JPS61289489A - Value card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates to a value card processing device suitable for premium value cards.

(Summary of the Invention) In this invention, only when the number of times the card has been used reaches a specified number of times, a certain premium value is given to the remaining value.

In addition, particularly in this invention, when a premium value is given to the value card, the total remaining value of the card can be divided into the remaining regular value and the remaining premium value and can be visually confirmed separately.

(Prior art and its problems) Recently, various value cards such as telephone cards are gradually becoming popular. When giving a premium value to such a value card, it would be inconvenient if a system was adopted in which 17 tickets were issued from the beginning for a fee of 10 tickets, similar to bus tickets.

In other words, the original purpose of assigning this type of premium value is to get users to use a specified facility more than a specified number of times, and consideration must be given to not assigning premium value if the specified number of times is not reached. It is.

However, for cards such as value cards where there is no restriction on how many times the value can be consumed, if a premium value is assigned from the beginning, the entire value can be consumed in one go in extreme cases. , which is a serious violation of the premium granting conditions.

(Object of the Invention) The object of the invention is to reliably manage the conditions for giving a premium when giving a premium to this type of value card.

Particularly, an object of the present invention is to enable, when a premium is given to a value card, the total remaining value of the card to be separated into the remaining regular value and the remaining premium value and to be visually confirmed separately.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a reading means for reading the remaining value and the number of card uses from an inserted value card; As a condition, a premium giving means that gives a certain premium value; The sum of the remaining regular value and the remaining premium value is the total remaining value of the card, and the amount is reduced according to the consumed fIfJ value, and at the same time the number of uses is updated. and a writing means for writing the total value remaining after the reduction and the number of uses after the update onto the value card.

According to such a configuration, when a premium is given to this type of value card, the conditions for giving the premium can be reliably managed, and the entire remaining value of the card can be divided into the regular value remaining amount and the premium value remaining amount. They can be separated and visually checked separately.

(Description of Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 1, a value card 1 is held between a lower conveyor belt 3 and an upper conveyor belt 4 driven by a motor 2, and can be sucked in and conveyed. ing.

On the conveyance path formed by the upper and lower belts 3 and 4, there is an entrance detector 5. magnetic read head 6, magnetic write head 7, punch reader 8. Punching mechanism9. Termination detectors 10 are arranged in sequence.

The entrance section detector 5 and the end section detector O are composed of, for example, photoelectric sensors.

As shown in FIG.
2. This is carried out by a microcomputer mainly having a memory 13, and its interface 14 includes the above-mentioned entrance detector 5. Magnetic reading head 6, magnetic writing head 7
, perforation reader8. Punching mechanism9. A card transport mechanism 11 including a motor 2 is connected to the terminal end detector 10 .

Further, a host control device 16 for calculating various fees is connected to the transmission interface 15 of the microcomputer.

FIG. 3 shows a general flowchart of this value card processing device. The operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be systematically explained below with reference to this flowchart.

When the program starts, first, various registers, counters, etc. are initialized by initial processing (step 300), and then a card insertion standby state is entered based on the output of the entrance detector 5 (step 301, negative).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, on the magnetic recording band 1a of the value card 1, regular (value) balance information 1b, premium (value) balance information IC, usage information I & 1d are magnetically (invisibly) recorded. recorded in In addition, on the front of the value card 1, there is a display 1 indicating the regular balance at the time of starting use.
e. An indication 1g is printed to the effect that a certain premium value should be given when the product is used a specified number of times.

Further, on the front side and side edges of the value card 1, amount scales 1h to 1m indicating the regular balance are provided, and perforations 1n to 1p are provided at intermediate positions between adjacent scales as necessary. is being done.

Based on the amount scales 1h to 1m and the perforations 10 to 1p, it is possible to visually confirm the value of the regular balance at each point of use.

Further, on the front side edge of the value card 1, amount scales 1q to 1S indicating the remaining premium amount are provided, and holes 11 to 1S are provided at intermediate positions between adjacent scales as necessary.
1v is applied.

