JP2543147B2 - Card type vending machine settlement device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a settlement device for a card-type vending machine that sells, for example, canned beverages using cards.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, card-type vending machines for selling products using cards have been proposed in a specific area or a specific work area. This card type vending machine uses a re-recordable card, the card user purchases a card in which a certain amount of money is recorded in advance, and when the product is sold at the vending machine side, the product price is calculated from the amount recorded on the card. Is subtracted and the remaining amount is re-recorded on the card for sale (Japanese Patent Publication No. 47-42).
No. 360 "Vending machine", Japanese Patent Publication No. 45-3992 "Method and device for changing the value of a card").

Conventionally, in such a card type vending machine, there is no problem if the card issuer and the vending machine installer are the same. That is, since the card issuer issues the card in exchange for cash and sells the product using the card in the vending machine, the cash and the product are finally exchanged within the same trader.

However, when the card issuer and the vending machine installer are different, and there are multiple vending machine installers for a single card issuer in a specific area, When a card issuer issues a card in exchange for cash and sells the product using the card at a vending machine, the cash collected by a single card issuer is distributed to multiple vending machine installers. There is no way to do this, which makes final settlement impossible.

The present inventor has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, the card issuer and the vending machine installer are different, and a plurality of vending machine installers are provided to a single card issuer in a specific area. The present invention provides a settlement device for a card-type vending machine, which enables smooth final settlement even when it exists.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the settlement device of the card type vending machine of the present invention records a certain amount of money, and a card that can be re-recorded by changing the amount of money. A card reading unit that reads the recorded amount of money, a card writing unit that changes the amount of money and re-records it on the card, a selection switch that selects a product, a product unloading unit that carries out the product, and the total sales. The total sales storage means for storing the amount of money, and the product of the product selected from the stored product prices in response to the signal from the selection switch when the card reading means reads the amount of money from the card. A price storing means for outputting a price, a comparing means for comparing the amount of money read by the card reading means with a product price from the price storing means, and outputting a comparison result to the product discharging means, Subtracting means for receiving the comparison result of the comparing means, subtracting the product price from the price storing means from the amount read by the card reading means, and outputting the remaining amount to the card writing means,
When it is possible to sell by inputting the signal from the comparison means, an addition means for adding the total sales amount from the total sales storage means and the product price from the price storage means and outputting to the total sales storage means, It has an installer code storage means for storing an installer code for each vending machine, and an output means for outputting the installer code and the total sales amount, and outputs the total sales amount from the total sales storage means. But,
When output, before resetting the stored contents of the total sales storage means, a temporary storage storage means for storing the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage means, the total sales storage means, and the temporary storage memory. And switching means for switching the means and connecting to the output means.

Effect According to the present invention, with the above-described configuration, the operator of the card issuer or vending machine installer prints the installer code and the total sales amount at the appropriate time using the printer of the vending machine, and in the same procedure, After printing the installer code and the total sales amount from the printers of multiple vending machines, take the recording paper home and total the total sales amount for each vending machine installer, and based on this, the card issuer By distributing the collected cash to multiple vending machine installers, the card issuer and the vending machine installer are different. This is the final settlement when there is a vending machine installer. In addition, after the printer prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit, the total sales amount storage unit sets the total sales amount to zero and starts a new total sales amount, but while the operator takes back the recording paper, Before totaling, if the recording paper is lost or damaged due to some accident, the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage storage means is switched by the switching means and printed again by the printer.

Embodiment A payment device for a card type vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card type vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a card, which is capable of magnetically recording a fixed amount of money and changing the amount of money and re-recording. Reference numeral 2 denotes a card reading / writing means. When the card 1 is inserted, the card 1 is drawn into the card reading / writing means 2 and the card reading means 3 for reading the amount of money recorded on the card 1 and the amount of money are read. The card writing means 4 changes and re-records on the card 1. A selection switch 5 outputs a selection signal for a desired product to the price storage means 6. Reference numeral 7 is a product unloading means, which receives the output from the comparing means 8 and unloads the product. Reference numeral 9 denotes a total sales storage unit that stores the total amount of sales. The price storage means 6 receives the signal from the selection switch 5, and compares the commodity price of the commodity selected from the stored commodity prices with the comparison means 8 and subtraction means.
It outputs to 10 and the addition means 11. The comparison means 8
Is for comparing the amount of money read by the card reading means 3 with the commodity price from the price storage means 6 and outputting the comparison result to the commodity discharge means 7. The subtraction means 10
Receives the comparison result of the comparison means 8, subtracts the product price from the price storage means 6 from the amount read by the card reading means 3, and outputs the remaining amount to the card writing means 4. is there. Then, the card writing means 4 re-records the remaining amount on the card 1. The adding means
11 receives the comparison result of the comparison means 8, adds the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage means 9 and the product price from the price storage means 6, and adds the result to the new total sales. The amount of money is output to the total sales storage means 9. Reference numeral 12 is an installer code storage means for storing the installer code for each vending machine. A printer 13 prints the total sales amount and the installer code stored in the installer code storage means 12 in response to a print instruction signal from the print switch 14. Reference numeral 15 denotes a temporary storage means, which is the printer 13
When the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 is printed, the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 is temporarily stored and stored. Reference numeral 16 is a switching means, and when the printer 13 prints the total sales amount, the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage means 9 and the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage storage means 15 To switch between and. A return switch 17 outputs a return signal to the card read / write means 2.

 Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the card 1 is inserted into the card read / write means 2 of the vending machine (step 1), the card 1 is pulled into the card read / write means 2 (step 2), and the card reading means 3 is read from the card 1 Read the amount (step3).
Next, a product is selected, the selection switch 5 is pressed, and a product selection signal is output to the price storage means 6 (step 4). Then, the price storage means 6 outputs the commodity price of the commodity selected from the stored commodity prices to the comparison means 8, the subtraction means 10 and the addition means 11 (step 5). Next, the comparison means 8
Compares the amount of money read by the card reading means 3 from the card 1 with the commodity price received from the price storage means 6 (step 6). Then, if the product can be sold, the carry-out signal of the selected product is output to the product carry-out means 7, and the product carry-out means 7 carries out the product (step 7). Next, the subtraction means 10
Upon receiving the product carry-out signal from the comparison means 8, the product price received from the price storage means 6 is subtracted from the amount of money read from the card 1 by the card reading means 3 to calculate the remaining amount and output to the card writing means 4. Yes (step8). Then, the card writing means 4 re-records the remaining amount on the card 1 (step 9).
Next, the addition means 11 receives the product carry-out signal from the comparison means 8, adds the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage means 9 and the product price received from the price storage means 6, and the addition result Is output to the total sales storage means 9 as a new total sales amount, and total sales is performed (step 10). After that, the card read / write means 2 returns the card 1 (step 11). The series of operations described above (step 1)
~ (Step 11), sell products by card. Further, when the return switch 17 is operated while the card 1 is pulled into the card read / write means 2 (step 12), the card read / write means 2 returns the card 1 (step 11).

Then, in the standby state, the operator of the card issuer or vending machine installer operates the print switch 14 with the switching means 16 connected to the total sales storage means 9 side (shown by the solid line in FIG. 1). By doing (step1
3), the printer 13 prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 and the installer code stored in the installer code recording unit 12 (step 14). Then, the temporary storage storage unit 15 temporarily stores and stores the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 (step 1
Five). Then, the total sales amount storage means 9 sets the total amount of sales to zero (step 16), and starts new total sales.

Then, the operator of the card issuer or the vending machine installation company prints the installation company code and the total sales amount in the same procedure on another vending machine.

In this way, after printing the vendor code and the total sales amount from multiple vending machines, take out the recording paper and total the total sales amount for each vending machine installer, and based on this, the card issuer collects the collected cash. , Distribute to multiple vending machine installers.

In addition, after printing the total amount of sales, if the operator loses or damages the recording paper on which the total sales amount is printed due to some accident before counting, while the operator is returning the recording paper, the switching means 16 is temporarily saved. By operating the print switch 14 (step 13) while connected to the storage means 15 side (shown by the broken line in FIG. 1), the printer 13 displays the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage storage means 15. The installer code stored in the installer code storage means 12 is printed (step 17).

