JPH0354694A - Card issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To more improve the convenience of a prepaid card by providing a total record designating switch, etc., to instruct the total amount for the value of prices respectively recorded to the plural cards is totally recorded to the smaller number of the cards. CONSTITUTION:A card reader / writer 4 is provided for read / write and a total record designating switch 10, etc., is provided to instruct specified according to the card. When the total record designating switch 10 is operated and plural cards 3 are put into a card issuing machine 1, the card issuing machine 1 reads the value of the prices recorded to the cards by the card reader / writer 4 and determines the recorded amounts of the respective cards for totally recording the total amount to one or plural cards. Then, the recorded amount is recorded to one or plural cards, for which the recorded amounts are determined, by the card reader / writer 4 and the card is issued. Thus, the convenience of the prepaid card can be more improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a card issuing machine that issues a bripaid card that records the sales amount concluded with a customer. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 166490/1989 discloses an issuing machine that encodes the sales amount, records it on a magnetic card, and issues the card when the sale is completed using the amount invested by the customer.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention However, with the spread of cards, it becomes troublesome for one person to hold multiple cards with balances recorded on them, and it is desirable to keep all of these cards together into the minimum necessary number of cards. There is a demand for this. Conversely, if several people own the amount recorded on a card held by one person, they would like to distribute the amount recorded on one or more cards to a larger number of cards. There is also a demand for this. Therefore, the first invention provides a card issuing machine that can collectively record and issue the total amount recorded on a plurality of inserted cards into a smaller number of cards or one card. It is something to do. A second invention provides a card issuing machine that can distribute and issue the amount recorded on one or more cards inserted into a larger number of cards. It is.

(2) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the card issuing machine according to the first invention includes a card reader that reads the monetary value of the inserted card, and a card issuing machine that reads the monetary value of the inserted card. An integrated recording designation switch for instructing that the total monetary value recorded on each card be recorded in an integrated manner on a smaller number of cards or one card, and operation of the integrated recording designation switch. means for determining the amount of money recorded on each card when the total monetary value recorded on the plurality of cards read by the card reader is collectively recorded on one or more cards in response to the above; , and a card writer for recording the recorded amount on one or more predetermined cards. A card issuing machine according to a second invention includes a card reader that reads the monetary value of an inserted card;
A distributed recording specification switch to instruct that the monetary value recorded on one or more cards be distributed and recorded on a larger number of cards, and specify the number of cards to be distributed and recorded. A distributed number setting device, and determining the recorded amount of each card when the monetary value read by the card reader is distributed to the number specified by the distributed number setting device in response to the operation of the distributed recording designation switch. This configuration includes means for recording the recorded amount, and a card writer for recording the recorded amount on each card. (*) Effect According to the first invention, when a plurality of cards are inserted into the card issuing machine when the general recording designation switch is operated, the card issuing machine records the cards therein using the card reader. The monetary value of each card is read by a card reader, and when the total amount is recorded on one or more cards, the recorded amount is determined for each card, and this recorded amount is determined by a card writer. Recorded on one or more cards and issued.

According to the second invention, when one or more cards are inserted into the card issuing machine when the distributed recording designation switch is operated, the card issuing machine records the data therein using the card reader. The card reader reads the monetary value of each card, determines the recorded amount of each card when dispersing it into the number specified by the distributed number setting device from that amount, and the recorded amount is specified by the card writer. Sheet. Record it on a number card and issue it. (F) Embodiment Figure 1 shows the structure of a card issuing machine 1, where 2 is a card storage housing which stores a magnetic card 3 on which a monetary value is written, and 4 is a card storage for reading and writing. A card reader/writer equipped with a magnetic head 4A, 5 is a card transport section equipped with a card collection storage 6. This card transport section 5
transfers the card 3 taken out from the card storage 2 to the card reader/writer 4, and also transfers unnecessary cards sent from the card reader/writer 4 to the card collection storage 6.
Accept to. 7 is a money sorting device that sorts the money inserted into the card issuing machine 1 and, if appropriate, outputs an inserted money signal representing the amount of money; 8 is an amount display that displays the amount of money that the customer has inserted into the card issuing machine 1; 9 is an issuance switch operated by the customer. When the customer inserts money into the card issuing machine 1 and then operates the issuing switch 9, the amount inserted at this time becomes the sales amount, and the card issuing machine 1 records this sales amount on the magnetic card 3. Issue. 10 is an integrated recording designation switch for instructing that the total monetary value recorded on each of multiple cards be recorded in an integrated manner on a smaller number of cards or on one card. , 11 is a distributed recording designation switch for instructing that the monetary value recorded on one or more cards be distributed and recorded on a larger number of cards, and 13 is a distributed recording designation switch for distributing the monetary value recorded on one or more cards. This is a distributed number setting device that allows the customer to specify the number of cards to be recorded when recording. Reference numeral 12 denotes a control unit of the card issuing machine 1, which is specifically constituted by a microcomputer, and this control unit 12 controls the operation of the card issuing machine 1 according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C. First, normal card sales will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2A. In the first step S1, the control unit 12 determines whether the input money signal is output from the money sorting device 7, and if the input money signal is output, the control unit 12 adds and counts the input money amount in the next step S2. At the same time, this data is given to the amount display 8 to display the amount put in.

