JPH08138117A - Card issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To individually add up sales and to control the propriety of sale against the cards of the same kind and the same cost, which differ from each other only in patterns, in a card issuing machine for prepaid card. CONSTITUTION: CPU 1 operates based on a program stored in ROM 2. Account information including a pattern code, a sales sum and card remaining quantity are stored in RAM 3 in a card unit. CPU 1 judges the propriety of the issuing of the card based on the purchase instruction of the card transmitted from a customer part 4, supplied sum information from a money detection/change part 5, account information and card remaining quantity. When the card can be issued, the sales sum, card remaining quantity are updated in the card unit, and the card is issued from a card issuing part 6. When the CPU 1 is instructed to output sales information by an operation part 7 to, the CPU 1 generates sales information in the card unit from account information and the sales sum and transmits it to the operation part 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card selling machine for prepaid cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Prepaid cards include telephone cards, orange cards, and Io cards. Photographs and designs are generally printed on these cards, and various types of designs are prepared even for cards of the same price. The card purchaser can look at the design of the card displayed as a sample on the card vending machine and select and purchase the card of the design that suits his or her preference.

[0003]

By the way, the conventional card vending machine collects sales data based on only the type and price of the card, regardless of the design of the card, "on sale", "discontinued", etc. of the card. The display of was controlled. For that reason, for example, it was not possible to aggregate data such as which design cards sold well, and it was not possible to exchange poorly sold designs with designs that sell well or to improve design designs. .

Further, when a card with a certain pattern is sold out, the card vending machine displays "Cancel Sale". However, in the past, when there were multiple types of 1000 yen cards that differed only in the design, the "release was not canceled" unless all 1000 yen cards were sold out.
Furthermore, even if only a certain pattern was sold out, if the same 1000 yen card remained with a different pattern, the card with that pattern was sold to the purchaser. Therefore, the purchaser sometimes purchases a card having a pattern different from the pattern desired by the customer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is whether the types and prices of cards are different,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a card vending machine which can handle cards of the same type and price but different patterns, as cards of different types.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is prepared for each pattern of the card in a card selling machine for selling a card with a price set in advance. A panel for displaying a sample, a selection means for a card purchaser to select the sample, a card storage means for storing the card for each pattern, a storage means for storing sales information of the card for each pattern, the card First control means for taking out a card corresponding to the sample selected by the selecting means from the storage means and outputting it to the card purchaser side; and updating the sales information of the card taken out by the first control means. It is characterized by having two control means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a card vending machine for selling a card for which a price has been set in advance, a panel displaying a sample prepared for each pattern of the card and whether or not the sample can be sold. Display means for displaying each sample, selecting means for the card purchaser to select the sample, card storing means for storing the card by pattern, and first storage means for storing sales information of the card by pattern A second storage means for storing the remaining amount information of the card; and a first control for taking out a card corresponding to the sample selected by the selecting means from the card storing means and outputting it to the card purchaser side. Means, second control means for updating sales information of the card taken out by the first control means, and card taken out by the first control means Updates the remaining amount information, is characterized by a third control means for sending to said display means creates information indicating the released possibility.

[0008]

According to the invention described in claim 1, since the sales information is managed separately for cards having the same type and price and different patterns, it is possible to grasp the sales situation for each pattern. Becomes Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the remaining amount of the cards having the same type and the same price but different patterns is managed separately, whether the cards are on sale or on sale for each pattern Since it is possible to manage and sell the card, it is possible to prevent the purchaser from purchasing a card having a pattern different from his or her will.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a card vending machine according to the embodiment. Further, FIG. 2 is a view showing the outer appearance of the card vending machine according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a CPU (central processing unit) that controls the entire card vending machine. Details of the processing performed by the CPU 1 will be described later.

Reference numeral 2 is a ROM (Read Only Memory), which is C
A control program for the PU1 to control the card vending machine is stored. 3 is RAM (Random Access Memor)
y), which stores information such as card account information, sales amount, and card remaining amount for each card type. Further, a part of the RAM 3 is also used as a work area of the CPU 1 and stores, for example, “payment amount” indicating the total of bills inserted by the purchaser. Here, the remaining amount information indicating the remaining number of cards is set in the RAM 3 in advance before operating the card vending machine.

The customer service section 4 discriminates the buttons 21a to 21e attached to the card vending machine of FIG. 2 pressed by the purchase customer, and displays the amount of the bill inserted by the purchase customer on the display 22. Each button is provided with a sellable lamp that indicates that the type of card corresponding to the button is ready for sale. Further, the display 22 displays "release of sale" of the entire card vending machine, the total amount of money put by the purchaser, and the like.

