JPH0675275B2 - Prepaid card sale system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a technology related to a prepaid card to which a value corresponding to a prepaid amount is given, and in particular, the present invention relates to this type of card. The prepaid card sale system applied to the card sale machine to be released.

<Prior Art> Prepaid cards are currently used for various purposes such as telephone cards. For example, when a telephone card is inserted into a public telephone, a call can be made according to the value of money (remaining frequency) at that time. Usually, this type of card has a printed surface on the front surface and a magnetic recording surface with a magnetic coating film on the back surface, and in addition to the necessary information, advertisement characters and designs of the trader are printed.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in such an advertisement by printing, since the card purchaser and the like happen to only see the advertisement on the card surface when purchasing the card, a function to call the attention of the card purchaser It is poor, and the advertising function is not fully exerted.

Also, when selling a prepaid card with an advertisement at a card vending machine, the advertisement content cannot be appealed to the card purchaser until the card is released, and there is no advertising function for anyone other than the purchaser. There is a problem that it is not demonstrated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a prepaid card sale system having an excellent advertisement function by recording advertisement designation information on a prepaid card and displaying the advertisement at the time of card release. To aim.

<Means for Solving Problems> The present invention relates to a prepaid card provided with a monetary value, and a card vending machine for selling the prepaid card,
A prepaid card sale system comprising a display device electrically connected to the card sale machine, wherein the prepaid card has an information recording section for recording advertisement designation information for designating an advertisement to be displayed on the display device. Is equipped with
The card vending machine has a money accepting port for accepting the insertion of money, a card ejecting port for ejecting a prepaid card to be released, a stock section for storing a plurality of prepaid cards, and a prepaid card delivered from the stock section. A card transport mechanism for transporting to the card discharge port, transport control means for operating the card transport mechanism in response to the insertion of money into the currency accepting port, and display data of an advertisement designated by the advertisement designation information are stored. Memory, information reading means for reading the advertisement specifying information from the information recording section of the prepaid card which is provided on the card conveying path and is in the middle of conveyance, and display of the advertisement specified by the advertisement specifying information read by the information reading means Display control means for reading data from the memory and displaying the data on the display is provided.

<Operation> When the money corresponding to the value of the prepaid card is accepted at the money accepting port of the card vending machine, when the prepaid card is released, the advertisement designation information is read from the information recording section of the prepaid card, and the advertisement designation information is read. The advertisement specified by is displayed on the display.

This display alerts not only the card purchaser but also those around the card purchaser, so that the advertising function is fully exerted.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows a prepaid card selling system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This figure shows the inside of a playground in which a large number of slot machines 1 are installed, and a thin medal dispenser 2 is installed at an intermediate position between adjacent slot machines 1, 1. This medal lending machine 2 is for accepting the insertion of a prepaid card and lending a medal for a game. As shown in FIG. 2, a medal supply port 4, a medal ejection port 5, and a card acceptance port are provided in front of the machine body 3. A mouth 6, a selection button switch 7, an amount display 8 and the like are arranged. The medal supply port 4 is a part for supplying the lent medals to the medal sending mechanism inside the machine body 2. The card receiving port 6 is a part for receiving the insertion of a prepaid card, and displays the present amount value of the received prepaid card on the amount display 8. Select button switch 7
Is a push button switch for selecting the number of medals to be lent out, and the medal discharge port 5 is a portion for discharging the selected number of medals.

3 and 4 show the structure of the prepaid card 9 used in this embodiment.

The prepaid card 9 in the illustrated example has a printing surface 10 on the front surface,
A magnetic recording surface 11 made of a magnetic coating film is provided on the back surface. In addition to the necessary information, the printing surface 10 is printed with characters and patterns for advertisement of the trader. The printing surface 10 has a perforation recording section 12 in which the remaining monetary value is visibly recorded, and a code recording section in which advertisement designation information regarding advertisement display is recorded.
13 are provided, and holes 14 are formed in the punching recording section 12 at positions where the remaining monetary value is shown.

In the case of this embodiment, the code recording unit 13 is configured by sticking an adhesive sheet on which a barcode is printed, and has a mechanism for designating the content of advertisement display of this barcode. For example, the advertisement display of companies A, B, and C is prepared in advance, and the display data is stored in the card vending machine 15 described later, and which advertisement display is to be performed on the code recording unit 13 of each prepaid card 9. It is recorded by the designated advertisement designation information barcode.

