JPH09305837A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily recognize the destination of inquiry by confirming a receipt concerning an article possessed from a vending machine by printing a section, etc., managing the article on the receipt. SOLUTION: An automatic certificate issue machine 1 is operated by the command of a CPU 13 connected with a host computer 31. When a user desires a resident's card and selects a resident's card key, for example, the CPU 13 refers to the managing section table of a hard disk 17, reads out citizen section print data and stores them in a RAM 61. When it is detected the user puts in the charges, the CPU 13 sends the citizen section print data stored in the RAM 61 to a receipt printer 12, prints the receipt of citizen section reception and issues it. Continuously, resident data required for preparing documents are received from the host computer 31, these data are printed by a laser printer 11, and the resident's card is ejected from a certificate ejecting port.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine that automatically issues various documents and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, for example, an automatic certificate issuing machine has been installed near the window of a public office, and the applicant himself / herself can directly select necessary documents while looking at the display section of the automatic certificate issuing machine.
By investing money, the certificate can be automatically obtained without going through the office window. Therefore, it has come to be used by many people when the counter is crowded or when the government office is closed on Saturdays. Furthermore, since the types of certificates that can be issued by automatic certificate issuing machines are gradually increasing, the number of government offices that install automatic certificate issuing machines is increasing year by year. With such a certificate issuing machine, there is no need for the applicant to fill out the application form, the documents can be obtained in a relatively short time compared to the person in charge at the counter, and the government office has the advantage of reducing labor. There is. In addition, the automatic certificate issuing machine,
After the operation by the user is completed, a receipt is issued for the money inserted by the user.

[0003]

However, the receipt issued to the applicant when the applicant obtains the certificates by such an automatic certificate issuing machine, regardless of the type of the issued certificates, Only the name of the public office that issued the certificate or the department name of the public office that manages the certificate issuing machine was specified. Therefore, at a later date,
If the applicant wants to inquire about the contents of the certificate acquired from the automatic certificate issuing machine, the receipt issued by the automatic certificate issuing machine does not immediately identify the contact, or There was a problem that we could not directly contact the department in charge.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an automatic vending machine in which the contact point of an article obtained from the automatic vending machine can be easily confirmed by checking the receipt. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, an automatic vending machine according to claim 1 provides a means for providing an article desired by a user and a price required for obtaining the article. An automatic vending machine having a handling means for handling a value and a receipt issuing means for issuing a receipt for the article in response to the handling of the value by the value handling means, the type of the article provided by the providing means. An article type identifying means for identifying, and a receipt issuing control means for printing a department or the like having jurisdiction over the article on a receipt issued by the receipt issuing means according to the type of article identified by the article type identifying means. It is characterized by that. Therefore, the receipt issuing control means causes the receipt issuing means to print the department or the like having jurisdiction over the article according to the type of the article identified by the article type identifying means. When making an inquiry, the department in charge of the article can refer to the printed receipt to smoothly contact the department in charge of the article.

Further, the vending machine according to claim 2 is the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the article provided by the providing means is a document such as a certificate, and the consideration handling means is It is characterized in that the consideration to be handled is money such as the certificate issuance fee. Therefore, the user can recognize the department having jurisdiction over the acquired goods by acquiring the receipt for the cash being put into the vending machine in addition to the credit card.

Further, the vending machine according to claim 3 is the vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the document is a certificate of a plurality of types. Therefore, when a user acquires a specific certificate from multiple types of certificates, if there is any doubt about the acquired certificate later, the certificate can be viewed by looking at the receipt. You can know the department that has jurisdiction over and directly contact the department.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic certificate issuing machine embodying the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, various information such as a user ID identification code including a personal identification number of each user is recorded on the front panel of the casing 1a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 of this embodiment. There is provided a card insertion slot 2a for inserting an ID card having a magnetic tape (in the case of a magnetic card) or an IC chip (in the case of an IC card), which is well known in the back of the card insertion slot 2a. The card reader 2 is provided as a data input means. Above the card insertion slot 2a, a CRT display device 3 and a CRT display device 3 as display means for displaying operating methods and guidance.
A touch panel 4 is provided as a well-known selection unit that allows a user to input desired information by directly touching the displayed portion.

