JPH09270055A - Point card and method for issuing point card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue a point card having vehicle information in order to provide quick service to a user and execute accurate parts stock management and accurate customer management. SOLUTION: User information inputted from a keyboard 23 and the image data of an automobile inspection certificate are stored in a data storing memory. A character information reading part 25 reads out character information from the image data of the automobile inspection certificate stored in the memory and a vehicle information extracting part 26 extracts vehicle information from the read character information. A magnetic writing part 29 writes the user information and the vehicle information stored in a data storing part 27 in a magnetic strip formed on a point card. A card preparing part 30 respectively prints out a card number, a name, an address, and a telephone number in a card number column, a name column, an address column, and a telephone number column to prepare a point card.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a loyalty card and a loyalty card issuing method, and more particularly, to a loyalty card and a loyalty card issuing method used in automobile / automobile parts dealers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, point cards have been issued in the automobile / automobile parts sales industry to improve services for users and manage customers.

In order to issue the point card used in the automobile / automobile parts sales industry, the user information for which the point card needs to be issued is read from the application form filled in advance, and the point card is issued from the keyboard. You can manually enter the device and issue a point card on the spot, or issue a card with only the management number already entered and post user information in post processing, and enter and print necessary information on the card when returning to the store. Therefore, when issuing the point card on the spot as described above, the user has to wait, and when the necessary information is input to the card when returning to the store, it takes time to input. was there.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, a license is read as image data, and necessary user information is extracted from the read image data,
A point card issuing device for issuing a point card based on the extracted user information is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-2.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 85753.

[0005]

However, in the point card issued by the point card issuing device disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-285753, the license is read as image data, and the information from this image data is read. Since the point card is issued based on the above, the information held on the point card is only the information described in the license, that is, the user's own personal information such as the user's name and address, and the vehicle owned by the user. Does not have vehicle information such as registration time, vehicle type, engine type, etc.

Therefore, the point card issued by this point card issuing device has a problem in that it is not possible to provide a user with prompt service, accurate inventory management of replacement parts, and precise customer management.

In other words, the point card issued by this point card issuing device has user information obtained from the license, but does not have vehicle information, and therefore the user brought in a defective vehicle. In this case, you must actually specify the vehicle type / engine type, etc., and find out the replacement parts from the list or catalog based on the specified vehicle type / engine type etc., which takes time and effort. At the same time, it is expected that shop assistants and part-time workers who are not familiar with cars will often make mistakes in replacement parts, especially when parts are out of stock and must be ordered again, and Inability to provide prompt service.

Further, since this point card does not have vehicle information, it is difficult to predict in advance the number of stocks of replacement parts commensurate with the number of users, and accurate inventory management cannot be performed, and the user owns it. It is not possible to grasp the registration time and vehicle type of the vehicle to be used, and it is not possible to obtain customer information used for selling the vehicle.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems.
In order to provide prompt service to users, accurate inventory management of parts and precise customer management,
An object of the present invention is to provide a point card for issuing a point card having vehicle information such as vehicle type and engine type, and a method for issuing the point card.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is, as basic information of a point card, personal information including a user's name, address, telephone number, and the like, and a user vehicle. Vehicle information such as registration time, vehicle type, engine type, etc. is recorded.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as basic information of the point card, certain personal information including the user's name, address, telephone number, etc., and vehicle information including the registration time of the user vehicle, vehicle type, engine type, etc. A method of issuing a point card in which is recorded, the vehicle verification of the vehicle owned by the user is read by a machine, the vehicle information is extracted from the read vehicle verification information, and the extracted vehicle information is extracted. Is recorded on a point card together with the above personal information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the vehicle verification information of the vehicle owned by the user is:
The feature is that the vehicle verification is read as image data.

According to the present invention, the vehicle verification information of the vehicle owned by the user is read, and the vehicle information is extracted from this vehicle verification information. Next, the extracted vehicle information and personal information are stored in the storage unit of the card and a point card is issued.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a point card and a point card issuing method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a point card according to the present invention.

The point card 1 of this embodiment is a point card made of plastic used in automobiles and automobile parts stores, and has a surface shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the user's personal information such as the card owner's name, address, and telephone number, as well as the registration time of the vehicle owned by the user, vehicle format, engine format, etc. above the card 1. The magnetic stripe 11 in which the vehicle information is stored is provided, and the issuer column 12 showing the issuer of this card is provided.

On the back side, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), a card number column 13, in which a card serial number is displayed,
The name column 14 where the card owner is displayed, the address column 15 where the card owner's address is displayed if necessary, the telephone number column 16 where the owner's telephone number is displayed, and the use of this card It has a precautions column 17 that shows the precautions to be taken when entering the card number column 13, name column 14, address column 1
5, the telephone number column 16 is printed when the card is issued.

The issuer column 12 on the front side and the notes 17
Is not the personal information or the vehicle information but is the information that is known in advance, and is therefore printed when the card is ordered.

The point card of this embodiment is issued from a point card issuing device 2 as shown in FIG. 2, and this point card device 2 has a control unit 21 and a CTR.
22, keyboard 23, written information reading unit 24, character information reading unit 25, vehicle information extraction unit 26, data storage unit 2
7, a printer 2, a magnetic writing unit 29, and a card creating unit 30.

Here, the control unit 21 controls the device itself, the CTR 22 displays data relating to the issuance of the point card, and the keyboard 23 is used for user information such as a user name and its address and for operating this device. It is configured to take commands.

