JP4668353B1 - Billing system - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To confirm a cardholder when making a payment by a postpaid card. Further, for example, it has been impossible to selectively use a prepaid card system and a postpaid card system depending on the user.
A card timer is provided with a billing unit that reads personal identification data from a postpaid card, compares it with personal identification data recorded therein, and adds a payment amount to payment amount data only when they match. An accounting system is provided. In addition, a billing system comprising a prepaid card system is also provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a system for charging a postpaid card or a prepaid card.

  Management facilities can be made more efficient by introducing a postpaid card system in accommodation facilities such as hospitals and hotels. In addition, unlike a prepaid card system, a postpaid card has an advantage that there is no need for card purchase and payment. When facility users or staff use facilities in the facility, the facility can be made cashless by accumulating the payment amount electronically using a postpaid card.

  Patent Document 1 describes an invention that enables a patient to use a postpaid card in a hospital without using a central management server. Patent Document 2 describes an invention that enables a facility manager to manage a fee paid to a program provider according to the use status of a program when a television is used using a prepaid card. Has been.

JP 09-259335 A JP 2006-295407 A

  In the above-described conventional system, when making a payment with a postpaid card, the owner of the card was not confirmed. Therefore, when a person other than the owner acquires the postpaid card by picking up, etc., the owner It was possible to use the postpaid card balance without permission. There is also a concern that theft may occur for the purpose of unauthorized use of postpaid cards. Further, conventionally, there is no system that can handle a prepaid card and a postpaid card with a single device. For example, it has been impossible to selectively use a prepaid card system and a postpaid card system depending on the user. In addition, patients who use special rooms, private rooms, etc. in hospitals can often use TV viewing, use of refrigerators, use of storage, and there is no need to carry prepaid cards on a daily basis. Patients often felt inconvenience.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a billing system for updating a payment amount for a postpaid card that stores payment amount data, and a personal identification certificate in which personal identification data is recorded; A reader / writer for reading the personal identification data of the identification certificate and recording it inside, and recording the personal identification data on the postpaid card, and a card for reading the personal identification data of the personal identification card and recording it internally In the charging system comprising a timer, the card timer reads the personal identification data from the postpaid card, compares it with the personal identification data recorded inside, and only pays the payment amount when the two match. Charge means for adding to the payment amount data is provided, and the reader / writer is provided on the postpaid card. Providing a billing system and displaying the pay said payment amount data.

  Further, the present invention provides a prepaid card for storing remaining amount data, a depositing machine for adding a deposit amount to the remaining amount data of the prepaid card, a settlement machine for refunding the remaining amount data of the prepaid card, and the post A billing machine for identifying a paid card and a prepaid card; and when the postpaid card is inserted, the billing device adds a payment amount to the payment amount data of the postpaid card, When the prepaid card is inserted, a billing system is provided that subtracts a payment amount from the remaining amount data of the prepaid card.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a charging system, wherein the card timer reads and records the payment amount data stored in the postpaid card when the postpaid card is inserted. provide.

  Further, the present invention further comprises a counting card, and when the counting card is inserted, the card timer writes the payment amount data recorded in the card timer to the counting card, When the post-paid card is inserted after the counting card is inserted, the card timer displays the payment amount data recorded in the card timer as the payment amount recorded in the post-paid card. Provided is a billing system characterized by subtracting from monetary amount data.

  Furthermore, the present invention further includes a clear card, and when the clear card is inserted, the card timer erases payment amount data and personal identification data recorded in the reader / writer. A billing system is provided.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a billing system characterized in that the reader / writer can convert the original card into a prepaid card or a postpaid card according to the user's selection.

  The personal identification data is read from a personal identification card in which the personal identification data is recorded (for example, a wristband in which personal identification data is printed as a bar code for preventing inpatient misunderstanding), and the inside of the reader / writer and the post Record it on a pay card. By inserting the postpaid card into the card timer, the personal identification data recorded in the postpaid card is recorded in the card timer. Thereafter, when using the card timer, the personal identification of the owner is made possible by making it available only when the personal identification data recorded in the postpaid card matches the personal identification data recorded in the card timer. Any attempt to use the postpaid card in a card timer other than the card timer in which the data is recorded is rejected, so it is possible to effectively prevent the postpaid card from being illegally used and charged. . By notifying that a card timer other than a specific card timer cannot be used, an effect of preventing the postpaid card from being stolen can be expected. In addition, for example, by lending a postpaid card to a patient, it becomes possible to use in-hospital laundry and commercial facilities cashlessly. Furthermore, it is possible to enjoy cashless convenience not only for inpatients but also for outpatients by converting the examination ticket into an IC card and adding a postpaid function to the examination card converted into an IC card.

