JP2866766B2 - Prepaid card vending machine signal transmission unit for telephone - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a public telephone which is adjacent to a telephone prepaid card vending machine when a failure or theft occurs in the telephone prepaid card vending machine installed at an appropriate place. The present invention relates to a telephone prepaid card vending machine signal transmission unit capable of notifying a failure information receiving device located at a remote place using a public telephone line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional public telephone detects only an abnormality of the public telephone itself from a public telephone failure information transfer unit 51 installed in the public telephone 50 to a public telephone line 52, an exchange 53, and a telephone. A signal has been transmitted to a failure information receiving device 55 installed in a remote place, which is a maintenance department, via a line 54.

[0003] Further, in a conventional vending machine for telephone prepaid cards , when an abnormality occurs, a vending lamp is turned off or a stolen buzzer sounds. In addition, phone pre-
In order for the pay card vending machine to recover normally, a visual inspection or report of a complaint had to be made by patrol, and there was a time lag between the occurrence of abnormalities and the recognition of abnormalities.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional
In order for the telephone prepaid card vending machine to be restored to normal, it was necessary to visually inspect the vehicle or wait for a report of a complaint, and there was a long time difference between the occurrence of the abnormality and the recognition of the abnormality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and shortens the time difference between the occurrence of an abnormality and the recognition of an abnormality in a prepaid card vending machine for a telephone. Early recovery from breakdown or theft;
Prepaid phone calls that eliminate unnecessary labor required for patrols
It is an object of the present invention to provide a card vending machine signal transmission unit.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a telephone for a prepaid card vending machine for a telephone.
Receiving a signal of the prepaid card sales out information or failure information use the phone for the prepaid to output the abnormality information generated
Card out-of-sale lamp and prepaid card for telephone
A theft signal output circuit for outputting a receive signal theft information from an impact sensor for detecting vibration shock <br/> hammer due to theft or mischief in over de vending machines, information output from the theft signal output circuit A stolen buzzer circuit for receiving a call and sounding a buzzer, and a telephone
Check the status of the paid card vending machine,
Talking prepaid card during sale Abnormal information from the lamp burnout circuit or theft information from the theft signal output circuit is input, and the output that determines the type of the abnormal information or theft information is output to the public telephone when the public telephone is not in the off-hook period. A public telephone failure transfer unit for transferring to a failure information receiving device using a line.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention pre telephone so constituted as above
When a paid card vending machine sells out or breaks out of a prepaid card for telephone use , or when a sensor detects a theft or mischief, it automatically sends a signal to an abnormal information or theft information to a public telephone failure transfer unit and reports it to a remote location. Therefore, the maintenance person of the telephone prepaid card vending machine does not need to go round and can respond to appropriate information in a standby state.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram thereof. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a lamp-off circuit for sale, a photocoupler 101 which is an on / off switch, a first timer 102 which adjusts to prevent malfunction since the lamp is turned off momentarily during sale, and a power supply 103. , 5 to 20 mA rectifier 104, which is online with the normal-use telephone failure transfer unit 8 and which is under sale, for example, instantaneously turning off the lamp, is monitored by the photocoupler 101 and the first timer 102, and erroneous information is output. Is controlled not to send. Reference numeral 2 denotes a theft signal output circuit, a vibration detection circuit 201 for detecting and amplifying a vibration frequency of a drill or the like, an FV conversion circuit 202 for converting the vibration frequency to a voltage, a shock detection circuit 203 for detecting a shock wave, a reference setting. A voltage comparison circuit 204 for comparing with a voltage, and second timers 205 and 5-2 for monitoring the generation time of the voltage obtained by the voltage comparison circuit 204
As shown in FIG. 7, by detecting a voltage output from the shock sensor 10 at a constant level and for a fixed time, information necessary for the theft buzzer circuit 3 and the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 is provided. Detect. Reference numeral 3 denotes a theft buzzer circuit, which controls a buzzer sounding time, a third timer 301, a volume control circuit 302, and an amplifier 30.
3 and has an amplification function for the buzzer sound,
The buzzer sounds as long as the output from the theft signal output circuit 2 continues. Reference numeral 4 denotes a power supply unit, which is constituted by a constant voltage circuit 401, and is a constant voltage device for maintaining a constant voltage of 24V DC supplied by the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a backup power supply unit, which is composed of a voltage comparison circuit 501 and constantly compares the voltage from the power supply unit 4 and the voltage of the dry battery to supply the higher power supply. 6 is a failure information transfer code. Reference numeral 7 denotes a detachable connector for connecting the lamp-off circuit 1 and the theft signal output circuit 2 for sale to the failure information transfer code 6, and reference numeral 8 denotes a public telephone failure transfer unit, which is a photocoupler 801, 802, which is an on / off switch. Failure measuring device (CPU control) 8
03, a ROM 804, a network control unit (NCU) 805, and a modem 806 for transmitting data. Reference numeral 9 denotes a lamp out sensor which is on sale, and the lamp is turned on in a normal state, and monitors whether or not the lamp is turned on. Reference numeral 10 denotes an impact sensor, which converts the vibration applied to the sensor into a voltage and outputs the voltage. 11 is a buzzer, 12 is a telephone
A paid card vending machine, 13 is a public telephone, 14 is an exchange, and 15 is a failure information receiving device.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. That is,
Prepaid phone is the phone for the prepaid card vending machine 12
If the id card is operating normally without being sold out, and if the shock sensor 10 does not detect a shock that seems to be stolen or mischief, the lamp-shut-off circuit 1 or the stolen signal output circuit 2 for sale outputs corresponding information. This device does not operate because it does not receive it.

