JPH04165588A - Cashless pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce waiting time for a customer due to credit check by providing a prepaid card vending machine enabling the purchase of a prepaid card with a credit card, bank card and cash and a POS terminal device dedicated to the transaction of merchandise with the prepaid card. CONSTITUTION:When the customer purchases the prepaid card, the cash, if used, is inserted in a cash processing mechanism part 10 or the credit card or bank card, if used, is inserted in a card processing part 11. In the case of the card, a device control part 12 executes the credit check of the card via an on-line processing control part 13, and then the prepaid card is discharged from a prepaid card discharging mechanism part 15 corresponding to the amount of money designated and inputted from an operation part 16. An operator reads the merchandise code of the merchandise to be purchased by the customer with a merchandise code reader 19 and searches for amount information, and after accumulating total is calculated by a POS terminal device 17, customer inserts the customer's card in a card reader/writer 18 for subtracting the accumulating total from balance information within the card and return the card back to the customer. Thus, transaction time per customer can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a cashless POS system, and more particularly to a method of product transaction between a customer and an operator.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional cashless POS systems, when a customer pays for a product, that is, at the stage of product transaction, it is possible to use credit cards, bank cards, and cash in addition to transactions using PIP cards.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional cashless POS system described above allows transactions using credit cards, bank cards, and cash in addition to prepaid cards at the product transaction stage, but in the case of credit cards and bank cards, it takes time to verify the card credit. This method has the disadvantage that the transaction time required per customer is long, and the waiting time for customers is therefore long.

In addition, in the case of cash transactions, the operator must operate the cash drawer and store and sort the cash.
The disadvantage is that it places a heavy burden on the operator.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention is a cashless POS system for transacting products using a PAYPAY card, which includes a card processing means for selling the PAYPAY card, and an online processing control section that processes the card processing means externally and online. a PuiPay card vending device comprising: a product code reading device that reads a code number of the product; and a PuiPay card reading/writing device that reads and writes information to the PuiPay card; It consists of a card-dedicated POS terminal device and:

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1(a) and FIG. 1(b) are block diagrams respectively showing a PIP card vending device and a POS terminal device of the present invention. In FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), the PIP card vending device 1 has a cash processing mechanism section 10. Card processing mechanism section 11. Device control unit 12. Online processing control unit 1
3. Puipaid card hangar 14. It is composed of a private pay card discharging mechanism section 15 and an operation section 16, and is connected to external devices via a serial interface 4 and a line 5. Further, the POS terminal device 17 is connected to a private pay card reading/writing device 18 and a product code reading device 19, and is also connected to the outside via a serial interface 4.

Here, when a customer purchases a pay-as-you-go card, cash is inserted into the cash processing mechanism section 10, and credit card or bank card is inserted into the card processing mechanism section 11. Then, the device control unit 12 determines whether it is cash or a card, and if it is a card, performs a credit inquiry of the card via the online processing control unit 3. Thereafter, the prepaid card is discharged from the prepaid card discharging mechanism section 15 in accordance with the amount specified and inputted from the operation section operator 6. In addition, the POS terminal device 17 is cash drawerless, and when making a product transaction, the operator reads the product code of the product the customer wants to purchase using the product food reader 19, searches for price information, and then uses the POS terminal device After 17 has been accumulated, the customer's PuiPaid card is inserted into the PuiPaid card reading/writing device ft18, and the cumulative amount is subtracted from the balance information in the card and returned to the customer.

This ends the product transaction.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a store layout using the cashless POS system of the present invention. In Fig. 2, PIP card vending machines 1 are installed at various locations on store floor 2, and these are all PCLS terminal devices 1.
7, it is connected via a serial interface 4 to a terminal control device 3 installed on the second floor of the store, and information within the device is managed. In addition, a large number of PAYPaid card sales devices 1 are installed near the entrance of the store floor 2 so that even customers visiting the store for the first time can reliably purchase PAYPaid cards. Furthermore, by installing the PAYPAYED card vending device 1 near the displayed products 20, it is considered that customers can purchase additional PID cards on the way.

As a result, at the time of product transaction, the product code reading device 19 performs high-speed cumulative processing of the transaction amount, and the PUIPID card reading and writing device 18 performs transaction processing using only the PUIPID card.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a PII-paid card vending device that can purchase prepaid cards with any of a credit card, a bank card, or cash, and a POS terminal device exclusively used for product transactions using PII-paid cards, By unifying the method using a PIP card, it is possible to reduce the waiting time for customers due to credit inquiries when making transactions using credit cards or bank cards, and it is also effective in reducing the burden on operators when making cash transactions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) are block diagrams respectively showing a PIP card vending device and a POS terminal device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an example of a store layout using the cashless PoS system of the present invention. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Paid card sales device, 2... Store floor, 3... Terminal control device, 4... Serial interface, 5... Line, 10... Cash processing mechanism section, 1
1... Card processing mechanism section, 12... Device control section, 1
3...Online processing control section, 14...Puipaid card storage, 15...Puipaid card discharging mechanism section, 16...Operation section, 17...POS terminal device, 18
... Paid card reading/writing device, 19...
-Product code reading device, 20...Displayed products.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A cashless POS system for transacting products using a PyPaid card, comprising: a card processing means for selling the PyPaid card;
a PAYPaid card vending device having an online processing control unit that processes the card processing means externally and online; a product code reading device that reads a code number of the product; and a product code reading device that reads and writes information to the PPYPaid card. 1. A cashless POS system comprising: a POS terminal device exclusively for the PyPaid card connected to a PyPaid card reading/writing device that performs the processing.