JPH01149172A - Betting ticket refunding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supplement the refunding amount without fail by storing the refunding amount, subtracting the amount refunded from the refunding amount and when a different amount goes to be less than a constant value, displaying such a condition. CONSTITUTION:A note corresponding to the refunding amount is identified by a reading part 6 and the amount of the fund is stored to a storing means 1 in a refunding machine 2. A betting ticket (hit ticket) is read by the reading part 6 and when the betting ticket is identified, communication is executed with CPU 8. When the hit ticket is confirmed by the CPU 8 based on data, a dividend is computed and transmission is executed to the refunding machine 2. Next, the refund is displayed to a display part 9 and the refund is delivered through an operator to a vote fun. Then, the total refund is printed to a reverse ticket. On the other hand, the refund is subtracted from the refunding amount, which is stored at first, and whether the different amount is less than the constant value or not is discriminated by a discriminating means 19. Then, when the amount goes to be less than the constant value, 'refund to be prepared' is displayed to the display part 9 and the condition is informed the operator.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Summary] Regarding a voting ticket refund machine that manages cash when paying out dividends for voting tickets (winning tickets), when the payout funds decrease to a certain value, The purpose of this machine is to provide a voting ticket refund machine that can reliably replenish refund funds by determining a display section for displaying the refunded amount, a storage means for storing the refunded funds by reading a ticket displaying the amount, and an operation for subtracting the refunded amount that has not been refunded from the refunded funds. and a discriminating means for discriminating whether the difference is below a certain value.

Field of Industrial Use] The present invention relates to a voting ticket payout machine that manages cash when paying out dividends for voting tickets (winning tickets).

In the voting ticket refund operation, when the race on -day ends and refunds are stopped, the amount refunded from the CPLI is transmitted to the refund machine, and the amount is printed on the receipt. The operator checks the amount against the amount on hand, which is the difference between the refunded funds and the refund amount. In this case, when the refunded funds decrease,
It is necessary to replenish the refunded funds from the bank.

[Prior Art] In a conventional voting ticket refund machine, the refund operation was performed as follows.

First, when the operator accepts a voting ticket (winning ticket) from a voting fan, the data of the winning ticket is read by the reading section of the payout machine. The read data is sent to the higher-level machine, CPL.
The winning ticket is sent to CPtJ, and when CPtJ confirms that it is a winning ticket based on the data, it awards the dividend and sends it to the payout machine.

Since the payout is displayed on the display section of the payout machine, the operator looks at the payout and hands the payout to the voting fan. The above refund operation is repeated, and when the race on -day ends and refunds are stopped, the CPU sends the amount refunded by the refund machine to the refund machine, and the printer prints the amount on a receipt and outputs it. be done.

The operator compares the amount with the amount on hand and completes the refund operation. In this case, when the operator runs out of refund funds, the operator requests the bank to replenish the refund funds.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] -However, in such a conventional refund machine,
When the refund funds become low in the operator's memory, they are replenished from the bank as appropriate, so if the operator forgets to request replenishment of the refund funds, the refund funds will be insufficient and the refund operation will not be possible. As a result, there was a problem in that it caused inconvenience to voting fans lining up at the counter.

The present invention was made in view of such conventional problems, and when the refund funds decrease to a certain amount,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voting ticket refund machine that can reliably replenish refund funds by determining this.

[Means to solve the problem] FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 indicates a reading unit for reading the voting ticket in order to transmit the data to the CPU 8, 9 indicates a display unit for displaying the refund amount received from the CPU 8, and 17 indicates the amount of refund funds to be displayed on the ticket. A storage means for reading and storing information, a calculation means 18 for deducting the refunded amount from the refunded funds, and a determining means 19 for determining whether the difference is below a certain value.

[Operation] In the present invention, refund funds are stored, the processed refund amount is subtracted from the refund funds, it is determined whether the difference is below a certain value, and when the difference is below a certain value, Since this is displayed, the operator does not need to remember the remaining funds and can replenish the refunded funds reliably. As a result, there will be no shortage of refunds, so there will be no inconvenience to voting fans lining up at the counter.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIGS. 2 to 6 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention.

First, to explain the structure, in FIG. 2, 1 indicates a main body section 2 (vote payout), and the main body section 1 is provided with a ticket insertion slot 3. A voting ticket 4 as shown in FIG. 3 and a pre-made cash voucher 5 indicating the amount of refundable funds as shown in FIG. 4 are inserted into the ticket insertion slot 3.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a reading unit built into the main body 1, and the reading unit 6 has an OCI< (Optical Character
The data of the voting ticket 4 or the cash ticket 5 inserted from the ticket insertion slot 3 is read using the reader method. The data of the voting ticket 4 read by the reading section 6 is sent to the illumination section 7 to the CPU 8, and the CPU 8 confirms that it is a winning ticket based on the data of the voting ticket 4, and at the same time, the dividend (refund amount) is The calculated refund funds are sent to the refund machine 2. 9 is a display section provided in the main body section;
The display section 9 displays the refunded funds.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a stacker attached to the side surface of the main body part 1, and inside the stacker 10, voting tickets 4 or cash vouchers 5 that have been read by the reading part 6 are stacked.

