JP2839393B2 - Automatic payment machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates relates to an automatic fine calculation machine, particularly to those suitable for non-contact commutation ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic checkout machine inserts a boarding pass or a commuter pass into an insertion slot of the main body of the automatic checkout machine (hereinafter referred to as the main body), and inputs a shortage fee into a cash slot. Then, it is configured that a settlement ticket is issued. Therefore, the user can insert the settlement ticket into the automatic ticket gate, or give the ticket to the attendant to participate.

In recent years, automatic ticket gates have been frequently used. In this automatic ticket gate machine, a user of a commuter pass inserts a commuter pass from a commuter pass every time passing through a ticket gate. Due to the inconvenience that must be made, the commuter pass is an IC card type and is a contactless commuter pass (hereinafter referred to as a contactless card) equipped with a communication function so that the ticket can be turned on without being inserted into an automatic ticket gate. (For example, JP-A-1-246687).

[0004]

When a non-contact card is employed, it is conceivable that an overriding ride may be performed with the non-contact card. Therefore, it is desired that an automatic checkout machine can also cope with the non-contact card. It is rare.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to meet the above-mentioned demand, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic payment machine capable of performing automatic payment even with a non-contact card.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic settlement machine according to the present invention has a communication means for communicating with a non-contact card, and a recording means for recording on the non-contact card inputted through the communication means. A shortage charge calculating means for calculating a shortage charge by performing an arithmetic process based on the data being input, a display means for displaying the shortage charge calculated by the shortage charge calculation means, and a charge displayed on the display means being input. when it is, and a writing means for writing the settled-data to the non-contact card via the front Symbol communication means, attend to the non-contact card by the writing means
Settlement that indicates when the calculated data is written
And a completed display means .

[0007]

In the above arrangement, the shortage charge calculating means calculates the shortage charge by performing arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on the non-contact card inputted via the communication means, and displays the shortage charge on the display means. Then, when the displayed fee has been inserted, the settled data by writing means via the communication means to the non-contact card is written, the settled-display means
The effect is displayed. This ensures that it is possible to participate in the non-contact card.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the main body a. The customer service panel 1 has a guide display section 2 for guiding shortage fees due to crossing over, a ticket insertion slot 3 for inserting a boarding pass or a commuter pass,
A coin slot 4 for inserting a settlement coin, a bill slot 5 for inserting a bill for settlement, a prepaid card insertion slot 6 for inserting the prepaid card when the settlement is performed with a prepaid card, and a mounting table 7 for a non-contact card C. , A discharge port 8 and a main body a which also serve as a change discharge port when there is a settlement ticket and change
Is provided.

FIG. 2 shows the electrical configuration of the controller 10 and the contactless card C. The central processing unit (CPU) 11
Performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 12 and working data stored in the RAM 13. This CPU has an I / O unit 1
The settlement unit 15 and the communication control unit 16 are connected to each other via the control unit 4.

The settlement unit 15 is a unit for adjusting a normal ticket or commuter pass on which magnetic data is recorded, and has the same structure as that of a main unit a, which is incorporated in a well-known automatic settlement machine.
It is composed of a cash machine for processing money inserted into a car, a ticket issuing machine for issuing a settlement ticket, a magnetic reader / writer for processing magnetic data such as an inserted ticket, and the like.

The communication control section 16 is a characteristic component of the present invention, and includes an antenna 7 ′ built in the mounting table 7.
And has a function of transmitting a radio wave transmitted from the non-contact card C via the main body a to the card C. The data transfer method between the main body a and the non-contact card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like.

The electrical configuration of the non-contact card C includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same functions as the communication control unit 16 of the main unit a, an I / O unit 22, a CPU 2
3, a memory 24 composed of a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25.
And Note that the power supply 25 may be configured to receive a power wave supplied from the main body a and serve as a power supply without having the power supply 25 inside the card C.

The CPU 23 controls the data in the memory 24 to be transmitted to the main unit a via the communication control unit 21 and controls the adjusted data from the main unit a to be recorded in the memory 24.

Next, the operation of the automatic payment machine according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. now,
It is assumed that the user carrying the non-contact card C crosses over and performs the automatic payment in the main body a.

When the user places the non-contact card C on the mounting table 7, communication is started between the non-contact card C and the main unit a (Yes at Step 100 and Yes at Step 102;
Let S be the step. ). By the communication between the main body a and the non-contact card C, first, the contents of the memory 24 of the non-contact card C are read, and the shortage corresponding to the crossing section is calculated by the CPU 13, and the calculated shortage is displayed in the guidance display unit 2.
Is displayed (S104, S106). Therefore, the user can insert the money corresponding to the displayed shortage fee into the hardening slot 4 or the bill insertion slot 5 to make a payment,
Alternatively, when the shortage is paid by a prepaid card, the prepaid card can be inserted into the prepaid card insertion slot 6 for payment.

When the payment of the shortage fee is completed (Yes at S108), the adjusted data from the main unit a is written into the memory 24, and then a display to the effect that the adjustment has been completed is displayed on the guide display unit 2 (S108). S110, S112). This allows the user to know that the settlement process has been completed, and takes out the non- contact card C from the mounting table 7 to communicate with an automatic ticket gate (not shown) in a non-contact manner. Can participate.

FIG. 3 (b) shows a control operation when entering the vehicle through an automatic ticket gate using the contactless card C on which the adjusted data is written. That is, when the contactless card C approaches the communication area of the automatic ticket gate, communication is performed between the contactless card C and the automatic ticket gate (S200).
Affirmative, affirmative in S202). Due to this communication, the data settled in the memory 24 is read by the automatic ticket gate, an arithmetic process for the ticket gate is performed, and the automatic ticket gate is controlled so as to allow the user to pass through. The data is cleared (S204).

As described above, in the automatic teller machine according to the present embodiment, the settlement data is written in the non-contact card C, so that the user does not insert the settlement ticket into the automatic ticket checker. It is possible to participate using the non-contact card C.

[0019]

The automatic payment machine according to the present invention performs communication processing for communicating with a non-contact card, and performs an arithmetic processing based on data recorded on the non-contact card input through the communication means, thereby performing a shortage charge. Shortage calculation means for calculating the shortage charge, display means for displaying the shortage charge calculated by the shortage calculation means, and a contactless card via the communication means when the charge displayed on the display means is inserted. Writing means for writing the adjusted data to the non-contact card by the writing means.
Settlement that indicates when the calculated data is written
User is provided with the payment display means.
It is possible to know that the processing has been completed. And use
Who, without inserting a fine calculated tickets to the automatic ticket gate, it is possible to participate in the automatic ticket gates and non-contact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a main body and a contactless card.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

a body (automatic payment machine body) C contactless card (contactless commuter pass) 10 controller (communication means, shortage charge calculation means, display means, writing means)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication means for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass, and a shortage for calculating a shortage fee by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded on the non-contact type commuter pass inputted via the communication means. Charge calculation means, display means for displaying the shortage charge calculated by the shortage charge calculation means, and when the charge displayed on the display means is entered , the communication means via the communication means Writing means for writing the adjusted data to the contactless commuter pass; and writing the adjusted data to the contactless commuter pass by the writing means .
An automatic payment machine , comprising: payment display means for displaying the fact when the payment is entered .