JP2017142612A - Settlement processing device and automatic vending matching including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a settlement processing device that can improve visibility in display information at a time of settlement or maintenance even without having a display part with a large screen provided, and to provide an automatic vending matching that includes the settlement processing device.SOLUTION: So that in a settlement mode or maintenance mode, information for a settlement mode or information for a maintenance mode is displayed on a screen display part 9 of an automatic vending machine, and in a standby mode, the display of the information for the settlement mode or the display of the information for the maintenance mode on the screen display part 9 is released, visibility of display information in the settlement mode or the maintenance mode can be improved even when a display part with a large screen is not provided in the settlement processing device 10. Accordingly, in comparison with a case where the information for the settlement mode or information for the maintenance mode is conventionally displayed on the display part of the settlement processing device side, a displayable information volume can be made more or the display can be made larger at a time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a payment processing apparatus that performs payment processing by transmitting and receiving payment information to and from an information recording medium used for providing a payment service, and a vending machine including the same.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, payment services using electronic money as a payment means have become widespread. In this payment service, an information recording medium such as an IC card is used, and the payment processing apparatus performs payment processing by transmitting and receiving payment information to and from the information recording medium wirelessly or by wire. The settlement result information as a result of the settlement process is transmitted / recorded from the settlement processing apparatus to a predetermined management server via the network, or is sucked out to the portable terminal carried by the administrator, and the predetermined management is performed from the portable terminal. Recorded on the server. Note that the information recording medium has various forms such as an IC card, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a wristwatch, and a ring in which an IC chip is incorporated.

  In recent years, various types of settlement services using electronic money have appeared with different operators and methods. There are various types of payment services such as prepaid type, postpay type (credit card type), and immediate payment type (debit card type). In order to cope with such a plurality of types of payment services, information recording media and payment processing apparatuses that can support a plurality of types of payment services have appeared. The post-pay type and the immediate payment type do not record electronic money, that is, electronic monetary value information (value) on an information recording medium, but these are also included in the payment service using electronic money. Therefore, the present application shall be based on this.

  As such a payment processing apparatus, for example, a reader / writer apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is known. This reader / writer device is mainly attached to a host device such as a vending machine, and is used to perform a settlement process related to product sales in the vending machine. The reader / writer device includes a wireless processing unit and a communication antenna that perform transmission / reception of payment information to and from an information recording medium in a contactless manner, and a payment processing unit and a display operation unit that perform payment processing. The wireless processing unit, the communication antenna, and the display operation unit constitute an external unit, and this external unit is attached to the front outside of the outer door of the vending machine. The settlement processing unit constitutes an internal unit, and this internal unit is attached inside the vending machine. The display operation unit includes two buttons as a display unit for displaying various types of information to the user and the administrator and an input unit for inputting operations from the user and the administrator.

  This reader / writer device displays that the payment service using electronic money such as “you can use electronic money” is available while the vending machine is on sale. In addition, when there is an operation on the input unit during standby for sales, the type name (also referred to as “brand name”) of a plurality of types (also referred to as “multiple brands”) that the user supports is displayed. The display unit can display only one brand name because of its size. Therefore, in the brand name display process, a plurality of brand names are sequentially switched and displayed each time the input unit is operated. Specifically, each brand name is ordered, and when one of the buttons on the input section is operated, the brand names are displayed in ascending order, and when the other button is operated, the brand names are sequentially displayed in descending order. Scroll display processing is performed.

  For example, as described in Patent Document 2, a screen display unit including a liquid crystal display is provided on the front surface of the outer door of the vending machine main body, and arbitrary information such as advertisements and campaign information is displayed on the screen display unit. What you do is known.

