JP3214134B2 - Vending machine compatible with ID card - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ID card-compatible vending machine which sells an inserted ID card and adjusts the settlement date based on the ID information of the ID card on the settlement date.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine that allows purchase and settlement with an ID card does not require management of running out of change, and eliminates expensive and trouble-prone money mechanisms. It is expected to become more and more popular in the future, as it can provide highly-reliable sales, and in some cases will be compliant with the age of cashlessness.

[0003]

In this type of vending machine, a dedicated ID card or an ID card that can be shared with other systems is used for each use mode of the installation location. In order to cope with the problem, it is necessary to develop a dedicated control program for each vending machine, which causes a problem that the number of development steps increases. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. An ID card compatible with an ID card that enables use of an optional ID card by registering a read format of data stored in the ID card to be used. The purpose is to provide a vending machine.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided an ID card compatible vending machine which sells and pays for goods based on ID card data read by an ID card reader, and intends to use the vending machine with the vending machine. ID card (A)
A dedicated setting card storing the position and the number of digits of the ID code and the fixed value recorded in the
By reading the setting dedicated card by the ID card reader, the reading format for the ID card (A) is registered in the vending machine, and the ID card (A) is read.
The feature of the present invention is that the use of

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows a data map of a magnetic stripe on the back of this type of ID card. According to the JIS II type magnetic card standard, as shown in the figure, there are six characters between the first character in which STX indicating the head of data is written and the 71st character in which ETX indicating the end of data is written.
In the area of 9 characters, the fixed value 1 is the 10th to 15th characters, the ID number is the 34th to 41st characters, and the fixed value 2 is 6th.
It is recorded in the 0th to 64th characters, respectively. The ID number is a number unique to the card (that is, the owner), and the fixed value 1 and the fixed value 2 are values fixedly determined for each usage mode of each vending machine. The data map shown here is an example, and the writing position of the fixed value and the ID number and the number of digits are different for each card.

Conventionally, in order to read data from various ID cards as described above, a reading format for recognizing that a fixed value of 1 is stored in a length of six characters from the tenth character is conventionally used. (Therefore, a unique control program was required for each type of ID card). In the present invention,
If the vending machine wants to pass an ID card of a format as shown in FIG. 1, by allowing the reading format to be registered from the outside, the ID card having a different data map configuration can be used as a passing card.
Thus, the control programs are shared without individually developing the control programs.

According to the present invention, another card dedicated to setting is prepared, the information of the above-described read format is recorded in the magnetic stripe portion, and the card dedicated to setting is read by an ID card reader. This is for registering the format.

[0008]

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing one embodiment of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that controls the vending machine as a whole, and includes an ID card reading format storage unit 1A therein. An ID card reader 2 for reading data such as an ID code stored in the inserted ID card with magnetic information;
Reference numeral 3 denotes a keyboard having a read format registration key 3A. The read data of the ID card reader 2 and the input data of the keyboard 3 are taken into the CPU 1 via the interface 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a ROM that stores a control program of the CPU 1, and reference numeral 6 denotes a RAM that stores a purchase amount for each ID code indicating a customer who has used the vending machine. Reference numeral 7 denotes an output unit of the CPU 1. The output unit 7 includes a display 8, a printer 9
And a sales control mechanism 10 for selling products.

If the structure of the magnetic information of the ID card used in the vending machine is the same as that of FIG.
FIG. 3 shows the contents of the read format recorded on the setting-only card 11 used in the present invention. In FIG. 3, 10
In the area from the 15th character to the 15th character, "ABCDEF"
Is recorded, seven "!" S are recorded in the area of the 7th character from the 34th character to the 41st character, and "#% 123" is recorded in the area of the 60th to the 64th character. ing.

The control operation of the vending machine will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the reading format registration key 3A is pressed, the mode is changed to the registration mode, and the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2. After that, when the setting dedicated card 11 is inserted into the ID card reader 2, the data of the reading format recorded on Is read.

In step S3, the read format is recognized from the read data as follows. That is, since the recording position of “A” is the tenth character, the digit length is 6 digits based on the number of characters from “A”, and the first symbol is “A”, the ID used by the vending machine is
It is recognized that the unique value 1 is recorded in the area of the tenth to fifteenth characters of the magnetic stripe S of the card (of FIG. 1), and the recording position of "!"
From the number of “!”, The digit length is 7 digits, and from the sign of “!”,
It is recognized that the ID number is recorded in the area of the 34th to 41st characters, the recording position of “#” is the 60th character, the digit length is 5 digits from the series of symbols, and From the 60th character to the 64th since the symbol of "#" is "#"
It is recognized that the fixed value 2 is recorded in the area of the character.

The data thus recognized is stored in the ID card read format storage section 1A in step S4, and thereafter returns to step S1 to cancel the read format registration mode. Proceeding to step S5, the flow waits for the insertion of an ID card (shown in FIG. 1) Q that is accepted by the vending machine.

If the card Q is inserted, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S6, and the magnetic information of the ID card Q is read by the ID card reader 2. In this case, if the ID card used here is the one shown in FIG. 1, the 10th to 15th characters, the 34th to 41st characters, □□□□□□ □□ △△△△△ is read from the 60th character to the 64th character. In the next step S7, by referring to the read format data stored in the ID card read format storage section 1A, the symbol {
◯◯◯◯◯ is recognized as fixed value 1, symbol □□□□□□□□ is ID number, and symbol △△△△△ is recognized as fixed value 1. When the information of the ID card Q is read out in this manner, the process proceeds to step S8 where the ROM 5
A well-known selling operation is performed by the common control program stored in the.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the format for reading out data stored in the ID card to be used is registered by a dedicated card so that an optional ID card can be used. Each time the format changes, the development of a control program that was required conventionally becomes unnecessary, and a common control program can be used, thereby simplifying the development process.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a data map diagram of a magnetic stripe of an ID card.

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

FIG. 3 is a data map diagram of a magnetic stripe of a setting-only card used in the apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation in the apparatus of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 1A ID card reading format storage part 2 ID card reader 3 Keyboard 3A Reading format registration key 4 Interface 5 ROM 6 RAM 7 Output part 8 Display 9 Printer 10 Sales control mechanism 11 Setting exclusive card Q ID card

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ID card-compatible vending machine for selling and adjusting goods based on ID card data read by an ID card reader, which is recorded on an ID card (A) to be used by the vending machine. A dedicated setting card storing the position and the number of digits of each of the ID code and the fixed value, and reading the dedicated setting card by the ID card reader, thereby providing the ID card.
An ID card compatible vending machine characterized in that a reading format for (A) is registered in the vending machine and the ID card (A) can be used.