JP3523681B2 - Data storage chip and data processing system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data storage chip including an IC chip including a memory for storing data, and a data processing system including the data storage chip and a data processing device, and more particularly to a pachinko prize. A data storage chip and data processing system that may be used as an alternative.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko parlors provide customers with desired prizes according to the number of pachinko balls acquired by the customer. On the other hand, many customers desire to redeem the prizes. In this case, the free gifts provided to customers by the pachinko parlors are purchased at a prize exchange office that is a separate organization from the pachinko parlors, and the free gift exchange office sells the prizes to a prize wholesaler of a different organization. The so-called three-point method of wholesale is permitted, and it is forbidden for the prize exchange to sell the prizes directly to the pachinko parlors.

Conventionally, a series of processes in such a gift-cashing system have been manually performed. in this case,
It is inconvenient to handle gifts that have various shapes and sizes such as confectionery and magazines and have different prices, so in the case of cash exchange, the gifts should be lighter stones, pencils, etc. A method of simplifying and circulating is adopted. However, even in this case, the work of manually exchanging money in the prize exchange place is not only complicated and requires a lot of labor and time, but also a calculation error is likely to occur. In addition, fraud may sometimes occur.

Therefore, a method of sticking a bar code on a prize used for cashing and reading the barcode, a method of determining the prize by reading the shape of the prize with a CCD camera, a method of determining the prize by measuring the weight, and the like are conceivable. However, even in the method in which the cashing process is partially automated in this way, the work is slightly simplified, and it is not an essential solution. In other words, since you can freely buy and sell prizes,
It is not very effective in preventing fraud, and it is difficult to deal with imitations of prizes. In addition, the problem that the prize flows to another prize exchange place and management becomes difficult, and it takes time to settle each prize, is still unsolved.

By the way, in the case of exchanging a prize, it is conceivable to use an IC card which has been popular in recent years instead of the prize. That is, since the IC card has a built-in memory, by writing data corresponding to the price of the prize in this memory, it can be used as a prize for cash exchange. However, since the directionality of the IC card is determined, when it is mounted on a card processing device such as a card reader or a card writer, it can be inserted into the card insertion slot only in a predetermined position state (direction, front and back). Therefore, it is not suitable for the purpose of efficiently processing a card brought in by a large number of customers such as a gift cashing system.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional prize cashing system in which the cash cashing process is manually performed, there are problems that the labor and time required for the cash cashing process are large, and that calculation errors and fraud are likely to occur. On the other hand, even in a system for automatically recognizing a prize and performing a cash process, there is a problem that it is not an essential solution, although the labor and time problems are alleviated. Further, since the IC card can be inserted into the card insertion slot only in a predetermined specific position, there is a problem that it is not suitable for the purpose of efficiently processing a card brought in by a large number of customers like a prize cashing system. there were.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and a data storage chip effective for improving processing efficiency and reliability and preventing fraud in a system for cashing a prize for a pachinko machine, and It is intended to provide a data processing system.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, a data storage chip according to the present invention includes a rectangular case, an IC chip provided in the case and including a memory for storing data, and the power receiving coil provided in a central portion on both opposite sides of the case, respectively, from both sides a and said power receiving coil of the power receiving coil on the opposite sides of the case to the same distance The chip-side data transmission element provided is provided.

Further, a data processing system according to the present invention comprises a data storage chip and a data processing device having the above-mentioned configuration, and the data processing device is configured so that the data storage chip can be mounted, and a chip mounting part. Power supply coil provided so as to face the power receiving coil when the data storage chip is mounted on the chip mounting part, and chip side data when the data storage chip is mounted on the chip mounting part and a provided a device side data transmission device so as to face the transmission element, configured to process data transmitted between the data storage chip through these device side data transmission device To be done.

[0010]

As described above, in the data storage chip according to the present invention, the power receiving coil is provided in each of the central portions on the opposite side surfaces of the case in which the IC chip including the memory for storing the data is installed, and the case of the case is further provided. Data transmission coils are provided on both sides of the power receiving coil on both sides and at positions equidistant from the power receiving coil . As a result, even if the data storage chip is attached to the data processing device with the front and back reversed, or with the front and back reversed, the data processing device supplies power to the data storage chip and the data between the data storage chip and the data processing device. Transmission becomes possible.

Therefore, as compared with an IC card whose directionality is determined, the operation of mounting the data storage chip in the data processing device becomes simpler, and it becomes possible to efficiently perform the cashing process of the prize for the pachinko machine. .

