JP4963352B2 - Card processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a card processing apparatus for processing information stored in the card-like Symbol recording medium, in particular, it relates to a card processing apparatus having various application functions in addition to the conventional functions performed during normal operation.

In the card processing apparatus for processing information stored in the card-like Symbol recording medium, there are those in addition to the conventional functions performed during normal operation includes various application functions. In such a card processing device, some application functions other than the regular functions are desired to be executable only by an operation by a specific person due to their nature.

  In order to achieve this, an instruction to execute a desired application function is given to the card processing device from a server connected to the card processing device via a communication line, and the desired application function is realized in the card processing device. Can be considered. However, in this case, a network environment with the server is essential, and offline implementation may be required due to the technical or economic environment of the user.

  Therefore, the proposed technology realizes a desired application function by using a card processing function of the card processing apparatus. Specifically, a magnetic card storing information specific to a specific application function is stored in advance. It is a card processing device that creates and reads information specific to an application function from the magnetic card and executes an application function corresponding to the information. This card processing apparatus uses a magnetic card as a card that serves as a key for instructing execution of a specific application function, that is, a key card.

  As an example of such a card processing device, a card processing device for settlement processing installed in a self-service cafeteria will be described. This card processing device has a settlement processing function that subtracts the amount data stored in the prepaid card, which is a magnetic card, according to the sales price as a regular function executed during daily operation. As a function, for example, a function of outputting a total result of sales amount recorded continuously for one month is provided. Since the total result of the sales amount is information that the store should know, it is desirable that such a function can be executed only by an operation by a specific store clerk. Therefore, the card processing apparatus can create the magnetic card as a key card dedicated to the application function by writing information specific to the application function to the magnetic card. The store clerk who should report the total result of the sales amount for one month possesses a key card storing the information specific to the application function that outputs the above-mentioned total result, and when this function needs to be executed, The card processing device is made to read the information stored in the key card. The card processing device is configured to execute an application function corresponding to the information based on information specific to the application function read from the key card.

  Further, as a conventional technique, a plurality of programs to be executed in response to a processing request for application processing from a higher-level device and data at the time of executing these programs are stored in a memory area, and each stored program In addition, there is an IC card that can execute a desired application process requested by a host device by executing an execution process of each program based on the data (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 11-120300 A

  When the information specific to the application function is stored in the magnetic card as in the card processing apparatus described above and this card is used as a key card dedicated to the application function, one application is caused by the limited storage capacity of the card itself. There is a problem that only information about functions can be stored. For this reason, when the apparatus main body has a plurality of application functions, it is necessary to prepare the same number of cards as the number of application functions, which is inconvenient in terms of labor and management. Even if a plurality of program storage areas are provided and executed as in the IC card described in Patent Document 1, the card itself has a complicated data structure and processing mechanism. It takes labor and cost to create a card. Therefore, there is a demand for a card processing device that can execute a plurality of application functions with a single key card regardless of the storage capacity and internal structure of the card, and without unnecessary labor and cost.

In the technique described above, if you want to set the card-like Symbol recording medium as an application function dedicated card, or information about the application function to be stored in the card, feature changes, for such upgrading, for other application functionality If you want to change to something, the information to be stored in the card is the information specific to the application function, so that the information specific to the desired application function is written to the card, or the information stored in the card is rewritten. Work is required. These operations are not easy and simple for the user, and require a lot of labor and cost when there are many cards to be set or changed. In particular, when an IC card is used, it is necessary to newly set or change the format of the card according to the application function when writing information about the application function, which requires more labor. Therefore, it is desired to realize a card processing apparatus that can use a key card that does not require labor and cost for setting and management.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing apparatus that can realize a desired application function simply and inexpensively using a key card.

