JPS6365597A - Card vending machine and card vending system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention: This Hikari IJI is an automatic trading device for cards, especially valuable cards, and a percentage system. Businesses are emerging that buy stocks cheaply, add some profit to them, and then sell them cheaper than the face value or the remaining amount. However, since these stores are usually open during the day and also accept cash, they are rarely open until late at night.

Sometimes, after playing around at night or drinking too much, I find myself in a state of frustration. You may also drop your wallet. My house isn't close enough to walk home, and I can't even take the train home.But I don't have any money to pay for the car, and to make matters worse, my friend has already left, so I'm sure he'll lend me the money. Sometimes I have the misfortune of not having a police box nearby.However, I have a phone card.I thought it would be okay if I called my family and they would come and pick me up in their own car. There are some people who don't care about their cars or even bicycles.At times like this, if there was a store that would buy phone cards, I would be very grateful.It would save me from an emergency.

There are also people who want to buy things like telephone cards at a lower price than the official price, even if it's just a little bit cheaper. However, some people say that the price is too small to go to such a store and buy it, and that they are embarrassed because it makes them look pompous. At a time like this, it would be nice to have an unmanned store that sells telephone cards at a discount.

The present invention provides an automatic card trading device and an automatic card trading method that enable unattended trading of valuable cards such as telephone cars, orange cards, and bank balance cards that can be used to purchase general products. It provides:

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, a frame M indicated by a dotted line indicates an automatic card vending machine. Reference numeral 1 denotes an acceptance device into which a valuable card that a customer wishes to purchase is inserted, and it may be used exclusively for a single type of card, or it may be used to accommodate multiple types of cards and accept them separately. 2 is a device that reads the card sent from the acceptance *21i, and is dedicated to a single type of card, such as a magnetic card, punch card, IC card, LSI card, or optical card. It may be possible to correspond to any of the following,
Furthermore, it may be possible to read multiple types of cards among them.

The content of this reading, that is, the balance, is sent to the calculation device 3,
Here, an appropriate purchase price and a sales price with profit added thereto are calculated. Of course, the purchase price and sales price are set lower than the balance of the valuable card.

4 is a display device that displays the balance and purchase price for the customer. However, if the usable balance on the card is too small or non-existent, or if it is unreadable due to scratches or deformation, the display device 4 will display the reason why the card cannot be purchased, and the card is returned and discharged from the card return opening 5, and the car V is then returned to its owner.

On the other hand, as a result of the reading, for the valuable cards whose purchase price is at the peak, the display device 4 displays the balance and the purchase price calculated by the calculation device 3. 6 is an iJ'f input device. This is a push button for the customer to input that they agree with the purchase price, and vice versa, if the purchase price is too low or if they suddenly no longer want to sell, they can input a button to indicate that they do not agree to the purchase. For example, it has a pushbutton for inputting. If you input your disapproval here, the valuable card will be ejected from the card return slot 5 to be returned.

Now, when you look at the display on the display device 4 and input ``n'' to the effect that you agree to the purchase using the rejection input device 6, a signal is sent to the purchase price payment control device i7 and the card storage control device 10.At the same time, the card storage control device Signals of the selling price and other data calculated by the calculation device 3 are also sent to the model g! The purchase price payment control device 7 causes the money stocker 8 to pay out the amount of money as displayed based on the signal from the acceptance input device fi6 described above, and the customer receives this money through the payment port 9.

On the other hand, the card storage control type 10, which receives a signal from the acceptability input device 6, transfers and stores the previously purchased valuable card into the card stocker 11. card stocker l
The valuable cards stored in the l are, for example, sorted and arranged, or are not sorted but are arranged individually in order from the end, thus making it easy to select and eject any card as soon as necessary. .

The above is the method of purchasing valuable cards according to the present invention.

Next, the method of selling valuable cards based on this issue II will be explained.

The inventory status of valuable cards purchased and stored in the card stocker 11 is always displayed on the inventory card display device 12.