In step S3, the control unit 12 determines whether the issuing switch 9 is turned on, and if it is not turned on, the control unit 12 goes to step S3.
Return to 1. Therefore, before the issuing switch 9 is turned on, each time money is inserted into the card issuing machine 1, the amount of inserted money is added to the inserted amount. When the issuing switch 9 executes step S4, the control unit 12 gives a control signal to the card storage 2 to take out the magnetic card 3 to the card transport section 5.
Thereafter, a control signal is given to the card transport section 5 to transport the magnetic card 3 to the card node writer 4. In the next step S5, the control unit 12 outputs the input amount data to the card reader/writer 4. As a result, the card reader/writer 4 drives the magnetic head 4A to write the inserted amount data into the magnetic card 3. In the next step S6, the control unit 12 performs a verify check to determine whether the amount of money instructed to be written is accurately recorded on the magnetic card 3. This verification check is performed by reading the amount data recorded on the magnetic card 3 using the magnetic head 4A and verifying whether it has been written correctly. If the writing is normal, the process proceeds to the next step S8, where the control unit 12 gives a control signal to the card reader/writer 4, whereby the magnetic card 3 on which the sales amount established with the customer is encoded is processed. The card is sent out from the card issuing port 4B. However, if the amount to be encoded is not written correctly, the process goes to step S7, and the control unit 12
gives control signals to the card reader/writer 4 and the card transport section 5 to remove the defective magnetic cards from the card collection warehouse 6.
, and the process returns to step S4. Therefore, a new magnetic card 3 is taken out from the card storage 2 to the card reader/writer 4, and the input amount is written again. The operation of recording the total amount of monetary value recorded on each of multiple cards on a smaller number of cards or on one card is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2B.
This will be explained below. In this case, the overall recording designation switch 10
The operation starts when the customer operates it. In step S10, the control unit 12 determines whether a card is inserted into the card reader/writer 4. When the general recording designation switch 10 is activated, the control unit 12 gives a control signal to the card reader/writer 4 to take in the card when it is inserted into the card issuing slot 4B. When the card is inserted and taken in, the card reader/writer 4 reads the monetary value recorded on the card and outputs the card monetary value information to the control unit 12. Thereby, the processing of the control unit 12 proceeds to step Sll, where the introduced card amount information is read and added to the inserted card amount, and this data is given to the amount display 8 to display the inserted card amount. In the next step S12, the control unit 12 sends the amount data of 0 yen to the card reader/writer 4.
and writes 0 yen to the inserted card. In the next step S13, the control unit 12 gives control signals to the card reader/writer 4 and the card transport section 5, respectively, and collects the card with 0 yen written therein into the card collection warehouse 6, and returns to step S10. When processing step S14, the control unit 12 determines whether the issue switch 9 has been activated, and if it has not been activated, returns to step SIO. Therefore, before the issuing switch 9 is turned on, each time a card is inserted into the card reader/writer 4, the monetary value recorded on the card is added to the inserted card amount, and the monetary value is read. After writing O yen on the card, the card is collected in the card collection warehouse 6. After the customer sequentially inserts multiple cards whose monetary values are desired to be unified into the card reader/writer 4, the customer presses the issuance switch 9.
However, due to the activation of the issue switch 9, the processing of the control unit 12 proceeds to step S15. In step S15, the control unit 12 determines the amount to be recorded on the newly issued card based on the amount of the inserted card. In this case, if the total monetary value recorded on a plurality of cards is to be integrated into one card, the inserted card amount calculated in step S11 will be the amount recorded on this card as is. However, if the total number of cards is smaller than the number of cards inserted, the amount recorded on each card will be the amount obtained by dividing the amount of the inserted cards equally by this number of cards. In addition, when integrating multiple cards, depending on the customer's request,
Alternatively, the monetary value recorded on each card may be changed according to a predetermined allocation ratio. When the issuing switch 9 executes step S16, the control unit 12 gives a control signal to the card storage 2 to take out the magnetic card 3 to the card transport section 5, and then sends a control signal to the card transport section 5. and transfers this magnetic card 3 to the card reader/writer 4. In the next step S5, the control unit 12 outputs the amount data determined in step 815 to the card reader/writer 4. As a result, the card reader/writer 4 drives the magnetic head 4A, and the sum of the monetary values recorded on each of the inserted cards is recorded on the magnetic card 3. Become. In the next step 818, the above-mentioned verify check is performed, and if the writing is normal, the magnetic card with the amount enriched in the process of step S20 is transferred to the issuing slot 4B.
If the writing is abnormal, the defective card is introduced into the card collection warehouse 6 in step S19, and then the process returns to step 816 to perform the writing operation again.