The present invention performs processing of information stored in a card-like recording medium, and in a card processing apparatus having various application functions in addition to a regular function executed during normal operation,
Application program storage means for storing application programs for executing various application functions;
This is an application function number, one or a plurality of application function data associated with one application function number, and card identification information for identifying a card-like recording medium set as a key card. Application-card information table storage means for storing an application-card information table in association with key card identification information;
Card identification information reading means for reading card identification information from a card-like recording medium for storing card identification information for identifying the card-like recording medium;
Card identification information judging means for judging whether or not the card identification information read by the card identification information reading means is key card identification information;
When it is determined by the card identification information determination means that the card identification information read by the card identification information reading means is key card identification information, the application-card information table storage is based on the card identification information. Application function data extraction means for extracting one or more associated application function data with reference to the application-card information table stored by the means;
Application function executing means for executing an application function corresponding to the application function data extracted by the application function data extracting means according to an application program stored by the application program storage means;
Application function data display means for displaying the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means;
An application function execution instruction input means for receiving an input of an application function execution instruction,
The application function execution means includes
When an application function execution instruction is input by the application function execution instruction input unit, an application program corresponding to the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction unit is stored in the application program storage unit. Run according to
The application function execution instruction input means includes a card detection means for detecting a card-like recording medium, and detects an application function execution instruction by detecting the card-like recording medium by the card detection means,
The application function execution instruction input means includes application function data selection means for receiving selection input of application function data corresponding to an application function to be executed when there are a plurality of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means. ,
The application function execution means determines whether there is one or more application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means, and there are a plurality of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means When the application function data corresponding to the application function data selected and input by the application function data selection means is executed and the number of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means is one, the application function data to be executed is When an application function confirmation screen for confirmation is displayed on the application function data display means and the card-like recording medium is detected by the card detection means, the one application Run the application function corresponding to the ability data,
When the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction unit is one and the card-like recording medium is not detected by the card detection unit within a predetermined time, the application function execution process is terminated. This is a card processing device.

The present invention also provides an application card registration mode setting means for setting an operation mode to an application card registration mode for generating the application-card information table,
When the operation mode is set to the application card registration mode by the application card registration mode setting unit, an application-card information input unit that receives input of the application function data and the key card identification information;
It further includes application-card information table generation means for generating the application-card information table by associating the application function data input by the application-card information input means with key card identification information. .

  The present invention further includes an application function execution result display means for displaying an execution result of the application function executed by the application function execution means.

The present invention, the card-like Symbol recording medium is an IC card,
The key card identification information is a unique number assigned to each IC card when the IC card is manufactured.

According to the present invention, is stored in association with an application function number and the application function data and key card identification information applications - includes a card information table, the card identification information reading means reads the card identification information from the card-like Symbol recording medium When it is determined that the card identification information is key card identification information, application function data is extracted by referring to the application-card information table based on the card identification information, and the application function data is supported. since it configured to execute an application function of, by using a card-like Symbol recording medium that stores only the key card identification information, it is possible to easily execute a desired application functionality.

In addition, since a plurality of application function data can be associated with one key card identification information, a plurality of application functions can be used by using one key card regardless of the storage capacity or internal structure of the card. Can be executed. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the labor and cost for issuing the key card and facilitate the management of the card. In addition, when setting or changing the application function corresponding to the card, it is not necessary to set or change the data or format stored in the card itself according to the application function, so setting and management are simple and inexpensive. A desired application function can be realized by using the key card.
In addition, the application function data display means displays the application function data and waits for the input of the application function execution instruction, so that the application function can be executed. Therefore, the operator executes the application function to be executed. This makes it possible to confirm in advance and prevent an application function that is not desired to be executed from being erroneously executed.
Further, the application function execution instruction input means includes a card detection means for detecting a card-like recording medium, and is configured to be able to input an application function execution instruction by causing the card detection means to detect the card-like recording medium. An instruction to execute the application function can be given to the card processing device more easily and quickly.
Further, the application function execution instruction input means includes application function data selection means for accepting selection input of application function data corresponding to the application function to be executed when there are a plurality of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means. Since the application function execution instruction can be input by selecting and inputting the desired application function data, the card processing apparatus can be requested even when a plurality of application function data is extracted. The application function execution instruction can be given.

  Further, according to the present invention, the application-card information table generating means can generate an application-card information table that stores one or more application function data and key card identification information in association with each other. A card-like recording medium storing only identification information can be set as a key card for executing a desired application function. That is, it is not necessary to store information specific to the application function in the card-like recording medium itself that becomes a key card, and it becomes possible to easily create a key card without labor and cost. In addition, since the generation of the application-card information table is executed when the operation mode is set to the application card registration mode, it can be performed separately from execution of various application functions.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the application function execution result display means is configured to be able to display the execution result of the application function, so that the execution result of the application function can be easily confirmed.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, the card-like Symbol recording medium, an IC card, key card identification information, when the IC card production, because it is a unique number assigned to each IC card, key card identification information The unique number originally assigned to the card can be used. Further, since it is not necessary to newly set the key card identification information for each card, it is possible to save labor.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of a card processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the card processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is applied as a card processing apparatus for settlement processing installed in a self-service cafeteria or shop.

