JPS6134199B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine installed, for example, in a supermarket when products are sold by card, and more specifically to a vending machine. The present invention relates to sales equipment that is equipped with a transaction settlement device and a transaction settlement device, and that performs product sales and settlement operations in an integrated manner.

(b) Background of the Invention For example, a large number of vending machines that sell various products are installed, a card is inserted into these machines to purchase the product, and each time the item and amount is recorded on the card, the card When settling sales proceeds based on records, one customer may use two cards and use only one of them for settlement, which may lead to fraudulent use of cards.

Conventionally, there was no means to prevent such unauthorized use of cards.

(C) Purpose of the Invention This invention detects fraudulent activity caused by the use of two cards as described above by comparing the total number of products read based on the card with the total number of actual products entered. The purpose is to provide a sales facility that can prevent the use of cards.

(D) Summary of the Invention The present invention provides a vending machine having an item key for selecting an item of sale merchandise and a writing means for writing the number of said sale merchandise on a card or a file accessed by the card, and a card or A reading means for reading the total number of sold products from a file accessed by the card, an input means for inputting the total number of actual products to be used for payment, and a method for inputting the total number of products read by the reading means and the input means. The sales equipment is characterized by being equipped with a comparison means for comparing the total number of products inputted, and a transaction settlement device having a clearing means that operates in response to the comparison result of the comparison means.

(E) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, the total number of sold products read by the reading means based on the card and the total number of actually purchased products inputted by the input means can be compared by the comparison means. It is clearly indicated by a means of comparison, so when this display indicates the same number, it indicates a regular purchase, and when it indicates that the actual number of products is larger,
By indicating the unauthorized use of the card, it is possible to easily discover the unauthorized use of the card, and to reliably prevent the unauthorized use.

Furthermore, since only the number of products is used as the comparison data, processing is easy, and the processing is faster and more accurate than, for example, calculating the total price of purchased products.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a vending facility, and FIG. 1 shows a sales settlement system installed in a supermarket, in which a customer first purchases a card using a card vending machine 1.

The price of this card (fixed amount) will be deducted from the purchase price at the time of settlement.

The above card can be used in vending machine 2 for the desired product...
Each time a product is purchased, the item, amount (or total if multiple items), and number of items are recorded on the card and returned to the customer.

This card is shared by all vending machines 2.

Once the product is purchased, the card is presented to the payment machine 3, and the payment machine 3 calculates the purchase price based on the items, price, and number of items recorded on the card, and settles the payment by deducting the card price.

At this time, the clerk enters the actual number of items offered for payment into the payment machine 3, and the payment machine 3 compares the total number from the card read earlier with the actual total number mentioned above to determine if the card is fraudulent. Check to see if it is being used.

FIG. 2 shows the above-mentioned card vending machine 1. For example, if the price of the card is 100 yen, by inserting a 100 yen coin into the coin validator 5 through the slot 4, a signal is sent from the coin validator 5. is generated, and based on this signal, the motor circuit 6 drives and controls the rollers 7, 8, and 9 in the feeding direction to feed out the card 11 stored in the card storage box 10, and the oscillator 12 generates an AC signal for erasing. The upper and lower magnetic heads 13, 13
This erases any records that may remain on card 11 drawn out.

The card 11 is then released into the tray 14, and the customer receives the card 11 and makes a purchase.

FIG. 3 shows a vending machine 2, which sells a plurality of products. For this purpose, an item key 15 for specifying the product and a quantity key 16 for specifying the quantity are provided.

When the aforementioned card 11 is inserted into the card insertion slot 17, the lamps of each key 15, 16 light up and the purchase is permitted.

Further, the amount of money already purchased recorded on the card 11 is read and displayed on the total amount display 18, and then the amount purchased at this vending machine 2 is also added and displayed.

When there is no longer a recording position for purchase data on the card 11, a message to instruct payment is displayed on the payment display 19.

When an item is specified using the key 15 and the number thereof is specified using the key 16, the item is ejected to the ejection port 20.

Purchase data is recorded on the card 11, and then the card 11 is returned to the customer.

FIG. 4 shows the payment machine 3, in which the card 11 used by the customer is inserted into the card slot 21, the function key 22 specifies the payment operation, and the numeric keypad 23
Enter the actual number of items used for checkout.

The total number display 24 displays the total number of each item recorded on the card 11, the total price display 25 displays the total price of the purchased items, and the card price display 26 displays the total number of items recorded on the card 11. Display the amount of 100 yen, and the balance amount display 2
7 displays a deducted amount (the customer will additionally pay this amount), which is obtained by subtracting the card fee from the total amount displayed on the total amount display 25 mentioned above.

