electronic money to an IC card 200 storing an own user ID comprises a reader/writer for reading identification information from the IC card 200; a communication device 160 for storing gift data exchangeable to electronic money to be given to a predetermined IC chip, the communication device communicating a gift management server 500 through a network 300; and a control part 180 for making the gift management server 500 store gift data exchangeable to a predetermined electronic money to be given to the IC card 200 from which the user ID is read by the reader/writer 110 through the communication device 160. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic money depositing machine that deposits electronic money used for, for example, an electronic ticket or electronic payment into an IC chip that stores its identification information.

Conventionally, as this type of electronic money depositing machine, an identification unit for identifying inserted money, a storage unit for storing the identified currency, a reader / writer for depositing electronic money into a non-contact ID card equipped with an IC chip, There is known a printer provided with a printer that issues a form describing a transaction state when money is jammed in a transport path from an identification unit to a storage unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-284358 A

  However, in the conventional electronic money deposit machine, when money is jammed, when the operator arrives at the electronic money deposit machine, a form is issued and the jammed money is returned to the user or stored in a safe. However, there is a problem that an operator is required to return money, and money cannot be returned to the user when the operator is absent.

  Even if a form is issued immediately when it is jammed, it will be refunded if the form received by the user is lost, damaged or damaged, etc. There were cases where it was not possible.

  Furthermore, even if the money is not jammed, when the reader / writer cannot deposit the electronic money due to a failure or the like, there is no choice but to issue a form.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic money depositing machine capable of depositing electronic money to an IC chip without issuing a form. is there.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an electronic money depositing machine that deposits electronic money to an IC chip that stores its own identification information, and can be exchanged for reading means for reading identification information from the IC chip and electronic money. Gift management server for storing gift information given to a predetermined IC chip, communication means for communicating via a network, exchangeable for predetermined electronic money, and given to an IC chip whose identification information has been read by a reading means An electronic money depositing machine is provided that includes control means for storing gift information in a gift management server by communication means.

  According to this electronic money deposit machine, the gift information given to the read IC chip that can be exchanged for predetermined electronic money is stored in the gift management server, so that the gift information stored in the gift management server is acquired. This makes it possible to deposit electronic money corresponding to the gift information.

  According to the present invention, since the electronic money corresponding to the gift information can be deposited by acquiring the gift information stored in the gift management server, the electronic money deposit that can deposit the electronic money based on the gift information. The electronic money can be deposited by the machine, for example, even when a paper jam occurs or when it becomes impossible to deposit money, it is possible to prevent the issue of forms and the subsequent inability to deposit money. It is possible to deposit electronic money to the IC chip without fail.

  FIGS. 1 to 12 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an electronic money deposit machine, FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of an IC card, and FIG. 3 is an electronic diagram shown in FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system configuration of the money depositing machine, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the deposit data stored in the deposit management server shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is the gift data stored in the gift management server shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a depositing operation of the electronic money depositing machine, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a deposit selection screen, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the deposit selection screen, and FIG. 9 is an amount selection screen. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the gift deposit process shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the cash deposit process shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a deposit selection screen.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic money depositing machine 100 has a bill insertion slot 101 into which a bill is inserted, a coin insertion slot 102 into which a coin is inserted, a display unit 130 for displaying predetermined information, A selection button 121 for selecting information displayed on the display unit 130, a determination button 122 for determining the selected information, a card placement unit 103 with an open front, and a lower part of the card placement unit 103 The reader / writer 110 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card 200 mounted on the card mounting unit 103 is connected to a coiled antenna (not shown) that transmits and receives signals to and from the reader / writer 110 in a contactless manner, and the antenna. The IC chip 201 is embedded.

  The IC chip 201 is provided with an IC card control unit 210 that controls circuits in the IC chip and an IC card storage unit 220 that stores various types of information.

  The IC card storage unit 220 is divided into areas for each service using the IC card 200. In the electronic money service area 221, a service ID 221a for identifying an electronic money service and a service user are identified. A user ID 221b unique to the IC chip 201 and an electronic money balance 221c representing the current electronic money balance are stored.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 180 provided inside the electronic money depositing machine 100 includes a reader / writer 110, an input unit 120, a display unit 130, a currency identification device 140, a jam detector 150, a communication device 160, And a storage unit 170 are connected.