On the other hand, the refund funds of the coupon 5 read by the reading unit 6 are stored in the storage means 17 built in the main body 1, and
The difference obtained by subtracting the refunded amount from the refunded funds is calculated by the calculating means 1B built in the main body 1, and further, the determining means 19 determines whether the difference is less than a certain value. (See Figure 1).

Reference numeral 11 denotes a receipt part provided in the main body part 1, and the receipt part 11
prints the total refund amount on a receipt.

Next, the operation will be explained based on FIGS. 5 and 6.

In FIG. 5, first, when the withdrawal funds 16 are received from the bank 15 before the withdrawal starts, the coupon 5 must be inserted into the ticket insertion slot 3 of the refund machine 2 (see step S1 in FIG. 6) and read. part 6 (see FIG. 6, step S2),
In order to identify the cash voucher 5 (see step S3 in FIG. 6), the amount is stored in the storage means 17 in the refund machine 2 (see step S7 in FIG. 6).

Next, with the start of the refund operation, the voting fan 12 sends the voting ticket (winning ticket) 4 to the operator 13 at the refund counter 20 using the arrow A.
6, the operator 13 inserts the voting ticket 4 from the ticket insertion slot 3 of the refund machine 2 (FIG. 6, step S1).
,reference).

Next, in swap S2, the voting ticket 4 is read by the reader 6 using the OCR method, and in step s3, it is identified as the voting ticket 4.

Next, if it is identified as the voting ticket 4, reception with cpus is performed in step S4. That is, the data of the voting ticket 4 is transmitted to the CPUS, and the CPUS confirms that it is a winning ticket based on the data, calculates the dividend (refund amount), and transmits it to the payout machine 2.

Next, in step S5, the refund amount is displayed on the display section 9, and the operator 13 looks at the display and hands the refund amount 14 to the voting fan 12 as indicated by arrow B.

(See Figure 5).

After the refund is completed, the total refund amount is printed on a receipt and output in step S6.

On the other hand, in step S8, the refunded amount 14 that has been refunded is subtracted from the initially input and stored refunded funds 16. Then, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the difference has become less than a certain value, and when it has become less than a certain value, the operator 13 is notified by displaying "Prepare for refund" on the display section 9.

As a result, the operator 13 requests the bank 15 for refund funds 16 and receives the money, and the amount is read by the cash voucher 5 and stored in addition to the remaining amount.

As described above, there is no need for the operator 13 to memorize and replenish the remaining balance of the refundable funds 16, and the refund machine 2 automatically notifies the replenishment time, so that the refundable funds 16 can be reliably replenished. .

As a result, voting numbers 7 and 12 lined up at refund counter 20
will not cause any inconvenience to you.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the withdrawal machine 2 and the terminal 21 of the bank 15 are connected by a connection line 22, and when the withdrawal funds 16 are below a certain value, they are transferred to the terminal 21 of the bank 15. If displayed, the refund funds 16 can be automatically replenished from the bank 15.

[Effect of the invention 1 As explained above, according to the present invention, the refunded funds are stored, the refunded amount that has been processed for refund is subtracted from the refunded funds, and it is determined whether the difference is below a certain value. When the amount falls below a certain value, by displaying it, you can reliably replenish the refunded funds.

As a result, there is no shortage of refund money, so voting fans lining up at the refund counter are not inconvenienced.

Furthermore, by displaying on the bank terminal that the refundable funds have fallen below a certain value, the refundable funds can be automatically replenished.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a refund machine showing an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of a voting ticket. Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of a cash voucher; Figure 5 is a diagram explaining the operation; FIG. 6 is a flowchart. In the figure, 1... Main body part, 2... Refund machine, 3...Ticket insertion slot, 4...Voting ticket, 5...Gold certificate, 6...reading section, 7...control unit, 8.-cpu. 9...display section, 10...stacker, 11... receipt section (printing means), 12...Voting fans, 13... Operator, 14...Refund amount, 15...Bank, 16...Refund funds, 17...Memory means, 18... calculation means, 19...discrimination means, 20...Refund counter, 21...terminal, 22... Connection line.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A voting ticket having a reading section (6) for reading the voting ticket in order to transmit the data to the CPU (8), and a display section (9) for displaying the refund amount received from the CPU (8) In the refund machine (2), a storage means (17) stores the refund funds by reading a cash voucher displaying the amount.
), a calculation means (18) for deducting the refunded amount from the refunded funds, and a determining means (19) for determining whether the difference is below a certain value. Refund machine. (2) The voting ticket refund machine according to claim 1, wherein when the difference falls below a certain value, this is displayed on a bank terminal.