Next, when the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12 runs out of stock of the telephone prepaid card or causes any trouble, abnormal information is input to the lamp-under-sale circuit 1.

Further, the lamp-under-sale circuit 1 for sale outputs the inputted abnormal information to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8. Further, when the impact sensor 10 detects an impact considered to be theft or mischief, theft information is input to the theft signal output circuit 2.

Further, the theft signal output circuit 2 outputs the inputted theft information to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 and outputs the buzzer sounding information to the theft buzzer circuit 3.
The buzzer 11 sounds.

Then, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 automatically starts operating, and the remote failure information receiving device 15
Is automatically transmitted as a DTMF signal, and when the device 15 receives a call response, a DTMF signal corresponding to the abnormal information or theft information is transmitted.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining a lamp-under-sale function according to the present invention. That is, for normal use
The prepaid card vending machine 12 is connected online with the public telephone failure transfer unit 8, and a current of 5 to 20 mA flows and the level is high (LEVEL: HIGH).
It has become. On the other hand, prepaid car for the phone at the time of abnormality
The vending machine 12 is off-line with the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 and the level is low (LEVEL: L
OW). In this abnormal state, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 5, the operation status of the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 becomes off-hook (OFF HOOK) when the caller removes the handset from the public telephone 13 for talking. Public telephone 13 and telephone
The state of the prepaid card vending machine 12 is checked, and if no abnormality is found in the prepaid card vending machine 12 for the telephone, the caller again uses the public telephone 1 for talking.
3 off-hook (OFF HOO)
K) During the period, the public telephone 13 and the telephone prepaid card
To check the status of the over-de-vending machine 12. Phone pre
If an abnormality is recognized in the pay card vending machine 12, the abnormality is recorded in the public telephone failure transfer unit 8. After that, when the caller ends the call, the handset is placed on the public telephone 13 and is turned on (ON HOOK).
become. Such an operation is performed three times, the abnormality is recorded three times in the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 and the caller is not talking, that is, off-hook (OFF HOO).
K) If not during the period, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 automatically makes a call. When there is a dial tone DT from the exchange 14 to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 dials DIAL. Exchange 14
When a ringing tone RBT is received from the public telephone failure transfer unit 8, a ringing tone IR is sent from the exchange 14 to the failure information receiving device 15, and the failure information receiving device 15 is turned off-hook (O
FF HOOK). When an off-hook (OFF HOOK) signal is sent from the failure information receiving device 15 to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 via the exchange 14, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 transmits data DA corresponding to the abnormality information.
After transmitting the TA to the failure information receiving device 15 via the exchange 14, the end signal is transmitted.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining a theft signal output function according to the present invention. That is, in this case, the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12 is off-line with the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 in a normal state, and the level is low (LEVEL: LOW). on the other hand,
In the event of an abnormality, the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12 is connected online with the public telephone failure transfer unit 8,
A current of 5 to 20 mA flows and the level is high (LEV
EL: HIGH). At the time of this abnormality,
When the caller removes the handset from the public telephone 13 for talking, the telephone goes off-hook (OFF HOOK). During this off-hook period, the public telephone 13 and the telephone prepaid
Check the status of the card vending machine 12, pre-telephone
If no abnormality is found in the pay card vending machine 12, the off-hook (OFF HOOK) period in which the caller again disconnects the handset from the public telephone 13 for a call,
The state of the public telephone 13 and the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12 is checked. If an abnormality is found in the telephone prepaid card vending machine 12, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 automatically makes a call. When there is a dial tone DT from the exchange 14 to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8,
The public telephone failure transfer unit 8 dials DIAL. When there is a ringing tone RBT from the exchange 14 to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8, the ringing tone is sent from the exchange 14 to the failure information receiving device 15, and the failure information receiving device 15 is off-hook (OFF HOOK). When an off-hook (OFF HOOK) signal is sent from the failure information receiving device 15 to the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 via the exchange 14, the public telephone failure transfer unit 8 transmits data DATA corresponding to the stolen information via the exchange 14 to the failure. After transmitting the information to the information receiving device 15, an end signal is transmitted.

