JP3049634B2 - Card processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card processing method for processing unnecessary cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a card terminal device, a card (for example, an IC card or a prepaid card) in which various data is written is used by a user of the card terminal device (hereinafter simply referred to as a user). There are already known card-type vending machines that can be used to purchase goods with the card, and card-type vending machines that can purchase admission tickets and tickets.

Also, a card depositing machine capable of writing specific data such as a prepaid amount according to a user's deposit into a storage unit in a card used in these card terminal devices is included in the card terminal device. It is.

[0004] The following describes a conventional card terminal device.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 4, as the card type vending machine 1, for example, 1a for tobacco sales,
There are vending machines such as 1b for selling canned beverages, 1c for selling paper-packed beverages, and 1d for selling cup-type beverages, and these card-type vending machines 1, card-type ticket vending machines 2, card depositing machines 3 and the like. The terminal devices are connected to a customer system 6 via an interface device (I / F) 4 and a communication line 5 provided corresponding to each card terminal device.

[0005] Card type vending machine 1 and card type vending machine 2
In such a card terminal device, when a user inserts a card into a card reader / writer of the card terminal device, specific data such as a prepaid amount written in the card is read by the card reader / writer, and the specific data Accordingly, the user can purchase a product, an admission ticket, a ticket, and the like.

In a card terminal device such as the card depositing machine 3, when a user inserts a card into a card reader / writer of the card terminal device, an ID written for identification of the user in the card is used. Specific data such as codes are read by the card reader / writer, and based on this specific data, the data of the prepaid amount according to the user's deposit is written on the card together with the specific data, and this card is returned to the user as a prepaid card It is supposed to be.

Hereinafter, the operation of the card depositing machine as a conventional card terminal device will be described. Here, the user
A case where a prepaid card is created using a card issued by a system administrator who manages a customer system using a card depositing machine will be described.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional card depositing machine 3 and a connection diagram thereof. In FIG. 5, an identification code (such as an ID code) for identifying a user is recorded on the card 7 in advance by a system administrator.

[0009] When a user holding the card 7 (hereinafter referred to as a card holder) inserts his / her card 7 into the card reader / writer 8, the control unit 9 reads the card 7 from the card 7 with the card reader / writer 8. The ID code is temporarily stored in the data storage unit 10. Based on the ID code, the customer system 6 is determined to be the card 7 in its own system via the interface device 4 and the communication line 5, and the control unit The user 9 is instructed to permit payment (use permission).

When the user inserts an appropriate amount of money through the money insertion slot 11, the control section 9 counts the amount of money inserted by the user through the money processing device 12, and displays an amount display device according to the amount of money. By means of 13, for example, an amount lamp 14 for displaying the input amount in units of 1,000 yen is sequentially turned on.

When the user presses the amount selection button 15 integrated with the amount lamp 14 according to the desired amount, the control unit 9 causes the amount display device 13 to correspond to the pressed amount selection button 15. When only the amount lamp 14 is turned on and the money is processed by the money processing device 12 and there is a change, the change is returned from the change return port 16 and
The amount desired by the user is set as a prepaid amount, and data corresponding to the prepaid amount and other necessary data are written on the card 7 by the card reader / writer 8.

Subsequently, the control section 9 returns the card 7 in which all necessary data has been written to the user from the card reader / writer 8 as a prepaid card, and the printer 17 operates as described above. The usage status of the card depositing machine 3 is printed on the basis of the data generated in the above, and this is issued as a receipt 18 to the user.

The user carries the prepaid card prepared as described above, and uses the prepaid card as necessary, and sends the product from the card type vending machine 1 or the card type vending machine 2 shown in FIG. And purchase tickets and tickets.

[0014]

In using a card terminal device such as the card depositing machine 3 as described above, for example, when a card holder is transferred, the card holder is in use. It becomes unnecessary because the user's own card 7 cannot be used at the transfer destination or the like, and there is a case where the user wants to process the card 7 which is no longer needed.