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko cash exchange system will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are an exploded perspective view and a sectional view showing the structure of a data storage chip 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data storage chip 10 is used as an alternative to a pachinko cash prize.

In FIG. 1, a case 11 comprises a lower case 12 made of an opaque material with an open top and an upper plate 13 made of a transparent material. A substrate 14 is provided in the case 11 and is placed on the substrate 14. IC chip including memory
5 has been implemented. A transparent photograph sheet 16 is provided between the lower case 12 and the upper plate 13, and a noble metal plate 17 having a smaller shape is sandwiched between the photograph sheet 16 and the upper plate 13. . The noble metal plate 17 is, for example, a plate of noble metal such as gold, silver, platinum, or a base material such as aluminum or copper plated with noble metal, and has a value and a high-class feeling equivalent to a prize. It is provided in. On the surface of the upper plate 13, there are a display 18 of the store name of the handling pachinko parlor and a display 19 of the weight of the precious metal plate 17. It should be noted that it is effective to cover the entire data storage chip 10 with a protective sheet made of a transparent resin for easy handling and prevention of contamination.

Further, in order to efficiently perform the cash conversion with a small number of chips, in this embodiment, as the data storage chip 10, different sizes are prepared as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). The chips of FIGS. 2A and 2B have the same thickness and the same dimension in the x direction, but differ only in the y direction. These are hereinafter referred to as A chip and B chip. In this case, A chip has higher monetary value than B chip,
For example, the value of the A chip is set to 1000 yen, and the value of the B chip is set to 100 yen. In addition, the weight of the noble metal plate 17 is, for example, 1 for the A chip.
g, that of the B chip is 0.3 g, which differs depending on the monetary value of the chip. Further, regarding the material of the noble metal plate 17, for example, that of the A chip is gold, B
The tip may be different, such as silver.

Side plates 20a and 20b are provided on the two opposite sides of the substrate 14 (two sides in the x direction in FIG. 2), and the side plates 20a and 20b are electrically connected to the central portions thereof. > Force receiving coils 21a and 21b are provided on both sides of the power receiving coils 21a and 21b, and the coils 21a and 21b.
Data input coils 22a and 22b and data output coils 23a and 23b as chip-side data transmission elements are provided at positions equidistant from. These power receiving coils 21a and 21b, data input coils 22a and 22b, and data output coil 23
Reference characters a and 23b are electromagnetically coupled (transformer coupled) with a power supply coil and a data input / output coil provided in a data processing device described later.

That is, the power receiving coils 21a, 21
b is electromagnetically coupled to the power supply coil of the data processing device to receive power supply from the data processing device side. Then, as will be described later, this power is converted into a direct current by a power supply circuit and supplied to each part in the IC chip 15 as a power supply.
The data input coils 22a and 22b are electromagnetically coupled to the data input / output coils of the data processing device to receive data from the data processing device, and the data output coils 23a and 23b are input to the data processing device. Data is output to the data processing device by electromagnetically coupling with the output coil.

FIG. 3 shows predetermined data processing by performing data transmission with the above-mentioned data storage chip 10, specifically, reading of data stored in the memory, writing of data to the memory, and further mounting data. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a data processing device 30 that performs processing such as settlement of an amount of money equivalent to the storage chip 10 and erasing of memory contents after settlement. The data processing device 30 has a V-groove-shaped chip mounting portion 31 on which a plurality of the data storage chips 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can be stacked and mounted on an inclined panel surface. In this case, the data processing device 30 processes the data by transmitting the data to and from the data storage chip 10a at the predetermined position of the chip mounting portion 31, that is, the lowermost position of the V-shaped groove.

Further, on the panel surface of the data processing device 30, a numeric keypad 32, an LED display 33 for displaying the number of mounted data storage chips 10 for each type, that is, A chips and B chips, and a total amount are displayed. LED display 34, the number of A chips, B chips, total amount, L for displaying daily reports, monthly reports
A CD (liquid crystal display) 35, a start button 36 for activating the data processing device 30, a settlement button 37, and a receipt issuing button 38 are provided. The data processing device 30 is also provided with a printer 39 for printing out the number of A chips and B chips, the total amount of money, a daily report, and a monthly report.

