JPH0279193A - Prepaid card handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to transfer a part of a deposited amount to a card and receive the balance as a change by providing a card section which can read and write the data of a prepaid card. CONSTITUTION:A customer deposits an amount to a paper money receiving and delivering section 3 or coin receiving and delivering section 4 after selecting the money depositing mode through a selection button 9 and, when the customer wants to increase the remaining amount of the card, the customer selects a desired commodity after inputting the amount to be transferred to the card from ten keys 8 and unit keys 10. Then, after the designated amount is written on the prepaid card in a card section 2, the amount of the desired commodity is deducted and the balance is returned from the sections 3 and 4 as a change. When nothing is transferred to the card, the amount of the commodity is deducted from the sum of the remaining amount of the card and deposited amount and the balance is returned as a change when the change is selected from the selection button 9. Therefore, the remaining amount of the prepaid card can be increased when rewriting can be performed on the card in such way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly to a vending machine using a prepaid card.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, in vending machines using this type of prepaid card, cash was inserted when the prepaid card ran out of money, and the remainder was returned to the customer as change. Also, cards with no remaining balance could no longer be used.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The above-mentioned conventional vending machines that use prepaid cards are:
When the prepaid card runs out of money, the main method of inserting cash is mostly coins, and high-denomination banknotes cannot be handled, which causes inconvenience if you do not have coins or the like on hand. Also, cards have the disadvantage that once the remaining funds are used up, the card must be purchased again.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel prepaid card handling device that makes it possible to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the conventional technology.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a prepaid card handling device according to the present invention has a coin depositing and dispensing section, a banknote dispensing section, and a device capable of reading and writing data on a prepaid card. It has a card section, and is characterized by the ability to transfer a portion of the deposited amount to the card and receive the remainder as change, depending on the customer's choice.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the concept of an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a prepaid cart handling device 1 according to the present invention includes a card section 2, a banknote withdrawal section 3, a coin withdrawal section 4, a customer operation section 5, a control section 6, and a product. It is composed of a handling section 7.

Usually, the customer inserts a prepaid card into the card section 2,
The desired product is selected from the product handling section 7 and purchased. At this time, if the balance in the prepaid cart is less than the amount of the selected product, the customer performs the following operations using the customer operation section 5.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the customer operation section 5. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the customer first selects deposit using the selection button 9 and deposits money into the banknote withdrawal section 3 or the coin withdrawal section 4. Here, if you want to increase the balance on the card, enter the amount to be transferred to the card using the numeric keypad 8 and unit key 10, and then select the desired product.The specified amount will be written to the prepaid card in the card section 2. After that, the amount of the desired product is deducted, and the remaining amount is returned as change from the banknote dispensing section 3 and the coin dispensing section 4.

In addition, if the change is not transferred to the card, if change is selected from the selection button 9, the amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the product from the addition of the balance on the card and the deposit will be returned as change.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, by making it possible to rewrite a prepaid card, it is possible to increase the remaining balance of the card, which is convenient for the user.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a customer operation section. 18...Prepaid card handling device, 2...Card section, 3...Banknote withdrawal section, 4.Coin withdrawal section, 5.Customer operation section, 6.Control section , 7...Product handling department, 8...Numeric keypad, 9...Selection key, 1
0...Unit key patent applicant NEC Corporation Agent Patent attorney Yutabe Kumagai Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A prepaid card handling device that has a built-in card part that has a function of rewriting the prepaid card, and is characterized in that a part of the deposited amount can be transferred to the card according to the customer's selection, and the rest can be received as change. Handling equipment.