  The card processing device 1 reads the amount data stored in the IC card 2 owned by the customer as a regular function executed during normal operation, and subtracts it according to the sales price of the product. A card payment processing function for writing to the IC card 2 is provided. In addition to this payment processing function, the card processing device 1 includes “total clear”, “total count confirmation”, “immediate correction”, “price change”, “menu setting output”, “business start”, “business resumption” and Various application functions such as “transaction log output” (hereinafter also referred to as “application function”) are provided.

  “Total clear” is a so-called closing process, and is a function for confirming total data obtained by totaling transaction data such as sales amounts recorded within an arbitrary period. “Aggregation confirmation” is a function for outputting the aggregation data to confirm the aggregation data determined by “aggregation clear” or the aggregation data accumulated at the present time. “Previous correction” is a function for correcting transaction data recorded immediately before. “Price change” is a function of changing menu price data indicating the price of each product. “Menu setting output” is a function for writing menu data indicating a list of set products to be handled and price data thereof to a recording medium such as a memory card. “Business start” is a function for setting a time to start business. “Resume business” is a function for resuming a business once it has been completed. “Transaction log output” is a function of outputting recorded transaction data.

  The card processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment uses these application functions as a key for instructing execution of a specific application function, that is, a key card (hereinafter also referred to as “application card”), as will be described later. .) Is configured to be executable using the IC card 2 set as.

  As the IC card 2 used in the present embodiment, a non-contact type IC card of a credit card size is used. The non-contact type IC card is a card-like recording medium that includes a rewritable nonvolatile memory and an antenna inside the card, and can transmit and receive data to and from an external device using radio waves.

  The IC card 2 stores an IC card manufacturing number (hereinafter also referred to as “IDm”). The IC card manufacturing number is a unique number unique to each card given by the IC card manufacturer when the IC card is manufactured, and the IC card 2 can be identified based on this number. The IC card 2 used in the present embodiment stores an IC card manufacturing number consisting of an 8-digit number.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the card processing device 1 includes a card processing device main body 10, an IC card reader / writer 11 that transmits and receives radio waves and reads / writes information stored in the IC card 2, and various data and instructions. An input operation device 12 for performing an input operation and a printer 13 for printing an execution result of an application function and the like are provided. The IC card reader / writer 11, the input operation device 12, and the printer 13 are connected to the card processing device main body 10 via cables 14a, 14b, and 14c, respectively. In the present embodiment, the IC card reader / writer 11, the input operation device 12, and the printer 13 are connected to the card processing device main body 10 via cables 14a, 14b, and 14c, but are integrally provided in one housing. May be.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the card processing device 1 of FIG. The card processing apparatus main body 10 includes a power supply unit 20 that supplies power to the entire card processing apparatus 1, a memory card reader / writer 21 that reads and writes data from and to a memory card such as a compact flash (registered trademark), various programs, and the like. Peripheral devices such as a storage unit 22 for storing various data, a mode switching unit 23 for switching various operation modes, a display unit 24 for displaying various messages, and the like, an IC card reader / writer 11, an input operation device 12, and a printer 13. A connection unit 25 connected to the card processing apparatus main body 10 via cables 14a, 14b, and 14c, a clock unit 26 that counts the current date and time, and input standby time of various data or instructions, and input of various data and instructions An input unit 19 for receiving the card and a control unit 2 for controlling the entire card processing apparatus 1 Configured to include a door.

  The memory card reader / writer 21 has a card insertion slot (not shown) for inserting a memory card. By inserting a memory card into this insertion slot, the memory card reader / writer 21 controls the memory card under the control of the control unit 27. Configured to read and write data.

  The storage unit 22 includes a main memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory. The storage unit 22 stores a menu data table for storing menu data indicating a list of each product handled by the cafeteria and the like and menu price data indicating the price of each product, a customer identification number for identifying a customer, the number of sales, the sales amount, etc. Various data such as transaction log data indicating transaction records, total data, business start time data indicating business start time, and display data indicating various messages and various display screens are stored. The storage unit 22 stores in advance various programs for causing the control unit 27 to execute various processes, and application programs for causing the control unit 27 to execute the various application functions described above.

  The display unit 24 is composed of a liquid crystal display, and is configured to display various messages and display screens included in the display data stored in the storage unit 22 under the control of the control unit 27.

  The connection unit 25 includes various input / output interfaces suitable for connection to peripheral devices such as the IC card reader / writer 11, the input operation device 12, and the printer 13.

  The input unit 19 includes a number input key for inputting numbers and an end key for instructing the end of various processes. The input unit 19 is provided inside the housing of the card processing apparatus body 10 and is disposed at a position accessible only to a specific person such as a maintenance person. Thereby, it is possible to prevent an operation using the input unit 19 from being performed by an unspecified person, for example, a customer.