The alarm buzzer 28 and alarm lamp 29 indicate the total number displayed on the total number display 24 and the numeric keypad 23.
It operates when the actual total number input by the user does not match.

The receipt discharge port 30 discharges a receipt with purchase data printed thereon, but when the total number recorded on the card 11 and the actual total number do not match as described above, the receipt has incorrect purchase data. A note mark indicating ○ is stamped.

In other words, as shown in Fig. 5, ○note stamp 31
and a digital printer 32, and receipt paper 33 is sent out by rollers 34 and 35.

The digital printer 32 described above prints purchase data such as the item price and the number of items purchased on the receipt 33, and the ○note stamp 31 prints a ○note mark on the receipt 33 by operating the solenoid 36 when the purchase data is incorrect. Stamp.

The sent receipt 33 is then artificially cut using the edge of the receipt discharge port 30.

FIG. 6 shows the control circuit of the vending machine 2.

The card reader 37 writes and reads purchase data on the card 11 inserted through the card insertion slot 17.

Two recording tracks are set in the above-mentioned card 11, and the item price and number of purchased items are recorded on these tracks, and the item price and number are treated as purchase data.
The number of recorded purchase data is set, for example, at 9 items and 10 positions in the total recording section.

Register X stores the purchase data read from the card 11 and the purchase data written to the card 11, and for this purpose has 10 storage sections _R10 to _R19 for storing item amounts and a storage section for storing the corresponding quantities. Equipped with R ₂₀ ~ R ₂₉ , internal storage section
R ₁₀ and R ₂₀ are used to set the total purchase price and total number of items.

_When outputting purchase data from _{register X} or inputting _purchase data to register is the counter.

The price register Y stores the unit price of the specified item inputted from the item key 15, and the quantity register Z stores the specified quantity inputted from the quantity key 16.

The “0” register W is set with “0” data, and the purchase data in the memory portions _R10 to _R19 of the register X specified by the address of the counter 38 and the above-mentioned “0” data are sequentially transferred. Compare and store
Search for unstored data positions from R ₁₀ to R ₁₉ .

Registers A, B, and C input and output data for calculation, and the calculation circuit 39 adds and subtracts data set in registers A and B.

The control circuit 40 controls the operation of each device.

The operation of the vending machine 2 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the card 11 is inserted into the card slot 17, the card reader 37 reads the purchase data recorded on the card 11 and stores it in the register
Store in.

In the case of the first purchase, all "0"s are set in register X since there is no record of purchase data in the card 11.

Then, the total amount stored in the storage section _R10 of the register X (zero if it is the first time) is displayed on the display 18.

Next, based on the designation of the address counter 38, which has been set to zero in advance, the data in the memory section _R10 of the register The calculation circuit 39 then compares the results.

If the comparison results in a match, it indicates that there is no data stored in the storage unit _R10 , and if they do not match, it indicates that the data has already been stored.

When the data is stored, it is checked whether the data storage position is the 9th position based on the count value of the address counter 38, and if it is the 9th position, the recording position of the card 11 is A message asking everyone to pay is displayed on the payment display 19, and card 1 is displayed.
1 will be returned.

If it is not the ninth position in the above check, it means that there is a recording position on the card 11, so add 1 to the counter 38 and move on to the next storage section.
Set R ₁ i in register A.

By repeating such operations, if the storage section R ₁ i in which no data is stored is searched, the item key 15 is then used to permit specification of the item to be purchased (for example, the lamp 15 , 16 lights up).

When an item is specified, the unit price of the item is stored in the price register Y, and when the quantity of the item is specified by the quantity key 16, the quantity is set in the quantity register Z.

After that, the unit price of price register Y is register A
In addition, the number of items in the number register Z is set in register B, and the arithmetic circuit multiplies these data to calculate the amount of the item, and then sets it in register C.
Set to .

Next, the total amount (zero if it is the first) in the storage section _R10 of register Calculate the total amount including
Store in storage unit _R10 .

Next, set the total number of purchased items (zero if it is the first) in the memory section _R20 of register A new total number including the purchased amount is calculated by the arithmetic circuit 39, and this new total number is stored in the storage section _R20 of the register X.

Next, the item amount for the current purchase stored in register C is set in the memory section _R11 , which is not stored in _the data of the register Set the number of items purchased this time.

The number of items specified by the item key 15 and the number key 16 is released into the outlet 20 and received by the customer.

Furthermore, as mentioned above, the purchase data stored in register X is transferred to card 1 by card reader 37.
1, and then the card 11 is returned to the customer, completing one sales operation.

FIG. 8 shows a control circuit of the payment machine 3.

