JP4704509B2 - Gift certificate issuing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gift certificate issuing device that issues gift certificates such as gift certificates and point cards that can be used instead of cash.

  There is a technology related to a reverse change machine that exchanges coins into a large face value for the purpose of collecting coins stored in a general household (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in supermarkets, convenience stores, department stores, various shops, etc., it is necessary to prepare in advance a change reserve to be used as a change to be paid to the customer. As a result, the larger the store size, the higher the commission cost. For this reason, it is conceivable to install a reverse change machine as described above in a store, particularly for the purpose of collecting small amounts of coins, but the use of the reverse change machine is expected to be limited simply by installing a reverse change machine. I can't expect much effect.

  For this reason, there is a technique in which when a small amount of coins is inserted, a card displaying the amount is issued, and when the amount reaches a certain amount, it is exchanged for a gift certificate with a premium (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In this way, positive use by customers can be expected, and small coins can be collected.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-66374 JP-A-8-115454

  However, with the method of adding a premium when the amount of small coins entered is constant as described above, it is possible to collect small amount coins, but in practice the coins of the denominations that are used in large amounts as change reserves are as desired. There is a possibility that only denominated coins that are not used will be collected.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gift certificate issuing device that can collect more money of a desired denomination.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a gift certificate issuing device for issuing a gift certificate having a face value with a premium amount added to a total amount of money inserted, Premium amount determining means for determining a premium amount at a different ratio according to the received money, the premium amount determining means according to the number of inserted money when the total amount of input becomes a predetermined reference amount value Is set as a premium ratio for multiplying the total amount of input, and if the total amount of input in a single input does not reach the reference amount value, the number of inputs for each denomination and The total investment amount is stored as unprocessed information in the gift certificate or storage means, and based on the unprocessed information stored in the gift certificate or storage means, a plurality of times related to one gift certificate It is characterized by having a control unit for determining the premium amount by the premium amount determining means when the closing total amount of money summed with input becomes the reference monetary values.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the premium ratio is set higher as the number of inserted coins is larger.

  According to the invention of claim 1, when issuing gift certificates with a face value with a premium amount for the total amount of money that has been inserted, the premium amount determination means determines whether the premium amount determination means is in accordance with the money that has been inserted. Because the premium amount is determined at different ratios, it is possible to collect more money of the desired denomination by determining the premium amount so as to induce more inputs of the money of the desired denomination. Become.

  In addition, the premium rate set according to the number of inserted coins at the time when the total input amount reaches the specified reference amount value by the premium amount determination means for the amount of money entered. To multiply, for example, by setting a high premium ratio when a larger number of coins are inserted for the same amount, a higher amount of small amount of money will be induced, and more small amount of money can be collected. It becomes.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the premium ratio is set higher as the number of inserted coins is larger, as a result, it is possible to induce more inputs of small amount of money and collect the small amount of money.

It is a block diagram which shows roughly the gift certificate issuing apparatus of 1st reference technique and 2nd reference technique. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the money type and premium ratio in the gift certificate issuing apparatus of 1st reference technology. It is a chart which shows the relationship between the denomination of coins, the number of sheets, and the amount of money to be inserted, the premium amount and the amount of money to be issued in the gift certificate issuing device of the first reference technology. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the number of sheets and premium ratio in the gift certificate issuing apparatus of 2nd reference technology. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the 3rd reference technique and the gift certificate issuing apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention.

The gift certificate issuing device of the first reference technology will be described below with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a gift certificate issuing device 11 of the first reference technology issues a gift certificate 12 as a gift certificate, and a coin into which a coin (money) is inserted on the front side of a housing 13. A slot 15, a return slot 16 for returning coins, a gift certificate issuing slot 17 for issuing a gift certificate 12, and an operation display unit 18 for performing an operation input by the customer while performing display for the customer. ing.

  Inside the housing 13, a control unit 21 that controls each unit of the gift certificate issuing device 11, and a coin that has been thrown into the coin insertion slot 15 by being controlled by the control unit 21, While authenticating and counting the denominations and denominations, the coins other than those identified as true coins are returned to the return port 16, while the coins identified as genuine coins are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 23, and thereafter When an operation for approving the counting result is input to the operation display unit 18, the temporarily stored coins are stored in the storage unit 24. On the other hand, when a cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18, coins are returned to the return port 16. The product certificate issuing unit 26 that issues the gift certificate 12 through the gift certificate issuing port 17 is provided by being controlled by the unit 25 and the control unit 21.