  The reader / writer 110 is for transmitting and receiving commands and data to and from the IC card 200 mounted on the card mounting unit 103, and is an antenna that transmits and receives signals to and from the IC card 200 in a contactless manner. (Not shown) is provided. The reader / writer 110 transmits and receives commands and data to and from the IC card 200 and inputs and outputs commands and data to and from the control unit 180.

  The input unit 120 includes a selection button 121 and a determination button 122, and outputs information selected and determined by the user to the control unit 180.

  The display unit 130 is a known liquid crystal display or the like, and predetermined information input from the control unit 180, for example, the electronic money balance 221c received from the IC card 200, the input into the bill insertion slot 101 and the coin insertion slot 102 The amount of money is displayed.

  The currency identification device 140 is for identifying the correctness and type of a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 101 and a coin inserted into the coin insertion slot 102, and when identifying the inserted currency as valid. While accepting input money, the input money is output to the control unit 180.

  The clogging detector 150 is for detecting clogging of a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 101 and a coin inserted into the coin insertion slot 102, and the currency identification device 140 is connected to the bill insertion slot 101 and the coin insertion slot 102. A plurality of routes are provided to be accepted by the network. Each clogging detector 150 outputs a detection result to the control unit 180.

  The communication device 160 is a communication device such as a modem for connecting to the outside via the network 300, and exchanges data with the deposit management server 400 and the gift management server 500.

  The storage unit 170 is a rewritable storage element such as an EEPROM, and stores the clogging detection date and time 171 and the user ID 172 by processing to be described later.

  The control unit 180 is for controlling the entire electronic money depositing machine 100, and is composed of a well-known computer including a CPU, a memory such as a RAM and a ROM. The control unit 180 controls each of the above devices based on data and programs stored in its own memory. Note that a non-rewritable area of the memory stores a deposit machine ID, a read process command, a deposit process command, a gift acquisition process command, a gift use process command, a gift registration process command, etc. specific to the electronic money deposit machine 100 described later. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these commands and the like may be stored in the storage unit 170, and the control unit 180 may read from the storage unit 170 as necessary.

  The deposit management server 400 is a server for managing deposit data transmitted from a plurality of electronic money deposit machines 100 connected via the network 300. As shown in FIG. 4, a transaction date 401a, a deposit machine ID 401b, A plurality of deposit data 401 including a user ID 401c and a deposit amount 401d are stored.

  The gift management server 500 is a server for managing gift data that can be exchanged for electronic money and is given to a predetermined IC chip 201 from a predetermined service provider, and has a user ID 501a, as shown in FIG. A plurality of gift data 501 including a gift name 501b, a gift amount 501c, an expiration date 501d, and a use flag 501e are stored.

  The electronic money depositing machine 100 is configured to execute the processing shown in FIG. 6 when the power is turned on.

  That is, the control unit 180 displays a message for guiding the IC card 200 to be placed on the card placement unit 103 on the display unit 130 (S11), and transmits a predetermined response request signal via the reader / writer 110. (S12). And the control part 180 repeats the process of S11-S13 until a response signal is received from the IC card 200 via the reader / writer 110 (S13). In the present embodiment, a card ID unique to the IC card 200 is used as a response signal.

  When the IC card 200 is placed on the card placement unit 103 by the user and the IC card control unit 210 of the IC card 200 transmits a response signal to the response request signal received from the reader / writer 110, the control unit 180 A response signal is received from the IC card 200 via the reader / writer 110, and the IC card 200 is detected (S14).

  Next, the control unit 180 performs a user ID reading process with the IC card 200 (S15).

  That is, the control unit 180 transmits a read processing command via the reader / writer 110, and the IC card control unit 210 responds to the received read processing command with the service ID 221a, the user ID 221b, and the electronic money in the IC card storage unit 220. The balance 221c is transmitted. The control unit 180 receives these via the reader / writer 110.