  Further, by realizing the postpaid card system and the prepaid card system with one billing system, it becomes possible to use the card system properly according to the user. For example, when the card system according to the embodiment of the present invention is introduced into a hospital, a hospital staff can use a prepaid card, and a patient can use a postpaid card. Conversely, hospital staff can use postpaid cards and patients can use prepaid cards. In addition, short-term hospitalized patients can use prepaid cards, and long-term hospitalized patients can use postpaid cards.

1 shows a schematic diagram of a billing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The functional block diagram of the postpaid card 12 regarding this invention embodiment is shown. The schematic of the card timer 18 regarding this invention embodiment is shown. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a charging system 70 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The functional block diagram of the prepaid card 72 regarding this invention embodiment is shown.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment in which a billing system 10 according to the present invention is installed in a hospital.

  The billing system 10 according to the present embodiment includes a postpaid card 12, a personal identification card 14, a reader / writer 16, a card timer 18, and a billing machine 20. The card timer 18 can be connected to the television 21, the telephone 22, and the refrigerator 24, and these devices can be used by charging the postpaid card 12. In addition, the electronic storage 26 can be connected to the card timer 18, and the electronic storage 26 is locked only when the postpaid card 12 is used as a key and the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the card timer 18. May be canceled. The billing machine 20 is attached to a washing machine 28, a dryer 30, a vending machine 32, an Internet connection device (PC) 34, a ticket vending machine 36 in a cafeteria / coffee shop or a cash register 38 in a store, and a collector 40 in a parking lot. The person inserts the postpaid card 12 into the billing machine 20 attached to each device, and the billing machine 20 charges the postpaid card 12 so that the user can use these facilities. Good.

  Communication between the card timer 18 and a device such as a television, and communication between the billing machine 20 and a facility such as a washing machine may be performed by wire, may be performed wirelessly, or may be integrated. . Further, charging may be performed using the card timer 18 instead of the charging machine 20.

  In the billing system 10 of the present embodiment, a wristband that the patient is to wear on the wrist (or ankle) or the like is used as the personal identification card 14 in order to prevent inpatients from being mixed. In this wristband, the patient's name and other information are written in characters, and necessary information is printed by, for example, a barcode so that the information can be read mechanically.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the postpaid card 12 according to this example. The postpaid card 12 is provided with a memory 50 for storing various information and an interface 52 for inputting / outputting data. The memory 50 can record at least personal identification data 54 that identifies a user such as a patient, and payment amount data 56 that indicates the amount that the user should pay to the facility. When the user uses the facilities of the facility or purchases a meal ticket at the cafeteria, the use fee of the equipment or the price of the meal ticket is added to the payment amount data 56 by the card timer 18 or the billing machine 20. . The payment amount data 56 may include only the added total amount or may include the added fee separately as individual data for each addition process. Furthermore, the identification number of the adder to which the fee is added may be recorded on the postpaid card 12 so that it can be read together with the individual data of the added fee.

  The postpaid card 12 may be an IC card or a magnetic card. In the case of an IC card, a contact type or a non-contact type may be used. For example, the postpaid card 12 and the reader / writer 16, the card timer 18, or the billing machine 20 may be communicated by RFID. Further, the postpaid card 12 may store information related to the examination ticket in the memory 50 so that it can be used as an IC examination ticket.

  When starting to use the billing system 10 in the present embodiment, first, the user reads information identifying the user printed on the personal identification card 14 by the reader / writer 16. In this reading, when information for identifying a user is described by a bar code, a bar code reader is used. However, the information may be described by other methods such as an IC chip. Is read by a method suitable for Information identifying the user read by the reader / writer 16 is recorded in a memory inside the reader / writer 16. Next, information for identifying the user is written in the postpaid card 12 of the user. The writing is performed by a method suitable for the input / output interface 52 of the postpaid card 12, for example, by electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic waves.

  FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the card timer 18. The card timer 18 is used when a device connected to the card timer 18 is used. For example, the card timer 18 is used when an inpatient in a hospital uses a device such as the television 21, telephone 22, refrigerator 24, or storage 26 in the patient's room. When starting to use the device, in preparation for use, the user inserts the postpaid card 12 into the card insertion slot 90 of the card timer 18, and the personal identification data 54 of the postpaid card 12 is stored in the card timer 18. To be recorded.