[0012] The checker / changer 5 is provided by the purchaser with the bill slot 2
The bill inserted from 3 is taken in, the authenticity of the inserted bill is inspected, and the type of bill is specified. When it is determined that the inserted bill is a counterfeit, the bill is ejected from the bill insertion slot 23 as it is. When the bills are genuine, the bills are sorted and stored by type, and the CPU 1 is notified of the bill insertion and the amount notification. If there is change, CPU1
The change issuance port 24 issues the change under the instruction of.

Cards to be issued are stored in the ticket issuing section 6, and a card of the type, amount, and design specified by the CPU 1 is selected based on an instruction from the CPU 1, and the card is issued from the card issuing slot 25. . The operation unit 7 also controls the interface between the manager of the card selling machine and the card selling machine. Note that samples 26a to 26e in FIG. 2 are card samples when the purchaser selects a pattern, and are contained in the panel 27 as shown in FIG. Sample 26a
26e correspond to the buttons 21a to 21e, respectively. For example, when the button 21a is pressed, a card of the same type as the sample 26a can be purchased.

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the account information of the card previously created in the RAM 3. This information can be changed by the administrator giving an instruction from the operation unit, but is not changed while the card vending machine is in operation. In the figure, "account number" is sample 26a
.About.26e have a one-to-one correspondence, and are numbered in ascending order starting from "1". For example, account number 1 is on the card of sample 26a and account number 5 is on sample 26a.
This is information corresponding to the e card. As can be seen from this figure, all cards except account number 3 are of the same type. The cards of account numbers 1 to 3 all have the same price, but the cards of account number 3 have different types of cards, and the patterns of account number 1 and account number 2 are different.

The "card type" means what kind of card the account number is, for example "0" is an orange card and "1" is an Io card. The "amount" column is the unit price of each sample card. In addition, "picture code" is the same type
This is information for identifying those cards by patterns when they have the same price and different patterns. In FIG. 3, the account number 1 and the account number 2 are both “0” in card type and 1000 yen in price, but different in design. When the types or prices of the cards are different, all the picture codes are numbered from "1", so that it cannot be said that the pictures of the cards of account number 1 and account number 3 are the same.

Next, the operation of the card vending machine having the above structure will be described with reference to FIGS. Now, before the operation of the card vending machine, the administrator has sample 26a ~
Fifty cards of 26e each were prepared, but it is assumed that the cards 26a to 26e have 35, 1, 3, 30, and 45 remaining cards due to the release of the cards. Also, the above "payment amount" is the CPU
1 is set to “0” in advance. Since the first purchaser purchases the sample 26b card, only one 1000-yen bill is inserted. Then, the banknote is the banknote insertion slot 23.
From the change inspection / change section 5, and the authenticity is inspected. 1
Since it has been specified that the bill is a 000 yen bill, a bill insertion notice and an amount of "1000 yen" are sent to the CPU 1.

Upon receipt of the bill insertion notice, the CPU 1 adds the sent amount to the inserted amount information, and sends the amount display command and the inserted amount to the customer service section 4. In addition, the account information and the remaining amount information of the card are referred to check an account in which the remaining amount of the card is not “0” and the amount information of the account is less than or equal to the deposit amount. Then, the customer service section 4 is instructed to turn on only the sale lamp of the button corresponding to the account that satisfies this condition, here, the buttons 21a to 21c. As a result, the amount of money “1000” is displayed on the display 22 and only the sale lamps of the buttons 21a to 21c are turned on.

Next, when the purchaser confirms that the sale lamp is on and presses the button 21b, the customer service section 4 determines the type of the button and sends it to the CPU 1. The CPU 1 confirms that the card remaining amount of the account number 2 corresponding to the button 21b is not "0". Then, the remaining amount information corresponding to the account number 2 is reduced by "1" to "0", and "1000" is added to the sales amount of the account number 2. Also, the change amount is calculated by subtracting the unit price of the account number 2 from the input amount. If there is a change, the change amount and the change payment command are inspected / change section 5
However, in this case, since the change amount is “0” and there is no need to pay the change, the command is not issued to the change inspection / change unit 5. Further, the account number of the card and the ticket issuing instruction are sent to the ticket issuing unit 6. As a result, a card of the same type as the sample 26b is issued from the card issuing slot 25. The CPU 1 waits for the completion notification from the ticket issuing unit 6 to clear the inserted amount, and instructs the customer service unit 4 to turn off the sale lamps of all the buttons and clear the amount display. In this way, when the first purchaser purchases the card of sample 26b, the card remaining amount of account number 2 becomes "0".