As a processing method in such a case, the unnecessary card is discarded and the prepaid amount remaining on this card is discarded, or the prepaid amount remaining on this card is settled and returned. There is a method of whether or not to perform the payment process to have them do it.

However, the conventional card terminal device as described above has a problem that it is not possible to settle the prepaid amount remaining on the card. If the user pays for the prepaid amount remaining on the card that is no longer needed, the system management unit, which is both the management side of the customer system to which the user belongs and the issuing side of the card, is bothersome. To return to the system management side the card that is no longer needed, and have the customer pay for the prepaid amount remaining on the card, which requires very cumbersome work and also requires handling cash. Had problems.

In this case, the system management side checks the prepaid amount remaining on the card based on the data stored in the returned card by a dedicated device for settlement processing, and A corresponding amount must be refunded in cash to the user who returned this card, and the card and customer system must be invalidated so that this card is not reused. Similarly, there is a problem that extremely troublesome work is required and cash must be handled.

According to the present invention, when a card is no longer needed,
An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing method that can easily process both the user side and the system management side of the card terminal device, without the troublesome work and the inconvenience of handling cash when performing the settlement process. I do.

[0019]

In order to achieve the above object, the card processing method according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a card processing method which is no longer required.
No longer required for first card when processing cards
When a specific flag representing a card is written and returned, and when it is detected that a first card in which the specific flag is written and a second card in which the specific flag is not written are input, the second card Is updated to the prepaid amount obtained by adding the prepaid amount of the first card, the first card is invalidated, and the first card and the second card are returned.

[0020]

According to the method of the first aspect, when two cards are inputted, these two cards are detected, and one of them is the first card in which the specific flag is written. When it is determined that the remaining one is the second card in which the specific flag is not written, the first card is determined to be an unnecessary card.

[0021] In this case, the first card is invalidated, the prepaid amount of the first card is added to the prepaid amount of the second card, and the first card is disabled. Later, it is returned with the second card.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a card terminal device for realizing the card processing method of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 showing the conventional example will be described with the same reference numerals.

Here, as a card terminal device, a card depositing machine for a user to prepare a prepaid card will be described as an example. Also, in this case, when the user uses the card depositing machine, for example, when the user transfers, his or her own card being used and used differs from the customer system of the transfer destination. Therefore, a case will be described in which the unnecessary card is processed because it cannot be used at the transfer destination, and the unnecessary card is processed.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a card depositing machine of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a card depositing machine 20 of the present embodiment is different from the conventional card depositing machine 3 shown in FIG. 5 in that two card reader / writers 21 having the same configuration as a card reading / writing device are used. 22 and a data transfer button 23 for inputting an instruction to move the prepaid amount data of the first card to a second card different from the first card.

The card depositing machine 20 of this embodiment is
The card reader / writer 2 is temporarily connected via the card insertion slots 21a and 22a of the two card reader / writers 21 and 22.
A card can be inputted to each of the card readers 1 and 22, and a total of two cards can be inputted to the two card reader / writers 21 and 22 at a time.

In the card depositing machine 20 of the present embodiment, the description of the components having the same reference numerals as those of the conventional card depositing machine 3 shown in FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG. The description is omitted here.

In this configuration, the operation of the card depositing machine 20 of this embodiment will be described below. Here, user A
A description will be given on the assumption that transfer processing is performed to transfer the prepaid amount remaining on the first card owned by the user B to the user B owning the second card.

The user A places the unnecessary card 24 as the first card owned by himself / herself into two card reader / writers 2.
For example, an input is made to the card reader / writer 21 (actually, either one) of the data transfer buttons 1 and 22 and the data transfer button 23
When the user presses, the control unit 25 sends the unnecessary card 24 from the user A.
Is determined to have been instructed to perform the transfer process.

Based on this determination, the control unit 25 sends the unnecessary card 2 entered by the user A to the card reader / writer 21.
In order to register No. 4, the ID code of the unnecessary card 24 is written as a specific flag in the data storage unit 26, and after this writing, the unnecessary card 24 is returned to the user A.