  Then, the gift certificate issuing device 11 of the first reference technology issues a gift certificate 12 with an issue face value with a premium amount added to the total amount of money inserted, and the control unit 21 A premium amount determination unit (premium amount determination means) 30 that determines premium amounts at different ratios according to the denominations of the coins that are made.

  That is, in the premium amount determination unit 30, a premium ratio to be multiplied by the amount is set for each denomination, and there are a plurality of premium ratios, which are set higher for a small amount of money. When the calculated premium amount has a fractional part, the premium amount determination unit 30 rounds up from the total value. Note that if the amount is rounded up even for a small amount of money, the premium amount will be too large compared to the total amount of money being invested. The minimum required input amount is set until the approval operation is performed, and the premium amount determination unit 30 determines the premium amount when the total input amount for this single input is equal to or greater than the minimum input amount.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the highest premium ratio of 2% is set for 1-yen coins, 5-yen coins and 10-yen coins, which are small amounts of money that need to be prepared in large quantities as change reserves. For 50-yen coins and 100-yen coins, which are higher than these, a premium rate of 1% is set in the middle, and for the highest 500 coins, the lowest 0.5% A premium percentage is set. Then, 1000 yen is set as the minimum investment amount.

  First, in the standby state, the control unit 21 displays a message indicating that the coin voucher 12 with a premium amount can be exchanged when a coin having a minimum amount inserted is inserted once, and a display prompting the user to insert a coin. Is displayed on the operation display unit 18 in advance.

  When a sensor (not shown) detects that a coin has been inserted into the coin insertion slot 15 by the customer, the control unit 21 takes in and identifies the coin with the coin depositing unit 25 and counts only the true coins in the denomination. Temporary storage is performed in the temporary storage unit 23. The control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 18 to display the number of coin types temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 23 and the total amount thereof, that is, the total input amount, and the total input amount reaches the minimum input amount. If the minimum input amount has been reached, a display prompting the user to select whether to approve or cancel is displayed on the operation display unit 18. Next, when the cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18, the control unit 21 returns all the coins in the temporary storage unit 23 to the return port 16, and when the approval operation is input to the operation display unit 18, All the coins in the storage unit 23 are stored in the storage unit 24.

  On the other hand, when the total input amount has not reached the minimum input amount, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 18 to display a display for prompting additional input and a display indicating that the cancel operation can be selected. When a cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18, all the coins in the temporary storage unit 23 are returned to the return port 16. However, the cancel operation is input or coins are additionally input, and the total amount of input is the lowest. Wait until the input amount is reached.

  When the above-described approval operation is input, the control unit 21 determines that the one-time insertion has been completed, and the premium amount determination unit 30 determines the premium ratio set in advance for each denomination as described above. Multiply the input amount for each denomination in a single input to obtain a premium amount, and add this premium amount to the total input amount in this single input to perform premium addition processing that determines the issuance face value . When prompting the input of the selection operation to approve or cancel as described above, the input total amount, the premium amount, and the issuance face value obtained by adding these are displayed on the operation display unit 18 to determine the selection operation You may make it.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, by the customer, 100 yen of 1 yen coin is 100 yen, 20 yen of 5 yen coin is 100 yen, 50 yen of 10 yen coin is 500 yen, and 100 yen. In the case where a total of 173 coins of 1000 yen of three coins of 300 yen are inserted into the coin insertion slot 15 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage part 23 by one insertion, the control unit 21 is described above. When an approval operation is entered, the premium rate of 2% is multiplied by the premium rate of 2% for 100 yen of 100 yen coins, and 2% for 100 yen of 20 yen coins. The premium rate of 2 yen is multiplied by the premium rate of 10 yen, the 10% premium amount is multiplied by the premium rate of 2% against the input amount of 500 yen of 50 yen coins, and the input amount of 3 coins of 100 yen Premium rate of 1% for 300 yen The premium amount multiplied by 3 yen, respectively obtained. Then, the control unit 21 causes the gift certificate issuing unit 26 to issue the gift certificate 12 with an issuance face value of 1017 yen with a premium amount of 17 yen in total for the input total amount of 1000 yen.

