JPH10188090A - Card issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue a prepaid card with stable magnetic data at the card issuing device of a prepaid card to which an amount is written at the time of issuing the card. SOLUTION: The card issuing device issuing a card by writing amount data is provided with a card stocker 2 housing cards, a paying out means 4 paying out a card one by one from the stocker 2, a data reading means 6 reading data written in the paid out card, a data writing means 7 writing data in the card and a recovery box 9 recovering cards which cannot be issued. Then the card is issued by writing the number of recycle issuing times and amount information by the means 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a playground,
A prepaid card issuance machine that is installed in an amusement park, golf driving range, etc., and is exchanged and issued equivalently to money when a user enters a predetermined amount, especially when recycling prepaid cards It relates to a card issuing machine to be issued.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a prepaid card used for equivalent exchange with money is written and issued as magnetic data with a value equivalent to money by exchanging money with a prepaid card issuing machine.

[0003] The above-mentioned prepaid card is a so-called raw card in which no amount data is described, is stored in a card stocker of a ticket issuing machine, and when a user inserts money,
One card is fed out from a card stocker, data is written by a magnetic head, and a ticket is issued to a user. In this prepaid card, the amount data is updated each time the card is used, and when the amount data disappears, the card cannot be used. Then, the prepaid card which can no longer be used is collected and re-issued with data described.

However, in such a prepaid card, since the amount of money is described as magnetic data, if the prepaid card is used over and over again, the magnetic data storage unit becomes inferior, and it becomes difficult to describe the data. In some cases, data could not be entered.

[0005] In some cases, illegal use is performed by recalculating magnetic data.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object the following:
It is an object of the present invention to issue a prepaid card having stable magnetic data in a card issuing machine for a prepaid card in which an amount is described at the time of issuance.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card issuing machine for issuing a ticket by writing amount data on a card, comprising: a card stocker for storing the card; Card 1 from Card Stocker 2
A payout means 4 for feeding 0s one by one, a data reading means 6 for reading data written on the fed card 10, a data writing means 7 for writing data to the card 10, and a card 10 for which ticketing is impossible. A card issuance machine having a collection box 9 to be used and the number of times of recycle issuance of the card 10 and the amount information being written by the data writing means 7 for issuance.

[0008] The card issuing machine according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises:
2. The card issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein data read from the card 10 fed from the card stocker 2 is read, and it is determined whether or not the number of times of recycling is within the usage limit. It is characterized by writing information and issuing a ticket.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card issuing machine according to the first and second aspects.
The data written on the card 10 is read, the name of the issuing system company and the name of the issuing system store are recognized, and it is determined whether or not the card 10 can be used in the present card issuing machine. It is characterized by issuing tickets.

[0010] The card issuing machine according to claim 4 of the present invention comprises:
In the card issuing machine according to the first and third aspects, if the data written on the card 10 is read and it is determined that the ticketing is impossible, the card is collected in the collection box 9 and the next card 10 is determined. If it is impossible to issue a ticket, the sale is stopped.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a card issuing machine according to the present invention. The card issuing machine 1 of the present invention comprises a card 1
0, a card feeding unit 4 for feeding the cards 10 one by one from the card stocker 2, a data reading unit 6 for reading data written on the fed card 10, and a data reading unit for reading data from the card 10. It comprises a data writing means 7 for writing and a collection box 9 for collecting cards 10 which cannot be issued.

The card stocker 2 is a stocker for storing a raw card of a prepaid card to be issued. The card stocker 2 has an inner shape substantially the same as the outer shape of the card 10, and the cards 10 are aligned by storing the cards 10 from above. I can do it. Further, a carry-out opening 3 for the card 10 is formed on a lower side surface of the card stocker 2.

The card exit 3 of the card stocker 2
The feeding means 4 composed of a plurality of transport rolls 5
Are arranged so that the cards 10 can be fed out one by one from the card stocker 2. Further, the feeding means 4 includes data reading means of the card 10,
In addition, a card reader / writer (hereinafter, card R / W8) as the data writing means 7 of the card 10 is arranged.
The card R / W 8 is a device for reading and writing data written in a magnetic data storage unit formed on the card 10 with a magnetic head. The data read / written by the card issuing machine 1 of the present invention includes the number of times of reissue of the card 10 which is reused because the stated amount of the card 10 is lost, the name of the issuing system company of this card, the name of the issuing system store, and the amount of issued ticket. is there. Card 1 above
The number of recycle issuance of 0 is compared with the arithmetic unit to determine whether the number of recycle issuance has reached the specified number. When writing data, the data is updated by adding one to the read number of recycle issuance.