Based on the amount scales 1q to 1S and the perforations 1t to 1v, the value of the premium balance at each point of use can be visually confirmed.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 3, when the value card 1 is inserted into a predetermined card entrance/exit, it is determined that a card is detected at the entrance based on the output of the entrance detector 5 (step 3).
01 affirmative), the motor 2 rotates forward and the card is sucked into the device (step 302), during which time the regular balance information lb, premium balance information 1C, and number of usage information 1d on the magnetic recording strip 1a are read by the magnetic reading head. 6 and the regular balance information stored in the holes 1a to 1p and the premium balance information stored in the holes 11 to 1■ are similarly read by the hole reader 8, and each of the read information is stored in the corresponding area (step 303).

Next, the regular balance information 1b recorded magnetically (invisibly) is compared with the regular balance information 1n to 1p recorded by punching (visually), and if they do not match (step 304). negative), the motor is immediately reversed (
In step 305), the card is transported toward the entrance, and when it is detected that the card has reached the entrance (step 306), a timer is started (step 307), and as the time elapses (affirmative in step 308), The motor is stopped (step 309), thereby ejecting the value card from the device.

In this way, prior to the payment process (step 310), the regular magnetic balance and the regular punched balance are always compared, and if the two do not match, the value card is ejected to the outside, so the magnetic information is intentionally Even if the information is rewritten or the punching information is rewritten, an incorrect payment process will not be performed.

On the other hand, if the regular balance recorded magnetically and the regular balance recorded by punching match (step 3044), the settlement process, which is the main part of the present invention, is executed ( step 310).

As shown in FIG. 4, when the payment process is started, the sum of the regular balance and the premium balance is sent to the host controller @16 (step 400), and then the card is notified that it has reached the terminal. After confirmation (Yes at step 401), the rotation of the motor 2 is stopped (step 402).

Next, it waits for a reception command from the higher-level control device, and when the reception command arrives, the purchase price of the article is received from the higher-level control device (step 403).

Next, after the motor is reversed (step 404), the information on the number of times the card has been used is compared with the information on the specified number of times, and if the number of times the card has been used is less than the specified number of times, then the normal payment processing is performed.

In this normal payment process, first, +1 is added to the card usage number information, the article purchase amount information is subtracted from the regular balance information, and the premium balance information is set to O (step 406).

Next, perforation is performed as necessary based on the new regular balance information (step 407), and then the card use count information, regular balance information, and premium balance information obtained in the normal payment process are recorded on the magnetic recording strip 1a. Rewrite (step 408).

As a result, the regular remaining amount information 1b on the magnetic recording strip 1a is reduced according to the purchase price of the item, and the number of usage information 1d
+1 will be added to .

Further, in this case, no premium will be given.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of times the card has been used has reached the prescribed number of times by comparing the information on the number of times the card has been used and the information on the number of times the card has been used (No in step 405), the special settlement process according to the present invention is executed. (Step 409).

As shown in FIG. 5, when the special payment process is started, the number of times the card has been used is compared with the specified number of times, and
Only when the two match (Yes at step 500), +1 is added to the card usage information, the purchase amount of the item is subtracted from the regular balance information, and a certain premium amount is initially set to the premium balance information (step 500). 501),
Next, the perforation area for the premium balance on the card is perforated 1v in accordance with the premium amount (300 yen in this example) (step 502).

Next, punching is performed according to the newly obtained regular balance information (step 407), and magnetic writing is performed based on the newly obtained regular and premium balances (step 408).

As a result, when the number of card uses reaches the specified number, the premium balance information 1C is initially set to a certain premium amount, a hole 1v corresponding to the premium amount is made on the premium scale, and other regular balances are set. As for the information 1b and the number of usage information 1d, a reduction process, a +1 addition process, a punching process, and a magnetic writing process are performed in the same way as the normal payment process.

