JPS62145360A - Card refueling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve work efficiency when a large number of refueling cards are issued by performing the pre-print of a part of items required to be printed on the refueling card. CONSTITUTION:At the upper part of a printing column 41 on a refueling card 4, a card number, an amount, an oil quantity, an expiration date, an issuing service station number, and a character 'sold' 41a are printed. Out of these, the card number and a nominal oil quantity are printed with a key input when the card is issued, and the expiration date, and the issuing service station number 41c are printed based on a data on a magnetic stripe 40 and the stored content in a POS terminal when the refueling card is sold. Thus, by issuing the card on which a part of required items is printed on the printing column of the refueling card, the aggravation in the work efficiency when a large number of refueling cards are issued in advance can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention fa) Technical Field The present invention relates to a card refueling system using a refueling card that stores the amount of gasoline, etc., for which a fee has been paid in advance, and in particular, to improving the efficiency of the issuance process of the refueling card. .

(b1 Summary of the Invention The refueling card management system according to the present invention includes a card number to be printed on the refueling card, a face value of oil N (the amount of oil corresponding to the amount paid in advance, the same shall apply hereinafter), an expiration date of 9, an issue SS (Refueling station) Code and other items (hereinafter these items are referred to as "required information") are printed in part when the fuel card is issued, and the remaining part is printed at the time of sale to the customer. This is designed to speed up the issuance speed when refueling cards are issued in advance.

(C) Prior Art and Its Disadvantages One of the currently proposed card-based refueling systems at gas stations is a card-based refueling system using a refueling card.

The refueling card used in this system is one in which a customer pays in advance a price equivalent to a certain amount of gasoline, and the amount of oil is stored as the amount of remaining oil.

In a refueling system that uses this refueling card, preprocessing such as card authentication and card data buffering is performed when refueling starts, and after refueling is completed, the remaining oil amount is rewritten to a value obtained by subtracting the current refueling amount. This is for post-processing.

By the way, at a general gas station, one device (P
O3 terminal device) to issue the refueling card, and
It controls the weighing machine that measures the amount of refueling when refueling, as well as the terminal for staff (outside reader/writer). Therefore, if the refueling card issuance process is performed during business hours when the amount of refueling is high, the POS terminal device will be used exclusively for this process, making it impossible to control the weighing machine, the outside reader/writer, and the fuel tank. This will cause a serious hindrance to business operations. For this reason, at such gas stations, fuel cards are issued in advance, such as after business hours have ended.

A refueling card is issued by storing data on a magnetic i-live formed on the surface of the card, and by printing necessary information in a printing field also set on the surface of the card. However, this printing operation (operation) takes time compared to storing card data, and when a large number of fuel cards are issued at once, it becomes a cause of deterioration of work efficiency (d + Purpose of the Invention This invention In view of the above drawbacks, an object of the present invention is to provide a card refueling system that prevents deterioration of work efficiency when issuing a large number of refueling cards in advance by performing some of the necessary matters at the time of card sales.

(e) Structure and effects of the invention This invention is constructed as follows.

As a means of advance sales of refueling to customers, this refueling system has a remaining oil amount storage area that stores the amount of oil corresponding to the amount paid in advance, and a printing field where items such as the card number and the amount of oil are printed on the surface. A card is used to store card data including the amount of oil and issue a refueling card, and when refueling, accept the refueling card and change the memory contents of the remaining oil amount storage area to the new amount of remaining oil by subtracting the amount of refueling. A rewriting card processing device will be installed at each gas station.

In such a card refueling system, the card processing device is provided with means for printing a part of the items during the refueling card issuance process, and means for printing the remaining part of the items when selling the refueling card. It is characterized by:

With this configuration, according to the present invention, only a portion of the items to be printed when issuing a fuel card can be printed, so that the work of issuing a fuel card can be performed efficiently. In other words, when issuing a large number of fuel cards at once during off-hours at a gas station, etc., by printing in the printing field the minimum necessary items for card identification (for example, card number and face value amount of oil), Even if a large number of refueling cards are issued at once, it is possible to perform efficient work without wasting time in printing. The remaining part is printed at the time of sales of the refueling card, but this printing is also part of the required information and can be done in parallel with other processing (such as setting the validity flag), so it is not a part of the work at the time of sale. There is almost no decrease in efficiency. It should be noted that the content to be printed when selling fuel cards can be automatically performed by referring to card data or the like.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a card refueling system which is an embodiment of the present invention. This system consists of multiple fueling stations A, one center B, and a fueling card held by the customer (a third
(see figure).