  Next, the control unit 180 performs a gift data acquisition process with the gift management server 500 (S16).

  That is, the control unit 180 transmits the user ID 221b and the gift acquisition processing command received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15 to the gift management server 500 via the communication device 160 and the network 300, and the gift management server 500 The gift data 501 having the user ID 501a that matches the received user ID 221b is searched from among a plurality of gift data 501 stored for the received gift acquisition processing command, and if the corresponding gift data 501 exists, the gift data A gift name 501b, a gift amount 501c, and an expiration date 501d are transmitted. The control unit 180 receives these via the network 300 and the communication device 160.

  When there are a plurality of corresponding gift data 501, the gift management server 500 transmits the gift name 501 b, the gift amount 501 c, and the expiration date 501 d of all the corresponding gift data 501, and there is no corresponding gift data 501. The gift management server 500 returns the user ID 221b. Even when the corresponding gift data 501 exists, when the use flag 501e is “completed”, the gift management server 500 returns the user ID 221b in the same manner as when the corresponding gift data 501 does not exist. .

  Next, the control unit 180 displays the deposit selection screen 131 on the display unit 130 (S17). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the electronic money balance 131a received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15, the deposit 131b by cash, and the gift received from the gift management server 500 in the process of S16, that is, the process of S16. The first gift 131c and the second gift 131d having the gift name 501b, the gift amount 501c, and the expiration date 501d of the data 501 are displayed on the display unit 130. In the figure, the cash payment 131b and the first gift 131c represented by white letters can be selected, and the second gift 131d exceeds the upper limit (50000 yen) of the IC card 200 as a result of the payment. Although displayed on the deposit selection screen 131, it is not selectable. As a result of the gift data acquisition process S16, when the user ID 221b is returned from the gift management server 500, as shown in FIG. 8, the electronic money balance 131a and the cash deposit 131b are displayed, and only the cash deposit 131b is displayed. It is selectable. Thereby, before the user selects the deposit by cash or the deposit by gift information, it becomes possible to know whether or not the deposit by the gift is possible.

  Next, the control unit 180 determines whether or not the cash deposit 131b is selected and determined by the user operating the selection button 121 and the determination button 122 (S18).

  When the deposit 131b by cash is selected and determined, the control unit 180 displays the amount selection screen 132 on the display unit 130 (S19). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the electronic money balance 132a received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15, the first input amount 132c, the second input amount 132d, and the third input amount 132e as cash deposits. And the input request message 132b are displayed on the display unit 130. In the figure, the first input amount 132c represented by white letters can be selected, and the second input amount 132d and the third input amount 132e are the maximum amount (50000 yen) of the IC card 200 as a result of the payment. However, it is displayed on the deposit selection screen 131 but cannot be selected. When the first input amount 132c is selected and determined, the control unit 180 performs a cash deposit process described later (S20).

  Next, the control unit 180 detects the clogging of money on the path from the bill insertion slot 101 or the coin insertion slot 102 to the currency recognition device 140 based on the detection result input from each jamming detector 150. It is determined whether or not (S21).

  If the clogging of money is detected, the electronic money depositing machine 100 stops operating since cash cannot be deposited thereafter (S22). If the clogging of money is not detected, the control unit 180 performs the process of S11 again. I do.

  In this embodiment, when the clogging of money is detected, the operation of the electronic money depositing machine 100 is stopped. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be continued.

  In addition, as a result of the determination in S18, when the cash deposit 131b is not selected, the control unit 180 selects and determines the gift deposit by operating the selection button 121 and the decision button 122 by the user. It is determined whether or not (S23).

  When the first gift 131c is selected and determined in FIG. 7, the control unit 180 performs a gift deposit process (S24).

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the gift deposit process S24 is started, the control unit 180 adds the gift amount of the first gift 131c to the electronic money balance 131a shown in FIG. Electronic money deposit processing corresponding to the gift amount of the gift 131c is performed (S241).