  When the user starts using the card timer 18, the card timer 18 reads the personal identification data 54 recorded on the postpaid card 12. When each device connected to the card timer 18 is used, the personal identification data 54 read from the postpaid card 12 and the personal identification data 54 recorded in the card timer 18 are collated and matched only. The user can use each device. The card timer 18 adds the device usage fee to the payment amount data of the postpaid card 12. While using the device, the postpaid card 12 remains inserted in the billing device. For example, the usage fee may be added according to the usage time of the device, such as charging 10 yen per minute while making a call. Moreover, you may make it add a usage charge collectively after use of an apparatus.

  The card timer 18 is provided with a refrigerator button 92, a storage open button 94, and a card release button 96. When the postpaid card 12 is inserted, pressing the refrigerator button may unlock the door attached to the refrigerator. In that case, it is detected by the sensor that detects the presence or absence of the product that the user has taken out the product placed in the refrigerator, and the price of the taken-out product is the payment amount data 56 of the postpaid card 12. You may make it add to. Further, when the postpaid card 12 is inserted, the storage 26 connected to the card timer 18 may be unlocked by pressing the storage open button. Further, the personal identification data 54 of the postpaid card 12 may be deleted by pressing a card release button.

  The card timer 18 can record the payment amount data 56 of the postpaid card 12 in an internal memory. The payment amount data 56 recorded inside can be used as a backup when the postpaid card 12 is lost. When the usage fee is added to the payment amount data 56 of the postpaid card 12 by another card timer 18 or the billing machine 20, when the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the card timer 18, it is recorded in the card timer 18. The payment amount data 56 being updated is updated. Further, after the use of the postpaid card 12 is finished, a clear card can be inserted into the card timer 18 and the payment amount data 56 and the personal identification data 54 recorded in the card timer can be erased.

  When a user uses equipment such as the washing machine 28 in the facility, the user uses the facility to carry out the facility usage procedure by inserting or holding the postpaid card 12 over the billing machine 20 attached to the equipment. The facility usage fee is added to the payment amount data 56. For example, when using a cafeteria, the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the ticket vending machine, and the user presses a selection button attached to the ticket vending machine, so that the amount corresponding to the selected food ticket is It is added to the payment amount data 56 by the billing machine 20 in the ticket machine.

  When the use of the postpaid card 12 is terminated, the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the reader / writer 16. The reader / writer 16 displays the payment amount data 56 of the postpaid card 12, and the user can make payment according to the displayed payment amount data 56. As a display method, the amount of money may be displayed on a display, or paper on which the amount of money is printed may be output by a printer.

  When the user uses the facility for a long period of time, such as when the user is a long-term hospitalized patient, the payment amount data 56 recorded in the card timer 18 can be used to perform midway settlement processing. When the midway settlement process is performed, the total card is inserted into the card timer 18, and the card timer 18 records the payment amount data 56 on the total card. Next, the total card is inserted into the reader / writer 16, and the reader / writer 16 displays the payment amount data 56 recorded on the total card. By doing in this way, there exists an advantage that the user of the postpaid card 12 can perform a midway checkout process without attending. Further, when the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the card timer 18 after reading the payment amount data 56 from the card timer 18 by the total card, the amount of the payment amount data 56 recorded on the total card is The payment amount data 56 of the postpaid card 12 can be subtracted from the payment amount data 56 and the subtracted payment amount data can be recorded in the payment amount data of the postpaid card 12 and the card timer 18.

  When the user stops using the card timer 18 at the moving source and starts using the card timer 18 at the moving destination, for example, when the user moves in the room, the postpaid card 12 is inserted into the card timer 18 at the moving source. If it is, the card is taken out from the card timer 18 at the movement source. A clear card is inserted into the destination card timer 18, the previous user's personal identification data 54 and payment amount data 56 are erased, and the postpaid card 12 brought from the source is inserted into the destination card timer 18. As a result, the personal identification data 54 of the postpaid card 12 is recorded in the destination card timer 18, and the user can start using the card timer. When the clear card terminates the use of the postpaid card 12, the next user uses the card timer 18 in the initial state so that the personal identification data 54 and payment amount data 56 recorded in the card timer 18 can be used. It is also possible to use for erasing.

  FIG. 4 shows an outline of a billing system 70 that realizes a postpaid card system and a prepaid card system as one embodiment of the present invention in the same system. By realizing the prepaid card system and the postpaid card system in the same system, it becomes possible to selectively use the card system according to the user.

  Previously, it was necessary to carry out the work of deducting expenses such as meals of staff in the management department such as the personnel department, but by using a prepaid card, each staff will be self-managed, and the management department It is possible to greatly reduce the work performed. For example, in this embodiment, a hospital patient uses a postpaid card system and a hospital staff uses a prepaid card system. The billing system 70 includes a postpaid card 12, a personal identification card 14, a reader / writer 16, a card timer 18, a billing machine 20, a prepaid card 72, a deposit machine 74, and a checkout machine 76. Prepare.

