JP2680621B2 - Card issuing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a card issuing machine that issues a prepaid guard in which the amount of sales made with a customer is recorded.

(B) Conventional technology As such a card issuing machine, there is a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-166490, which is an amount corresponding to the sales amount when a customer puts in a predetermined amount of money and sales is completed. It is a configuration that issues a magnetic card on which data is written.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention With the spread of cards, however, there is a demand for a card issuing machine that can purchase such a prepaid card with a credit card. In other words, from the viewpoint of the credit card system administrator, there is a problem that operation is complicated if credit processing is done for small amounts of shopping one by one, and there is an unlimited price for credit card owners. This is because there is concern that if a credit card is used for small-scale shopping and an accident should occur, it would be a problem.

However, in order to issue a prepaid card with a credit card, the customer has to input a desired amount of money, which requires an amount input device such as a ten-key pad, which causes a problem that the device becomes large. Moreover, since the credit card itself has infinite value, even if a large amount of money is erroneously input, the amount of money is directly recorded on the magnetic card and issued.

Therefore, the present invention provides a card issuing machine in which a predetermined amount of money is automatically input by scanning a credit card.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the card issuing machine according to the present invention records the amount data corresponding to the sales amount established with the customer on a magnetic card by a card writer and issues it. In a card issuing machine, a card reader for reading card information of a credit card, a discriminating device for discriminating the card information read every time the card reader reads the card information and determining the validity of the credit card, and a magnetic card Issuance switch for instructing the issuance of the credit card, and determines the amount data based on the number of times the determination device determines whether the same credit card is valid each time the issuing switch is operated, and controls the card writer to transfer the amount data to the magnetic field. And a controller for writing on the card.

(E) Action The card information of the credit card is read by the card reader, and the discrimination device judges the validity of the card based on this card information. After the valid card is discriminated, the amount data to be written on the magnetic card is determined by the number of times the same card is repeatedly read, and the issued switch is operated to write the determined amount data on the magnetic card.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a card issuing machine (10) according to the present invention, in which (11) is a card storage box in which a magnetic card (12) in which money amount data is written is stored, (1) ) Is a card writer equipped with a magnetic head (1A), and (13) is a card transport section equipped with a card collection box (14). The card transport section (13) transfers the card (12) taken out from the card storage (11) to the card writer (1) and also collects the defective card sent from the card writer (1) in the card collection storage. Accept at (14). (2) is a card reader for reading the card information of the credit card (5) inserted into the slot (2B). In this example, the card is manually moved along the slot (2B) and the magnetic head (2A) is read. ) Will be scanned. (7) is an amount display for displaying an encoded amount of money that is a sales amount established with the customer, (8) is an issue switch operated by the customer, and when this switch (8) is operated, the magnetic card The monetary value is encoded in (12) and issued as a prepaid card.

(6) is a control unit of this card issuing machine (10),
As shown in FIG. 2, it includes a control device (4), a discrimination device (15), a counter (3), and a communication control device (16). The discriminating device (15) discriminates the validity of this card based on the card information of the credit card (5) read by the card reader (2). The counter (3) is a discriminator (1
It counts the number of times the card is judged to be valid according to 5) and is cleared by a reset signal output from the control device (4) each time the card issuance is completed. Such a counter (3) counts the number of times the customer has caused the card reader (2) to scan the credit card.
The communication control device (16) controls communication with the host computer (9) and, after issuing the prepaid card, sends credit information such as a personal identification code, an issuance time, and an encoding amount to the host computer (9).

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the control unit (6), which explains the operation of the card issuing machine (10).