The written information reading unit 24, for example, an optical reading device (OCR reading device, scanner, etc.) reads the vehicle verification as image data, and the character information reading unit 2
5 reads character information from the read image data for vehicle verification, and the vehicle information extraction unit 26 is configured to extract vehicle information from the character information read from the image data.

Further, the data storage unit 27 stores the vehicle information extracted from the character information, the user information, the latest issuing point card number, etc., and the printer 28.
Prints the content of the point card information when issuing the point card, and the magnetic writing unit 29 writes the user information and the vehicle information stored in the data storage unit 7 to the magnetic stripe on the point card, and the card creating unit 30.
Is configured to thermally print the card number, name, etc. on the card to create a point card.

Here, the point card 1 of this embodiment
In the above, a card made of plastic was used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and paper, vinyl chloride, PET or the like may be used in consideration of its usage.

The point card of this embodiment is
The personal information and the vehicle information are stored on the magnetic stripe, but other than this, an IC memory may be incorporated and the personal information and the vehicle information may be stored in this IC memory.

Further, the point card of this embodiment uses a card on the surface of which the card number, the name of the owner of the card, and the address or telephone number, if necessary, are used. A rewrite card capable of rewriting information may be used. By doing so, points can be added to the card and changes can be made easily when the cardholder changes the description items, and the card can be reused, and waste of resources can be saved.

Next, a method of issuing a point card of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

Upon receipt of a request for issuance of a point card from a user, the clerk of the automobile goods dealer inputs the user information of the requester's name, address, and telephone number, if necessary, using the keyboard 23 (step 110). ), This is stored in the data storage unit 27.

Subsequently, the written information reading unit 24 reads the vehicle verification received by the store clerk from the client as image data and stores it in the data storage memory 27 as image data (step 120).

After that, the character information reading unit 25 reads out image data as image data for vehicle verification stored in the data storage memory 27, reads only character information, and stores this in the data storage memory 27 (step 130).

Next, the vehicle information extraction unit 26 extracts the vehicle information required for the point card from the character information stored in the data storage memory 27 and stores it in the data storage memory 27 again (step 140). .

The data storage memory 27 has the above-mentioned personal information and vehicle information necessary for issuing a point card in predetermined fields (not shown), and these personal information and vehicle information form one record. ing.

When the vehicle information is stored in the data storage memory 27, the clerk checks the information necessary for issuing this user's point card to the printer 28 via the keyboard 23 in order to check whether the information is correct. The necessary information is printed out (step 150).

As a result, when it is determined that the necessary information is correct in issuing the point card, the point card issuing instruction is input from the keyboard 23, and the magnetic writing unit 29 stores the data in the data storage unit 27. The written user information and vehicle information are written in the magnetic stripe on the point card (step 160).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the necessary information is incorrect when the point card is issued, the corresponding incorrect portion is corrected through the keyboard 23, and then the magnetic writing unit 29 is used to write the user information and the vehicle information. Write to magnetic stripe on card (step 16)
0).

Next, the card creating section 30 has a card number column 13 and a name column 1 provided on the back surface of the point card 1.
4, a card number, a name and a telephone number are printed in each of the address column 15 and the telephone number column 16 to create a point card (step 170). The printed card number is a value obtained by adding 1 to the latest issue point card number stored in the data storage unit 27.

In the point card 1 of this embodiment, since the magnetic stripe 11 stores vehicle information, when a user brings in a defective vehicle and replaces a defective part such as an oil element / air filter of the engine. Since the vehicle information is read from this point card and the replacement parts are checked from the list or catalog based on the read vehicle information, it is possible to save time and trouble, and a clerk who is not particularly familiar with cars Even if you are a part-time worker, you will not be mistaken for a replacement part, and you can provide quick service to users.

Further, in the point card 1 of this embodiment, since the magnetic stripe 11 stores the vehicle information, it is possible to predict in advance the stock number of replacement parts corresponding to the number of users based on the vehicle information. In addition to accurate inventory management, it is possible to know the registration time and vehicle format of the vehicle owned by the user, and it is also possible to obtain customer information used for selling the vehicle.

In particular, if the point card reader for reading the point card 1 of this embodiment lists up the replacement parts corresponding to the read vehicle information,
It is not necessary to mix up the replacement parts, and it is possible to further improve the service to the user.

[0039]

According to the above-mentioned invention, since the vehicle verification can be read and the point card having the user's vehicle information can be issued based on the read vehicle verification information, the point having no vehicle information as in the conventional case can be obtained. There is an effect that it is possible to provide prompt service to users, accurate inventory management of parts, and precise customer management, which cannot be handled with a card.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a point card according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a point card issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the point card issuing device of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 point card 11 magnetic stripe 12 issuer column 13 card number column 14 name column 15 address column 16 telephone number column (TEL column) 17 notes column 21 control unit 22 CRT 23 keyboard 24 written information reading unit 25 character information reading unit 26 Vehicle information extraction unit 27 Data storage unit 28 Print 29 Magnetic writing unit 30 Card creation unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. The basic information of a point card includes personal information such as a user's name, address, and telephone number, and vehicle information such as registration time of user vehicle, vehicle format, engine format, etc. A point card featuring. 2. A point in which personal information such as a user's name, address, and telephone number, and vehicle information such as registration time of user vehicle, vehicle type, engine type, etc. are recorded as basic information of the point card. A point card issuing method for issuing a card, in which a vehicle verification of a vehicle owned by a user is read by a machine, the vehicle information is extracted from the read vehicle verification information, and the extracted vehicle information is collected together with the personal information. A method for issuing a point card, which is characterized in that the point card is recorded. 3. The point card issuing method according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle verification information of the vehicle owned by the user is read by a machine as image data of the vehicle verification.