Next, the circuit configuration of the data storage chip 10 and the circuit configuration of the data processing device 30 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal circuit configuration of the data storage chip 10. Power receiving coil 21
a, 21b, data input coils 22a, 22b, and data output coils 23a, 23b are arranged as shown in FIG. A power supply circuit 41 and a clock extraction circuit 42 are connected to the power receiving coils 21a and 21b. The power supply circuit 41 rectifies and smoothes the high frequency power received by the power receiving coil 21a or 21b to convert it into a DC voltage, and supplies this DC voltage to each unit of FIG. 4 as a power supply voltage. The clock extraction circuit 42 extracts a clock signal from the high frequency power received by the power receiving coil 21a or 21b and supplies it to the control circuit 43. The control circuit 43 is a CPU, and has a memory 44 and a receiving circuit 45.
And controlling the transmission circuit 46.

The data input coils 22a and 22b include
The receiving circuit 45 is connected. This receiving circuit 45 is
The signal transmitted from the data processing device 30 and received by the data input coil 22a or 22b is amplified and then demodulated to reproduce the original data. The reproduction data is input to the control circuit 43. The control circuit 43 writes the identification information in the memory 44 or reads the identification information stored in the memory 44 based on the reproduction data. Here, as the memory 44, an electrically rewritable nonvolatile semiconductor memory, that is, an EEPROM is suitable. In addition,
The EEPROM may be used in combination with a normal ROM.

The data output coils 23a and 23b include
The transmission circuit 46 is connected. This transmission circuit 46 is
After the data (identification information) read from the memory 44 is modulated by the control circuit 43, the data is amplified and supplied to the data output coils 23 a and 23 b and transmitted to the data processing device 30.

Here, the memory 4 of the data storage chip 10
In the case of the present embodiment, the identification information written in 4 is, for example, information on the prefecture name of the area in which the data storage chip 10 is used,
Information on the district name and information on the name of the gift wholesaler who issued the data storage chip 10, availability information indicating whether or not it has been used (whether or not it can be used), information on the date of manufacture of the data storage chip 10, and data storage It is information such as the type of the chip 10 (type of A chip or B chip).

The power supply circuit 41, the clock extraction circuit 42, the control circuit 43, the memory 44, and the reception circuit 45 shown in FIG.
The transmission circuit 46 and the transmission circuit 46 may all be included in the IC chip 15 shown in FIG.
It goes without saying that it may be realized by a chip or a combination of an IC chip and an individual element.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal circuit configuration of the data processing device 30. Power supply coil 51
Is electromagnetically coupled to the power receiving coil 21a or 21b provided on the data storage chip 10a at the lowermost position of the V-shaped groove of the chip mounting portion 31 in FIG. Data input / output coil 52a as a device-side data transmission element
Is a data input coil 22a of the data storage chip 10.
22b, or the data output coil 23a or 23b. The data input / output coil 52b as another device-side data transmission element is also the data input coil 22a or 22 of the data storage chip 10.
b, or electromagnetically coupled to the data output coil 23a or 23b.

The power supply coil 51, the data input / output coils 52a and 52b, and the data storage chip 1
0a power receiving coils 21a and 21b, data input coils 22a and 22b, and data output coil 23
The combination of a and 23b to be electromagnetically coupled is determined by the data storage chip 10a for the chip mounting portion 31.
It depends on the wearing state (posture).

That is, for example, when the data storage chip 10a is mounted so that the power supply coil 51 is electromagnetically coupled to the power reception coil 21a, the data input / output coil 52a is connected to the data input coil 22a and the data output. The data input coil 22a is electromagnetically coupled to one of the data coils 23a, and the data input / output coil 52b is electromagnetically coupled to the other of the data input coil 22a and the data output coil 23a. further,
When the data storage chip 10a is mounted so that the power supply coil 51 is electromagnetically coupled to the power reception coil 21b, the data input / output coil 52a is connected to one of the data input coil 22b and the data output coil 23b. The data input / output coil 52b is electromagnetically coupled to the other of the data input coil 22b and the data output coil 23b.

The power supply coil 51 includes an RF oscillator 5
4 is connected. The RF oscillator 54 oscillates by being supplied with the clock signal generated from the clock generation circuit 53, and supplies high frequency power to the power supply coil 51.