According to the settlement device of the card type vending machine shown in the above embodiment, the total sales storage means 9 for storing the total amount of sales and the installer code storage means 12 for storing the installer code for each vending machine. Equipped with. The printer 13 is provided with a printer 13 for printing the total sales amount and the installer code stored in the installer code storage means 12. Then, when the printer 13 prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9, the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 is temporarily stored and temporarily stored. The storage means 15 is provided. Switching means for switching between the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9 and the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage unit 15 when the printer 13 prints the total sales amount. And are equipped with. With these configurations, the operator of the card issuer or the vending machine installer prints the installer code and the total sales amount using the printer 13 of the vending machine at the appropriate time. Next, in the same procedure, the installer code and the total sales amount are printed from the printers 13 of the plurality of vending machines. After that, bring the recording paper home and total the total sales amount for each vending machine installer. Then, based on this, the card issuer distributes the collected cash to a plurality of vending machine installers. Due to the above, the card issuer and vending machine installer are different, and even if there are multiple vending machine installers for a single card issuer in a specific area, final settlement It is possible to carry out smoothly. In addition, after the printer 13 prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit 9, the total sales amount storage unit 9 sets the total sales amount to zero and starts a new total sales amount, but the operator brings back the storage paper. Before recording, if the recording paper is lost or damaged due to some accident before counting, the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage means 15 is switched by the switching means 16 and printed by the printer 13 again. By doing so, even if the recording paper on which the total sales amount is printed is lost or damaged due to an accident, the final settlement can be performed without any trouble.

When the card 1 is inserted, the card read / write means 2 pulls it into the card read / write means,
Since the card 1 is returned after re-recording, the card 1 is pulled out before the re-recording, or the card 1 is re-recorded during the re-recording.
This is to prevent accidents such as when the data is pulled out and the recorded data is damaged.

Although the card 1 is magnetically recorded in the present embodiment, the card 1 may be recorded by using, for example, a card having a built-in semiconductor memory.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the installer code for each vending machine may be a unified code for each installer when the same vending machine installer owns a plurality of vending machines, The code may be different for each vending machine.

Advantageous Effects of Invention As described above, the present invention, the total sales amount storage means for storing the total amount of sales, the installer code storage means for storing the installer code for each vending machine, the total sales amount, When the printer that prints the installer code stored in the installer code storage unit and the printer prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit, the total sales storage unit is Temporary saving storage means for temporarily storing the stored total sales amount and storing the total sales amount when the printer prints the total sales amount, and the temporary storage And a switching means for switching between the total sales amount stored in the storage means and the operator of the card issuer or the vending machine installer, and the vending machine in a timely manner. Using the printer of, print the installer code and total sales amount, print the installer code and total sales amount from the printers of multiple vending machines in the same procedure, and then bring back the recording paper, The total amount of sales for each vending machine installer is totaled, and based on this, the card issuer distributes the collected cash to a plurality of vending machine installers. Different from each other, even if there are multiple vending machine installers for a single card issuer within a specific area, it enables smooth final settlement. . In addition, after the printer prints the total sales amount stored in the total sales storage unit, the total sales amount storage unit sets the total sales amount to zero and starts a new total sales amount, but while the operator takes back the recording paper, Before totaling, if the recording paper is lost or damaged due to some accident, the total sales amount stored in the temporary storage storage means is switched by the switching means and printed again by the printer. Even if the recording paper on which the total sales amount is printed is lost or damaged, the final settlement can be performed without any trouble.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Card, 2 ... Cart read / write means, 5 ...
... selection switch, 6 ... price storage means, 7 ... commodity delivery means, 8 ... comparison means, 9 ... sales total storage means, 10 ...
… Subtraction means, 11 …… Addition means, 12 …… Installer code storage means, 13 …… Printer, 14 …… Print switch, 15…
… Temporary storage storage means, 16 …… switching means, 17 …… return switch.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card for recording a fixed amount of money, which can be re-recorded by changing the amount of money, a card reading means for reading the amount of money recorded on the card, and a re-recording on the card by changing the amount of money. Card writing means, a selection switch for selecting a product, a product unloading means for carrying out a product, a total sales storing means for storing the total amount of sales, and the card reading means for reading the amount from the card. In case,
Price storage means for receiving the signal from the selection switch and outputting the commodity price of the commodity selected from the stored commodity prices, the amount read by the card reading means, and the commodity price from the price storage means Comparing, comparing means for outputting the comparison result to the product discharging means, receiving the comparison result of the comparing means, subtracting the product price from the price storing means from the amount read by the card reading means, When it is possible to sell by inputting the signal from the comparison means and the subtraction means for outputting the remaining amount to the card writing means, the total sales amount from the total sales storage means and the commodity price from the price storage means are added. And output to the total sales storage means, an installer code storage means that stores an installer code for each vending machine, and the installer code and the total sales amount. When the output means outputs the total sales amount from the total sales storage means, the total sales storage means stores the total sales amount before resetting the storage contents of the total sales storage means. A settlement device for a card type vending machine, comprising: a temporary storage storage means for storing the total sales amount stored; and a switching means for switching the total sales storage means and the temporary storage storage means to connect to the output means.