  The control unit 27 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), reads a program stored in the storage unit 22, and performs application function registration processing, application card registration processing, and application function execution processing, which will be described later, according to instructions of the program. Configured to perform.

  The mode switching unit 23 includes a mode switching switch (not shown) for switching operation modes of various processes executed by the control unit 27 among the operation mode, the application function registration mode, and the application card registration mode. Is done. The mode switch is manually operated and gives a signal for starting execution of various processes to the control unit 27. The mode change switch is provided inside the housing of the card processing apparatus main body 10 and is disposed at a position accessible only to a specific person such as a maintenance person. This can prevent each operation mode from being changed by an unspecified person, for example, a customer. The operation mode is a mode that is set when executing card payment processing, which is a regular function, or other various application functions. This operation mode is set during normal operation. The application function registration mode is a mode that is set when the application function registration process is executed. The application card registration mode is a mode that is set when the application card registration process is executed.

  The IC card reader / writer 11 includes a card holding unit 28 that detects an IC card 2 held (arranged) in a predetermined space area, and a display unit 29 that displays various messages. When the IC card 2 is held in a predetermined space near the card holding unit 28, the IC card reader / writer 11 detects the IC card 2 and controls the IC card 2 under the control of the control unit 27 of the card processing apparatus body 10. The data stored in 2 can be read, or the data can be written into the IC card 2. The display unit 29 is configured by a liquid crystal display, and displays various messages included in the display data stored in the storage unit 22 of the card processing apparatus body 10 under the control of the control unit 27 of the card processing apparatus body 10. Configured.

  The input operation device 12 includes a numeric keyboard 30 and a display unit 31 that displays various messages. The numeric keyboard 30 includes numeric input keys “0” to “9”, symbol input keys such as “+” and “−”, direction instruction keys for moving the cursor up and down, left and right, and execution keys for instructing execution. And a delete key for deleting the entered character. By appropriately operating the numeric keyboard 30, various data and instructions can be input and selected for the card processing apparatus main body 10. The display unit 31 includes a liquid crystal display, and displays various messages included in the display data stored in the storage unit 22 of the card processing apparatus body 10 under the control of the control unit 27 of the card processing apparatus body 10. Configured.

  The printer 13 is configured by a thermal head printer, and includes an output unit 32 that performs print output in accordance with the control of the control unit 27 of the card processing apparatus body 10. The printer 13 is configured to print various data under the control of the control unit 27 of the card processing apparatus body 10.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the application function information table 40 (hereinafter also referred to as “application function information table”). Each record of the application function information table 40 includes an application function number (hereinafter also referred to as “application function number”) and application function data associated with the application function number (hereinafter also referred to as “application function data”). It is comprised by. The application function number consists of a two-digit number from “01” to “16”. The application function data indicates an application function other than the regular function among the individual application functions provided in the card processing apparatus main body 10 as described above, and is indicated by the name of the application function in the present embodiment. By referring to the application function information table 40, the application function data associated therewith can be extracted based on the application function number.

  The application function information table 40 can store a plurality of application function data in association with one application function number. In the application function information table of FIG. 3, each record is configured by associating one or two application function data with one application function number, but the number of application function data associated with one application function number. Can be arbitrarily selected. As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the application function information table 40 can store up to 16 application function numbers, but the maximum number can be arbitrarily changed.

  In the present embodiment, the application function information table 40 is generated using another computer and stored in a memory card. The application function information table 40 is stored in the storage unit 22 of the card processing apparatus body 10 by an application function registration process described later.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of application function registration processing of the control unit 27. This application function registration process is executed in order to input the application function identification number and the application function data stored in the application function information table 40 as shown in FIG.

  First, when the application function registration mode is set by the operator operating the mode switch of the mode switching unit 23, the control unit 27 receives a signal from the mode switching unit 23 and starts the application function registration process. (Step a1).

  Next, the control unit 27 enters a state of waiting for input of the application function information table 40 stored in the memory card, and displays “Please insert a memory card” on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10, When the card is inserted into the card insertion slot of the memory card reader / writer 21 (step a2), the memory card reader / writer 21 reads the application function information table 40 stored in the memory card under the control of the control unit 27. (Step a3).

