JP2009205632A - Vending machine reader/writer and vending machine having the reader/writer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine reader/writer and a vending machine for use of electronic money. <P>SOLUTION: The vending machine includes: a commodity selection button 14 capable of selecting a commodity among a plurality of commodities, and also selecting other commodities during the time from when the commodity is selected to when a reader/writer 100 becomes communicable with a non-contact IC card 200; an electronic money service selection button 103 capable of selecting an electronic money service among a plurality of electronic money services, and also selecting other electronic money services during the time when the electronic money service is selected to when the reader/writer 100 becomes communicable with the non-contact IC card 200; and an RW control part 107 for performing settlement processing of electronic money by reading and writing electronic money information stored in the non-contact IC card 200 based on the commodity selected by the commodity selection button 14, and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is provided in a vending machine that sells merchandise such as beverages in cans, bottles or plastic bottles, for example, and is capable of performing settlement processing on an information storage medium in which electronic money information is stored. The present invention relates to a machine reader / writer and a vending machine including the same.

  Conventionally, as a reader / writer for this type of vending machine and a vending machine equipped with the reader / writer, there are product selection means, electronic money service selection means for selecting an electronic money service used for payment processing, and electronic money information. A vending machine reader / writer that communicates with the stored information storage medium, and a range in which the information storage medium can communicate with the vending machine reader / writer after the user selects a product and an electronic money service If you hold it inside, the electronic money information on the information storage medium is read and written through the reader / writer for the vending machine based on the selected product and electronic money service, and the electronic money settlement process is known (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In this vending machine, when the user selects an electronic money service after selecting a product and performs the sales process in the order of holding the information storage medium over the reader / writer for the vending machine, the information storage medium is the vending machine. The electronic money service can be selected a plurality of times until it is held over the reader / writer. In addition, when the information storage medium is placed over the vending machine reader / writer, the vending machine performs electronic money settlement processing based on the selected product and the last selected electronic money service. .
JP 2007-102317 A

  However, in the conventional example, in the case where the sales process is performed, once the electronic money service is selected, an operation for changing the selected product cannot be performed. Here, if you want to change the product to be purchased, it is necessary to cancel all of the selections once and then select the product and the electronic money service again, which makes it difficult to purchase the product using electronic money. There was a point.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a reader / writer for a vending machine capable of improving the convenience of purchasing products using electronic money and the same. To provide vending machines.

  The reader / writer for a vending machine according to the present invention is provided in a vending machine provided with a product selection means capable of selecting a plurality of products in order to achieve the above object, and stores electronic money information. In a reader / writer for a vending machine that communicates with a storage medium, one electronic money service is selected from among a plurality of electronic money services, and communication with the information storage medium is performed after the electronic money service is selected. Electronic money service selection means capable of selecting another electronic money service until it becomes possible, and the information storage medium from when one of the products is selected by the product selection means The product selected by the product selection means until the communication with the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection means Based on the screws, and a control means for performing settlement processing of electronic money by reading and writing electronic money information of the information storage medium.

  In order to achieve the above object, the vending machine of the present invention selects a reader / writer that communicates with an information storage medium in which electronic money information is stored, and one of a plurality of products. And a product selection means capable of selecting another product between the time when the product is selected and the time when the reader / writer becomes communicable with the information storage medium, and one of a plurality of electronic money services. An electronic money service that allows one electronic money service to be selected and another electronic money service to be selected during the period from when the electronic money service is selected until the reader / writer can communicate with the information storage medium. Based on the service selection means, the product selected by the product selection means and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection means, the reader And a control means for performing settlement processing of electronic money by reading and writing electronic money information of the information storage medium through the plate.

  As a result, it is possible to select another product between the time when the product is selected and the time when the electronic money settlement process is performed, and the time when the electronic money service is selected. Since it becomes possible to select another electronic money service before it is performed, it is possible to select the product and the electronic money service again after each of the product and the electronic money service is selected once.