Subsequently, in order for the second purchaser to purchase the card of the sample 26b as well, one "5000 yen" bill is inserted. Since the card remaining amount of the account number 2 is "0" this time, the CPU 1 instructs to turn on all the sale lamps except the button 21b. This shows that the second purchaser has sold out only the card of sample 26b. So, this purchaser sample 2
As a result of examining patterns of samples other than 6b, sample 2
I like the 6d one, so sample 26 with the same price
It is assumed that the card of sample 26d of "3000 yen" is purchased instead of "a". This time, the change is "2000 yen"
Therefore, the CPU 1 updates the sales amount and the remaining amount of the card, issues a ticket issuing instruction, and further sends the change amount “2000 yen” and the change payment command to the change inspection / change unit 5. Then, after waiting for the completion notices from the change inspection / change section 5 and the ticket issuing section 6, post-processing such as clearing of the inserted amount is performed as described above.

Next, when the third purchaser inserts bills in order to purchase the sample 26b card,
As with the second purchaser, the sale lamp of the button 21b is turned off, so that the sold-out of the card is known. Since this purchaser was not attached to the design and just wanted a 1000 yen orange card, he confirmed that the sale lamp for the card of sample 26a was lit and pressed the button 21a to purchase this card. To do.

In this way, the purchaser can know whether or not the card with the desired design is on sale among the cards of the type and the amount of money he / she wants to purchase. , It is possible to select whether to use a different pattern or to cancel the purchase.

Next, when the manager of the card vending machine wants to know the total amount of sales, open the door of the card vending machine,
Instructions are issued from the operation panel (not shown) installed inside the machine. For example, when printing the sales is instructed, the operation unit 7 which has read the instruction from the operation panel transmits the display instruction of the sales amount to the CPU 1. The CPU 1 reads the sales amount, calculates the number of sold sheets from the sales amount and the unit price information of each account, and sequentially sends these information to the operation unit 7 together with a print instruction. The operation unit 7 prints the sent information on the printer device of the operation panel. From this result, sample 26
It can be seen that the card of b sold better than the card of sample 26a.

As described above, the manager of the card vending machine sells the sales amount for each card type, for each card price for the same card type, and for each pattern for the same card type / price. It becomes possible to obtain information such as the number of sales. In this embodiment, for the sake of simplification of description, only banknotes can be inserted, but the present invention can be applied to a card vending machine that can also insert coins in addition to banknotes. Further, in the present embodiment, the bill change / change unit 5 performs the bill discrimination and the change process, but these may be divided into the check unit and the change unit.

[0024]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, sales information is managed separately for cards of the same type and price, but with different patterns. The effect is that it becomes possible to grasp the sales situation. Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the remaining amount of the cards having the same type and the same price but different patterns is managed separately, whether the cards are on sale or on sale for each pattern Since it is possible to manage and sell the card, it is possible to prevent the purchaser from purchasing a card having a pattern different from his or her will.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the outer shape of the card vending machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of account information of a card vending machine according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... Customer service section, 5
… Sensiting / change department, 6… Ticketing unit, 7… Operation unit, 21a-2
1e ... button, 22 ... indicator, 23 ... bill slot, 24
… Change issue port, 25… Card issue port, 26a-26e…
Sample, 27 ... Panel

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card vending machine for selling a card for which a price has been set in advance, and a panel displaying a sample prepared for each pattern of the card, and a selection means for a card purchaser to select the sample. Card storage means for storing the card for each pattern, storage means for storing sales information of the card for each pattern, and taking out a card corresponding to the sample selected by the selecting means from the card storage means and purchasing the card A card vending machine comprising: first control means for outputting to a person side and second control means for updating sales information of a card taken out by the first control means. 2. A card vending machine for selling a card for which a price has been set in advance, a panel displaying a sample prepared for each pattern of the card, and a display means for displaying whether or not the sample can be sold for each sample. Selection means for a card purchaser to select the sample, card storage means for storing the card by pattern, first storage means for storing sales information of the card for each pattern, and remaining amount information of the card A first storage unit for storing a card corresponding to the sample selected by the selection unit from the card storage unit and outputting the card to the card purchaser side; Second control means for updating the sales information of the card taken out by the means, and updating the remaining amount information of the card taken out by the first control means, A card vending machine, comprising: third control means for creating information indicating whether or not the product can be sold and sending the information to the display means.