The operation of distributing and recording the monetary value recorded on one or more cards on a larger number of cards will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 2C. in this case,
The operation starts when the distributed recording designation switch 11 is operated by the customer. In step S100, the control unit 12 determines whether a card is inserted into the card reader/writer 4. When the distributed recording designation switch 11 is turned on, as in the case of the integrated recording designation switch 11, the control unit 12 instructs the card reader/writer 4 to take in the card when it is inserted into the card issuing slot 4B. It gives a control signal. When the card is inserted and taken in, the card reader/writer 4 reads the monetary value recorded on the card and outputs the card monetary value information to the control unit 12. Thereby, the process of the control unit 12 proceeds to step S101,
The introduced card amount information is read and added to the inserted card amount, and this data is given to the amount display 8 to display the inserted card amount. Next step S102
Then, the control unit 12 outputs the amount data of 0 yen to the card reader/writer 4, and writes 0 yen to the inserted card. In the next step S103, the control unit 12 gives control signals to the card reader/writer 4 and the card transport unit 5, respectively, and collects the card with 0 yen written into the card collection warehouse 6, and returns to step S100. When processing step S104, the control unit 12 determines whether the issuing switch 9 is turned on, and if it is not turned on, the process returns to step S100. Therefore, before the issuing switch 9 is turned on, each time a card is inserted into the card reader/writer 4, the monetary value recorded on the card is added to the inserted card amount, and the monetary value is read. After writing 0 yen on the card,
Collect the card in the card collection warehouse 6. A customer records W. of monetary value distributed over multiple cards. When the issuing switch 9 is turned on after inserting one or more cards to serve as a resource, the control unit 12 proceeds to step S105. In this step 8105, the control unit 12 receives the distributed sheet number setting device 13,
Enter the number of cards to be distributed and recorded as set by the customer.

This number of cards set by the customer must be greater than the number of cards invested by the customer so that it becomes the source of the monetary value that is distributed and recorded. In the next step S106, the control unit 12
determines the amount to be recorded on the newly issued card based on the input card amount. At this time, the amount obtained by equally dividing the amount of the inserted card calculated in step S101 by the set number of cards becomes the amount recorded on each card. Note that even though it is called equal division, it is not equal in the strict sense because there will be fractions, and a separate input device will be required, but each division can be divided according to the customer's request or according to a predetermined distribution ratio. You may change the monetary value recorded on the card. Then, in the process of step S106, the control unit 12 gives a control signal to the card storage 2 so that the magnetic card 3
is taken out to the card transport section 5, and then a control signal is given to the card transport section 5 to transport the magnetic card 3 to the card reader/writer 4. In the next step sios, the control unit 12 outputs the amount data determined in step S106 to the card reader/writer 4. As a result, the card reader/writer 4 drives the magnetic head 4A to write the amount data given from the control unit 12 onto one card. In the next step 81g, the above-mentioned verify check is performed, and if the writing is normal, the magnetic card with the amount encoded is inserted into the issuing slot 4B in step S20.
If the writing is abnormal, the defective card is introduced into the card collection warehouse 6 in step S19, and then the process returns to step S16 to perform the writing operation again.
Then, in the next step Sl 12, it is determined whether all the cards of the number specified by the customer have been written with a predetermined monetary value and issued. If the process has not been completed yet, the process returns to step S107 and the above-mentioned process is performed. Repeat the process. (G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the amount of a card with a large amount recorded on it can be distributed among many cards, or the amounts of many cards with only a small amount remaining can be consolidated into the minimum number of cards. This further improves the convenience of prepaid cards.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the card issuing machine, Figure 2A
The figure is a flowchart explaining the operation of normal card sales, Figure 2B is a flowchart explaining the operation of integrating and recording the monetary value of a large number of cards into the minimum number of cards, and Figure 2C is a flowchart explaining the operation of recording one card. Alternatively, it is a flowchart illustrating an operation of distributing and recording monetary values recorded on a plurality of cards onto a large number of cards. 4... Card reader/writer, 10... General recording designation switch, 11... Distributed recording designation switch, 12... Control unit, 13... Distributed sheet number setting device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card that reads the monetary value of an inserted card in a card issuing machine that records and issues an amount corresponding to the sales amount established with a customer on a magnetic card. a reader, an integrated recording designation switch for instructing that the total monetary value recorded on each of the plurality of cards be collectively recorded on a smaller number of cards or on one card; Recording of each card when the total monetary value recorded on the plurality of cards read by the card reader is collectively recorded on one or more cards in response to the operation of the general recording designation switch. A card issuing machine comprising means for determining an amount of money and a card writer for recording the recorded amount on one or more predetermined cards. 2. In a card issuing machine that records and issues an amount corresponding to the sales amount established with a customer on a magnetic card, a card reader that reads the monetary value of the inserted card and one or A distributed recording specification switch for instructing that the monetary value recorded on multiple cards be distributed and recorded on a larger number of cards, and a distributed number for specifying the number of cards to be distributed and recorded. a setting device; and means for determining the recorded amount of each card when the monetary value read by the card reader is distributed into the number of cards specified by the distributed number setting device in response to the operation of the distributed recording designation switch. and a card writer for recording the recorded amount on each card.