  According to the present invention, since each of the product and the electronic money service can be selected once again, the product and the electronic money service can be selected again, so that the product and the electronic money service are selected after canceling all the selection contents. A complicated operation becomes unnecessary, and the convenience of purchasing a product using electronic money can be improved.

  1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a non-contact IC card, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the main controller, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the RW controller. It is.

  First, the structure of the vending machine will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The vending machine main body 1 has a box shape and is provided with a heat insulating chamber 1a having an open front. The heat insulation chamber 1a is divided into a plurality of product storage boxes SR arranged in the width direction of the vending machine body 1 by a heat insulating partition plate (not shown).

  In each product storage SR, a product storage rack 2 composed of a serpentine rack is arranged. Each merchandise storage rack 2 has a merchandise inlet 2a in the upper part on the front side, and stores merchandise C such as canned drinks, bottled drinks, and plastic bottled drinks in a meandering storage path 2b stacked in a horizontal direction. ing. Further, at the lower part of each product storage rack 2, a product carry-out mechanism 2 c for dropping and carrying the stored product C onto the chute plate 3 for one piece is provided. Furthermore, each of the product storage racks 2 arranged for each product storage SR is provided with a sold-out detection sensor (not shown) that detects the presence or absence of the product C in units of storage passages 2b. The merchandise storage rack 2 is not limited to a serpentine rack, but can use other types of racks that can carry out one stored merchandise as in the serpentine rack.

  Further, a chute plate 3 and a duct plate 4 are provided from the bottom to the back of each product storage SR. In the space below and on the rear side of the chute plate 3 and the duct plate 4, an evaporator 5, an electric heater 6, a cooling / heating air circulation blower 7, etc. of the refrigeration equipment are arranged. The back side space is configured as a duct D. Furthermore, a temperature sensor (not shown) for detecting the temperature of the product storage SR is provided in each product storage SR.

  A machine room MR is provided below the bottom plate 1b of the heat insulation room 1a. In the machine room MR, a condenser 8, a compressor 9 and expansion means (not shown) of the refrigeration equipment are provided. The exhaust heat blower 10 and the like are arranged.

  Further, a heat insulating inner door 11 is provided on the front side of the heat insulating chamber 1a so as to cover the front opening of the heat insulating chamber 1a. In order to keep the product storage SR in an airtight state with the inner door 11 closed at the front end of the heat insulating chamber 1a in the upper, lower, left and right directions (the lower front end is the front end of the bottom plate 1b) and the front end of each partition plate. Packing (no symbol) is provided, and each commodity storage SR becomes an independent heat insulation space with the inner door 11 closed. Furthermore, a plurality of window holes 11a corresponding to the chute plate 3 of each product storage SR are formed in the lower part of the inner door 11, and the chute plate 3 is pushed through the window holes 11a by the products C sliding down. A flap door 11b is provided.

  In other words, in this vending machine, each product storage SR constitutes an independent heat insulation space, and the evaporator 5 and the electric heater 6 are provided independently in each product storage SR, which will be described later. Any one of the three modes of cooling, warming, non-cooling, and warming can be arbitrarily selected and implemented for each commodity storage SR by the temperature adjustment setting device 24 (see FIG. 3).

  The outer door 12 is provided at the front opening of the vending machine main body 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A transparent plate 12 a made of an acrylic plate or the like is provided on the upper surface of the outer door 12. In addition, an exhibition room 13 for exhibiting a plurality of product samples S is provided behind the transparent plate 12a. A product selection button 14 is provided below each product sample S. Each product selection button 14 is formed by a horizontally long push button. A selection lamp (not shown) is provided at one end in the width direction, and a sell-out lamp (not shown) is provided at the other end in the width direction. ing. The selection lamp is composed of an LED that emits light of a predetermined color (for example, green), and is turned on when the product selection button 14 is pressed to indicate that the product C is selected. The sold-out lamp emits the character “sold out” by an LED of a predetermined color (for example, red), and lights up when the product C corresponding to the product selection button 14 is sold out. Is displayed for sale.

