JPH0725452U - Automatic checkout machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] We provide an automatic checkout machine that can handle contactless commuter tickets that can be sent and received by contacting and transferring data in a contactless manner with an automatic ticket gate, as well as contactless commuter tickets and users. And correspond. [Composition] A contact section for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass, a settlement start signal input section, and when a settlement start signal input is inputted, the contact section is recorded on the non-contact type commuter pass input through the communicating section. The deficient charge calculation unit that calculates the deficient charge based on the existing data, the display unit that displays the deficient charge calculated by the deficient charge calculation means, and the charge displayed on the display unit are input. Sometimes, it comprises a writing unit for writing the adjusted data to the non-contact type commuter pass via the communication unit.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an automatic checkout machine, and more particularly to one suitable for a non-contact type commuter pass.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, this type of automatic clearing machine is used to insert an overpassed ticket or commuter pass into the insertion port of the main body of the automatic clearing machine (hereinafter referred to as the main body), and to insert a shortage charge into the money insertion port The ticket is configured to be issued. Therefore, the user can insert the ticket into the automatic ticket gate or give it to the attendant to participate.

By the way, in recent years, automatic ticket gates have come to be widely used, but in the case of this automatic ticket gate, the user of the commuter ticket puts in and out of the commuter ticket every time it passes through the ticket gate. Because of the inconvenience that must be made, the commuter pass will be an IC card type and a contactless commuter pass with a communication function (hereinafter referred to as contactless card) so that the ticket can be paid without inserting it into an automatic ticket gate. It has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

When the above-mentioned contactless card is adopted, it is considered that the contactless card may be used for boarding and passing over. Therefore, it is desirable that the automatic checkout machine also be compatible with the contactless card. ing.

Therefore, in order to meet the above-mentioned request in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-206478, the present applicant provided a function of communicating with a non-contact card in the main body so that automatic settlement can be performed even with the non-contact card. I proposed an automatic payment machine that can do it.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the case of the automatic settlement machine according to the above proposal, if multiple contactless cards come within the communication area of the main unit, the contact between the user and the contactless card becomes impossible, and the settlement is performed with the contactless card of another person. Is concerned.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic settlement machine which can handle a user and a contactless card.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic settlement machine according to the present invention has a communication means for communicating with a contactless card, an input means for inputting a signal for starting a settlement, and a signal from the input means. In this case, a shortage charge calculation means for calculating a shortage charge by arithmetic processing based on the data recorded in the non-contact card input via the communication means, and the shortage charge calculation means It has a display means for displaying the shortage charge and a writing means for writing the adjusted data to the contactless card via the communication means when the charge displayed on the display means is put in. It has a feature. The communication means for communicating with the contactless card, the human detecting means for detecting a human in front of the main body, and the human input means for inputting via the communicating means when the human detecting means continues to detect a human for a predetermined time. Insufficient charge calculation means for calculating the insufficient charge by arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on the contactless card, display means for displaying the insufficient charge calculated by the insufficient charge calculation means, and the display means Writing means for writing the adjusted data to the contactless card via the communication means when the displayed fee is paid. Further, the communication means for communicating with the contactless card and, when the communication means continues communication with the contactless card for a predetermined time, the contactless card input via the communication means is recorded in the contactless card. Insufficient charge calculation means that calculates the insufficient charge by operating data based on the existing data, display means that displays the insufficient charge calculated by the insufficient charge calculation means, and the charge displayed on the display means And writing means for writing the adjusted data to the non-contact type card via the communication means.

[0009]

In the above structure, the shortage charge calculation means determines whether the settlement start signal is input, the human detection means continues to detect a human for a predetermined time, or the communication means determines a predetermined amount of contact with the contactless card. When the time communication is continued, the shortage charge is calculated by the arithmetic processing based on the data recorded in the contactless card input through the communication means, and this is displayed by the display means. Then, when the displayed fee is paid, the adjusted data is written in the non-contact card by the writing means. This makes it possible to compete in the non-contact card.