  According to the gift certificate issuing device 11 of the first reference technology described above, when issuing the gift certificate 12 with an issue face value with a premium amount added to the total amount of money inserted, the control unit 21. The premium amount determination unit 30 determines the premium amount at different ratios according to the coins inserted, and more specifically, the amount of money for each denomination is small for the inserted coins. Since the premium amount is determined by multiplying the premium rate that is set higher for money, more coins of the desired denomination, that is, small coins, can be induced, and small coins, that is, 1-yen coins, More 5-yen coins and 10-yen coins can be collected.

  Moreover, since the amount of each denomination is multiplied by the premium ratio set for each denomination as described above, it is easy for the customer to induce more inputs of coins of a desired amount, that is, small amount coins. It becomes possible to collect small amount coins more reliably.

  Note that the minimum input amount and the premium ratio of each denomination are not limited to the above, and various changes can be made. For example, different premium ratios can be set for all denominations.

  The gift certificate issuing device according to the second reference technique will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 focusing on the differences from the first reference technique. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to 1st reference technique, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The second reference technology differs from the first reference technology in the premium amount determination method of the premium amount determination unit 30. In other words, the premium amount determination unit 30 of the second reference technology multiplies the total amount of input by a different ratio according to the number of coins inserted when the total amount of input for one input reaches a predetermined reference amount value. A premium ratio is set, and a premium ratio is determined for each reference amount value to determine a premium amount. Specifically, the premium ratio is set higher as the number of inserted money per reference amount value in one input is larger.

  For example, 1000 yen is set as the reference amount value for one input, and as shown in FIG. 4, it is the lowest for the case where the number of inserted coins is less than 10 when the reference amount value is reached. The premium rate of 0.8%, which is the next lowest, compared to the case where the number of inserted coins is 11 or more and 50 or less when the premium rate of 0.4% becomes the reference value, is the reference value. When the number of inserted money is 51 or more and 100 or less, the middle 1.2% premium ratio becomes the reference amount, and the number of inserted money is 101 or more and 200. The premium rate of 1.6%, which is slightly higher than the case where it is within the range, is the highest premium rate of 2%, compared to the case where the number of inserted money is 201 or more at the time when the reference amount is reached. Is set.

  And the control part 21 takes in a coin with the coin depositing part 25 like the 1st reference technique, identifies, counts only a true coin in a money type, makes it temporarily store in the temporary storage part 23, and temporarily stores it. 23, the operation display unit 18 displays the total number of sheets temporarily stored in 23 and the total input amount, and determines whether or not the total input amount has reached the reference amount value. If so, the operation display unit 18 prompts the user to select whether to approve or cancel. Next, when a cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18, the control unit 21 returns all the coins of the temporary storage unit 23 to the return port 16, while when an approval operation is input to the operation display unit 18, All the coins of the temporary storage unit 23 are stored in the storage unit 24.

  On the other hand, when the total input amount has not reached the reference amount value, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 18 to display a display for prompting additional input and a display indicating that the cancel operation can be selected. When a cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18, all coins in the temporary storage unit 23 are returned to the return port 16, but a cancel operation is input to the operation display unit 18 or additional coins are added. Wait until the total amount reaches the base amount.

  When the approval operation described above is input, the control unit 21 determines that the one-time insertion has been completed, and the premium amount determination unit 30 determines the premium rate set for each number of sheets as described above. A premium addition process is performed to obtain a premium amount by multiplying the total input amount for the input by adding the premium amount to the total input amount for this single input to obtain an issuance face value. When an amount of money multiple of the reference amount is input in a single input, the number of sheets is obtained for each reference amount value, a premium ratio is set, and a premium amount is obtained. At this time, the number of sheets is distributed for each reference amount value so that the highest premium amount is obtained. Further, for an amount that exceeds the reference amount value and does not satisfy the next reference amount value, a premium amount is determined by multiplying and multiplying another premium ratio according to the relationship between the amount and the number of sheets. Note that the amount of money that does not satisfy the next reference amount value may be set as the amount of the face value without giving the premium amount, or the premium amount may be determined by multiplying by a uniform premium ratio. When prompting the input of the selection operation of approving or canceling as described above, the input total amount, the premium amount, and the issuance face value obtained by adding these are displayed on the operation display unit 18 as a judgment material for the selection operation. You may do it.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, when a total of 173 sheets of 1000 yen equivalent to the first reference technology is input, the control unit 21 receives 173 sheets when the above-described approval operation is input. A premium amount of 16 yen is obtained by multiplying the premium rate of 1.6%, and an issuance face value of 1016 yen is obtained by adding this premium amount to the total input amount of 1000 yen. Then, the control unit 21 causes the gift certificate issuing unit 26 to issue the gift certificate 12 with an issuance face value of 1016 yen with a premium amount of 16 yen for the total input total amount of 1000 yen.