  A product outlet 15 and a vending machine reader / writer 100 (hereinafter referred to as a reader / writer 100) are provided on the front surface of the outer door 12 in the layout shown in FIG. Incidentally, the merchandise outlet 15 is provided with a flap door 16 that can be opened manually, and a merchandise receiving plate 17 that receives the merchandise C discharged from the flap door 11b is provided inside thereof.

  Next, the control system configuration of the vending machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The main control unit 20 includes a computer having a CPU, RAM, ROM, timer circuit, and the like, and operates as a master device that controls a control device (slave device) provided in the vending machine main body 1. Specifically, the main control unit 20 includes an unloading drive unit 21, a compressor drive unit 22, a heater drive unit 23, a temperature adjustment setter 24, and a vending machine reader / writer 100 in the first transmission path 25. And the product selection button 14, the modem 26, and the wireless communication unit 28 are connected via the second transmission path 29, and the main control unit 20 is connected via the transmission paths 25 and 29. Each device is controlled by transmitting a control signal. In addition, the main control unit 20 includes a sold-out detection unit (not shown) that detects the presence or absence of the product C in the product storage rack 2 arranged for each product storage SR in units of storage passages 2b, and stores each product. A temperature detector (not shown) that detects the temperature of the storage SR is connected via the first transmission line 25. Of course, you may comprise the 1st transmission path 25 and the 2nd transmission path 29 by one transmission path. The main control unit 20 is provided with a storage device (not shown) that stores product information composed of product prices, product codes, and the like for each product C.

  The carry-out drive unit 21 is for controlling the operation of the product carry-out mechanism 2c provided in each product storage rack 2, more specifically, the operation of an actuator such as a solenoid used in the product carry-out mechanism 2c. Based on the control signal from 20, the predetermined product carry-out mechanism 2c is operated to carry out the desired product carry-out.

  The compressor driving unit 22 is for controlling the operation of the compressor 9 constituting the refrigerator, specifically, the operation of the motor for driving the compressor 9, and is based on a control signal from the main control unit 20. The desired compressor is driven.

  The heater driving unit 23 is for controlling energization to each electric heater 6, and energizes a predetermined electric heater 6 based on a control signal from the main control unit 20.

  The temperature adjustment setting device 24 is for selecting one of the three modes described above for each product storage SR, and includes a push button switch for mode selection, and the selected mode. Is sent to the main control unit 20.

  The modem 26 is for performing data communication with an external server or the like using a public telephone line 27 or the like, and the wireless communication unit 28 is connected to an external server or the like using a mobile phone network or a PHS telephone network or the like. For performing data communication wirelessly.

  Below, the structure of the reader / writer 100 for vending machines of this embodiment is demonstrated.

  The reader / writer 100 performs electronic money settlement processing by reading and writing electronic money information stored in a non-contact IC card 200 as an information storage medium based on a control signal from the main control unit 20. The reader / writer 100 also includes a connector 101, a display unit 102, an electronic money service selection button 103, an RF circuit unit 104, an antenna 105, a storage unit 106, and a reader / writer control unit 107 (hereinafter referred to as an RW control unit 107). In addition, the devices 101 to 106 are connected to the RW control unit 107.

  The connector 101 is used as an interface unit for connecting the RW control unit 107 and the first transmission path 25, and one connector 101 is provided in the reader / writer 100.

  The display unit 102 is a known display device such as a liquid crystal display, and displays character information and image information received from the RW control unit 107 in a predetermined size.

  The electronic money service selection button 103 is used to select the type of electronic money service used in the settlement process using electronic money, and when pressed, the type of electronic money service corresponding to the order of pressing. Is transmitted to the RW control unit 107. In this embodiment, two electronic money services “electronic money service A” and “electronic money service B” are used as an example of a plurality of electronic money services.

