KR20040018084A - Automatic receipt apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for an automatic payment are provided to process a notice regardless of a size or a form and to offer a payment service through various media. CONSTITUTION: A reading part of a 2-D(Dimensional) barcode reader(102) is installed/exposed to a front face of the automatic payment device(100), reads the 2-D barcode inputted from a payer, and transmits the 2-S barcode to a controller(114). A card reader(104) reads a card and transmits the read information to the controller. To interface the payer and the controller, a TFT(Thin Film Transistor)-LCD(Liquid Crystal Display)(106A) and a touch screen(106B) display various information provided from the controller and provide the information inputted from the payer to the controller. A receipt printer(108) outputs a receipt to the payer by control of the controller. A network interface(110) interfaces a server and the controller. An UPS(Uninterruptible Power Supply)(112) supplies power to each part of the automatic payment device. The controller controls each part of the automatic payment device.

Description

Automatic payment device and method {AUTOMATIC RECEIPT APPARATUS AND METHOD}

The present invention relates to an automatic payment system, and more particularly, to an automatic payment device and method that can automatically pay taxes and the like.

With the development of technology, payments such as taxes, which depended on manual labor, are automated, as well as methods of payment through various media are being developed.

The unmanned automated payment device is disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2001-66577 filed under the name of "the bulk receiving device of the giro paper with a bar code printed". Briefly describing the conventional bar code-printed mass receiving device (hereinafter referred to as "payment device" for convenience) disclosed in the above-mentioned application, the conventional payment device is a scan containing a bill inserted by the payer It transfers to the means, scans the transferred bills, reads the two-dimensional bar code, and provides the payment service.

In general, the bill is different in size and shape depending on the type, there are a plurality of cutouts for easily cutting a part of the bill. In this way, the bills having various sizes and shapes and formed with a plurality of cutouts are not normally transferred or jams are easily caused, so that the conventional payment device is difficult to be commercialized.

In addition, the conventional payment device includes a problem that cannot be employed in a payment service using a medium other than paper.

In more detail, in the case where the applicant filed with the Korean Patent Office for the "Notice Processing System and Method Using Two-Dimensional Bar Code" as No. 10-2001-32622, a bill must be provided to solve the problem. A technology for enabling payment by displaying a two-dimensional bar code corresponding to information on a bill on a display window of a wireless terminal is disclosed.

As such, payment methods using various media other than paper have been actively developed. However, since the conventional payment apparatus provides a payment service only through a paper bill, it could not be widely adopted for a payment service using various media.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic payment device and method regardless of the size or shape of the bill.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic payment apparatus and method capable of providing a payment service through various media.

1 is a view schematically showing an automatic payment procedure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an automatic payment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an external perspective view of an automatic payment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the installation of the two-dimensional barcode reader and receipt printer of the automatic payment device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of an automatic payment method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: automatic payment device 102: two-dimensional barcode reader

104: card reader 106A: TFT-LCD

106B: Touch Screen 108: Receipt Printer

110: network interface unit 112: uninterruptible power supply

114: controller

In the automatic payment device of the present invention for achieving the above object, a two-dimensional bar code reader having a reading unit exposed to the outside, and decoding the two-dimensional bar code read by the two-dimensional bar code reader to restore the payment information, When the payment included in the restored payment information is settled, a control device for notifying completion of payment to a notice, a user interface for guiding payment of the payment, a payment means for paying the payment, the notice and the control And an interface for interfacing the devices.

The automatic payment method of the present invention comprises the steps of: searching whether a two-dimensional barcode is input through a reading unit of a two-dimensional barcode reader exposed to the outside; decoding the input two-dimensional barcode and restoring payment information; And guiding payment of the payment included in the restored payment information, paying the payment, and notifying the notice of completion of payment when the payment is completed.

The present invention provides a payment service by reading a two-dimensional bar code recorded on the bill when the portion of the bill on which the two-dimensional bar code is recorded close to the two-dimensional bar code reader exposed to the outside.

As such, the present invention eliminates the transfer process of bills by exposing the two-dimensional barcode reader to the outside, thereby eliminating the problems that may occur while transferring bills of various sizes and shapes, as well as payment service through various media. Let's do it.

The present invention may be employed in various ways, such as at the time of payment of taxes, the receipt of documents, the purchase of a use right, but will be described below with an example applied to the process of paying taxes.

The automatic payment procedure according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention described above will be schematically described with reference to FIG.

When the payer (A) receives the tax bill from the country (F) (①), input the two-dimensional barcode recorded on the tax bill to the two-dimensional barcode reader of the automatic payment device (B) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and Pay taxes by paying taxes (②). The payment method may be variously employed, such as card payment, cash deposit, account transfer.

If the card payment is requested for the tax, the automatic payment device (B) requests the server (C) for information on the bill and approval of the card payment (③), and the server (C) according to the request. The card company (E) requests the approval of the card payment (④).