[0010]

【Example】

 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, in which a customer service panel 1 has a guide display section 2 for guiding shortage charges due to transit, a ticket insertion slot 3 for inserting a boarding pass or a commuter pass, and payment. Coin insertion slot 4 for inserting the coins, a bill insertion slot 5 for inserting the settlement bills, a prepaid card insertion slot 6 for inserting the prepaid card when the settlement is performed by a prepaid card, a sensor 7a for the non-contact card C, There is provided a push button 7b for inputting a settlement start signal, a discharge port 8 which also serves as a change discharge port when a checkout ticket and change are present, and a controller 10 for integrally controlling the main body a.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller 10 and the contactless card C. The central processing unit (CPU) 11 has a system program stored in the ROM 12 and a working program stored in the RAM 13. An arithmetic process is performed using the data and. A settlement unit 15 and a communication control unit 16 are connected to the CPU via an I / O unit 14.

The settlement unit 15a is a unit for settlement of a normal ticket or commuter ticket in which magnetic data is recorded, and like a configuration incorporated in a known automatic settlement machine, processes the money thrown into the main body a. It consists of a cash machine, a ticket issuing machine that issues a ticket, and a magnetic reader / writer that processes magnetic data of inserted tickets. Further, the input driver 15b is configured to be able to input a signal when the push button 7c is pressed. In FIG. 2, the chained sensor amplifier 15c is for inputting the signal of the human detection sensor 7c of another embodiment of the present invention described later. In the case of other embodiment, the input driver 15b is Omitted.

The communication control unit 16 is a characteristic component of the present invention. The communication control unit 16 receives radio waves transmitted from the contactless card C via an antenna 7 ′ built in the sensor 7, and at the same time, the main body a From the card to the card C. The data transmission / reception method between the main body a and the contactless card C is not limited to the above-mentioned radio wave method, and an optical communication method, an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like can be adopted.

The electrical configuration on the non-contact card C side includes an antenna 20, a communication control unit 21 having the same function as the communication control unit 16 of the main body a, an I / O unit 22, a CPU 23, a ROM, a RAM. And a power supply 25. The power supply 25 may not be provided inside the card C, but may receive the power wave supplied from the main body a and use it as a power supply.

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

Next, the operation of the automatic settlement machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that the user who possesses the contactless card C moves over and carries out the automatic settlement with the main body a.

Used when the main body a is in operation and the guide display section 2 displays, as shown in FIG. 1, that the main body a indicates that a magnetic ticket and the contactless card C can be used for payment. When a person holds the non-contact card C toward the sensor 7, communication is started between the non-contact card C and the main body a (step 100 affirmation, step 102 affirmation, hereinafter step is referred to as S). Next, when the push button 7b is pressed (Yes at S103), the settlement process is performed based on the data obtained by the communication between the main body a and the contactless card C. In the settlement process, first, the content of the memory 24 of the contactless card C is read, the shortage charge corresponding to the transit section is calculated by the CPU 13, and the calculated shortage charge is displayed on the guidance display unit 2 (S104). , S106). Therefore, the user can insert the money commensurate with the displayed shortage charge into the hardening insertion slot 4 and the bill insertion slot 5 or settle the payment, or when the shortage payment is made by the prepaid card. It can be performed by inserting a prepaid card into the prepaid card insertion slot 6.

When the payment of the shortage charge is completed (Yes at S108), the payment completed data from the main body a is written in the memory 24 in the data exchange between the main body a and the contactless card C. Then, when the main body a receives the signal indicating that the data writing is completed from the contactless card C, a display indicating that the settlement has been completed is displayed on the guidance display unit 2 (S110, S112). As a result, the user can contact the automatic ticket gate (not shown) using the contactless card C in a contactless manner to participate.

FIG. 3 (b) shows a control operation when using the contactless card C on which the adjusted data has been written to enter through the automatic ticket gate. 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 (Yes at S200, Yes at S202). Due to this communication, the cleared data in the memory 24 is read by the automatic ticket gate and arithmetic processing for the ticket gate is performed, the automatic ticket gate is controlled so as to allow the passage of the user, and The data is cleared (S204).