Therefore, even if you want to add premium value to value card 1, the premium value will not be added unless the card is used a specified number of times, and this allows you to reliably manage the premium grant conditions. Also, it can be visually confirmed that 300 yen was given as a premium based on the perforation 1V.

On the other hand, if the number of times the card has been used exceeds the specified number of times (No in step 500), the sum of the regular remaining amount and the premium remaining amount is taken as the total remaining amount of the value card, and a reduction process is performed according to the consumption value.

That is, before the premium balance reaches O (step 503 negative) and the premium balance is larger than the purchase price (Stella 1504M standard), the regular balance remains as is and priority is given to the premium balance. In step 505), if the premium balance is smaller than the purchase amount, the step 504 is negative), after setting the premium balance to O, the purchase amount is The amount short of the premium balance is subtracted from the regular balance (step 5).
07).

Further, each time each process (steps 505, 507) is completed, 1U of punching is performed according to the premium remaining amount.

1 is performed (steps 506 and 508>).

Thereafter, steps 407 and 408 are executed in the same manner, so that after the premium has been added, the current regular balance and premium balance can be visually checked separately.

In this way, in this embodiment, the premium value is not initially set in the premium balance information 1G on the card unless the number of uses of the card reaches the specified number of times, so the premium value is not assigned from the point of sale of the card. Therefore, premium grant conditions can be managed reliably.

In addition, in this embodiment, when a premium is added to a value card, the remaining premium amount can also be confirmed by punching, so in addition to visually checking the total of the regular remaining amount and the premium remaining amount, it is also easy to check only the premium remaining amount. can be visually confirmed.

In addition, since the sum of the regular balance and the premium balance is the total remaining value of the card, and the reduction process is performed according to the consumption value, the premium balance is prioritized and the reduction process is performed, so perforation information (visible information) Regarding checking the total remaining value of the relevant value card, once the premium value remaining amount valve becomes O, after that, you can immediately check the total remaining value of the card by simply looking at the display (perforation) of the regular value remaining amount. This has the effect of eliminating the need for troublesome work such as mentally calculating the sum of the remaining regular value and the remaining premium value.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the mechanical configuration of the device of the present invention;
The figure is a block diagram showing the electrical hardware configuration, and FIG. 3 is a general flowchart of the device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the payment process, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the special payment process, and FIG. 6 is a front view showing the structure of the value card. 1...Value card 2...Motor 3...Lower conveyor belt 4...Upper conveyor belt 5...Entrance section detector 6...Magnetic reading head 7...Magnetic writing head 8 ...Drilling reader 9...Drilling mechanism 10...Terminal end detector 12...CPLl 13...Memory patent applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Procedural amendments 沙昭f060 July 8, 2016 Office of the revision Director General Manabu Shiga So 1,
Display of the case 1 / - /) Patent application 2 filed on June 17, 1985, Invention name value card processing device 3, Relationship with the person making the amendment Patent applicant address Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City Hanazono Tsuchidocho 10 name
(294) Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. 5. Date of amendment order (voluntary) 6. Customer drawings of amendment

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A reading means for reading the remaining value and the number of card uses from the inserted value card; A premium giving means for giving a certain premium value on the condition that the read number of uses matches a specified number; A settlement means that takes the sum of the remaining value and the remaining premium value as the total remaining value of the card, performs a reduction process according to the consumption value, and simultaneously updates the number of uses; A value card processing device comprising: writing means for distinguishing between a premium value balance and a premium value balance, and writing each of them twice as visible and invisible information on the value card. (2) A reading means for reading the remaining value and the number of card uses from the inserted value card; A premium giving means for giving a certain premium value on the condition that the read number of uses matches a specified number; A settlement means that sets the sum of the remaining value and the remaining premium value as the total remaining value of the card, and performs a reduction process according to the consumption value, giving priority to the remaining premium value, and at the same time updates the number of uses; after the reduction; The total value remaining is divided into the regular value remaining and the premium value remaining, and each is recorded as visible and invisible information on the value card.
A value card processing device comprising: a writing means for writing data repeatedly;