A PO3 terminal device 1 is installed inside the store of gas station A, and an external reader/writer 2 is installed outside the store where refueling is performed for use by refueling staff.
and a plurality of measuring machines 3 for measuring the amount of refueling are installed. These PO8 terminal device 1 and external reader/writer 2 correspond to the card processing device of the present invention.

The POS terminal device 1 includes a CPU 5, which is a control device, and an R, which is connected to the CPU 5 and stores programs and the like.
OM6. RAM where card data buffer etc. are set
7. Control keyboard 82 display 9. Card reader/writer for reading/writing control data etc. 10. Printer 1) that prints out tally sheets, etc. Floppy disk where transaction data files are set 122 to center B via line
A communication control unit 13 for communicating with. A weighing machine controller 14 for controlling the weighing machine 3 and an interface 15 for controlling the external reader/writer 2 are installed. The keyboard 8 is an issue key 8a that is pressed when issuing a refueling card, and is pressed to print in a print field 41 (described later) and set a valid flag (area 40e: described later) when selling the issued refueling card. The sales key 8b is included in the sales key 8b.

Further, the outer reader/writer 2 is a card reader/writer 21 into which a refueling card is inserted. It includes a keyboard 22 for staff operation and a printer 23 on which sales slips are printed.

On the other hand, the center B includes a center computer 6 which is a control device, and a communication control section 17 connected to the center computer 16 and communicating with the POS terminal device 1. Storage device 1, printer 19 where the mask file is set
and a display 20 are installed. The mask file stores the sales status of each fuel station A, the usage status of all issued fuel cards, and the like. This mask file is updated by the transaction data file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the refueling card 4. As shown in FIG. This refueling card is issued by the POS terminal device 1 and sold at the refueling station A, and is sold at a price that is approximately the same as the amount of oil that can be refilled. For example, the price for gasoline 200β is 200! Refueling cards that allow you to refuel will be sold.

The figure is an external view of the refueling card 4, and the card surface has a magnetic stripe 40 on which the card number, amount of remaining oil, etc. are recorded.
A printing field 41 is also provided for printing information such as refueling history using this refueling card.

The same figure (Bl is a partial configuration diagram of the magnetic stripe 40. The magnetic stripe 40 has a card number (area 40a) which is the issue number of this refueling card.

Card expiration date (area 4Qb), oil type (area 40
C) and the amount of remaining oil (area 40d) are recorded. Note that the oil type is regular gasoline.

It indicates the type of high-octane gasoline or diesel oil, etc., and is coded and recorded. Further, the remaining oil amount is the number of liters of oil that can be refueled with this refueling card, and the numerical value of the face value (for example, 200β) is recorded at the time of card purchase. This refueling card is inserted into the external reader/writer 2 each time refueling is performed at the refueling station A, and the refueling amount is subtracted from the remaining oil amount. Furthermore, area 40e is a valid flag. This valid flag is a flag that sets the issued refueling card as a valid card.
It is set by the POS terminal device when the refueling card version is sold.

Further, at the top of the printing field 41, the card number, face value oil amount, expiration date 2 issuing service station (SS) number, and sales method 41a are printed. Of these, the card number and face value oil! (
4l b) is printed based on the key manually when the card is issued, and the expiration date 1 issued gas station number (41C') is printed based on the data on the magnetic stripe 40 and the memory contents of the PO8 terminal device 1 when this fuel card version is sold. It will be printed. Sales Law 41a is also printed when the refueling card version is sold. In the column following these prints, the date, amount of oil supplied, and amount of remaining oil are printed for each refueling.

This refueling card is issued by the following operation. PO8
After pressing the issue key 8a of the terminal device 1, a new card is inserted into the card reader/writer 10, and the keyboard 8 is operated to input the amount of oil in the face value, expiration date, etc. The POS terminal device 1 stores necessary data on the magnetic stripe of the inserted card, prints some of the necessary information in the printing field, and issues the card as a refueling card.