  The RF circuit unit 104 communicates between the RW control unit 107 and the non-contact IC card 200 via the antenna 105 that communicates with the non-contact IC card 200 by radiating radio waves to the non-contact IC card 200. The data communication is performed in a non-contact manner, and includes a known AD / DA converter and a rectifier circuit.

  The storage unit 106 is a rewritable storage element such as an EEPROM, and is an electronic money service A settlement program 106 a for performing settlement processing by the electronic money service A, and an electronic money service for performing settlement processing by the electronic money service B. B settlement program 106b is stored.

  The RW control unit 107 includes a computer including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a timer circuit, and the like, and controls various devices in the reader / writer 100. The detailed operation of the RW control unit 107 will be described later.

  Next, the configuration of the non-contact IC card 200 that performs electronic money settlement processing with the reader / writer 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the non-contact IC card 200, a coiled IC card antenna (not shown) for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the reader / writer 100 in a non-contact manner and an IC chip connected to the antenna are embedded. . As shown in FIG. 4, the IC chip is provided with an IC card control unit 201 that controls circuits in the IC chip and an IC card storage unit 202 that stores various types of information. The contactless IC card 200 of the present embodiment is configured to be usable for two electronic money services, an electronic money service A and an electronic money service B.

  The IC card control unit 201 includes a CPU, a RAM, and a memory such as a ROM, and updates various information stored in the IC card storage unit 202 in response to an IC card command received from the reader / writer 100 via the IC card antenna. Alternatively, read processing is performed.

  The IC card storage unit 202 is a rewritable storage element such as an EEPROM, and an electronic money service A area 203 and an electronic money service B area 204 are provided in the storage area of the IC card storage unit 202. Service IDs 203a and 204a, user IDs 203b and 204b, and electronic money information 203c and 204c are stored in the areas 203 and 204, respectively. The service IDs 203a and 204a are for identifying the type of electronic money service, and different IDs are assigned to the respective electronic money services. The user IDs 203b and 204b are for identifying users of each electronic money service, and different IDs are assigned to the non-contact IC cards 200. The electronic money information may be a balance of electronic money, a credit number, or the like in order to support prepaid or postpaid electronic money settlement.

  Regarding the vending machine and reader / writer 100 configured as described above, the operations of the main control unit 20 and the RW control unit 107 when the user purchases the product C using the electronic money of the non-contact IC card 200 will be described. To do. Here, the flow of product purchase will be briefly described. After the user selects the product C and the electronic money service used for the settlement process, the contactless IC card 200 is within a range where the reader / writer 100 can communicate. The product C is carried out by being held over. In this case, either the product or the electronic money service may be selected first.

  First, the operation of the main control unit 20 when purchasing the product C using electronic money will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user selects the product C using the product selection button 14 (step S1), the main control unit 20 turns on the selection lamp of the product selection button 14 corresponding to the selected product C, and the main control unit 20 Time measurement is started using the timer (step S2).

  Further, the main control unit 20 extracts the product information of the selected product C from the storage device, and transmits the product information to the reader / writer 100 (step S3). Here, the user selects another product using the product selection button 14 until the reader / writer 100 can communicate with the non-contact IC card 200 (described in step S17 described later). can do. In this case, the main control unit 20 performs steps S1 to S3. Thereby, even when the selection of the product C is wrong, the desired product C can be newly selected before the electronic money settlement process.

  Next, when the product information of the product C has been transmitted, that is, when the product C is selected (step S4), the main control unit 20 sends a settlement end signal (described later) and product information at the end of settlement to the RW control unit. When the product is received from 107 (step S5), the product unloading mechanism 2c of the product storage rack 2 storing the product corresponding to the product information received from the RW control unit 107 is operated to carry out the product (step S6). The main control unit 20 proceeds to the process of step S1 when the product information is not transmitted in step S4, that is, the product C is not selected.