  The control unit 27 stores the application function information table 40 read from the memory card in the storage unit 22 (step a4), and ends the application function registration process.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the application-card information table 50. Each record of the application-card information table 50 includes an IC card manufacturing number and an application function number and application function data stored in the application function information table 40 associated with the IC card manufacturing number. By referring to the application-card information table 50, it is possible to extract the application function number and application function data associated therewith based on the IC card manufacturing number. This application-card information table 50 is generated by an application card registration process to be described later.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of application card registration processing of the control unit 27. The application card registration process is executed to generate an application-card information table 50 as shown in FIG. 5 and set the IC card 2 as an application card.

  First, when the application card registration mode is set by the operator operating the mode switch of the mode switching unit 23, the control unit 27 receives a signal from the mode switching unit 23 and starts the application card registration process. (Step b1).

  Next, the control unit 27 waits for an application function number to be input, and displays “App No. No. RECOVERY” on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11, and the application function number is processed by the card processing by the operator. When an application function number is acquired by operating a number input key of the input unit 19 of the apparatus body 10 (step b2), an application function information table 40 stored in the storage unit 22 is acquired based on the acquired application function number. The corresponding application function number and one or more application function data associated therewith are read out (step b3). Thereafter, the control unit 27 waits for input of the IC card serial number, displays “Card Touch Touch” on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11, and the operator uses the card of the IC card reader / writer 11. When the IC card 2 is held over the cover unit 28 (step b4), the IC card reader / writer 11 detects the IC card 2 under the control of the control unit 27, and the IC card serial number stored in the IC card 2 Is read (step b5).

  Thereafter, the control unit 27 associates the application function number and application function data read from the application function information table 40 in step b3 with the IC card manufacturing number acquired in step b5 and stores them in the storage unit 22 (step b6). ). In this way, a record included in the application-card information table 50 can be generated. After that, it enters a state of waiting for the input of the application function number or the pressing of the end key of the input unit 19 of the card processing apparatus main body 10, and the control unit 27 has entered the application function number of “01” to “16”, or It is determined whether or not the end key has been pressed (step b7), and when the operator operates the numeric input key of the input unit 19 and determines that the application function numbers "01" to "16" have been input (step) b7 “application function number input”), the process returns to step b2 to obtain the application function number. The application-card information table 50 can be generated by repeatedly executing the processing from step b2 to step b6. If it is determined in step b7 that the operator has pressed the end key of the input unit 19 of the card processing apparatus body 10 ("end key pressed" in step b7), the application card registration process ends.

  Thus, by associating the IC card manufacturing number with the application function data in the application-card information table 50, the IC card 2 having the IC card manufacturing number can be set as an application card.

  If the application function number input in step b2 is already stored in the application-card information table 50 because the application card registration process has already been executed, the application function number associated with the application function number is displayed. The application function data and IC card serial number stored in the card information table 50 may be updated in step b6. Thereby, when the application function is changed, the data of the application-card information table 50 can be easily updated.

  In this embodiment, in step b2 and step b7 of FIG. 6, the input unit 19 of the card processing apparatus main body 10 is operated to input an application function number or an application card registration process end instruction. However, it may be configured to operate the numeric keyboard 30 of the input operation device 12 for input.

  In the present embodiment, the IC card production number is input to the card processing apparatus main body 10 by reading from the IC card 2 with the IC card reader / writer 11 in step b5 in FIG. 30 may be configured to be operated and input.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of application function execution processing of the control unit 27. The application function execution process is executed when a specific application function is actually executed using the IC card 2.

  First, when the operation mode is set by the operator operating the mode switch of the mode switching unit 23, the control unit 27 receives a signal from the mode switching unit 23 and starts application function execution processing (step c1).

  Next, the control unit 27 waits for the input of the IC card manufacturing number, and displays “card is touched” on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11, and the IC card 2 is inserted into the IC card reader by the operator. When it is held over the card holding unit 28 of the writer 11 (step c2), the IC card reader / writer 11 reads the IC card manufacturing number from the IC card 2 under the control of the control unit 27 (step c3). Thereafter, the control unit 27 refers to the application-card information table 50 stored in the storage unit 22 based on the read IC card manufacturing number, and searches for the corresponding IC card manufacturing number (step c4). The control unit 27 determines whether or not the read IC card manufacturing number is registered, that is, whether or not it is the IC card manufacturing number stored in the application-card information table 50 (step c5). Thereby, it can be determined whether or not the IC card 2 storing the read IC card manufacturing number is an application card registered by the application card registration process. If it is determined in step c5 that it is registered (YES in step c5), the control unit 27 extracts application function data associated with the IC card manufacturing number in the application-card information table 50 (step c6). ).