When selling this refueling card 4, the following operations are performed.

After pressing the sales key 8b, the card reader/writer 10
Insert the refueling card 4 that has undergone the above issuing process. P
The O3 terminal device sets the validity flag (area 40e) of this refueling card 4, and prints the necessary information and sales law 41a that were not printed at the time of issuance of the refueling card in the printing field 41, and discharges the card. This refueling card 4 is issued to the customer in exchange for payment.

When refueling using a refueling card, the following operations are performed. A weighing machine 3 where the staff member who receives the customer's fuel card inserts the fuel card into the card reader/writer 21 and refuels.
is selected by pressing the weighing machine selection key included in the keyboard 22. After this, the refueling card is temporarily ejected. This is so that other fuel cards can be accepted during refueling, and a plurality of weighing machines 3 can be managed with one external reader/writer 2. After refueling is completed, the keyboard 22
When the post-processing key included in the refueling card 4 is pressed and the refueling card is re-inserted, the slip is printed, the data stored in the magnetic stripe 40 of the refueling card 4 is updated, and the printing field 4 is updated.
1 is printed. The ejected slip and refueling cart are handed over to the customer by the clerk, and the transaction is completed.

FIG. 4 is a partial configuration diagram of the RAM 7, and is a diagram showing an input/output cover sofa. When the refueling card is inserted into the card reader/writer 21 of the external reader/writer 2, the card data is stored in this crowded cover sofa via the interface 15. The entrance/exit cover sofa has a card number storage area (area 1: hereinafter referred to as "area M i J
is called rMiJ. ), expiration date storage area (M2),
It consists of an oil type storage area (M3) and a remaining oil amount storage area (M4), and corresponds to the storage contents of the magnetic stripe 40 of the card 4. Further, the refueling amount storage area (M5) is an area that stores the refueling amount sent from the measuring machine 3 that measures the refueling amount. The remaining oil amount in the area M4 is updated by subtracting this refueling amount, and the data on the magnetic stripe 40 of the refueling card 4 reinserted into the card reader/writer 21 is updated with the data in area M4.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the POS terminal device 1 when issuing the refueling card and selling the refueling card version. Press the issue key 8a in step nl (hereinafter, step ni is simply referred to as ni) or press the sales key 8 in nl.
Wait until it is determined that b is pressed.

When the issue key 8a is pressed and judged by nl, n2
Insertion of a new card to be issued as a refueling card is accepted, and input of the face value of oil N (the amount of oil corresponding to the amount paid in advance) is accepted from the numeric keypad included in the keyboard 8.

Here, this oil amount is, for example, 1001 or 200! It is set as 1001 card or 2001 card and sold to customers. That is, instead of issuing refueling cards according to the amount paid by the customer, refueling cards are sold for a set amount of oil.

Next, record the input oil amount as the remaining oil amount in the remaining oil amount storage area (area 40d) of the card, and at the same time store card data such as the card number and expiration date in each area (n4), and print it on the front side. Print the card number and face value oil amount (4l b), which are part of the required information, in column 41 (
n5). After this, the card is ejected (n6) and the operation ends.

When the sales key 8b is pressed and this is determined by nl, the insertion of the issued refueling card 4 that has been processed in steps n2 to n6 is accepted (n8). The valid flag (area 40e) set on the magnetic stripe 40 of the inserted and issued refueling card 4 is set (n9) and stored as sales in the transaction data file of the floppy disk 12 (n19). Next, write the above n in the print field 41 on the front of the card.
Print out the necessary information that was not printed in step 5, namely the expiration date, issuing gas station number (41C), and sales law 41a (n1)), and then eject this fuel card (n12).
Finish the action. The attendant issues this refueling card 4 to the customer in exchange for the paid price.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the POS terminal device 1 when refueling using the refueling card 4. When the refueling card 4 is inserted into the card reader/writer 21 of the external reader/writer 2 at n20, the card data is read (n21) and it is determined whether or not the valid flag (area 40e) is marked. (n22). If the valid flag is set, the process proceeds to n23 and subsequent steps. The card data read in n21 is stored in the crowded cover sofa. A plurality of input/output cover sofas are set in order to manage a plurality of weighing machines 3, that is, to store card data of a plurality of refueling cards inserted into the external reader/writer 2. It is distinguished by using the card number as an identification number. n23 checks whether the inserted refueling card is valid based on this card data (whether it is within the expiry date, whether the remaining oil amount is not 0, etc.),
If the card is valid, proceed to n, 25 based on the judgment of n24.