The contents of the display include the name and type of the card, the balance used, and the discounted sales price based thereon. If there is so much stock to display that it cannot be listed, you can scroll one screen so that you can see it.For those who wish to purchase,
When the user looks at the inventory card display device el L 2 and confirms the valuable card he/she wishes to purchase, the card ordering device 13 performs the necessary input. This input is performed using, for example, a push button or a touch sensor. Next, when the amount of money specified on the inventory card display device m12 is inserted into a predetermined slot, the money is judged to be genuine while passing through the payment acceptance device 14, and only the genuine money is sent to the money sorting device. 15 and sorted by type,
Calculate further from there! If the input amount reaches the selling price, the sales proceeds storage control device 17 operates and the money is stored in the money stocker 8 according to denomination. If the amount of money inserted is greater than the selling price, the change payment control device 18 operates to cause the money stocker 8 to issue change for the difference.

This comes out from change payment IJ19.

When the above-mentioned calculation device 16 calculates that the input amount is the same as or more than the selling price, the card discharge control device 20 also operates, and as a result, the card stocker 11 selects a card that has already been selected by the purchaser. Valuable cards are ejected. This is received via the card ejection port 21.

It is preferable to display the amount of money inserted and the amount of change until the value card and change come out.

Since the gross profit in buying and selling valuable cards using the device and method of the present invention is expressed by the total sales amount of valuable cards minus the total amount purchased of value cards, it is necessary to constantly grasp this. Also, it is better to issue transaction details and receipts for customers, and for these purposes, a recording device 2222 and a printing device 23 are provided.
! The recording paper from 123 exits the machine through a recording paper outlet 24.

The above is based on this invention. Although the method of purchasing valuable cards and the method of selling valuable cards have been described, the two methods are not completely independent, and in particular, the card stocker and money stocker can be used in common with both methods.

Further, according to the device and method of the present invention, it is possible to buy and sell valuable cards unattended 24 hours a day, which is particularly convenient when you need coins on the street late at night. Furthermore, since it is unmanned, even transactions of small amounts of one card can be carried out without any hesitation. In addition, cards purchased from a single customer are automatically sold, and the purchase money is disbursed from the sales proceeds, so there is almost no provision for replenishing valuable cards or money on board each time, and there are no valuable cards. It is not limited to just one type, but also the use of many types mixed together. Note that this issue '51 is not limited to the above examples,
Various modifications can be made as necessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic card transaction system and the automatic card transaction system of the town of Hatsu I. Explanation of symbols 1 Accepting device 2 Reading device 3 Computing device 4 Display device 5 Card return port 6 Acceptance input device 7 Purchase price payment control device 8 Money stocker 9 Payment port IO Card storage control device 11 Card stocker 12 Inventory card display device 13 Card order manual device 14 Payment acceptance device 15 Money sorting device 16 Calculation device 17 Sales proceeds storage control device 18 Change payment control device 2 19 Change payment port 20 Card discharge control device 21 Card discharge port 22 Recording device 23 Printing device 24 Recording paper discharge More than the exit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At least a valuable card to be purchased (prepayment card,
A device that accepts a prepaid card or prepaid card and reads at least its balance; a device that calculates a purchase price and a selling price from the balance; and a device that stores the purchased valuable card and selectively uses it as a valuable card to be sold. It consists of a discharging device, and a device that receives money as payment for the valuable cards sold and discharges at least a portion of it as change and the purchase price of the purchased valuable cards, and when purchasing valuable cards, it is calculated from the balance. By discharging money equivalent to the purchase price, and when selling valuable cards, collecting money equivalent to the selling price calculated from the balance of the valuable card specified by the purchaser among the valuable cards in stock. An automatic card transaction device characterized in that a card of value desired by a purchaser is ejected. 2 At least, the valuable cards to be purchased (prepayment cards,
A device that accepts a prepaid card or prepaid card and reads at least its balance; a device that calculates a purchase price and a selling price from the balance; and a device that stores the purchased valuable card and selectively uses it as a valuable card to be sold. A device that collects money as payment for the valuable cards sold and a device that discharges at least a portion of the money as change and the purchase price of the purchased valuable cards, and when purchasing the valuable cards, collects money from the balance. Discharge money equivalent to the calculated purchase price, and when selling valuable cards, collect money equivalent to the sales price calculated from the balance of the valuable card specified by the purchaser among the valuable cards in stock. An automatic card trading system characterized in that a valuable card desired by a purchaser is ejected by the following steps.