The card R / W 8 is connected to an arithmetic unit that controls the driving and operation of the card issuing machine 1, and the card issuing machine 1 is connected to a terminal associated with the card issuing machine 1 as shown in FIG. Since it is connected to a higher-level control device, for example, a host computer, together with the device, it is possible to receive / transmit, read / write, and compare various data by communication in addition to the above data. As the data to be received and transmitted,
There are a card issuing system company name and an issuing system store name, which are transmitted from the host computer side.

Further, the collection box 9 is a collection box for collecting the card 10 that cannot issue a ticket. When the data of the card 10 is read by the card R / W 8, the name of the card issuing system company or the issuing system store Are collected, or the card 10 in which the number of times of recycling of the card 10 has reached the specified number of times is collected.

Next, the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a communication network system according to one embodiment of the present invention. When money is inserted into the card issuing machine 1 and the main body starts operating, one raw card is paid out by driving the transport roll 5 from the carry-out port 3 of the card stocker 2 (S1). The extended card 1
0 is conveyed to the card R / W 8 and the magnetic data written on the card 10 is read (S2). Then, the name of the issuing system company and the issuing system store of the card of the read magnetic data are compared with the data of the host computer by communication via the arithmetic unit (S3) (S4).
It is sufficient that the compared data match, but if they do not match, the collection counter is incremented and the count is set and collected in the collection box 9 (S7).

Further, the number of recycled tickets issued from the card 10 of the read magnetic data is taken out and compared with the specified number set in the arithmetic unit (S5). If the result is less than the specified number, the ticket is set as the sales preparation card 10 (S6), the amount data is described on the card R / W8, and the updated data of the number of recycled tickets is described and the ticket is issued. If the number has reached the specified number, the collection counter is incremented and set, and collected in the collection box 9 (S7).

When the number of the collection counter exceeds the set number of times (S8), it is determined that the card 10 stored in the card stocker 2 has a problem, and the card issuing machine 1 is stopped (S9).

As described above, when a card is issued, the number of recycled tickets is issued by recognizing the number of recycled tickets. Therefore, stable data can be described on the card 10, and the name of the issuing system company of the card and the name of the issuing system store can be recognized. Since the ticket is issued, unauthorized use can be prevented.

[0022]

As described above, according to the card issuing machine of the present invention, there are described a card stocker for accommodating cards, a payout means for paying out cards one by one from the card stocker, and a card fed out. It consists of data reading means for reading data, data writing means for writing data to the card, and a collection box for collecting cards that cannot be issued. When issuing a ticket, it recognizes the number of cards issued and recycled and issued. Since a ticket is issued, a magnetic data description portion that becomes defective is picked up and collected, so that the card on which the ticket is issued has a good magnetic data description portion and stable data can be described.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a card issuing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a communication configuration diagram to which a card issuing machine of the present invention is connected.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the card issuing machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card issuing machine 2 Card stocker 3 Carry-out port 4 Feeding-out means 5 Conveyance roll 6 Data reading means 7 Data writing means 8 Card R / W 9 Collection box 10 Card

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card issuing machine for issuing money by writing money amount data on a card, a card stocker for accommodating cards, a payout means for paying out cards one by one from the card stocker, and a card issuing machine. Means for reading data, data writing means for writing data to the card, and a collection box for collecting cards that cannot be issued. The data writing means writes the number of cards issued and the amount of money to be recycled. A card issuing machine characterized by issuing tickets at 2. The card issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein data read from a card fed from a card stocker is read, and it is determined whether or not the number of recycle tickets is within a use limit number. A card issuing machine characterized by writing amount information and issuing a ticket. 3. A card issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein said card issuing machine reads data written on said card, recognizes an issuing system company name and an issuing system store name, and can use said card issuing machine with said card issuing machine. A card issuance machine which writes money amount information on a card and issues a ticket after determining whether or not the card is issued. 4. In the card issuing machine according to claim 1 or 3, when data written on the card is read and it is determined that ticketing is impossible, the card is collected in a collection box and the next card is determined. If it is impossible to issue tickets continuously,
A card issuing machine characterized by being discontinued.