JP3891214B1 - Vending machine control device - Google Patents

Abstract

In a vending machine capable of making payments with a non-contact terminal using a non-contact IC chip, it is possible to avoid as much as possible the end of the transaction between the non-contact terminal payment means and the non-contact terminal in a state where the payment processing has not been completed. Make sure payment processing.
Even if the product selection time elapses during the settlement process between the contactless terminal settlement means 4 and the contactless terminal 3, the transaction selection time elapses until the settlement reprocessing time elapses. Accordingly, the product can be surely carried out according to the content of the settlement in the non-contact terminal settlement means 4 without interrupting the settlement process.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine capable of making payment using a non-contact IC chip such as a non-contact IC card, and more particularly to a sales sequence thereof.

A conventional vending machine control device can communicate with a non-contact terminal having a non-contact IC chip functioning as an electronic wallet by means of wireless communication at all times. In a vending machine having a contact means and a contactless terminal settlement means for recording / reproducing data of a contactless terminal and a control device for controlling the entire vending machine, the control device selects a product in a standby state. When it is detected, the contactless payment means is notified of the amount of the corresponding product, and when a payment completion notification is received from the contactless terminal payment means, the goods are carried out. When the contactless terminal payment means receives a notification of the amount of the selected product from the control device, the contactless communication terminal makes a communication state with the contactless terminal and makes a payment for the amount with the contactless terminal that has entered the communication range. Has been disclosed for making a payment at a non-contact terminal by notifying the completion of the payment to the control device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-145471 A

  However, in the conventional configuration, the contactless terminal payment unit recognizes the contactless terminal, starts the payment process, completes the amount subtraction in the contactless terminal, and performs contactless completion notification to the contactless terminal payment unit. When the terminal cannot communicate and the payment process cannot be completed, the control device ends the transaction to the contactless terminal payment method to stop the transaction when the product selection time for enabling the product selection has passed. When the data is transmitted, the contactless terminal payment means interrupts the payment process and the amount held by the contactless terminal is subtracted, but the control device cannot receive the payment completion notification from the contactless terminal payment means, It had a problem that it could not be carried out.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is a vending machine capable of making a payment at a non-contact terminal using a non-contact IC chip. It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device for a vending machine that can avoid the end of a transaction in a closed state as much as possible and reliably perform settlement processing.

In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention includes a product selection unit for selecting a product, a carry-out unit for carrying out the selected product, and a settlement amount of the selected product. Upon receipt, contact processing that enables communication with a contactless terminal, and when the contactless terminal becomes communicable within the communication range of the contactless terminal settlement means, start a settlement process and select a product. A vending machine including a control unit that receives a settlement result until the product selection time for validating elapses, wherein the control unit receives the settlement result and carries out the product by the carry-out means, Even if the contactless terminal is removed from the contactless terminal payment means during communication, the contactless communication can be reprocessed by making the contactless terminal communicate with the contactless terminal payment means. Non-processing time Set tactile terminal payment means side, which there manages the settlement process to receive the control unit of the vending machine side, during the payment reprocessing time, product selection in the product selection time The selected state is prohibited and selection of other products is prohibited .

  As a result, even if an abnormality occurs in the payment process between the contactless terminal payment means and the contactless terminal and the product selection time elapses during reprocessing, the payment process is suspended until the payment reprocessing time elapses. Transaction end data is not transmitted, and payment processing can be completed without interruption.

  Further, in the control device of the vending machine of the present invention, the control unit determines that the payment processing has not been completed when the product selection time has elapsed and there is no payment result of the selected product from the contactless terminal payment means, The selection of the item is prohibited and the selected item state is maintained.

  As a result, the selected product and the payment product can be reliably matched by holding the selected product state while the payment process has not been completed.

  In addition, when the control device of the vending machine of the present invention determines that the settlement process has not been completed, it does not accept money input until the settlement reprocessing time has elapsed, and does not end the transaction due to money insertion. It is a thing.

  As a result, when the settlement process is not completed, the settlement process can be completed without interruption by inserting money.

  In addition, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention prevents the transaction from being terminated by the transaction canceling operation until the settlement reprocessing time elapses when it is determined that the settlement process has not been completed.

  As a result, when the settlement process is not completed, the settlement process can be completed without interruption by a transaction canceling operation.