  According to the gift certificate issuing device 11 of the second reference technology described above, when issuing the gift certificate 12 of the issue face value with the premium amount added to the total amount of money inserted, the control unit 21. The premium amount determination unit 30 determines the premium amount at different ratios according to the coins inserted, and more specifically, the number of inserted coins when the total amount of input becomes the reference amount value. Therefore, as the number of inserted coins increases, the premium amount is determined by multiplying the total input amount by a higher premium ratio. As a result, as with the first reference technique, the amount of small coins is increased. It is possible to guide the input and collect a small amount of coins.

  It should be noted that the reference amount value, the premium ratio, the number of sheets for changing the premium ratio, etc. are not limited to the above and can be variously changed.

  The gift certificate issuing device according to the third reference technique will be described below with reference to FIG. 5, focusing on the differences from the first reference technique. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to 1st reference technique, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The gift certificate issuing device 11 of the third reference technique issues a card 35 such as an IC card capable of storing and displaying a face value as a gift certificate. For this reason, the gift certificate issuing device 11 of the third reference technology replaces the gift certificate issuing port 17 and the gift certificate issuing unit 26 of the first reference technology and inserts the card 35 into which the card 35 is returned. It has an exit 36, and a card issuing unit 37 that rewrites and issues the display data and storage data of the card 35 inserted through the card insertion / exit 36 by being controlled by the control unit 21. Yes.

  The gift certificate issuing device 11 of the third reference technology enables the approval operation even if the total input amount for one input does not reach the minimum input amount of the first reference technology described above, and the approval operation is performed. When input, the number of inserted coins and the amount of money for each denomination are stored in the card 35 and then the card 35 is returned. Are added, and when the combined total input amount reaches the minimum input amount, premium addition processing similar to that of the first reference technology is performed.

  That is, first, when the card 35 is inserted into the card entry / exit 36, the control unit 21 reads the information stored in the card 35 by the card issuing unit 37, and the premium addition processing stored so far is unprocessed ( (Hereinafter simply referred to as “unprocessed”), the number of input for each denomination and the total amount of unprocessed input are read. Then, when coins are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 23 in this one-time insertion and an approval operation is input, the number of inserted coins and the amount of money for each denomination of the currently inserted coins are set to the above-described unprocessed amount. It is added to the number of input for each denomination and the total amount of unprocessed input.

  As described above, when the unprocessed total input amount reaches the minimum input amount after one or a plurality of inputs, the premium amount determination unit 30 of the control unit 21 determines the denomination in advance as in the first reference technique. The premium rate set for each is multiplied by the input amount for each denomination of unprocessed money to obtain a premium amount. Then, the premium amount is added to the unprocessed total input amount that was the basis of multiplication, and this is added to the total amount of processed input (hereinafter referred to simply as “processed”) that has been premium-added before that. The issuance face value added to is stored in the card 35 and the issuance face value is displayed on the card 35 to complete this premium addition process.

  The processed total input amount is stored separately from the input number and input amount for each unprocessed denomination so that the premium addition process is not performed multiple times.

  The card 35 displays, for example, a processed face value and an unprocessed face value separately. For example, the amount of the processed face value can be used for purchase of goods. When used for product purchases, the cash register removes the amount used for product purchases as part or all of the price from the amount of processed face value stored in the card 35 and newly processed face value Is stored and displayed on the card 35.

  Further, both the amount of the processed face value and the amount of the unprocessed face value may be usable for purchase of goods. In this case, the total amount of the processed amount and the unprocessed amount is displayed on the card 35, and when used for purchasing a product, the cash register is used to purchase the product as part or all of the price. A new face value is calculated by removing the used amount from the sum of the processed face amount and the unprocessed face amount stored in the card 35, and this is stored and displayed on the card 35. Become. At this time, the amount of processed face value is preferentially removed so that a large amount of unprocessed money remains.

  If the minimum input amount is set as in the first reference technology, there is a possibility that the collection of coins may not proceed due to the trouble of preparing a large number of coins, etc. According to this, since even a small number of coins can be accepted, coins can be collected more reliably.