  After the application function data is extracted in step c6, the control unit 27 determines whether the number of the extracted application function data is one or more (step c7). If it is determined (YES in step c7), an application function confirmation screen 60 described later for confirming the application function to be executed is displayed on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11 (step c8).

  Here, the control unit 27 enters a state of waiting for the detection of the IC card 2, displays “Card Touch Touch Detection” on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 12, and the IC card 2 is detected by the IC card reader / writer 12. If it is determined that the IC card 2 is held over the card holding unit 28 of the IC card reader / writer 12 and the IC card 2 is detected (YES in step c9), the control is performed. The unit 27 reads from the storage unit 22 an application program for executing the application function corresponding to the application function data extracted in step c6, and executes the application function according to the application program (step c10). In step c9, if the IC card 2 is not detected within the predetermined time, it is determined that the IC card 2 is not detected (NO in step c9), and the application function execution process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step c7 that the number of pieces of application function data extracted in step c6 is two or more (NO in step c7), an application function selection screen 70 to be described later for selecting an application function to be executed. Is displayed on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus main body 10 (step c11).

  Here, the control unit 27 waits for an input of application function data selection or an input of an application function execution process end instruction, and desired application function data is selected and input by an operation of the numeric keyboard 30 by the operator, or When an application function execution process end instruction is input, it is determined whether application function data is selected or input or an application function execution process end instruction is input (step c12), and it is determined that application function data is selected and input. In this case (“application selection” in step c12), an application program for executing an application function corresponding to the selected application function data is read from the storage unit 22, and this application program is read out. According arm executes an application function (Step c13). When it is determined in step c12 that an application function execution process end instruction has been input (“process end” in step c12), the application function execution process ends.

  After executing the application function in step c10 and step c13, the control unit 27 displays the execution result of the application function on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10 as shown in an application function execution result display screen 80 described later. It is displayed (step c14). As a result, the operator can refer to the display screen and check the execution result of the application function. Next, the control unit 27 gives an instruction to print the execution result of the application function to the output unit 32 of the printer 13 (step c15). Further, the control unit 27 stores the execution result of the application function in the memory card by the memory card reader / writer 21 (step c16), and ends the application function execution process. Since the execution result can be conveyed by printing the execution result with the printer 13 or storing it in the memory card, the use of the card processing apparatus 1 in the off-line can be facilitated.

  In step c5, when the corresponding IC card manufacturing number is not found in the application-card information table 50 and it is determined that it has not been registered (NO in step c5), the control unit 27 performs the card payment process which is a regular function. Execute (step c17), and after the execution, the application function execution process is terminated.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the application function confirmation screen 60 displayed on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11 in step c8 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, “SHUOKI CLEAR SULTKIHA CARD TOUCH STEC TAI DAI” is displayed. In the display area 61 that displays “SHUUKEI CLEAR”, the name of the application function corresponding to the application function data extracted in step c6 of FIG. 7 is displayed. By referring to the confirmation screen 60, the operator can confirm the application function to be executed. The operator can execute the displayed application function by holding the IC card 2 over the card holding unit 28 of the IC card reader / writer 11 again. The IC card 2 used here may be an IC card 2 set as an application card or another IC card 2.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the application function selection screen 70 displayed on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10 in Step c11 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the application function selection screen 70 includes a message display area 71 for displaying a message “Please select an application function”, “1. Count clear”, “2. Count check”, and “ 3. An option display area 72 for displaying the option “3. In the option display area 72, the name of the application function corresponding to the plurality of application function data extracted in step c6 of FIG. 7 and the selection number consisting of 1 to n corresponding to the number n of options are respectively displayed. Is displayed. The operator can move the cursor 73 to each option by operating the direction instruction key of the numeric keyboard 30, and can press the execution key or operate the numerical input key to input the selection number. , Each option can be selected and input. By referring to the application function selection screen 70, the operator can confirm the application function to be executed, and even if a plurality of application function data is extracted, the operator can select the desired application function. Execution instructions can be given easily.

  In the present embodiment, a desired application function is selected using the numeric keyboard 30, but a plurality of applications extracted from the application-card information table 50 are displayed on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11. The name of each application function corresponding to the application function data is sequentially displayed every predetermined period, and the IC card 2 is held by the operator over the card holder of the IC card reader / writer 11 while the application function to be selected is displayed. 28, and the IC card 2 may be detected by the IC card reader / writer 11 so that the displayed application function is executed. Thereby, even when a plurality of application function data is extracted, a desired application function can be selected by a simple operation using the IC card reader / writer 11.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the application function execution result display screen 80 displayed on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10 in step c14 of FIG. 7, and FIG. FIG. 10B shows a display screen of the execution result of the application function of “Aggregation confirmation”. As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the application function execution result display screen 80 displays an application function name display area 81 for displaying the name of the executed application function, and an execution result of the application function. An execution result display area 82 and an execution date / time display area 83 for displaying the execution date / time of the application function are included.

