JPS6375966A - Automatic paying-back machine for winning pari-mutuel ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity of manual data inputting operations and to realize quick accurate processing operations, by providing a card reading/writing device and cash discharging machine equipped with a remaining amount counting function to the automatic paying-back machine of a terminal by performing the using operation and summing calculation of the paying-back machine by using an operation card on which a summed value and remaining amount are recorded. CONSTITUTION:When an operation card 11 is issued to each operator and his operator number is recorded on the card in advance, the inputting operation of the operator number becomes unnecessary when the operation card 11 is mounted on a card reading/ writing device 101 before starting paying-back works. Moreover, the summed value informed from a totalizator system 11, remaining amount counted at a cash discharging machine 102, number of own terminal machine, etc., are recorded on the operation card 11 by means of the card reading/writing device 101 at the time of ending the paying-back works. When the operation card 11 is mounted on a card reading/writing device 12 provided to a cash controlling section 2, the summed results of an automatic paying-back machine 10 can easily be inputted to the cash controlling system 2.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A card reading/writing device capable of reading the contents of an operation card or writing necessary information thereto is provided for an interface with a cash management system, and a The automatic voting ticket refund machine, which can be operated by installing it, automatically counts the remaining amount at the cash dispenser at the end of the refund operation, and calculates this remaining amount and the aggregate value notified from the host computer installed in the totalizer system. In order to compare the above, the total value and the count of the remaining amount are recorded on an operation card and sent to and received from the cash management system.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an interface for sending and receiving total value information from a totalizer system to a cash management system,
In particular, the present invention relates to an automatic voting ticket dispensing machine equipped with a cash management function as this interface.

In the totalizer system, which combines a voting ticket vending machine and a computer and mechanizes the counting of the number of sold votes, the calculation of refunds and odds, and their announcement, the amount of cash handled by one operator is a large amount.

Therefore, there is a risk of error and fraud, and totalizator
It is necessary to compare and confirm the total value output from the system with the actual amount of cash present at the polling station.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a conventional cash management system.

In the figure, 1 indicates the number of tickets sold at the vending machine 3 and the number of tickets sold at the refund machine 4.
2 is a totalizer system that aggregates the refund amount etc. at the terminal and notifies the vending machine 3 and the refund machine 4 of the total value by inquiry operation on the terminal.
This is a cash management system that cross-checks the total value and cash amount.

In the refund machine 4, a refund is made based on a voting ticket that is a refund request from a customer. The total results of the refund machine 4 at the end of the refund are printed on the journal 5, including the number of refund slips, the refund amount, etc., and the number of refund slips, the refund amount, etc. printed on the journal 5 are connected to the cash management system 2. The information is entered manually from the keyboard 6. Further, the balance of the refund from the refund machine 4 is input to the cash counter 7 and counted there, and the cash management system 2 compares the total value with the cash. The cash management system 2 described above includes a display unit (CRT) as a soft copy and a line printer as a hard copy.

On the other hand, the vending machine 3 can be operated by attaching an ID ticket that identifies each operator who sells voting tickets in order to recognize each operator involved in counter operations.
This vending machine 3 sells voting tickets desired by the customer. Then, the total result of the vending machine 3 at the end of the sale is recorded on the payment ticket 8 issued by the vending machine 3. The above-mentioned payment ticket 8 records the identification number of the operator involved in the counter service, the terminal number, the number of tickets issued on the terminal side, etc. The payment ticket 8 above is the payment ticket reader 9
At the same time, the sales proceeds are counted by the cash counter 7, and the total value is compared with the cash in the cash management system 2.

