JPH1066009A - Automatic member's card issuing system and its line connection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce probability of mistaking an application form and an identification(ID) card by providing a system with an application form photographing video camera and an ID card photographing video camera and simultaneously photographing an application form and an ID card by respective video cameras. SOLUTION: An addmission applicant enters prescribed matters in an application form prepared on a prescribed position, prepares an ID card, generally a driving license, and sets up the application form and the driving license respectively on an application form setting part 2 and an ID card setting part 3. When the applicant depresses a photographing start button 21, a 1st video camera 1a for photographing an application form photograms the application form and a 2nd video camera 1b for photographing an ID card photographs the driving license. A 3rd video camera 1c for photographing an addmission applicant photographs the addmission applicant. Thereby a beginner also can smoothly operate an automatic member's card issuing machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticketing machine in which a person who wants to join a rental store for video cassette tapes, cassette tapes, compact discs or books can apply for membership and receive a membership card, so-called unmanned machine. The present invention relates to an automatic membership card issuing system and a line connection method in the automatic membership card issuing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, rental stores such as video cassette tapes and compact distors have come to use an automatic rental machine and a device for automatically issuing a membership card, that is, a membership card automatic issuing machine. this is,
The unmanned membership card issuance has merits such as reduction of labor, that is, labor cost, and easy business operation for a long time, for example, 24 hours.

[0003] The automatic membership card issuing machine has a video camera for photographing an enrollment application form and an ID card and a video camera for photographing an applicant for enrollment. Video (image)
This is a device whose basic operation is to transmit information to a headquarters (center) via a communication line such as a telephone line, and to judge whether or not to issue a membership card based on an instruction from the headquarters using the telephone line. .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional membership card automatic issuing system. Actually, the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a can be installed in a plurality of places,
It is omitted because the figure becomes complicated. Center 19
A system control means 18 is provided, and when a telephone call is received from the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a, a clerk answers the telephone and responds. Specifically, various instructions are given by voice. The voice of the attendant can be heard on the speaker 5 of the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a.

[0005] In the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a, the application paper and the identification card are placed in a two-stage configuration in the vertical direction. The lower part 12 is the application paper setting part, and the upper part 13 is the identification card. (Driver license) It is a set part. The video camera 11a is for photographing an application form and an identification card.
Two documents (sheets) are sequentially photographed by one video camera 11a.

Conventionally, the application paper is placed in the lower row 12 and the identification card is placed in the upper row 13 as described above. The contents (the photo is pasted on the ID card, which must also be read) and the size of the characters etc. are different, so put the two papers in the same place (that is, the same distance from the video camera 11a). This is because there was a situation that one of them could not be read.

[0007] An ISDN 17 is laid between the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a and the center 19, and when an applicant for membership starts operating the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a, for example, a start or application button (see FIG. When a predetermined button (not shown) is pressed, the ISDN 17 is connected, and a call (data transmission / reception) is possible. When a membership card is issued from the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a according to a predetermined procedure, the ISDN 17 is set in a non-communication state. That is, the telephone is cut off from the member card automatic issuing machine 16a side.

The ISDN 17 may be an ordinary telephone line, but recently, it is more common to use ISDN as the telephone line. The terminal adapter 7a and the terminal adapter group are interface devices necessary for using the ISDN 17.

The video camera 11a is provided at a predetermined position above the lower part 12 which is an application paper setting part and the upper part 13 which is an identification card setting part, and photographs both the application paper and the identification card without blurring. It is focused so that you can. Naturally, upper 1
3 uses a transparent plate.

[0010] First, an enrollment applicant inserts an application sheet on which predetermined items are described in the lower row 12 face up. When the sign-up applicant presses a button indicating that the application sheet has been set and the application sheet read button 22, the video camera 11 a reads the information written on the application sheet and stores it in the storage device 14. Next, the applicant applies for an identification card such as a driver's license in the upper 13
When the driver's license is set, a button indicating that the driver's license has been set, and an identification card read button 23 are pressed, the video camera 11a reads the information described in the driver's license and stores the information in the storage device 14. save. These stored data are transmitted to the center 19 via the ISDN 17.

