JP2957408B2 - Automatic payment machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic payment machine and, more particularly, to an automatic payment machine suitable for a non-contact type commuter pass.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of automatic checkout machine inserts a boarding pass or a commuter pass into an insertion slot of a main body (hereinafter, referred to as a main body) of the automatic checkout machine and sets a shortage fee in a cash slot. When it is inserted, the ticket is configured to be issued. Therefore, the user can insert the settlement ticket into the automatic ticket gate, or give the ticket to the attendant to participate.

In recent years, automatic ticket gates have been frequently used. In this automatic ticket gate machine, a user of a commuter pass inserts a commuter pass from a commuter pass every time passing through a ticket gate. Due to the inconvenience that must be made, the commuter pass is an IC card type and is a contactless commuter pass (hereinafter referred to as a contactless card) equipped with a communication function so that the ticket can be turned on without being inserted into an automatic ticket gate. (For example, JP-A-1-246687).

[0004] When a non-contact card is adopted, it is conceivable that an overriding ride may be performed with the non-contact card. Therefore, it is desired that an automatic checkout machine can also cope with the non-contact card.

[0005] Therefore, the present applicant has previously Patent Rights 5-
Japanese Patent No. 28335 proposes an automatic payment machine capable of performing automatic payment even with a non-contact card.

[0006]

However, in the automatic settlement machine according to the above proposal, if the non-contact card is taken out of the main body before the predetermined communication is completed between the non-contact card and the main body, the communication is not completed. There was a drawback that automatic payment could not be performed after the completion of the payment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic payment machine which can completely and securely make automatic payments with a contactless card. It is in.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic settlement machine according to the present invention communicates with a non-contact type commuter pass and uses data recorded on the non-contact type commuter pass. In the automatic checkout machine that calculates the shortage fee by performing an arithmetic process, a placing table provided on a main body on which the non-contact type commuter pass is placed, and that the non-contact type commuter pass is placed on the placing table. a sensor for detecting, when the sensor detects the non-contact type commutation ticket, together to close the mounting table in antenna provided in the body, the predetermined settlement by the exchange signal
And a mounting table moving mechanism for returning the mounting table to its original position when the processing is completed.

[0009]

In the above arrangement, when the sensor detects a non-contact card, the card mounting table is moved to the antenna side. Then, a predetermined payment is made by communication between the contactless card and the main unit.
When the processing is completed, the card mounting table returns to its original position,
Returned to the user.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the main body a. The customer service panel 1 has a guide display section 2 for guiding shortage fees due to crossing over, a ticket insertion slot 3 for inserting a boarding pass or a commuter pass,
A coin slot 4 for inserting a settlement coin, a bill slot 5 for inserting a bill for settlement, a prepaid card insertion slot 6 for inserting the prepaid card when the settlement is performed with a prepaid card, and a mounting table 7 for a non-contact card C. , A discharge port 8 and a main body a which also serve as a change discharge port when there is a settlement ticket and change
Is provided.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the mounting table 7 part,
The mounting table 7 is provided in a depression a 'of the main body a. On the base side (body a side) of the mounting table 7, a rotating shaft 9 that rotates forward and backward within a predetermined angle range by a motor (not shown) is provided. The mounting table 7 is provided with a sensor including a photo sensor (not shown), and is configured to detect the non-contact card C on the mounting table 7. In FIG. 2, A is an antenna, and when the mounting table 7 is rotated to a position indicated by a two-dot chain line, the antenna A in the main body a at a position opposed to the non-contact card C mounted thereon. It is provided in.

FIG. 3 shows the electrical configuration of the controller 10 and the contactless card C. The central processing unit (CPU) 11
Performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 12 and working data stored in the RAM 13. This CPU has an I / O unit 1
4, a settlement unit 15, a mounting table driver 16 that drives and controls a motor that rotates the mounting table 7, and a communication control unit 17 are connected.

The settlement unit 15 is a unit for adjusting ordinary tickets and commuter passes on which magnetic data is recorded, similarly to the unit incorporated in a known automatic settlement machine. It consists of a cash machine for processing money, a ticket issuing machine for issuing a settlement ticket, a magnetic reader / writer for processing magnetic data such as an inserted ticket, and the like.

The communication control section 17 has a function of receiving radio waves transmitted from the non-contact card C via the antenna A and transmitting the radio waves from the main body a to the card C.
The data transfer method between the main body a and the non-contact card C is not limited to the above-described radio wave method, but may be an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like.