  Also, the main control unit 20 receives the cancel signal instead of the settlement end signal from the RW control unit 107, or when a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed after starting the time measurement in step S2 (step S7), is selected. Reset processing is performed by turning off the selection lamp of the product selection button 14 corresponding to the product C (step S8). Note that the main control unit 20 proceeds to the process of step S <b> 1 when the settlement end signal or the cancel signal is not received from the RW control unit 107.

  Next, the operation of the RW control unit 107 when purchasing the product C using electronic money will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the RW control unit 107 stops radio wave emission from the antenna 105 in the initial state.

  First, every time product information is received from the main control unit 20 (step S11), the RW control unit 107 displays the received product information on the display unit 102 and stores it in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 (step S12). The radio wave is radiated from the antenna 105 for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) (step S13). Here, the RW control unit 107 transmits an IC card command for obtaining a predetermined response signal from the non-contact IC card 200 to the antenna 105 via the RF circuit unit 104. In addition, the IC card command is superimposed on the radio wave radiated from the antenna 105 in step S13. In the present embodiment, a card ID (not shown) unique to the non-contact IC card 200 is used as a response signal.

  Next, when the user selects one electronic money service (for example, electronic money service A) using the electronic money service selection button 103 (step S14), the RW control unit 107 corresponds to the selected electronic money service A. The electronic money service A settlement program 106a is extracted from the storage unit 106 and stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107, thereby setting the electronic money service (step S15). The RW control unit 107 radiates the same radio wave as that radiated in step S13 from the antenna 105 for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) (step S16). Here, the user can use another electronic money service (for example, the electronic money service selection button 103) until the user can communicate with the contactless IC card 200 (described in step S18 described later). Electronic money service B) can be selected. In this case, the RW control unit 107 performs steps S14 to S16.

  Next, when the product information and the electronic money service settlement program are stored in the RAM (step S17), the RW control unit 107 determines whether or not communication with the contactless IC card 200 is possible (step S17). Step S18). Specific processing will be described below. First, when the user holds the contactless IC card 200 over the reader / writer 100 while radio waves are radiated from the antenna 105 in step S13 or step S16, the IC card control unit 201 of the contactless IC card 200 The system is activated by radio waves radiated from the antenna 105 and transmits a response signal to the IC card command received from the reader / writer 100. If the product information and the electronic money service settlement program are not stored in the RAM in step S17, the RW control unit 107 proceeds to the process in step S11.

  On the other hand, the RW control unit 107 detects the non-contact IC card 200 by receiving a response signal from the non-contact IC card 200 via the antenna 105 and the RF circuit unit 104. At this time, the RW control unit 107 determines that communication with the non-contact IC card 200 is possible. The RW control unit 107 determines that communication is not possible when the response signal cannot be received from the non-contact IC card 200.

  Next, when the RW control unit 107 becomes communicable with the non-contact IC card 200, the product selected by the product selection button 14 and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103 are displayed. Based on the above, the electronic money is settled (step S19).

  More specifically, the RW control unit 107 uses the electronic money service payment program 106b stored last in the electronic money service payment program stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 (for example, the electronic money service B). Execute. When the settlement program 106b is executed, the RW control unit 107 uses the product information stored last in the product information stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 to obtain the electronic money information 204c of the electronic money service B. An IC card command for updating is transmitted to the non-contact IC card 200 via the RF circuit unit 104 and the antenna 105.

  On the other hand, upon receiving the IC card command from the reader / writer 100, the IC card control unit 201 updates the electronic money information 204 of the electronic money service B using the product information included in the IC card command, Is sent to the reader / writer 100. Then, when the RW control unit 107 receives the payment end signal via the antenna 105 and the RF circuit unit 104, the electronic money payment processing is normally completed.

  Then, the RW control unit 107 performs main control on the payment end signal and the product information used for the payment process via the connector 101 and the first transmission line 25 when the payment process of the electronic money is normally completed. It transmits to the part 20 (step S20).

