JP2569225Y2 - prepaid card - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prepaid card in which a usable amount is recorded by magnetic information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art ECR (Electronic Cash Register)
r) and POS (Point Of Sales) terminals, etc., can perform sales operations with prepaid cards. The prepaid card is a card made of a magnetic material in which the amount of magnetic information is recorded in advance, and the magnetic information is updated according to the amount of money used.

Here, since the magnetic information of such a prepaid card is invisible, a means for indicating the used amount and the remaining amount to the user is required. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 4, in a prepaid card 1 such as a telephone card, a numeral 2 indicating a usable amount is printed on one edge in advance.
A through hole 3 is formed near the numeral 2 according to use. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5, in some prepaid cards 4 for shops, the used date 5 and the balance 6 are used.
Are sequentially printed on one side.

[0004]

In the prepaid cards 1 and 4 described above, the numeral 2 having a through hole 3 formed in the vicinity,
By visually checking the printed balance 6, the balance can be recognized.

However, in the prepaid card 1 in which the through-hole 3 is formed in the vicinity of the numeral 2, the balance can be displayed only roughly, so that it is difficult for the user to manage the balance in detail, and the balance 6 is reduced. In the prepaid card 4 to be printed, if the number of uses for the used amount becomes excessive, the print area becomes insufficient.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 is:
In a prepaid card in which magnetic information of a pre-recorded amount of money is updated with use, a plurality of linearly formed indicating units indicating the frequency of the usable amount of money are provided at equal intervals.
The scale is formed over substantially the entire area of one surface of the prepaid card, and is sequentially and sequentially printed on the indicator of the scale to form an index indicating the frequency of the spent amount. The present invention is directed to a prepaid card in which magnetic information of a pre-recorded amount of money is updated with use, a plurality of fingers which are linearly formed and indicate the frequency of the usable amount of money.
Indicators are formed on substantially the entire surface of one side of the prepaid card with scales provided at equal intervals, and from the highest amount of money on the scale.
An index indicating the frequency of the spent money is formed by being continuously and sequentially printed on the instruction section .

[0007]

[Action] devised according to claim 1 is on the indication of the scale indicating the degree of a number of indices indicating section is provided at regular intervals are formed linearly available amount indicating a degree of spent money to
Since the prints are successively superimposed and sequentially printed, the balance can be displayed in detail and reliably without forming a through hole in the vicinity of the number schematically indicating the money or sequentially printing the balance. . According to the invention of claim 2, since the index indicating the frequency of the spent amount is printed from the highest amount side of the scale,
The available amount can be known at a glance on the scale.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A prepaid card of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, in the prepaid card 7, as shown in FIG. 1, an information recording section 8 recording magnetic information such as a balance and a type is formed at one edge, and a scale corresponding to the usable amount is formed on the surface. 9 is printed. This scale 9
Are provided with a large number of instruction units 11 at equal intervals. When the prepaid card 7 is used in a cash register or the like having a card reader / writer,
Is an index indicating the frequency of the used amount black line 10 of the scale 9
Printing is performed continuously on the instruction unit 11 . For example, in the same figure, the usable amount is 3000 yen and 39
The illustrated example is a prepaid card 7 for which a payment of 0 yen has been made. By visually checking the printed black line 10, it is possible to recognize in detail and reliably that the remaining amount is 2610 yen.

Next, an example of a face-to-face sales type electronic scale using the prepaid card 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
In this face-to-face selling electronic balance 11, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12 for performing various types of information processing, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 for storing fixed data such as program data and character data, various types of product information and sales RAM for rewritably storing data such as information
(Random Access Memory) 14, a weighing unit 15 for converting the weight of the product into electrical data, an I / O (Input / Output) block 16 for controlling input / output of various data, and the like. The I / O block 16 further includes a keyboard 17 for inputting product information and the like, a display 18 for displaying and outputting product information and the like, a thermal printer 19 for issuing receipts and journals, and a slip issuing printer 2.
0, a card R / W (Reader / Writer) 21 for inputting / outputting and printing magnetic information to / from the prepaid card 7
Etc. are connected. The card R / W 21 includes a card reader 22 for inputting / outputting magnetic information to / from the information recording unit 8 of the prepaid card 7, a printing device 23 for printing on the scale 9 of the prepaid card 7, A transport mechanism 24 for transporting the prepaid card 7 is connected to the devices 22 and 23.