  The gift certificate issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 5, focusing on the differences from the second reference technique. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to 2nd reference technology, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The gift certificate issuing device 11 of the first embodiment issues a card 35 such as an IC card capable of storing and displaying a face value as a gift certificate, as in the third reference technique.

  Then, the gift certificate issuing device 11 according to the first embodiment enables the approval operation even when the total input amount for one input does not become the reference amount value of the second reference technology, and the approval operation is input. And the amount of money inserted and the amount of money for each denomination are added to the data of the card 35 and stored, and then the card 35 is returned. The added amount is summed, and the premium addition process similar to that of the second reference technique is performed when the total inserted amount reaches the reference amount value.

  That is, first, when the card 35 is inserted into the card entry / exit 36, the control unit 21 reads the information stored in the card 35 by the card issuing unit 37, and the premium addition processing stored so far is unprocessed ( (Hereinafter simply referred to as “unprocessed”), the number of input for each denomination and the total amount of unprocessed input are read. Then, when coins are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 23 in this one-time insertion and an approval operation is input, the number of inserted coins and the amount of money for each denomination of the currently inserted coins are set to the above-described unprocessed amount. It is added to the number of input for each denomination and the total amount of unprocessed input.

  As described above, when the total input amount reaches the reference amount value after one or more inputs, the premium amount determination unit 30 of the control unit 21 is set for each number of sheets as in the second reference technique. The premium amount is obtained by multiplying the reference amount value in the total input amount by the premium ratio. Then, the premium amount is added to the base amount value that was the basis of the multiplication, and this is added to the total amount of processed input (hereinafter simply referred to as processed) that has undergone premium addition processing. The face value is stored in the card 35 in the card issuing unit 37 and the issued face value is displayed on the card 35 to complete the premium addition process. When an amount that is a multiple of the reference amount is input, the number of sheets is obtained for each reference amount, a premium ratio is set, and a premium amount is obtained. Also at this time, the number of sheets is distributed for each reference amount so that the highest premium amount is obtained.

  When coins are inserted exceeding the reference amount, for the amount that exceeds the reference amount and does not meet the next reference amount, the number of input and the amount of input are the unprocessed input and the unprocessed input. Again, it is stored separately from the processed amount. At this time, the allocation of the reference amount value and the amount exceeding the reference amount value is obtained by multiplying the premium amount by a combination including more small coins so that the premium amount increases, and the remaining amount is regarded as unprocessed amount. To do.

  As with the third reference technology, this card 35 can also be used for product purchases, etc., with the amount of processed face value or the combined amount of unprocessed face value. As in the 3 reference technique, a new face value obtained by removing the used amount from the amount stored in the card 35 is stored and displayed on the card 35 at the cash register.

  According to the gift certificate issuing device 11 of the first embodiment described above, coins can be collected more reliably because even a small number of coins can be accepted, as in the third reference technique.

  In the third reference technique and the first embodiment, instead of storing the amount of money in the card 35, the card 35 stores only identification information for distinguishing it from others, and the gift certificate issuing device 11 or A central control device or the like that collects a plurality of gift certificate issuing devices 11 stores a face value or the like in association with identification information, and is associated with identification of the card 35 when the card 35 is inserted into the gift certificate issuing device 11. A face value or the like may be displayed on the gift certificate issuing device 11.

11 Gift certificate issuing device 15 Gift certificate (gift certificate)
30 Premium amount determination section (Premium amount determination means)
35 cards (gift certificates)

Claims (2)

A gift certificate issuing device that issues gift certificates with a face value with a premium amount for the total amount of money inserted,
A premium amount determining means for determining a premium amount at a different ratio according to the inserted money,
The premium amount determination means is set with a premium ratio for multiplying the total amount of input according to the number of coins input when the total amount of input reaches a predetermined reference amount value,
When the total amount of money inserted in a single insertion does not reach the reference amount value, the number of pieces inserted and the total amount of money for each denomination in the insertion are stored as unprocessed information in gift certificates or storage means At the same time, based on the unprocessed information stored in the gift certificate or storage means, the total amount of money that has been added in association with a single gift certificate is the reference amount value. A gift certificate issuing device comprising a control unit that determines a premium amount by the premium amount determination means at a time point.   2. The gift certificate issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the premium ratio is set higher as the number of inserted coins is larger.

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