JPH083874B2 - Card settlement processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a settlement processing device which is used, for example, in the use of a route bus and uses a value medium for the settlement of a fare corresponding to a boarding section.

(B) Conventional technology There is known a medium settlement processing device that automatically carries out settlement processing of a fare for a route bus using a medium such as a card.

By the way, in the medium settlement processing device, when getting on, information on the boarded stop is written on the medium, and when getting off, the information written on the medium is read to perform a settlement process for determining a boarding section.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional one, since a writing device is required to write the boarding information and the like on the medium at the time of boarding, there is a problem that the cost becomes high, and when a writing process is further performed, a trouble such as a writing error occurs. There was a problem that it was easy.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, when the boarding fee is settled using a medium, the present invention aims to provide a medium settlement processing device which does not require a writing device for writing on the medium when boarding. And

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention reads at least the identification information of a medium from a medium in which identification information for identifying the medium and value information are recorded at the time of boarding, and the identification information of the medium, The boarding information indicating the boarding point output by the boarding or alighting point information output means is stored, the boarding information corresponding to the boarding information or the boarding or boarding information is read from the medium when the boarding or alighting board is read. The boarding fare is calculated from the getting-off information indicating the getting-off point output by the point outputting means, and the value obtained by subtracting the boarding fare from the value information is written in the medium as new value information. This means is arranged in a vehicle such as a bus.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when processing a medium at the time of boarding, since it is only necessary to read the identification information recorded on the medium, a writing device becomes unnecessary, and the settlement processing device is simplified accordingly. Become.

In addition, since the writing process at the time of boarding is unnecessary, troubles such as writing errors are eliminated, and reliability is improved,
Furthermore, the processing time of the medium can be shortened.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a card settlement processing device used for bus line business. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this card settlement processing device is a valuable card used for card transactions.
And a boarding device 13 arranged at a rear boarding position of the bus 12,
It is composed of an alighting device 14 arranged at a front alighting position of the bus 12.

The valuable card 11 mentioned above is a company code C1 for identifying the company.
Information such as a card number C2 for identifying a passenger and a valuable value C3 of the card having a value equivalent to that of a coupon ticket is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe 15.

Then, on one side of the valuable card 11 parallel to the magnetic stripe 15, a perforation part 16 for confirming the remaining amount is perforated every time the card is reduced by a card transaction.
The value range is set so that the value information decreases as you move to the left side of 1000 yen, 500 yen, 100 yen, 0 yen.

The boarding device 13 has a card insertion slot 17 on one side, and the valuable card 11 is inserted into the card insertion slot 17 at the time of boarding. A first card reader 18 is provided inside the slot 17, and the first card reader 18 reads the information of the valuable card 11 that has been inserted, and the read information is passed through the signal cable 19 to the dismounting device 14 It is transmitted to the CPU 20 on the side.

The read valuable card 11 is returned from the card return slot (not shown).

The alighting device 14 described above is similarly provided with a card slot 21 on one side.
The valuable card 11 is inserted into the card slot 21 at the time of getting off. A second card reader 22 and a punching device 23 for setting the balance check are installed inside the slot 21, and a bus stop number updating device 24 is connected to the outside, which are inserted by a control circuit described later. Output controlled.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the card settlement processing device. The CPU 20 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 25, and the RAM 26 stores and reads out necessary information.

The CPU 20 described above determines the validity of the information read by the first and second card readers 18 and 22, and stores the card information in the RAM 26 based on the valid determination result.

The contents stored in the RAM 26 are such that the card number C12 that has been inserted and the stop number A1 that has been inserted at the time of boarding are stored for each card.

In addition, company code B0 that identifies companies that can trade cards
At the time of getting off, the stop number A1 to get off, the boarding fee of the boarding section set by these stored values is settled, and the settled settling fee B2 and the reduced value of the card are stored.

Depending on the reduced value of this card, the punching device 23
Operates to form a perforation 16 in the valuable card 11 if necessary.

The bus stop number updating device 24 is input to the CPU 20 to update the bus stop number in association with the boarding / alighting operation or the like at each bus stop.

The processing operation of the card settlement processing device thus configured will be described below.