The electrical configuration of the non-contact card C side includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same functions as the communication control unit 16 of the main unit a, an I / O unit 22, a CPU 2
3, a memory 24 composed of a ROM and a RAM, and a power supply 25.
And Note that the power supply 25 may be configured to receive a power wave supplied from the main body a and serve as a power supply without having the power supply 25 inside the card C.

The CPU 23 controls the data in the memory 24 to be transmitted to the main unit a via the communication control unit 21 and controls the adjusted data from the main unit a to be recorded in the memory 24.

Next, the operation of the automatic payment machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. now,
It is assumed that the user carrying the non-contact card C crosses over and performs the automatic payment in the main body a. At this time, the mounting table 7
Is set at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

When the user places the non-contact card C on the mounting table 7, the non-contact card C is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the mounting table 7 is moved to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Then, communication is started between the non-contact card C and the main body a (Yes at Step 100, Step 102, Step 104; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S). Even if the mounting table 7 is rotated, the non-contact card C is positioned at a predetermined position by the stopper 7a. If the object placed on the stage 7 is not a non-contact card C, for example, a standard ticket or a magnetic card, a guide to insert the ticket into the ticket slot 3 of the main body a is displayed. 2 is displayed (No at S106).

The communication between the main body a and the non-contact card C causes
First, the contents of the memory 24 of the non-contact card C are read, and the shortage corresponding to the overriding section is calculated by the CPU 13, and the calculated shortage is displayed on the guidance display unit 2 (Yes in S106, S110, S112). . Therefore, the user can insert the money corresponding to the displayed shortage charge into the coin slot 4 or the bill insertion slot 5 and settle the payment, or when paying the shortage with a prepaid card, Is inserted into the prepaid card insertion slot 6.

When the payment of the shortage fee is completed (Yes at S114), the adjusted data from the main unit a is written into the memory 24, and then the above-mentioned series of predetermined accuracy is displayed on the guidance display unit 2.
An indication that the arithmetic processing has been completed is made (S116, S1).
18). Next, the mounting table 7 returns to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 via the mounting table driver 16. Thereby, the user can take out the non-contact card C from the mounting table 7 and contact the automatic ticket gate (not shown) in a non-contact manner to participate (S120, S122 affirmative).

FIG. 4 (b) shows a control operation when entering the vehicle through an automatic ticket gate using the non-contact card C on which the adjusted data is written. That is, when the contactless card C approaches the communication area of the automatic ticket gate, communication is performed between the contactless card C and the automatic ticket gate (S200).
Affirmative, affirmative in S202). Due to this communication, the data settled in the memory 24 is read by the automatic ticket gate, an arithmetic process for the ticket gate is performed, and the automatic ticket gate is controlled so as to allow the user to pass through. The data is cleared (S204).

As described above, in the automatic payment machine according to the present embodiment, when communication is performed between the main body a and the non-contact card C, the non-contact card C is positioned at a predetermined position. As a result, communication can be performed accurately, and the settlement process can be performed accurately.

[0023]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic payment machine comprising: a mounting table provided on a main body for mounting a non-contact card; a sensor for detecting that the non-contact card is mounted on the mounting table; when the sensor detects the non-contact card, together to close the mounting table in antenna provided in the main body, mounting to return the table when a predetermined settlement process is completed by exchange signal to the original position Since the table moving mechanism is provided, the communication between the main body and the non-contact card is ensured, and the settlement process can be accurately performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a main body and a contactless card.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Main body (automatic payment machine main body) C Non-contact card (non-contact type commuter pass) 7 Mounting table 10 Controller

Continuation of front page (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07B 15/00 501 G07B 15/00 G07B 11/00 501 G11B 7/09 G06K 13/06 G06K 17/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic settlement machine which communicates with a non-contact type commuter pass and calculates a shortage fee by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded in the non-contact type commuter pass. A mounting table provided on the main body of the automatic payment machine on which the non-contact type commuter pass is placed, and a sensor for detecting that the non-contact type commuter pass is mounted on the mounting table, wherein the sensor detects the non-contact type commuter pass Occasionally, returning the mounting table with is close to the antenna provided in the body of the automatic checkout machine, to the original position the table when a predetermined settlement process is final <br/> completion by the exchange signal And a mounting table moving mechanism.