  That is, the control unit 180 transmits a deposit processing command to the IC card 200 via the reader / writer 110. When the IC card control unit 210 of the IC card 200 receives the deposit processing command from the electronic money deposit machine 100, the electronic money transmitted together with the deposit processing command is added to the electronic money balance 221c. Next, after completing the addition of the electronic money balance 221c, the IC card control unit 210 transmits a deposit completion signal indicating the completion of the addition process to the electronic money deposit machine 100.

  Next, the control unit 180 determines whether or not a deposit completion signal is received via the reader / writer 110 as a result of deposit processing S241 (S242).

  When the payment completion signal is received and the payment process S241 is completed, the control unit 180 adds the user ID 221b received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15 and the first gift 131c selected by the user. The gift data 501 to which the use flag to which “Done” is input and the gift use process command are transmitted to the gift management server 500 via the communication device 160 and the network 300 (S243), and the gift deposit process S24 is completed. The gift management server 500 changes the use flag 501e of the gift data 501 corresponding to the received gift use processing command to “done”.

  If the payment completion signal has not been received as a result of the determination in S242, it is considered that the payment is impossible due to a failure of the reader / writer 110, no receipt processing command in the IC card 200, or an addition error of the electronic money balance 221c. In this case, since the use flag 501e of the gift data 501 stored in the gift management server 500 remains in the “not yet” state, the electronic money depositing machine 100 that has subsequently canceled the non-payable state or another electronic device that is not in the non-payable state. Since the gift data 501 can be acquired and deposited by the money depositing machine, the electronic money depositing machine 100 stops operating (S242).

  In this embodiment, when the payment completion signal is not received, the operation of the electronic money depositing machine 100 is stopped. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be continued.

  After the gift deposit process S24 ends, the control unit 180 performs the process of S11 again.

  As shown in FIG. 11, when the cash deposit process S20 is started, the control unit 180 is received by the money discriminating apparatus 140 from the bill insertion slot 101 or the coin insertion slot 102 according to the detection result input from each clogging detector 150. It is determined whether or not clogging of money is detected in the route up to (S201).

  When the clogging of money is detected, it is determined whether or not the identification of the inserted money is completed based on the amount of money input from the money identification device 140 (S202).

  When the identification of money has been completed, since the clogging of money is detected in the path from the recognition of money by the money recognition device 140 to the acceptance, the control unit 180 receives from the IC card 200 in the process of S15. The gift name “9999/99/99” (meaning indefinite) is entered in the user ID 221b and the gift amount corresponding to the amount of money that has already been identified. Gift data 501 to which the validity period that has been entered and the use flag with “not yet” entered are added (S203), and gift data registration processing is performed with the gift management server 500 (S204).

  That is, the control unit 180 transmits a gift data registration processing command to the gift management server 500 via the communication device 160 and the network 300. For the received gift data registration processing command, the gift management server 500 stores the received gift data 501 together with the gift data registration processing command. Thus, by acquiring the gift data 501 stored in the gift management server 500, it is possible to deposit electronic money corresponding to the identified money into the IC card 200.

  Note that a message indicating that the gift data 501 corresponding to the input amount has been registered is displayed on the display unit 130 since the clogging of money has occurred from the gift data creation S203 to the completion of the gift data registration process S204. Is desirable.

  Next, the control unit 180 performs a gift data acquisition process with the gift management server 500 as in the process of S16 (S205), and displays the deposit selection screen 131 on the display unit 130 as in the process of S17 ( S206).

  For example, when clogging is detected after three 100-yen coins are inserted and the third is identified, as shown in FIG. 12, the electronic money balance 131a received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15, the cash deposit 131b, In addition to the first gift 131c and the second gift 131d, a third gift 131e is displayed on the display unit 130. In the figure, the first gift 131c and the third gift 131e represented by white letters can be selected, and the cash deposit 131b cannot be selected due to the clogging of money.

  In the figure, when the third gift 131e is selected and determined, the control unit 180 performs the above-described gift deposit process (S24) and ends the cash deposit process S20. As a result, electronic money corresponding to the identified money is immediately deposited.