The card reader 41 reads the purchase data recorded on the card 11 inserted into the card slot 21 for payment, and also reads the purchase data recorded on the card 11 when the payment is completed.
Delete the purchase data of 1.

The register X stores the purchase data read from the card 11, and for this purpose has 10 storage sections _R10 to _R19 for storing the item prices, and storage sections _R20 to _R29 for storing the corresponding number of items. The storage units R ₁₀ and R ₂₀ store the total amount of purchase and the total number of items.

When the counter 42 outputs purchase data from the register X, it sequentially addresses the storage units R ₁₀ to R ₁₉ and R ₂₀ to _{R 29} thereof.

The number register Y stores the actual number of items (total number of all items) input by the clerk using the numeric keypad 23 for payment.

Card price register W is sold card 11
The price is set at 100 yen, and this price will be deducted from the total purchase price.

Registers A, B, and C input and output data for calculation, and the calculation circuit 43 adds and subtracts data set in registers A and B.

The control circuit 44 controls the operation of each device.

The operation of the payment machine 3 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the card 11 is inserted into the card insertion slot 21 for payment, the card reader 41 reads the purchase data recorded on the card 11 and stores it in the register X.

The clerk counts the number of products provided by the customer for payment, inputs this total number using the numeric keypad 23, and stores it in the number register Y.

Next, set the total amount in the storage section _R10 of register Set in register C.

The display 24 displays the total number of cards 11 stored in the memory R ₂₀ of the register X, and the display 25 displays the total amount stored in the memory R ₁₀ of the register X. 27 displays the amount of deduction stored in register C. Note that input from the numeric keypad 25 is performed in register Y.
A display may be further provided for displaying the number of stored items.

Next, the total number of products according to the card 11 stored in the storage section _R20 of register Then, the arithmetic circuit 43 compares and checks the total number of cards 11 with the actual total number.

In the above-mentioned check, if the actual total number is greater than the total number of cards 11, it is assumed that the cards 11 are being used illegally, and alarms 28 and 29 are activated to notify the staff.

Regardless of the operation of the alarms 28 and 29, the purchase data in the register X, the card price in the register W, and the deduction amount in the register C are printed on the receipt 33 by the digital printer 32.

Then, when the actual total number is large based on the above-mentioned comparison check of (total number of cards 11) = (actual total number), the cards 11 are returned and the issued receipt 33 is stamped with an O note mark.

When the above-mentioned comparison check shows that they are the same, the card reader 41 erases the purchase data on the card 11 and collects it, the receipt 33 is ejected from the ejection port 30, and one payment operation for one card 11 is performed. finish. Note that even when the number of cards is greater than the actual number, it is preferable to operate in the same manner as when the cards are the same.

Further, in the above-described payment operation, if the alarms 28 and 29 are activated as shown by the dotted lines in FIG. 9, the card 11 may be returned without issuing the receipt 33.

Furthermore, the vending machine 2 and payment machine 3 in the above-described embodiments can be applied to an online system.

At this time, a card number is recorded in advance on the card, and the number of purchased items and item price are stored in the center file in correspondence with this card number.

Also, even if you do not record the number of purchased items directly on the card or in the file mentioned above, if you record the amount or item for each item purchased, you can obtain the number of items by counting these unit amounts and individual items. .

Furthermore, at the time of payment, the clerk does not have to count the products provided for the payment and key in the number, but the products can be placed on a conveyor and moved one by one, and the photoelectric device etc. can be used to automatically move the products one by one. May be counted.

Further, when comparing the number of items recorded by the card and the actual number of items at the time of payment, an alarm may be provided to operate even when the number of items determined by the card is greater than the actual number.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an explanatory block diagram of a sales settlement system, Fig. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of a card vending machine, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a vending machine, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory block diagram of a sales settlement system. A perspective view of the payment machine, Figure 5 is a sectional view of the receipt issuing part of the payment machine, Figure 6 is a block diagram of the control circuit of the vending machine, Figure 7 is its flowchart, and Figure 8 is the control circuit of the payment machine. block diagram,
FIG. 9 is a flowchart. 2...Vending machine, 3...Payment machine, 11...Card,
15...Item key, 16...Quantity key, 23...Numeric keypad, 24...Total number display, 28...Alarm buzzer,
29... Alarm lamp, 37... Card reader, 41...
Card reader, 43... Arithmetic circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A vending machine having an item key for selecting an item of sale merchandise and a writing means for writing the number of said sale merchandise into a card or a file accessed by the card; reading means for reading the total number of sales products from the file accessed by the user;
an input means for inputting the total number of actual products to be provided for payment; a comparison means for comparing the total number of products read by the reading means with the total number of products input by the input means; and a transaction settlement device having an explicit means that operates in response to a comparison result.