In the vicinity of the card insertion slot 2a,
A call button 22 is provided to call a person in charge when trouble occurs in the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine, and below the button 22 is a person using a wheelchair. An assist bar 42 is provided so that it can be easily operated when the 1 is used. Further, below the assist bar 42, a part of the casing 1a is large enough to be accommodated below the knees of the person in the wheelchair so that the user of the wheelchair can easily use it. Digging 4
3 is formed on the inner surface of the dug 43,
A shock absorbing sheet 44 is provided for absorbing a shock when a part of the wheelchair collides. The height and position of each operation unit of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 are laid out so that a user of a wheelchair can easily operate it. On the right side of the touch panel 4 on the front panel, a coin insertion slot 5a and a bill insertion slot 6a for paying a fee are formed, and these are respectively connected to a coin mech 5 and a bill burr 6 as consideration handling means. are doing. Below the coin insertion slot 5a and the bill insertion slot 6a, an outlet 8 for taking out a receipt and change printed by a receipt printer 12 as a receipt issuing means described later, and a laser as a providing means described later. A certificate issuing port 7 for discharging a certificate such as a resident card printed by the printer 11 is formed. Above the touch panel 4, there is provided an operation display 10 for displaying whether the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 is in a usable state or an unusable state.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, an automatic certificate issuing machine 1
The electrical configuration of the automatic certificate issuance system including is described.

The automatic certificate issuing machine 1 of the present embodiment operates according to a command from the CPU 13 connected to the host computer 31, and this CPU 13 serves as an article type identification means and a receipt issuance control means of the present invention. Function.

Further, the CPU 13 includes the above-described card reader 2, CRT display device 3, touch panel 4, coin mech 5, bill burr 6, laser printer 11, and the like.
The receipt button 12 is connected to the call button 22, the receipt printer 12 for printing receipts, the paper transport unit 51 for transporting and aligning documents, and the paper transport unit 51 receives the document and issues it to the applicant. A sheet ejecting unit 53, a stapler 14 for binding the edges of the documents when the number of documents printed by the laser printer 11 is large, and a stamping machine 15 for stamping those documents; A voice production device 16 for explaining the operation method by voice, a hard disk 17 as a storage means for storing an operation program for controlling the CPU 13, an operating condition of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 and a call button 22 are provided. A remote panel 33 for notifying a person in charge of being pressed, a RAM 61, and a ROM 62 are connected. The host computer 31 is connected to a database 32 in which data such as family register and address of each resident is stored.

It should be noted that the hard disk 17 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), in order to print the department in charge of the document on the receipt printer 12 according to the type of the document, the tax section print data 1 for printing the letters of the tax section.
7a, civic section print data 17b for printing the character "Citizen's Section", welfare section print data 17c for printing the character "Welfare Section", and public relation section print data 17e for printing the character "Public Relations Section" are stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, a jurisdiction department table 17f in which jurisdiction departments corresponding to document types are set is stored.

Next, the main operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS.

The automatic certificate issuing machine 1 normally uses the CPU 13 to display the screen in the mode of "touch the screen" along with the still image for the person who uses the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 on the CRT. Displayed on device 3 (S
1). The user looks at this display screen and touches the touch panel 4 (S2: YES), and the CRT display device 3
A card insertion screen is displayed on the screen (S3).

Then, when it is detected that the user inserts the ID card into the card insertion slot 2a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 (S4: YES), the CPU 13 detects the insertion of the ID card and causes the card reader 2 to operate. Instruct to read data. The card reader 2 reads the data recorded on the ID card and transfers the data to the CPU 13. CP
U13 indicates that the inserted ID card is a certificate automatic issuing machine 1
It is checked whether the card is for use (S5). If this card is not a card for the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 (S
5: NO), the ID card is ejected from the card insertion slot 2a (S10), and the screen returns to the start screen (S1).

On the other hand, the ID card is the certificate automatic issuing machine 1
If the card is a card (S5: YES), the CPU 13
A password input screen is displayed on the CRT display 3. Further, a signal is also sent to the utterance device 16 to utter, for example, "Please input a password" (S6). When the user detects that the user touches the touch panel 4 to input the personal identification number (S7: YES), the CPU 13 matches the personal identification number input by the user with the personal ID data of the ID card inserted in the card reader 2. Check whether or not (S
8). If the password input by the user is not correct as compared with the personal ID data of the ID card (S9: N
O), this is transmitted to the CPU 13 and the card insertion slot 2a
Then, the ID card is discharged (S10), and the display returns to the start screen (S1).

The personal identification number entered by the user is the ID
If it matches the personal ID data of the card (S9: YE
S), the fact is transmitted to the CPU 13. Next, the CPU 13
Displays the menu selection screen as shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the display device 3 (S11).

When it is detected that the user has input the certificate selection key (S12: YES), the CPU 1
3 displays the certificate selection screen on the CRT as shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the display device 3 (S13). Here, when the user desires the tax certificate and selects the tax certificate key (S14: YES), the CPU 13 causes the hard disk 1 to operate.
7, the tax department print data 17a is read out and stored in the RAM 61 (S1).
5). On the other hand, when the user desires the resident's card and selects the resident's card (S14: NO), the CPU 13 refers to the jurisdiction table 17f of the hard disk 17, reads the citizen's section print data, and stores it in the RAM 61 ( S1
6).