  In addition, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention is configured to display the state when the payment processing is not completed.

  As a result, the merchandise purchaser can be informed that payment processing has not been completed, and the merchandise purchaser can be guided to hold the non-contact terminal again on the non-contact terminal settlement means so as to reliably perform the settlement process. it can.

  In addition, the control device for the vending machine according to the present invention is configured to store the state and confirm the contents when the payment processing is not completed.

  As a result, even if the settlement process is not completed, the state can be confirmed, so that the money settlement process can be reliably performed.

The control device of the vending machine according to the present invention stops the payment process until the payment reprocessing time elapses even if the product selection time elapses during the payment process between the contactless terminal payment means and the contactless terminal. Transaction completion data is not sent, so payment processing will not be interrupted when the product selection time elapses, and payment processing can be completed reliably. If there is no payment result for the selected product, payment processing has not been completed. It is determined that the product has occurred, selection of other products is prohibited, and the selected product state is maintained.

  In addition, the settlement reprocessing time is set on the contactless terminal settlement means side, and this is received by the control unit on the vending machine side to manage the settlement process. Since contact terminal payment means are required, the payment reprocessing time is set on the contactless terminal payment means side, and the vending machine receives it, so that vending corresponding to each contactless terminal payment means The machine can be set easily and has excellent versatility.

The invention according to claim 1 enables communication with a contactless terminal upon receiving a product selection means for selecting a product, a carry-out means for carrying out the selected product, and a settlement amount of the selected product. When the contactless terminal payment means and the contactless terminal can communicate with each other within the communication range of the contactless terminal payment means, the payment processing starts and the product selection time for validating the product selection elapses. A vending machine comprising a control unit for receiving a settlement result, wherein the control unit receives the settlement result and carries out the goods by the carry-out means, wherein the non -contact terminal communicates from the non-contact terminal settlement means Set the payment reprocessing time on the contactless terminal payment means side so that the contactless terminal can communicate with the contactless terminal payment means and reprocess the payment even when the distance is lost during the communication. And this It is one in which the control unit of the vending machine side manages the settlement process receives the payment during the re-processing time, the other selection item to hold a state in which the item selected in the item selection time By prohibiting, it is possible to easily set up vending machines corresponding to each contactless terminal payment method, it is excellent in versatility, and if it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, other products By prohibiting selection, the selected product state is maintained, and the selected product and the settlement product can be reliably matched.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit makes it impossible to accept money input until the settlement reprocessing time elapses, and does not end the transaction by money input. As a result, when the payment process is not completed, it is possible to reliably complete the payment process without interrupting the payment process by inserting money.

The invention of claim 3 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 or 2, the control unit, so as not to perform the business end by transaction cancel operation to settlement reprocessing time has elapsed As a result, when the settlement process is not completed, the settlement process can be reliably completed without interrupting the settlement process by the transaction canceling operation.

The invention of claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising display means for displaying that the settlement processing uncompleted occurs, the control unit settlement processing uncompleted is When it is determined that the payment has occurred, the display means displays the state, thereby enabling the product purchaser to be informed that payment processing has not been completed. The payment processing can be surely performed by guiding the contactless terminal payment means to hold it again.

Invention of claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, storage means for storing the settlement processing incomplete state such as the time and selection items at the time of payment processing uncompleted Generation and A confirmation means for confirming the stored contents, and when it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, the state is stored in the storage means. The state can be confirmed, and the money settlement process can be reliably performed.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a control device for a vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a product selection means 1 for selecting a product, a carry-out means 2 for carrying out the selected product, a non-contact terminal 3 having a non-contact IC chip functioning as an electronic wallet, and a non-contact terminal 3 Non-contact terminal settlement means 4 that has communication means capable of communicating and records and reproduces the data of the non-contact terminal 3; stores the product selection time for valid product selection and transmits to the non-contact terminal settlement means 4 Payment control means 5 for receiving and storing the payment reprocessing time to be reprocessed when an abnormality occurs in the payment processing between the contact terminal payment means 4 and the non-contact terminal 3, and the product selection means 1 and the unloading means 2 The control unit 6 is connected to the contact terminal settlement unit 4 and has a settlement control unit 5 to control the entire vending machine. When there is no settlement result for the selected product It is determined that the settlement processing uncompleted occurs, wait for a settlement result without the transaction until the end settlement re-processing time has elapsed.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The control unit 6 determines whether or not a product has been selected by the product selection means 1 (STEP 1). If a product has been selected, the settlement amount of the selected product is transmitted to the contactless terminal settlement means 4 (STEP 2), and contactless terminal settlement is performed. When the payment amount of the selected product is received, the means 4 enables communication with the non-contact terminal 3 (STEP 3), and starts the payment process when the non-contact terminal 3 enters the communication range (STEP 4). The control unit 6 determines whether or not a settlement result has been received (STEP 5), waits for the product selection time to elapse (STEP 6), and when receiving the settlement result, performs a carry-out operation according to the settlement result (STEP 7).