  If it is determined in step S18 that communication with the non-contact IC card 200 is impossible, and a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed since the radio wave was emitted from the antenna 105 (step S21), The RW control unit 107 performs a reset process by erasing all the electronic money service settlement programs and product information stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 (step S22). Then, the RW control unit 107 transmits a cancel signal to the main control unit 20 via the connector 101 and the first transmission path 25 (step S23). If the predetermined time has not elapsed in step S21, the RW control unit 107 proceeds to the process of step S11.

  In this way, it is possible to select another product between the time when the product C is selected and the time when the electronic money settlement process is performed, and the time when the electronic money service is selected. Since it is possible to select another electronic money service before the settlement process is performed, the product C and the electronic money service are selected again after the product C and the electronic money service are selected once. Is possible.

  As described above, according to the reader / writer 100 and the vending machine for the vending machine according to the present embodiment, one product is selected from the plurality of products C, and the reader / writer 100 starts when the product C is selected. In addition to selecting a product selection button 14 capable of selecting another product C until it can communicate with the contactless IC card 200, and one electronic money service among a plurality of electronic money services, An electronic money service selection button 103 capable of selecting another electronic money service from when the electronic money service is selected until the reader / writer 100 can communicate with the contactless IC card 200; The product C selected by the product selection button 14 and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103 And the RW control unit 107 that performs electronic money settlement processing by reading and writing the electronic money information 203c and 204c of the contactless IC card 200, so that each of the product C and the electronic money service is selected once. After that, the product C and the electronic money service can be selected again. Therefore, since the complicated operation of selecting the product C and the electronic money service after canceling all the selection contents is not required, the convenience of purchasing the product using the electronic money can be improved.

  In addition, the RW control unit 107 performs electronic money settlement processing based on the product C last selected by the product selection button 14 and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103. Even when the selection is wrong, the desired product C can be selected before the electronic money settlement process, and the convenience can be further improved.

  Furthermore, an antenna 105 that communicates with the non-contact IC card 200 by radiating radio waves to the non-contact IC card 200 is provided, and the RW control unit 107 selects the product C using the product selection button 14 or electronic Radio wave emission from the antenna 105 is stopped until the electronic money service is selected by the money service selection button 103, and the product C is selected by the product selection button 14 or the electronic money service is selected by the electronic money service selection button 103. Since the radio wave is radiated from the antenna 105 for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds), the power consumption can be reduced as compared with the case where the radio wave is constantly radiated from the antenna 105.

  The reader / writer 100 and the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a product selection button from when one product of each product C is selected by the product selection button 14 until it can communicate with the non-contact IC card 200. The RW control unit 107 is configured to perform electronic money settlement processing based on all the products C selected by 14 and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103. Since other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, only differences will be described here.

  The operation of the RW control unit 107 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The flow chart of FIG. 7 differs from the flowchart of FIG. 6 in that every time product information is received from the main control unit 20, the product information is stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 and all received products are received. The sum of the product prices included in the information is calculated and stored in the RAM (step S12 ′). When electronic money settlement processing is performed in the present embodiment (step S19), the RW control unit 107 uses the total amount stored in the RAM of the RW control unit 107 by the electronic money service selection button 103. The IC card command for updating the electronic money information of the last selected electronic money service is transmitted to the non-contact IC card 200 via the RF circuit unit 104 and the antenna 105.

  Further, the RW control unit 107 sends a payment end signal and all product information used for the payment process via the connector 101 and the first transmission path 25 when the electronic money payment process is normally completed. Transmit to the main control unit 20. In this way, it is possible to purchase a plurality of products C at the same time with a single settlement process.

  As described above, according to the reader / writer 100 and the vending machine for the vending machine according to the present embodiment, the electronic money settlement process is performed after one of the products C is selected by the product selection button 14. Since the electronic money settlement processing is performed based on all the products C selected by the product selection button 14 and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection button 103 until one time, the payment processing is performed once. A plurality of products C can be purchased at the same time, and convenience can be further improved.