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  However, in the conventional settlement processing apparatus, since the display unit is provided in the external unit, as described above, the display unit can be formed only to such a size that only one brand name can be displayed. That is, since the communication antenna and the button of the input unit are arranged on the front surface of the external unit, it is not possible to provide a display unit with a large screen. Compared with the liquid crystal display provided in the vending machine of Patent Document 2, The area that can be displayed at one time is extremely small and inferior in visibility. In the payment processing apparatus, various setting operations such as addition and deletion of available payment services, date setting, standby display setting, etc. are performed by switching to the maintenance mode, but maintenance information is also displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the setting screen display is small and the amount of information displayed at one time is small. For this reason, the workability in the maintenance mode is poor, and there is a risk of erroneous setting.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a payment processing apparatus capable of improving the visibility of display information during maintenance without providing a display unit having a large screen, and a The purpose is to provide a vending machine equipped.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is compatible with at least one type of payment service, and the payment information is exchanged with the information recording medium used by the user in a non-contact manner. In a payment processing apparatus that performs a payment process based on a payment request of a higher-level apparatus used for a transaction related to the above, a maintenance mode that switches between a wireless communication means that communicates with the information recording medium and a maintenance mode for performing maintenance setting work In the maintenance mode, display control for displaying maintenance mode information on the host device screen display section of the host device in the maintenance mode, and canceling the display of maintenance mode information in the host device screen display section in the standby mode. Means.

  Thereby, in the maintenance mode, information for the maintenance mode is displayed on the screen display unit on the upper apparatus side, so that the visibility of the display information in the settlement mode or the maintenance mode is improved without providing a display unit with a large screen.

  According to the present invention, the visibility of the display information in the maintenance mode can be improved without providing a display unit having a large screen, so that the information for the maintenance mode or the information for the maintenance mode is displayed on the display unit on the settlement processing apparatus side as in the past. Compared to what is displayed, the amount of information that can be displayed at one time can be increased or the display can be enlarged, and the setting operation during maintenance can be easily performed.

Front view of vending machine Functional block diagram of payment processing device Front view of external unit The figure which shows an example of payment service information and display order information Flow chart for explaining the operation of the payment processing apparatus Flow chart for explaining the operation of the payment processing apparatus The figure which shows the display screen of the screen display section in maintenance mode The figure which shows the display screen of the screen display section in maintenance mode The figure which shows the display screen of the screen display section in maintenance mode

  A settlement processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided with a payment processing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the payment processing apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a front view of an external unit of the payment processing apparatus.

  The vending machine of the present embodiment has an outer door 1a on the front surface of the vending machine main body 1, and a plurality of product samples 2, a product selection button 3, a coin insertion slot 4, a bill insertion on the front surface of the outer door 1a. A mouth 5, a money amount display unit 6, a coin return opening 7 and a product outlet 8 are provided. The vending machine body 1 is provided with, for example, a serpentine-type product carrying device (not shown), and the products stored in the product column of the product carrying device are cooled or heated in the vending machine body 1. It has become so. In other words, when money is inserted by the user or payment processing is performed by the payment processing device 10 described later, the product selected by the product selection button 3 is carried out to the product outlet 8.

  In addition, a screen display unit 9 composed of a liquid crystal display is provided on the front surface of the outer door 1a, and arbitrary information such as advertisements for products is displayed on the screen display unit 9.

  The settlement processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is attached to the front surface of the outer door 1a of a vending machine as a host device used for transactions related to settlement, and is used for settlement processing of merchandise sales in the vending machine. The information processing medium on which the payment processing apparatus 10 transmits and receives payment information has various forms such as an IC card, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a wristwatch, and a ring with a built-in IC chip capable of contactless communication. In the embodiment, the IC card 30 will be described as an example. An information recording medium such as the IC card 30 is compatible with one or more types of settlement services. In the case of the IC card 30, a card ID as identification information assigned to each card, a payment service ID assigned to each payment service, balance information of electronic money, and the like are stored in the IC chip of the card.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the payment processing apparatus 10 includes an external unit 100, an internal unit 200, and a signal line 300 that connects the external unit 100 and the internal unit 200.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the external unit 100 records information based on an instruction from the RF processing unit 110 and the communication antenna 115 that perform transmission / reception of information and a payment information in a contactless manner, and the internal unit 200. A settlement processing unit 120 that performs settlement processing with a medium, a display unit 130 that displays various types of information, a first input button 141 and a second input button 142 that include push buttons for inputting user operation instructions, And a setting operation button 143 used for setting operation in the maintenance mode. In the present embodiment, as the display unit 130, a horizontally long fluorescent display tube capable of displaying a character string, a figure, or the like is used. In addition, the size of the display unit 130 is generally about two lines and 15 characters in terms of a practically sized character string. On the other hand, the screen display unit 9 of the vending machine is composed of a liquid crystal display of about 9 inches, for example, and has a larger amount of information that can be displayed on a larger screen than the display unit 130 of the payment processing apparatus 10 at a time.