FIG. 4 shows a flow chart during boarding. In the first step 41, when the passenger inserts the valuable card 11 into the card slot 17 of the boarding device 13, in the second step 42, the valuable card 11 inserted The card information is read by the first card reader 18, the validity of the read card information is determined in the third step 43, and if the company code number allows card transactions, in the fourth step 44, when boarding The stop number B1 is read at the same time, and in the fifth step 45, the above-mentioned read information is stored in the control circuit unit (RAM 26) on the side of the exit device 14. Then, in the sixth step 46, after the storage processing of the inserted valuable card 11 is completed, the card 11 is returned to the passenger through the card return slot, and the passenger receives the inserted card and board.

By the way, in the third step 43, if it is determined that the card is an invalid card 11 unsuitable for card transactions, in the seventh step, based on the fact that it is not a card transaction,
An invalid display is given to the passengers, and the process returns to the sixth step 46 to return the card.

FIG. 5 shows a flow chart at the time of getting off, and in the eleventh step 51, when the passenger gets off at a predetermined stop, the getting-off passenger inserts the valuable card 11 into the card slot 21 of the getting-off device 14. Then, in the twelfth step 52, the inserted valuable card 11 has the card information read by the second card reader 22, and in the thirteenth step 53, the card information is read based on the read information.
If the validity is 11 and the company code is approved for the transaction, the card reading count is cleared to check the validity of the card in the 14th step 54, and the reading process is started in the 15th step 55. Then, in the 16th step 56, the number of valid checks for that card is determined,
If it is determined that the card is valid, it is determined whether or not the card is the same as the card stored at the time of boarding in the 17th step 57,
If they are the same, in 18th step 58, the stop number at the time of exit is entered, in 19th step 59, the boarding charge for the boarding section is calculated based on these input information, and in 20th step 60, the boarding charge Is reduced by a valuable card. In this case, in the 21st step 61, if the card 11 that has undergone the reduction processing alone causes a shortage charge, then in a 22nd step 62, the shortage charge is displayed to the alighting passenger to supplement the shortage charge. When this replenishment is done and after the transaction settlement is done only with the above-mentioned card, in the 23rd step 63, the second card reader is used for the card 11.
The effective use balance is written via 22.

In the 24th step 64, the value range corresponding to the written balance is further formed on the card 11 as the punching unit 16 by the punching device 23 for the balance confirmation setting, thereby restricting the induction of fraud, The reading accuracy is improved. Then, in the 25th step 65, the registration information for this card is updated and stored, and the initially stored information is deleted, and in the 27th step 67, the return processing of the card 11 is performed,
The card 11 inserted by the alighting passenger is returned, whereby the card transaction is completed.

By the way, the above 13th step 53 and 16th step
If it is determined in 56 that the card is an invalid card, in 26th step 66, an invalid display is given to the alighting passenger based on the fact that the card transaction is impossible, and 27th step 67 is executed.
The process returns to and the card is returned.

As mentioned above, since the boarding fee is settled only by reading the card information, there is no need to perform an encoding process such as writing on the card at the time of boarding, and the processing time for the card and the reliability of the device are further improved. To be enhanced.

Regarding the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the boarding or alighting point information output means of the present invention corresponds to the stop number updating device 24 of the embodiment, and similarly, the medium is the valuable card 11 in the following. The first medium reading means is the first card reader 18, the second medium reading means is the second card reader 22, the storage means is RAM 26, the charge calculation means is the CPU 20, and the charge settlement means is , CPU 20 and second card reader 22, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a card settlement processing device, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a valuable card, FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart when getting on and FIG. 5 is a flowchart when getting off. 11 …… Value card, 13 …… Boarding device 14 …… Getting off device, 18 …… First card reader 20 …… CPU, 22 …… Second card reader 24 …… Stop number updating device, 26 …… RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A boarding or alighting point information output means for outputting information representing the boarding or alighting point corresponding to a boarding or alighting point of a vehicle, and identification information and value information for identifying a medium at the time of boarding. First medium reading means for reading the identification information from the medium in which is recorded, identification information read by the first medium reading means, and a boarding point representing a boarding point output by the boarding or alighting point information output means Storage means for storing information, second medium reading means for reading the identification information and the value information from the medium at the time of getting off, and boarding information corresponding to the identification information stored in the storage means, A fare calculation means for calculating a boarding fare from the boarding or alighting information representing the boarding point output by the boarding point information output means, and a value obtained by reducing the boarding fare from the value information, As rata value information, media settlement processing device is characterized in that deploying the fee settlement means for writing to said medium in the vehicle.