  FIG. 5 shows a functional block diagram of the prepaid card 72 according to this example. The prepaid card 72 is provided with a memory 80 for storing various information and an interface 82 for inputting / outputting data. The memory 80 records at least the remaining amount data 84. However, when the prepaid card also serves as a staff card, personal identification data 86 may be recorded. The prepaid card 72 may be an IC card or a magnetic card. In the case of an IC card, a contact type or a non-contact type may be used. For example, the prepaid card 72 and the reader / writer 16 or the billing machine 20 may communicate with each other by RFID.

  The postpaid card 12 and the prepaid card 72 may be created from the same original card. For example, the original card has a storage area for identifying whether it is a prepaid card or a postpaid card, and the original card is inserted into the reader / writer 16 and converted into a postpaid card in the storage area. Or a signal indicating that the prepaid card has been made may be written to create the postpaid card 12 and the prepaid card 72. Further, the reader / writer 16 may format the original card for a postpaid card or a prepaid card so that the postpaid card 12 and the prepaid card 72 can be created.

  The prepaid card 72 is inserted into the depositing machine 74 and a desired amount is inserted into the depositing machine 74 to charge the prepaid card 72. The charged amount is added to the remaining amount data 84 of the prepaid card 72 by the deposit machine.

  The prepaid card 72 can be used, for example, when purchasing a product at a hospital store or when purchasing a beverage with a vending machine. In that case, the prepaid card 72 is inserted into or placed over the billing machine 20 installed in a store or the like, and the billing machine 20 subtracts a charge necessary for exchanging goods or the like from the remaining amount data 84 of the prepaid card 72. You can charge in this way. At this time, the billing machine 20 identifies whether the postpaid card 12 has been inserted, the prepaid card 72 has been inserted, or the like, for example, based on the format of the card and determines that the postpaid card has been inserted, etc. When a fee is added to the payment amount data 56 and it is determined that a prepaid card has been inserted, the fee can be subtracted from the remaining amount data 84.

  When the use of the prepaid card 72 is finished, the amount indicated by the remaining amount data 84 can be paid back by inserting the prepaid card 72 into the checkout machine 76.

  In one embodiment, for example, when a card user loses the postpaid card 12 or the prepaid card 72, the person in charge of the facility is notified of the loss, and the person in charge of the card pays the individual postpaid card 12 or prepaid card. By inputting the personal identification data 54 and 80 of the card 72 to each billing machine 20, use of the postpaid card 12 or the prepaid card 72 by all billing machines can be prohibited.

  In the above embodiment, the reader / writer, the card timer 18, the billing machine 20, the depositing machine 74, and the payment machine 76 have been described as independent devices. However, one device plays the role of a plurality of devices. You may do it.

10 Billing System 12 Postpaid Card 14 Personal Identification Card 18 Card Timer 70 Billing System 72 Prepaid Card 90 Card Insert 92 Refrigerator Button Card 94 Storage Open Button 96 Release Button

Claims (4)

A billing system that updates a payment amount for a postpaid card that stores payment amount data,
A personal identification card in which personal identification data is recorded;
A reader / writer that reads and records the personal identification data of the personal identification card and records the personal identification data on the postpaid card;
A card timer that reads and records the personal identification data of the personal identification card;
With a counting card ,
The card timer reads the personal identification data from the postpaid card, compares it with the personal identification data recorded inside, and adds a payment amount to the payment amount data only when they match. Prepared,
The reader / writer displays the payment amount data stored in the postpaid card,
The card timer reads and records the payment amount data stored in the postpaid card when the postpaid card is inserted,
The card timer, when the total card is inserted, writes the payment amount data recorded in the card timer to the total card,
The card timer, when the post-paid card is inserted after the total card is inserted, the payment amount data recorded in the card timer is recorded in the post-paid card A charging system characterized by subtracting from payment amount data . A prepaid card for storing the remaining amount data;
A depositing machine for adding a deposit amount to the remaining amount data of the prepaid card;
A settlement machine for refunding the remaining amount data of the prepaid card;
A billing machine for identifying the postpaid card and the prepaid card;
Further comprising
The billing machine adds a payment amount to the payment amount data of the postpaid card when the postpaid card is inserted, and the remaining of the prepaid card when the prepaid card is inserted. The charging system according to claim 1, wherein a payment amount is subtracted from the amount data. It is further equipped with a clear card,
The billing system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the card timer erases the payment amount data and the personal identification data recorded in the card timer when the clear card is inserted.   The billing system according to claim 2, wherein the reader / writer can convert the original card into a prepaid card or a postpaid card according to a user's selection.

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