If the valid flag (area 40e) has been reset or the card is invalid, the card is directly ejected (n34) and the operation is completed.

At n25, the selection of the weighing machine 3 by the weighing machine selection key is accepted, and the weighing machine controller 1 is assigned to the selected weighing machine 3.
A refueling permission signal is output via 4 (n26). Thereafter, the card reader/writer 21 is instructed to temporarily eject the refueling card (n27). Although the refueling card is ejected, the human output buffer that stores the card data of this refueling card is retained. Wait until refueling is completed at n28, and when refueling is completed, receive the amount of refueling from the measuring device 3.n
29), Calculate the new remaining oil amount by subtracting the refueling amount (
n30). This remaining oil amount is stored in the remaining oil amount storage area (M4) of the input/output cover sofa allocated at n21. That is, the remaining oil amount read from the inserted refueling card 4 is rewritten to the new remaining oil amount. Here, when the fuel card is requested to be reinserted and the post-processing key is pressed and the fuel card is reinserted, the new remaining fuel amount is written in the area 40d of the magnetic stripe 40 (n3
2). In other words, the input/output Hanwha residual oil amount storage area (
M4) Write the contents. Data related to transactions (transaction data) is stored in a transaction data file (floppy disk 12)
(n33) and ejected the card (n34)
) and then finishes the action.

n5 corresponds to the "means for printing a part of the item" of the present invention, and nil corresponds to the "means for printing the remaining part of the item" of the present invention.

In this way, in this card refueling system, when refueling cards are issued, only the card number and face value oil amount (4l b) are printed in the printing field 41, so it does not take much time to issue refueling cards, and it is possible to print a large number of refueling cards. To efficiently issue refueling cards without reducing work efficiency even when issuing cards in bulk. The remaining portion is printed at the time of selling the fuel card, and of course, when selling the fuel card, it is necessary to print the valid flag (area 40e) on the POS terminal device l such as cents and registration in the transaction data file (floppy disk 12). There is work to be done,
This will not significantly reduce work efficiency compared to before.

Further, in this system, a validity flag (area 40e) is provided on the magnetic stripe 40 of the fuel card 4, and the validity flag of the fuel card is set at the time of sale to a customer to enable use when refueling. As a result, even if a refueling card is issued with card data stored and printed on its surface, it cannot be used unless it is processed as a valid flag at the time of sale, increasing the security of the issued refueling card. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of the PO8 terminal device installed at a gas station in a card refueling system according to an embodiment of the present invention during refueling card issuance and sales, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the card refueling system. , Figure 3 (4),
(B) is a diagram showing the external appearance of the refueling card of the card refueling system and the configuration of its magnetic stripe, FIG. 4 is a partial configuration diagram of the RAM of the POS terminal device, and FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the operation|movement at the time of refueling with the said refueling card of an OS terminal device. A-Refueling station, B-Center, 1-PO3 terminal device, 2-External reader/writer, 3-Measuring machine, 4-Refueling card, 8-Keyboard, 8a-Issuance key, 8b-Sales key, 40- Magnetic drive, 41-print field.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A remaining oil amount storage area where the amount of oil corresponding to the amount paid in advance is first stored, and a printing field where items such as the card number, the amount of oil, expiration date, and refueling history are printed on the surface thereof. a refueling card that is installed at each refueling station and stores card data including the amount of oil in the card and issues the refueling card; a card processing device that performs a transaction process of rewriting the memory content of the amount storage area to a new remaining oil amount by subtracting the amount of fuel to be supplied; A card refueling system comprising: means for printing a part of the items; and means for printing the remaining parts of the items when selling the refueling card.