  The payment processing unit 120 includes an independent payment processing function unit for each type (brand) of payment service. In the example of FIG. 2, the payment processing unit 120 includes first to third payment processing function units 121 to 123. The payment processing function units 121 to 123 of the payment processing unit 120 are managed by the internal unit 200, and a payment processing function unit is added to or deleted from the payment processing unit 120 by installing a program or the like from an external device or an external medium. You can do it.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the internal unit 200 includes a main control unit 210 that comprehensively controls payment processing by the payment processing unit 120 and other operations of the payment processing unit 120, and a communication interface for connection to an external network. Unit 220, vending machine interface unit 230 for connecting to main control device 20 of the vending machine, display interface unit 240 for connecting to screen display unit 9 of the vending machine, and switching to the maintenance mode Although not shown, the maintenance switch 250 is provided on the back surface of the internal unit 200. The settlement processing device 10 and the main control device 20 of the vending machine are connected so as to be communicable according to a predetermined communication standard. The main control unit 210 includes a storage unit 211 that stores various types of information. The communication interface unit 220 is connected to a communication device 40 for connecting to a management server (not shown) via an external network.

  In the storage unit 211, information on the display order (display) in the sequential switching display of the payment service information for each payment service including at least the type information (brand information) of the payment service to which the storage unit 211 corresponds and the type of payment service type information described later. Order information) is stored at least. FIG. 4 shows an example of payment service information and display order information. In the present embodiment, the display order information is included in the payment service information. As shown in FIG. 4, the payment service information includes at least type information (brand information) of each payment service information, display order information, including. The brand information may be character string information representing a brand name as shown in FIG. 4, logo image information representing a brand name, or a combination thereof. The payment service information and the display order information are updated at least at the same time when the main control unit 210 adds / deletes the payment processing function unit to / from the payment processing unit 120.

  The main control device 20 of the vending machine is connected to a well-known device such as each product selection button 3 of the vending machine, a product carry-out device, a display unit, a banknote processing device, a money processing device, and a screen display. The unit 9 and the communication device 40 are connected. In addition, the main control unit 210 of the payment processing apparatus 10 is connected to the screen display unit 9 via a display interface unit 240 via a communication cable.

  Next, the operation of the payment processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the payment processing apparatus.

  First, the settlement processing apparatus 10 performs a standby display process described later in the standby mode (step S100). Here, the settlement processing apparatus 10 detects whether the IC card 30 is detected during standby, that is, during execution of the standby display process (whether the IC card 30 has been touched), the first and second input buttons 141, It is monitored whether 142 has been pressed, a signal indicating that the product selection button has been pressed from the main controller 20 of the vending machine, or whether the maintenance switch 250 has switched to the maintenance mode. In the detection monitoring process of the IC card 30, when the IC card 30 is detected, the payment service type that the IC card 30 can handle and the balance value when the payment service is a prepaid type are also read. Further, the signal indicating that the product selection button from the main control device 20 of the vending machine is pressed is actually payment amount information related to the payment processing request from the main control device 20 of the vending machine. .

  During standby, whether a touch on the IC card 30 is detected, or a signal indicating that the product selection button is pressed from the main control device 20 of the vending machine is transmitted to the settlement processing device 10, or the first and second When pressing of the input buttons 141 and 142 is detected, the standby mode is switched to the settlement mode.