Of course, in addition to the amount information, various information necessary for card transactions is magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording surface 11.

Returning to FIG. 1, a card vending machine 15 for selling the above prepaid card is installed at an appropriate place in the game hall, and a display device 16 connected to the card vending machine 15 is provided at an appropriate place on the wall surface near the card vending machine 15. Are arranged.

This display 16 is for displaying the above-mentioned advertisement, and in addition to the CRT used in this embodiment, an electronic display panel or liquid crystal in which light emitting diodes, light bulbs, etc. are arranged may be adopted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the card vending machine 15 has, as shown in FIG. 5, an amount indicator 18, a paper reception port 19, a coin reception port 20, an illuminated selection button switch 21, a card ejection port 33, a card on the front of the machine body 17. Discharge tray 2
2, change discharge tray 23 etc. are arranged.

The paper reception opening 19 accepts the insertion of paper, and the coin reception opening 20 receives the insertion of coins. The amount display 18 displays the total amount of coins inserted. The selection button switch 21 is for selecting the denomination of the prepaid card to be purchased (for example, 500 yen card, 1,000 yen card, etc.). Card ejection tray 22
Is a part for receiving the prepaid card discharged from the card discharge port 33. The change discharge tray 23 is a portion in which coins of an amount corresponding to the difference between the input amount and the value of the sold prepaid card are released as change.

Inside the machine body 17, at a position inside the card discharge tray 23, there is provided a card generalizing mechanism 24 as shown in FIG.

The card opening mechanism 24 in the illustrated example includes upper and lower conveyor belts 25, 26.
In the figure, the prepaid card is sandwiched and conveyed. In the figure, 27, 28, 29, 30 are rollers on which the conveyor belts 25, 26 are stretched, and 31 is a conveyor motor for driving the belt.

An optical head 32 is arranged along this conveyance path, and a photoelectric sensor 34 is provided in front of the card ejection port 33. The optical head 32 is for reading the advertisement designation information by the barcode from the code recording unit 13 of the prepaid card to be carried out, and the photoelectric sensor 34 is for detecting that the prepaid card has reached the card ejection opening 33. is there.

In the figure, 35a, 35b, and 35c are parts that stock prepaid cards of different denominations in an accumulated state.
35a, 35b, 35c are provided with a card payout mechanism (not shown) for paying out prepaid cards one by one.

Although not shown, a magnetic head for encoding the issue date, issue location, etc. of the magnetic recording surface 11 of the prepaid card 9 to be carried out can be provided along the transport path.

FIG. 7 shows a control circuit incorporated in the above card vending machine 15.
36 is shown.

This control circuit 36 is mainly controlled by the CPU 37 of the microcomputer, and has a sensor control circuit 38 and an optical head control circuit 3
9. Each control circuit such as a conveyance motor control circuit 40, a card feeding mechanism control circuit 41, and a display control circuit 42 is provided.

The sensor control circuit 38 and the optical head control circuit 39 control the operations of the photoelectric sensor 34 and the optical head 32 along the card transport path. The carry motor control circuit 40 controls driving of the carry motor 31 in the card feeding mechanism 24, and the card feeding mechanism control circuit 41 controls a drive source in the card feeding mechanism. The display control circuit 42 controls the display operation of the display 16.

FIG. 8 shows a specific circuit configuration of the display control circuit 42. The CPU 37, which is the controlling body, is connected to the ROM 44, which stores programs, and the RAM 45, which is a work area, by the bus 43, and the CRT. CRT via interface 46
Is connected to the display 16.

The display control circuit 42 includes a plurality of video memories 47 in which display data for displaying advertisements of each company are stored, and a graphic controller processor 48 for executing drawing processing on the display 16 at high speed. Has been. The graphic controller processor 48 reads the display data for advertisement from the video memory 47 corresponding to the code read from the code recording unit 13 of the prepaid card 9,
The advertisement content is drawn on the display 16 via the CRT interface 46.

FIG. 9 shows a control procedure by the CPU 37.