  The display format of the execution result displayed in the execution result display area 82 is appropriately selected according to the application function to be executed. As shown in FIG. 10 (a), when the application function of “total clear” is executed, a message “total cleared!” Is displayed in the execution result display area 82, and the confirmed total data is displayed. Display the range. As shown in FIG. 10B, when the application function of “aggregation confirmation” is executed, the execution result display area 82 displays the range of the aggregation data determined by “aggregation clear” or the accumulation data accumulated at the present time. And customer number data indicating the total number of customers using the settlement processing function, and total amount data indicating the total amount collected. Data displayed in the execution result display area 82 is generated under the control of the control unit 27 based on transaction log data extracted from the storage unit 22. The data indicating the execution date and time displayed in the execution date and time display area 83 is based on the date and time measured by the clock unit 26 of the card processing apparatus body 10 when the application function is executed, under the control of the control unit 27. Generated.

  In the present embodiment, the application function confirmation screen 60 is displayed on the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11, and the application function selection screen 70 and the execution result display screen 80 are displayed on the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10. Each display screen 60, 70, 80 is displayed on either the display unit 24 of the card processing apparatus body 10, the display unit 29 of the IC card reader / writer 11, or the display unit 31 of the input operation device 12. It may be configured to display.

  As described above, the card processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can generate the application-card information table 50 that stores the IC card manufacturing number and the application function data in association with each other. The IC card 2 to be stored can be set as a key card for executing a desired application function without further writing new information. That is, it is not necessary to store information specific to the application function in the IC card 2 itself serving as a key card, and a key card can be easily created without labor and cost.

  In the application-card information table 50, since a plurality of application function data can be associated with one IC card manufacturing number, a single key card capable of executing a plurality of application functions can be created. it can.

  Furthermore, the card processing device 1 according to the present embodiment can change the application function that can be executed by the key card without needing to change the data stored in the key card itself or the format of the key card. It is.

  Furthermore, the card processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment reads the IC card manufacturing number stored in the IC card 2 set as a key card by using the IC card reader / writer 11 to obtain a desired application function. A desired application function can be realized by using a key card configured to be executable and storing at least an IC card serial number. In addition, a unique number assigned at the time of card manufacture can be used as information for identifying the key card, and it is not necessary to newly set information for identifying the key card for each IC card 2. Can be achieved.

In this embodiment, as a card-like recording medium to be set as a key card, is used a non-contact IC card of credit card size, it is possible to use any card-like Symbol recording medium that is portable, for example, In addition, a contact type IC card or a magnetic card may be used, and a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone incorporating a function of a non-contact type IC card may be used. Also, depending on the type of card-like Symbol recording medium used, it is possible to use an appropriate card reader.

  In the present embodiment, the IC card manufacturing number read by the IC card reader / writer 11 for the execution of the card payment processing function and the execution of the application function other than the card payment processing function is stored in the application-card information table 50. The mode switching unit 23 determines the card payment processing mode set when the card payment processing function is executed by the mode switching unit 23 and the application function stored in the application function table 40. The operation mode can be switched between the specific application function execution mode set at the time of execution, and the control unit 27 determines which operation mode is set, so that each process is started. It may be.

  In the present embodiment, the mode switching unit 23 is configured to be able to switch each operation mode by operating a mode switch, but from an IC card that stores mode information indicating each operation mode, an IC card reader The mode information is read using the writer 11, the control unit 27 determines which operation mode the read mode information corresponds to, and the mode switching unit 23 performs the corresponding operation under the control of the control unit 27. It may be configured to set the mode.

  In the present embodiment, the application function information table 40 is generated using another computer and is input to the card processing apparatus body 10 by reading from the memory card using the memory card reader / writer 21. Application function information table generation means for generating the application function information table 40 may be provided in the card processing apparatus body 10. In this case, the generation process of the application function information table 40 is performed in the application function registration process under the control of the control unit 27. Specifically, after the application function registration mode is set, when an application function number and application function data associated therewith are input by an operation of the numeric keyboard 30 by the operator, the input application function number and application The application function information table 40 is generated by associating with the function data.