  Further, when the identification of money is not completed as a result of the determination in S202, since the clogging of money is detected from the banknote insertion slot 101 or the coin insertion slot 102 through the path before identification by the money identification device 140, the control unit 180 stores the clogging detection date and time 171 when the clogging of money is detected and the user ID 172 received from the IC card 200 in the processing of S15 in the storage unit 170 (S207), and ends the cash deposit processing S20. As a result, the gift data 501 is created based on the electronic money corresponding to the money to be removed later by the operator and the money that has already been identified, the clogging detection date and time 171 and the user ID 172, and the gift management server 500 creates the gift data 501. By registering, it is possible to deposit electronic money corresponding to the inserted money into the IC card 200 even before identification.

  Furthermore, when the clogging of money is not detected as a result of the determination in S201, when money corresponding to the first input money 132c shown in FIG. 9 is inserted into the coin insertion slot 102, the control unit 180 displays the display unit 130. The electronic money balance 132a to be displayed is added with the first inserted money 132c, and the electronic money depositing process corresponding to the first inserted money 132c is performed with the IC card 200 in the same manner as the process of S241 (S208).

  Next, the control unit 180 determines whether or not a deposit completion signal has been received via the reader / writer 110 (S209).

  When receiving the deposit completion signal and completing the deposit process, the control unit 180 selects the user ID 221b received from the IC card 200 in the process of S15 and the user ID selected and input by the user in the process of S19. The deposit data 401 with the transaction date and the own deposit machine ID added to the one input amount 132c is transmitted to the deposit management server 400 via the communication device 160 and the network 300 (S210), and the cash deposit process S20 is completed. . The deposit management server 400 receives and stores deposit data 401 via the network 300.

  If the payment completion signal has not been received as a result of the determination in S209, it is considered that the payment is impossible due to a failure of the reader / writer 110, no receipt processing command in the IC card 200, or an addition error of the electronic money balance 221c. In this case, before stopping the operation of the electronic money deposit machine 100 (S213), the gift data 501 is created (S211) in the same manner as the processing of S203 and S204, and the gift data registration process with the gift management server 500 is performed. (S212). As a result, it is impossible to deposit money by acquiring the gift data 501 stored in the gift management server 500 by the electronic money depositing machine 100 that has canceled the non-payable state or another electronic money depositing machine that is not in the non-depositable state. Even in the state, it is possible to deposit electronic money corresponding to the identified money into the IC card 200.

  In the present embodiment, the electronic money depositing machine 100 capable of depositing with cash and depositing with a gift is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an electronic money depositing machine capable of only depositing with cash may be used. In this case, the gift data 501 registered in the gift management server 500 by the processing of S204 and S212 can be deposited by another electronic money depositing machine that can deposit by gift.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the gift data 501 that can be exchanged for predetermined electronic money and is given to the read IC chip 201 is stored in the gift management server 500, it is stored in the gift management server 500. By acquiring the present gift data 501, the electronic money corresponding to the gift data 501 can be deposited. Therefore, the electronic money can be deposited by the electronic money depositing machine 100 capable of depositing with a gift, Thus, it is possible to prevent the issue of a form as in the prior art or the subsequent inability to deposit, and to securely deposit electronic money to the IC chip 201.

  Further, when the clogging detector 150 detects a clogging of money after the money is recognized by the money discriminating device 140, it includes a gift amount corresponding to the amount of money already identified, Since the gift data 501 given to the chip 201 is stored in the gift management server 500, the electronic money corresponding to the identified money is deposited in the IC card 200 by acquiring the gift data 501 stored in the gift management server 500. Therefore, even when clogging occurs after the identification of money, it is possible to prevent the issue of forms and the subsequent inability to deposit money, and securely deposit electronic money to the IC chip 201. Can do.

  Furthermore, when the clogging detector 150 detects clogging of money in the path before identification by the currency identification device 140, the clogging detection date and time 171 and the user ID 172 received from the IC card 200 are stored in the storage unit 170. Therefore, by registering the gift data 501 including electronic money corresponding to the money to be removed later by the operator and the money that has already been identified in the gift management server 500, Since the corresponding electronic money can be deposited into the IC card 200, even when a clogging occurs before the identification of money, it is possible to prevent the issue of forms and the subsequent inability to deposit money. In addition, electronic money can be deposited into the IC chip 201.

