JP3297237B2 - Vending machine payment management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deposit management system for a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine can be used with cash or various kinds of cards. In the event of a poor delivery of the product, the user is offered an offer to Routeman to receive a refund. The routeman who received the request for the poor delivery from the user refunds the amount of the user's offer from the collected money in the vending machine.

[0003]

A vending machine has a built-in tallying device for recording the totals of sales, and the tallying device also collects sales proceeds. At present, the record that the routeman has refunded at the request of the user is not recorded in the counting device.

[0004] In such a conventional configuration, there is a problem that the collected amount of money collected by the rootman and paid to the manager does not match the record of the counting device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a deposit management device for a vending machine, which can record a history of refunds by a routeman due to a poor delivery in a totaling device.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] deposit management device for the automatic vending machine of the present invention, the quotient of the vending machine provided with a card processing device
In the process after a product sales failure occurs , it detects that a specific card has been accepted, switches from the normal sales processing mode to the refund processing mode, and selects the product at the time of sale
Separately from the button selection operation, select again in the refund processing mode.
The selected product selection button is detected and this product selection button is
Sales price set for the column corresponding to the tongue
Instruct the coin mechanism to refund the minute,
Sales that record the refund history in the refund processing mode on the aggregation device
A control unit is provided .

[0006]

[0007]

[0008]

According to the above configuration, when the routeman inputs a specific card, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode,
Apart from the selection operation of the product selection button at the time of sale,
Product selection button is selected again in refund processing mode
Is detected, the color corresponding to the product selection button
Refund operation for the sales price set for the
Refund by instructing
Record the history of refunds in the account on the counting device.

[0009]

[0010]

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a deposit management system for a vending machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, a vending machine vending control unit 1 has a product selection button group 2 provided on a customer service surface of a vending machine so that a user can operate the vending machine, and a card reader 3. The vending machine is provided with a sellable lamp group 4, a refund-only button 5, a coin mechanism 6, a commodity dispensing device 7, and a totaling device 8.

The refund-only button 5 is provided inside the vending machine so that the user cannot operate it. When the user inserts cash into the coin slot provided on the customer service side,
The coin mechanism 6 counts the amount of deposit. The sales control unit 1 in the normal sales processing mode sets the sellable flag for the sales column whose deposit amount has reached the sales amount, and sets the sellable flag among the sellable lamps of the sellable lamp group 4. Turn on the available lamp of the selling column.

When the user operates the product selection button of the sales column in which the sale flag is set based on the lighted available lamp, the sales control unit 1 detects that the product selection button has been operated. . When change is required, the sales control unit 1 instructs the coin mechanism 6 to pay out the change, and instructs the product payout device 7 to pay out the selected product.

The operation history and the sales are totaled by the totaling device 8. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a sales control unit 1 composed of a microcomputer, and the above-described normal sales processing mode using cash is constituted by steps # 1, # 2, and # 3.

When the user inserts the card 9a into the card insertion slot provided on the customer service surface, it is detected through # 1 that the card has been inserted into the card reader 3 at # 4, and at # 5 only the rootman is detected. Is determined to be a refund-only card 9b as a specific card held by the user. If it is determined in # 5 that the card is a general card 9a carried by the user,
Steps # 2 and # 3 are executed. Specifically, the sales control unit 1 in the normal sales processing mode sets the sellable flag in the sales column of the sales amount within the range of the prepaid amount read from the card 9a by the card reader 3, and sets the sellable lamp. The selling lamp of the selling column in which the selling flag of the selling lamps of the group 4 is set is turned on. When the user operates the product selection button in the sales column in which the sale flag is set based on the lit sales lamp, the sales control unit 1 detects that the product selection button has been operated. The sales control unit 1 instructs the card reader 3 to update the prepaid amount and instructs the commodity payout apparatus 7 to pay out the selected commodity. The operation history and the sales are totaled by the totaling device 8.

When a routeman who has been notified of a refund due to a poor delivery by a user inserts the refund-only card 9b into the card reader 3 or operates the refund-only button 5 in the vending machine, the salesman starts selling. The control unit 1 switches from the normal sales processing mode to the refund processing mode.

When the routeman inserts the refund-only card 9b into the card reader 3, the refund-only card 9 is set at # 5.
b, the sales control unit 1 in the refund processing mode sets the sellable flag for all the sales columns in # 6, and sets the sellable lamps in the sellable lamp group 4 to sellable. The sellable lamp of the sales column in which the possible flag is set is turned on.

When the routeman operates the product selection button of the sales column in which the user has requested the delivery failure, this operation is detected in # 7, and in # 8, the sales of the sales column selected in # 7 is performed. The sales control unit 1 instructs the coin mechanism 6 to refund the amount, and executes # 3. In # 3, the amount of the refund process is recorded as a negative sales amount in the sales history and the sales total in the totaling device 8.

The same processing as described above can also be performed when the rootman operates the refund-only button 5 without using the refund-only card 9b. In this case, the sales control unit 1 detects that the refund-only button 5 has been operated in # 9,
6, # 7, # 8, and # 3 are executed.

As described above, the required amount is refunded from the coin mechanism 6 by using the refund-only card 9b or operating the refund-only button 5, and the contents of the refund at that time are also recorded in the tallying device 8. The collected amount of money collected and paid by the manager coincides with the record of the counting device 8, and the payment management becomes clear.

In the above embodiment, if the operation of the commodity selection button is not executed in # 7, step # 8 is not executed. However, steps # 5 and # 3 for judging whether the selling price is the same for all columns are performed. 6 and if it is determined that the selling price is the same for all columns, skip # 6 and # 7 and # 8
It is also possible to configure to refund the sales price by.

In the above embodiment, the route man who performed the refund process due to the sales failure was not recorded. However, the ID code of the route man written on the refund-only card 9b is also added to # 3. By recording in the tallying device 8, the routeman who performed the refund process can be specified in the refund history.

The routeman can also be specified by using the refund-only button 5 as an input device and inputting the ID code of the routeman. Although the prepaid amount has been described as being written in the general card in the above-described embodiment, the present invention can be similarly performed when postpaid processing is performed based on the ID code written in the general card.

[0025]

According to the above arrangement, the reception of the specific card is detected, the mode is switched from the normal sales processing mode to the refund processing mode, and the commodity selection button at the time of sale is pressed.
Separately from the selection operation, select again in the refund processing mode.
Detected product selection button, and
Refund for the sales price set for the corresponding column
Instructs the coin mechanism to operate and refunds
Sales control section that records the refund history in
When the routeman enters a specific card, the sales control unit switches to the refund processing mode,
Then, based on the output of the product selection button that was selected again,
Even if the selling price is not uniform,
Refunded under vending machine control. Also, in the refund processing mode
In order to record the refund history on the tallying device, the tally amount and route
The amount of cash that the manager pays to the administrator matches, making payment management clear
become.

[0026]

[0027]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a main part of a vending machine provided with a deposit management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the vending machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sales control part 2 Merchandise selection button group 3 Card reader 5 Refund-only button 6 Coin mechanism 8 Totaling device 9a General card 9b Refund-only card [specific card]

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The quotient of a vending machine equipped with a card processing device.
In the process after a product sales failure occurs , it detects that a specific card has been accepted, switches from the normal sales processing mode to the refund processing mode, and selects the product at the time of sale
Separately from the button selection operation, select again in the refund processing mode.
The selected product selection button is detected and this product selection button is
Sales price set for the column corresponding to the tongue
Instruct the coin mechanism to refund the minute,
Sales that record the refund history in the refund processing mode on the aggregation device
The control unit payment management system for an automatic vending machine provided with a.