Thereafter, the user B inputs the unnecessary card 24 of the user A to, for example, the card reader / writer 21 (actually, either one) of the two card reader / writers 21 and 22. Is input to the remaining card reader / writer 22 as the destination card 27 of the prepaid amount, the control unit 25 sends the data to the data storage unit 26 based on the ID code of the data storage unit 26.
It is determined whether or not the unnecessary card 24 registered in the card reader / writer is input to one of the two card reader / writers 21 and 22.

As a result, the two card reader / writers 2
If it is determined that the unnecessary card 24 has been input to one of the unnecessary cards 24, the control unit 25
The data of the prepaid amount remaining in the destination card 27
The prepaid amount of the unnecessary card 24 is added to the prepaid amount of the destination card 27.

Thereafter, the control unit 25 invalidates the unnecessary card 24 to make it unusable, and returns the unnecessary card 24 and the second card as the destination card 27 to the user B.

The specific operation of the control unit 25 will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
This will be described below. When the unnecessary card 24 is input to the card reader / writer 21 by the user A, for example, the control unit 25 determines that the first card has been input (step # 21). User A
Or the user A waits until the second card is input, and the user A presses the data move button 2
When it is determined that the number 3 has been pressed (step # 22), the balance of the inputted prepaid amount of the unnecessary card 24 is displayed by the amount display device 13 (step # 23). The full amount lamp is turned on (step # 24).

Subsequently, when the user A presses the full amount transfer button from among the amount selection buttons 15 to move the full amount of the prepaid amount remaining in the unnecessary card 24, the control unit 25 sets the full amount transfer. When it is detected that the button is pressed (step # 25), the unnecessary card 24 input by the user A is registered.
Is stored in the data storage unit 26 (step # 26).

The control unit 25 further includes a data storage unit 26
In step # 27, the balance of the prepaid amount in the unnecessary card 24 registered in the unnecessary card 24 is set to zero, and a receipt 18 on which the ID code of the unnecessary card 24, the transfer amount, the reception date, and the like are printed is output. Is issued to the user A (step # 28), and the unnecessary card 24 is returned to the user A (step # 29).

After a while (after operation by user A)
When the unnecessary card 24 with zero prepaid amount received by the user B from the user A is input to, for example, the card reader / writer 21 by the user B, the control unit 25 determines that the first card has been input. Judge (step # 21)
Thereafter, the process waits until the data transfer button 23 is pressed by the user A or the second card is input.

When the user B inputs the second card originally owned by the user B to the remaining card reader / writer 22 as the destination card 27 of the prepaid amount, the control unit 25 sets the second card Is determined (step # 30), and the balance of the prepaid amount of both the unnecessary card 24 and the destination card 27 is displayed.
3 (step # 31).

Further, the control unit 25 determines that one of the cards 24 and 27 input by the user B is a card registered as the unnecessary card 24 of the user A in the data storage unit 26 (step #). 32), it is determined to which card reader / writer the unnecessary card 24 and the destination card 27 are input (step # 33), and the transfer from the unnecessary card 24 stored in the data storage unit 26 is performed. The prepaid amount corresponding to the amount is added to the balance of the prepaid amount in the destination card 27 (step # 34).

Subsequently, the control unit 25 includes a data storage unit 26
Deletes all the data related to the unnecessary card 24 stored in the storage device, and cancels the registration of the unnecessary card 24 (step #).
35) The printer 17 outputs a receipt 18 on which the ID code of the unnecessary card 24, the ID code of the destination card 27, the transfer amount, and the date of receipt are printed.
8 is issued to the user B (step # 36), the unnecessary card 24 is invalidated and returned to the user B (step # 37), and the second card originally owned by the user B. The destination card 27 is returned to the user B (step # 38).

Further, the control unit 25 stores the cards 24 and 27 input by the user B in the data storage unit 2.
If it is determined that the card is not registered as an unnecessary card 24 in step 6 (NO in step # 32), all the input cards are returned to the user who has input this card as it is (step # 39).