Input / output switching circuits 55a and 55b are connected to the data input / output coils 52a and 52a, respectively. The input / output switching circuit 55a switches and connects the data input / output coil 52a to the transmitting circuit 56 or the receiving circuit 57, and the input / output switching circuit 55b switches and connects the data input / output coil 52b to the transmitting circuit 56 or the receiving circuit 57. These input / output switching circuits 55a,
55b is complemented by the control circuit 58 based on the receiving state of the receiving circuit 57, that is, when one is connecting the data input / output coil to the transmitting circuit 56, the other receives the data input / output coil. It is controlled to connect to the circuit 57.

That is, for example, the data storage chip 10a
When a signal is received by the receiving circuit 57 with the chip mounted on the chip mounting portion 31, the data input / output coil 52b.
The data output coil 23a or 23b of the data storage chip 10 is electromagnetically coupled to the data storage chip 10, and the signal (modulation signal of the identification information) transmitted from the transmission circuit 46 of FIG. 4 via the data output coil 23a or 23b is correct. Since it has been received, the input / output switching circuits 55a and 55b maintain the same state. At this time, the data input / output coil 52a causes the input / output switching circuit 55a to cause the transmitting circuit 56
And transmits the signal output from the transmission circuit 56. The transmission circuit 56 is controlled by the control circuit 58 and modulates, amplifies and outputs a write signal (identification information) or a read command signal or an erase signal for the memory 44 of FIG.

On the other hand, if no signal is received by the receiving circuit 57 even though the data storage chip 10a is mounted in the chip mounting portion 31, the data input coil 22a of the data storage chip 10 is connected to the data input / output coil 52b. Or 22b is electromagnetically coupled, the receiving circuit 57 is connected to the data input / output coil 52b by the input / output switching circuit 55b, and the transmitting circuit 56 is connected to the data input / output coil 52a by the input / output switching circuit 55a. Therefore, the input / output switching circuits 55a and 55b are switched.

As a result, this time, in the receiving circuit 57, the data output coil 23a or 23b is transmitted from the transmitting circuit 46 of FIG.
The signal (modulation signal of the identification information) transmitted via the data input / output coil 52a is received, and at the same time, the signal output from the transmission circuit 56 outputs the data via the data input / output coil 52b. It is transmitted to the storage chip 10.

The receiving circuit 57 demodulates the original data from the received signal and sends it to the data processing section 58 via the control circuit 58. The data processing unit 58 performs predetermined data processing based on the input data, for example, counting the number of each type of the data storage chip 10, calculating the total amount of money, daily / monthly calculation, and settlement.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, data transmission between the data storage chip 10 and the data processing device 30 is performed regardless of the mounting state (direction, front / back) of the data storage chip 10 with respect to the chip mounting portion 31. It can be performed.

Next, as a specific mode, the procedure of the cash processing when the data storage chip 10 is a prize for a pachinko machine and is brought to a prize exchange place by a customer will be briefly described. When the data storage chip 10 is mounted on the chip mounting portion 31 of the data processing device 30, the chip mounting portion 3
The data storage chip 10a at the lowest position of 1 is in a state of transmitting data with the data processing device 30.

When the start button 36 is pressed in this state,
In the data processing device 30, a read command signal is output from the control circuit 58, and this is transmitted from the transmission circuit 56 to the input / output switching circuits 55a and 55b or the data input / output coil 52.
It is transmitted to the data storage chip 10a via a or 52b.

In the data storage chip 10a, the read signal transmitted from the data processing device 30 is received by the receiving circuit 45 via the data input coil 22a, and written in the memory 44 in the data storage chip 10a by the control circuit 43. The identification information that has been read is read, and the transmission circuit 46
Is transmitted to the data processing device 30 via the data output coil 23a. In the data processing device 30, the receiving circuit 47 receives the identification information via the data input / output coil 52a or 52b, and the control circuit 58 outputs the identification information to the LED display 3 based on the identification information.
Necessary information is displayed on 3, 34 and LCD 35.

In the data processing device 30, the control circuit 5
Under the control of 8, the erase signal is transmitted from the transmission circuit 56 to the data storage chip 10a via the input / output switching circuits 55a and 55b or the data input / output coils 52a or 52b. In the data storage chip 10a, the erasing signal transmitted from the data processing device 30 is received by the receiving circuit 45 via the data input coil 22a, and based on the erasing signal, the control circuit 43 controls the memory 44 in the data storage chip 10a. Only the usable information of the identification information written in is erased, and the state becomes unusable.

Here, when the settlement button 37 is pressed in the data processing device 30, the settlement amount is calculated and cash is paid to the customer by a settlement machine (not shown). Further, by pressing the receipt issue button 36, the printer 39 issues a receipt in which the settlement amount (exchange amount) is printed out.