  In the present embodiment, the card processing apparatus 1 of the present invention has been described as applied to a card processing apparatus for settlement processing provided in a cafeteria or a store, but the card used in all industries such as financial institutions and transportation facilities. The present invention can also be applied to a card processing device for settlement processing. A door lock control device that can unlock a door of a room or a safe by using a card-like recording medium, and outputs a record of an unlocker's record, a record of an unlocking time and a number of times of unlocking, and A copier capable of executing a copying process by using a device having various application functions such as setting of a personal identification number or a card-like recording medium, and outputting a copy of the user of the copier and recording the number of copies The present invention can also be applied to an apparatus having various application functions such as output. In other words, in addition to the regular function, any apparatus having an application function that is desired to be executable using a card-like recording medium set as a key card can be applied to all business conditions.

1 shows an overall perspective view of a card processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the card processing apparatus 1 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the application function information table. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of application function registration processing of a control unit 27. It is a figure which shows an example of the application-card information table. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the application card registration process of the control part 27. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of application function execution processing of a control unit 27. It is a figure which shows an example of the application function confirmation screen 60 displayed on the display part 29 of IC card reader / writer 11. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the application function selection screen 70 displayed on the display part 24 of the card processing apparatus main body 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the application function execution result display screen 80 displayed on the display part 24 of the card processing apparatus main body 10, FIG. 10 (a) shows the display screen of the execution result of the application function of "total clear", FIG. 10B shows a display screen of the execution result of the application function of “aggregation confirmation”.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card processing apparatus 2 IC card 10 Card processing apparatus main body 11 IC card reader / writer 12 Input operation apparatus 13 Printer 21 Memory card reader / writer 22 Storage part 23 Mode switching part 24 Display part 25 Connection part 26 Clock part 27 Control part 28 Card holding Unit 29 IC card reader / writer display unit 30 Numeric keyboard 31 Input operation device display unit 40 Application function information table 50 Application-card information table

Claims (4)

In a card processing device that performs processing of information stored in a card-like recording medium and has various application functions in addition to a regular function executed during normal operation.
Application program storage means for storing application programs for executing various application functions;
This is an application function number, one or a plurality of application function data associated with one application function number, and card identification information for identifying a card-like recording medium set as a key card. Application-card information table storage means for storing an application-card information table in association with key card identification information;
Card identification information reading means for reading card identification information from a card-like recording medium for storing card identification information for identifying the card-like recording medium;
Card identification information judging means for judging whether or not the card identification information read by the card identification information reading means is key card identification information;
When it is determined by the card identification information determination means that the card identification information read by the card identification information reading means is key card identification information, the application-card information table storage is based on the card identification information. Application function data extraction means for extracting one or more associated application function data with reference to the application-card information table stored by the means;
Application function executing means for executing an application function corresponding to the application function data extracted by the application function data extracting means according to an application program stored by the application program storage means;
Application function data display means for displaying the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means;
An application function execution instruction input means for receiving an input of an application function execution instruction,
The application function execution means includes
When an application function execution instruction is input by the application function execution instruction input unit, an application program corresponding to the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction unit is stored in the application program storage unit. Run according to
The application function execution instruction input means includes a card detection means for detecting a card-like recording medium, and detects an application function execution instruction by detecting the card-like recording medium by the card detection means,
The application function execution instruction input means includes application function data selection means for receiving selection input of application function data corresponding to an application function to be executed when there are a plurality of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means. ,
The application function execution means determines whether there is one or more application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means, and there are a plurality of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means When the application function data corresponding to the application function data selected and input by the application function data selection means is executed and the number of application function data extracted by the application function data extraction means is one, the application function data to be executed is When an application function confirmation screen for confirmation is displayed on the application function data display means and the card-like recording medium is detected by the card detection means, the one application Run the application function corresponding to the ability data,
When the application function data extracted by the application function data extraction unit is one and the card-like recording medium is not detected by the card detection unit within a predetermined time, the application function execution process is terminated. A card processing device. An application card registration mode setting means for setting an operation mode to an application card registration mode for generating the application-card information table;
When the operation mode is set to the application card registration mode by the application card registration mode setting unit, an application-card information input unit that receives input of the application function data and the key card identification information;
It further includes application-card information table generation means for generating the application-card information table by associating the application function data input by the application-card information input means with key card identification information. The card processing apparatus according to claim 1. Card processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an application function execution result display means for displaying the execution result of the executed application function by the application function performing unit. The card-like recording medium is an IC card,
The card processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the key card identification information is a unique number assigned to each IC card when the IC card is manufactured.

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