  On the other hand, if the payment result cannot be received even after the product selection time has elapsed, it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, the transaction is not terminated, and selection of other products is prohibited and the product selected state is maintained. (STEP 8) Further, whether or not a settlement result is received (STEP 9), waits until the settlement reprocessing time elapses (STEP 10), and when a settlement result is received, a carry-out operation is performed according to the settlement result (STEP 11).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, even if the product selection time elapses during the settlement process between the contactless terminal settlement means 4 and the contactless terminal 3, the settlement reprocessing time Since the transaction is not completed until the elapse of time, the payment process is not interrupted with the elapse of the product selection time, and the payment process can be surely performed according to the payment contents in the non-contact terminal payment means 4.

  Further, since the payment reprocessing time is set on the non-contact terminal payment means 4 side and transmitted to the payment control means 5 of the control unit 6 and the payment reprocessing time is stored, the payment control means 5 is used for the payment reprocessing time. When elapses, a transaction end command is transmitted to the contactless terminal settlement means 4 for management.

  There are many types of electronic money as the non-contact terminal 3, and the non-contact terminal settlement means 4 differs depending on these types and cannot be easily unified. Accordingly, since different contactless terminal payment means 4 are required for each contactless terminal 3, a payment reprocessing time is set on the contactless terminal payment means 4 side, which is used for payment control on the vending machine side. If the means 5 receives the information, if the payment reprocessing time is set in each contactless terminal payment means 4, it is possible to easily set a vending machine corresponding to the time, and the versatility is excellent. ing.

  In the present embodiment, the determination that the payment process has not been completed is made when there is no payment result of the selected product from the non-contact terminal payment unit 4 even if the product selection time has elapsed. It may be possible to receive status data indicating whether or not the payment is reprocessing, and to make a determination according to the status data. Judging from the status data of the payment reprocessing, an effect that the payment processing can be surely performed according to the contents of the payment even if the payment processing incomplete before the product selection time elapses is obtained.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the detailed description.

  In FIG. 3, a currency identification means 7 for accepting money and a transaction cancellation means 8 for canceling the selection of a product are provided, and the control unit 6a performs a settlement result of the selected product from the contactless terminal settlement unit 4 even if the product selection time has elapsed. If there is no payment, it is determined that the payment processing has not been completed, and the payment result is not waited until the payment reprocessing time elapses and the transaction is not terminated by the operation of the transaction input means.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The control unit 6a starts the payment process by the contactless terminal payment means 4 (STEP 4), waits for receipt of the payment result (STEP 5), waits until the product selection time elapses (STEP 6), and if the payment result is received, the control unit 6a A carry-out operation is performed according to the result (STEP 7).