  Further, the gift management server 500 stores the gift data 501 including the gift amount corresponding to the already-identified money input amount and given to the IC chip 201, and then the gift data 501 acquired from the gift management server 500. Since the electronic money corresponding to the identified currency can be immediately deposited, the IC chip can be promptly sent without waiting for the user even when a jam occurs after the currency is identified. Electronic money can be deposited in 201.

  Further, when the deposit impossible state is detected, the gift management server 500 stores the gift data 501 including the gift amount corresponding to the money amount already identified and given to the IC chip 201. By acquiring the gift data 501 stored in the gift management server 500 by the electronic money depositing machine 100 that has canceled the impossible state or another electronic money depositing machine that is not in a non-payable state, identification is made even if the payment is impossible Since the electronic money corresponding to the money can be deposited into the IC card 200, even when the IC chip 201 cannot be deposited, it is possible to prevent the issue of a form or the subsequent inability to deposit. It is possible to deposit electronic money to the IC chip 201 without fail.

  The configuration and operation of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

External perspective view of electronic money deposit machine Functional configuration diagram of IC card The block diagram which shows the control system structure of the electronic money deposit machine shown in FIG. The figure explaining the payment data which the payment management server shown in FIG. 3 memorize | stores The figure explaining the gift data which the gift management server shown in FIG. 3 memorize | stores Flow chart showing deposit operation of electronic money deposit machine Figure showing the deposit selection screen The figure which shows the other Example of a payment selection screen Diagram showing the amount selection screen Flowchart of gift deposit process shown in FIG. Flowchart of cash deposit process shown in FIG. Figure showing the deposit selection screen

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Electronic money depositing machine, 110 ... Reader / writer, 140 ... Money identification apparatus, 150 ... Clogging detector, 160 ... Communication apparatus, 170 ... Memory | storage part, 171 ... Date / time of clogging detection, 172 ... User ID, 180 ... Control part 201 ... IC chip, 221b ... user ID, 300 ... network, 500 ... gift management server, 501 ... gift data.

Claims (5)

In an electronic money deposit machine that deposits electronic money to an IC chip that stores its own identification information,
Reading means for reading the identification information from the IC chip;
A communication means that communicates via a network with a gift management server that can exchange electronic money and stores gift information given to a predetermined IC chip;
Electronic money deposit characterized by comprising: control means for storing gift information given to an IC chip that can be exchanged for predetermined electronic money and whose identification information has been read by reading means in a gift management server by means of communication means Machine. A currency identification means for identifying the inserted currency;
A clogging detecting means for detecting clogging of inserted money,
An IC that can be exchanged for electronic money corresponding to the identified money and that has read the identification information by the reading means when the control means has identified the money by the money identification means and then detected the clogging of the money by the jam detection means The electronic money deposit machine according to claim 1, wherein gift information given to the chip is stored in a gift management server by communication means. A currency identification means for identifying the inserted currency;
A clogging detecting means for detecting clogging of inserted money;
Storage means for storing predetermined information,
When the clogging of the money is detected by the clogging detection means before the money is identified by the currency identification means, the date and time when the clogging of the money is detected and the identification information read by the reading means are stored by the storage means. The electronic money deposit machine according to claim 1. Gift information acquisition means for acquiring gift information stored in the gift management server by communication means based on the identification information read by the reading means;
Writing means for transmitting predetermined electronic money and writing to the IC chip,
The electronic money corresponding to the gift information acquired by the gift information acquisition means is written to the IC chip by the writing means after the gift information is stored in the gift management server by the control means. The electronic money deposit machine according to any one of 1 to 3. Writing means for transmitting predetermined electronic money and writing it to the IC chip;
An unwritable detection means for detecting an unwritable state in the writing means,
When the control means detects the write impossible state by the write impossible detection means when writing the electronic money to the IC chip by the writing means, the IC can be exchanged for the electronic money and the identification information is read by the reading means The electronic money depositing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein gift information given to the chip is stored in a gift management server by communication means.

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