Next, in the case where new identification information is written in the memory 44 after the stored contents are erased as described above after the above-mentioned adjustment, the identification information is replaced by the data processing device 30 in place of the erase signal. Should be transmitted as a write signal.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified in various ways. For example, in the embodiment, the electromagnetic coupling by the coil is used for the data transmission between the data storage chip 10 and the data processing device 30, but the optical coupling may be used. In that case, a light emitting element and a light receiving element are used as the data transmission element .

In the embodiment, the data storage chip 10 has data input elements (data input coils 22a, 22).
b) and data output element (data output coil 23)
a, 23b) and the data processing device 30 is provided with data input / output elements (data input / output coils 52a, 52b) so that the data input / output elements can be switched between input and output. but use by switching the data input-output device to the output and input provided data input-output device to the data storage chip 10 in the reverse, the data processor 30
May be provided with a data input element and a data output element .

[0044]

As described above, in the data storage chip according to the present invention, the power receiving coils are provided at the central portions on the opposite side surfaces of the case in which the IC chip including the memory for storing the data is installed. , by providing the data transmission device respectively from both sides a and power receiving coil of the power receiving coil on both sides of the case equidistant, data storage chip before and after the reverse, or the back to front Even when the data processing device is mounted on the data processing device, power can be supplied from the data processing device side to the data storage chip and data can be transmitted between the data storage chip and the data processing device.

Therefore, unlike an IC card in which the directionality at the time of mounting is determined, the operation of mounting the data storage chip in the data processing device becomes simple, and it is possible to efficiently perform the cashing process for the pachinko prize. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a data storage chip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view and a sectional view of two types of data storage chips.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the data processing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a data storage chip.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a data processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Data storage chip 11 ... Case 12 ... Lower case 13 ... Upper plate 14 ... Substrate 15 ... IC chip 16 ... Photograph sheet 17 ... Precious metal plate 18 ... Store name display 19 ... Weight display 20a, b ... Side plate 21a, b ... Power receiving coil 22a, b ... Data input coil 23a, b ... Data output coil 30 ... Data processing device 31 ... Chip mounting part 32 ... Numeric keypad 33 ... LED display 34 ... LED display 35 ... LCD 36 ... Start button 37 ... Settlement button 38 ... Receipt issue button 39 ... Printer 41 ... Power supply circuit 42 ... Clock extraction circuit 43 ... Control circuit 44 ... Memory 45 ... Reception circuit 46 ... Transmission circuit 51 ... Power supply coil 52a, b ... Data input / output coil 53 ... Clock generation circuit 54 ... RF oscillators 55a, b ... Input / output switching circuit 56 ... Transmission circuit 57 ... Reception circuit 58 ... Control circuit 59 ... Data processing circuit

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-63-18489 (JP, A) JP-A-62-13397 (JP, A) Actual development: Sho-63-25573 (JP, U) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06K 17/00-19/07 B42D 15/10

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rectangular case, an IC chip which is provided in the case and includes a memory for storing data, and a power receiving coil which is provided in each of central portions on opposite side surfaces of the case. comprises the both sides a and each provided with data transmission device <br/> the position of the power or the receiver coil <br/> et equidistant of the power receiving coil on both sides of the case A data storage chip characterized in that 2. A rectangular case, an IC chip which is provided in the case and includes a memory for storing data, and a power receiving coil which is provided in each of central portions on opposite side surfaces of the case. , consisting of the both side surfaces on the power on both sides a and each provided with a chip-side data transmission device to the position of the power or the receiver coil <br/> et equidistant of the receiving coil of the case data storage chip If, the data storage chip and wearable-configured chip mounting part, the power reception carp of the data storage chip when said data storage chip is mounted on the chip mounting portion
Le and the power supply coil which is provided so as to face the tip mounting portion in the data storage chips the chip-side data transmission device facing the manner provided apparatus side data transmission device when mounted And a data processing device that processes data transmitted to and from the data storage chip via these device-side data transmission elements . 3. The chip mounting portion is configured to be mountable in a state in which a plurality of the data storage chips are stacked, and data is transmitted to and from a data storage chip at a predetermined position among the data storage chips. The data processing system according to claim 2, which processes data. 4. The data processing system according to claim 2, wherein the data processing device transmits, as the data, predetermined identification information necessary for cashing the data storage chip.