By the above operation, when processing a card that is no longer needed, simply operate the card depositing machine.
Moving data corresponding to the prepaid amount of an unnecessary card to another card different from the unnecessary card, and adding the prepaid amount of the unnecessary card to the prepaid amount of another card Can be.

As a result, for a card that is no longer needed,
Both the user of the card terminal device such as a card depositing machine and the system management side can easily perform the processing without the troublesome work of performing the settlement processing and the trouble of handling cash.

In the above embodiment, the data move button 23
When the user A inputs an unnecessary card to any of the two card readers / writers 21 and 22 by pressing the data transfer button 23, the input card is replaced with the unnecessary card 24. Treated as
User B replaces unnecessary card 24 and destination card 27 with
Although the unnecessary card 24 and the destination card 27 can be distinguished by inputting to either of the two card readers / writers 21 and 22, as shown in FIG.
4, an unnecessary card reader / writer 28 provided with a dedicated card insertion slot 28a dedicated to the destination card, and a destination card reader / writer 29 provided with a destination card insertion port 29a dedicated to the destination card 27.
And the user A and the user B
And the destination card 27 can be input to the dedicated unnecessary card insertion slot 28a and the destination card insertion slot 29a, respectively, and the same effect can be obtained, and the data transfer button 23 is omitted. And the operation of the user can be simplified.

In each of the above embodiments, two card reader / writers having one card insertion slot are provided. However, one card reader / writer having two card insertion ports is provided.
It can also be configured with a stand. A similar effect can be obtained with this configuration.

In each of the above embodiments, when the card is no longer needed, the ID card or the like written on the card is written into the data storage unit 26, so that the unnecessary card 24 is stored in the card depositing machine 20. However, the unnecessary card 24 can be instructed to the card depositing machine 20 by writing a specific flag indicating the unnecessary card 24 in the card.

With this configuration, a similar effect can be obtained. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the card terminal device is
Although the description has been made with reference to the card depositing machine 20, a card-type vending machine 1 and a card-type vending machine 2 as shown in a conventional example can be similarly configured.

With this configuration, a similar effect can be obtained.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, when two cards are inputted, these two cards are detected, and one of the two cards has the first flag in which the specific flag is written. If the remaining card is determined to be the second card in which the specific flag is not written, the first card is determined to be the first card.
Card is determined as an unnecessary card, and in such a case, the first card is invalidated, the prepaid amount of the first card is added to the prepaid amount of the second card, and the first card is added. Can be returned with the second card after being disabled.

Therefore, for a card that is no longer needed,
Both the user of the card terminal device and the system management side can easily perform the processing without the troublesome work of performing the settlement processing and the trouble of handling cash.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a card depositing machine of an embodiment corresponding to a card processing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of a control unit according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a card depositing machine according to another embodiment corresponding to the card processing method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a connection example of a conventional card terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram and connection example of a conventional card depositing / dispensing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 Card deposit machine 24 Unnecessary card 25 Control unit 27 Destination card

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-4-238594 (JP, A) JP-A-6-176252 (JP, A) JP-A-4-77987 (JP, A) JP-A-3-220696 (JP) , A) Japanese Utility Model 62-117671 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 7/08

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. When processing a card that is no longer needed,
A specific flag indicating an unnecessary card is placed on the first card that is no longer needed.
If the first card on which the specific flag is written and the second card on which the specific flag is not detected are input, the prepaid amount of the second card is changed. A card processing method for updating the prepaid amount of the first card to the prepaid amount, invalidating the first card, and returning the first card and the second card. 2. When processing a card that is no longer needed,
Return to register to the processing unit the identification number code of the first card which has become unnecessary, and the identification number code required card
A first card which is registered with, its identification number code
When detecting that a second card that is not registered as an unnecessary card is input to the processing device, the prepaid amount of the second card is updated to a prepaid amount obtained by adding the prepaid amount of the first card, and Deactivate card 1
A card processing method for returning a first card and a second card.