When the card company E provides the authorization information for the card payment to the automatic payment device B through the server C according to the request (⑤, ⑥), the automatic payment device B pays the tax. Issue a receipt according to the payer (A) (⑦).

When the payment is completed, the server (C) provides the information on the bill to the cashier (D) (⑧), and the cashier (D) receives the payment amount for the bill from the card company (E). Later (⑨), the taxpayer's tax payment details are sent to the state (F) (⑩).

The card company (E) completes the tax payment process by charging the payment to the payer when the payment date of the payer (A) (⑪).

Now, the configuration and operation of the automatic payment device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The reading part of the two-dimensional barcode reader 102 of the automatic payment device 100 is exposed and installed on the front surface, and reads the two-dimensional barcode input by the payer and provides it to the control device 114. The card reader 104 reads a card input for payment and provides the read information to the control device 114. The TFT-LCD 106A and the touch screen 106B display various information provided by the control device 114 to interface between the payer and the control device 114 and recall the information input by the payer. The control device 114 is provided. The receipt printer 108 outputs a receipt to be issued to the payer under the control of the control device 114. The network interface unit 110 interfaces between the server C and the control device 114. The uninterruptible power supply 112 supplies power to each part of the automatic payment device 100. And the control device 114 controls each part of the automatic payment device 100 to provide an automatic payment service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Now, a payment method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The control unit 114 of the automatic payment device 100 displays various guide letters along with various buttons for providing a payment service to the TFT-LCD 106A. When the payer A instructs the start of the local tax payment service through the touch screen 106B with reference to the displayed notice or the like (step 200), the control unit 114 inputs a two-dimensional barcode input for the local tax payment. Guide through LCD 106A (step 204). When the payer A moves the display unit of the bill on which the 2D barcode is recorded or the display window of the mobile terminal on which the 2D barcode is recorded to the 2D barcode reader 102 (step 206), the control is performed. The device 114 reads the two-dimensional bar code displayed on the bill or mobile terminal (step 208). The two-dimensional barcode is generated by encoding information for paying local taxes.

When the two-dimensional bar code is read, the control unit 114 guides the input of the credit card through the TFT-LCD 106A (step 210), and according to this guidance, the payer A is sent to the card reader 104. Insert a credit card. The card reader 104 reads the information of the credit card inserted by the payer and provides it to the control device 114 (steps 212 and 214). When the read information of the credit card is provided, the controller 114 guides the input of the password through the TFT-LCD 106A (step 216). When the payer A enters a password according to the guidance (step 218), the control device 114 guides the user to select a payment method through the TFT-LCD 106A (step 220). According to the guidance, the payer A selects either an installment or lump sum payment method, and when the payer A selects an installment payment method, the control device 114 guides to input an installment month (224). step).

If the payer A inputs an installment month after selecting the installment payment method (step 226) or selects the lump sum payment method (step 222), the control unit 114 decodes the two-dimensional barcode to pay local taxes. Information is restored and the local tax payment information is sent to the TFT-LCD 106A (step 228). If the payer inputs the confirmation button displayed on the TFT-LCD 106A after checking the guided local tax payment information (step 230), the control unit 114 requests the credit card authorization through the server C to the card company E. In addition to the request, the local tax payment information is provided to the server C (step 232). Here, the payment request amount is extracted from the local tax payment information. When the card company E provides the approval information through the server C according to the request (step 234), the control device 114 issues a receipt to the payer through the receipt printer 108 and completes the payment. The cash register D is notified through the server C (step 236). In this case, the payment completion notification data may be composed of OCR data to shorten the processing time of the DAC that processes the OCR slip.

As described above, the present invention not only solves the problem that may occur while transferring bills of various sizes and shapes by exposing the 2D barcode reader to the outside, and also has an advantage of enabling payment service through various media. .

Claims (5)

In the automatic payment device, A two-dimensional barcode reader having a reading unit exposed to the outside, A control device for restoring payment information by decoding the two-dimensional barcode read by the two-dimensional barcode reader, and notifying a notice of completion of payment when a price included in the restored payment information is settled; A user interface for guiding the payment of the payment, Payment means for paying the price, And an interface for interfacing between the notice and the control device. The method of claim 1, The payment means is an automatic payment device, characterized in that any one of the credit card payment means, cash payment means, account transfer means. According to claim 1, The automatic payment device, When the payment is completed, the automatic payment device further comprises a printer for issuing a receipt for notification of the completion of payment. In the automatic payment method, Searching whether a 2D barcode is input through a reading unit of the 2D barcode reader exposed to the outside; Restoring payment information by decoding the input two-dimensional barcode; Guiding payment of the payment included in the restored payment information; Payment for the payment; And when the payment is completed, notifying the notice of completion of payment. The method of claim 4, wherein When the payment is completed, the automatic payment method characterized in that it further comprises the step of issuing a receipt to notify the completion of the payment.