  In this case, when the touch of the IC card 30 is detected during standby, the payment processing apparatus 10 is a payment service that can be supported by the IC card 30 obtained during the detection process, and the payment service that the payment card processing apparatus 10 supports. Is determined (step S11), and in the case of 1, the balance value obtained during the detection monitoring process is displayed on the screen display unit 9 (step 13). On the other hand, in the case of a plurality, one payment service is selected by using the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 from the plurality of payment services corresponding to both the IC card 30 and itself (step S12). The balance value of the selected settlement service is displayed on the screen display unit 9 (step S13). In the selection process, one payment service information is extracted from the storage unit 211 and the brand name is displayed on the screen display unit 9. When the first input button 141 is pressed, the brand name of the payment service information of the next order is displayed. When the second input button 142 is pressed, the brand name of the settlement service information of the previous order is displayed. In order to display the brand name of which payment service information first, the one with the highest rank may be selected, the one with the current rank in the standby display process described later, or the previous payment process. You may select the thing concerning the payment service used in.

  Thereafter, when receiving a signal indicating that the product selection button 3 has been pressed from the main control device 20 of the vending machine (step S14), the settlement processing device 10 monitors the detection of the IC card 30, and When the touch is detected (step S15), the payment processing is performed with the IC card 30 (step S16), and then the display of the information for the payment mode on the screen display unit 9 is canceled and the display on the screen display unit 9 is displayed. The information is returned to the information on the vending machine side (step S22). Here, the payment processing uses the payment service when there is a single payment service at the step S11, and uses the payment service selected at the step S12 when there are a plurality of payment services at the step S11.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 are pressed during standby, the payment processing apparatus 10 selects the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 from among a plurality of payment services corresponding to the payment processing apparatus 10. Use to select one settlement service (step S17). In the selection process, one payment service information is taken out from the storage unit 211 and the brand name is displayed on the screen display unit 9. When the first input button 141 is pressed, the brand name of the payment service information of the next order is displayed. When the second input button 142 is pressed, the brand name of the settlement service information of the previous order is displayed. In order to display the brand name of which payment service information first, the one with the highest rank may be selected, the one with the current rank in the standby display process described later, or the previous payment process. You may select the thing concerning the payment service used in.

  Thereafter, when receiving a signal indicating that the product selection button 3 has been pressed from the main control device 20 of the vending machine (step S14), the settlement processing device 10 monitors the detection of the IC card 30, and When a touch is detected (step S15), a settlement process is performed with the IC card 30 (step S16). Here, the payment process uses the payment service selected in step S17.

  On the other hand, when a signal indicating that the product selection button 3 from the main control device 20 of the vending machine is pressed during standby is detected, the settlement processing device 10 monitors the detection of the IC card 30. Then, when the payment processing device 10 detects a touch on the IC card 30 (step S18), the payment processing device 10 is a payment service that can be handled by the IC card 30 obtained during the detection process, and the payment service that the payment processing device 10 supports. Is determined (step S19), and in the case of one, payment processing is performed by the payment service (step S16). On the other hand, in the case of a plurality, one payment service is selected by using the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 from the plurality of payment services corresponding to both the IC card 30 and itself (step S20). The balance value of the selected settlement service is displayed on the screen display unit 9 (step S21). In the selection process, one payment service information is extracted from the storage unit 211 and the brand name is displayed on the screen display unit 9. When the first input button 141 is pressed, the brand name of the payment service information of the next order is displayed. When the second input button 142 is pressed, the brand name of the settlement service information of the previous order is displayed. In order to display the brand name of which payment service information first, the one with the highest rank may be selected, the one with the current rank in the standby display process described later, or the previous payment process. You may select the thing concerning the payment service used in.

  Thereafter, the payment processing apparatus 10 monitors the detection of the IC card 30 and, when detecting the touch of the IC card 30 (step S21), performs a payment process with the IC card 30 (step S16). Here, the payment processing uses the payment service when there is a single payment service at the step S19, and uses the payment service selected at the step S20 when there are a plurality of payment services at the step S19.