As described above, in the automatic settlement apparatus according to the present embodiment, the settlement process is suspended until the push button 7b is pressed, so that the contactless card C and the user who pushes the push button 7b are associated with each other. be able to. When the user and the contactless card C correspond to each other, the settlement data is written in the contactless card C, so that the user does not insert the settlement ticket into the automatic ticket gate, and the contactless card C You can enter using.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. Instead of the push button 7b of the above embodiment, a known human detection sensor 7c such as a photo sensor is provided. The signal of the human detection sensor 7c is configured to be taken into the RAM 13 via the sensor amplifier 15c (see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the flowchart when the human detection sensor 7 c is provided is S 103 in FIG. 3 (a) in which the human detection sensor 7 c detects a human for a predetermined time, for example, several seconds. When it continues (Yes at S103), the settlement process is performed for the first time. That is, the user who is in front of the main body a for a predetermined period of time determines that he is the owner of the contactless card C that is in communication and performs the settlement. Therefore, even in the automatic checkout machine according to the present embodiment, it is possible to perform the checkout by associating the contactless card C with the user, as in the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 3C is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention, which does not have the push button 7b and the human detection sensor 7c like the above-described embodiment, and does not include the contactless card C. When the communication between the main body a and the main body a continues for a predetermined time, for example, for several seconds (Yes in S103), the settlement processing is performed on the contactless card C for which the communication is continued. Therefore, also in the automatic settlement machine according to the present embodiment, the non-contact card C and the user can be settled in the same manner as described above.

[0024]

[Effect of device]

 The automatic clearing machine according to the present invention, the communication means for communicating with the contactless card, the payment start signal input means, and when the signal from the payment start signal input means is input via the communication means. The shortage charge calculation means for calculating the shortage charge by calculating the shortage charge based on the data recorded on the contactless card, the display means for displaying the shortage charge calculated by the shortage charge calculation means, and the display means. Since there is a writing means for writing the adjusted data to the contactless card via the communication means when the displayed fee is paid, the user and the contactless card are associated with each other to make an adjustment. At the same time, the user can enter without contacting the automatic ticket gate without inserting the ticket into the automatic ticket gate.

Further, even when a human detection sensor is provided and the human detection sensor detects a human in front of the main body and performs settlement when the human detection sensor continues, it is possible to associate the user with the contactless card. Become.

Further, when the communication means continuously communicates with the contactless card for a predetermined time, even when the contactless card is settled, the user and the contactless card are handled. Can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main body and a contactless card.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main body according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

a main body (main body of automatic checkout machine) C non-contact card (non-contact type commuter pass) 7a platform 7b push button (input means) 7c human detection sensor (human detection means) 10 controller (communication means, shortage charge calculation means, Display means, writing means)

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A communication means for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass, an input means for inputting a signal for starting settlement, and an input through the communication means when a signal is inputted from the input means. A shortage charge calculating means for calculating a shortage charge by arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on the contactless commuter pass, a display means for displaying the shortage charge calculated by the shortage charge calculating means, An automatic settlement machine, comprising: writing means for writing settlement data to the non-contact type commuter pass through the communication means when the fee displayed on the display means is inserted. 2. Communication means for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass, human detection means for detecting a human in front of the main body of the automatic checkout machine, and when the human detection means continues to detect a human for a predetermined time, A shortage charge calculating means for calculating a shortage charge by arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on the non-contact type commuter ticket input via the communication means; and a shortage charge calculated by the shortage charge calculating means. Display means for displaying, and writing means for writing the adjusted data to the non-contact type commuter pass via the communication means when the fee displayed on the display means is put in. And an automatic payment machine. 3. Communication means for communicating with a non-contact type commuter pass, and when the communication means continues communication with the non-contact commuter pass for a predetermined period of time, the non-contact input via the communication means. Shortage fee calculation means for calculating a shortage fee by arithmetic processing based on the data recorded on the type commuter pass, display means for displaying the shortage fee calculated by the shortage fee calculation means, and display on the display means An automatic settlement machine, comprising: writing means for writing settlement data to the non-contact type commuter pass via the communication means when the charged fee is input.