In the center 19, the automatic membership card issuing machine 16
Based on the image data transmitted from a, the approval / disapproval of the membership card is transmitted to the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a.

If the data (signal) transmitted from the center 19 can be issued a membership card, a fee is paid, and the enrollment applicant takes out the application form from the lower row 12 and sets the membership card automatic issuing machine 16 a (Figure 3
(Not shown), the membership card is issued when the application form is inserted. As mentioned above, at this stage ISD
N17 is set to the non-connection state.

The above procedure is normally displayed on the monitor 4,
In accordance with the display on the monitor 4, the enrollment applicant submits an application form and identification card, and pays a fee. Procedures and instructions up to the issuance of a membership card to a member who has applied for membership are also made by a speaker of the center 19 via the ISDN 17 by voice.

In the conventional membership card automatic issuing system, the membership card is issued in the above-described configuration and in the above-described procedure (operation).

[0015]

In the conventional automatic membership card issuing machine 16a, the application paper and the identification card are placed on different planes, that is, the identification card is placed on a plane above the plane on which the application paper is placed. , One video camera 11
I was shooting at a. In FIG. 3, the application sheet placed on the lower stage 12 is photographed through the upper stage 13 which is a transparent plate. If the upper stage 13 which is a transparent plate becomes dirty, the application sheet becomes difficult to read. was there.

Further, the conventional membership card automatic issuing machine 16a
It has sometimes happened that the applicant for the membership misplaced the ID card in the lower row 12 instead of the upper row 13. This is instructed by the monitor 4 and the speaker 5 to place the application paper on the lower row 12 and then instructed by the monitor 4 and the speaker 5 to place the ID card on the upper row 13. The reason is that, after taking out the application form, there is a psychological effect that the user wants to put an identification card in the place where the application form is taken out, that is, in the lower section 12.

Although the operating procedure is instructed on the monitor 4 and the speaker 5, it is considered that many applicants apply for the first time to operate the automatic membership card issuing machine 16a. Then, there is a problem that it is easy to be confused in which order the application paper and the identification card are to be placed in the upper row 12 or the lower row 13. Further, there is also a problem that the operation is troublesome, for example, it is necessary to press two buttons of an application paper reading button 22 and an identification card reading button 23.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional membership card automatic issuance system, and an object of the present invention is to make it easy to place an application form and an identification card in a correct place and to apply for an application. An object of the present invention is to provide a membership card automatic issuance system in which a procedure for setting paper and an identification card is easy. In addition, a telephone line with the center 19 (ISD
An object of the present invention is to provide a membership card automatic issuing system excellent in running cost by shortening the connection time of N).

[0019]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A membership card automatic issuing system according to the present invention has solved the above-mentioned problems.
The invention of claim 1 is the following invention.

The center and a plurality of automatic membership card issuing machines are subscribed to a telephone network, and each of the automatic membership card issuing machines is provided with image information obtained by photographing an enrollment applicant and image information obtained by imaging an enrollment application form. And the image information obtained by photographing the identification card is transmitted to the center via the telephone line network, and the center receives the image information transmitted from the automatic membership card issuing machine based on the image information transmitted from the membership card automatic issuing machine. In a membership card issuing system of a rental shop for transmitting information indicating whether membership is possible to the automatic membership card issuing machine through the telephone network, each of the automatic membership card issuing machines may include a first member who photographs a membership application form. A video camera, a second video camera for photographing an ID card, and a third video camera for photographing an enrolled applicant;
A storage device is provided for recording information of each image taken by the second video camera and the third video camera, and the membership application form and the identification card can be placed side by side on substantially the same plane. A part is provided.

Each of the automatic membership card issuing machines has a shooting start button of the first video camera and the second video camera. Here, the shooting start buttons of the first video camera and the second video camera are used to notify the automatic membership card issuing machine that the application paper and the identification card have been set in the above-mentioned predetermined portions, and to use those papers. A button for starting reading (photographing) the image, that is, a switch.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a line connection system in the automatic membership card issuing system according to the first aspect, wherein each piece of image information recorded in the storage device is transmitted to the center. It is characterized in that a ring, that is, a telephone call is made from the machine side to the center, and the center receives the ring and establishes a connection between the telephone line and the automatic membership card issuing machine.

[0023]

[Effect] Like a normal membership card automatic issuing machine, the applicant applies a start button (membership application procedure start button) or the like and operates the automatic membership card issuing machine in accordance with a voice from a monitor or a speaker.

The membership application form is placed at a predetermined location provided at a predetermined location of the automatic membership card issuing machine. In addition, the identification card is set (placed) alongside the enrollment application form on the substantially same plane as the enrollment application form. The enrollment application form and the ID card are provided in the specified parts,
It must be set (placed) below a given video camera, but it is not necessary to place either one first. In short, it suffices if both are arranged in a predetermined part. After setting the membership application form and the identification card in predetermined portions, the applicant applies the membership application form and identification card reading button (photographing start button).

When this button is pressed, the first video camera takes a photograph of an application sheet placed thereunder,
The second video camera shoots an identification card placed underneath. The third video camera takes a picture of the subscriber. These first to third video cameras are capable of simultaneously photographing respective photographing targets in parallel. Alternatively, each photographing target may be photographed sequentially.

In addition, a figure, a picture, or a character indicating what place is to be placed can be drawn on a predetermined portion on which the application form and the identification card are to be placed, if necessary. In the past, it was not possible to draw a picture on the transparent plate where the ID card was placed.

As described above, in the present invention, the application form and the identification card can be arranged in parallel and set at the same time in the predetermined place of the automatic membership card issuing machine, so that the applicant can apply for the application form and the identification card. The likelihood of being placed in the wrong location is lower than before. Further, even if the application paper and identification card are erroneously placed, if the center determines that the captured image information is legible, it is not necessary to start over. If the headquarters determines that rereading is necessary, it may be transmitted to the membership card automatic issuing machine via a telephone line. Based on instructions from the center,
It is easy for an applicant to replace two sheets and press the shooting start button again.

Further, as in the second aspect of the present invention, the connection of the telephone line between the center and the automatic membership card issuing machine is made up of first to third telephones.
If the video camera shoots each object to be shot, records each image information in a predetermined storage device, and then makes a call from the automatic membership card issuing machine to the center, the conventional member The telephone bill can be saved more than the line connection method in the automatic certificate issuing system.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the membership card issuing procedure, only when the image information (data) is transmitted from the automatic membership card issuing machine to the center,
This is because a telephone line is connected between the center and the automatic membership card issuing machine. When the receivable signal is returned from the center to the automatic membership card issuing machine, the image information is sequentially transmitted to the center.

Conventionally, the telephone line has been connected to the center after the applicant has pressed the start button, so that the telephone bill was easily bulky. The reason why it was necessary to connect the telephone line after pressing the start button was that the center sent voice guidance for the enrollment procedure to the automatic membership card issuing machine side via the telephone line. This is a so-called interactive membership card issuing system. On the other hand, in the invention of claim 2, the telephone to the center is:
When the application applicant feels the need, it may be performed, for example, by pressing a predetermined button, and it is noted that a telephone line need not be particularly connected except when transmitting image data.

The voice guidance to the applicant for enrollment can be obtained by storing data in the memory of the automatic membership card issuing machine without having to send voice information from the center and reducing the time during which the telephone line is connected. Can be shorter. Whether or not to use audio information for guidance to an enrollment applicant is a matter of design choice by those skilled in the art, and guidance may be provided only by display on a monitor.

[0032]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an automatic membership card issuing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic membership card issuing system according to the present invention.

In the center 19, the system control means 18 is provided as in the conventional membership card automatic issuing system.
As the system control means 18, for example, a personal computer or the like is used and has a communication function. In the center 19, a telephone 20, a terminal adapter (group), various output devices (output device group), and various input devices (input device group) are installed. The terminal adapter group is wired so as to be connectable to the ISDN 17. The telephone line does not necessarily need to be ISDN, but in recent rental store membership card issuing systems, ISDN
Since the use of ISDN is becoming common, the illustration and description will be made assuming that the ISDN 17 is used for the telephone line in this embodiment as well.

One automatic membership card issuing machine is installed in each of a plurality of stores. FIG. 1 shows one of the automatic membership card issuing machines 9a. The applicant must fill out the application form provided at the specified location, fill out the required items, prepare an identification card, generally a driver's license, and submit the application form to the application form setting area 2
Then, the driver's license is placed in the identification card set part 3. When the applicant for application presses the shooting start button 21, the first video camera 1a for photographing the application paper is used to take the application paper and the second video camera 1b for photographing the ID card.
Shoot a driver's license.

A third video camera 1c for photographing an enrollment applicant photographs an enrollment applicant. As described above, according to the membership card automatic issuing system according to the present invention, the labor for setting the application paper and the identification card in the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a is one step, and one shooting start button 21 is required.
, The beginner can operate the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a without hesitation. Further, since the application paper setting section 2 and the identification card setting section 3 are not vertically arranged in two stages but arranged in parallel on the left and right sides, a transparent plate is not required. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the dirt on the application paper setting part 2 and the identification card setting part 3, and the desired picture, character, figure, etc. can be applied to the application paper setting part 2 and the identification card setting part 3.
You can also draw on.

Now, it is assumed that an identification card is erroneously placed on the application paper setting part 2 and an application paper is erroneously placed on the identification paper setting part 3. When the enrollee presses the shooting start button 21, the first video camera 1a shoots a driver's license and the second video camera 1b shoots an identification card,
The information is recorded in the storage device 14 and the terminal adapter 7
, The image information is transmitted to the center 19 by the ISDN 17. On the side of the center 19, the clerk looks at the transmitted image information and uses the telephone 20 to give an instruction to replace the application form with the driver's license.

The instruction is output from the monitor 4 and the speaker 5. The applicant of the enrollment should replace the application form with the driver's license and press the shooting start button 21 again. Since there are two sheets, and there are two parts for setting the sheets, and the parts are arranged in parallel, it is unlikely that the replacement of the sheets will be mistaken.

It should be noted that even if the two forms, ie, the application form and the identification card, are mistakenly placed, the center 19
If the side determines that the transmitted application form and the image information of the identification card are readable,
What is necessary is just to transmit a signal indicating that a membership card can be issued to the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a.

Note that the microphone 6 is provided for use by an applicant for enrollment when making an inquiry to the center 19 by telephone. It is convenient to be able to call the center 19 whenever necessary, for example by pressing a predetermined button (not shown). The operation procedure is displayed on the monitor 4 by the data and the program stored or loaded in the memory 10, and the applicant for enrollment follows the display of the monitor 4.
The ten keys 15 or various buttons (not shown) are operated. The numeric keypad 15 may be included in the monitor 4 as a touch panel.

Other input devices and output devices provided in the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a are matters to be appropriately selected by those skilled in the art. The issuing machine control means 8 is a device having a communication function, and it is recommended to use, for example, a personal computer system. For the storage device 14, for example, a hard disk or the like can be used.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining one embodiment of the line connection system in the automatic membership card issuing system according to the second aspect of the present invention. The flow of operation of the actual system is more complicated, but only the parts necessary for explanation are shown.

Start button (not shown in FIG. 1)
When is pressed, the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a starts operating.
Conventionally, at this stage, a call was made to the center 19 and the procedure for issuing a membership card was carried out in an interactive manner with a staff member of the center. However, in the invention of claim 2, the call is not yet made. First, a message determined by a person skilled in the art is displayed on the monitor 4. A voice message may be sent from the speaker 5.

When the procedure for applying for membership has reached a certain stage, a message such as "Please place an application form on the right and an ID card on the left," or a similar message is displayed on the monitor. In FIG. 1, the application paper is placed on the application paper setting section 2 and the driver's license is placed on the identification card setting section 3.

Subsequently or simultaneously with the previous display, the monitor 4
Is displayed, press the shooting start button. When the shooting start button 21 is pressed, the first video camera 1a displays the application form, the second video camera 1b displays the driver's license, and the third video camera 1b displays the driver's license. The applicant 1 is photographed by the camera 1c, and each image data is stored in the storage device 14.

When the stored image data can be transmitted to the center 19, the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a calls the center 19. When the center 19 answers the telephone and informs the membership card automatic issuing machine 9a of a signal for data reception, the respective image data are transmitted to the center 19. Thus, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a call is made to the center 19 immediately before the transmission of the image data. Therefore, the telephone cost is lower than before, and the running cost of the system is also lower.

It should be noted that the stage at which the call is cut off after making a call to the center 19 and transmitting the image data is a matter of design choice by those skilled in the art. Or immediately after is recommended. The flowchart in FIG. 2 shows that the call is cut after the membership card is issued.

[0047]

The membership card automatic issuance system and the line connection system according to the present invention are configured as described above, and have the following effects. In the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a, a video camera 1a for photographing an application paper and a video camera 1b for photographing an identification card are provided, and the application paper and the ID card are placed side by side, and the application is performed using each video camera. Since the paper and the ID are photographed all at once, the possibility of misplacing the application paper and the ID is reduced. Also, temporarily,
Even if the application form and the ID card are misplaced and arranged, the two can be easily replaced.

Even if the application form and the identification card are mistakenly arranged, in some cases, that is, when the center 19 determines that the information written on the application form and the identification card can be read, There is no need to replace the paper. Conventionally, it is necessary to first insert the application form in the lower row and then insert the identification card in the upper row, and it is not always possible to place these forms in any order. Was.

The center 19 and the membership card automatic issuing machine 9
The connection of the telephone line a is performed by making a call from the membership card automatic issuing machine 9a to the center 19 immediately before transmitting the image information taken by each video camera to the center 19, as in the prior art. The telephone bill required for operating the system can be reduced as compared with a system in which a call is made by pressing a start (application for membership) button of the automatic membership card issuing machine 9a.

Therefore, the present invention provides an automatic membership card issuing system in which the place where the application paper and the identification card are placed is hard to be mistaken, and the procedure for setting the application paper and the identification card is simple. According to Center 19
By shortening the connection time of the telephone line (ISDN) with the conventional system, it is possible to provide a line connection method in an automatic membership card issuing system with excellent running cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic membership card issuing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of a line connection system in the automatic membership card issuing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional membership card automatic issuing system;

[Explanation of symbols]

1a (for photographing application paper) 1st video camera 1b (for photographing ID card) 2nd video camera 1c (for photographing enrollees) 3rd video camera 2 Application paper setting area 3 Identification card setting area 4 Monitor 5 Speaker 6 Microphone 7, 7a Terminal adapter 8 Issuing machine control means 9a Automatic membership card issuing machine 10 Memory (ROM and RAM) 11a (for photographing application paper and ID card) Video camera 12 Lower stage 13 Upper stage 14 Storage device 15 Numeric keypad 16a (Conventional) membership card automatic issuing machine 17 ISDN 18 System control means 19 Center 20 Telephone 21 Photographing start button 22 Application paper reading button 23 Identification card reading button

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A center and a plurality of automatic membership card issuing machines subscribe to a telephone line network, and each of the automatic membership card issuing machines captures image information of an applicant for enrollment and an enrollment application form. Transmitting the image information and the image information obtained by photographing the identification card to the center via the telephone network,
In the center, based on the image information transmitted from the automatic membership card issuing machine, a rental shop that transmits information indicating whether or not the applicant for membership has accepted the membership to the automatic membership card issuing machine via the telephone network. In the membership card issuing system, each of the automatic membership card issuing machines has a first video camera for photographing an application form, a second video camera for photographing an ID card, and a third video camera for photographing an enrollee. A video camera, and a storage device for recording information of each image taken by the first video camera, the second video camera, and the third video camera, respectively, and the membership application form and the identification card are provided. And a part that can be installed side by side on the same plane,
An automatic membership card issuing system, comprising: a shooting start button for the first video camera and the second video camera. 2. When transmitting each piece of image information recorded in the storage device to the center, a ring, that is, a telephone call is made from the side of the automatic membership card issuing machine to the center, and the center receives the ring and establishes a telephone line. 2. The line connection method in the automatic membership card issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the connection is established with the automatic membership card issuing machine.