  On the other hand, if the settlement result cannot be received even after the product selection time has elapsed, it is determined that the settlement process has not been completed, and the transaction is not terminated, and money is not accepted by the currency identification means 7 until the settlement process is completed. (STEP 21), and the operation at the transaction canceling means is invalidated (STEP 22), and whether or not a settlement result has been received (STEP 9), and waits until the settlement reprocessing time elapses (STEP 10).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, money input cannot be accepted until the payment reprocessing time elapses, and By not ending the transaction and invalidating the transaction cancellation operation, it is possible to reliably perform the settlement process according to the settlement contents without interrupting the settlement process.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 1-2 is attached | subjected the same code | symbol, and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In FIG. 5, the display unit 9 is displayed to display that the settlement process has not been completed. When the control unit 6 b determines that the settlement process has not been completed, the control unit 6 b displays the state on the display unit 9.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The control unit 6b starts the payment process by the contactless terminal payment unit 4 (STEP 4), waits for reception of the payment result (STEP 5), waits until the product selection time elapses (STEP 6), and if the payment result is received, the control unit 6b A carry-out operation is performed according to the result (STEP 7). On the other hand, if the settlement result cannot be received even after the product selection time has elapsed, it is determined that the settlement process has not been completed and the transaction is not terminated, and the state is displayed on the display means 9 (STEP 31). The selection of the product is prohibited and the state in which the product is selected is held (STEP 8), and whether or not a settlement result has been received (STEP 9) is waited until the settlement reprocessing time elapses (STEP 10).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, since the settlement processing incomplete state is displayed, the merchandise purchaser can be informed that the settlement processing incomplete has occurred. In addition, the product purchaser can be guided to hold the contactless terminal 3 over the contactless terminal settlement means 4 again, and the settlement process can be performed reliably.

(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine of the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 1-3 is attached | subjected with the same code | symbol, and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In FIG. 7, a storage means 10 for storing the time when payment processing is incomplete or the payment processing incomplete state of the selected product, and a confirmation means 11 for checking the stored contents are provided. When it is determined that incomplete has occurred, the state is stored in the storage means 10.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The control unit 6c determines whether or not the settlement result has been received before the settlement reprocessing time elapses (STEP 41), and when the settlement result is received, performs a carry-out operation according to the settlement result (STEP 42).

  On the other hand, if the payment result cannot be received, it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, and the time and the payment processing incomplete status of the selected product are stored in the storage means 10 (STEP 43). Next, it is determined whether or not the confirmation unit 11 has been operated (STEP 44). If the confirmation unit 11 has been operated, the contents stored in the storage unit 10 are displayed on the confirmation unit 11 (STEP 45).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, since the payment processing incomplete state is stored and the contents can be confirmed, even when the payment processing incomplete occurs, the state is changed. It is possible to confirm the money settlement process.

  As described above, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention completes the settlement process without failing the settlement process even if the product selection time has elapsed, and reliably carries out the merchandise according to the contents of the settlement. Therefore, it can be applied to a vending machine that performs non-contact payment processing.

Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods selection means 2 Unloading means 3 Non-contact terminal 4 Non-contact terminal payment means 5 Settlement control means 6, 6a, 6b, 6c Control part 7 Money identification means 8 Transaction cancellation means 9 Display means 10 Storage means 11 Confirmation means

Claims (5)

Product selection means for selecting a product, unloading means for carrying out the selected product, non-contact terminal payment means for enabling communication with a non-contact terminal upon receipt of a payment amount of the selected product, When the contact terminal becomes communicable within the communication area of the non-contact terminal settlement means, the settlement unit is started, and a control unit is provided for receiving a settlement result until a product selection time for validating product selection elapses. The vending machine in which the control unit receives the settlement result and unloads the goods by the unloading means, and is out of a distance where the non-contact terminal cannot communicate during the communication from the non-contact terminal settlement means. Even when the contact is made, the contactless terminal payment means side is set to a payment reprocessing time that allows the contactless terminal to communicate with the contactless terminal payment means to reprocess the payment. The control unit of A manages the credit to the settlement process, wherein during the payment reprocessing time is to prohibit the selection of the other products retain the state of being items selected in the item selection time Vending machine control device. 2. The automatic operation according to claim 1 , wherein when it is determined that the settlement process has not been completed, the money insertion is not accepted until the settlement reprocessing time elapses, and the transaction is not terminated by the money insertion. Vending machine control device. If the settlement processing uncompleted is determined to have occurred, according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that so as not to perform the business end by transaction cancel operation to settlement reprocessing time has elapsed Vending machine control device. Display means for displaying that the payment process has not been completed, and when the control unit determines that the payment process has not been completed, the control unit displays the state on the display means, and the contactless terminal The vending machine control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the control device guides the terminal payment means to hold it again. When it is determined that payment processing has not been completed, it has storage means for storing the time when payment processing has not been completed, payment processing incomplete status such as the selected product, and confirmation means for confirming the stored contents. a control system for an automatic vending machine according to claim 1, any one of 4, wherein storing the state in the storage means.

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