  If no operation is performed by the user during each of the above processes, and when the payment process in step S16 is completed, the payment processing apparatus 10 shifts the process to the standby display process again (step S100). ).

  In addition, when switching to the maintenance mode by the maintenance switch 250 is detected during standby, the standby mode is switched to the maintenance mode, and the settlement processing apparatus 10 displays information for the maintenance mode on the screen display unit 9 of the vending machine. Is displayed (step S22). That is, when the settlement processing apparatus 10 is switched to the maintenance mode, the settlement processing apparatus 10 transmits a command to that effect to the main controller 20 of the vending machine. Send an interrupt command to display the information. Upon receiving this interrupt command, the screen display unit 9 switches the display of information on the vending machine (for example, advertisements and campaign information) to the display of information for the maintenance mode.

  In the maintenance mode, various setting operations such as addition and deletion of available payment services, date setting, standby display setting, and the like are performed. At that time, setting items and options are displayed on the screen display unit 9, the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 are used for the switching operation of the setting items and options, and the setting operation button 143 is used for determining the options. Is done. For example, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the screen display unit 9 displays a plurality of first setting items 9a and a plurality of second setting items 9b belonging to the first setting items 9a. . Each first setting item 9a is arranged in a horizontal row at the top of the screen display unit 9, and each second setting item 9b is arranged in a vertical row below the first setting item 9a to which each belongs. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, any one of the first setting items 9a is selected and displayed (thick line frame in the figure), and the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 are shown in FIG. Each time the button is pressed, the selection display is moved to one of the first setting items 9a. When the setting operation button 143 is pressed, the selection display moves from the first setting item 9a to the second setting item 9b below the first setting item 9a as shown in FIG. Each time the button is pressed, the selection display moves to one of the second setting items 9b. Here, when the setting operation button 143 is pressed, a setting screen (not shown) of the second setting item 9b selected and displayed is displayed, and the setting of the second setting item 9b becomes possible.

  When the setting operation in the maintenance mode is completed and the switch to the standby mode by the maintenance switch 250 is detected (step S23), the display of the maintenance mode information on the screen display unit 9 is canceled, and the screen display unit 9 The display is returned to the information on the vending machine side (step S24).

  Next, the standby display process described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, it is assumed that “current order” is stored in advance in the storage unit 211 with an appropriate initial value.

  The payment processing apparatus 10 extracts the payment service information corresponding to the current order from the storage unit 211, and displays the brand name on the display unit 130 for a predetermined time (step S101). When the display for the predetermined time is completed, the payment processing apparatus 10 increases the current order by one (step S102), and when the current order is larger than the number of the corresponding payment services (step S103), the current order. Is set to 1 and switching to the display processing of the next-ranked brand name is repeated.

  By such processing, the brand names of a plurality of settlement services that the user corresponds to are sequentially switched and displayed on the display unit 130 in a predetermined order and at predetermined time intervals.

  As described above in detail, according to the settlement processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the maintenance mode information is displayed on the screen display unit 9 of the vending machine in the maintenance mode, and the maintenance in the screen display unit 9 is performed in the standby mode. Since the display of the mode information is canceled, the visibility of the display information in the maintenance mode can be improved without providing the external unit 100 with a display unit having a large screen. As a result, the amount of information that can be displayed at one time or the display can be increased compared to the conventional case where the information for the maintenance mode is displayed on the display unit on the settlement processing device side. Setting work can be easily performed.

  Moreover, since the payment processing apparatus 10 includes the display unit 130 that displays type information regarding the type of payment service in the standby mode, information for vending machines such as advertisements is displayed on the screen display unit 9. Also in the standby mode, payment service type information can be provided to the user by the display unit 130, and convenience can be improved.