[0016]

As described above, in the conventional prepaid card vending machine for telephone, when a failure or theft occurs, a maintenance person visually inspects the vehicle or dispatches a repairer by reporting a complaint. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to notify a maintenance person of a failure situation or a stolen situation, so that the inconvenience of the related art can be solved. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional public telephone failure information receiving apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a selling lamp out function according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation status of the public telephone failure transfer unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a theft signal output function according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing an example of an operation state of the theft signal output circuit according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Lamp cut-off circuit for sale, 2 ... Theft signal output circuit, 3
... Theft buzzer circuit, 4 ... Power supply unit, 5 ... Backup power supply unit, 6 ... Failure information transfer code, 7 ... Removable connector, 8 ... Public telephone failure transfer unit, 9 ...
Sold-out lamp sensor, 10: impact sensor, 11: buzzer, 12: telephone prepaid card vending machine, 13
... Public telephone, 14 ... Exchange, 15 ... Fault information receiving device.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Shigeru Kondo 1-6-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (56) References JP-A-64-78066 (JP, A) JP-A Sho 60-116270 (JP, A) JP-A-63-173447 (JP, A) JP-A-2-39664 (JP, A) JP-A-1-307894 (JP, A) JP-A-5-122389 (JP, A A) JP-A 3-119276 (JP, U) JP-B-45-33089 (JP, B1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04M 11/00-11/10 G07F 9 / 00-9/10 102

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone prepaid card vending machine for receiving a prepaid card out-of-sale information or a failure information signal of a telephone prepaid card vending machine and outputting a generated abnormality information, a lamp burn-out circuit, and a telephone prepaid card The impact sensor detects the impact or vibration caused by theft or mischief in a vending machine.
Detects shock signal or vibration frequency of drill etc. and converts to voltage
A stolen signal output circuit that outputs a signal from a conversion circuit that converts the information as stolen information ; a stolen buzzer circuit that receives information output from the stolen signal output circuit and sounds a buzzer; check the status of use prepaid card vending machine, self when the theft information from the abnormality information or the theft signal output circuit from the prepaid card sales in lamp-out circuit for the telephone are entered
A public telephone failure transfer unit that starts operation dynamically and transfers an output that has determined the type of abnormal information or stolen information to a failure information receiving device using the public telephone line when the public telephone is not in an off-hook period. A prepaid card vending machine signal transmission unit for a telephone, comprising: