JPS61240367A - Cash storing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention provides a method for discarding a used card (
This invention relates to a cash storage machine that regenerates magnetic cards, IC cards, etc. so that they can be used again.

<Summary of the Invention> The cash storage machine according to the present invention, when cash is inserted,
Money that corresponds to this cash on used cards and more! (Remaining amount)
This will allow you to write this so that you can use it again.

<Conventional technology> Currently, in houses, etc., the amount of gas and electricity used is metered on a predetermined day (meter reading date), and at the end of the month, the bill collector collects the amount according to the amount of gas and electricity used. is collecting money.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> By the way, in houses such as one-room apartments, there is often no resident at the apartment entrance, so there is a problem that bill collection operations do not proceed as expected.

Therefore, when you write an amount in advance on a magnetic card, IC (integrated circuit) card, etc., and insert it into a gas controller unit, electric controller unit, etc. installed in a house, etc., the amount of gas and electricity used will be calculated. It may be possible to eliminate the above-mentioned inconvenience by reducing the amount (remaining amount) written on the card accordingly.
in this case.

There is a problem in that if a card whose remaining amount becomes "0" is discarded each time, the card cost becomes high.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to improve the efficiency of card usage and reduce card costs, as well as to leave necessary information other than the amount in its original form. The object of the present invention is to provide a cash storage machine that can do this without having to rewrite housing codes and the like.

<Means for solving the problems> In order to solve the above problems, the cash storage machine according to the present invention has the following features:
A card import section that imports a card, and 1! and a card reproducing unit that writes the amount of cash input into the cash accepting unit onto the card and regenerates the card when the card loaded into the card accepting unit is not a new one. It is characterized by having a section.

<Example> First, the present invention will be explained in detail. The cash storage machine according to the present invention is as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG.

A card loading section 2 that takes in the card 1; a cash loading section 4 that takes in the cash 3; The present invention will be specifically explained below.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the cash storage machine according to the present invention. In the cash storage machine 10 shown in this figure, if a card (magnetic card) 1 on which a used code CD-F is written as the usage state information CD-X on the magnetic stripe 11 and cash 3 are inserted, the cash 3 The card 1 can be used again by writing the amount of money on the card, and is composed of a short housing 12 and a customer service surface 13 provided on the front side of the housing 12. There is. and,
On the customer service surface 13 is a bill slot 14 for inserting bills.
Displays a card insertion slot 15 for inserting the card 1, the remaining amount of the card 1 inserted into the card insertion slot 15, the amount of cash 3 inserted into the bill slot 14, the cumulative amount, etc. Display device 16 and the bill slot 1
4 and a confirmation button 17 that is pressed after inserting banknotes.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the same embodiment. The circuit shown in this figure is a card reader/writer 18 that is installed immediately behind the card insertion slot 15 and reads data from the card 1 inserted into the card insertion slot 15 and writes data to the card 1. It is provided immediately behind the banknote slot 14, and determines the authenticity, denomination, etc. of the banknotes (cash) 3 that are inserted into the banknote slot 14 all at once (or one by one), and uses the results of this determination. A banknote processing mechanism 19 that outputs, stores and returns the banknotes 3, the confirmation switch 17, and the display 16.
Then, the card reader/writer 18 is controlled based on the output of the card reader/writer 18 and the output of the banknote processing mechanism 19 to update the remaining amount of the card l, etc., and the banknote processing mechanism 19! A CPU (central processing unit) 20 that controls the display 16 and the entire device;
It is composed of a RAM (Random Access Memory) 21 that serves as a work area for the PU 20, and a ROM (Read-On Memory) 22 that stores programs for the CPU 20, and operates as described below. .

First, when the card 1 is inserted into the card insertion slot 15, the card reader/writer 18 detects this and activates the circuit. As a result, the CPU 20 performs step S shown in FIG.
TI is executed, the card reader/writer 18 is made to read the usage state information CD-X and the remaining amount M1 of the card 1, and in step ST2, it is determined whether or not this usage state information CD-X is the used code CD-F. CD-X"="CD
-F′″, the process branches to step ST3. Then,
In step ST3, the CPU 20 supplies the remaining amount M1 read in step ST1 to the display 16 and displays "remaining amount M1".
After displaying "Yen", the process proceeds to step ST4, where it is determined whether or not a banknote 3 has been inserted into the banknote input slot 14, and if there is a banknote, the authenticity and denomination of this banknote 3 are notified to the banknote processing mechanism 19. 1 to be determined, then the CPU 20 performs step S
At T5, the amount M2 of the banknote determined by the banknote processing mechanism 19 is supplied to the cumulative input amount M3k (M3=ΣM2) display 4116.

After displaying “Input amount M2 yen” and 6 input amounts total M3 yen H, proceed to step ST6, and here confirm button 17
Determine whether this confirmation button 17 is pressed.
If has not been pressed, the process returns to step ST3 and steps ST3 to ST6 described above are repeated. In this state, if the confirmation button 17 is pressed, the CPU 20 branches from step ST6 to step ST7, supplies the total input amount M, 3 to the card reader/writer 18, and transfers the total input amount M3 to the card 1. Write it down.

The remaining amount of card 1 becomes M3, and this card 1
Code CD-P that can be used as usage status information CD-X
is written, and in step ST8 this card l is returned to the outside through the card insertion slot 15.
If the usage state information CD-X is the usable code CD-P in step ST2, the CPU 20 branches from step ST2 to step ST8 and returns the card 1.

In this embodiment, the used code CD-
If you insert card 1 with F written on it and cash 3,
This card 1 can be made usable again.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, it was assumed that whether or not the total input amount M3 is OK is checked only by the confirmation button 17, but in reality, the confirmation button 17 and the return button are provided on the customer service surface 13. are displayed in parallel, and the confirmation button 17
When the button is pressed, the above-described regeneration process of the card 1 is performed, and when the return button is pressed, the inserted banknotes are returned without the card 1 being regenerated.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention has been explained by taking as an example the case where a used card 1 is recycled, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where a card 1 with a balance remaining is recycled. . In this case, the sum of the remaining amount on card 1 and the total input amount is written to card 1 as a new remaining amount.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention was explained using the general card 1 as an example, but when playing a card that can only be used for a specific house, the house number of this card can be used. You can leave it as it is and only rewrite the cash part. If you do this, you won't need to input the ID code (residential code) when regenerating the card.

Further, in addition to one banknote processing mechanism 19, a coin processing mechanism may be provided together with this banknote processing mechanism 19.
Further, the present invention can be applied not only to magnetic cards but also to IC (integrated circuit) cards.

Note that although the above embodiment uses software processing by a microprocessor, the present invention is not limited to this; for example, it is possible to implement it using a dedicated hard-wired logic circuit implemented as an LSI. Of course.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the efficiency of card usage and reduce card costs, and it is also possible to leave necessary information other than the amount as is. It is possible to eliminate the need to rewrite housing codes and the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1.vi is a functional block diagram showing essential parts of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the same embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the same embodiment. 1...Card, 2...Card loading section, 3...Cash, 4...Cash loading section, 5...Card reproducing section. Patent applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Tetsuji Iwakura (and one other person) Figure 1 1-Card 2-Card loading section 3-Komikin 4-Tetsukin 18. IJAH Iku 5-Card Reproduction Zendo Figure 2 Figure 3 December ST 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] a card taking part for taking in a card; a cash taking part for taking in cash; and when the card taken into the card taking part is not a new one, writing the amount of cash inserted into the cash taking part on the card; A cash storage machine comprising a card reproducing section that reproduces the card.