When it is detected in S12 that the user has input the selection key for the resident information (S12: N
O), the CPU 13 displays a resident information selection screen on the CRT display device 3 as shown in FIG. 9 (S24).
When the user inputs the gym reservation key (S2
5: YES), the CPU 13 refers to the jurisdiction department table 17f of the hard disk 17, reads the welfare section print data, and stores it in the RAM 61 (S26). On the other hand, when the user inputs the culture information key (S25: NO), C
PU13 is the department table 1 of the hard disk 17
Refer to 7f, read the PR department print data, RAM6
It is stored in 1 (S27).

Next, the CPU 13 causes the CRT display device 3 to display a display screen prompting the user to pay the fee (S1).
7).

When it is detected that the user has paid the fee (S19: YES), a signal is sent to the receipt printer 12 to print a receipt (S20). Then, the receipt 8 is made to issue the receipt (S21). That is,
The user selects the certificate in S12 (S12: YE
S), the result of selecting tax certification in S14 (S14:
YES), the tax section print data stored in the RAM 61 in S15 is sent to the receipt printer 12, and the receipt of the tax section receipt as shown in FIG. 6A, for example, is printed and issued. Further, the user selects the certificate in S12 (S12: YES), selects the resident card in S14 (S14: NO), and the RAM in S16.
The civic section print data stored in 61 is sent to the receipt printer 12, and a receipt for receipt of the civic section as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, is printed and issued. In addition, the user selects the resident information in S12 (S12: NO), and S
Results of selecting gymnasium reservation in 25 (S25: YE
In S) and S26, the welfare section print data stored in the RAM 61 is sent to the receipt printer 12, and a receipt of the welfare section receipt as shown in FIG. 6C is printed,
Make it issued. In addition, the user selects the resident information in S12 (S12: NO) and the cultural information in S25 (S25: NO), and RAM6 in S27.
The PR section print data stored in 1 is sent to the receipt printer 12, and a receipt for receipt of the PR section as shown in FIG. 6D, for example, is printed and issued.

Subsequently, the resident data necessary for document preparation is received from the host computer 31, the data is printed on the laser printer 11, and the document desired by the user is ejected from the certificate ejection port 7 (S22). After a while, the ID card is ejected from the card insertion slot 2a (S
23) Return to the start.

As described above, in the above embodiment, the department in charge of the selected certificate or document is printed on the receipt by the receipt printer 12. Therefore, the user can inquire directly to the department in charge by looking at the receipt. You can

Incidentally, without being restricted to this embodiment,
Depending on the administrative organization, the department name may be the Townsman Section, the Residents Section, or the Social Education Division, Social Sports Division, General Affairs Division, etc. for facility reservations. In addition to the department name, the telephone number of the department may be printed, and the information items to be printed on the receipt, such as the catchphrase of the government office, may be increased. In addition, the number of departments that print receipts may be increased by increasing the number of issuable items other than the above as necessary.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the vending machine of claim 1, the receipt issuing control means determines the receipt issuing means according to the type of the article identified by the article type identifying means. Causes the department that administers the item to print on the receipt, so that the user can refer to the receipt printed by the department that administers the item smoothly when making inquiries about the item at a later date. The department in charge of the article can be contacted.

According to the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the consideration handled by the consideration handling means is money such as the certificate issuance fee, the user can pay cash in addition to the credit card. By acquiring a receipt for the payment of the item into the vending machine, the department in charge of the acquired item can be recognized.

Further, according to the vending machine of claim 3, since the document is a plurality of types of certificates, when the user obtains a specific certificate from the plurality of types of certificates. When a question or the like arises with respect to the acquired certificate later, by looking at the receipt about it, the department in charge of the certificate can be known and the department can be directly inquired.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic certificate issuing machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing storage contents of a hard disk in the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a receipt issued by the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen prompting the user to select a certificate or resident information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen prompting the user to select a certificate.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen prompting the user to reserve a facility or select cultural information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Certificate Automatic Delivery Machine 3 CRT 4 Touch Panel 7 Certificate Issue Port 8 Ejection Port 11 Laser Printer 12 Receipt Printer 13 CPU 17 Hard Disk

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A providing means for providing an article desired by a user, a consideration handling means for handling a consideration necessary for obtaining the article, and a receipt for the article in response to the consideration handling means handling the consideration. In a vending machine having a receipt issuing means for issuing a certificate, the article type identifying means for identifying the type of article provided by the providing means, and the receipt according to the type of article identified by the article type identifying means An automatic vending machine comprising a receipt issuing control means for printing a department or the like having jurisdiction over the article on a receipt issued by the document issuing means. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the article provided by the providing means is a document such as a certificate, and the consideration handled by the consideration handling means is money such as an issuance fee of the certificate. A vending machine characterized by being present. 3. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the documents are a plurality of types of certificates.