When the insertion of the credit card (5) into the card reader (2) is detected in step S1, the discrimination device (15) determines the credit card (5) based on the card information read by the card reader (2) in step S11. Determine the effectiveness of 5). When it is detected in step S12 that the card is a valid card, in step S13, the counter (3) adds 1 to the signal output from the discriminating device (15), and the process of step S14 is performed. In step S14,
The control unit (4) calculates the encoded amount and displays the amount on the amount display (7). The amount of encoding is determined by the number of times the credit card (5) is scanned, but a predetermined amount of money is preset for each scan, and the number of scans counted by the counter (3) and this set amount of money are set. The encoded amount is calculated by multiplying with. For example, if the set amount is 1,000 yen, the customer repeatedly inserts the credit card (5) into the card reader (2) twice, and then the issuing switch (8).
When is operated, 2,000 yen has been sold, and this amount becomes the encoded amount. If the card is an invalid card, the process of step S9 is performed, and the counter (3) is cleared by the reset signal output from the control device (4). When the customer causes the card reader (2) to scan the same credit card again, this process is repeated, the number of scans is counted by the counter (3), and the encoded amount of money corresponding to this is calculated to display the amount of money. It is displayed on the container (7).

If the credit card (5) has not been inserted into the card reader (2), the processing in step S2 is performed, and here, the control device (4) determines whether the issuing switch (8) has been operated by the customer. When the issuing switch (8) is ON, the process of step S3 is performed, and the control device (4) determines whether the content of the counter (3) is "0". When the content of the counter (3) is other than "0", that is, when the credit card (5) is scanned by the card reader (2) even once, the process of the next step S4 is performed.

In step S4, the control device (4) causes the card storage (1
The magnetic card (12) is taken out to the card carrier (13) by giving a control signal to the card reader (1), and the magnetic card is transferred to the card writer (1) by giving a control signal to the card carrier (13). In the next step S5, the control device (4) outputs the encoded amount information to the card writer (1), drives the magnetic head (1A), and writes the encoded amount of calculation on the magnetic card (12) in step S14. Put in. Next step S6
Then, the control device (4) performs a verify check to determine whether the encoded amount of money instructed to be written is accurately recorded in the magnetic card (12). This verification check is performed by reading the amount data recorded on the magnetic card (12) with the magnetic head (1A) and collating it with the amount to be encoded. If the writing is normal, the process goes to the next step S7, and the control device (4) gives a control signal to the card writer (1), whereby the sales amount of money established with the customer is encoded into a magnetic card ( 1
2) is sent out from the card issuing slot (1B). However, if the amount of money to be encoded is not correctly written, the process of step S10 is performed, and the control device (4) gives a control signal to the card writer (1) and the card transport unit (13) to treat the defective magnetic card as a card. It is introduced into the storage (14) and the process returns to step S4. Therefore, a new magnetic card (12) is taken out from the card storage (11) to the card writer (1), and the operation of writing the encoded amount is performed again.

After the card is issued in step S7, in the processing of step S8, the communication control device (16) receives the credit information such as the personal identification code, the issuance time, and the encoded amount sent from the control device (4) in the host computer ( 9). At the next step S9, the controller (4) gives a reset signal to the counter (3) when the sale of the prepaid card is completed, and clears the number of scans in preparation for the next issuing operation.

(G) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the customer can input desired amount of money data into the card issuing machine by the number of times the credit card is read by the card reader. Therefore, not only a special input device is not required, but the device is simplified, and since the operation is easy, there is an effect that an error in inputting the amount of money is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a card issuing machine, FIG. 2 is a control block diagram, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the control unit. (1) …… Card writer, (2) …… Card reader,
(3) …… Counter, (4) …… Control device, (15) ……
Discriminator.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card reader for reading card information of a credit card in a card issuing machine, which records and issues money amount data corresponding to a sales amount concluded with a customer on a magnetic card by a card writer, and the card reader. A discriminating device that discriminates the card information read every time the card information is read and determines the validity of the credit card;
An issuance switch for instructing issuance of a magnetic card, and an amount data is determined based on the number of times the same credit card is judged valid by the discriminating device each time the issuance switch is operated, and the amount data is determined by controlling the card writer. A card issuing machine comprising: a controller for writing on the magnetic card.