  In addition, the said embodiment is only a specific example of this invention, and this invention is not limited only to the said embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the contactless IC card 200 is used as an information storage medium. However, a mobile phone equipped with an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag or an IC chip is also used as an information storage medium. May be.

  Further, the main control unit 20 may be configured to operate in the same manner as the operation of the RW control unit 107 illustrated in FIG. 6 or FIG. Further, an electronic money service selection button 103 may be provided on the front surface of the outer door 12 of the vending machine.

The perspective view of the vending machine which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention Side sectional view of the vending machine shown in FIG. Functional block diagram of the vending machine shown in FIG. Functional block diagram of contactless IC card Flow chart explaining the operation of the main controller Flow chart explaining operation of RW control unit The flowchart explaining operation | movement of the RW control part which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body, 14 ... Product selection button, 20 ... Main control part, 100 ... Reader / writer, 103 ... Electronic money service selection button, 105 ... Antenna, 200 ... Non-contact IC card, 203c, 204c ... Electronic money information .

Claims (8)

In a vending machine reader / writer that is provided in a vending machine equipped with a product selection means capable of selecting a plurality of products and performs communication with an information storage medium in which electronic money information is stored,
One electronic money service is selected from among a plurality of electronic money services, and another electronic money service is selected from when the electronic money service is selected until it becomes communicable with the information storage medium Electronic money service selection means capable of,
The product selected by the product selection unit and the electronic money service selection unit selected from the time when one of the products is selected by the product selection unit until the product becomes communicable with the information storage medium. A reader / writer for a vending machine comprising: control means for performing electronic money settlement processing by reading and writing electronic money information in an information storage medium based on an electronic money service. The control means includes
The product selected last by the product selection unit from the time when one of the products is selected by the product selection unit until it becomes communicable with the information storage medium, and the electronic money service selection unit selects The reader / writer for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein payment processing for electronic money is performed based on the electronic money service provided. The control means includes
All the products selected by the product selection unit from the time when one of the products is selected by the product selection unit until it becomes communicable with the information storage medium, and the electronic money service selection unit selects The reader / writer for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein payment processing for electronic money is performed based on the electronic money service provided. An antenna for communicating with the information storage medium by radiating radio waves to the information storage medium;
The control means stops the radio wave emission from the antenna until the selection of the goods by the goods selection means or the selection of the electronic money service by the electronic money service selection means, and the selection of the goods by the goods selection means or the electronic money service selection means The reader / writer for a vending machine according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein when an electronic money service is selected, radio waves are radiated from an antenna for a predetermined time. A reader / writer that communicates with an information storage medium in which electronic money information is stored;
Product selection that enables selection of one product from a plurality of products and selection of another product between the time when the product is selected and the time when the reader / writer can communicate with the information storage medium. Means,
One electronic money service is selected from among a plurality of electronic money services, and another electronic money service is selected after the electronic money service is selected until the reader / writer can communicate with the information storage medium. An electronic money service selection means that can be selected; and
Control for performing settlement processing of electronic money by reading and writing electronic money information in an information storage medium via a reader / writer based on the product selected by the product selection means and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection means And a vending machine. The control means includes
6. The vending machine according to claim 5, wherein electronic money settlement processing is performed based on the last product selected by the product selection means and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection means. The control means includes
6. The vending machine according to claim 5, wherein electronic money settlement processing is performed based on all the products selected by the product selection means and the electronic money service selected by the electronic money service selection means. An antenna that communicates with the information storage medium by radiating radio waves to the information storage medium is provided in the reader / writer,
The control means stops the radio wave emission from the antenna until the selection of the goods by the goods selection means or the selection of the electronic money service by the electronic money service selection means, and the selection of the goods by the goods selection means or the electronic money service selection means 8. The vending machine according to claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein when an electronic money service is selected, radio waves are radiated from an antenna for a predetermined time.

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