Now, when money is inserted into the paper receipt opening 19 or the coin receipt opening 20, step 1 (shown as "ST1" in the figure) of the figure is "Y".
ES ", the authenticity of the inserted money and the amount calculation are performed, and the selection button switch 21 corresponding to the prepaid card of the denomination within the insertion amount range is turned on. When pushed, the necessity of change is calculated in step 3, and if necessary, the change is discharged to the change discharging tray 23. Next, in step 4, the card payout mechanism is activated and the prepaid card of the corresponding denomination is generated. Either stock department
The card unloading mechanism is operated by the driving of the carry motor 31 at the same time as being drawn from 35a to 35c, and the drawn prepaid card is carried to the card discharge port 33.

During this conveyance, the optical head 32 reads the advertisement designation information (code) from the code recording unit 13 and gives it to the CPU 37 (step 5).

Steps 6 and 7 determine which advertisement display is designated by the read code. For example, if the code designates advertisement display of company A, step 6 is "YES".
Then, the graphic controller processor 48 reads the display data from the corresponding video memory 47,
A predetermined advertisement is displayed on the display 16 (step 8). If the read code specifies the advertisement display of company B, step 7 is "YES". If the read code specifies the advertisement display of company C, steps 7 and 8 are both "NO". Similarly, the graphic controller processor 48 reads the display data from the corresponding video memory 47 and displays it on the display unit 16.
A predetermined advertisement is displayed on (steps 9 and 10).

Thus, when the prepaid card is conveyed to the predetermined position, the photoelectric sensor 34 detects it, and step 11 becomes "YES", and in step 12, the card feeding mechanism and the conveyance motor 31 stop driving and carry out operation. Is completed.

FIG. 10 shows the configuration of the game arcade system, in which a plurality of medal coin dispensers 2 are connected to a counting machine 50 via a bus 49.
Further, the counting machine 50 is connected to the host computer 51 via the bus 52.
Connected to. The aggregator 50 aggregates card transaction data from each medal dispenser 2 and gives it to the host computer 51. The host computer 51 receives the input data from the aggregator 50 and the card vending machine 15 for selling the prepaid card 9. It takes in card sales data and performs a predetermined management process.

It should be noted that the above is an example in which the present invention is applied to a game prepaid card sale system, but the present invention is not limited to this and can also be applied to a telephone card or other prepaid card sale system.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention comprises a prepaid card to which a monetary value is added, a card vending machine for selling the prepaid card, and a prepaid card vending system connected to the card vending machine. The card stores the advertisement designating information for designating the advertisement to be displayed on the display, and the card generator stores the display data of the advertisement designated by the advertisement designating information, and the prepaid card is transported. Since the advertisement specified information is read from the card and an advertisement based on the specified information is displayed on the display unit, this advertisement display alerts not only the card purchaser but also those around it. , The advertising function is fully exerted. Moreover, since the prepaid card only records the advertisement designating information, the information can be easily recorded by a barcode or the like, and the storage contents of the memory can be freely set so that the same advertisement designating information can be recorded. In addition, various advertisements can be displayed according to the installation location of the card vending machine, the time of sale, and the like, which is a significant effect of achieving the object of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of the inside of a game arcade showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the external appearance of a medal dispensing machine, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the printing surface of a prepaid card, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a front view showing the appearance of a card vending machine, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a card unloading mechanism, and FIG. 7 is a general configuration of a control circuit. Block diagram, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a display control circuit, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the CPU, and FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a card transaction system including a medal coin dispenser. Is. 9 …… Prepaid card 13 …… Code recording part, 15 …… Card vending machine 16 …… Display, 19 …… Bill acceptance slot 20 …… Coin acceptance slot, 32 …… Optical head 33 …… Card ejection slot, 42 ... Display control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A prepaid card to which a monetary value is added, and a card vending machine for selling the prepaid card,
A prepaid card sale system comprising a display device electrically connected to the card sale machine, wherein the prepaid card has an information recording section for recording advertisement designation information for designating an advertisement to be displayed on the display device. The card vending machine is equipped with a money accepting slot for accepting coins, a card ejecting slot for ejecting prepaid cards to be released, a stock section for storing a plurality of prepaid cards, and a stock section for feeding out the prepaid cards. A card transport mechanism for transporting a prepaid card to a card discharge port, transport control means for operating the card transport mechanism in response to the insertion of money into the currency accepting port, and an advertisement designated by the advertisement designation information. The memory that stores the display data and the information recording unit of the prepaid card that is installed on the card transport path and is being transported. Information display means for reading the advertisement designation information, and display control means for reading the display data of the advertisement designated by the advertisement designation information read by the information reading means from the memory and displaying it on the display. Prepaid card sale system consisting of.