In the conventional cash management system described above, in order to check the total value and cash, total data such as the amount of cash handled at the terminal is collected by a totalizer.
It is necessary to receive the money from the system 1, and for this purpose, information such as the cumulative amount sold at the vending machine 3 and the cumulative amount refunded at the refund machine 4 is used by the inquiry function from each terminal. When inputting the above-mentioned total value information into the cash management system 2, the vending machine 3 issues a mechanically readable payment ticket 8 using its own ticket issuing mechanism, and uses this as a payment ticket. It is read by the reader 9 and input into the cash management system 2. However, since the refund machine 4 does not have a ticket issuing mechanism, the inquiry list from the totalizer system 1 is printed on the journal 5, and the cash management system 2 is manually input from the keyboard 6 based on the total value information printed in the journal. is being entered.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In conventional cash management systems, the total value notified to the refund machine from the totalizer system is only printed on a journal, so it is necessary to visually and manually enter the total value information printed on this journal. There were problems in that it lacked accuracy due to mistakes made during the process, and required time and manpower. In addition, the journal requires items to be entered in addition to the aggregated values, such as the operator number to recognize the operator handling the refund machine and the refund machine number in the totalizer system, which increases inaccuracy. It is something to do.

Furthermore, since the cash dispensing machine in the refund machine does not have a balance counting function, there is a problem in that the balance counting process is concentrated on the cash management system side.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and recognizes an operator by using an operation card such as an IC card.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic voting ticket dispensing machine that notifies information from a totalizer system, a balance counting function, etc., and also has a cash dispensing machine with a balance counting function.

[Means for solving problems]

As shown in the principle diagram of FIG.
A card reading/writing device 10 that can read and write the contents of an operation card 11 consisting of a card or the like.
A cash dispensing machine 1 (2) with a balance counting function is installed, and by attaching the operation card 11 described above, it is possible to perform normal refund operations. ,totalizator·
Total value notified from system 1, cash dispensing machine 102'
The remaining balance counted from 1ζ, your own terminal number, etc. are recorded on the operation card 11, and the operation card 1, 1 on which the above data is recorded is read by a card reader similar to the above provided in the cash management system 2. Writing device 12
By attaching it to the machine, data can be mechanically exchanged between the automatic refund machine 10 and the cash management system 2,
This allows the total value in the automatic refund machine 10 to be checked against cash.

[For production]

By issuing an operation card 11 for each operator and recording the operator number in advance, the operation card 11 can be inserted into the card reading/writing device 10 before starting a refund operation. Simply attaching it to the machine eliminates the need to enter an operator number.

In addition, at the end of the refund operation, the above operation card 1
1, the total value notified from the totalizer system 1, the balance counted by the cash dispensing machine 102, the own terminal number, etc. are recorded by the above-mentioned card reading/writing device 101, and this is recorded in the cash management system 2. By attaching the card to the provided card reading/writing device 12, the tally results in the automatic refund machine 10 can be easily input into the cash management system 2.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration and system configuration of an automatic refund machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic refund machine 10 includes the above-mentioned card reading/writing device 101 and cash dispensing machine 102 having a balance counting function, as well as an interface section 103 that enables connection with the totalizator system 1, and an interface unit 103 that enables the entire operation of the automatic refund machine 10. A control unit 101 that controls the customer's refund request, a voting ticket reading unit 10s1 that reads the voting contents of the voting ticket inserted in response to the customer's refund request, a display unit 106 that displays the refund amount according to the above voting contents, an operation unit 107 that performs necessary operations on the
A cash payment port 108 where the refund from the cash dispenser 102 is given to the customer, and a return where the remaining amount from the cash dispenser 10□ is counted upon completion of the refund operation and the remaining amount from the cash dispenser 102 is returned. It has a mouth 101.

Next, the operation of the automatic refund machine 10 having the above configuration will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

It should be noted that, prior to the refund operation at the automatic refund machine 10, cash as a reserve fund for refunds is paid in advance to the cash dispenser 102 based on the management by the cash management system 2. Further, the operation card 11 is also created in advance for each operator by the card issuing device, and the operator name, operator number, etc. are already recorded here.

When operating the automatic refund machine 10, the operator involved in the work first wipes the operation card 11 at step Sl and inserts the operation card 11 into the card reading/writing device 10 provided in the automatic refund machine 10. Attach to. When the operation card 11 is attached, the card reading/writing device 101 reads the operator number recorded on the operation card 1, and prints the read operator number on a journal in step S2. The reason why the operator number is printed on the journal is to record operating statistics at the terminal. Next, the card reading/writing device IL records the terminal number on the operation card 11 in step S.

In steps 81 to S3 described above, it becomes possible to operate the automatic refund machine 10 for refunds, and normal refund operations are performed. Note that even if the operation card 11 is attached or detached at this point, there will be no problem with the refund process. Of course, the operation card 11 may remain attached.

In the automatic refund machine 10 that has become operational, normal refund processing is performed in step S4. This refund process is
Along with the operation on the operation unit 101 in response to the customer's refund request, the voting content of the voting ticket is read by the voting ticket reading unit 105,
According to the control by the control unit 104, an interim response is made with the host computer installed in the totalizer system 1, and when the refund amount according to the above voting details is determined according to the response from the totalizer system 1, this refund amount is is displayed on the display unit 106, and the refund amount is sent from the cash dispensing machine 102 to the cash payment port 10. This is done by discharging the waste and passing it on to the customer.

When the above-mentioned refund processing operation is completed, the automatic refund machine 10 stops service to the customer, inquires the total value of refunds to the totalizer system 1 in step S5, and in step S6 the cash dispenser 10 □ Count the remaining amount. The remaining amount is counted when the cash is dispensed from the cash dispenser 102, and the dispensed cash is returned to the return slot 10. will be returned to.

After the total value is inquired to the totalizer system 1 in step Ss and the remaining amount is counted by the cash dispensing machine 10□ in step S6, it is determined in step S7 whether or not the operation card 11 is installed. Let's do it. When the card is inserted, it is confirmed that it belongs to the same operator as the card inserted at the start of the operation, and then in step S8 the card reading/writing device 10. Accordingly, the above-mentioned total value, remaining amount, etc. are recorded on the above-mentioned operation card 11. Thereafter, in step S, the operation card 11 is removed and the automatic refund machine IO becomes inoperable.

Then, by sending and receiving the operation card 11 in which the total value of refunds, remaining amount, etc. are recorded and the already counted remaining amount to and from the cash management system 2 side, the total value and the remaining amount can be checked accurately and promptly. be able to.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention described above, the automatic refund machine of the terminal is equipped with a card reading/writing device and a cash dispensing machine with a balance counting function, and the operation of the automatic refund machine and the aggregation results can be performed using the total value of refunds and the remaining balance. Since this is done using an operation card with the amount recorded, there is no need for manual data entry operations, and the remaining balance counting process can be distributed to each terminal, reducing the concentration of load on the cash management system. This has the effect of reducing the amount of noise and allowing accurate and speedy processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration and system configuration of an automatic refund machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment, and Fig. 4 The figure is a conceptual diagram of a conventional cash management system. 1... Totalizer system, 2... Cash management system, 10... Automatic refund machine, 10. ...Card reading/writing device, 10°...Cash dispenser with balance counting function, 11...Operation card.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A totalizer system (1) that inquires about the total value in response to an inquiry request from the refund machine of the terminal, and a cash management system (1) that checks the total value against the remaining amount at the refund machine of the terminal. 2) a card reading/writing device (10_1) capable of reading data recorded on the operation card (11) and writing necessary data to the card in the automatic refund machine (10) connected to the card; A cash dispensing machine (10_2) with a balance counting function that can count one's remaining amount is installed, and by installing the above operation card, normal refund processing operations can be performed, and when the refund operation is completed, the cash dispensing machine (10_2) Inquire about the total value of your own cumulative refund amount using the cash dispenser, count your remaining amount using the cash dispenser, and transmit the total value and the counted value to the card reading/writing device to send/receive to the cash management system. An automatic voting ticket refund machine characterized in that the voting ticket is recorded on an operation card.