  In the above embodiment, the main control unit 210 of the payment processing apparatus 10 is connected to the screen display unit 9 of the vending machine via the display interface unit 240 via the communication cable, and the information for the payment mode or the maintenance mode is used. Although the information is output directly from the main control unit 210 of the payment processing apparatus 10 to the screen display unit 9, the main control unit 210 of the payment processing apparatus 10 and the screen display unit 9 are not directly connected. The payment mode information or the maintenance mode information may be output from the main control unit 210 of the payment processing apparatus 10 to the screen display unit 9 via the main control unit 20 of the vending machine.

  In the above-described embodiment, the payment processing apparatus 10 is added to the vending machine provided with the screen display unit 9. However, the payment is made to the vending machine that does not have the screen display unit 9. When the processing device 10 is provided, information for the maintenance mode is displayed on the payment processing device 10 by automatically detecting or manually setting that the payment processing device 10 is not connected to the screen display unit on the vending machine side. It is also possible to configure to display on the unit 130. Thereby, since the payment processing apparatus 10 can be used also in the vending machine which does not have the screen display part 9, versatility can be improved.

  Moreover, the screen configuration (FIGS. 7 to 9) of the screen display unit 9 in the maintenance mode described in the above embodiment is merely an example, and other screen configurations with different setting item arrangements may be used. In this case, in the above embodiment, the first and second input buttons 141 and 142 and the setting operation button 143 are used to perform the setting item switching operation and determination. If a setting operation is performed by directly touching a setting item using a display including a touch panel, the setting operation can be performed more quickly and easily.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the payment processing apparatus 10 is separate from the vending machine, but can be integrated with the vending machine. In this case, for example, the main control unit 210 of the settlement processing apparatus 10 in the above embodiment is mounted integrally with the main control apparatus 20 of the vending machine. The display unit 130 and the first input buttons 141 and 142 may be shared with the display unit and input buttons provided in the vending machine.

  Moreover, although the example which attached the payment processing apparatus 10 as a separate body to the vending machine was demonstrated in the said embodiment, it can be attached or connected to another apparatus, or can be integrated with another apparatus. Examples of the other devices include various devices that require a settlement process such as a register, a POS terminal, and a charge settlement machine in a parking lot or a bicycle parking lot.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body, 9 ... Screen display part, 10 ... Settlement processing apparatus, 20 ... Main control apparatus of vending machine, 30 ... IC card, 40 ... Communication apparatus, 100 ... External unit, 110 ... RF processing part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 115 ... Antenna, 120 ... Settlement processing part, 130 ... Display part, 141, 142 ... Input button, 143 ... Setting operation button, 200 ... Internal unit, 210 ... Main control part, 220 ... Communication interface part, 230 ... Vending machine interface Face part, 240 ... display interface part, 250 ... maintenance switch.

Claims (3)

It is possible to support at least one kind of payment service, and the payment request of the host device used for transactions related to payment can be made by contactlessly transmitting and receiving payment information to and from the information recording medium used by the user for payment. In a payment processing apparatus that performs payment processing based on
Wireless communication means for communicating with the information recording medium;
Maintenance mode switching means for switching to a maintenance mode for performing maintenance setting work;
In the maintenance mode, there is provided display control means for displaying information for maintenance mode on the screen display unit on the host device side provided in the host device, and in the standby mode, display control means for canceling the display of information for maintenance mode on the screen display unit on the host device side. A payment processing apparatus characterized by that. The payment processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays type information related to a type of the payment service in a standby mode. Provided with a payment processing device that can handle at least one type of payment service and that performs payment processing by contactlessly transmitting and receiving payment information to and from an information recording medium used by a user for payment. In a vending machine that makes a payment request to
Wireless communication means for communicating with the information recording medium;
A screen display on the front of the vending machine body,
Maintenance mode switching means for switching to a maintenance mode for performing maintenance setting work;
It is equipped with display control means for displaying maintenance mode information on the screen display unit of the vending machine in the maintenance mode, and canceling the display of maintenance mode information on the screen display unit in the standby mode. Vending machine.

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