In such a configuration, the processing operation when the prepaid card 7 is used in the face-to-face selling electronic balance 11 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the cashier inputs a card use command to the CPU 12 by operating the keyboard 17 when the customer offers to use the prepaid card 7, a message indicating that the card can be inserted is displayed on the display 18 under the control of the CPU 12 receiving the command. . Then, when the customer or the cashier who visually recognizes this inserts the prepaid card 7 into a predetermined slot (not shown),
Thus, the information is conveyed to the position of the card reader 22 and the information such as the balance is magnetically read from the information recording unit 8. Then, the weighing unit 15 that has received the balance information subtracts the selling price of the product from the balance information and transfers this to the card R / W 21 as new balance information. Then, the magnetic information such as the balance in the information recording unit 8 of the prepaid card 7 is updated by the card reader 22 according to the control of the card R / W 21 which has received the balance information. Furthermore, card R / W21
Of the prepaid card 7 by the printing device 23 according to the control of
The printing position of the black line 10 with respect to the scale 9 is detected. For example, when a line feed is necessary, printing is executed by moving the head. Then, when the update of the magnetic information and the printing of the black line 10 are completed in this way, new balance information and the like are displayed on the display 18, and the prepaid card 7 is ejected out of the apparatus by the conveyance of the conveyance mechanism 24.

In this way, the face-to-face sales type electronic balance 11 can easily execute a sales operation using the prepaid card 7, and the discharged prepaid card 7 includes since the corresponding black line 10 are printed on the scale 9 which corresponds to the amount, the user Ru can accurately manage the balance. And the scale 9 is the whole
In the form of multiple linear
Thus, such a series of scales 9 is one of the prepaid cards 7.
Because it is formed in almost the entire area of the surface, the usable amount is high
Even in the case of
Can be. And such a series of linear scales
9, a black line 10 indicating the frequency of the spent amount is linearly and sequentially marked.
The user can use the prepaid card 7 because it is printed
The ratio of the spent amount to the amount or the available amount
You can check the percentage of remaining balance at a glance
You. Further, it is possible to alter the magnetic information of the information recording unit 8 of the prepaid card 7 having no remaining amount and to restore the remaining amount. In this case, however, the remaining amount visually read from the black line 10 of the scale 9 and the information recording unit 8 does not match the remaining amount called magnetically, thereby preventing fraud.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a prepaid card in which a pre-recorded amount of magnetic information is updated with use, a plurality of linearly formed indicating units indicating the frequency of the usable amount. Forming scales provided at equal intervals on substantially the entire area of one surface of the prepaid card;
Since the index indicating the frequency of the spent amount was formed by being continuously and sequentially printed on the instruction portion and forming the index indicating the frequency of the spent amount, the index in which a number of instruction portions indicating the frequency of the spent amount were provided at equal intervals was linear. Said indication of a scale formed and indicating the frequency of the usable amount
Since it is printed sequentially and continuously on the copy , the remaining amount is displayed in detail and surely without forming a through hole near the number that schematically shows the amount or printing the remaining amount sequentially. It is convenient because the user can accurately manage the remaining balance, and even the large available amount can be shown in detail in a large and easy-to-see form, the ratio of the used amount to the available amount, The ratio of the remaining amount to the usable amount can be confirmed at a glance in detail. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a prepaid card in which magnetic information of a pre-recorded amount of money is updated with use, a plurality of linearly formed indicating portions indicating the frequency of the usable amount of money are provided at equal intervals. The scale is formed over substantially the entire area of one surface of the prepaid card, and is sequentially and sequentially printed from the highest price side on the scale on the indicator to indicate the frequency of the spent amount. Since the index is formed, the index indicating the frequency of the used amount is printed from the highest price side of the scale, so that the available amount can be known at a glance on the scale.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a face-to-face selling electronic balance using a prepaid card.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of each unit during a sales operation.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a first conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a second conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Prepaid card 8 Information recording section 9 Scale 10 Indicator

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A prepaid card in which magnetic information of a pre-recorded amount of money is updated with use, a plurality of indicating units formed linearly and indicating the number of usable amounts of money.
Are formed on substantially the entire area of one surface of the prepaid card, and the scales provided at equal intervals are superimposed on the indicator of the scale.
A prepaid card, which is printed continuously and sequentially to form an index indicating the frequency of a spent amount. 2. A prepaid card in which magnetic information of a pre-recorded amount of money is updated with use, a plurality of indicating units formed linearly and indicating the number of usable amounts of money.
There forms a scale provided at equal intervals on substantially the entire area of one surface of the prepaid card, from said maximum amount side on the scale
A prepaid card characterized in that an index indicating the frequency of a spent amount is formed by being continuously and sequentially printed on an instruction section .