JPH05143842A - Card dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sell a card for the amount of received money after restoration from trouble by storing the amount of received money. CONSTITUTION:The card dispenser which encodes information of the amount of received money at the time of money reception and writes it on a magnetic card 1 by a card reader/writer 2 to sell the magnetic card 1 is provided with a memory 8 where the amount of received money is stored; and if the card reader/writer 2 is faulty, information of the amount of received money stored in the memory is encoded and written on the magnetic card 1 to sell the magnetic card 1 after restoration from trouble.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card dispenser for encoding information of a deposited amount and writing it on a magnetic card to sell the magnetic card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of card dispenser,
If the card dispenser breaks down while encoding the deposit information, the purchaser hears the deposit amount, repairs the card dispenser, then manually writes the deposit amount information to the magnetic card and sells the magnetic card. Take measures.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since the deposit amount depends on the declaration of the card purchaser, there is a false statement in the declaration, and due to an operation error, a magnetic card with a different amount from the deposit amount is sold. There was a problem that it would end up. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a card dispenser which can sell a magnetic card in which the information of the deposit amount is written after the failure recovery by storing the deposit amount. With the goal.

[0004]

In the card dispenser of the present invention, when a deposit is made, a card reader / writer encodes the deposit amount information for one magnetic card supplied from a card stacker. In a card dispenser for carrying out the writing of the magnetic card, a memory for storing the deposit amount, a failure detection means for detecting a failure of the card reader / writer, and a failure detection means for detecting a failure of the card reader / writer The failure display means is turned on, and when the failure is recovered, the magnetic card is carried out by encoding the deposit amount information stored in the memory into the magnetic card.

[0005]

When the failure detector detects a failure of the card reader / writer, the failure display means is turned on and the sale of the device is stopped. After that, when the failure of the card reader / writer is restored, the information of the amount stored in the memory, which was deposited at the time of the card reader / writer failure, was encoded by the card reader / writer and written to the magnetic card, The card is unloaded.

[0006]

1 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a magnetic card, and reference numeral 2 denotes a card reader / writer that reads data from the magnetic card 1 and encodes and writes information about a deposit amount into the magnetic card 1. Reference numeral 3 is a card stacker for storing magnetic cards for sale, and reference numeral 4 is a bill identifying device for reading the amount of deposited bills. Reference numeral 5 is a push button that is operated when purchasing a card, and 6 is a display device that displays a deposit amount. Reference numeral 7 is a keyboard used for inputting data, and 8 is a memory for storing the deposit amount detected by the bill validator 4. Reference numeral 9 is a failure display lamp for notifying that sales have been stopped due to a failure of the device. Reference numeral 10 denotes a main control unit that centrally controls the device, and includes a failure detection unit 10a that detects a failure of the card reader / writer 2 inside. 1
1 is a power supply for the device.

The operation of the device configured as described above will be described below. When depositing money into the bill validator 4, the deposit amount is read and stored in the memory 8. Next, when the push button 5 is pressed, the magnetic card 1 is supplied from the card stacker 3 to the card reader / writer 2, the deposit amount is encoded, the data is written in the magnetic card 1, and then the magnetic card 1 It is carried out from the card reader / writer 2.

However, in the above sales process, when a failure of the card reader / writer 2, for example, is detected by the failure detection unit 10a after payment, the failure display lamp 9 is turned on and the sale is stopped. Now, card reader / writer 2
After repairing the failure of No. 1, by operating a predetermined key from the keyboard 7, the information of the deposit amount stored in the memory 8 is encoded by the card read / writer 2 and written in the magnetic card 1, and the magnetic The card 1 is unloaded. If the failure is not fixed easily, use the keyboard 7
By operating the, the deposit amount stored in the memory 8 is read out, displayed on the display unit 6, and the displayed amount is refunded to the card purchaser.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of money deposited at the time of failure of the card reader / writer is stored so that the magnetic card with the stored amount of money stored after the failure is recovered. Since the card is sold, it is possible to sell a magnetic card with an accurate deposit amount by the card purchaser, and to avoid selling a magnetic card that does not match the deposit amount due to human error.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of a card dispenser of the present invention.

[Description of symbols] 1 magnetic card 2 card reader / writer 3 card stacker 4 bill validator 5 push button 6 display section 7 keyboard 8 memory 9 failure display lamp 10 main control section 10a failure detection section 11 power supply

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card dispenser which, upon receipt of a deposit, encodes and writes the information of the deposit amount into a magnetic card supplied from a card stacker by a card reader / writer, and ejects the magnetic card. A memory for storing the deposit amount, a failure detection means for detecting a failure of the card reader / writer, a failure display means lit when the failure of the card reader / writer is detected by the failure detection means, and a recovery of the failure. Then, the card dispenser is characterized in that the information of the deposit amount stored in the memory is encoded into the magnetic card and the magnetic card is carried out.